Hellboy: The Crooked Man looks more accurate to the source material than any other Hellboy movie and I couldn't be more pumped. The exact tone Hellboy is supposed to be -- particularly that specific story.
As for Rings of Power, I'm a Tolkien fan for the books, films, this show, etc. I love all its forms. I found season 1 to be tedious and slow and disjointed. Those i think are the biggest complaints. It's also a lot of foundation; building characters, settings, and motivations of the heros. Sauron is the thing that pierces all of that. And so season 1 suffered from pilot-itis. For sure. I enjoyed it for what it was, knowing the story elements they've been trying to tee up. So while season 1 felt like 3 shows slammed into 1, i think it'll prove to be worth it having Season 1 walk so Season 2 can run, maybe even fly.
This is exactly the way I've felt about this, and I feel like I'm crazy sometimes because everyone seems to blindly hate it for no reason without considering the story they have to build here to get to the cool parts. Actually getting to see Numenor before the fall is really cool, and if we just skipped all that it would have been a damn shame. It helps casual fans understand more about the kingdoms of Men and where they come from. Sadly those same casual fans are just turning their brains off and following the hivemind opinion that it's irredeemably bad because it's boring. Bruh. The Silmarillion reads like a phone book. I hate to break it to these people, but this isn't a surprise. The source material is boring too.
@@Zynnix amen I say to thee. Tolkien's writing style can kill any sincere motivation to read because its not for everyone. But what it inspires is always a treat worth unpacking
I couldn’t agree more. Folks just have ZERO patience for the slower pacing of the first season. I loved it more each time I watched season 1. This season looks like we are in for a treat.
I appreciate your comment about reacting when they have something to see, not just announcements. Everyone is over reacting to every little thing instead of waiting to see any visual concepts. Love the channel!
J.R.R Tolkien (OG of all Authors) was a veteran of the First World War & other battles such as The Battle Of Somme etc. his works of art were to give back to the England as a form of restoring lost mythologies that he himself was a master of since he was a top professor of philology at Oxford. He did ALOT of his writing while in the trenches during WWI during small “breaks” while down in those trench forts built into the ground. And while he eldest son was in the Second World War; his Lord Of The Rings writings was strictly created above all else to give his eldest something to read while stationed wherever he was stationed. I forgot that part. They sent letters back and forth about it all the time. He was also the one and only son that actually protected his fathers legacy and work. A lot of his other work were put together BY his son after his father passed away. It’s well worth to react to the documentary behind the scenes film the director and crew and cast created together as well as the interview with the son Christopher Tolkien who you get to sort of enjoy a nice indoor and outdoor chat for like what came to about 1-2 hours of wonderful footage from an era that really must not be forgotten. His work shed a light on things like The Finnish Kalevala, Norwegian Elder Edda, The Welsh Mabinogion, The Norwegian Nibelungen, The Indian Bhagvagita & Several Irish Folklore + other Cultural things! The man also restored and translated ancient relics for the governments as one everyone trusted. Much of what’s in our dictionary come from his efforts as well. Anytime he spoke & even posted several comments into the paper as an editorial or response to certain issues as a very involved man for the world and the environment everyone turned their head to listen to him as everyone knew his worth and respected him greatly. His works show how NOT to glorify war; shows in the films if you pay close attention while watching the next films. Sharing what you know now via the after thoughts at the end of the second film! Remember. Extended edition. There is a lot missed out on especially in the second movie regarding Boromir backstory which there is much more in the books but the films WANTED to keep more but the cinemas and Harvey Weinstein literally harangued him into making a “theatrical cut” which is why you have two versions. The real version and the “theatrical cut”. It was all to make more money for the company that is the theatres/cinemas. To get more showings in per day during the year. And believe me. People were camping outside and travelling the country to watch it MORE THAN ONCE. His creations literally lead to inspiring the most currently famous books games & movies we all literally wouldn’t have enjoyed and be touched to our souls core without him and his spiritually connected brilliance. That and he was a philologist professor at Oxford first and foremost which covers so many things. Not just linguistic. The man was a true genius and Jack of all trades but ultimately LOVED the simple life. The inspiration for Lord of the Rings was not any war, but author J.R.R. Tolkien's love of language. Especially Welsh, Finnish and Old English. He lamented the loss of any true English folklore, that was wiped out after the Norman invasion of 1066, so Tolkien wrote many books on these new "legends" he came up with himself. Much of which is centered around three languages he fully developed himself. Two Elven languages and Dwarvish., Númenorean Adunaic, Black Speech(warped Numenorean and elvish) They all have syntax, vocabularies, and a whole writing system that can be learned as the Tengwar alphabet is moreso to match with the spoken elvish rather than one to one for other country’s alphabet. Hundreds of people worldwide speak elvish fluently. Tolkien did draw upon his personal experience in the trenches of World War ONE, not Two, as inspiration for some parts, most notably, the