I imagine he'll have an arc across the seasons. From unlikable to likable to...Grill-galad.Voronwë the Faithful wrote: ↑Thu Oct 13, 2022 9:09 pm I can't for the life of me figure out why they decided to make Gil-Gilad so unlikeable!
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- Thu Oct 13, 2022 10:20 pm
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: Episode 8 (Spoilers)
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- Thu Oct 13, 2022 10:16 pm
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: Episode 8 (Spoilers)
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Cinematography is gorgeous in that clip. Pre-apocalyptic. The lighting is too beautiful for it to not precede something bad happening!
- Thu Oct 13, 2022 6:59 pm
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: Episode 8 (Spoilers)
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Re: Episode 8 (Spoilers)
Spoilery clip: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/10/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-clip Next scene: Gil-galad: Why don’t we try forging…what are those super small strips of metal that are bent to form a circle and can fit on the end of a knife or a twig or a necklace, and also possibly...
- Thu Oct 13, 2022 6:51 pm
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: Episode 7 (Spoilers)
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- Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:21 pm
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: Episode 7 (Spoilers)
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Re: Episode 7 (Spoilers)
To me it's become blisteringly obvious that Halbrand is Sauron, AND that the elves will find out he is Sauron, but will work with him anyway due to both their desperation to avoid fading/ death and a belief that Sauron may have repented. This knowing collaboration with Sauron, I think, is consistent...
- Mon Oct 10, 2022 9:12 am
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: Episode 7 (Spoilers)
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- Mon Oct 10, 2022 9:12 am
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: Episode 7 (Spoilers)
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Re: Episode 7 (Spoilers)
As someone who dislikes melodrama (and just how melodramatic the films were) I really appreciate the understated nature of some important moments, including Míriel’s blindness. Her thin shield of stoicism that prevents her from breaking down in that moment was so well done, and then her conversation...
- Sun Oct 09, 2022 8:31 am
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: Lord of the Rings series!?
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Re: Lord of the Rings series!?
When Númenor is destroyed there’s going to be a scene with a mariner husband and wife. Husband: “The sea is always right...” Wife: “Yeah, yeah, that’s what you always say when you’ve done something wrong.” Husband: “No, I mean the sea is always right there by the cliffside, and now it’s…right here.”...
- Sat Oct 08, 2022 10:41 pm
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: Episode 7 (Spoilers)
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For once the writing actually worked for me on most levels. But the directing was quite a bit of a letdown. Both the Balrog reveal and the closing transition from Southlands to Mordor came off as incredibly clunky and campy in not a good way. But I loved most of the actual interactions between the ...
- Sat Oct 08, 2022 10:34 pm
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: Lord of the Rings series!?
- Replies: 850
- Views: 395790
- Sat Oct 08, 2022 6:34 pm
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: Episode 7 (Spoilers)
- Replies: 57
- Views: 16213
Re: Episode 7 (Spoilers)
Once I realized that the mithril plot was simply going to be an excuse for why they felt they needed to make the Rings of Power, it bothered me a lot less. My biggest worry continues to be how they introduce Sauron into the equation, whether he is Halbrand or not. As for the downfall of Khazâd-dûm,...
- Sat Oct 08, 2022 6:24 pm
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: Lord of the Rings series!?
- Replies: 850
- Views: 395790
- Sat Oct 08, 2022 5:15 pm
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: Media previews
- Replies: 354
- Views: 63328
Re: Media previews
Yes.Voronwë the Faithful wrote: ↑Mon Sep 26, 2022 7:01 pmSo now that we know what that clip was actually about, do you still consider it a great clip, SW?Stranger Wings wrote: ↑Tue Aug 23, 2022 10:44 pm A great clip of Gil-Galad and Elrond.
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- Sat Oct 08, 2022 5:09 pm
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: Episode 7 (Spoilers)
- Replies: 57
- Views: 16213
Re: Episode 7 (Spoilers)
Unbelievably great episode on a written, acting, visual and Tolkienian level. After episode 1, it’s my favorite thus far. Durin and Durin, Galadriel and Theo, Míriel and Galadriel So many great conversations that say so much about character, and set the table so well for the collective desire for de...
- Sat Oct 08, 2022 5:05 pm
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: Lord of the Rings series!?
- Replies: 850
- Views: 395790
Re: Lord of the Rings series!?
Hi all, I intend to write a long review of the entire season of the show once it’s over, but as someone who feels this is the most Tolkienesque adaptation I could have possibly hoped for (and one that dips its pen into Tolkien’s thematic well much more deeply for me than the films), I wanted to quic...
- Tue Sep 20, 2022 12:09 pm
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: The Stranger of Udûn? - New Info and the Identity of Meteor Man
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The Stranger of Udûn? - New Info and the Identity of Meteor Man
I think Annatar has already visited Celebrimbor, and set the forge project in motion (complete with spring deadline). Then he got on a ship for some reason (perhaps bound for Númenor), but Ulmo was aware of him, and sent Ossë to take him out (perhaps in sea wyrm form). Galadriel then stumbles upon h...
- Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:07 pm
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: The Stranger of Udûn? - New Info and the Identity of Meteor Man
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Re: The Stranger of Udûn? - New Info and the Identity of Meteor Man
I would not be shocked if it turns out Sauron hasn't appeared onscreen yet in any guise, but that he's been in contact with Celebrimbor behind the scenes and is the impetus behind the giant forge thing being constructed. I'm not convinced of this, but I think it's more likely than some other theori...
- Sun Sep 18, 2022 11:38 pm
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: The Stranger of Udûn? - New Info and the Identity of Meteor Man
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Re: The Stranger of Udûn? - New Info and the Identity of Meteor Man
It’s increasingly seeming clear to me that Halbrand is a pre-Annatar Sauron. A poster at TORN called UtumnoSkirmish wrote this: When considering the identity of Sauron I've been thinking not only about what we've seen so far, but "what has to happen" for the story to unfold. Sauron will e...
- Sun Sep 18, 2022 9:58 am
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: Episode 3 (Spoilers)
- Replies: 79
- Views: 21408
Re: Episode 3 (Spoilers)
I strongly suspect that the line in one of the trailers, “You have been told many lies of Middle Earth” is the opening of an alternative First Age narrative of the the Noldor, full of greed, of Kinslaying and Silmarils. Told either by this Adar Or? Sauron. Inviato dal mio iPhone utilizzando Tapatalk
- Sun Sep 18, 2022 9:56 am
- Forum: The Rings of Power
- Topic: The Stranger of Udûn? - New Info and the Identity of Meteor Man
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Re: The Stranger of Udûn? - New Info and the Identity of Meteor Man
It’s increasingly seeming clear to me that Halbrand is a pre-Annatar Sauron.
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