Rings of Power Season 2, Episode 6 BREAKDOWN

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  • @NerdoftheRings
    @NerdoftheRings  2 місяці тому +48

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    • @mokeish
      @mokeish 2 місяці тому +5

      the true lines aren't just underminded, they're misunderstood, the writers think barrow wights are the souls of the dead somehow returned from beyond the void, they don't know how magic works or that is a beyond godlike ability that sauron does not have

    • @TheDeviousBandit
      @TheDeviousBandit 2 місяці тому +4

      In Norwegian smile is prounanced smil

    • @nomdeguerre8464
      @nomdeguerre8464 2 місяці тому +2

      So, are you walking back that it was indeed Durin's Bane and NOT the Watcher that the dwarves are digging too deep to find?
      Because last review you didn't even consider the balrog

    • @TheDeviousBandit
      @TheDeviousBandit 2 місяці тому +1

      Have you considered sauron teleporting to kahazad dum and back ?

    • @NerdoftheRings
      @NerdoftheRings  2 місяці тому +7

      @@nomdeguerre8464 I thought the water flinging up was the Watcher and that it was unrelated to the inevitable balrog confrontation. The balrog has been communicated in the show a lot, so I knew that was coming, but thought perhaps that scene was pointing toward there being many foul things they should fear.

  • @jamelephant
    @jamelephant 2 місяці тому +1191

    If they want to do call backs to the movies, then they should have Adar absolutely crushing some tomatoes for dinner

    • @Gebsequanimity9300
      @Gebsequanimity9300 2 місяці тому +16

      lmao 😂😂😂

    • @christopherladka2463
      @christopherladka2463 2 місяці тому +15

      I was surprised they didn't like come on guys they missed a lay up

    • @samsschool3639
      @samsschool3639 2 місяці тому +41

      And have Galadriel sing a song for him

    • @wakizashi-f6s
      @wakizashi-f6s 2 місяці тому +1

      man you r perfect

    • @AmyBrueckman
      @AmyBrueckman 2 місяці тому +13

      I straight up expected them to do that the second they showed Adar and a plate of food

  • @blackexican08
    @blackexican08 2 місяці тому +158

    Say what you will about the show but the actor playing sauron is KILLING it man switches between comforting and conniving like a pro

    • @stephenlandale631
      @stephenlandale631 2 місяці тому

      Amen!

    • @landonloux8235
      @landonloux8235 2 місяці тому +12

      Exactly dude. It’s def different from the source material but it’s ok. It’s an adaptation and I’m loving it

    • @OG-97
      @OG-97 2 місяці тому +1

      Agreed, loving the switch up and dwarves, not so much the harfoots

    • @devanman7920
      @devanman7920 2 місяці тому +4

      Agreed. The shows a real let down but he's clearly a very good actor

    • @becausebuzzbomb6133
      @becausebuzzbomb6133 Місяць тому +1

      He is extremely good with his facial expressions and body language. I didn't dig him in Season 1, but in Season 2 he does indeed shine.

  • @griegomas
    @griegomas 2 місяці тому +579

    There is a serious scale problem. It feels like there are maybe 10-20k people in the whole world, including orcs and elves.

    • @Max1990Power
      @Max1990Power 2 місяці тому +23

      Remember at the wedding of Elessar at Minas Tirith. When the camera focus on the hobbits and then pan out to see everyone bow to them. That gives a sign of the scope

    • @jamiegaff6150
      @jamiegaff6150 2 місяці тому +23

      tbf at the trial of Eendil and Miriel there are people on the backgrounds on the cliffs but they are so hard to see, but I would agree, the scale and writing has been an absolute car crash apart from annatars scenes they have been pretty good

    • @Max1990Power
      @Max1990Power 2 місяці тому +15

      @@jamiegaff6150 we got a glimpse of the scope for the orc army when adar showed galadriel. But it was very dark. Difficult to see. Almost battle at winterfell dark

    • @Tomy-im8zl
      @Tomy-im8zl 2 місяці тому +24

      Come on! There are at least 15 people on Numenor... ok maybe 14 since Valandil died...

    • @TribeofBenjamin1
      @TribeofBenjamin1 2 місяці тому

      That's such a low number. It's over 1 million definitely, regardless what numbers you believer

  • @StrayBee
    @StrayBee 2 місяці тому +420

    Did anyone else notice that Stranger and Tom were basically going
    "I had a vision of my friends going to die"
    "not yet finished, your training is. Lead to the dark side, it might"

    • @Bloomazz
      @Bloomazz 2 місяці тому +14

      Yea I'd say Bombadil is their most egregious example of character metamorphosis. They could have replaced his role with Farmer Maggot and it'd be probably more in line with what we know

    • @matt-tf2ob
      @matt-tf2ob 2 місяці тому

      Nobody cares about his friend going to die for the Mission/Bigger picture is the only thing that matters and why Tom is right.

    • @Dantick09
      @Dantick09 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@matt-tf2obthat is why this is not Gandalf, Gandalf as no problem spliting and going off on his own business

    • @matt-tf2ob
      @matt-tf2ob 2 місяці тому +2

      @@Dantick09 He probably is Gandalf cause who cares about the 2 not so famous Blue Wizards.

    • @daves5872
      @daves5872 2 місяці тому +6

      I feel like part of the ‘test’ is that the Stranger will forego finding his staff, his power, in order to save his friends and this prove his worth.

  • @ed.659
    @ed.659 2 місяці тому +182

    My favourite quote from the entire show was in this episode:
    "Put yer beard into it!" said by a mining dwarf to another.

    • @NerdoftheRings
      @NerdoftheRings  2 місяці тому +36

      Wait…are you serious? I totally missed that if it was actually said. 😂

    • @BnBwithMe
      @BnBwithMe 2 місяці тому +14

      @@NerdoftheRingsits in there, I only caught it because of subtitles. But i loved it hah

    • @ed.659
      @ed.659 2 місяці тому +5

      @@NerdoftheRings Yes! I'm obsessed with it. It is said at the beginning of the "Annatar in Khazad-dum" bit.

    • @snickerdoodles787
      @snickerdoodles787 2 місяці тому +10

      My subtitles said bread instead of beard

    • @christopherrichardbass-bar5727
      @christopherrichardbass-bar5727 2 місяці тому

      @@NerdoftheRingsNah, I heard this!

  • @calebdulinsky3855
    @calebdulinsky3855 2 місяці тому +766

    It’s weird how the show feels so small. You have no sense of scale that Numenor could possibly raise an army of tens of thousands to invade middle earth and be so fearsome that Sauron quakes at their advance. You have no sense that the Noldor in Middle Earth, despite waning as the age passes, are still quite numerous and extremely powerful. All we get to see is a few dozen Numenoreans at a time, a few random elves at a time. There’s no sense of scale with the show and it feels so small.

    • @alexvinci169
      @alexvinci169 2 місяці тому +20

      It is still a TV show. Plus, we had so far no reason at all for huge mass scenes in the open. But it does really help to watch that series not on a smart phone or tablet. That show looks pretty huge and epic on our huge flat screen ;)

    • @jimzimmer2048
      @jimzimmer2048 2 місяці тому +57

      @@alexvinci169 100 mil per episode

    • @terrasur4168
      @terrasur4168 2 місяці тому +86

      @@alexvinci169 Literally more than the budget of Peter Jackson's trilogy. There is no excuse.

    • @turnipsociety706
      @turnipsociety706 2 місяці тому

      ​@terrasur4168 big armies are boring. You can go watch them in chinese megaproductions

    • @Blisterdude123
      @Blisterdude123 2 місяці тому +27

      @@alexvinci169 That excuse simply does not fly when some streaming shows these days quadruple the budget of an entire movie.

  • @punithkumarb9038
    @punithkumarb9038 2 місяці тому +538

    "Bats frighten me. It's time my enemies shared my dread"
    - Disa

    • @papabearlives9995
      @papabearlives9995 2 місяці тому

      So she's batman lol.

    • @benburkin7942
      @benburkin7942 2 місяці тому +20

      "I'm Bat Disa!"

    • @RazorFang18
      @RazorFang18 2 місяці тому +2

      You so right for this, lol. xD

    • @bambulkomccloud3983
      @bambulkomccloud3983 2 місяці тому

      @@punithkumarb9038 Considering this was filmed during or shortly after covid, when everybody was rightfully terrified of bats, their reaction was totally understandable...

    • @JordanDavila
      @JordanDavila 2 місяці тому +7

      Disa nuts

  • @michaelkelleypoetry
    @michaelkelleypoetry 2 місяці тому +200

    Actually, now that I think about it, just because Adar thinks the crown has special powers to kill Sauron if the Elven Rings are used with that, that doesn't mean he's right. And we know he ultimately fails, so maybe this is just the show showing how Adar is playing with powers too big for him that he doesn't understand.

    • @bspitler0
      @bspitler0 2 місяці тому

      Dude brained Sauron. If he can do that he's just fine.

    • @mimimaitri1
      @mimimaitri1 2 місяці тому +17

      I was thinking it’s just a plot device to get the crown back to Sauron. And he gets to kill Adar and take his army.

    • @MaroLitraTV
      @MaroLitraTV 2 місяці тому +3

      I wonder... Noone noticed Adars gauntlets? 😎

    • @Max1990Power
      @Max1990Power 2 місяці тому +3

      ​@@MaroLitraTVi did. Haha. Convenient

    • @TheJmlew11
      @TheJmlew11 2 місяці тому +2

      We will see if that is the case. That said this show has done little to display that it wouldn’t just make the crown the magical key to killing Sauron.