Dead Marshes that Frodo and Sam and Gollum pass through in The Two Towers. But war was not the inspiration for the entire series. World Of Warcraft. Elder Scrolls, Oblivion, Elden Ring, Skyrim, Harry Potter, Diablo, Zelda, D&D, especially Warhammer + DragonLance and so forth wouldn’t have. Existed without taking giant inspiration from and or completely ripping off from Tolkien. Many great documentaries to react to about him also more about him and AWESOME stuff from the hours & hours of behind the scenes documentaries from the DVDs of the movies which are also on UA-cam & I can send you a playlist to react to from top to bottom on the channel called Pajasek99, FlowState reactions is already posting stuff from the awesome documentaries/BTS content! - Let’s explore Gandalf even deeper now. - Tolkien kept the Norse/Finnish/Welsh/Irish mythology alive. Magical rings, Gandalf (Staff elf in old norse and Rohan’s Rohirric Éotheod language.), Gandalfs outfit (Ødin), Gandalfs title 'the grey wanderer' (Ødin), Shadowfaxe (The horses of day and night Rhimfaxe and Skinfaxe), Trolls, elves, dwarves etc. * Ødin had a legendary horse, Sleipnir, who had eight legs and was said to be one of the greatest horses known to the gods. Gandalf had Shadowfax, who had no equal among horses in Middle-earth and could understand the speech of men. * Ødin’s legendary gear-the spear Gungnir and the ring Draupnir-could have influenced Gandalf’s legendary sword Glamdring or, more likely, the magic staff he carries, while the ring possibly influenced Gandalf’s possession of the ring Narya (Sturlson 145). * Gandalf & Ødin both receive new wisdom as a result of sacrifice, as Gandalf is reincarnated after his fight with the Balrog, and Ødin gains power and wisdom after hanging himself on the tree Yggdrasil for nine days (Sigfusson 80-85). * One of the most apparent ways in which Gandalf and Odin are alike is that they both take the shape of an old, grey beggar with a wide-brimmed hat and grey cloak when they wander the mortal world and deal with the inhabitants (Pitts 7). * Gandalf and Ødin are virtually reflections of each other, as can be observed through examining their gear and animal companions, the way they sacrificed themselves and were rewarded with wisdom, and the fact that they walk the earth as old men in tattered clothing. The Renowned Steeds of Gandalf and Ødin: both have renowned horses and staves with magical properties. Ø carries the legendary spear Gungnir, which is said never to miss its mark when thrown (Sturlson 145); however, he also carries it as his staff when he wanders the earth as an old man. In the Poetic Edda, the Valkyrie Sigrdrifa advises Sigurd about the magical application of runes and tells him that there are runes inscribed on the tip of Gungnir (Sigfusson 291). This spear could be a parallel to Glamdring, the sword that was forged for the Goblin wars but is most likely influential to the staff Gandalf carries on his journeys. Strikingly similar to Shadowfax, Odin possesses a legendary horse named Sleipnir, who has eight legs and can run on the ground and through the air at great speeds. This sounds very similar, in some ways, to Tolkien’s description of Shadowfax in The Two Towers, “Shadowfax tossed his head and cried aloud as if a trumpet had summoned him to battle. Then he sprang forward. Fire flew from his feet; night rushed over him” (Tolkien 228). - - The sword Gandalf wielded caused the Balrog’s primordial sword to burst into a rain of molten lava in an almost majestic way. It too belong to high elven king Turgon of the great hidden realm of Gondolin, surrounded by tallest mountains. Named Glamdring; meaning “Foe Hammer”. Gandalf broke the balrog’s unholy weapon. Epic right? His original staff broke when he let some of his true powers show to grant a miracle from his own life force. This is the same thing for how the elves do “magic” Galadriel herself tells Frodo and Sam that things elves do may seem like magic but they don’t really use such a word since they are one with the world, symbiotic with it if the world perished so would they. Just so you know; the balrog and Gandalf fought for 10 days straight. Then eldrich terrors(nameless things) assailed them both and they begrudgingly fought them off together and Gandalf resumed his chase of the balrog up the endless stairs of Dúrin’s Tower where they fought up at the top of ZirakZigil Gandalf was given the ring of fire (Narya) by one of the oldest remaining elves from the first clans to wake beneath the stars before the sun and moon ever existed; at the Cuiviènen river named Círdan. Its best attribute was it raises the spirits of those who wear it. Bolstering internal strength and so forth. He knew it would aid Gandalf in his quest from the Valar and Eru Îlluvatar (the one AllFather) themselves to bolster the spirits of the free peoples of middle earth and to sow seeds of hope within the hearts of Men, Elves and Dwarves alike.
I think they'll do a separate reaction to it. Ignore the hate comments from Marvel fans, they don't watch DC animation so their opinions are invalid especially when they've judged a project without even watching it LMAO.
@@jbp9653As much as the comment above yours is stupid and petty, it feels almost as stupid and petty for you to call out Marvel fans. There are people who like both Marvel and DC.
I never thought I'd see the Hangman be adapted ever. This will be interesting. For those who dont know, the Hangman is from Batman Dark Victory, the sequel to Long Halloween
It's really leaning into the Year Two vibe, with the idea that significant events from the comics have already occurred. We know that the Joker is already in custody, and that he's already tangled with Batman (with the face-painted thugs in the beginning of the first film strongly hinting that he's already had an influence), and it sounds like some version of the Dark Victory events have already occurred. Very cool. Perhaps this will be part of the explanation as to why Carmine had essentially gone into seclusion.
