🐴 The Lord of the Rings: The ⚔️War of the Rohirrim

[Halasían]

Actually, enema; and I'm not familiar with that either. 🤨

I know. A bit of wordplay, and yes, that explains a lot.
You used to have some sense of humor.

 

[Olorgando]

I know. A bit of wordplay, and yes, that explains a lot.
You used to have some sense of humor.

I caught the wordplay, not to worry. But from what I know about the procedure, an enema and a sense of humor are hard to reconcile for someone being subjected to the former. Just sayin'.
And not to worry about my sense of humor either, it's also intact, just ask Squint-eyed Southerner. Granted, not all of the humor S-eS and I indulge in in our PMs is fit for the Forum - and I definitely mean that of both sides. How well his, and my, humor agree with yours is another question altogether. Even the best professional comedians have occasionally bombed, so who am I to complain that my contributions don't bring down the house every time.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Ahem. Anyway.

I can't find any info more recent than last June, but here, for those who wonder what it might look like, are some clips from a Star Wars short Kenji Kamiyama directed for an anthology series on Disney Plus, airing last month:

 

[Halasían]

I caught the wordplay, not to worry. But from what I know about the procedure, an enema and a sense of humor are hard to reconcile for someone being subjected to the former. Just sayin'.
And not to worry about my sense of humor either, it's also intact, just ask Squint-eyed Southerner. Granted, not all of the humor S-eS and I indulge in in our PMs is fit for the Forum - and I definitely mean that of both sides. How well his, and my, humor agree with yours is another question altogether. Even the best professional comedians have occasionally bombed, so who am I to complain that my contributions don't bring down the house every time.

And THAT explains a lot as well. Enjoy!

I did see a bit of Visions. I've grown to a point of not really caring what they do with this series or the Amazon series, so with that I'll leave you all to it. Namarie

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

. Not even orcs.

What do you want to bet they work them in? 😁

Your point about "good guys-bad guys" is well-taken, and my impression is that Tolkien was aware of this also. At least he didn't strike me as casting the Dunlendings into a stereotypical role as inherently "evil"; even later, during the War, when they allied with Saruman, Merry describes them as "grim, but not particularly evil-looking".

What the movie will do with them is anybody's guess; mine is "Baddies". 😂

I just hope they don't give Helm that stupid HAMMER! 😠

 

[Olorgando]

I just hope they don't give Helm that stupid HAMMER! 😠

If they've been reading attentively (a huge if!) they should have noticed that Helm's nickname was Hammerhand.
But I wouldn't be surprised if they turned Helm into a pocket version of Marvel's Thor ...

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

They wouldn't be the first who didn't get the memo; someone (ahem!) set a precedent. 😁

 

[Shadow]

Any ideas when we might see something on this?

 

[Varking]

Any ideas when we might see something on this?

I wouldn’t expect anything before The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power comes out on September 2, 2022. I would guess after that but before the new year we hear something.

 

[Shadow]

I wouldn’t expect anything before The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power comes out on September 2, 2022. I would guess after that but before the new year we hear something.

I’d say you’re right. Possibly mid or late 2023.

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

WB announces April 2024 screen debut for The War of the Rohirrim

The Warner Bros. animated Middle-earth production, The War of the Rohirrim, is set to debut on screen on April 12, 2024. The feature-length film is set to focus on the story of the Rohirrim king, Helm Hammerhand, as outlined in Appendix A of The Lord of the Rings. Warner Bros. says that it will...

www.theonering.net

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Wait a minute -- Dunlending oliphants?! 😳

 

[Olorgando]

Wait a minute -- Dunlending oliphants?! 😳
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Four-tuskers? I found a mention of something called "Primelephas" that has four tusks - and at least is considered a member of the wider elephant family. In contrast to other four-tusk critters, the Gomphotheres, a separate family belonging to the same order (a step up) as the elephants.
Problem with both: they both went extinct at least 2.58 million years ago ...

But maybe the Dunlendings secretly knew where Pal-ul-don lay during the Third Age ... 😲

 

[Annatar]

Wait a minute -- Dunlending oliphants?! 😳

I was also puzzled by that. According to the book, the only opponents of the Rohirrim at that time should be the Dunlendings. However, if I remember correctly, they had received support from Umbar. Maybe they delivered some Mumakil on their ships?

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

The only reference I've found-- so far -- is in Appendix A, which has:

Four years later (2758) great troubles came to Rohan, and no help could be sent from Gondor, for three fleets of Corsairs attacked it and there was war on all its coasts. At the same time Rohan was again invaded from the East, and the Dunlendings seeing their chance came over the Isen and down from Isengard. It was soon known that Wulf was their leader. They were in great force, for they were joined by enemies of Gondor that landed at the mouths of Lefnui and Isen.

So I suppose the appearance of oliphants on the plains of Rohan could be justified -- though they're associated in the texts with Harad, rather than Umbar.

 

[Olorgando]

So I suppose the appearance of oliphants on the plains of Rohan could be justified -- though they're associated in the texts with Harad, rather than Umbar.

Elephants feel even more uneasy in water-going vessels than Hobbits to - and I don't even want to begin imagining a five-tonner getting seasick. 🤢

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Yes -- but these are oliphants. 😉

 

[Olorgando]

Yes -- but these are oliphants. 😉

So a seasick ten-tonner is an improvement?

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

So a seasick ten-tonner is an improvement?

Lots of manure for the gardens?

 

[Olorgando]

Lots of manure for the gardens?

I'm sure the crew of that war galley highly appreciates that aspect. 😬