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  • @CharlieHopkinson
    @CharlieHopkinson  9 днів тому +27

    Getting there! Onto Tom Bombadillo...
    Lothlorien now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/CharlieHopkinson
    The Full Fellowship of the Ring reaction so far: ua-cam.com/play/PLyJrI7fwl_bPk0Mof_8X7yebsI6MgmVx8.html&si=ePlypUuY9_unX6Bl

    • @IslandBlaze8
      @IslandBlaze8 9 днів тому +5

      You have great original content with this and star wars. Thank you for your content.

    • @kevinramsey417
      @kevinramsey417 8 днів тому

      Bombadil wasn't nearly as bad as I thought he'd be. The reason is he was played by Rory Kinnear who is an absolutely brilliant actor who's a master of pathos and presence. Best part of Penny Dreadful.

    • @randyross5630
      @randyross5630 8 днів тому

      Are you getting Orakei confused with Orc? Like all those Guys from the Two Towers were Orakei, not Orcs like can be seen in the Ranks of the Return of the King... Do You Even Know What you are Talking about? Also these are pre Sauron warping them to his Evil Minions, over Generations of Control, so they are Not Going to be Pure Evil Yet, just your Regular Sort of Evil... And they don't get Grown like Saruman did in the Two Towers, because Orcs and Orakei are Different, although they look similar except Orakei are Bigger and Tougher and have way better Moral and better at taking Orders... I don't see it weird one bit that Pre Sauron Orcs or Post Sauron Orcs Breed, and the need for them to have Maternal Instincts for their Off Spring, otherwise the only other Evolutional Option would be for them to have Numerous Large Litters to have a good enough Rate of Survival to Breed themselves... Cringe Scene, Sure, Why Not, But Pretending Orc are Orakei, that's some Lord of the Rings Noob Stuff!

    • @randyross5630
      @randyross5630 8 днів тому

      Oh Man! All the Anti Rings of Power People, are Just Pretending to be Lord of the Rings people, but anyone can tell they Don't Know the Difference between Orakei from the Two Towers, or Orcs as seen in the Return of the King! And Not even That, these Orcs are Pre being Sauron's Slaves for Generations, and Warped by His Pure Evil and Dark Magic, so it's Wrong to Demand these Orcs be close to Pure Evil like in the Lord of the Rings Movies, Oppose to just Evil like in the Rings of Power because again, this is Pre Sauron's Control of them for Thousands of Years and over a Hundred Generations... It's Not Hard Stuff if you actually Watched Lord the Rings! If you think Orcs are Orakei and grown in the Ground like Saruman the White did to raise his Army for the Second Movie than you Just Shouldn't Be Talking about this Stuff! We Get it you don't like Lord of the Rings and never Watched it, but to Sit Back Pretending you were such a Fan of Lord of the Rings and Rings of Power Ruined it is just Wrong, because you don't know anything about Lord of the Rings, except you don't think Black people should be in it because you Guys are Bigots!

    • @randyross5630
      @randyross5630 8 днів тому

      Rings of Power Critics think Orakei are Orcs, and that Orcs are grown in the Dirt like Saruman the White did to raise his Army of Orakei in the 2nd Movie the Two Towers! Orcs can be seen in the 3rd Movie the Return of the King, What Noob Lairs you People are, you have never watched Lord of the Rings sober have you, and not even Twice Drunk! Get Off Your High Horses Based Off LIES!!! I bet you don't even like Sci-fi or Fantasy, and watch Soap Operas and the View and Gossip with all the other Gossip Queens on the Block about what you all Hate...

  • @445588997
    @445588997 8 днів тому +275

    Elrond isn't racist because he hates every race equally.
    #justiceForElrond 😂

    • @annapetryk
      @annapetryk 8 днів тому +7

      #equality

    • @gingerbaker_toad696
      @gingerbaker_toad696 8 днів тому +3

      #gandalfthegreysist

    • @neemz0117
      @neemz0117 8 днів тому +1

      Prejudice and racism are completely different things it's crazy how many people can't tell the difference between the two

    • @alicetoyou448
      @alicetoyou448 8 днів тому +13

      @@neemz0117learn to understand humor as well

    • @mikakovalainen4389
      @mikakovalainen4389 8 днів тому +1

      Elrond hates every race except Elves equally. Little thick from a guy that is part human, part Maia.

  • @Zoruagalaxy
    @Zoruagalaxy 9 днів тому +237

    7:02 The orc family montage with the " When somebody loved me" music from toy story 2 killed me! 🤣

    • @cosmicmuffin322
      @cosmicmuffin322 8 днів тому +13

      The art was the cherry on top. At last, AI art used for its natural purpose - to horrify and disturb 😄

    • @bipolarminddroppings
      @bipolarminddroppings 8 днів тому +3

      "When somebody loved me" is from UP, not Toy Story.
      "When She loved me" is from Toy Story 2.

    • @johnwolf2829
      @johnwolf2829 5 днів тому +2

      It is insanely funny in one way, until you realize that only evil people would want anyone to self-identify as an Orc.
      And now, they are in charge, in this world....
      "Interesting times", as the Chinese would say.

    • @cecilyerker
      @cecilyerker 5 днів тому +1

      @@bipolarminddroppingsThere’s only one song and it’s from Toy Story 2. There is no song from UP.