Firstly: All 20 rings were meant to go to the elves (300-500years of his infiltration & deception down the drain.) but Mairon of the Maiar(primordial angelic beings in simple terms as they are sort of beyond angels) disguised as a high elf named Annatar when he came to the elves pretending to be an emissary from Valinor on behalf of the Valar so it makes sense how alluring the ring is and how strong it’s pull on people is. (A bit too instant in the movies though) Galadriel soon saw right through him and especially when after speaking with him regarding not remembering him when in Valinor long ago where she learned from all the Valar thanks to being dominantly Vanyar/Teleri side over her Noldorin side where she gleaned from that encounter that she did not study under Aulë the Vala with any elf named Annatar ! But later named Sauron by the elves meaning deceiver! After all of this, The three elven rings were made in secret without Saurons touch upon them thanks to Celebrimbor! Remember Gandalf before he became Gandalf was the same species of entity Sauron used to be!! Wow hey? The Rings in this case, would have lost their powers eventually due to the lack of the One Ring and possibly because they were designed to defeat evil, & evil in the form of Sauron had been defeated twice already in the past. The Three Elven Rings served their purpose for a long time. Two out of three of them had several different bearers Unlike the other Rings, the main purpose of the Three is to "heal and preserve", as when Galadriel used Nenya to preserve her realm of Lothlórien over long periods. The Elves made the Three Rings to try to halt the passage of time, or as Tolkien had Elrond say, "to preserve all things unstained". I can expand upon this based on any further statements & questions you have for me as a reply to this comment ! ❤ There is problem here with the Rings, the Three were supposed to be never touched by Sauron and that's why they were not corrupting…Sauron had not taken part in their making which made the Three more 'pure' unsullied by his dark power, unlike the Nine and Seven Rings! But Sauron in the show touched the very material they were made of!!! So technically he could have tainted them and corrupted! Even appendices of Lot tell us the order of making the rings, so they didn't even need the righs to more detailed writings in UT or Silmarillion: 1200 Sauron endeavours to seduce the Eldar. Gil-galad refuses to treat with him; but the smiths of Eregion are won over. The Númenoreans begin to make permanent havens. c. 1500 The Elven-smiths instructed by Sauron reach the height of their skill. They begin the forging of the Rings of Power. c. 1590 The Three Rings are completed in Eregion. c. 1600 Sauron forges the One Ring in Orodruin. He completes the Barad-dûr. Celebrimbor perceives the designs of Sauron. 1693 War of the Elves & Sauron begins. The Three Rings are hidden." 'Did you not hear me, Gloin?' said Elrond. 'The Three were not made by Sauron, nor did he ever touch them. But of them it is not permitted to speak. So much only in this hour of doubt I may now say. They are not idle. But they were not made as weapons of war or conquest: that is not their power. Those who made them did not desire strength or domination or hoarded wealth, but understanding, making, and healing, to preserve all things unstained. These things the Elves of Middle-earth have in some measure gained, though with sorrow. But all that has been wrought by those who wield the Three will turn to their undoing, and their minds and hearts will become revealed to Sauron, if he regains the One." - The 3 Elven Rings are not susceptible to “The One Ring” in any direct way.. They’re only tied by fate to lose their power if Sauron is defeated completely & absolutely. As they were made by the elves and as always they make things for a purpose and pour their literal spirit into things they create. So if Sauron is defeated then the three rings power will fade and basically become almost useless or diminished versions of their original design since by this era magic has bled from the world by a huge degree thanks to Morgoth’s poisoning the world itself with his very essence that he poured into it. Called The Long Defeat By The Elves and The Men Of The West.
Amazon waited until Christopher Tolkien died early in the production of its DumpsterFire, his "demand" was that Amazon could use the Appendices to make the show, but they couldn't change the lore. As soon as Christopher died, Amazon delayed the show for reshoots, fired Tom Shippey who was the lead Tolkien scholar & friend of Tolkien himself; they wanted Jackson on the team. PeterJackson asked for the scripts then they ghosted him. Then later when asked about it he basically told them good luck.. You can blame this garbage show on Simon Tolkien (who Amazon used to get around all the laws and protections set around the estate and JRR Tolkien’s legacy), its stink doesn't reach Christopher. Firstly: they merge events (from thousands of years of history & build up towards several events but puts them all into one moment as if it’s happening in the same few years without time jumps or anything.) Guyladriel the murderous one dimensional girlboss heroine version of Galadriel never met Miriel(one of Aragorn’s ancestors) because, as an elf, she would have been sacrificed to Morgoth by the King's Men. The hobbits and Gandalf never met in the 2nd Age because Gandalf was in Valinor till the 3rd Age. Miriel wasn’t even born yet. She was born 300 years before or after the rings of power era. Also Elendil would never say “forget the past and toss it aside.” That’s the whole thing about the Faithful Númenoreans!!! Faithfulness to what’s good. To their elf friends. To the Valar, to Eru Îlluvatar. The way Galadriel acts like Fëanor when he isn’t seeing straight such as how she threatened bloodshed in the highest court of Númenor! The way she isn’t tall, the way she fights rookies doesn’t make her look strong. Should have had her spar with Elendil who was greater than Miriel in many ways even as far as lineage goes too! (Canon has her as a grandson or son so…) Have her spar with those greater Numenoreans and let the rookies laugh at their masters being vested by an elf woman holding back from actually hurting them! Now that’d be cool. (Remember. Their whole mantra was to write the book Tolkien never wrote”. Also watch them fake super fans. And then watch their social media that had nothing Tolkien on it ever. Like…. It’s painfully obvious what’s going on here. Same formula towards other titles. They’re just trying to bank on the brand of which that’s the only reason they did this. Just watch Peter Jackson’s new movie coming out and the War of the Rohirim. You’ll see that Brian Cox is involved In it along with Philipa Boyens as well as Actor for Èowyn named Miranda Otto. Fran Walsh I also believe is Involved as well! Watch George The Giant Slayer’s first video regarding the war of the rohirrim. It was beautiful. And he has a wonderful soul too. When I say first video. I don’t mean very first uploaded video though lol. ) There was also no Adar. No poppy. No Nori. No fake Gandalf who literally didn’t come the way he was supposed to which introduces Círdan. And since