  • @niallgaffney2475
    @niallgaffney2475 2 місяці тому +352

    Khazad-dûm is huge….but Disa and Durin are going to stop ALL the mining Home Alone style in that one hallway.

    • @eyekay103
      @eyekay103 2 місяці тому +9

      Hahaha this! I can't wait to see the trip wires and illusions that an entire army of dwarves is with them!

    • @Zzues
      @Zzues 2 місяці тому +3

      I'm sure she will toss some oil on the floor and slip them up!

    • @nehriim3748
      @nehriim3748 2 місяці тому +9

      Wasn't it specifically the mythril vein?

    • @niallgaffney2475
      @niallgaffney2475 2 місяці тому +18

      And that’s the only entrance to it?
      It’s the same as Disa dropping her orb and discovering a new cave like 10 feet from the market. Khazad-dum is as big or small as the writers need it to be for the scene they’re writing.

    • @deankruse2891
      @deankruse2891 2 місяці тому +1

      Silver tuna tonight!

  • @rini6
    @rini6 2 місяці тому +32

    I keep on thinking of Jack Black when I see Tom Bombadil

    • @scribbleknit
      @scribbleknit 2 місяці тому +1

      I do too! I keep expecting him to start singing “Peaches! “

    • @is_bolo_e_cha
      @is_bolo_e_cha Місяць тому +1

      I was having this strange feeling every time I saw him, and finally I understand what it was.

  • @glowingeddy
    @glowingeddy 2 місяці тому +182

    When he said precious I was half expecting him to look at the camera and give a wink

    • @gavinwoods2737
      @gavinwoods2737 2 місяці тому +1

      😂

    • @Books_Lot
      @Books_Lot 2 місяці тому +1

      He well might with how deep this movie is in poo

    • @TheMarmara2023
      @TheMarmara2023 2 місяці тому +2

      Then a jazz band starts playing

    • @JyrkiS
      @JyrkiS 2 місяці тому

      "The Dwarves had proved untameable..The only power over them that the Rings wielded was to inflame their hearts with a greed of gold and PRECIOUS things...they could not be enslaved to another will..All the more did Sauron hate the possessors and desire to dispossess them."

    • @devanman7920
      @devanman7920 2 місяці тому

      Same 😂

  • @martinravn2924
    @martinravn2924 2 місяці тому +1229

    I don't like hating on this show as it's a good way to see more of middle earth, but one of things that irritate me the most is the way they portray the elf's. In this show they're just men with pointy ears.

    • @giovannischulze1253
      @giovannischulze1253 2 місяці тому +214

      how dare you label them as "men"! they are a diverse crowd of Google interns, from all walks of life!

    • @Cmelonie
      @Cmelonie 2 місяці тому +85

      I think part of that probably comes from setting we have seen them in thus far. When the elves are given ‘elf things’ to do, it seems to succeed for the most part. Gil-Galad gives a larger than life feel, Elrond really seems to capture the wisdom of the elves, Cirdan their ancient nature, and Arondir shows us the classic badass side to their warriors.

    • @jeffreyyoung6714
      @jeffreyyoung6714 2 місяці тому +93

      It’s not middle earth dude it’s a fan fic

    • @Chimpmanboom
      @Chimpmanboom 2 місяці тому +25

      Yes! Elves are supposed to be aliens that are almost perfect not this bs

    • @Rauruatreides
      @Rauruatreides 2 місяці тому +20

      ​@jeffreyyoung6714 it's a middle earth adaptation whether you like it or not (for the record I think it's mostly badly written).

  • @Henez89
    @Henez89 2 місяці тому +164

    I hated hearing Tom use the Gandalf line. Nothing less satisfying than a prequel taking an iconic line or action and revealing that it was simply someone repeating something they saw before.

    • @AnnNunnally
      @AnnNunnally 2 місяці тому +25

      And totally ruining the Gandalf line. The writers need to reread the source material. Then write "I will not misquote Tolkein" 100 times.

    • @scoobysnacker1999
      @scoobysnacker1999 2 місяці тому +11

      Agreed, and it made zero sense in that context. Gandalf said it to Frodo, in reference to Bilbo NOT killing an altogether wretched creature in Gollum, saying he may yet have a purpose or value. In this, Tom is telling "stranger" to let a generally good person in Nori, one who befriended and then stuck with him, leave her to die and go try to find his destiny (which he doesn't have a good idea of yet anyway). While I'd like the halfling storyline to go away, it would be pretty callous in-story to do it that way, particularly when Gandalf later makes the statement:
      "The rule of no realm is mine, neither of Gondor nor any other, great or small. But all worthy things that are in peril as the world now stands, those are my care. And for my part, I shall not wholly fail of my task, though Gondor should perish, if anything passes through this night that can still grow fair or bear fruit and flower again in days to come. For I also am a steward. Did you not know?"

    • @Wallyworld30
      @Wallyworld30 2 місяці тому +1

      @@scoobysnacker1999 Gandalf loves the Hobbit's he will not turn his back on Nori. I don't even get why he should? He can grab his staff off those dead tree's in minutes and the halflings are only a mile or so away. If Tom wants Gandalf to turn his back on his helpless friends because it could take up a day of his time then Gandalf is better off without him. Jolly Tom is not so Jolly in this show.

    • @yaroslavgerzhedovich6064
      @yaroslavgerzhedovich6064 2 місяці тому +5

      Gandalf shouldn't be here 3000+ years before he actually came.

    • @NuggetEternal
      @NuggetEternal 2 місяці тому +2

      Tom just feels so off. I get that maybe he's younger but his demeanor is as cold as ice. No warmth whatsoever. Not at all how I imagined him from the books.

  • @bmabs35
    @bmabs35 2 місяці тому +144

    Why on earth did Galadriel tell the leader of an Orc horde where her Ring is, who's carrying it, and where he's headed?

    • @Wustenfuchs109
      @Wustenfuchs109 2 місяці тому +32

      Because the show needed it. Did you just dare imply intelligence?! This is Rings of Power, we don't do that here.

    • @amirbsh3759
      @amirbsh3759 2 місяці тому +3

      Adar either said you gave me much more information than I wanted.

    • @WolvesbaneNetwork
      @WolvesbaneNetwork 2 місяці тому +22

      @@bmabs35 because as is revealed at the end. she's assuming that all Adar has is a small warband not an entire army. Elrond showing up with an army is as much a threat as it is reassurance. She says Adar can't take sauron on himself so not only is she going to reveal that she can help Adar but that an army of elves is coming so he doesn't have a choice. Then he pulls the rug out from under her and tells her that she underestimated him.

    • @Alfie-ps6ll
      @Alfie-ps6ll 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@WolvesbaneNetwork to genuinely believe he had one legion is laughable. She's one of many dumb characters

    • @isaacm2374
      @isaacm2374 2 місяці тому

      Plot holes. Tolkien's lore is full of them. So are the Lord of the Rings movies

  • @MrHobbes6
    @MrHobbes6 2 місяці тому +24

    Really felt Annatar's line to Celebrimbor: "One last time." So damn cold. Chilling delivery by Charlie Vickers, and heartbreaking reaction from Charles Edwards.
    The magma of Mount Doom"--gonna shout it from the rooftops even if I'm wrong, but I really feel like that's the One Ring being forged, and I think Halbrand used the Southlands sigil to make it at the end of season one.
    I loved Annatar's illusion of Eregion and the transition back to reality, with the exception of the bad direction of extras. The elves in this show too often feel like nothing but pointy-eared humans, and in that scene they were behaving like unimaginative depictions of medieval peasants: running around in mindless panic, falling down and even shoving each other. I get it that they're not used to their peace being threatened, but I feel like there should still be some foundation of wisdom and grace.

  • @quickhands7008
    @quickhands7008 2 місяці тому +141

    Thank you for focusing on the Tom version of Gandalf’s line, I was legitimately in shock that they somehow turned that quote into something about not saving your friends.

    • @troywilliams9688
      @troywilliams9688 2 місяці тому +9

      The whole time I was thinking of Luke's vision while training with Yoda and him trying to convince Luke to stay on the path and not running off half cocked to play hero.

    • @eugene8498
      @eugene8498 2 місяці тому

      @@troywilliams9688 Thank you, now I know what they have been doing. Cause I never understood why any Istar needed training in magic.

    • @davidbeer5015
      @davidbeer5015 2 місяці тому +5

      Or…maybe it’s a test? And the true answer *is* to save his friends?

    • @eugene8498
      @eugene8498 2 місяці тому +1

      @@davidbeer5015 I sure hope so. We'll have to wait and see, but history tells me the writers ain't that bright.

    • @davidbeer5015
      @davidbeer5015 2 місяці тому +1

      @eugene8498 History has been less kind to you, it seems. I’ve honestly thought a good chunk of what they’ve been doing works, and has me fairly confident that that is the intended angle. They’ve gotten a good bit right. Elendil’s whole sequence here alone is fabulous.
      Just because I’ve seen others make the comparison, he isn’t doing the Yoda, but the reverse. Yoda wanted Luke to forsake his friends for destiny, but Tolkien-wise, I feel like the idea would be the opposite, and that that will be the route they’ll take.

  • @NerdoftheRings
    @NerdoftheRings  2 місяці тому +153

    EDIT: After some folks pointed it out, I did see that there's some (I think CGI?) extras in the sea trial scene higher on the ridge line. Very easy to miss, imo, but I will credit them in that there ARE more people present.