    • @Here_is_Waldo
      @Here_is_Waldo 5 днів тому

      @@johnwolf2829 Stop drinking the Kool-Aid.

  • @andrewward5891
    @andrewward5891 8 днів тому +82

    Watching Gandalf and Boromir feeling ashamed for all the orcs they killed after seeing the orc family is comedy gold

  • @johnt.6107
    @johnt.6107 7 днів тому +48

    Orchusband:,, I'm off to work, my sweet goblin!"
    Orcwife:,,Okay, dear. By the way, could you please pick up some elf blood on your way? Junior is hungry again."
    Orchusband:,, Sure, I wanted to bring some human meat home too. The fridge is almost empty. "
    Orcwife:,, But make sure to not leave the leftovers behind. Think of the environment."
    Orchusband:,,Dont worry. Me and the others had an idea. Why don't we recycle the rests of those we kill as fuel for the furnaces or as ammunition for the catapults in the next siege."
    Orcwife thinking :,, That's my husband. Always thinking for the future."
    Sorry, that exchange was in my head the moment the series started caring for orc feelings and protection. 😅

    • @user-xs5xo2tl8b
      @user-xs5xo2tl8b 4 дні тому +2

      Horrific

    • @maguffintop2596
      @maguffintop2596 День тому +1

      THAT - was hysterical 🤣🤣🤣Once slight improvement re: the catapults..."That's my husband, always thinking 'a head'."

    • @adriennedunne1748
      @adriennedunne1748 5 годин тому

      Brilliant. Orcs have been corrupted from what they were. Therefore, not good or loving.

  • @thomaslance5428
    @thomaslance5428 9 днів тому +160

    I lost it at the orc graduation lmao.

    • @alexneff
      @alexneff 8 днів тому +10

      I didn't make it past orc xmas

    • @Jet_Rod_94
      @Jet_Rod_94 4 дні тому

      😂😂

  • @bigyoshi5170
    @bigyoshi5170 9 днів тому +196

    When a papa orc and a papa orc get together, one of them poops out a…wait hold on a minute.

    • @lassi1203
      @lassi1203 9 днів тому

      they poop out a wife

    • @thomaslance5428
      @thomaslance5428 9 днів тому +18

      No, one of them chops the other's head off, and the head splits in two lol

    • @richtheunstable3359
      @richtheunstable3359 9 днів тому +4

      I believe something about a head popping off is involved.

    • @toastyanon8902
      @toastyanon8902 9 днів тому +4

      Ohh, no no, you’re mixing it up with the Elder Scrolls canon

    • @PalaeoClive237
      @PalaeoClive237 8 днів тому +19

      That's a box the writers haven't ticked yet -- gay orcs. Nearly every current identity obsession has been shoehorned into the series, so why not?

  • @AB-fh9zh
    @AB-fh9zh 8 днів тому +54

    Boromir's Mean Girl is my new favorite impression.

  • @WilfulFox
    @WilfulFox 8 днів тому +165

    “All societies are civilised…’til they feel under threat”.
    Even Charlie’s Meme-dalf has more prophetic dialogue than Rings of Power 😂

    • @ecksearoh6283
      @ecksearoh6283 8 днів тому +2

      No, I think he was just translating the subtext into text. It usually shocks people who lack in media literacy.

    • @Tony_Fot
      @Tony_Fot 8 днів тому +7

      @@ecksearoh6283 more rather NO. Society isn't civilized. Society veils threats among society. It's more like keeping sheep calm is all.

    • @rovhalt6650
      @rovhalt6650 7 днів тому +6

      @@Tony_Fot Maybe in the violent suburbs where you grew up. Europe and Scandinavia was VERY safe and comfortable before diversity struck

    • @Overlord99762
      @Overlord99762 7 днів тому +7

      ​@@ecksearoh6283 Ugh "MeDiA LiTeRaCy"

    • @user-bl7em8sx6o
      @user-bl7em8sx6o 12 годин тому

      or their own society is brainwashed by so much propaganda that they think they're being threatened. russia and china for example

  • @terrymoose7273
    @terrymoose7273 9 днів тому +260

    Time to teach Gandalf about the orcs and the bees.

    • @maiaspen307
      @maiaspen307 9 днів тому +3

      😂

    • @Matthew-gx3rv
      @Matthew-gx3rv 9 днів тому +13

      Time to teach Amazon to stop making 💩 by just watching this and not the actual show…. It’s 10x better anyway

    • @Sparks923
      @Sparks923 8 днів тому

      Orcs don't have babies. That's not how it works lol

    • @platypusbuk
      @platypusbuk 8 днів тому +5

      When a daddy orc and a mommy orc don't got no stinkin' maggoty bread, and they have to make something to eat, that's how baby orcs are made AND fed.

    • @chasehedges6775
      @chasehedges6775 8 днів тому +1

      @@Matthew-gx3rv 💯💯Sooo much better

  • @MaryDunford
    @MaryDunford 7 днів тому +20

    "Is that what Faramir was going on about all those years?" I missed these. 😂

  • @user-mh6yh3lh8w
    @user-mh6yh3lh8w 8 днів тому +17

    "I'm saying everyone is the same... that's equality! You've got Elves on top... and then everything else... humans, dogs, bugs... it's a positive vision"
    dude is super based

    • @billjacobs521
      @billjacobs521 7 днів тому +1

      Except maiar would be above the elves...

