Lord of the Rings on Prime Updates (Thanks Varking!)

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

You mean he didn't say "Let's go hunt some orc"?

 

[arivista]

Going from memory (I haven't read TS nearly enough) I think there were proactive campaigns to eliminate orcs.

I think this could be said maybe about Túrin or other very active warriors like Beleg or Mablung, but about Finrod? I am not saying he wasn' a good fighter, just not a "very active warrior." He fought when he needed to defend his realm/friends, if I remember correctly.

 

[Radaghast]

I think this could be said maybe about Túrin or other very active warriors like Beleg or Mablung, but about Finrod? I am not saying he wasn' a good fighter, just not a "very active warrior." He fought when he needed to defend his realm/friends, if I remember correctly.

Oh, I wasn't being specific about who might have participated in orc-hunting sorties, just that it generally likely happened, as in any extended military campaign. But going back to an earlier point, it's futile to expect anything faithful to Tolkien's lore in this series. That Finrod's death, in the canon, occurs well before the Second Age scuttles that hope. Amazon will invent, mix and match, etc. as they please.

 

[Eljorahir]

Galadriel: "My brother gave his life hunting the enemy."

Isn't it common for soldiers at war to call each other "brothers"? (Band of Brothers)
It seems possible to me that this character is not Finrod at all, and the scene with Galadriel taking his dagger is not a flashback.

Time will tell, precious. Yesssss. Time will tell.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

The music in these trailers seems to me to be music they're just using to tie action sequences and things from one scene to another. I don't know if we've heard much of the actual music yet.

Here's the opening title music:

And a couple more:

Apparently, there will be at least one scene in Valinor.

And a song -- I'm guessing a hobbit.

The entire soundtrack's up on YouTube.

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Here's the opening title music:

And a couple more:

Apparently, there will be at least one scene in Valinor.

And a song -- I'm guessing a hobbit.

The entire soundtrack's up on YouTube.

Thanks, I'll have to check it out

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

The whole thing's up to listen to straight through, with timestamps listed in the comments section:

Two and a half hours -- and that's just Season One! 😳

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Here's an interview with the composer:

Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Composer Thinks Amazon Series Will 'Surprise Fans In A Pleasant Way' - TVLine

'Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' composer Bear McCreary talks fans' hesitance, creating distinct themes for the Harfoots and Sauron.

tvline.com

 

[ZehnWaters]

Here's the opening title music:

And a couple more:

Apparently, there will be at least one scene in Valinor.

And a song -- I'm guessing a hobbit.

The entire soundtrack's up on YouTube.

Their Khazad-Dum looks like it's from Dragon Age.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Interesting. And what video game does this remind you of?

 

[Elbereth Vala Varda]

Thank you, @Squint-eyed Southerner for sharing the music!

 

[Berzelmayr]

The first negative review I have read so far:

'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' is kind of a catastrophe

Amazon's 'The Lord of the Rings' prequel is full of ruined potential.

ew.com

 

[Radaghast]

The first negative review I have read so far:

'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' is kind of a catastrophe

Amazon's 'The Lord of the Rings' prequel is full of ruined potential.

ew.com

It just dawned on me that "The Stranger" in RoP arrives via meteor. This seems oddly similar to the opening act of Diablo III

 

[ZehnWaters]

The first negative review I have read so far:

'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' is kind of a catastrophe

Amazon's 'The Lord of the Rings' prequel is full of ruined potential.

ew.com

Stream of thought while reading the article:
We've already got a Warriors of the Wasteland
"KNIFE EAR"?! They blatantly stole that from Dragon Age (or, apparently D&D; I had never heard it there before).
"Rising politician Elrond" The man who's technically heir to half a dozen leadership positions is just now a "rising politician" 3000+ years into his existence?

It just dawned on me that "The Stranger" in RoP arrives via meteor. This seems oddly similar to the opening act of Diablo III

Or Superman, kind of.

 

[Tar-Elenion]

The first negative review I have read so far:

'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' is kind of a catastrophe

Amazon's 'The Lord of the Rings' prequel is full of ruined potential.

ew.com

The (Bezos owned, as the author takes pains to note) Washington Post is less than positive:
‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ is beautiful, banal boredom

https://www.washingtonpost.com/tv/2022/08/31/lord-rings-tv-show-review/

Stream of thought while reading the article:
We've already got a Warriors of the Wasteland
"KNIFE EAR"?! They blatantly stole that from Dragon Age (or, apparently D&D; I had never heard it there before).

And Tolkien provided a perfectly good term that the Easterlings called the Elves,
"the white-fiends: for so they named the Elves, hating them, but fearing them more."
UT, Narn i Hin Hurin

"Rising politician Elrond" The man who's technically heir to half a dozen leadership positions is just now a "rising politician" 3000+ years into his existence?

In the show, it seems, *Elrond is very young. The youngest *elf around, and in need of mentoring and a father figure.

 

[ZehnWaters]

Interesting. And what video game does this remind you of?
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Too many. lol Very funny, though not for the reasons they'd hoped, I'm sure. How it Should Have Ended even made fun of how it looked like a video game level.

 

[Olorgando]

In the show, it seems, *Elrond is very young. The youngest *elf around, and in need of mentoring and a father figure.

*headbang* *headbang* *headbang* *headbang* *headbang*

 

[ZehnWaters]

*headbang* *headbang* *headbang* *headbang* *headbang*

lol This might explain why Celebrimbor looks...older? Despite being anywhere from the same age to younger than Galadriel.

And Tolkien provided a perfectly good term that the Easterlings called the Elves,
"the white-fiends: for so they named the Elves, hating them, but fearing them more."
UT, Narn i Hin Hurin

Well this character is black so I'm not sure that would work. Does this mean that ALL elves are white? I'd assumed Avari to the East or South might look different. We know their language diverged to the point we got divergence for the term Quendi (Kindi, Cuind, Hwenti, Windan, Kinn-lai, Penni; I always kinda thought Kinn-Lai sounded kinda Asian-ish).

Though the Easterlings in the Narn would have been the ones living in Beleriand so they may have only been calling the Elves there that. Still, it would only validate the complaint about Arondir being a Nandor and not a Avari.

 

[Berzelmayr]

Irish Times:

Rings of Power: The new hobbits are filthy, hungry simpletons with stage-Irish accents. That’s $1bn well spent

After 20 minutes of this Lord of the Rings spinoff I’m having flashbacks to that EastEnders episode with the fightin’ villagers and donkeys walking the streets

www.irishtimes.com

 

[Ealdwyn]

Irish Times:

Rings of Power: The new hobbits are filthy, hungry simpletons with stage-Irish accents. That’s $1bn well spent

After 20 minutes of this Lord of the Rings spinoff I’m having flashbacks to that EastEnders episode with the fightin’ villagers and donkeys walking the streets

www.irishtimes.com

Interesting