    • @RobKlarmann
      @RobKlarmann 2 місяці тому +13

      Ok. But your point is still valid nonetheless. It's really not that hard or expensive to double or triple the extras with CGI. We're living in the age of A.I. and you're telling me that should be an issue?

    • @jseels
      @jseels 2 місяці тому +5

      I agree with you - one big weak point of this show is they don’t PACK the cities or civs with enough people or hustle and bustle. One thing PJ’s film always did well was MASSIVE SCALE. It always felt larger than life and so real even though it was fantasy.

    • @kvacm
      @kvacm 2 місяці тому +3

      CGI or not, empty middle stairs in the middle is a bad choice.

    • @Wallyworld30
      @Wallyworld30 2 місяці тому +10

      @@jseels Laketown feels like it had 100x the people of Numenor.

    • @TarisRedwing
      @TarisRedwing 2 місяці тому +1

      still the scale feels off when they should be showing more people during some scenes. Like bro does all the Mithril come from that one corner the Dwarfs were chased off in the weird bat scene.

  • @elijahking6766
    @elijahking6766 2 місяці тому +340

    The Numenoreans flip flop like an Olympic game of ping pong.

    • @AnnNunnally
      @AnnNunnally 2 місяці тому +29

      There are not enough of them, either. The crowd work in this show is abysmal!

    • @troywilliams9688
      @troywilliams9688 2 місяці тому +4

      They're really making a mess of the gods tally of who gets drowned and who gets saved

    • @vng
      @vng 2 місяці тому +9

      The Numeroreans look dumb because characters cannot be more intelligent than their writers.

    • @pandorasbox9294
      @pandorasbox9294 2 місяці тому

      It’s no wonder they parish 😂

    • @justrandom4304
      @justrandom4304 2 місяці тому

      They are men after all lol

  • @RangerHouston
    @RangerHouston 2 місяці тому +26

    Annatar walking up behind Celebrimbor with his hammer behind his back had me sweating lmao

    • @nancyhayes9958
      @nancyhayes9958 2 місяці тому +1

      Celebrimbor is safe until he forges the Nine. Then, all bets are off. Besides, Sauron wouldn’t be merciful enough to give one of his victims a quick death.

  • @michaelh3800
    @michaelh3800 2 місяці тому +148

    If you look closely on the water edge scene there's a huge crowd watching in the background.

    • @tamarinmangold1414
      @tamarinmangold1414 2 місяці тому +5

      Yes, was looking for this comment. 👌🏻

    • @justingriffiths3466
      @justingriffiths3466 2 місяці тому +5

      Came here to point this out too😅

    • @michaelh3800
      @michaelh3800 2 місяці тому +12

      It also looks like it was added late to make it look like a big event. The fact that you have to strain your eyes to see it is a problem

    • @gilgamesh8334
      @gilgamesh8334 2 місяці тому +1

      It’s not really huge.

    • @SK4Madhi_Freal
      @SK4Madhi_Freal 2 місяці тому +1

      Which part? Anyone have a time stamp?

  • @acrustykrab
    @acrustykrab 2 місяці тому +82

    The Gandalf line from Tom barely even fit the situation, just had to stick it in there. It fit very well for the Gollum/Frodo/Bilbo dynamic but this time just was off.

    • @triko03
      @triko03 2 місяці тому +1

      In the books Bombadil was always a bit „accept your faith and don‘t be scared“ for Bombadil from the books it was a quite fitting line

    • @acrustykrab
      @acrustykrab 2 місяці тому +3

      ​@triko03 I agree with you that it could fit his character bc Jolly Tom would be a fitting guide for istari, given his wisdom, but in the conversation it was odd. The gandalf line works as a calming and wise thought in response to reckless death dealing or bloodlust. The quote does not discourage saving a life. "Some that die deserve life" is not a literal guide, it just means sometimes death finds those who don't deserve it, and to come to terms with unfortunate death. Not that giving someone life, or trying to save them, is the wrong choice.
      It can sort of make sense if Tom wants wizard to just accept his friend will die, or that her death is set in stone, but I don't think Tom would ever do that, it's quite cruel.
      If his friend died, then Tom would use those words to try to comfort him

    • @politicallyincorrect2564
      @politicallyincorrect2564 2 місяці тому

      Yeah, like yoh have read the books 😂😂 you just trying to justify the series stupidity in copying ​@@triko03

    • @mimimaitri1
      @mimimaitri1 2 місяці тому +1

      They really love putting book and movie quotes in this show, even if given to a different character and in a different context. It could be done better.

    • @windenast
      @windenast 2 місяці тому +4

      Was the worst. Geez.. Amazon is so stupid.

  • @J0HNJ0RDAN
    @J0HNJ0RDAN 2 місяці тому +253

    Removing the Stranger/DarkWizard/Harfoot story would elevate this show immensely.

    • @nancyhayes9958
      @nancyhayes9958 2 місяці тому +2

      Yes, it would. At the very least shoving in into the next season would help.

    • @zoe0abundant
      @zoe0abundant 2 місяці тому +7

      It seems like they have no connection to the other storylines. They have to cross over at some point or it is basically just two shows taking place at the same time.

    • @Poopsicle43
      @Poopsicle43 2 місяці тому +1

      @@zoe0abundantI mean, the stranger knows about Sauron and his evils, so I’m sure at some point the stranger will have a conflict with Sauron

    • @Enerdhil
      @Enerdhil 2 місяці тому +4

      That is why Episode 5 was pretty good.

    • @5quepasa
      @5quepasa 2 місяці тому

      In the first season, I would disagree immensely, but I have not seen anything that ties them in with the rest of the show even thematically this season.

  • @gffg387
    @gffg387 2 місяці тому +243

    Favorite character so far: Glug. My guy just wants the best for his wife and kid.

    • @RobKlarmann
      @RobKlarmann 2 місяці тому +7

      Amen to that! Good on him for not deserting the army. Hope he pulls through...

    • @gffg387
      @gffg387 2 місяці тому +21

      @@RobKlarmann Dude, Glug dying will be the most sad thing ever.

    • @iamrubenmes
      @iamrubenmes 2 місяці тому +14

      Right? He's a cool dude. Unfortunately, that reflects poorly on Amazon for making us root for him.

    • @bspitler0
      @bspitler0 2 місяці тому +7

      Imagine Glug being the one to kill everyone important for the rest of the show.

    • @PurdyGood
      @PurdyGood 2 місяці тому +3

      Every time I see him on screen I imagine his epic moment where he 1v1’s one of our heroes and gets the upper hand. Then he gets a bunch of screen time in the next episode and dies by the end of it.

  • @andrebomtempo7893
    @andrebomtempo7893 2 місяці тому +12

    Dont take me wrong, I love all your content and all your episodes breakdowns, but I simply love every single time they do these references from the movies that you seem not to like.

  • @lothos-tu4uh
    @lothos-tu4uh 2 місяці тому +15

    ...why does Celebrimbor (Feanors grandson) look older than Cirdan (one of the oldest elves alive at this time)...? 🤔

    • @Askyl
      @Askyl Місяць тому +6

      Because in this adaption, Humans are cast as characters playing Elves. Unfortunetly, they didn't get the rights to any boats to valinor to go get some real elves. Tolkien Estate holds tight on those rights. Legend says Jackson only got to go pick up one elf and brought back Thranduil to play him self in The Hobbit.

    • @alphabarre9096
      @alphabarre9096 Місяць тому

      You probably think everything is real.

  • @awesomehpt8938
    @awesomehpt8938 2 місяці тому +497

    Celebrimbor shouldn’t feel bad for forgetting that woman’s name I can’t remember the names of pretty much all of the made up characters in this show.

    • @NerdoftheRings
      @NerdoftheRings  2 місяці тому +124

      lol! I almost made a joke about understanding him not remembering her name because it doesn't appear in the books. haha

    • @nomdeguerre8464
      @nomdeguerre8464 2 місяці тому +5

      Easily forgettable

    • @turnipsociety706
      @turnipsociety706 2 місяці тому +5

      "Made up" is not what you expected? You wanted historically accurate and documented real people?

    • @srk4044
      @srk4044 2 місяці тому +12

      ​@@turnipsociety706I think they mean made up for the show, and not coming from JRR Tolkien

    • @fishjcb
      @fishjcb 2 місяці тому +8

      @@turnipsociety706are you aware that the show has source material?

  • @Inner_Wings
    @Inner_Wings 2 місяці тому +553

    Can we agree that for god's sake, legions of orcs this near should have been goddamn spotted by the city ?

    • @johnglue1744
      @johnglue1744 2 місяці тому +36

      Hahahaha do you’re saying someone possibly could’ve seen all those campfires?

    • @nomdeguerre8464
      @nomdeguerre8464 2 місяці тому +35

      All 50 or so of them.

    • @TurinStark5
      @TurinStark5 2 місяці тому +24

      Exactly, it's just so idiotic

    • @jasonmarbach
      @jasonmarbach 2 місяці тому +38

      It’s almost like elven hubris coupled with annatar’s manipulation is a terrible combination or something 🥴

    • @laodaron
      @laodaron 2 місяці тому +40

      Without this feeling antagonistic, are you aware that Sauron, hidden as Anatar, also known as The Great Deceiver, is deceiving the elves of Eregion?