  • @justthinkingoutloud2538
    @justthinkingoutloud2538 6 днів тому +9

    3:30 "Just so long as everyone is as hazy as I am, we're fine." Exactly what the showrunners said when writing the script

  • @kendrick2213
    @kendrick2213 День тому +3

    "I told you to take the woman's hand!" earned a respectable chuckle. Very good quality. Excellent timing. Superb delivery. There is talent here for those with eyes to see it.

  • @InsomniaRex
    @InsomniaRex 9 днів тому +69

    You're a talented guy, Charlie. You turn these out so fast, yet each one's top tier humour and acting.

  • @charlesjmouse
    @charlesjmouse 8 днів тому +72

    "Did you know my father?"
    "No I never met him."
    "Neither did I."
    "Are you giving me lip you little Southron bastard?"
    It's not "Hate Speech" when it's accurate.

    • @billjacobs521
      @billjacobs521 7 днів тому

      "Haven't you been posted as a guard here for a century?"
      "Yes."
      "Then how did you not meet my father? I'm only like 15."
      "Okay look, all you humans sort of look the same, except your mom because of her nice rack, alright?"

  • @frankm9529
    @frankm9529 6 днів тому +12

    "Back to the mud" Vietnam flashback is the best result of Amazon's billion dollar investment so far lol

  • @YELLOW617.
    @YELLOW617. 9 днів тому +69

    Aragorn's joke at the beginning and Boromir's reaction to it was really good. 😂

    • @TheSixthDoctor
      @TheSixthDoctor 9 днів тому +1

      Vormir is the Soul Stone planet in Avengers Endgame.
      The favoured son of the Steward of Gondor is named Boromir.

    • @YELLOW617.
      @YELLOW617. 9 днів тому

      @@TheSixthDoctor Oh, you're right. Thank you for the correction. 😊

  • @morganlefaye5699
    @morganlefaye5699 8 днів тому +21

    "The woman's hand. I told you to take the woman's hand." 😂😂

  • @TheNuclearGeek
    @TheNuclearGeek 8 днів тому +10

    Celebrimbor - the smith who didn't know about "alloys" and apparently never created anything before, yet is a "Master"...somehow

  • @BurghezulDjentilom
    @BurghezulDjentilom 9 днів тому +94

    videos like this are the only good thing to come out of amazon ringz

    • @chasehedges6775
      @chasehedges6775 9 днів тому +5

      💯💯

    • @PalaeoClive237
      @PalaeoClive237 8 днів тому +2

      Some of the landscapes and the more convincing CGI'd architecture of their Middle Earth are pleasing. It's just a pity the rather woeful cast with their terrible dialogue gets in the way of it.

    • @morgomirwd
      @morgomirwd 8 днів тому +10

      @@PalaeoClive237 visuals arent even that great anymore. Peter Jacksons visuals look way better because its REAL its not all CGI. 60 million per episode and it still doesnt look great.

    • @PalaeoClive237
      @PalaeoClive237 8 днів тому +3

      @@morgomirwd Yes, apart from the 'green wave' of the undead Oathbreakers in Return of the King -- which I never found convincing -- they were stunning effects and even now stand up really well. Plus the NZ landscape in both 'versions' is put to great effect. Agree that the effects on RoP look inferior at times. I was just being charitable as that's the only aspect of RoP that isn't lousy.

  • @nickgreen4731
    @nickgreen4731 8 днів тому +20

    I love how Boromir's voice seems to be stuck on his 'walk into Mordor' tone, as if he's spammed that button one too many times...

  • @SadPeterPan1977
    @SadPeterPan1977 9 днів тому +53

    Gandalf thinking of the orc families... 🤣

  • @morgomirwd
    @morgomirwd 8 днів тому +330

    Whether Orc familes and babies is lore accurate or not will forever be discussed but the fact that out of everything Amazon could have shown that could be lore accurate, they decided to make Orcs have families? Not Celeborn, not the fact that Galadriels Daughter marries Elrond, not the Elf Rings being made last, not even showing really cool events that episode 4 now ruins. No. Amazon decided Orc Families was the most important element to add to the story...

    • @kahtyman7293
      @kahtyman7293 8 днів тому +22

      I... I've forgot that elven rings were last, it's time to dig up Tolkien's Bible once more

    • @morgomirwd
      @morgomirwd 8 днів тому +34

      @@kahtyman7293 yeah they were made last and away from Sauron there by preventing Sauron to fully corrupt them like he did the Dwarf and Men Rings. This is kind of why Amazon had to put so much dialogue in the first two episodes about the elf rings not being corrupted. "I was there, he never touched them." "If what you told me was true Elrond, then these rings are free of Saurons corruption."
      But then that leads to the next question.. If they arent corrupted by Sauron in Amazons show, then why did he just sit there and watch them be made and not doing anything? 😂

    • @Neuromancer-r9z
      @Neuromancer-r9z 8 днів тому +37

      They have to push the idea that irredeemable murderers can be "redeemed" or "humanized".

    • @BaileyM666
      @BaileyM666 8 днів тому +4

      Sauron didn't fully corrupt the dwarfs either ​@@morgomirwd

    • @shayla106
      @shayla106 8 днів тому

      Even if orcs have families, it wouldn’t be a loving family. They are corrupted creatures. That’s something Tolkien has made creatures. Mostly the mother would be birth machines, the babies taken and only the strong will survive .