they screwed up the themes and lore so badly they have to dig in their heels. And they are also being sued by multiple people and groups and companies actually. The rings were forged last and not first. They were not in his sights or touch nor did he even know about them. And also guyladriel wasn’t a murderous Fëanorean either. But the note of the elven rings. They were made last and without the knowledge of Sauron. His touch never got to them. Made in secret so that whole story is thrown out the window as well. And making them first and having the obvious Sauron figure who wasn’t an elf to just be there when they’re making them and have his eye show up in the forge which wasn’t even the worst of it. The greatest of elven smiths still around which is Celebrimbor doesn’t even know what alloying is. Not to mention all their environmental scandals on top of bad CGI stuff. Full of copy past crowds and plagerisms up the wazoo. It’s also getting sued by several people and groups. I’ll also remind you that they just ran an old sick horse til it died of cardiac arrest and then only had a ten min coffee break to loosely honour this horse. Not to mention Tolkien loved animals in a deep way. They also have been causing environmental damage one of which being King Charles ancient forest to make a set. It’s scandal after scandal. And the fire in studio that took four hours to put out with firemen for yet another example. PS they don’t have the rights to the Silmarillion nor anything much of the second age let alone the first. Only the trilogy books and their appendices…. Remember that they also plagiarized tonnes of films in nontasteful instead of true a homage way… “tempest in me” but when threatening Fëanorean level bloodshed in the court of Numenor was from Cate Blanchett’s Elizabeth role which was done with grace and poise of a veteran actress(which doesn’t even sound like anything those of the great chill house of Finarfin would even act like. Again it’d be best to put Elrond there due to Elros. But ooook let’s make girlboss do everything. Even if it continues to make zero sense. )😍 fact they downplayed Elendil who’d never say to “forget the past”, Gil-Galad and Finrod is beyond infuriating and not explaining Elwing, Elronds mother beyond just showing her as a swan was pure LOLism. Like. What’s worse is Grandpabimbor…. Let’s not forget good ol’ Guyladriel either. The LOTR version of Star Wars’ Rey! Guyladriel the Female Fëanor without any of his charms and subtleties and wit… just the bloody violent rages… nope. They lost alot of viewers after their bait and switch behaviour. Hundreds reported shenanigans on their app where it’d force you to watch and episode twice in variously described circumstances. Bribed people left and right with things like that screening. Even the official critics fell asleep. Many longtime film analysts along with actors and film students/professionals give basic criticism and in depth look at the editing and so forth which causes it to fall flat on its face. Abandons plot left and right. Full of member berries. Just because we got fake Tom Bombadil doesn’t mean we’ll flip onto our backs to play with the jingling keys. Balrog wasn’t awoken until thousands of tears later. They’re horridly depicted scenarios which often aren’t canon: were separated by hundreds of years. Some of them by thousands. Not cool. Amazon is known to be corrupt. Huge connection to BlackRock. Bezos bought a dying news paper so he could weasel his way into some form of power to control narratives. Bought his way into involvement with the CIA. Also. They were caught bribing people with their food deliveries etc to watch the show too. Then bragged they had big numbers in the beginning but several people dropped the show. Hundreds more continue to watch for analysis purposes for some of their videos.
Real Amazon Worker Tallacus says: “As someone who works for Amazon and who is a lover of fantasy, I am grateful for the coverage of this abomination. I work my ass off at my local Amazon Fulfillment Center and I just weep at the fact Amazon cares not for the slave force that made them able to pay for this horror of television. The worse TV show since Kurtzman’s Star Trek Shows”
If The Penguin actually delivers ( I bet it will), then my provisional top 3 of 2024 is 1 - Shogun, 2 - The Penguin, 3 - Fallout. However, I still have to continue pick up where I left off with The Bear. Edit: The Rings of Power trailer looked awesome! I want that now. And I've not seen season 2 of House of the Dragon yet.
I would say the pacing of RoP S1 was very in line with the books. If Tolkien was involved with the show we'd have a full season that was just annotations. Producing a Tolkien story gives me Bill Burr on Bill Gates iPod invention bit - "How do we get all of that, into this?"
After your first reaction where Jay said he wanted Hellboy to just be himself and solve mysteries. No more worrying about what he becomes is where they need to take Hellboy. I think this is going to be amazing!
I guess you guys never saw the series Salem, which was on several years ago. The witches in that show shoved their familiars - animal helpers - down the throats of certain victims to control them. I remember a frog, a snake, and a mouse. Yes, very gross.
Real Amazon Worker Tallacus says: “As someone who works for Amazon and who is a lover of fantasy, I am grateful for the coverage of this abomination. I work my ass off at my local Amazon Fulfillment Center and I just weep at the fact Amazon cares not for the slave force that made them able to pay for this horror of television. The worse TV show since Kurtzman’s Star Trek Shows”
My in laws totally do the "ok, party's over" thing. And they have no idea that they are doing it. 😅 They think they are being polite in letting people get on with their day 🙃
The kid Penguin takes on is (according to IMDB) playing a character named Victor Aguilar. There is only one character in the Batman mythos I can think of whose first name is Victor, which makes me wonder if we're going to get a really dark, gruesome origin story buried in this series.
Alot of stuff in this reminds me of the good stuff in gotham , like penguin talking to his mother (i assume thats her ) , sophia falcone etc ,also the kid penguin is talking to was on the marvels runaways and he had criminal parents and it looks like hes basically gonna be the same guy if he actually became a criminal
Back in the 90’s I picked up my first Hellboy comic (Seeds of Destruction #3) and absolutely fell in love with the character. I was so sad when I started hearing all the hate about the trailers for this movie that I just stayed away. Only recently did it seem that the public got past the fact that Ron Perlman wasn’t in this and that the feel wasn’t “as big.” Finally sat down to watch the trailer and am intrigued with the atmosphere. And that creepy trash panda.
I'm surprised how it seems Penguin is doing all his own dirty work, instead of his goons. He looks like he almost pooped his pants when he saw the Falcone daughter.
Wheel of Time season 2 was way better than season 1. Maybe its a trend for Amazon fantasy shows for the first season to be boring as shit and for them to throw money at season 2 action scenes.
