🧝Galadriel in the Amazon Series

[Olorgando]

One more interesting curveball we have to touch on here is the concept of Elvish aging and maturity. In the book "The Nature of Middle-Earth," Tolkien breaks down a mathematical formula — yes, a formula — for how fast Elves mature. While the numbers are complicated, the primary takeaway is that Galadriel's maturity level is little more than a young human adult during "The Rings of Power" story. During "The Lord of the Rings," she's matured into an elder statesman. It seems that this lack of maturity in a younger Galadriel was present in the minds of the writers as they developed their younger iteration of the character for the show.

Nonsense. Even taking the articles implication that the 'maturity' is referring to an emotional maturity, and granting what can be told from from Amazons stated time (1000 years after the defeat of *Morgoth) and utilizing the most (I think) generous in Amazon's favour of the aging schemes of Tolkien, *Galadriel would be 20 at the rebellion/exile, + ca. 1600*/144 = @31 years old, not " little more than a young human adult"

Utilizing the ageing scheme, *Elrond would be approximately the same age as *Galadriel.

From Wikipedia on RoP:

"A large international cast was hired, and filming for the eight-episode first season took place in New Zealand, where the films were produced, from February 2020 to August 2021 (with a production break of several months during that time due to the COVID-19 pandemic)."

Hostetter's "The Nature of Middle-earth" was published in September 2021.
That makes the comment quoted by Tar-Elenion from Jaron Pak's article among the most irrelevant and imbecilic mental diarrhea I have ever read from an apologist of the media trolls.

 

[Halasían]

 

[Deimos]

I note too, in Jackson's film, Gimli's axe started off as a reluctant axe, refusing to strike the One.

That's my interpretation, anyway.

You mean the axe really didn't put its whole heart into the strike, right? (and that is why it failed😮)
btw...when did the re-forging of Gimli's axe happen? (I must have missed that part 🙄)

 

[Elthir]

I've studied this scene for many arduous hours, and it looks like this grumbling Gimli grabs someone else's axe to glonk the One.

his own axe being "reluctant" I guess

So he can soon say to Frodo: "and [you have] my axe"

 

[d4rk3lf]

So he can soon say to Frodo: "and [you have] my axe"

Had an idea for meme.. but after short search, somebody already made it.

 

[Deimos]

I've studied this scene for many arduous hours, and it looks like this grumbling Gimli grabs someone else's axe to glonk the One.

his own axe being "reluctant" I guess

So he can soon say to Frodo: "and [you have] my axe"

I completely spaced on that.... Gimli offering Frodo his axe.

Gimli: "And [you have] my axe."
Frodo: Dwarf, you no longer have an axe to offer. You think I just fell off the Shire turnip truck? You midget mountebank, you pint-size prevaricator.

 

[Elthir]

Okay. . . so did Jackson's Gimli borrow his neighbor's axe here? Or did he have two?

And most importantly: I don't care!

 

[Deimos]

Okay. . . so did Jackson's Gimli borrow his neighbor's axe here? Or did he have two?

And most importantly: I don't care!

PJ handled it the way they do in baseball:
Every time Gimli lost/threw away/broke an axe, the Axe Boy would run onto the scene and hand him another axe.

 

[Halasían]

 

[Halasían]

 

[Halasían]

 

[Halasían]

 

[Halasían]

The thread title is 'Galadriel in the Amazon Series'

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Hey Gandolorian, the thread title is: Galadriel in the Amazon Series

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Thanks for sharing, I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with her in Season 2.

 

[Elthir]

 

[Halasían]

Thanks for sharing, I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with her in Season 2.

Yeah, hoping they file off those sharp edges some.

Aaaand another screenshot of Morffyd Clark as Galadriel in Rings of Power...

 

[Elthir]

By the way, my screenshot above is Annabelle Wallis as Galadriel, starring in my version of The Rings of Power which I am currently not writing.

🐾

 

[Halasían]

 

[Halasían]

I really like this!

 

[Samsimple]

Some really interesting things on this thread. I have not seen ROP (and probably never will). It seems there is a consensus that Galadriel's character does not fit in the mythology. She seems to fit the ubermensch mold, which in the mythology would be a recipe for corruption and villainy. I ran into this video before reading the Silmarillion (it was the catalyst) and LOTR the last time, and has totally changed the way I see it.