  • @NerdoftheRings
    @NerdoftheRings  2 місяці тому +331

    NOTE: I'm not saying things can never reference the original LOTR story (and/or films). I'm saying it needs to be things that make sense. A great example is Elendil's words when coming to dwell in Middle-earth, which is what Aragorn sings at his coronation in the ROTK film.

    • @martinravn2924
      @martinravn2924 2 місяці тому +42

      Agreed the line form bombadil made no sense in that moment.

    • @dashwoodhouse11
      @dashwoodhouse11 2 місяці тому +26

      I agree with you too! The way Rings of Power is doing this now is very random. I think they want it to come of as "see? We do reference the books!" when it comes off as them trying too hard but not getting the effect. They're trying to trigger nostalgia, but it comes off as cheap. I have not watched the whole recap yet, but I remember the part about "Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give that to them?" It's a favorite Gandalf moment of mine, and to be used that way is just... ugh
      Edit: Got to the part about this line. Was super sure that a lot got bothered about that line!

    • @Frankje01
      @Frankje01 2 місяці тому +6

      @@dashwoodhouse11 agreed, seems they are so afraid to stand on their own or that their audience can enjoy the story as it stands itself that they feel the need to have a constant connection to the movies. That's why we get stuff like Gandalf in the second age. They seem to think that without these known characters there just wouldnt be enough to tell an original story (to the average viewer). Which is ridiculous.

    • @imagieb8898
      @imagieb8898 2 місяці тому +12

      Corey made a similar point, except he goes in depth to analyze the references in an attempt to understand, instead of dismissing them as nails on a chalkboard.

    • @dashwoodhouse11
      @dashwoodhouse11 2 місяці тому +5

      @@Frankje01 Yes! I think the showrunners (and whoever the higher ups are involved in this show) severely underestimate what the audience can enjoy and understand. They thought the elves would not fall for Sauron being Annatar - but that is the actual story that Tolkien did create and it worked. It comes off to me as 1) them not knowing anything about the lore 2) them thinking they can do better
      I understand that they don't have rights to a lot of things, but why couldn't they make their own lines that would suit the story better? Are they so incapable of doing that that they have to copy-paste memorable lines in the book and movies? They have done so well with the Numenor story here, and I'm not sure why it's not consistent with the Stranger story.

  • @tiabright2724
    @tiabright2724 2 місяці тому +9

    I actually love the fact that Annatar emphasizes how much these rings are "precious" because it's a part of the act. The real precious ring is not here yet. So the overuse of "Peter Jackson- trilogy" slogans NEVER loose its true meanings for me - this is where it all begins! They have to talk about the rings like this because Annatar is right - the Rings are the true relics of power of the 4th age, the Simarils are not even heard of in the Peter Jackson trilogy
    Also Thank You @NOTR, I absolutely love your channel. I watch all your videos. Much Aloha from Maui, Hawaii.

  • @ModernCowboy78
    @ModernCowboy78 2 місяці тому +75

    I do have a hard time believing the Elvs would panic like they showed in this episode.

    • @janatman
      @janatman 2 місяці тому +10

      Preach! I also have a hard time believing that elves wouldn't have seen the approach long before the orcs are standing just across the river when any average Joe Schmoe human would've spotted them.

    • @Sportsfan94
      @Sportsfan94 2 місяці тому +2

      That was my first thought lol

    • @ModernCowboy78
      @ModernCowboy78 2 місяці тому +1

      I'm a fan of this show as I like anything LOTR as we don't get that much live action but this is an oversite.

    • @ModernCowboy78
      @ModernCowboy78 2 місяці тому

      @@djamel-arbouche yeah that is strange.

    • @axellofgren7679
      @axellofgren7679 2 місяці тому +5

      if you read the silmarillion I think you wouldn't think of it being that weird. Elves are more human like than most people think. Of course they have this "elf aura" around them, but they are far from perfect.

  • @kevz2474
    @kevz2474 2 місяці тому +447

    Numenorians and Elves in this show are just regular dudes that never left their home town lol

    • @supremeotaku6607
      @supremeotaku6607 2 місяці тому +14

      Accurate

    • @yoyomayne
      @yoyomayne 2 місяці тому +11

      Numenorians are pieces of crap in this show except for Muriel, Elendil and their loyalists

    • @leyubar1
      @leyubar1 2 місяці тому +8

      It’s difficult to represent a race of 7ft humans without having 5’10” humans stood next to them

    • @harisabram4767
      @harisabram4767 2 місяці тому +3

      It is a drama series not a movie. I know they talk about a big budget but that is spread over many series.

    • @kmook76
      @kmook76 2 місяці тому +12

      @@leyubar1 Hmm if only they could use body doubles, camera tricks or choosing taller and shorter actors like in some other trilogy.

  • @billedmunds80
    @billedmunds80 2 місяці тому +54

    Galadriel is so easily duped in this series. Hardly the character that didn't trust Annatar from the get-go in Tolkien's works. "Hey Galadriel, I have a bridge for sale in Brooklyn. Interested?"

    • @Blisterdude123
      @Blisterdude123 2 місяці тому +11

      I can't believe she was literally about to side with the orcs. Even Adar was like 'tf are you serious, you've lost your mind' when she basically offered to join up with him. Even the BAD guy is like 'tone it down, you've clearly been corrupted by Sauron' lmao

    • @kylebeavers
      @kylebeavers 2 місяці тому +3

      @@Blisterdude123 couldn't she just have been lying to Adar to eventually get out of captivity. I mean, she's his prisoner after all at this point. She has to find a way to survive the situation. Sauron's not the only one that can deceive to achieve his ends.

    • @Blisterdude123
      @Blisterdude123 2 місяці тому +9

      @@kylebeavers I'd buy that if at any point previously in two seasons of this show, we'd seen some example or evidence of that in her behaviour, her character. We have not.
      What we have seen is her fanatical, bloodthirsty obsession with hunting Sauron, up to and including gaslighting herself into believing Sauron had tricked her, when really she'd tricked herself. All we have is evidence that she'd do ANYTHING to get Sauron, up to and including siding with....the orcs, apparently.

    • @Max1990Power
      @Max1990Power 2 місяці тому +1

      ​s celeborn supposed to be her ancor? The one to keep her focused and in balance? Because so far Galadriel seems to just stumble into the dark. Until that point when she understand that adar bringing the orc army to eregion was of saurons design.

    • @nancyhayes9958
      @nancyhayes9958 2 місяці тому +2

      At least I don’t outright hate her this season.

  • @boobootittleman7299
    @boobootittleman7299 2 місяці тому +228

    Shout out to Disa recreating the bat cave scene from Batman Begins.

    • @LOT9T
      @LOT9T 2 місяці тому

      I was thinking it was morbin time myself but OK!

    • @dominickdonmez19
      @dominickdonmez19 2 місяці тому

      For it was cool igaf

    • @nomdeguerre8464
      @nomdeguerre8464 2 місяці тому +13

      Beyond cringe.

    • @dominickdonmez19
      @dominickdonmez19 2 місяці тому +1

      @@nomdeguerre8464 was fire 🔥🔥🔥

    • @nomdeguerre8464
      @nomdeguerre8464 2 місяці тому +4

      @@dominickdonmez19 yeah, you have said that about 10 times. Almost as if it is your job to do so.

  • @LukeRocha-f7u
    @LukeRocha-f7u 2 місяці тому +6

    Honestly just happy to see Tolkien on screen again

    • @ODST_Republic
      @ODST_Republic 2 місяці тому

      Tolkien wouldn't approve of this and would be upset how they butcher his world and themes of his actual book

  • @RedRiverCAE
    @RedRiverCAE 2 місяці тому +23

    As someone who is pretty oblivious to LORT lore, im heavily confused as to how much time is actually passing during a season.

    • @Somerandomfilmmakerguy
      @Somerandomfilmmakerguy 2 місяці тому

      Real question. Does references to the Silmarillion make sense to you without context as to what they are?

    • @dburgd99
      @dburgd99 2 місяці тому +9

      So are the showrunners.

    • @Bayard1503
      @Bayard1503 2 місяці тому

      I mean... a couple of days?? it's been a month at most since the start of the entire show?? I know it sounds stupid but I could actually defend this if we look how things connect. And why not? Eregion and Lindon are at most a couple days ride away, enough for Elrond and Galadriel to not make a single stop, Valinor is a swim away... Numenor is somewhere in the middle, probably not more than half a day of sailing...

    • @ItsButterBean1020
      @ItsButterBean1020 2 місяці тому

      @@Bayard1503I’d have to imagine it’s longer though right?
      Like Adar is marching from Mordor to Eregion, that’s gotta be like 100 miles right? Thousands of Orcs marching that distance would be crazy

  • @OnlyRoke
    @OnlyRoke 2 місяці тому +87

    As you pointed out last week, I don't love that the Dwarven Rings are already making people power-hungry and mad (since they're supposed to be passed down for generations), but the overall drama of the king gone mad and his son struggling to reach out to him is really neat.

    • @nomdeguerre8464
      @nomdeguerre8464 2 місяці тому +7

      @@OnlyRoke yeah, well, it's just causing them to wake Durin's Bane about an age and a half too early, but whatever

    • @clearwiredatl
      @clearwiredatl 2 місяці тому

      I'm wondering if that might be sauron manipulating durin III since his condition is what sparked Brimby's potential willingness to make the 9.