Yeah, that girl in Hellboy was a practical effect. They built a full sized person-muppet to get bent up by a trash panda. Even though I appreciate the logistics of how they did that…yikes. They just dialed it all the way to the Evil Dead setting, and left it on slow cook for the whole night. And I could be wrong, but I think Jay is playing Tom Bombadile in Rings of Power. Not gonna lie, that was a great trailer that makes me think its not just a season 2, but they may have structured the story in such a way that new viewers might not even need to go back to season 1. This looks like a fresh starting point, which is good.
Amazon waited until Christopher Tolkien died early in the production of its DumpsterFire, his "demand" was that Amazon could use the Appendices to make the show, but they couldn't change the lore. As soon as Christopher died, Amazon delayed the show for reshoots, fired Tom Shippey who was the lead Tolkien scholar & friend of Tolkien himself; they wanted Jackson on the team. PeterJackson asked for the scripts then they ghosted him. Then later when asked about it he basically told them good luck.. You can blame this garbage show on Simon Tolkien (who Amazon used to get around all the laws and protections set around the estate and JRR Tolkien’s legacy), its stink doesn't reach Christopher. Firstly: they merge events (from thousands of years of history & build up towards several events but puts them all into one moment as if it’s happening in the same few years without time jumps or anything.) Guyladriel the murderous one dimensional girlboss heroine version of Galadriel never met Miriel(one of Aragorn’s ancestors) because, as an elf, she would have been sacrificed to Morgoth by the King's Men. The hobbits and Gandalf never met in the 2nd Age because Gandalf was in Valinor till the 3rd Age. Miriel wasn’t even born yet. She was born 300 years before or after the rings of power era. Also Elendil would never say “forget the past and toss it aside.” That’s the whole thing about the Faithful Númenoreans!!! Faithfulness to what’s good. To their elf friends. To the Valar, to Eru Îlluvatar. The way Galadriel acts like Fëanor when he isn’t seeing straight such as how she threatened bloodshed in the highest court of Númenor! The way she isn’t tall, the way she fights rookies doesn’t make her look strong. Should have had her spar with Elendil who was greater than Miriel in many ways even as far as lineage goes too! (Canon has her as a grandson or son so…) Have her spar with those greater Numenoreans and let the rookies laugh at their masters being vested by an elf woman holding back from actually hurting them! Now that’d be cool. (Remember. Their whole mantra was to write the book Tolkien never wrote”. Also watch them fake super fans. And then watch their social media that had nothing Tolkien on it ever. Like…. It’s painfully obvious what’s going on here. Same formula towards other titles. They’re just trying to bank on the brand of which that’s the only reason they did this. Just watch Peter Jackson’s new movie coming out and the War of the Rohirim. You’ll see that Brian Cox is involved In it along with Philipa Boyens as well as Actor for Èowyn named Miranda Otto. Fran Walsh I also believe is Involved as well! Watch George The Giant Slayer’s first video regarding the war of the rohirrim. It was beautiful. And he has a wonderful soul too. When I say first video. I don’t mean very first uploaded video though lol. ) There was also no Adar. No poppy. No Nori. No fake Gandalf who literally didn’t come the way he was supposed to which introduces Círdan. And since they screwed up the themes and lore so badly they have to dig in their heels. And they are also being sued by multiple people and groups and companies actually. The rings were forged last and not first. They were not in his sights or touch nor did he even know about them. And also guyladriel wasn’t a murderous Fëanorean either. But the note of the elven rings. They were made last and without the knowledge of Sauron. His touch never got to them. Made in secret so that whole story is thrown out the window as well. And making them first and having the obvious Sauron figure who wasn’t an elf to just be there when they’re making them and have his eye show up in the forge which wasn’t even the worst of it. The greatest of elven smiths still around which is Celebrimbor doesn’t even know what alloying is. Not to mention all their environmental scandals on top of bad CGI stuff. Full of copy past crowds and plagerisms up the wazoo. It’s also getting sued by several people and groups. I’ll also remind you that they just ran an old sick horse til it died of cardiac arrest and then only had a ten min coffee break to loosely honour this horse. Not to mention Tolkien loved animals in a deep way. They also have been causing environmental damage one of which being King Charles ancient forest to make a set. It’s scandal after scandal. And the fire in studio that took four hours to put out with firemen for yet another example. PS they don’t have the rights to the Silmarillion nor anything much of the second age let alone the first. Only the trilogy books and their appendices…. Remember that they also plagiarized tonnes of films in nontasteful instead of true a homage way… “tempest in me” but when threatening Fëanorean level bloodshed in the court of Numenor was from Cate Blanchett’s Elizabeth role which was done with grace and poise of a veteran actress(which doesn’t even sound like anything those of the great chill house of Finarfin would even act like. Again it’d be best to put Elrond there due to Elros. But ooook let’s make girlboss do everything. Even if it continues to make zero sense. )😍 fact they downplayed Elendil who’d never say to “forget the past”, Gil-Galad and Finrod is beyond infuriating and not explaining Elwing, Elronds mother beyond just showing her as a swan was pure LOLism. Like. What’s worse is Grandpabimbor…. Let’s not forget good ol’ Guyladriel either. The LOTR version of Star Wars’ Rey! Guyladriel the Female Fëanor without any of his charms and subtleties and wit… just the bloody violent rages… nope. They lost alot of viewers after their bait and switch behaviour. Hundreds reported shenanigans on their app where it’d force you to watch and episode twice in variously described circumstances. Bribed people left and right with things like that screening. Even the official critics fell asleep. Many longtime film analysts along with actors and film students/professionals give basic criticism and in depth look at the editing and so forth which causes it to fall flat on its face. Abandons plot left and right. Full of member berries. Just because we got fake Tom Bombadil doesn’t mean we’ll flip onto our backs to play with the jingling keys. Balrog wasn’t awoken until thousands of tears later. They’re horridly depicted scenarios which often aren’t canon: were separated by hundreds of years. Some of them by thousands. Not cool. Amazon is known to be corrupt. Huge connection to BlackRock. Bezos bought a dying news paper so he could weasel his way into some form of power to control narratives. Bought his way into involvement with the CIA. Also. They were caught bribing people with their food deliveries etc to watch the show too. Then bragged they had big numbers in the beginning but several people dropped the show. Hundreds more continue to watch for analysis purposes for some of their videos.
