LORD OF THE RINGS : THE RETURN OF THE KING *FIRST TIME WATCHING* (PART 1/3)
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There are 3 essentially "races" of hobbits. The kind of hobbit that frodo, sam, merry, and pippin are all value peace and quiet and a comfortable life. What the ring does is corrupt its holder and amplify their deepest desires. The reason why frodo and bilbo dont have that much effect from the ring is because the biggest thing that it amplifies in them is what I mentioned and it takes much longer to have the negative effect. Smeagol is a different kind of hobbit. In the books when sam has the ring it tries to tempt him by showing him a vision of him having the world's best garden and his response is "shut up, I could never take care of a garden that big"
the ring is somewhat inteligent and it amplifies our desires yes, but at first it tried to do with Sam's mind its usual thing - show Sam the vision of him as the hero of the age with great army, as the imperator then next it tried to do it with showing Sam that by having big army and having an empire he could turn all Mordor into the garden. So IMO the Ring was smart and it could learn how to manipulate a person.
@@TallisKeeton Except Sam basically *laughed* at what the Ring showed him.
@@brigidtheirish yes, in the book. in the movie though he seems hesitating a bit, before giving the ring back to frodo.
@@TallisKeeton You'd hesitate, too, before giving an addict crack.
@@brigidtheirish haha your last comment is gold xD
The most difficult thing people struggle with is understanding the absolute onslaught that Frodo is experiencing. In every waking moment, his mind is assailed by the enemy. The Ring is at all times trying to convince the bearer to submit. Speaking to him, showing him images, trying to dominate his will and make him act in the interest of the ring.
It is a guy having the ultimate redrawals from opium addiction, with a catholic take on it.
@@YekouriGaming For a whole year
Also that Gollum and Smeagol are 2 different characters.
Though it's interesting it _never_ managed to get either Smeagol or Gollum to act in its interests: both of them seemed pretty clear on the fact that the ring was theirs and shouldn't go anywhere near Mordor.
and it gains an absolute mind-control inside the mountain, acting as a failsafe. it gets stronger as they get closer to the mountain. to be the bearer of the One Ring and not completely lose it before getting there was a feat no one else could manage.
Hobbits aren’t too kind hearted to not be corrupted. They have such modest desires that they are less quickly corrupted. Give unlimited power to a guy who wants to rule the world and a guy who wants to live alone in the woods, they will both abuse that power, but the guy who wants to be left alone will take longer to turn.
It was Smeagol's birthday so he wanted a kingly gift.
Indeed, Lobelia Sackville Baggins and some others were fairly greedy and corrupt IIRC, and helped enable Sharky’s oppression of the Shire (in the book, not movie).
@@Big_Tex Ted Sandyman was unpleasant in the beginning just like the SBs, then he and Lotho became the faces of Sharky's takeover.
Actually...the reason frodo and sam weren’t easily corrupted by it compared to Sméagol is cause, Sméagol was a different type of hobbit that didn’t live in the shire, he was like a hobbit but not completely..
I'm with the OP on this. When the ring tempts Sam in the book, it shows him Mordor turned into a vast garden worked by thousands of slaves. And Sam shakes it off quickly, because the ring misread Sam so badly, it's a little funny.
"These two! Why do you do things like this?!"
One thing to bear in mind with Pippin and Merry...Pippin in particular...is that they're actually much younger than the other two. Hobbits come of age at 33, and Pippin is 29. So he's pretty much the Hobbit equivalent of a 16-year-old. Plus he's a Took, and that family has an adventurous spirit and a curiosity that most other hobbits don't. Furthermore (and this is explored much more in the book than in the movie), he was very frustrated with Gandalf and the others at this point. After they and the Ents overthrew Isengard, they were started to realize that there were things they could actually do to help, rather than just be a nuisance. They had the potential to do good, even though they were small. But when Gandalf arrived with Gimli, Legolas, Aragorn, Theoden, and Eomer, talked briefly, and then went to talk to Treebeard, they felt overlooked and underappreciated, and became frustrated with Gandalf in particular for withholding information. And it was just exacerbated when Pippin recovered the Palantir, and was just told "I'll take that, my lad. Quickly now." With no explanation as to what it was or why he should hand it over or what made it dangerous. Now, of course, Gandalf didn't tell him that because he thought it would just make him more curious, but when he said that to Pippin, he said that if he had known what could happen, he never would have picked it up in the first place. So that was an error on Gandalf's part: another case of hobbits being underestimated. So it was a combination of the natural curiosity of a Took, the rebellion of a frustrated teenager, and magical compulsion.
and that curiosity that led to Gandalf figuring out about the attack on Minas Tirith. -Fool- *Genius* of a Took!!
I'd say the movies also don't show at all that touching the Palantír barehanded like that, would make you not stop thinking about it. If I remember well, in the books, Gandalf even apologizes to Pippin, for not having noticed that it was a palantir at first, and what that meant, because at that point he didn' t know how Saruman was communicating with Sauron. He said he had too much on his mind, and he didn't realize the danger Pippin was in when he grabbed it for him. And that it was basically out of Pippin's control, the fact that he would eventually do anything to look into the palantir, because it had been corrupted by Sauron's connection to it.
@@lord2.0works cjgjhj
Fun fact that I can’t believe no one’s posted yet.
Christopher Lee (Saruman) was black ops during WWII, and when Peter Jackson tried to give him notes on the sound he made when Saruman got stabbed, he said "Have you any idea what kind of noise happens when somebody’s stabbed in the back? Because I do.”
Peter Jackson conceded the point, lol
As far as the beacons go, I imagine there’s a village within a couple days travel of each beacon, and the villagers take it in shifts to stand watch. I’m sure somebody who’s read LotR more recently than me will have a more concrete answer, but that’s what I always imagined.
Im sure they would have the beacons on the hill above the village and will be just generally standing watch in the village... and when the previous beacon is lit then someone from the village goes up on the mountain and light theirs... thats how it would work in reality. (they do not have to be all burning at the same time... there could be hours between lighting of each one...)
because if everyone was standing watch all the time they would get the message over in half an hour... (1 minute for every beacon) ...but even the movie shows the lighting went on over night... (day/night/day)
I loved that clip of Lee explaining that to Jackson 😂
Congratulations on the most obvious fact trotted out about these movies
@@voodoochile333 Ooooookaaaaaayyyy...... it’s a cool fact, no one had posted it yet, I thought Ash and Hanna would like to know because it’s a cool bit of trivia. I wasn’t trying to show off. Now go be rude somewhere else.
The burning beacons is a film add on. In the books when one of the two cities needed help, a messenger with a red feathered arrow was dispached. I guess the bacons is a fastest way...
If no one's mentioned it yet, the guys who played Merry and Pippin started a podcast recently and it's really entertaining. They even had Elijah Wood (who played Frodo) on for an episode.
Send me the link NOW!!!