    • @kdr121279
      @kdr121279 2 місяці тому

      Counterpoint to the argument about dwarves passing down things for generations that make them power-hungry/mad... there are plenty of examples from history where heirlooms passed down created nothing but strife for families. Property is a great example... how many family squabbles have came from something passed down? Yet, it's still something highly desired. I dunno, I think you and NOTR have a great point about that with the rings... but I do think history shows us that people will pass powerful/valuable things down even when they cause lots of problems.

    • @REAPER3fitty
      @REAPER3fitty 2 місяці тому

      "Neat" wow

    • @TheJmlew11
      @TheJmlew11 2 місяці тому

      It’s neat but it would have been more effective if all throughout the show we’ve had conflict between the two Durin’s.

  • @nicholasmaddocks7545
    @nicholasmaddocks7545 2 місяці тому +117

    Honestly, Owain Arthur, Charlie Vickers, and Lloyd Owen as Prince Durin, Sauron and Elendil respectively, are absolutely slaying this season. Their performances are well done and very believable.

    • @BlueforReason
      @BlueforReason 2 місяці тому +10

      I felt the hype with saurons slow motion stride and smile

    • @dutchkel
      @dutchkel 2 місяці тому +12

      Nobody wants to congratulate Morffyd I see. She's an excellent actress.

    • @attackfox
      @attackfox 2 місяці тому +5

      They are the three carrying the entire show

    • @kraaaah2823
      @kraaaah2823 2 місяці тому +9

      I felt like in this episode, Lloyd solidified his casting as THE only guy to play Elendil. Like I can't envision anyone but Viggo playing Aragorn.

    • @Bayard1503
      @Bayard1503 2 місяці тому +3

      @@dutchkel She really isn't in this show... great actors can make even cringe lines work, she never does here

  • @FatherRabbitt
    @FatherRabbitt 2 місяці тому +92

    Did anyone else notice that Annatar’s wig looks better in this episode? The hair looks longer and fuller than previous episodes

    • @attackfox
      @attackfox 2 місяці тому +12

      I noticed this too! It didn’t make his forehead look as terribly huge

    • @ecthelionofthefountain8267
      @ecthelionofthefountain8267 2 місяці тому +3

      Still looks like a wig though.

    • @Caniac76
      @Caniac76 2 місяці тому +22

      He's using L'Oreal by Lothlorien shampoo now that he is in Eregion.

    • @498chris
      @498chris 2 місяці тому +2

      Yes!!! They fixed his split ends

    • @AkiTerry
      @AkiTerry 2 місяці тому

      😂​@@Caniac76

  • @coryhowell3135
    @coryhowell3135 2 місяці тому +5

    It is a little frustrating hearing Anatar say, "You need to address your people" and we see a crowd of about 18...it makes the sweeping, massive shots of a city seem much less impactful when crowds are so small

  • @kellerlambert
    @kellerlambert 2 місяці тому +2

    Dude I just have to say your breakdowns are so damn good. Super appreciative of people like you with a keen attention to detail and a passion for the source material, without overdoing it. Well done.

  • @saphyrionelendilion7166
    @saphyrionelendilion7166 2 місяці тому +184

    I think this season is far from great, but I admit I really appreciate the way the are making Sauron such a manipulator by pushing Adar in attacking Eregion for him

    • @NerdoftheRings
      @NerdoftheRings  2 місяці тому +110

      The Sauron manipulation is top of the list for things done well imo. Seeing him nudge people like chess pieces has been fun to see.

    • @TmHudsonArt
      @TmHudsonArt 2 місяці тому +9

      @@NerdoftheRings This was the main thing I wanted to watch the show for as Sauron's methods in the second age always interested me and i am glad they are delivering well on that part of the story at least. Looking forward to how he does the same with Pharazon in Numenor...

    • @jseels
      @jseels 2 місяці тому +12

      Charley Vickers is one of the best actors and parts of the show! Elindil is right up there as well!

    • @TomBombadil676
      @TomBombadil676 2 місяці тому

      And you're satisfied?

    • @Wustenfuchs109
      @Wustenfuchs109 2 місяці тому +3

      Except that his manipulation and power are misrepresented. But, characters are always as smart as people writing them - so nothing better could be expected from these writers anyway. For an example how it should be done, just look at all other shows and films that had a surprise twist and good manipulators - when a smart writer is sitting at the table, they are fooling you as well, you don't get the truth until the very end and things fall into place. In this show, Sauron fooled no one, especially not the audience. The show made characters fooled by him because they needed it to happen - but made absolutely no effort to make it believable - instead, they made all characters Sauron interacts with retarded, so he can look like a smart master manipulator.

  • @randimccone
    @randimccone 2 місяці тому +126

    Annatar's illusion conjuring near the end was fkn perfect 👌 best thread of the series. Also Elendil is badass and I'm here for it!

    • @randimccone
      @randimccone 2 місяці тому +4

      Also, sometimes I agree the prequelitis is too much , for the use of the word precious, I found it perfect:
      Pre-cious
      adjective
      (of an object, substance, or resource) of great value; not to be wasted or treated carelessly.
      "precious works of art"

    • @nancyhayes9958
      @nancyhayes9958 2 місяці тому +2

      The actor playing Sauron is having way too much fun and killing the role, but I could have lived without the “precious” comment.

  • @NotSeregnar
    @NotSeregnar 2 місяці тому +43

    There were a few scenes in this episode where I got the feeling Sauron wanted a taller tower to look out of.

    • @jj48
      @jj48 2 місяці тому +2

      "Eh, Elves have OK eyesight, I guess, but what I REALLY need is to be a giant, flaming Eye!"

    • @MSHKYT
      @MSHKYT 2 місяці тому +1

      Saruman: Sauron’s gaze can pierce cloud, shadow, earth, and flesh.
      He doesn't need a watch tower.

    • @Mithereaal
      @Mithereaal 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@MSHKYTyou know Saruman was just exaggerating in order to elevate his new master. Otherwise he would have found the one ring

  • @OswaldoTortoledo
    @OswaldoTortoledo 2 місяці тому +13

    That damn callback was almost a dealbreaker for me. It undermines Gandalf and his wisdom so much, making it sound like he just remembered a phrase that Ol' Tom told him ages ago. So stupid

  • @joaquinmoran4006
    @joaquinmoran4006 2 місяці тому +12

    Hear me out... In the show they'll use part of Morgoth's crown to make the One Ring along with Mithril.

    • @muzzyali8011
      @muzzyali8011 2 місяці тому

      this show is obsessed with Mithril jesus Christ. They'll probably use it in the Numenorian ships that go west for whatever reason.

  • @OnlyRoke
    @OnlyRoke 2 місяці тому +166

    I am still holding out hope that The Stranger and The Dark Wizard are the two Blue Wizards and they are purposefully dressed up to look like Gandalf and Saruman, because the showrunners decided to go with an idea akin to "The two Blue Wizards both bungled their mission and later on Gandalf and Saruman were sent to redeem what they were supposed to be." so we have proto-look-alike versions of Gandalf and Saruman.

    • @swright8566
      @swright8566 2 місяці тому +31

      I don't know why but I have a feeling Tom will give The Stranger his hat and cloak thus making him a blue wizard. All the Gandalf references are too obvious and perhaps this is more of an Istar reference.

    • @HarrywiseGamgee
      @HarrywiseGamgee 2 місяці тому +7

      Me too! I feel the show-runners want to impress core viewers like us by surprising us. Making him Gandalf is too easy. Besides, it’ll make the dark wizard totally random.

    • @cptblack9801
      @cptblack9801 2 місяці тому +28

      he is 1000000% gandalf, they have been giving us small hints now and there. and since this show is written by 12 year olds i can guarantee u he is gandalf

    • @alkintanriverdi4306
      @alkintanriverdi4306 2 місяці тому +4

      Come on seriously. After the "many that die deserve to live..." sentence... So what? Did Gandalf hear it from Bombadil 🤬

    • @jeffmcguire1965
      @jeffmcguire1965 2 місяці тому +9

      I'm the same - it will be a disappointment to be Gandalf - so I have this theory (wishful thinking?) that the showrunners knew that Gandalf was everyone's expectation, so they are teasing with it to make the reveal more shocking. It just seems at this point, if the stranger turns out to be Gandalf, it will just feel like a 'meh'.

  • @richsw
    @richsw 2 місяці тому +14

    The fact they didn't use CGI to create big crowds is such a weird choice. It's even more noticeable in Numeanor, which is always bizarrely empty of people.

  • @hannahdaisy6905
    @hannahdaisy6905 2 місяці тому +124

    I don't mind the "precious" references by Sauron. After all the one ring came from him and it seems that people refer to it as precious without even realising it. It shows the influence that Sauron and the ring have over everyone. For him to be using it in a prequel makes sense if it's his preferred choice of language. It would then later explain why others refer to the ring in this way too. It further shows how pervasive his words are.

    • @luchi850
      @luchi850 2 місяці тому +10

      100% true. I thought this was an obvious plot point to make. I don't understand the criticism of it. The ring bearers have a subconscious desire to refer to the One Ring as 'Precious'. Why? How? What for?
      Imagine not explaining or adding background to one of the most iconic phrases of the entire legendarium.

    • @attackfox
      @attackfox 2 місяці тому +1

      Well said

    • @craigching
      @craigching 2 місяці тому

      I agree with this take

    • @Bruh-pp2bh
      @Bruh-pp2bh 2 місяці тому +1

      One of the few good/cool things this show has done

    • @pedror7992
      @pedror7992 2 місяці тому

      oh my oh my

  • @abaray123
    @abaray123 2 місяці тому +8

    Did people miss the meta reference of how the Rings of Power will become the main story and the Silmarils would just be a side note. Lord of the Rings vs. The Silmarillion reference?