  • @cosmicmuffin322
    @cosmicmuffin322 8 днів тому +62

    The undiluted horror of the AI art of orc happy families was just too perfect 😅 finally, AI art used for its natural purpose - to frighten and repulse 😄

    • @PositiveOnly-dm3rx
      @PositiveOnly-dm3rx 5 днів тому +1

      na, its natural purpose is to be better at your 'job' than you wanna be artists are so you can complain about how it took that job you never had in the first place.

  • @MaesterMike
    @MaesterMike 8 днів тому +7

    “That’s actually symbolic in our family. Me and Lurtz are technically married now.”
    That genuinely killed me.
    And I love that Aragorn is having a King Solomon moment dealing with a baby. He must have interesting duties as king.

  • @FullCaber
    @FullCaber 9 днів тому +38

    Gandalf getting a Ptsd For killin orcs xD

  • @SoonGone
    @SoonGone 8 днів тому +59

    I'm perfectly happy watching season 2 through this channels eyes. Grimacing my way through season 1 was more than enough.
    Also i don't want to make Amazon think that they should make a season 3 by giving it anymore views.

  • @maderaartstudios4738
    @maderaartstudios4738 8 днів тому +30

    7:50 So, Orcs don't want to go to war? We don't wanna go to war today, but the lord of the lash says nay nay nay!

    • @LilMommaSunshine7
      @LilMommaSunshine7 7 днів тому +4

      Where there’s a whip there’s a way!

    • @RoninDave
      @RoninDave 7 днів тому +3

      see? That was a great way to humanize the orcs and make a great ditty out of it.

    • @Tsiribreezes
      @Tsiribreezes 5 днів тому

      ​@@RoninDave another way of pissing on Tolkien's work...

    • @RoninDave
      @RoninDave 5 днів тому +2

      @@Tsiribreezes nah, Rankin'&Bass's Return of the King was much closer to the spirit of Tolkien than ROP will ever come to and Where There's a Whip is a Gen X classic.

    • @Tom-mk7nd
      @Tom-mk7nd 5 днів тому +3

      ​@@Tsiribreezes you should read again Shagrat's and Gorbag's dialogue in RotK. Making orcs compassionate and loving goes against the canon, but having them enslaved against their will does not.

  • @GreatGreebo
    @GreatGreebo 8 днів тому +15

    *Gandalf:* I’ve just received your letter in the post and it brought me here to be a new *SUBSCRIBER.* Thank you and cheers!

  • @ivorytorea
    @ivorytorea 8 днів тому +5

    Far as I know, Tolkien never wrote of the middle earth highschool system...obviously they are all hopelessly helpless against a mean girls cunning deceitfulness. What a brilliant act by Sauronman.

  • @w-james9277
    @w-james9277 8 днів тому +28

    "Orcs don’t want to go to war? THEY FUQING ATTACKED US!!!"

    • @ecksearoh6283
      @ecksearoh6283 8 днів тому

      They were ordered to attack.

    • @stillcantbesilencedevennow
      @stillcantbesilencedevennow 8 днів тому +1

      ​@ecksearoh6283 I seem to recall folks not abiding by that rationale for a certain batch of folks who guarded camps in the 1940s. J/S, "I'm just following orders" doesn't count. I refused lawful and unlawful orders when I served.

    • @ecksearoh6283
      @ecksearoh6283 8 днів тому

      @@stillcantbesilencedevennow that doesn't change the fact that they don't want to fight. "We don't wanna go to war today, but the lord of the lash says nay nay nay!" Yes you refused unlawful orders when you served in a fantasy universe alongside enslaved orcs.

    • @fantasywind3923
      @fantasywind3923 7 днів тому +4

      Orcs idea of amusement...torturing prisoners, "'Why alive? Do they give good sport?'" siad the orcs about their captured prisoners Merry and Pippin, so yeah Orcs love to kill stuff, love going raiding and pillaging, looting, love killing..of course orcs have variety of motivations, some served Dark Lord unwillingly:
      “They were a gang of the smaller breeds being driven unwilling to their Dark Lord's wars; all they cared for was to get the march over and escape the whip."
      And there are some who are faithful servants of Sauron, Grishnaks calls himself trusted messenger, he even seems like 'secret police' type, many orcs wanted to win their master's praise and rewards given to them ("'... Then you'll fly off with our prisoners, and get all the pay and praise in Lugbúrz, and leave us to foot it as best we can through the Horse-country.")
      They ARE evil, they are doing evil, they are horribly corrupt and depraved beings, they can be pitiable but it doesn't excuse their doings when they were on their own....and that was doing the same thing they did as servants of the Dark Lord perpetuating the same violence, orc tribes of the Misty Mountains had 'petty realms' of their own, but they were far from peaceful, and they hated other folk and often were hateful towards each other, feuds and treacheries among their own, lots of infighting etc. when they are slaves of the Dark Lord they oftne get dominated in their minds and wills and so become even more like instruments of destruction in their hands...they can rebel and think for themselves when they are not dominated and mind controlled through the projection of the Dark Lord's will but still they often gravitate towards evil, this is the only thing they know.

    • @Tom-mk7nd
      @Tom-mk7nd 5 днів тому +1

      ​@@ecksearoh6283 That doesn't make them pacifists though. My interpretation is that orcs don't always like or fancy what Sauron orders them to do, however they do enjoy violence and fighting. Orcs left on their own would probably form raiding bands or slave societies. Goblin Town is a good example.