@@justtrustash The Friendship Onion on UA-cam!
@@justtrustash ua-cam.com/channels/M2SO69PhFRKKEYwGSV4sHQ.html
Been listening to this every now and then. Great stuff.
Their podcast is really fun to watch, they have a great friendship. They even recently had Stephen Colbert from the Late Show on their podcast after Colbert had them on his show.
In the books, Smeagol, as he was known before the ring, was known to be mischevious and used the ring to sneak around and be invisible, gaining secrets and gossip he couldn't have otherwise heard or know about. When he was eventually found out, they cast him out and exiled him which is where he found himself in a cave. He wasn't one of the particularly 'good natured' hobbits.
Not to mention that he started sneaking through open windows to feast on babes in their cribs... Not Hobbit of the year, that's for sure.
His ownership of the ring began with murder. The ring seized on that and amplified that negative impulse. That's why it affected him the way it did. Bilbo began his ownership with pity, choosing to spare Smeagol when he could easily have killed him. He then gave the ring away willingly (with coaxing from Gandalf) and was the only person in recorded history to ever have done so.
@@justingensel157 I'm not saying Smeagol was a saint, but I'm thinking the murder had a lot to do with the Ring, as well. Probably the sneaking about, too, (definitely the "eating babies", or, at least, one hopes). I think it's worth noting that the Ring seemed to have a big and immediate effect on Deagol, as well, or he'd have just given up the Ring to Smeagol. He'd have rightly thought Smeagol a dick, but when it's clear you're getting into a serious physical fight with a close relative over a thing, you have to really want that thing to not just say "this shit isn't worth it".
The Ring is basically a metaphor for a fascistic unfettered desire for power, in whatever form. The whole narrative has a lot of parallels to the rise of fascism in Europe in the interwar years (and previous to them), and the struggle to defeat it.
Or not to mention hes not hobbit .hes the neaderthal to hobbits homo sapiens.not the same .cousin species
@@michaelccozensNo, the narrative is not a narrative for fascism, Tolkien specifically said he was going out of his way to avoid WW2 parallels. That is just what you’ve invented and want to see in it rather than it actually being there.
The ring is more clearly analogous to sin and temptation in a Christian sense than contemporary politics, which Tolkien strive to avoid.
Lol what’s hysterical about the drinking game between Legolas and Gimli is how the elves get drunk. And there wine is so strong they can drink barrels of it & not get too drunk either. So Legolas drinking human ale against a dwarf was almost like Legolas “faking it” just to have fun😂 Human Ale is like water to an elf
Elves about that strong stuff!
Gondor got that doo doo butter, bobby brown schwag.
Smeagol had the ring for 478 years, he was in those caves for a very long time.
By the way, Ashkan, you have to remember this is not only a trilogy of books, but a vastly larger expanded universe, compacted into 3 movies. I strongly suggest you read the books if you're really interested in the finer details, I promise you, every single question you had throughout the series is answered...in great detail by Tolkien.
Yeah, Tolkien was both a serious scholar and deliberately attempting to create a folklore for modern Britain in the way that Arthurian legend was folklore for the medieval nation, so he went ham on the details. Any question you have, he's probably answered somewhere, at length.
@@michaelccozensEngland, not Britain.
He couldn’t use King Arthur since he was Welsh.
You asked about the people who were lighting the beacons, this was a way to signal across great distances quickly for help. He would’ve more than likely had two soldiers stationed at each beacon. They would’ve been stationed there for about a week with provisions a week later two new soldiers would’ve shown up and relieve them. so on and so on that way you’re able to communicate between the two kingdoms really quickly.
I've always been torn between whether beacon duty was considered an honor or a punishment by Gondorian soldiers.😉
@@folcotook3049 Probably praised as a honor but given as a punishment
That part of the story is based on fact. England developed a beacon system to warn about invasions and pirate attacks during the viking period and it was still in use right into the 1800s. Th beacons were mostly along the south and south eastern coasts. They were famously used to follow the spanish armada's movements in 1588.
As far as I can tell, it was considered a really honorable responsability to be the one in charge of these beacons back in the day. Only the most trustworthy soldiers could be asigned with this kind of duty, like people with unquestionable honor and allegiance to their country. This system was used by the Umayyad Caliphate during the conquering of the Iberian Peninsula on the late first millenia AD to prevent attacks from the christian kingdoms of the north. Even to this day, there are ruins of these places in Spain, under the name of "Almenaras", which come from the arabian "Al - manara" that means something like "light spot" or something like that, which is self explanatory.
As a retired soldier (24 years), I can guarantee that even though considered a great honor, it was probably still considered shit duty!!!! And it was probably more like a month or longer!!!!! 🤣
When Gandalf is in Gondor, the reason he is choking on his pipe is because he has ran out of Longbottom Leaf (the best weed in Middle Earth) and is forced to smoke the the crappy Gondor weed.
Is this confirmed, or just a headcanon? Either way I love the idea of that.
I thought it was because he was born again and his lungs wasn't used to smoking anymore. Your explanation makes sense though.
@@GorrilaJohnson Its in the books
I always assumed that he lost his "tolerance" for the pipeweed when he died.
You can hear him muttering Pippin's new title under his breath... I'm pretty sure he was just coughing because he was laughing.
When Gandalf fought against the Balrog and died, his soul transcended back to the realm he originally existed (which was many many years in his perspective), but he was sent back, more powerful and more like his true "angelic" self, hence why his personality seems to have completely shifted from the more cheerful and witty Gandalf the Gray.
Gandalf the White is much more serious and "regal", especially since he is put in the position to be leader of the other wizards by being named the White Wizard.
Edit: Also, in the scene where Gandalf is trying to smoke his pipe, and he is coughing, this is them telling the viewer that Gandalf isn't the same person we once knew. He's in a new body with new lungs, and it can't handle his old habit of smoking. You could honestly say Gandalf the Gray is truly dead by the end of Fellowship of the Ring since this version is a "reincarnation" where the same mind went is altered.
The book describes the creature the Witch-king was riding as follows: “And behold! it was a winged creature: if bird, then greater than all other birds, and it was naked, and neither quill nor feather did it bear, and its vast pinions were as webs of hide between horned fingers; and it stank. A creature of an older world maybe it was, whose kind, lingering in forgotten mountains cold beneath the Moon, outstayed their day, and in hideous eyrie bred this last untimely brood, apt to evil. And the Dark Lord took it, and nursed it with fell meats, until it grew beyond the measure of all other things that fly; and he gave it to his servant to be his steed.” (The Battle of the Pelennor Fields)
Fuck, Tolkein's writing was just perfect. What a chad.
I didn't care for the dino-lizard design they did for this movie ... that description is way creepier and would've looked wicked on screen!
@@thedrogo3953 I think a paler coloured Fell Beast might have been even creepier tbh!
