So Amazon Prime finally confirmed the title of their much anticipated Lord of the Rings tv series.
Set to be aired in September, the series will be set during the 2nd age with the 5 season show being centered around Saurons deception of the Numenoreans, the forging if the 20 rings of power, the fall of Numenor, and the last alliance of men and elves.
The 23 posters released earlier in the week provided an early insight into some of the characters of the show though no faces were shown.
The attention to detail is fantastic and the hype train is well on its way.
Will look to do an episode breakdown each week once the show begins but will keep this thread updated with all the pre-release information.
Naming announcement
https://youtu.be/QhqGCPMfkNM
1st Teaser Trailer
https://youtu.be/v7v1hIkYH24
All Things Tolkien
posted on 14/10/22
comment by Insert random username (U10647)
posted 2 hours, 33 minutes ago
comment by The Guvnor XI -Iron sharpens Iron- (U12889)
posted 1 week, 4 days ago
comment by Insert random username (U10647)
posted 2 days, 17 hours ago
Today's episode was good, but also extremely irritating from a lore point of view.
Tolkien wrote a fair bit about numenoreans, and one of the big things was that they categorically did not use horses for war, they were too precious, and worshipped, you see that carried through to Gondor, (numenorean descendants)
It was pretty unique to the rohirrim (instead descended from the first age edain)
Also the Second age elf being bested in single combat by an orc was frustrating.
And mount Doom was made morgoth..
It was a good episode, but they really started to shiiiit on the lore with this one.
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The horse thing is a trivial issue for me. I think it works for the purpose of the scene.
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I can see why you could consider it trivial, But its part of what gives the works and world so much depth and interest, Unique races and kingdoms. A lot of it is based on historical fact, the only real kingdom in the history of the world to mount such massive horse based armies were the Mongols.. the inspiration for the rohirrim. Horses just arent an expendable resource, and never have been. right up to ww1 when they were used to draw cannons and many draught breeds came close to extinction.
Also you just couldn't have shipped that many horses on the numenoreon boats..
For me it has been a good show.. and im not anal about the lore, i can appreciate Isildur and Elendil being hundreds of years out of the timeline for the purpose of storytelling.
But taking events from the third age just seems utterly stupid! it fundamentally changes the events of the other storylines.. stories which could have been used to make future series.
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I fundamentally think that's why I have enjoyed the show more than most.My knowledge of the lore outside of the 6 main movies is non existent, so even seeing an island city like Numenor looked excellent visually but I didn't have any attachment or appreciation for who they are or what their history is. Naturally, I've read up on a lot of the lore, thanks to youtube breakdown videos but it's all after the fact.
posted on 14/10/22
Rohirrim were base on Anglo-Saxons, not Mongols.
They adapt too using horses when they moove too Rohan as was lotsa open feelds n gentle hills perfecked 4 horses.
posted on 15/10/22
comment by #4zA accide cchiu a lengua ca a spata - 🇮🇹🇺🇦 (U22472)
posted 12 hours, 6 minutes ago
Rohirrim were base on Anglo-Saxons, not Mongols.
They adapt too using horses when they moove too Rohan as was lotsa open feelds n gentle hills perfecked 4 horses.
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Their culture was largely, I agree, they even use elements of the Anglo Saxon language, and the vast majority of middle earth is based on the uk! But their fighting style is absoloutley not. Anglo-saxons exemplified my point about horses not being expendable, very few were ridden in to battle, the Anglo Saxon were very much an infantry.
Fighting primarily from horseback, with archery and throwing spears, light lances and small shields, the only other similar fighting force that could have been used for inspiration would be the Spanish Jinetes, which were a portion of the medieval Spanish army, rather than their way of life.
Not that I want to get sidetracked in to military through the ages, my larger point was that Tolkien went out of his way to talk about the numenoreans and the fact they didn't use horses in that way.
posted on 23/10/22
Underwhelming finale.
So Sauron/Halbrand wanted to marry Galadriel?
posted on 7/10/24
Can we bump this thread to discuss how poor season 2 was?
posted on 7/10/24
who was Sauron?
posted on 7/10/24
oh
Hallband whoever dat is
posted on 7/10/24
comment by Pun (a.k.a Piranha) (U21588)
posted 4 hours, 11 minutes ago
Can we bump this thread to discuss how poor season 2 was?
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I concur.
posted on 7/10/24
comment by The Guvnor XI -AKA The Shōguv (U12889)
posted 4 hours, 52 minutes ago
comment by Pun (a.k.a Piranha) (U21588)
posted 4 hours, 11 minutes ago
Can we bump this thread to discuss how poor season 2 was?
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I concur.
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Think the Balrog might have done it for me. Or the introduction of what is clearly Sauroman even though that doesn't make much sense either.
posted on 7/10/24
*Saruman