  • @BlueBarrier782
    @BlueBarrier782 8 днів тому +11

    The orc graduating 🎓 is hilarious 😂

  • @robynmarler1951
    @robynmarler1951 8 днів тому +25

    I bet Mrs Orc has a beautiful wedding dress....

    • @TJcreations91
      @TJcreations91 8 днів тому +6

      She is rather proud of it, she hand stitched it from the skin of travellers using animal fur for the collar and a fine bone necklace out of the smaller.....townspeople, yeah. She dyed it a fine mud brown and during the ceremony her and Mr urg-kill had a gore confetti thrown made from the former prisoners as well as the banquet.

  • @newtpondskipper
    @newtpondskipper 9 днів тому +20

    Hahahhaa! Great job as usual, Boromir is just the best.

    • @kevinramsey417
      @kevinramsey417 8 днів тому +3

      Aye. There's one I can follow. There's one I could call king.

    • @newtpondskipper
      @newtpondskipper 8 днів тому +1

      @kevinramsey417 honestly while Aragorn is greater in every way he isn't as close to regular men. Boromir is still a greater man than most men and closer to his men. I would rather serve Boromir and have Aragorn be the distant king.

  • @flonoiisana4647
    @flonoiisana4647 8 днів тому +5

    This was the BEST episode so far! Of Gandalf roasting Amazon's show of course. I laughed out LOUD so many times...😂

  • @neildaly2635
    @neildaly2635 8 днів тому +9

    I gotta wife and kids in Gundabad, Jack. I went out for a raid and I never came back … every Uruk has a hungry heart.

  • @Tupemo
    @Tupemo 8 днів тому +7

    Gandalf daydreaming about the orc telling he has wife and babies XDDDDDDDD

  • @CyBromancer7562
    @CyBromancer7562 8 днів тому +53

    While there were orc females and children (Bolg the son of Azog for one), and orcs multiplied in the same likeness as the Free Peoples (so..ya know), the idea they were loving nuclear families is probably not the case, though an orc full house spoof would be pretty fun to watch! If anything, female orcs were probably just used to constantly breed orc hordes, like messed up humanoid ant queens! The only sympathy I can have for orcs is pitying their very existence, being tortured, mutilated bodies housing pure elven souls corrupted through dark magic. As Thranduil in the Hobbit Films once said, the best way to release an orc from there torment is to "free his wretched head from his miserable shoulders."

    • @rydawg8934
      @rydawg8934 8 днів тому +4

      Yeah, this is much closer to the truth I think. There isn’t orc “love” and they don’t cuddle lol.
      (we’ll not let the fact that you quoted a hobbit movie take away from your otherwise solid post😅)

    • @shawn6860
      @shawn6860 8 днів тому +1

      That 70's show with orcs would be a good one too.

    • @CyBromancer7562
      @CyBromancer7562 8 днів тому

      @@rydawg8934 I do appreciate it, but come on, that line is fitting! As much as I love the source material, I am not a fan of purism. I may not like ROP, but PJ's Hobbit films were inarguably better. There films I grew up with, so there's a fair share of likable scenes. I'd watch Tauriel having a threesome with Kili and Legolas or Alfrid Lickspittle stuffing coins in his bra over ROP any day!

    • @fantasywind3923
      @fantasywind3923 7 днів тому +1

      Well speaking of Thranduil...killing a defenseless prisoner is probably what he WOULDN'T DO even to an orc...Wood Elves are generally said to be "reasonable well behaved even to the worst enemies" and that the only creatures they have no mercy upon are giant spiders...and rightfully so they are demonic spawn, on the case of Orcs...they kill them when they have to, but I guess Thranduil would know of the teaching of the Wise:
      "But even before this wickedness of Morgoth was suspected the Wise in the Elder Days taught always that the Orcs were not ‘made’ by Melkor, and therefore were not in their origin evil. They might have become irredeemable (at least by Elves and Men), but they remained within the Law. That is, that though of necessity, being the fingers of the hand of Morgoth, they must be fought with the utmost severity, they must not be dealt with in their own terms of cruelty and treachery. Captives must not be tormented, not even to discover information for the defence of the homes of Elves and Men. If any Orcs surrendered and asked for mercy, they must be granted it, even at a cost.* This was the teaching of the Wise, though in the horror of the War it was not always heeded."
      Good guys in Tolkien are good guys because they are moral, even to the horrible evil minions. :)

    • @darkforremancer5039
      @darkforremancer5039 7 днів тому +1

      Thank you for pointing this out. Tolkien went a little back and forth between what to do with orcs. His “final” thoughts were more corrupted beings who multiplied like humans, elves, etc. but had hatred in their hearts. I think the orcs were not fully evil (after all, they were victims of evil), but they as a race of creatures had been so broken down and controlled by Evil that there was no redemption in life. As Gandalf said, “Pity?… Do not be so quick to deal out death and judgement, for even the very wise cannot see all ends.” Nice Hobbit reference too.

  • @MisterSinisterReviews
    @MisterSinisterReviews 8 днів тому +16

    Finn: They fuck now?!
    Poe: They fuck now.