@@thedrogo3953 From a letter Tolkien wrote to a fan in 1958:
"I did not intend the steed of the Witch-King to be what is now called a 'pterodactyl' [...] but obviously it is
_pterodactylic_ and owes much to the new mythology, and its description even provides a sort of way
in which it could be a last survivor of older geological eras."
So, 'dino-lizard' was pretty much how Tolkien envisaged it.
its also not a nazgul its the steed of the nazgul nazguls are the undead kings that hunt the ring
MATE it is hilarious how excited I am by this, I saw it in the cinema 20 years ago and this is like watching it for the first time again :)
😂 mate imagine me watching this in the cinema, be kicked out immediately haha, appreciate the love mate ❤️
@@justtrustash it was in cinema this spring 😥
Damn it's been 20 years? Now I feel old.
"saw it in the cinema 20 years ago" please stop reminding me of how old I'm getting....
My local theater played it last year duren the pandemic for awhile for 5$ and some other classics. I’m 29 and wasn’t into these amazing movies till I was a little
Older so I didn’t get to see it in theaters till the pandemic , only good thing to come out of the lockdown last year for me Seeing this in theaters. It was almost sold out also a 20 year old movie Alamost selling out a theater duren lockdown Just crazy
Mate you gotta make your girlfriend a regular on the channel her reactions are GOLD!🔥🔥
Hahaha I will drag my precious in as many videos as I can haha, appreciate the love mate!
@@justtrustash She's fire mate! She has a huge enough personality that you don't just steamroll her.
@@justtrustash 🤣🤣 done deal appreciate it too
@@justtrustash I am wondering what happens when Return of the Sister makes three in the room. For some reason I think Hannah is jealous when your sis is around. Or is it the other way around?
Oh, she's definitely a keeper! ❤️ her!
Some extra information if you would like:
Hobbits have a natural defence against magic but Smeagol isn't a hobbit, but his race is simular to Hobbits.
Arwen can choose to become human because she is 3/4th Elf. Her father was an Half-elf. She is also the granddaughter of Galadriel.
and Minas tirith is nicknamed the White City so you weren't far off on that guess
Also the Ringwraiths are also called Nazgul, the dragon types they ride on are called FellBeasts
found this comment:
Gollum is a descendant of the Stoors. There used to be three tribes of Hobbits, the Stoors, the Fallohides, and the Harfoots, who lived in different regions and were somewhat different both physically culturally. Distinct ancestors of the Hobbits we all know.
The three groups gradually became one when they settled in the Shire. The Hobbits of the Third Age are descendants of all three tribes, although the Brandybucks and the Tooks are closer to the Stoors, and the rest of the Shire seems closer to the Harfoots.
Anyway, Gollum is a descendant of the Stoors who did not settle in the Shire, settling instead in Gladden Fields.
Nazgul means Ringwaiths in their own language, I believe. Those words are the same meaning only "common tounge" and black speech, I think. I might be wrong
Somebody somewhere mentioned that, as the Fell Beasts only have 2 legs as opposed to 4, they'd technically be wyverns instead of dragons, but I don't know if that distinction applies to Tolkien's world. Possibly. It's an interesting point, anyway.
And Aragorn and his bloodline is descended from Elros, Elrond's twin brother who decided to go the human route and became the first King of Numenor
@@petrospetromixos6962stoors are like neanderthals of hobbits .not same cousin race
There will be the day that the courage of book readers fails, when we forsake our films and break all bonds of nerdship. But it is not this day.
Seriously, READ lord of the rings, it‘s infinitely better
The horse wasn’t going particularly fast, but he was going at a gallop for 3 days without rest.
You also can't depict a horse moving as Shadowfax was described in the books without it looking odd in live action. It was described as supernatural, even blurry, and like his hooves barely touched the ground.
And besides that horse only had one horse power under the hood
The elf bit at the start almost killed me XD
You two are great :D
Haha appreciate it mate, thank you for watching ❤️
Truly killed me
Peter Jackson handles the beacons of Gondor in classic Jackson fashion: does it make sense? Not really. Does it look cool? Fuck yeah. He's adapting and changing something from the book; in the book, the beacons are already lit as Gandalf and Pippin ride to Minas Tirith. They are up on foothills of the mountains, not literally on their peaks. And people have been assigned to tend them temporarily because in the book it is SUPER obvious that Sauron will attack Minas Tirith first, and they are calling for people throughout the country to report and take up arms. They are already preparing when Gandalf arrives.
Yes, in the book the beacons are an internal Gondor system to alert the people of Gondor. Rohan is called by a rider carrying a red arrow. A few riders sets out to Rohan and all were killed except one who got through but he was killed on the way back, so Denethor didn't know and thought Rohan had abandoned them.
But to be honest, beacons make even better sence than heralding horse ridders crossing throught half of Rohan to Edoras. (Evem if film make it little bit over the top, its not that much unrealistic)
The beacon tactic was used throughout history multiple times. Yes, they had people posted up on mountains just waiting.
In the ancient times, it used to be a quick form of Alert/message and there was a preoccupied word or command, through it... I'm from the Aegean island of Crete in Greece, and we have a long mountain range which on high tops of hills(not on the top of the highest peaks) and mountains there are those so called, later on, naively by the modern people as "Dragon houses", because they were big piles of rocks (like Dragon Nests) that consist of a settler for one of the 2 people taking shifts and sleeping.... probably those 2 people where having food supplies for 4-7 days, after which another duo of men would substitute them... and it would go on like this... So, you would go there once every month or once every several months... So it was not like a morning job, but more like a low rank soldier duty
Lighthouses used to be the same way. Nowadays they’re all automated but before it was literally someone’s job to live in the lighthouse and make sure it was working 24/7.
For context:
"Your staff is broken"
-When Gandalf got promoted to White, he actually replaced Saruman as the head of his department. The head office got wind of Saruman joining the enemy and they took away his staff/license/power.
-Ever since Gandalf got sent back powered up, he's been more god/angel than man. The old Gandalf used to be afraid of his purpose and smoke weed a lot (yes, it's true)
- That tiny thing the Nazgul rides is not a dragon. Merely a lesser flying beast.
If you wanna see a real dragon, watch The Hobbit, which is the prequel to LOTR and it follows Bilbo's adventures.
And Smaug (the dragon in the Hobbit) was actually considered small. Imagine Ancalagon the Black...
@@catwoman1263 I still think they didn't do Ancalagon justice
GANDALF DID NOT SMOKE WEED!!! Nor did anyone else in the books for that matter. Read the books and read the interviews with Tolkien! Pipe weed means something similar to tobacco. Tolkien said it was a leaf that had nicotine. He often said if he was in middle earth he would be a hobbit because of his own love for pipe tobacco. Sick of people thinking Tolkien, a catholic and a highly moral man would put marijuana in his books. Marijuana wasn’t even used in Europe at the time and it was mostly an Asian habit until about 20 years after the books were written. It wasn’t even popular in the US at the time. Nicotine has a calming effect as well. Just because someone smokes to calm down or because their stressed doesn’t mean it is marijuana.