Hellboy: Looks alright, but the production values give me strong "Made for UA-cam Fanfilm" vibes. Not sure I dig the actor playing Hellboy yet. I didn't see much of the beloved attitude that Perlman and Harbour brought to the gig. The Penguin: Still amazed how Colin Farrel completely disappears into that role. Great performance + great makeup = magic! The show looks great! A bit like Gotham, but with all the cheese removed. Rings of Power: I enjoyed the first season and I'm sure I will enjoy the 2nd one.
Hellboy looks very interesting and I'm really looking forward to watch it, tha being said I don't love the look of Helboy. I feel like the actor who plays him doesn't have a Hellboy face. Rings and Penguin looks great, I can't wait to watch those shows!
On the Rings of power. Some people seem butt hurt that an adaption must be a faithful adaptation. The vast majority of adaptions aren't not even close. While this clearly isn't a faithful adaption, that in no way bothers me what bothers me is the execution of what story they are telling. But one thing pacing wise Rings of Power is in many ways closer to the pacing style of Tolkien's writings then Jackson's Lord of the Rings was. Jackson leaned in heavy into an action adventure show. And if things were getting cut it was generally a huge part of the walking and talking of Tolkien's work. And for adding it was greatly expanding the action aspect. Now the first season is supposed to be the calm, the false peace. You can certainly argue that they just didn't tell that aspect of the their story well (thats a valid opinion). But let's be clear Fellowship of the Ring cut out about 30 years of material and about 150 pages of people just talking and living while the threat is mentioned but before it hits. So that aspect go build up for Rings of Power doesn't bother me, in fact that part I like (I still thank that aspect could have been better). As for the material of this age that is getting compressed, it does heavily feature action. Action far larger, than anything that appears in Lord of the Rings. So thats not really a course correction thats following the logical story telling aspect of that period and the events surrounding it. In fact in Tolkiens world, the War of Wrath (what ends the first age) is the biggest largest shit you could imagine. The 2nd age is but a shadow of that, but still massive. And Lord do the rings is a mere shadow of the 2nd age events. Its a story that actually decreases in scope and size with each of the various ages, not increases.
Remember, Amazon's version of the 2nd age is not Tolkien. It is a perverted vision of what should have been, if the show leaders and chief writers had stayed true to the original canon. but we both know, fellow Tolkien Lover, that this is an absolute violation of the vision and canon that the great Professor laid down. Really what our speculations Should be is........how far from or how deep are they going to take their perversions and distortions. Amazons Rings of Power are a catastrophic failure. It's a bunch of mumbo jumbo BS that is meant for the uninitiated! It is eye candy at best........ at best! It is a tragedy what Bezos has done with this sacred work! Tolkien rolls over endlessly in his grave, and I weep endlessly as well. A sign of the times my friend, a sign of the times! The timeline presented in Amazon's Rings of Power series does not align with the original Second Age canon created by J.R.R. Tolkien. The series makes several changes and combines events that are separated by hundreds to thousands of years in the original source material, leading to inconsistencies and contradictions. Many Tolkien fans and purists have criticized the show for its departure from the original vision and disrespect for the lore created by the professor. The series is seen as a disappointment and a sign of the times, with some fans even claiming that it is a violation of the sacred works of Tolkien. Sacred because so many peoples lives were saved and transformed by all of his scholarly work. ❤
That was in fact Tom Bombadil (not Radagast), and he will be singing.
Singing? Jay could pull that off. Probably even better!
That’s effing awesome.
Old Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow. Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow.
I hope we eventually get to see The Witch-King of Angmar in his prime.
The ring of power trailer looks epic
Hellboy: The Crooked Man looks more accurate to the source material than any other Hellboy movie and I couldn't be more pumped. The exact tone Hellboy is supposed to be -- particularly that specific story.
same! the art style of that comic still creeps me out, so the 'nope don't like that' reaction actually sells it
@@BeesOnWheat The Crooked Man in the comics is pure nightmare fuel. Such a creepy design.
As for Rings of Power, I'm a Tolkien fan for the books, films, this show, etc. I love all its forms. I found season 1 to be tedious and slow and disjointed. Those i think are the biggest complaints. It's also a lot of foundation; building characters, settings, and motivations of the heros. Sauron is the thing that pierces all of that. And so season 1 suffered from pilot-itis. For sure. I enjoyed it for what it was, knowing the story elements they've been trying to tee up. So while season 1 felt like 3 shows slammed into 1, i think it'll prove to be worth it having Season 1 walk so Season 2 can run, maybe even fly.
This is exactly the way I've felt about this, and I feel like I'm crazy sometimes because everyone seems to blindly hate it for no reason without considering the story they have to build here to get to the cool parts. Actually getting to see Numenor before the fall is really cool, and if we just skipped all that it would have been a damn shame. It helps casual fans understand more about the kingdoms of Men and where they come from. Sadly those same casual fans are just turning their brains off and following the hivemind opinion that it's irredeemably bad because it's boring. Bruh. The Silmarillion reads like a phone book. I hate to break it to these people, but this isn't a surprise. The source material is boring too.
@@Zynnix amen I say to thee. Tolkien's writing style can kill any sincere motivation to read because its not for everyone. But what it inspires is always a treat worth unpacking
I couldn’t agree more. Folks just have ZERO patience for the slower pacing of the first season. I loved it more each time I watched season 1. This season looks like we are in for a treat.