  • @rollo4722
    @rollo4722 2 місяці тому +3

    One callback I actually enjoyed was “the sea is always right”… it made no sense in season 1 but the trial by sea monster thing made it work

    • @jj48
      @jj48 2 місяці тому

      I think it's ok for it not to make perfect sense, personally. Given what we heard during the ceremony last episode, I get the impression that the Faithful don't fully understand all the rituals and things they're doing. Like, they have some knowledge of the Valar, and try to respect them and keep the customs as best they can, but even among them, much knowledge has been lost and some things have just become ritual.

  • @adampoultney8737
    @adampoultney8737 2 місяці тому +66

    9:30 I view this as Adar fundamentally not understanding what Sauron is

    • @ghostdreamer7272
      @ghostdreamer7272 2 місяці тому +2

      I don’t blame him for that. But he understands Sauron better in *some* ways than others

  • @futspychatshit9718
    @futspychatshit9718 2 місяці тому +94

    I enjoy these breakdowns more than the episodes themselves

    • @AnnNunnally
      @AnnNunnally 2 місяці тому +1

      I have been hate watching since I saw the first episode in Season 1. But I also blame the people who would not let them use all of Tolkein's books.

  • @stroiaioana14
    @stroiaioana14 2 місяці тому +78

    elendil has such Ned Stark vibes this season

  • @danielbronks4234
    @danielbronks4234 2 місяці тому +10

    Galadriel is 5000 years old and acts like shes emotionally 17

  • @fenthras9463
    @fenthras9463 2 місяці тому +17

    I don't fully understand how to vocalize my feelings... but Rings of Power feels remarkably low-budget considering how much money has been poured into it. Something about it feels small in scale, which is deeply confounding because we're told these events are meant to be world-shaking.

  • @ThinkViralShorts
    @ThinkViralShorts 2 місяці тому +42

    Eregion has also been so underwhelming. The gwaith-i-mirdain are portrayed as weak inexperienced individuals rather than the great Jewel smiths they are and they make it seem like Eregion has one city. It's an entire region, with its capital city being Ost-in-edhil. But it seems like they skipped that and have allowed Adar to camp right outside the walls of the city without any confrontation.

    • @mimimaitri1
      @mimimaitri1 2 місяці тому +6

      They completely missed out on the chance to show us why it was such a special place, and how impressive the elven realms must have been before the 3rd age.

    • @dashwoodhouse11
      @dashwoodhouse11 2 місяці тому +4

      Yes, they could have take the time to at least have someone run or walk through Eregion. Showing the normal people and the Gwaith-i-mirdain and how they usually are in time of peace. I didn't know why they didn't take the time to make us care for these elves. When the sacking of Eregion happens, we'll only feel bad for Celebrimbor because he's the only one we cared about there.
      Comparing that to Lord of the Rings which spent some time showing normal citizens of Rohan and Gondor before the battles happened. They showed men being separated from their families, children being forced to flee without their mother because of war. That shot straight to the heart and gave more weight to the bloodshed on the screen.

    • @bmabs35
      @bmabs35 2 місяці тому +8

      Numenor too for that matter. I don't get the impression these are the mighty people they're supposed to be.

    • @ItsButterBean1020
      @ItsButterBean1020 2 місяці тому

      Yeah I wish we got to see Adar invading the outlying regions, burning them down before making a move on the capital; shrouded by Sauron’s arts

    • @Slayer398
      @Slayer398 2 місяці тому

      @@bmabs35 they don't look any different from anyone you see anywhere outside your window or walking down the street and that's amazingly underwhelming.

  • @awesomehpt8938
    @awesomehpt8938 2 місяці тому +140

    We’re near the end of season 2 and we still haven’t seen anything of Anarion (the first king of Gondor) but we’ve had plenty of Elendils annoying evil daughter. Sigh!

    • @SaintFort
      @SaintFort 2 місяці тому +13

      The show is not the books. It's a loose adaptation of the books, so its events will play out differently.

    • @Rauruatreides
      @Rauruatreides 2 місяці тому +10

      ​@@SaintFortit's not so much they are changing the book content, and rather that the things they have changed haven't really been interesting.

    • @BlueforReason
      @BlueforReason 2 місяці тому +6

      Obviously youre not going to get anarion. They have to condense 1000 years into ten. Or we would be getting 20 seasons where absolutely nothing happens. I thought it was obvious that elendil will be the first king.

    • @cassieo
      @cassieo 2 місяці тому +8

      I think he will show up next season when Elendil goes to have a chat with him about the Faithful leaving Númenor. Probably going to have a nice long grief session about wife/mom and Isildur, then deciding to go help the Elves.

    • @MaroLitraTV
      @MaroLitraTV 2 місяці тому +9

      @@BlueforReason Of course we are getting Anarion in the next season. In season 1 Elendil told Isildur that Anarion is on the west side of Numenor where most of the Faithful live and the showrunners hinted that we will see him

  • @davem3953
    @davem3953 2 місяці тому +128

    If the Numenoreans are fickle, imagine if they had the internet.

    • @troyjanagujar3384
      @troyjanagujar3384 2 місяці тому +1

      with all the internet trolls too

    • @Blisterdude123
      @Blisterdude123 2 місяці тому +1

      This is the problem with condensing thousands of years of events into...what...a year? Two maybe?

    • @RobKlarmann
      @RobKlarmann 2 місяці тому

      Touché!

    • @troyjanagujar3384
      @troyjanagujar3384 2 місяці тому +1

      @@Blisterdude123 they should take notes with game of thrones, they know how to give personalities to different factions of the mob. Etc kings landing

    • @swright8566
      @swright8566 2 місяці тому +1

      ​​@@troyjanagujar3384Meh, I stopped watching or reading anything GoT related since the author can't be arsed to finish the series of books.

  • @maniachaelgaming
    @maniachaelgaming Місяць тому +1

    Charlie Vickers has done such a great job in this series. Playing Sauron as well as playing Sauron playing Halbrand and playing Sauron playing Annatar takes a great amount of talent and character immersion that can’t be overlooked.

    • @maniachaelgaming
      @maniachaelgaming Місяць тому

      I also really like the way Elendil is portrayed. If I knew nothing of the lore and was asked to point out which character reminded me most of Aragorn, I would point to him. They nailed it in my opinion, especially episode 5 of this season onward.

  • @andreszejner7434
    @andreszejner7434 2 місяці тому +10

    Absolutely agree with the annoying references to the movies... When Durin was asking Durin to take off the ring, I was yellign at the screen: "DONT SAY IT...." frearing that Durin was going to call it his precious...
    Its so distracting, these usurped lines...

  • @jcacustodio01
    @jcacustodio01 2 місяці тому +8

    i didn't mind the 'precious' from Annatar, i kinda like that it was a term originally from Sauron, but I agree about the references from the stranger and Tom...

  • @acnash27
    @acnash27 2 місяці тому +8

    Regarding Annatar cutting his hand, I took it as part of the ritual for his illusion spell he cast on Celebrimbor. Notice when he threatens him he uses his cut hand to grab him, and the show lingers on him holding onto Celebrimbor with the cut hand, like it’s important to the spell that is cast.

    • @friendlyfiddler5727
      @friendlyfiddler5727 2 місяці тому +4

      I´m pretty sure when he gave Celebrimbor "refined mithril" he instead just gave him something filled with his blood to forge the 9, so that this time is not that he "touched/stained" the rings, but that his very essence is forever inside them and without mithril to in any way counteract it, powering the rings and yet binding them to his will unquestionably. Remember he didn´t manage to convince Durin to grant them more mithril once they spent all they had...

    • @JQUE94
      @JQUE94 2 місяці тому +3

      Yall both made some great points about those two scenes

  • @haileyranson8255
    @haileyranson8255 2 місяці тому +3

    I know its not really related to anything mentioned in this video, but I love the musical theme used to represent Numenor!

  • @leyubar1
    @leyubar1 2 місяці тому +4

    I LOVE the props in this show. The trumpets that you point out are awesome (also, so is Feanor’s hammer in particular). I also love that the SFX cue is reminiscent of a train horn and comes almost immediately after the phrase “light at the end of the cave” (which is obviously a prompt for the audience to be thinking about tunnels and trains!)

  • @JuanRodriguez-mp8mh
    @JuanRodriguez-mp8mh 2 місяці тому +64

    I think Annatar slicing his hand and placing it on Celebrimbor's arm is what he uses to create the illusion

    • @attackfox
      @attackfox 2 місяці тому

      I was a bit curious what the blood letting was for

    • @ninfreak95
      @ninfreak95 2 місяці тому +24

      Nah I think he put his blood in the "refined" mithril.

    • @sixseasonsandamovie8753
      @sixseasonsandamovie8753 2 місяці тому +3

      It's s stain for the mithrils, it's how he tampers with celebrimbors forges

    • @friendlyfiddler5727
      @friendlyfiddler5727 2 місяці тому

      @@ninfreak95 Not even that. Remember he did not convince Durin to get more mithril, so these rings are gonna be made out of normal metal and Sauron´s blood, which was covered by the illusion into looking like mithril, and will allow him to control the Men who wield them "as if they were mere extensions of his body and will"

    • @Jibcutter
      @Jibcutter 2 місяці тому

      Agreed, I think it was used to help cast the illusion for Celebrimbor as he soon after gripped him with that hand. The mithral he could have influenced it whenever it was in his possession.