@@Cherokee9898 Hate to break it to you, but plant narcotics have been in use for literal thousands of years in many cultures.
It may not be the traditional MJ, but it's very likely to be narcotics of some kind. Him and Radagast were proper session buddies in Middle Earth. All of the wizards found their own vices to cope with mortality.
The head office 😂
Lmao the reason fans get all "It's not a dragon!" is because Tolkien himself was VERY picky about what counts as a dragon. To him, they're more than just winged lizard-ish creatures. They need to be intelligent, cunning and, above all, greedy. According to Tolkien, dragons are the mythological personification of avarice. TBH, I think it's a bit too picky as well, but those winged creatures are called "Fell Beasts" in the book specifically because Tolkien was quite specific about them not being dragons. Also, PS: "Nazgul" is the term for the wraith-dudes themselves, not the mounts.
All dragons have wings, but not all winged creatures are dragons. Do not get started on 'Are Balrogs winged?'
No. No, wrong. 'fell beast' just means terrible or dreadful beast. It's not a type of creature.
@@TomorrowWeLive I didn't say it was a type of creature. I said that's the term Tolkien used in the books to refer to them. Because it is.
the fell beasts are more wyverns than dragons. Dragons have 4 "legs" and 2 wings, Wyverns have 2 legs and 2 wings and drakes have 4 legs but no wings :)
You are so correct. I, myself have had so many discussions/arguments with a friend because of the Witch King's words to Eowyn during that confrontation.
Eowyn: I will kill you if you touch him!
Witch King: Do not come between the Nazgul and his prey.
The Nazgul is clearly speaking of himself in the third person. To paraphrase: Do not get in *_my_* way.
However, my friend insisted that the Witch King was referring to his mount because of the visuals. The fell beast looked ready to feast upon Theoden as he lay there not only injured but pinned by his dead horse as well.
The concept of 2 people out in the middle of nowhere making sure messages can be received/delivered is still alive and well in the modern military.
Radio equipment only sends a signal so far. Ask a veteran with commo experience or an infantryman or cav scout about guarding a re-trans station. Usually just a couple guys with a truck in the middle of nowhere with an antenna set up on the roof. Truck battery is all that powers the antenna so you have extra fuel to keep it running nonstop.
There's a similar idea behind HAM radio networks and government support for same, as, in the event of a serious comms disruption, they'd probably be one of the only ways you could get info to most of the population. Cell networks and even landlines would quickly be overwhelmed by the bandwidth demanded of them.
I remember hearing a story about a pre-Iraq-invasion wargaming of the possible operation, and the Red Force (REDFOR) commander (playing Iraq) circumvented BLUFOR's reliance on their expected ability to intercept and disrupt REDFOR comms electronically by relying heavily on motorcycle messengers. It didn't go great for BLUFOR, so they scrapped the exercise and pretended it didn't happen. Probably not a great idea, especially in light of what actually occurred during the occupation, but that's what you get when you decide on the conclusion before you carry-out the experiment.
Sometimes, the old ways are the best ways.
lol this is in freezing snow on the top of mount Everest with matches and a wooden stick. You don't clock in , you live there forever until... praying hell on middle earth breaks out
About the Legolas sniffing the mead (or whatever it was): The Elves of the Woodland Realm are great partiers and they booze up at every occasion, but he'd never had _this_ tipple before before. He just wasn't sure he'd like it
Plus they drink wine.
The elves drink wine, not the low class mead.
The elves are basically the fine Roman/Greeks that drink fine wine and eat grapes, while the dwarfs are the rough scottish people, the humans are viking ish
Not only that, but the elvish wine that the forest elves drink is *incredibly* strong because Forest Elves have *really* high alcohol tolerance. It is really difficult to get them drunk. In the drinking game scene, Legolas was basically leading everyone on, pretending like he had never played a drinking game, all while knowing he could probably outdrink everyone in that mead hall several times over.
Also if his dad is anything to go by, he's more of a wine guy
That sword that Is being reforged is the exact same one that cuts off Sauron’s finger and the ring
"Look they've even got cobwebs on them! Why wouldn't they dust those down a bit?" 😂😂😂
Just the vision of orcs with their little feather dusters getting their boats and weapons nice and clean!
Only Hannah can find the true meaning behind these scenes 😂 appreciate you for watching
I was dying... that is moss, as you can find in most water environments.
But the film was showing Frodo/Sam in a scary place, so maybe Hannah is making a connection thinking of cobwebs. If so, she has some serious premonition power.
•First of all, great Elf costumes.
•I thought Budget Lord of the Rings was either The Chronicles of Narnia or Game of Thrones.
•Smeagol is actually a Stoor, which is one of the three subspecies of Hobbit. Also, it is not that Hobbits are too kind-hearted to be tempted by the Ring; it's that they're pretty content with their lives in the Shire that there is very little that the Ring can actually offer them. When it tried to tempt Sam, all it could offer him was the worlds most elaborate garden.
•In Western cultures, the desire to consume raw meat (as in while the animal is still alive) is a sign of one's fall into darkness and becoming evil.
•I think those are some old ruins, but I can't find an exact name.
•Good thing y'all are watching the Extended Edition, because Saruman doesn't even appear in the Theatrical Cut.
•RIP, Sir Christopher Lee. Fun Story - when filming that scene, Peter Jackson has some ideas for how Saruman should sound after being stabbed from behind, to which Lee tells him that is not how a man sounds when you stab him from behind. Given that Lee served in the RAF as an intelligence officer in WWII, Jackson didn't question him and let the master do his work.
•That is a palantir or seeing-stone, a crystal ball, which we saw Saruman use to communicate with Sauron.
•Elves are immortal and he has drunk before. The Wood-Elves of Mirkwood has a particular taste for fine wines made by the Men of Laketown. (I recommend you watch The Hobbit trilogy next)
•They used size-doubles and other camera tricks. So the actors playing the Hobbits would film the scene and then they'd film it again with size-doubles and the other actors and then combine the two in editing.
•In the books and as you'll see, Theoden will go to Gondor regardless of if the armies of Gondor reinforced Helm's Deep or not. It is the Oath of Eorl (Eorl being the First King of Rohan) that established the everlasting friendship between Rohan and Gondor.
•It also means Pippin is in grave danger, as now the forces of Mordor will be trying to kill him.
•Arwen has chosen to give up her immortality so that she can be with Aragorn. She has this choice because she and Elrond are Half-Elven.
•All bladesmiths hate this scene because that is not how one reforges a sword.
•They're reforging the sword because it is a symbol; that is the sword of the King of Gondor and it should be the King of Gondor to wield that sword. Men would rally behind the man who wielded that sword; rally behind their King's return.
•Minas Tirith is the capital city of Gondor. It is based on Constantinople, as Gondor is based on Byzantium a.k.a. the Eastern Roman Empire.