I appreciate your comment about reacting when they have something to see, not just announcements. Everyone is over reacting to every little thing instead of waiting to see any visual concepts. Love the channel!
That Hellboy movie looks like a proper horror movie
It does looks much closer to the comic version of Hellboy i read. Proper horror.
Rings of Power S2 looks amazing and I cannot wait.
Dangerous thing to say. Don’t want people getting on your ass for liking the show
J.R.R Tolkien (OG of all Authors) was a veteran of the First World War & other battles such as The Battle Of Somme etc. his works of art were to give back to the England as a form of restoring lost mythologies that he himself was a master of since he was a top professor of philology at Oxford.
He did ALOT of his writing while in the trenches during WWI during small “breaks” while down in those trench forts built into the ground. And while he eldest son was in the Second World War; his Lord Of The Rings writings was strictly created above all else to give his eldest something to read while stationed wherever he was stationed.
I forgot that part. They sent letters back and forth about it all the time. He was also the one and only son that actually protected his fathers legacy and work.
A lot of his other work were put together BY his son after his father passed away.
It’s well worth to react to the documentary behind the scenes film the director and crew and cast created together as well as the interview with the son Christopher Tolkien who you get to sort of enjoy a nice indoor and outdoor chat for like what came to about 1-2 hours of wonderful footage from an era that really must not be forgotten.
His work shed a light on things like The Finnish Kalevala, Norwegian Elder Edda, The Welsh Mabinogion, The Norwegian Nibelungen, The Indian Bhagvagita & Several Irish Folklore + other Cultural things! The man also restored and translated ancient relics for the governments as one everyone trusted. Much of what’s in our dictionary come from his efforts as well.
Anytime he spoke & even posted several comments into the paper as an editorial or response to certain issues as a very involved man for the world and the environment everyone turned their head to listen to him as everyone knew his worth and respected him greatly. His works show how NOT to glorify war; shows in the films if you pay close attention while watching the next films.
Sharing what you know now via the after thoughts at the end of the second film! Remember. Extended edition. There is a lot missed out on especially in the second movie regarding Boromir backstory which there is much more in the books but the films WANTED to keep more but the cinemas and Harvey Weinstein literally harangued him into making a “theatrical cut” which is why you have two versions.
The real version and the “theatrical cut”. It was all to make more money for the company that is the theatres/cinemas.
To get more showings in per day during the year. And believe me. People were camping outside and travelling the country to watch it MORE THAN ONCE.
His creations literally lead to inspiring the most currently famous books games & movies we all literally wouldn’t have enjoyed and be touched to our souls core without him and his spiritually connected brilliance. That and he was a philologist professor at Oxford first and foremost which covers so many things.
Not just linguistic. The man was a true genius and Jack of all trades but ultimately LOVED the simple life.
The inspiration for Lord of the Rings was not any war, but author J.R.R. Tolkien's love of language. Especially Welsh, Finnish and Old English.
He lamented the loss of any true English folklore, that was wiped out after the Norman invasion of 1066, so Tolkien wrote many books on these new "legends" he came up with himself. Much of which is centered around three languages he fully developed himself. Two Elven languages and Dwarvish., Númenorean Adunaic, Black Speech(warped Numenorean and elvish)
They all have syntax, vocabularies, and a whole writing system that can be learned as the Tengwar alphabet is moreso to match with the spoken elvish rather than one to one for other country’s alphabet. Hundreds of people worldwide speak elvish fluently. Tolkien did draw upon his personal experience in the trenches of World War ONE, not Two, as inspiration for some parts, most notably, the Dead Marshes that Frodo and Sam and Gollum pass through in The Two Towers. But war was not the inspiration for the entire series.
World Of Warcraft. Elder Scrolls, Oblivion, Elden Ring, Skyrim, Harry Potter, Diablo, Zelda, D&D, especially Warhammer + DragonLance and so forth wouldn’t have. Existed without taking giant inspiration from and or completely ripping off from Tolkien. Many great documentaries to react to about him also more about him and AWESOME stuff from the hours & hours of behind the scenes documentaries from the DVDs of the movies which are also on UA-cam & I can send you a playlist to react to from top to bottom on the channel called Pajasek99, FlowState reactions is already posting stuff from the awesome documentaries/BTS content!
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Let’s explore Gandalf even deeper now. - Tolkien kept the Norse/Finnish/Welsh/Irish mythology alive. Magical rings, Gandalf (Staff elf in old norse and Rohan’s Rohirric Éotheod language.), Gandalfs outfit (Ødin), Gandalfs title 'the grey wanderer' (Ødin), Shadowfaxe (The horses of day and night Rhimfaxe and Skinfaxe), Trolls, elves, dwarves etc.
* Ødin had a legendary horse, Sleipnir, who had eight legs and was said to be one of the greatest horses known to the gods. Gandalf had Shadowfax, who had no equal among horses in Middle-earth and could understand the speech of men.
* Ødin’s legendary gear-the spear Gungnir and the ring Draupnir-could have influenced Gandalf’s legendary sword Glamdring or, more likely, the magic staff he carries, while the ring possibly influenced Gandalf’s possession of the ring Narya (Sturlson 145).
* Gandalf & Ødin both receive new wisdom as a result of sacrifice, as Gandalf is reincarnated after his fight with the Balrog, and Ødin gains power and wisdom after hanging himself on the tree Yggdrasil for nine days (Sigfusson 80-85).
* One of the most apparent ways in which Gandalf and Odin are alike is that they both take the shape of an old, grey beggar with a wide-brimmed hat and grey cloak when they wander the mortal world and deal with the inhabitants (Pitts 7).
* Gandalf and Ødin are virtually reflections of each other, as can be observed through examining their gear and animal companions, the way they sacrificed themselves and were rewarded with wisdom, and the fact that they walk the earth as old men in tattered clothing.