  • @bambulkomccloud3983
    @bambulkomccloud3983 2 місяці тому +45

    Aren't all Istari servants of the secret flame? Yes, Gandalf used this phrase, but this should apply to all of them, right?

    • @MoldyMojoMonkey
      @MoldyMojoMonkey 2 місяці тому +13

      I have my fingers crossed that this is the case, that this isn't Gandalf, and that it's all just been a cunning misdirect.

    • @WhiskerDooz
      @WhiskerDooz 2 місяці тому

      I think they stop being "servants" when they are corrupted and use their power for evil

    • @ArturoRamirez2003BS
      @ArturoRamirez2003BS 2 місяці тому +5

      @@MoldyMojoMonkeyhim not being Gandalf at this point would be worst for the story

    • @Lord_Nordan
      @Lord_Nordan 2 місяці тому +1

      @@ArturoRamirez2003BS I agree. If he ends up not being Gandalf, then it makes the harfoot storyline completely meaningless.

    • @danielnilsson9835
      @danielnilsson9835 2 місяці тому +1

      Hopefully something old Tom told all Istari 😅

  • @happyredpanda
    @happyredpanda 2 місяці тому +1

    On another note, that Aragorn painting you used is fantastic! Beautiful! 👏👏👏 Kudos to the artist Vanderstelt 👍🏼

  • @Siobhan-yw5sb
    @Siobhan-yw5sb 2 місяці тому +3

    Love these videos, love the discernment between the books and the choices of the programme folks but my god, how is this not simply an amazing show? If we go back to the dark ages of only having a cartoon, nerdom will deserve what befalls it!!

  • @solomondutoit7237
    @solomondutoit7237 2 місяці тому +37

    @NerdoftheRings If you take a closer look at the scene, at the end of the sea trial, there are quite a number of Numenorians standing on the cliffs watching the sea trial

    • @kronlidmusic
      @kronlidmusic 2 місяці тому +6

      yeah, i didnt see that when watching the episode but i noticed it in the video, i wonder if he missed it aswell

    • @Jokoufro
      @Jokoufro 2 місяці тому +3

      I was going to mention this as well. Didn't notice them during the episode but watching the stills in the breakdown, seems like a lot of people showed up for the trial. Great catch!

  • @neomoscoso10
    @neomoscoso10 2 місяці тому +37

    Annatar became an awesome orchestral director towards the end of the episode.

  • @rey2352
    @rey2352 2 місяці тому +8

    There was another clear reference to the point in The Two Towers movie when Saruman reveals his Uruk-hai army to Wormtongue. Both the lines spoken at that point and the visual shots were the same as The Two Towers, just changed a bit (it would take a number beyond reckoning/just one legion then cut to shot overlooking a larger army)

  • @corax86
    @corax86 2 місяці тому +31

    WHERE IS ANARION? You're father is on trial, brother believed to be dead, sister kind of a traitor, and Anarion doesn't care? He was mentioned in Season 1 after all.

    • @ruigerd
      @ruigerd 2 місяці тому

      Good point

    • @bmabs35
      @bmabs35 2 місяці тому +3

      @@corax86 Amandil's nowhere to be seen either. Absolutely baffling.

    • @muzzyali8011
      @muzzyali8011 2 місяці тому

      Seems like the series has purposely changed everything. So they basically replaced Anarion with a woman, added in unnecessary characters like Gandalf and the hobbits, etc. It's just so baffling how the creators of this show disregarded the source materials so badly. Peter Jackson omitted characters only because there were too many.

    • @corax86
      @corax86 2 місяці тому

      @@muzzyali8011 But Anarion WAS mentioned in a conversation, so he is in Rings of Power. He just does not appear for some reason.

    • @muzzyali8011
      @muzzyali8011 2 місяці тому

      @@corax86 ahh didn't notice that but they should've just had Anarion instead of her. It would made so much more sense than just to 'add' a daughter for no reason

  • @benjamincostello
    @benjamincostello 2 місяці тому +10

    At first, I thought the Disa and the bats thing was ridiculous, but then I realized that she and bats both use echolocation and then it seemed kind of awesome.

  • @TheScreamMan
    @TheScreamMan 2 місяці тому +15

    Its worth noting we only have Angars word that the crown was the key to killing Sauron. I mean it didn't do the job before. He also proceeded to follow up all he told Galadriel by saying it was all a lit to get her to talk anyway, so Im not convinced that the claim about the crown is true.

    • @TurinStark5
      @TurinStark5 2 місяці тому +1

      Plus it was way too small to be Morgoth's crown. He was massive in size and that crown is for a normal head

    • @dutchkel
      @dutchkel 2 місяці тому +3

      ​@@TurinStark5He said Sauron reforged it for his own head.

    • @NikolisKitchen
      @NikolisKitchen 2 місяці тому

      I really don't get why people are just 100% jumping on "yep, it's Morgoth's crown" when Adar was clearly manipulating her and trying to get her to reveal what she knew.

    • @Phlickit
      @Phlickit 2 місяці тому

      @@dutchkel I was literally opening my mouth to say "that's gotta be way too small to fit Morgoth's head" when Adar added the line that Sauron refit it for himself. Criticism withdrawn.

  • @clementjacques8043
    @clementjacques8043 2 місяці тому +31

    Are we not gonna complain that Arondir appeared for like 1min and never again and had no clear purpose because we already knew Adar was planning to attack ?

    • @mimimaitri1
      @mimimaitri1 2 місяці тому +4

      Yeah, it felt like bad editing. I have a feeling we will figure out next week why he needed to find that map.

    • @acrustykrab
      @acrustykrab 2 місяці тому +4

      i thought he was gonna warn Eregion or something lol nope

    • @jseels
      @jseels 2 місяці тому +4

      Guys give him a break… he didn’t know his girlfriend’s actor was gonna bail on the show to fight injustice in her country 😂

    • @Phlickit
      @Phlickit 2 місяці тому +4

      I think the purpose is not so much to show that Adar is planning to attack, but to show us that he knows where the orcs are going and gives him a reason to go in that direction himself. That way, when Arondir shows up at Eregion in the battle, we won't go: "How did he get here? I thought he was way over there?"

    • @Bayard1503
      @Bayard1503 2 місяці тому +2

      @@jseels Oh, I hope she succeeded in freeing Iran by doing... what exactly?

  • @cypherdk85
    @cypherdk85 2 місяці тому +14

    The bat scene game me a chuckle because it reminded me of Lord of the Rings Online when the first expansion dropped, Mines of Moria.
    Everyone had problems with a quest to find the bat cave, and people just got tired of it and told them to go to Gotham 😂
    Also I indeed have heard the pronunciation smil, in my native language of Danish, which does have roots in how English came about.

    • @Faerwing66
      @Faerwing66 2 місяці тому

      Haha. I remember that Bat Cave thing too! Good memories!

  • @svenningen
    @svenningen 2 місяці тому +1

    Love the language detail brought from the Prancing Pony folks! I listened to their pod too, fantastic!
    I'm glad to see season 2 feeling like a better trajectory for most people I hear from!

  • @tarikjimenez
    @tarikjimenez 2 місяці тому +5

    Where are the ring of Barahir? Shouldn’t we be seeing him in Elendil’s hands at this time? Maybe it is in some family chest or something? I hope the show doesn’t forget that

  • @matheusavila2688
    @matheusavila2688 2 місяці тому +8

    Elendil Stark, a man of duty and faith

  • @chiprodda2634
    @chiprodda2634 2 місяці тому +4

    I found Tom’s words to “Gandalf” at the dead trees as a lesson. One in which “Gandalf” will impart later on to his student.

  • @yoyomayne
    @yoyomayne 2 місяці тому +12

    The people of Numenor really pissed me off in this season. One minute, they're siding with that piece of crap Pharazon, then they suddenly change their mind about him for Muriel who they just hated for losing men in war just because the sea monster didnt eat her. Elendil's daughter is a traitor to her own kin, and I'd renounce her, if only temporarily, but what she did is unforgivable. I just hope Muriel, Elendil, and all who are truly loyal to them depart from treacherous Numenor before the Valar thrash that place. Ofc Elendil will but yea...

    • @OliverLodgeMusic
      @OliverLodgeMusic 2 місяці тому

      Did she become the Queen again or what? Weird that Balzagar? seemed to immediately side with her as well when he seemed to be pharazons main evil man

    • @stephenlandale631
      @stephenlandale631 2 місяці тому

      Could be different Numenorians -- "King's Men" showing up in Armenelos, Faithful showing up so support one of their own in a ritual they hope will prove his innocence.

    • @yoyomayne
      @yoyomayne 2 місяці тому +1

      @@OliverLodgeMusic she is once again queen, but now not just of Numenor, but the sea as well lol

    • @yoyomayne
      @yoyomayne 2 місяці тому

      @@stephenlandale631 yes, but they don't make that clear at all

  • @EWE1290
    @EWE1290 2 місяці тому +34

    Is it me or is it super strange that they never show the elven smiths actually working? It’s always them standing there after having finished working. I loved in ROTK when they showed the elves making Anduril on their forge, it seemed so authentic where now in this show, it seems weird we only see them standing around

    • @jj48
      @jj48 2 місяці тому +2

      Maybe the Eregion smiths have unionized.