•Indeed. As Gandalf said, Lord Denethor is merely the Steward of Gondor, ruling Gondor as a placeholder until the true king returns. The reign of the Stewards is one of the marks of the decline of Gondor.
•"There And Back Again" is the title of Bilbo's memoir about his quest to Erebor in the East with Thorin and Company. (Again, recommend The Hobbit films)
•Apparently, as Gandalf the White is in a new body, he has lost Gandalf the Grey's tolerance for pipetted smoke.
•Yes, the Witch King of Angmar is the leader of the Nazgul and thus Sauron's second-in-command.
•That is Minas Morgul, once a fortress of Gondor, now it is the base from which the forces of Mordor strike Gondor.
•First of all, sorry about that. Secondly, the Fell Beast is technically a wyvern, when may appear to be similar to a Dragon, but they're not the same. In British and Irish heraldry, Wyverns have 2 legs, while Dragons have 4 legs.
•Orcs are not know for their hygiene. Also, most fantasy is set in medieval times, which was also not known to be the most hygienic time period.
•A) Gandalf is not present. B) Their anticipating an attack from a different direction from where the orcs are coming. C) The Orcs are advancing under cover of night and fog.
•In the books, the beacons are only a warning that Gondor is under attack. In addition, there is also a red arrow that is sent to call upon Rohan for aid. They are permanently manned by Men of Gondor, who dwell in the Firien Wood.
I love how Saruman's words cut everyone deeply on an emotional level, except for Aragorn, who was bored by what he had to say and didn't care. There's a Man who knows himself and is at peace with his strengths and weaknesses alike. Not that he never struggles, but not by someone else's words. The words that really mean something to him personally come from Arwen.
"The route isn't straight up. You have to go around it."
Good observation! That's one of the city's defenses. It slows invaders down
FINALLY been checking your channel twice a day for return of the king xd
Enjoy mate!! I might Even make it 4 parts
Me too
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Yes 4 part seems better
So, about the beacons: There are likely villages and towns on the mountain sides. The people there take shifts on the top so that their respective beacon is always ready to light up.
Man i love that Ash is always like "The artist that drew this " "look at this scenery" etc. he always admires beautiful shit and peoples work ! is a big man ting yeah ! He a real one ! big up from germany bruv !
One film to rule them all!!!! Can’t wait to watch. LOVE the costumes!
One Reaction to rule them all
Also, the actions of the person when acquiring the ring affects the way the damage develops -- Smeagol opened with murder, as opposed to the way Bilbo acquired it (petty theft / finding it on the ground -- and showing mercy to Gollum). So even when Frodo came into it, there is a certain level of free choice that guides his relationship to the evil force.
Smeagol's people are sort-of-like hobbits -- the river-dwellers are on a branch of descent leading from Man to hobbit.
There was not even theft involved in Bilbo got the ring. He simply found it. He had not even seen Gollum nor knew where the ring came from. Even when he was approached by Gollum, he didn’t know the ring had belonged to him, and actually had forgotten about it. By the time he understood that what Gollum had lost was the ring he had found Gollum was trying to kill him, so he fled.
This may be a bit on the nose, but my theory on the fire signals. When I was in the military, we had this thing called "Fire Guard". I'm sure it was meant earlier in the military to actually be specifically for that (barracks made out of wood and such), but it became more of a security detail at night. Two soldiers are on rotation and each night it's a different pair. The people tending to the signals could probably be stationed there, but switch out. When on that detail, their main objective is look out for the preceding signal to be lit so that they can light theirs. No fire from the preceding signal? Don't light yours. Theirs is lit? Light yours, pass the message on. Then probably haul ass to prepare for battle.
Yes and agreed. I was in the USN, with a similar watch tradition.
Also, those positions need maintenance and the oils would need renewing. If this is a signal system between Gondor and Rohan, it has been in place for how long?... 4000 years?
@@TheGunderian that’s another good point! Someone’s gotta make sure the oil is still good and that the wood can catch when need be. Probably too to keep getting new wood when the older pile starts falling apart; Just all kinds of maintenance and upkeep
@@TheGunderian The system has been there since the original numenor people, so it was built late in the Second Age which ended in that big battle in the opening story, so a little over 3000 years ^^
Imagine... Such a beacon system never existed for more than a few hundred years, and it would be done with more traditional bonfires, with most of the bonfires being on hill tops near a forest area.
They have like 30 hours of behind the scenes on the extended edition DVDs. They go over how they film everything. For making the hobbits seem small, they use a combination of short doubles and forced perspective shots. It's really cool. For example, in the first movie where Bilbo is sitting across the table from Gandalf, they aren't actually sitting across from each other. Gandalf is sitting closer to the camera than Bilbo and the table is really two connected half tables. This creates the illusion that they are sitting across from each other and Gandalf is much taller than Bilbo. Must be super weird to act like that lol.
I believe the artist that inspired a great deal of the design of this trilogy is Alan Lee.
@@anni.68 John Howe was not known to me. His palette is very different from Mr. Lee's but strong conceptual work nonetheless. Thank you for the info. One more artist to add to my databank.
about the beacons:
every beacon is a city in the realm of gondor. when they lit the beacons the actually calling out all their army to come and aid minias tirith (the capital)
the last beacon is for rohan.
Ok, gotta say it.
So Peter Jackson tried to tell Christopher Lee that, when Grima stabbed Saruman, he wanted more of an AAAAARRRRGGGHHH sound. But Christopher Lee turned around and said "Do you have any idea what it sounds like when someone gets stabbed in the back? Because I do." Because of his clandestine service in WWII.
LOL...isn't it weird that the very first 20 seconds got me totally tuned on LOL.....what a great couple. Great reaction!
I always found the beacon scene incredibly moving. It reflects the desperate need, but it also harks back to an earlier time when different kingdoms strove together to fight a common enemy. As each new fire is ignited, it's re-kindling a sense of resolution and purpose in people.
"Hey, I feel so fabulous in this, I don't even want to look at you." lmmfao!
Beacons like that have been used historically, though the most famous account is from the retelling of the Trojan War (so it may not have actually happened). Usually jobs like that are like being a lighthouse keeper: one or a team of people live on site at their post for 10 days to a month and then another team takes over.
The idea with the beacons is that there are people stationed there waiting to light them. I would imagine they would be on a duty rotation. There are modern day precedents for this. During the Cold War, the US had remote, secret listening posts north of the Arctic circle, with just a few men. They would monitor Soviet radio communications, some had RADAR for tracking planes and potential missile launches.
Yeah there also many precedents from ancient times. Greeks and Romans had a similar system and during Midle Age as well. There was guard rotation of course. Imagine same service for a lighthouse keeper...