  • @becklyn3
    @becklyn3 8 днів тому +18

    Oh my goodness Boromir cracks me up. 😂

    • @AndrewDembouski
      @AndrewDembouski 7 днів тому +2

      He’s the funniest character in all of these series

  • @Truffle_Pup
    @Truffle_Pup 8 днів тому +7

    4:33 Boromir - "Dad never screwed up one o' those..."😆

  • @syntychiahintsin-tee-shaks2256
    @syntychiahintsin-tee-shaks2256 9 днів тому +18

    Charlie is on 🔥 with these videos! I’m not sure if it’s due to his comedic genius or the bad writing of ROP just makes it too easy. 😂

  • @silvanusasher446
    @silvanusasher446 8 днів тому +4

    As much as I hate what they have done to my childhood favorite franchises, I love your content having to absorb every bad decision they make! It's glorious

  • @rekzvs8547
    @rekzvs8547 8 днів тому +5

    These season 2 roasts have got the funniest dialogue ever.

  • @AlexisLopez-pb8ms
    @AlexisLopez-pb8ms 5 днів тому +1

    They’re all funny but I can’t get enough of Boromir. He’s killing it😂😂😂

  • @stevecox4154
    @stevecox4154 8 днів тому +2

    "You're Isildur's heir, not Isildur himself."
    "Same arsehole runs in my blood." lol

  • @chrisstorrer
    @chrisstorrer День тому

    "I told you to take the woman's hand!" I really love this channel and that is a rare and wonderful thing.

  • @bryanevans1019
    @bryanevans1019 8 днів тому +6

    Maybe the Numenorreans will create a Palantir that works like the Echo. "Alexa, who is Sauron?"

  • @ontisalaga1789
    @ontisalaga1789 8 днів тому +5

    This is one of my favourite eposides ever. All Hail Charlie.

  • @Wintermute909
    @Wintermute909 8 днів тому +4

    @ 2:05 I'll bet anything that it is super easy, barely an inconvenience for Isildur to escape!

  • @deathandtaxes8949
    @deathandtaxes8949 8 днів тому +5

    Orders of magnitude better than the actual show.

  • @VespersSpookizOc
    @VespersSpookizOc 8 днів тому +11

    "Raw potato when you only have four teeth."
    BAHAHAHA
    You're demented, Charlie

  • @ALostAirbender
    @ALostAirbender 9 днів тому +57

    I love how it's not about mocking the series just about being silly with the characters they're impersonating and how they'd interact with one another as regular people. Priceless.

    • @SilvershotStudios
      @SilvershotStudios 8 днів тому +3

      Exactly, Charlie pops in now and then to remind them they're loving the series and just wont admit it

    • @wolfmauler
      @wolfmauler 8 днів тому +15

      That's what Rings of Power is. Silliness impersonating Tolkien 😊

    • @chasehedges6775
      @chasehedges6775 8 днів тому +12

      @@wolfmauler 💯💯 Bad cosplay that is an insult to cosplay

    • @SilvershotStudios
      @SilvershotStudios 8 днів тому +2

      @@wolfmauler Jesus christ can I just get one comment thread where I can enjoy my show

    • @cosmicmuffin322
      @cosmicmuffin322 8 днів тому +14

      ​@@SilvershotStudiosyou can't enjoy a show if you see even a single critical comment? The internet is the wrong place for you

  • @knightlyfe1175
    @knightlyfe1175 8 днів тому +2

    “Ah crispies forgot you were here”, literally laughed out loud at that one😂🤣😂🤣

  • @odlr6297
    @odlr6297 7 днів тому +4

    0:13 That bit between Boromir and Aragorn was actually cute

  • @jarrodmelson7802
    @jarrodmelson7802 6 днів тому +1

    This is just gold, the only way I can take in Rings of Power enjoyably rather than cursing and spitting

  • @SlothLoveChunk14
    @SlothLoveChunk14 5 днів тому +1

    The pause and then emphasis on “my kin” from Aragorn is fucking perfect

  • @bigvito4630
    @bigvito4630 9 днів тому +12

    I died laughing on RAW potato...he prob die anyway. LOL

    • @andrewward5891
      @andrewward5891 8 днів тому

      I actually like raw potato. It grosses out my wife. I’ll even eat potato peels.

  • @MrB32569
    @MrB32569 4 дні тому

    The potato bit is one of the funniest things I’ve heard in quite awhile, top marks😂😂😂

  • @SoranotRoxas
    @SoranotRoxas 8 днів тому +4

    *I could never make it through this series without this crew's reaction 😅

  • @sixthjayhawk
    @sixthjayhawk 9 днів тому +10

    Halbrand/Sauron actually touched the bit of mithril that Celebrimbor used to make the three Elven rings. It was more subtle, but he did touch it.

    • @George19712
      @George19712 8 днів тому +4

      And Halbrand also twice touched Galadriels / Finrods Dagger, which also went into the 3 Elvin Rings mix.

    • @billjacobs521
      @billjacobs521 7 днів тому +1

      And he worked with them for weeks, so he surely had the chance to touch it more, and touch the jewels.

    • @AndrewDembouski
      @AndrewDembouski 7 днів тому +2

      But he didn’t make an evil face

  • @Agantyr23
    @Agantyr23 8 днів тому +2

    Till you said "Thank you for watching..." I totally forgot that there was only one person on set :) You really bring them to life.