    • @EWE1290
      @EWE1290 2 місяці тому

      @@jj48 haha always on their union breaks. 20 on 30 off lol

    • @Bayard1503
      @Bayard1503 2 місяці тому

      Fire is dangerous. Are you a mad man?

    • @WolvesbaneNetwork
      @WolvesbaneNetwork 2 місяці тому +4

      @@EWE1290 I gotta be honest I've always disliked that anduril scene. Mainly because hammering two flat pieces of metal next to each other is useless. Like there was no effort to show any real blacksmithing, just hammering hot metal.

    • @EWE1290
      @EWE1290 2 місяці тому

      @@WolvesbaneNetwork interesting, to be honest I don’t know much about blacksmithing so if that’s true then that’s kind of weak, but it’s more effort than just showing elves standing around after having finished working lol

  • @ralphdamianiart
    @ralphdamianiart 2 місяці тому +8

    So, Galadriel is easily fooled again, this time by Adar? For what it’s worth Charlie Vickers, Lloyd Owen and Owain Arthur are carrying this show. They manage to elevate all their scenes with the little they are given. Now and then they get some good lines and you get a glimpse of what this show could have been with veteran writers behind it, preferably with filmmaking experience, since episodic television is terrible for the overall pacing.

    • @OliverLodgeMusic
      @OliverLodgeMusic 2 місяці тому

      She is a complete moron. Which is strange because the show seems to want to portray her as the boss girl who is never wrong. But they could've literally made her the boss girl that she is by having her be the one suspicious of Annatar as in the books and then be proven correct. I cannot fathom what they're trying to do with her. She's a hateful, moronic liar and even the other characters in the show seem to think so but yet she's meant to be the viewers "hero"

  • @michelhv
    @michelhv 2 місяці тому +7

    I much preferred Isildur being precious to his mother, because it gave emotional depth to his debased use of the same word with the One ring. Annatar’s use of the word here is mere prequelitis in comparison.

    • @alexvinci169
      @alexvinci169 2 місяці тому +1

      Hmhm, Annatar saying they they are -pretty cool- would have made do much more sense ;)

    • @friendlyfiddler5727
      @friendlyfiddler5727 2 місяці тому

      I´m pretty sure the idea is Annatar/Sauron´s use of the word echoing through the creations he tainted, so that their bearers, specially those of the One, would unconsciously repeat it as it corrupts them.

  • @ggeraci145
    @ggeraci145 2 місяці тому +4

    Did you notice Arondil has a leaf of Lórien on his cloak? Thought that was a nice little touch.

  • @nyyfandan
    @nyyfandan 2 місяці тому +68

    I'm calling it now, the main hobbit girl is gonna end up in a relationship with that guy and it's gonna be revealed that his last name is Baggins, or they move to the Shire and change their last name to Baggins or something. Something along those lines that would be both ridiculous and unnecessary and probably break the lore in multiple ways

    • @ninjamuffin289
      @ninjamuffin289 2 місяці тому

      Nah he’s a Took for sure 😂

    • @rusty_shovel
      @rusty_shovel 2 місяці тому

      Poppy-cock

    • @nomdeguerre8464
      @nomdeguerre8464 2 місяці тому +13

      Tens of people will care.

    • @nyyfandan
      @nyyfandan 2 місяці тому +4

      @@nomdeguerre8464 lol, I also already gave up on watching this season, but it's such low hanging fruit that they're gonna have to do it in a later season, even if it completely breaks the lore

    • @mon_moi
      @mon_moi 2 місяці тому +7

      @@nyyfandan I think in the Appendices it said that the first Baggins was Bungo, while Merimac is either a Tookish or Bucklander name (I can't remember) So I really doubt that they'll end up as the first Baggins but I wouldn't put it past the show to make them like, the builders of Bag End or something. Maybe Bungo will be their son lol

  • @InternetUser-bd7ku
    @InternetUser-bd7ku 2 місяці тому +2

    I loved the dialog between Galadriel and Adar in their first scene. Specifically at the table when Adar is trying to convince her he can help her destroy Sauron. She responds with frustration building in her voice yet with a straight face saying, "...and what help can you possibly provide," then the eyebrows and look of disgust, "orc". Glad she was able to communicate her great disgust for them still even after the guilt trip.

    • @OliverLodgeMusic
      @OliverLodgeMusic 2 місяці тому

      But because they've humanised the orcs so much so that I don't see them as any less deserving of having a place to live in Middle Earth it makes Galadriel come across as an evil person filled with hate and she even uses slurs against this "race". Not exactly good when viewed through a modern lens, which is what the show wants.

  • @vflshred8796
    @vflshred8796 2 місяці тому +3

    I think to some extent, we're picking this show apart because the trilogy was so great. But, it didn't go without its own flaws. Over time I think we've probably forgotten some of that with the powerful thing that is nostalgia. Is the Rings of Power flawed? Yes. Is it canon? No. Because of those things, I think we should do better and let them tell their version of the story. Mainly from scarce information/text that the Tolkien Estate would not grant them to use.

  • @galadine12
    @galadine12 2 місяці тому +25

    "Forrest gump-ing his way through the woods" killed me. What a great line. 🤣

    • @omarmzaham7248
      @omarmzaham7248 2 місяці тому

      the double entendre was elf like mastery

  • @koenigseggkid1678
    @koenigseggkid1678 2 місяці тому +13

    Faith is not faith if it is not lived was one of the greatest lines ever. It's the same as my Christian faith and really hit hard.

  • @rickblaine9670
    @rickblaine9670 2 місяці тому +3

    I like how Annatar switched to a more Sauron-ish set of clothes in this episode, therefore subtly starting to drop the mask. I really hope we get to see him don his full armor in the final battle. And that is indeed possible, I think, since I’m assuming his reason for luring Adar to Eregion is so he can humiliate and kill him in front of his army, thus gaining the Orcs’ undisputed loyalty… AND, most importantly, lordship over Mordor and free access to Mount Doom, which he no doubt has already picked as the ideal place to host the forging of his masterpiece.

  • @WaWxChasers
    @WaWxChasers 2 місяці тому +2

    Overall I enjoyed this episode. I really love the way they are depicting Elendil’s faith. Honestly that scene where he decided not to bow to Ar-Pharazôn is how I’ve imagined not bowing to the anti-Christ. Resolute faith in what he knows is true, regardless of what earthly consequence may follow.

  • @gyufuli
    @gyufuli 2 місяці тому +12

    BTW always pronounced it as Smeeal, never thought of any other, but I am Hungarian. BTW Miriel judgement scene: if you look at the wide shot there are a lot of people on the mountain as well...

  • @300DBenz
    @300DBenz 2 місяці тому +24

    I think Sauron will use Morgoth’s crown as ingredients when he forges the One Ring.

    • @NerdoftheRings
      @NerdoftheRings  2 місяці тому +11

      Not a bad theory! And honestly it would be kind of a cool original element!

    • @300DBenz
      @300DBenz 2 місяці тому

      @@NerdoftheRings In season 1 the elves *and Halbrand* (a.k.a Sauron) wanted to use the mithril to forge a crown before the elves decided on the 3 rings instead.
      Sauron likes crowns, but he needs the ring(s) more, and a crown won’t control them, only a ring can.

    • @tableshaper4076
      @tableshaper4076 2 місяці тому

      the fact that you think about this show is telling. PUT DOWN THE SOY.

  • @dallinadams9422
    @dallinadams9422 2 місяці тому +4

    Like always, I love your reviews. You are cool and collected providing a well educated but still unbiased opinion, giving vent to frustrating moments, acknowledging when you were mistaken, and giving praise to moments where they actually do a good job. I definitely agree with your frustration of recycling profound lines and putting them out of context. Also, no kidding about the quick travel, 300 MILES? Definitely just a days walk away... You would think they would be carrying more when they are traveling, such as packs or pack animals. They make it seem like the elves live right on the doorstep of Khazad-Dum with how often they travel between the two.
    I do agree though that overall Season 2 is better than Season 1 as it is more in line with the canon.
    I honestly have no idea how they plan on arranging events though with how compressed they have made it. I wonder at what point Sauron will actually forge the One Ring, something that needs to happen at least before he gets captured and brought to Numenor.

  • @caseytreu2044
    @caseytreu2044 2 місяці тому

    I love it when he says “precious” and this connections. Even with some knowledge about what events are going to unfold. Because even the original movies are not perfect. So tiring them together in a few of these instances. I love

  • @njalthemighty5378
    @njalthemighty5378 2 місяці тому +9

    Wow you uploaded that fast.
    Also after watching this i realised there was a whole load more people up on the cliffs at the end of the sea worm scene, didnt notice them the first time around, almost hidden by the light.

  • @dolandarkxgrandayy6953
    @dolandarkxgrandayy6953 2 місяці тому +5

    I really hope they don't have Isildur say "and I will die as one of them." to Elrond. During the Last Alliance Of Elves and Men.

  • @aaabroad5904
    @aaabroad5904 2 місяці тому +4

    I wonder why Adar still chooses to go ahead and attack Eregion, even with the knowledge that he is doing exactly as Sauron intended?

    • @trentw.3566
      @trentw.3566 2 місяці тому

      He thinks he has brought so many troops it won't matter. But obviously seeing Sauron wielding Morgoth's crown in the trailer signals Adar's failure and likely his death in episode 7 or early in ep 8.

    • @defektedtoy2731
      @defektedtoy2731 Місяць тому

      Hubris.