@@Mr.Wendigo exactly, it used to be a quick form of Alert/message and there was a preoccupied word or command in it... I'm from the Aegean island of Crete in Greece, and we have a long mountain range which on high tops of hills and mountains there are those so called, later on, naively by the modern people as Dragon houses, because there have/are big piles of rocks that consist of a settler for one of the 2 people taking shifts and sleeping.... probably those 2 people where having food supplies for 4-7 days after which another duo of men would substitute them... and it would go on like this... So, you would go there once every month or once every several months... So it was not like a morning job, but more like a low rank soldier duty
its refreshing to get a reaction from funny poeple who make jokes but who also respect the movie aswell
*You guys are awesome, love the commitment and energy and the chemistry of you two. Hope you read the longer explanation below my shorter explanation.*
*Short version: to why **_Pippin, Bilbo, Smeagol, and Frodo_** react differently to temptation and adventure:*
It's not a universal Hobbit quality, different families and Hobbit-kind had different qualities to them. _Tooks_ tended to produce adventurers, _Baggins_ were by far the most content with their life, and the Ring took advantage of a person’s ambition.
*Longer more in depth version:*
It’s not so much that hobbits of all kinds were resistant, as evident by Smeagol. The _Took_ family was the rare line that produced adventurous and curious hobbits, which is part of why Pippin got in so much trouble and was curious about the orb. It's also why Bilbo went on his adventure in The Hobbit, as Bilbo Baggin’s mother was Belladonna Took.
The _Baggins_, however, were the most content of the hobbit families, wanting for nothing but the peaceful life they led. In a lot of ways they were Tolkien's ideal hobbit, and though Bilbo had _Took_ blood in him too, Frodo did not. He was only related to Bilbo via marriage and not direct blood, and instead was more closely related to the _Brandybuck_ family and thus had a blood relation to Merry., Frodo maintained that pure Baggins contentedness with his life, and it is why the Ring had such a hard time influencing Frodo in particular,
Smeagol was of an old kind of hobbit called the _Stoor_ who lived along the river Anduin, they most resembled humans, and interacted the most with them as well. These likenesses and frequent interactions might be why they lacked much of that inherent quality of being content in life that the _Baggins_ and even other _Fallohide_ kind of hobbits who inhabit the Shire.
Love it mate, thank you for this ❤️
The way those beacons depicted in movie - yes, there's two guys living in hut on top of the mountain, probably working in shifts with other guys (like two weeks on mountain, two weeks back in village, repeat).
Realistically, it shouldn't be that extreme though, with beacons on top of mountain tops constantly covered by snow, -
no, nothing like that, such simple system perfectly works without going across the mountains, by going around them. In real life England had such things along coasts facing continental Europe, to prevent unnoticed invasion - without any mountains involved, hills at best, or at least some sort of platforms. It was shown in movie with Cate Blanchett (Galadriel in LOTR) - Elizabeth: Golden Age
And btw it shouldn't take that much time (it's definitely more than 12 hours, including whole night) to light up all of them, with only dozen beacons or so involved. That's pure cinematography.
Im sure they would have the beacons on the hill above the village and will be just generally standing watch in the village... and when the previous beacon is lit then someone from the village goes up on the mountain and light theirs... thats how it would work in reality. (they do not have to be all burning at the same time... there could be hours between lighting of each one...)
because if everyone was standing watch all the time they would get the message over in half an hour... (1 minute for every beacon) ...but even the movie shows the lighting went on over night... (day/night/day)
Makes sense. It would have been an old tradition to have people there, and likely in shifts or once per year you do this ceremonial role for a week or two, just like how they still guard the white tree. Turns out it was actually needed. I love that about that whole scene...traditions were maintained.
In the books the beacons were lit when Gandalf and pippin arrived.
I cannot help but relate this to the conflict between Pakistan and India at 'the top of the world' where both sides have artillery shooting one shell a day. That war is over now, but those soldiers lived in a frozen hell.
It took the majority of England about 40 minutes to be notified of the approaching Spanish fleet. That's where Tolkien got the idea of the beacons.
10:25 might’ve been said before, but Christopher Lee (Saruman) was basically James Bond in his prime. British secret service (American here so I forgot the acronym lol) during WWII. Allegedly related to Ian Fleming, who based some stories off of Lee’s own tales.
Anyway. Lee corrected Peter Jackson (director) on how a man should sound when he gets stabbed in the back. Jackson wanted something like a surprised yelp, but Lee merely asked, “do you know what a man sounds like when he’s stabbed in the back? Because I do.”
This was because he’s actually stabbed a man in the back before
Tolkien was a devout Catholic and his story reflects that moral code. Aragon and Arwen were not smashing before they were married.
Smeagol wasn‘t actually a Hobbit, he was part of the Riverfolks who just kinda look like Hobbits. Nice Costumes 👍😂 Need the other Parts
He was a Stoor Hobbit. It is clarified in Unfinished Tales
Ah yeah, Frodo and other folk from the Shire are usually purehearted folk and/or just have much more modest goals and ambitions than Men or Elves..or Dwarves, Smeagol and Deagol seem to have been decent folk but maybe not the nicest ever.
So the Ring had some higher level of influence on them since they weren't completely pure.
Smeagol went so fast to "My precious" because he murdered someone to get the Ring, and the more force you use to take it, the stronger the hold it has on your mind and soul.
Fist of all, I love Ash and Hannahs chemistry. You both seem like you are very lovley peeps, and I wish you the best. I got hooked on this channel when I saw your reaction to 300, and I just love how honest you are. Ash is never afraid to just geek out when something cool happens on the screen. And Hannah, most reactions on UA-cam are often "Cool action and effects" and so on, there is nothing wrong with that. But you guys have an intresting conversation about what (for me that is) movies are all about, the story, the characters, the relationships and I so appreciate that you talk about this. Its like movies were made for you guys, this is your thing and you are great at it. That is why your channel is according to me the best reaction channel on youtube right now, keep it up.
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Wow your comment motivates the hell out of us mate, honestly it means everything and honour to have you on here mate ❤️ thank you
I like how she says, "Is the fighting starting now, I'm not ready for the fighting?" This is very true of how most ladies consume action/adventure movies. They want more story and romance, with a bit less action. Men seem to want the opposite, but also like the character building. I think this is because in the male DNA we know that we are expected to fight first and hardest, so action stories are a way to prepare in some small way, which may help us survive later.
From what I understand, Arwen was a virgin. Elves don't do sex recreationally, only for reproduction. This is addressed in Tolkien's other writings. Elves also mate for life (History of Middle-earth Vol 10 Part Three; Laws and Customs among the Eldar.) :)
Elves don't only have sex for reproduction but they do choose only one mate for life. They don't get married either with a ceremony and such , if they love someone they chose that partner and the act of sex is all that it takes to seal their bond, because it's not an act of lust but an act of pure love.
They love so deeply that when a spouse is killed they will grief forever but very often choose to die also, and that is why the elves consider Men's mortality a blessing, because they will live forever with the grief of a dead loved one, and if you consider that Galadriel for example, is around eighth thousand years old at the time of this story that is saying much.