  • @IslandBlaze8
    @IslandBlaze8 9 днів тому +16

    Charlie you are fucking awesome bro thank you for so many laughs😂

  • @IvanAgram
    @IvanAgram 8 днів тому +2

    I am not watching the actual show, watching this instead.

  • @ATVatcher
    @ATVatcher 9 днів тому +45

    Aragon and Elrond as blatant racists is hilarious.
    They were literally descendants of a goddess, after all.
    (If Elrond cared, he could claim all numenorean descendants and properties as his rightful subjects.)

    • @PalaeoClive237
      @PalaeoClive237 8 днів тому +5

      Baby Elrond is always deadly serious with his dramatic delivery. Since Elves are objectively superior beings to men and other races, doesn't he have a valid point though?

    • @alicetoyou448
      @alicetoyou448 8 днів тому +3

      Elrond never even claimed the title of High King. He’s just a Lord. There’s no High King of the elves after Gil-Galad. It would be possibly out of sorts to declare himself a king over his brother’s men as he chose to be categorized as an elf. He did propose and support that Aragorn become the High King of men, though. Elrond could certainly have claimed the High King of elves title if he had wanted. But Elrond’s not into that Noldor sh*t; plus, of course, he’s just humble like that.

  • @ByNewbs4Newbs
    @ByNewbs4Newbs 7 днів тому +1

    Started watching for the voices, stayed for the writing. awesome job.

  • @Wooster23
    @Wooster23 9 днів тому +33

    The only thing I like about the Rings of Power is the way Adar looks. I have always imagined all Orcs looking somewhat like Adar.
    Yes, I am a fan of Peter Jackson's trilogy. I have always loved Alan Lee's artwork.
    But I personally envision Orcs having a twisted and dark Elvish look -- not the hideous monsters they are typically depicted as.
    I think showing cruelty with a fair countenance is more terrifying than cruelty with an outwardly evil countenance.

    • @BurghezulDjentilom
      @BurghezulDjentilom 9 днів тому +4

      Griffith from Berserk says hi !

    • @starlarose2216
      @starlarose2216 8 днів тому +8

      At this point in history maybe, then with so many thousands of years of breeding they'd become the super ugly twisted things we saw. I'm seeing alot of dogs lately that look like they should NOT be breeding.

    • @billjacobs521
      @billjacobs521 7 днів тому +1

      Nah, orcs are supposed to be ugly and twisted; that's the point. New Adar just sort of looks like he had a bad burn on his cheek.

    • @scubasteve7850
      @scubasteve7850 7 днів тому +1

      ​@@BurghezulDjentilom 😡 GRIIIFFFFFFIIIIIITTTTHHHH!

    • @empath9814
      @empath9814 6 днів тому

      The only person that would have a dark elf appearance is Sauron. Orcs are always described as elves that were tortured beyond recognition. Their entire being and souls had been twisted. Because evil cannot create anything new only distorts and destroys in Tolkien's words.

  • @whyitmatterstome
    @whyitmatterstome 8 днів тому +1

    'Should have designed palantirs with sound - not very accessible' - well said, baby Elrond,

  • @joseph291
    @joseph291 8 днів тому +1

    I keep going to thumb this up every few moments. Great craic altogether.

  • @TheDjhdjh
    @TheDjhdjh 8 днів тому +3

    Racist Elrond is the funniest Elrond.

  • @malevellysian
    @malevellysian 8 днів тому +8

    your hayfever alan shearer, ian mckellen and hugo weaving are starting to feel like old friends. if you ever run out of media to cover, i would listen to them discuss literally any topic together in a podcast format

    • @StoryLover-7
      @StoryLover-7 8 днів тому +2

      That's a good idea! I would listen to them too

  • @joseph291
    @joseph291 8 днів тому +1

    As a person that has been to the dentist a lot this last few years. That teeth slap down made me smile.

  • @Kul-tegin
    @Kul-tegin 2 дні тому

    "Is this empathy? Is this what Faramir was going on about all those years?" XDDD

  • @sajjadalhachami7574
    @sajjadalhachami7574 9 днів тому +16

    I really think Melkor made this show

    • @InsomniaRex
      @InsomniaRex 9 днів тому +1

      With Ungoliant making cliff notes 😅

    • @kevinramsey417
      @kevinramsey417 8 днів тому +4

      Morgoth would never be that blatantly evil. Even he had his limits.

    • @scribblescribble
      @scribblescribble 8 днів тому +3

      But Melkor had genuine creativity.

    • @PositiveOnly-dm3rx
      @PositiveOnly-dm3rx 5 днів тому

      thats what you get for calling him bad names... like morgoth.

    • @scribblescribble
      @scribblescribble 5 днів тому

      @@PositiveOnly-dm3rx Or "jail-crow of Mandos."

  • @philping2102
    @philping2102 7 днів тому +1

    A fantasy world were a horse does end up being the main char, just through the owners dieing in battle and it gets away just to turn up in another plot place and characters that care and take the horse back to war and battles.

  • @MrGadfly772
    @MrGadfly772 8 днів тому +2

    Actually, if Rings of Power made a horse the main character it might save the species.

  •  7 днів тому +1

    "... and made an evil face" - not saying "oogaboogah wookah" only heigtens the tension and suspense!😹

  • @Electroid5
    @Electroid5 6 днів тому +1

    I was happy with orcs being born from a vat of mud. When an orc dies, it gets thrown back in and comes out anew.
    May not have been accurate to what Tolkien originally intended, but it was an idea that added to them being a force of destruction and death.