In all of the Elf history only one elf married twice, Finwe the High King of the Noldor elves, because his wife gave all her vital energy to their new born son and she was left with none for herself and died and unlike every other elf he did not die with grief but he wished for more children so he took another wife and had two more sons and two daughters. He was Galadriel's grandfather. This story is very tragic for both elves and men and it is the first time elf goes against elf , the Kinslaying, and they never forgot about it and grieve it deeply, it not only caused a massive betrayal and slaughter of elves by elves but also a deep rift between elves that was never forgiven.
There is only one real break up also , Aredhel's is the best known ( also one of Finwe's granddaughters) she marries a not so nice elf who somewhat bewitches her and they have a son, but since their marriage was not one of pure love she eventually escapes him with their son, who is not himself a very nice guy and he craves for power( his uncle's throne) and lusts after his cousin, Idril, who is actually married to a man, Tuor, and so he ends up betraying his mother's family to Morgoth, his father kills his mother and all this too ends in a huge tragedy for elves. Curiously Idril is Elrond's grandmother and Arwen's great grandmother.
The moral of these stories ends up being precisely that love generates love, lust generates division , jealousy and grief. These are little inputs that Tolkien added to the stories ,his faith and beliefs and also because he loved his wife very, very much. Tolkien’s own Catholic view is that the appropriate place for sex is inside lifelong marriage and for the purposes of procreation.
Elves did experience sexual desire and sexual fulfilment but they did so only in the context of a loving union. Tolkien’s elves had a very specific moral purpose in the context of his work. They represented the best of humanity, pure, perfect, uncorrupted by sin. In particular, they represented the best qualities of humanity in the same way that Hobbits and the Shire represent the best of a communion with nature and a simple life, free of greed and industrialization.
Signal fires are a legitimate thing in ancient times. It is worth investing in a guard station and kit them out with supplies. Rotate people out ever couple of months. In exchange, something that could take anywhere from a week to a month can now be messaged within a few hours. It is lightspeed vs horseback riding speed. Keep in mind you also ignore terrain. So no having to go around or climb up and down a mountain.
I...can't...stop....laughing.... You guys are so great and fun.
"Look at that lawn!" 😁 What a British comment, dear Elvish girl! 😂🧡👍
Another fun fact! The dream that Eowyn awoke to describe to Aragorn near the beginning of the film is actually a recurring nightmare that Tolkien, the author, had throughout his life. Tolkien was half-convinced that every time he dreamed of the great wave consuming the land, he was witnessing the destruction of Atlantis, and it partly inspired his creation of Middle Earth.
It's of course much more complex than that, but those are the cliff notes lol
When Eowyn wakes up in the couch and she tells Aragorn about her dream of the great wave: it's actually a reference to this massive tsunami/flood that killed Aragorns ancestors, the Numenoreans. That's why Aragorn looks at her that way. She's literally seen into his own past, and uncovered the reason of why there are so few of his kind left. I guess the scene has romantic connotations too, but I always read it that Eowyn has a special connection to Aragorn, even an affinity, that goes beyond the romantic. In the end their friendship is based on mutual respect and an understanding of each other. In the same way Eowyn understands where Aragorn comes from, Aragorn encourages her to be herself, and validates her as a shield-maiden. This kind of leads to her fulfilling her own destiny. Eowyn's character was never written to be part of a love triangle, in the script or the book, though a lot of people see it that way unfortunately - and I guess that's because love triangle tropes are waayyy more frequent in movies nowadays. Anyway, info dump over, love your channel!! :)
*Numenoreans. Sorry to be pedantic, but the place was called Numenor, not the people.
@@martythetickler ooh my bad! Thank you!
Smeagol is a "stoor" (his race / ethnicity) the person he killed for the ring is his cousin deagol
Stoors are Hobbits. They're one of the three "clans" of Hobbits.
@@Limpshot_McGee correct. It is said that stoors were riverside people and mostly fishermen !
aren't they described somewhere as cousins to the Hobbits?
@@CryptoJitsu "somewhere" can you be a little less specific ?
@@iCortex1 I cannot remember if it was in a book or the movies that I heard this.
Not editing out you farting on your girl was pure genius. Y'all are great. Also, Lego-lash sounds like if Sean Connery was saying it. That's the pronunciation I will use from now on.
ASH + Hannah are the best movie reaction creator ever i seen on all over youtube ASH pls we need more of you and Hannah together in movies well done guys realy bless both of ya : )
I'm rewatching these reactions with you for about the 5th time lol, and I know you might not see these comments so far after you uploaded them, but I hope Hannah sees my comment about how unbelievably gorgeous she looks here. She was BORN for a middle part, and i'm crazy jealous of how good it looks on you all the time! Thanks for being around to rewatching stuff with guys, from your favorite Kentucky girl. :)
it's so funny that pretty much everyone thinks it's strange that there are always people ready to light the beacons, security guards on shifts has been a thing for a very long time.
Security guards on shifts are who freaked out like crazy in 1939 and 1940 when they could hear a ton of motors rumbling in the distance.
The danish movie 9th April (the date of the 1 day German invasion of Denmark in 1940), has a very nice long scene of everyone freaking the hell out because of the security guards reports at like 3 in the morning of high activity near the border, even with radio by that time you still wanted hands on deck.
@@YekouriGaming ok, ok interesting but are you then implying that all security guards are bad because of that mistake? I am struggling to see the connection to a few guys changing shifts on a mountain top in middle earth to light a beacon and a false alarm in denmark in 1940.
@@higgsbozon4862 It was not a false alarm, its just a modern example of basically the same thing.
Just with radios instead of the beacons.
The guys manning the beacons are soldiers, would be stationed there for a time, and serve there in rotations. Supplies would be delivered to them. Militaries in Ancient times did the same things IRL.
Holy shit i instantly clicked on instead of waiting till after work because of the thumbnail and your costumes did not disappoint.
The beacons are actually based in history, i believe both the chinese and byzantines used beacon systems. It would basically be a full time job and people would work in shifts
Hahaha love it mate, thank you for this comment ❤️
When she flicked those lights on her head I was not ready 😂😂😂😂😂
She went and picked up your ear, mate! You better put a ring on that one! She's a keeper ;)
The Nazgul are the nine black riders -The Boss-Man sitting on the "dragon like creature" is the Lord Nazgul. The dragon-like creature is called a "fellbeast."
Just a little tidbit for you, and yes, im already rewatching this. :)
The name Gollum and the way he says gollum, comes from when Smeagol killed his cousin Deagol. He made that noise in his throat when Smeagol choked him. He never got over it in his head and kept making that noise, so people started to call him Gollum.
Yo, you guys are really funny to watch. Love these vids and your honest reaction. My hubs and I are dying. Keep it up in the future!
I love the costumes so much, you both look spectacular! I love what Hannah did with her hair, its so pretty. Im fairly new to the channel but i love how into the movie you both get. You two are a lot of fun to watch.
Ok you two are hilarious!!🤣🤣 And yall killed it with your cosplay🔥
Mad love to you mate, thank you for your kind words ❤️
Subscribed. You're an interesting duo and the showmanship and costumes were going above and beyond. Keep up the amazing work.
Hannah with the fekkin fairy lights... Amazing! 😆 😅 😂 🤣
Okay, I have been up all night watching you guys. I love you guys. You all bring such great laughter! You are the LEGENDS!!! Much love!
When ever i want to laugh and change my mood I come here and see your stuff , love you ❤️
Ash, great sex doesn't equal love, and vice versa. :) Your girlfriend has the kindest heart, and yet she's a fighter too. What a combination. As for the men at the fire towers, it's like light house keepers. I would think it would drive you mad, but whatever.
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I love how they portrayed the white Gandalf as more powerful than the gray and yet they did it interestingly not by having him crafting fireballs or thunders toward his enemies but by him powerful enough to withstand the gigantic fire. Its almost like this fire is nothing to him, he does not need to protect himself by some magical shield only wait for the fire to extinguish. We must remember that it can be also connected to the fact that he got the Ring of Fire, with ruby, Narya the Red one of the 3 elven rings of power.
They didn't exactly have telephones, so when there is a huge emergency and they need help, they light the beacons, calling for aid. And the people would have been waiting at the beacons in shifts.
4:45 Well, thing is I believe in the book Smeagol didn't get taken by the ring so quickly. It consumed him over time until he was out-casted by his family and village after the committed murder.
Part 2: "The beacons are lit! Gondor calls for aid!"
Found your reactions yesterday and caught up, definitely the best I've ever seen. You two have amazing chemistry. Loving the costumes 🤣
Haha honoured to have you on here mate, thank you for the love ❤️
Ashkan is always talking about the scenery and will sometimes mention the music. Although we never saw the whole thing I have no doubt in my mind that he loved the lighting of the Beacons of Amon Din.
You guys are awesome! I love that you can be yourselves on camera! And I love how much you've enjoyed my favourite stories of all time. Lord of the Rings changed my life 🙏
Hahaha thou shall not simply react to this movie, you go hard to this precious!! Appreciate the love mate, and you’ll see what this movie did to me in part 3!
@@justtrustash At that sound the bent shape of Ash sprang suddenly erect. Tall and proud he seemed again; and rising in his stirrups he cried in a loud voice, more clear than any there had ever heard a mortal man achieve before.
Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden!
Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter!
Spears shall be shaken, shields be splintered,
A sword day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!
With that he seized a great horn from Guthláf his banner-bearer, and he blew such a blast upon it that it burst asunder. And straightaway all the horns in the host were lifted up in music, and the blowing of the horns of Rohan in that hour was like a storm upon the plain and a thunder in the mountains.
Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!
Suddenly, Ash cried to Snowmane and the horse sprang away. Behind him his banner blew in the wind, white horse upon a field of green, but he outpaced it. After him thundered the knights of his house, but he was ever before them. Éomer rode there, the white horsetail on his helm floating in his speed, and the front of the first éored roared like a breaker foaming to the shore, but Ash could not be over taken.
Fey he seemed, or the battle fury of his fathers ran like new fire within his veins, and he was borne up on Snowmane like a God of old, even as Oromë the Great in the battle of the Valar when the world was young. His golden shield was uncovered, and lo! it shown like an image of the sun, and the grass flamed into green about the white feet of his steed.
For morning came, morning and a wind from the sea; and darkness was removed, and the hosts of Mordor wailed, and terror took them, and they fled, and died, and the hoofs of wrath overtook them. And then all the host of Rohan burst into song, and they sang as they slew, for the joy of battle was on them, and the sound of their singing that was fair and terrible came even to the City
Smth like this I guess 😁
lol it's funny that whoever corrected you that it's not a dragon but it's a Nazgul, when it's not a Nazgul, it's a fell beast XD the Nazgul is the dude
You guys are killing it
Never have I liked a video so fast!! Those first seconds are golden!!
I so love this channel. Just about 3 weeks ago this man hit 10k and it's closer to 15k now. Keep up the great stuff. Love the bit about the dragon/vs. Nazgul thing towards the end. The need in me remembers similar arguments that stalled D&D games wat back in the day because everyone knows D&D took many mythological inspirations from Tolkien's works. Loved the Cosplay as well. Buckle up, the finale of this series is nothing less than spectacular!
Your support and comments like this keep me going mate, thank you for the love you legend ❤️
The sequence of beacons was a pratice in the ancient Greece. It's called "phryctoria".
The most well know reference of the phryctoria is in the begining of the greek tragedy Agamemnon. The beacons was lit to inform Mycenae that the War of Troy was over and the greeks had won.
And yes, the phyctoria was exactly like it's shown in LotR: a sequence of beacons, on top of mountains, between the place that is sending the message and the place that will be receiving, with people residing temporarily next to each one of the beacons.
This can't end with The return of the king: we want The Hobbit's reaction
Hahaha love it mate, we won’t stop trust me 🙏🏾
I thought elf farts must smell like flowers, i guess I was wrong 🧝🏻♂️🧙🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
Lmaooo you guys are literally the only react channel that makes me laugh this much 🤣🤣. I’ve also recently found your channel, instantly my favorite. 🔥
Hahaha hype me up like that I’m gonna end up fly kicking someone at work! Thank you so much you legend ❤️
The LED lights in the braids are just the chefs kiss. ;)
Yes, two sentry's stay at the beacon they're assigned to. They probably get rotated but that is their sole purpose, like guard duty.
If I was on guard, I'd rather have an epic view like they had.
You guys outfit is like that "1 day in ..., 2 day in ..." meme during this trilogy :')
😂😂😂 so true
There's a lot of people in the fandom who will tell you Smeagol was a hobbit, but he wasn't really. Smeagol's people likely are to Hobbits as Neanderthals are to Homo Sapiens.
More of a very similar evolutionary divergence than same species. Tolkien never really specifies. The most anyone in the books says is "he wasn't so very different from the a hobbit once." Implying a little bit of difference.
He was a Stoor Hobbit.
It is stated in Unfinished Tales
@@jspettifer Exactly. Exactly. Love your comment! ♥
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"Smeagol killed his friend..."
Not quite. It's worse than that. Deagol was his *brother.*
I thought Deagol was his cousin....
His cousin
Cousin*
these 2 are so good lol. 29:40 "their town doesn't look in good nick does it?"
25:20 his body was rejuvenated so his lungs got un used to it
27:40 we only say its a fellbeast and not a dragon, because dragons in middle earth were way cooler
32:20 I'm sure there are delivery men who take food rations to them, and they probably switch out every couple months with someone else