  • @craigalexander966
    @craigalexander966 8 днів тому +4

    Gandalf’s flashback had me 😂

  • @Jazzdumpling
    @Jazzdumpling 6 днів тому +1

    I worked on LOTR and one time we had to disinfect all the orc prosthetics because two of them got caught doing it behind the set at lunch time.
    So they definitely can have families.

  • @TheScarySkull123
    @TheScarySkull123 9 днів тому +2

    Another banger video. Thanks Charlie.

  • @df36367
    @df36367 8 днів тому +1

    Damn... Fan fiction really got a budget. Amazon being philanthropic again

  • @wolfen8622
    @wolfen8622 7 днів тому +2

    Those aren’t orcs… those are the writers! 💀

  • @ShardsOfNarsil
    @ShardsOfNarsil 8 днів тому +1

    So happy I found your channel, these videos are hilarious. Haven't laughed out loud as much in a long while.

  • @SHIRLEI777
    @SHIRLEI777 8 днів тому +1

    Charlie, what are you knitting? 🧶 that is so adorable, Gandalf knitting! 😍

  • @ratatoskr8190
    @ratatoskr8190 6 днів тому

    This Orc does not want to go to war? Dude: 🎵"Where there's a whip there's a way!"🎵

  • @gingerbaker_toad696
    @gingerbaker_toad696 4 дні тому

    Never feel bad, Boromir. You did your thing

  • @Drumpro31
    @Drumpro31 7 днів тому +1

    Tolkien is a wind turbine in his grave right now with how fast he’s spinning

  • @JusDion
    @JusDion 8 днів тому +1

    6:47 pure gold😂😂😂 i am absolutely rolling over here 😂😂😂

  • @RocketWorm
    @RocketWorm 5 днів тому

    That orc family flash-back bit got me in the feels.

  • @lyannastark3839
    @lyannastark3839 8 днів тому +2

    Baby Elrond watching baby orcs on TV.
    P.S. Pharazon will make Numenor great again. The end is nigh. Acallabeth, baby.

  • @alsmith9853
    @alsmith9853 6 днів тому

    This is great! Way better than the actual show whose plot seems to rely heavily on most of the characters being stupid and easy to manipulate

  • @malky101
    @malky101 8 днів тому +2

    Boromir is a legend, deserves his own "Idiot Abroad" type show

  • @cecilyerker
    @cecilyerker 5 днів тому +1

    I heard in the news that Ohio is having problems with their orcs imported from Haiti, they’re eating people’s dogs and cats! 😂

  • @davPaladin
    @davPaladin 8 днів тому +3

    LOL One of my Guards stepped in .... HA !

  • @mikehenry1488
    @mikehenry1488 8 днів тому +44

    "And thus did Melkor breed the hideous race of the Orcs in envy and mockery of the Elves, of whom they were afterwards the bitterest foes... and naught that had life of its own, nor the semblance of life... deep in their dark hearts the Orcs loathed the master whom they served"
    Pretty cut and dry if you've read the Silmarillion. They do not have lives like natural beings. They are a race of monsters made with evil purposes.

    • @SaraBearRawr0312
      @SaraBearRawr0312 8 днів тому +11

      While I'm in no way trying to defend the show, interesting little bit about orcs being completely evil - Tolkien himself wrestled with the idea of orcs being complete evil or possibly redeemable for quite a while during his life and the creation of the legendarium. The issue is that as a devout catholic, Tolkien had trouble with the notion of pure evil as it went against his own personal beliefs and so in his eyes every sentient being had the underlying potential of being redeemed or atleast all lacked total darkness - Sauron was twisted into becoming evil but was at his core someone who sought order, organization, and crafting which he learned from Aule; however his want of order became an obsession of power to achieve that order. Even Morgoth is questioned as being true evil despite seemingly being darkness incarnate because as he was of the Valar, he was also made in image of a piece of Eru Illuvatar.

    • @justinhammer3196
      @justinhammer3196 8 днів тому

      Orcs still banged. Hard.

    • @mikehenry1488
      @mikehenry1488 8 днів тому +5

      @SaraBearRawr0312 I don't know that he had a huge problem with the Fallen Valar being evil. Granted, I suppose nothing is ever pure evil in the eyes of God.
      But as far as Orcs go, "no semblance of life." That calls into question their physical ability to even have children. (in this specific universe) I will have to read that, Legendarium. Thanks 😊

    • @billjacobs521
      @billjacobs521 7 днів тому +1

      @@mikehenry1488 Nah, Melkor's divergence from the song was expected. But the orcs, yeah, the orcs are pretty much just written off.

    • @凯思
      @凯思 7 днів тому

      How could Melkor “breed” an organism that didn’t reproduce sexually? Doesn’t this passage require the existence of orc mothers and babies?

  • @justinhammer3196
    @justinhammer3196 8 днів тому +1

    Well there was a half-orc in Bree so, someone got busy. I guess if the Emperor in Star Wars can get some anyone can now days.

  • @fashioniconjaylienkay
    @fashioniconjaylienkay 6 днів тому

    Charlie...you made my decade with this. Thank you brother.

  • @2DReanimation
    @2DReanimation 3 дні тому

    18:40: "The same asshole lies in my blood."
    Brilliant! 😂
    Oh wait, he said "bone", lol