The Renowned Steeds of Gandalf and Ødin: both have renowned horses and staves with magical properties. Ø carries the legendary spear Gungnir, which is said never to miss its mark when thrown (Sturlson 145); however, he also carries it as his staff when he wanders the earth as an old man.
In the Poetic Edda, the Valkyrie Sigrdrifa advises Sigurd about the magical application of runes and tells him that there are runes inscribed on the tip of Gungnir (Sigfusson 291). This spear could be a parallel to Glamdring, the sword that was forged for the Goblin wars but is most likely influential to the staff Gandalf carries on his journeys.
Strikingly similar to Shadowfax, Odin possesses a legendary horse named Sleipnir, who has eight legs and can run on the ground and through the air at great speeds. This sounds very similar, in some ways, to Tolkien’s description of Shadowfax in The Two Towers, “Shadowfax tossed his head and cried aloud as if a trumpet had summoned him to battle. Then he sprang forward. Fire flew from his feet; night rushed over him” (Tolkien 228).
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The sword Gandalf wielded caused the Balrog’s primordial sword to burst into a rain of molten lava in an almost majestic way. It too belong to high elven king Turgon of the great hidden realm of Gondolin, surrounded by tallest mountains. Named Glamdring; meaning “Foe Hammer”. Gandalf broke the balrog’s unholy weapon. Epic right?
His original staff broke when he let some of his true powers show to grant a miracle from his own life force. This is the same thing for how the elves do “magic” Galadriel herself tells Frodo and Sam that things elves do may seem like magic but they don’t really use such a word since they are one with the world, symbiotic with it if the world perished so would they.
Just so you know; the balrog and Gandalf fought for 10 days straight. Then eldrich terrors(nameless things) assailed them both and they begrudgingly fought them off together and Gandalf resumed his chase of the balrog up the endless stairs of Dúrin’s Tower where they fought up at the top of ZirakZigil
Gandalf was given the ring of fire (Narya) by one of the oldest remaining elves from the first clans to wake beneath the stars before the sun and moon ever existed; at the Cuiviènen river named Círdan. Its best attribute was it raises the spirits of those who wear it. Bolstering internal strength and so forth. He knew it would aid Gandalf in his quest from the Valar and Eru Îlluvatar (the one AllFather) themselves to bolster the spirits of the free peoples of middle earth and to sow seeds of hope within the hearts of Men, Elves and Dwarves alike.
Creature Commandos addendum to the next palooza, please!
what about Creature Commandos?
that show looks so bad
I think they'll do a separate reaction to it. Ignore the hate comments from Marvel fans, they don't watch DC animation so their opinions are invalid especially when they've judged a project without even watching it LMAO.
@@jbp9653As much as the comment above yours is stupid and petty, it feels almost as stupid and petty for you to call out Marvel fans. There are people who like both Marvel and DC.
I never thought I'd see the Hangman be adapted ever. This will be interesting. For those who dont know, the Hangman is from Batman Dark Victory, the sequel to Long Halloween
It's really leaning into the Year Two vibe, with the idea that significant events from the comics have already occurred. We know that the Joker is already in custody, and that he's already tangled with Batman (with the face-painted thugs in the beginning of the first film strongly hinting that he's already had an influence), and it sounds like some version of the Dark Victory events have already occurred. Very cool. Perhaps this will be part of the explanation as to why Carmine had essentially gone into seclusion.
Re: RoP S2 DO IT ADAM. I double dog dare ya. (just do it, we'll watch it)
Penguin takes place within days after Batman movie.
Everyone is hating on Hellboy. But that looks very interesting
Firstly: All 20 rings were meant to go to the elves (300-500years of his infiltration & deception down the drain.) but Mairon of the Maiar(primordial angelic beings in simple terms as they are sort of beyond angels) disguised as a high elf named Annatar when he came to the elves pretending to be an emissary from Valinor on behalf of the Valar so it makes sense how alluring the ring is and how strong it’s pull on people is. (A bit too instant in the movies though) Galadriel soon saw right through him and especially when after speaking with him regarding not remembering him when in Valinor long ago where she learned from all the Valar thanks to being dominantly Vanyar/Teleri side over her Noldorin side where she gleaned from that encounter that she did not study under Aulë the Vala with any elf named Annatar ! But later named Sauron by the elves meaning deceiver! After all of this, The three elven rings were made in secret without Saurons touch upon them thanks to Celebrimbor! Remember Gandalf before he became Gandalf was the same species of entity Sauron used to be!! Wow hey?
The Rings in this case, would have lost their powers eventually due to the lack of the One Ring and possibly because they were designed to defeat evil, & evil in the form of Sauron had been defeated twice already in the past.
The Three Elven Rings served their purpose for a long time. Two out of three of them had several different bearers Unlike the other Rings, the main purpose of the Three is to "heal and preserve", as when Galadriel used Nenya to preserve her realm of Lothlórien over long periods. The Elves made the Three Rings to try to halt the passage of time, or as Tolkien had Elrond say, "to preserve all things unstained". I can expand upon this based on any further statements & questions you have for me as a reply to this comment ! ❤
There is problem here with the Rings, the Three were supposed to be never touched by Sauron and that's why they were not corrupting…Sauron had not taken part in their making which made the Three more 'pure' unsullied by his dark power, unlike the Nine and Seven Rings! But Sauron in the show touched the very material they were made of!!! So technically he could have tainted them and corrupted!
Even appendices of Lot tell us the order of making the rings, so they didn't even need the righs to more detailed writings in UT or Silmarillion:
1200
Sauron endeavours to seduce the Eldar. Gil-galad refuses to treat with him; but the smiths of Eregion are won over. The Númenoreans begin to make permanent havens.
c. 1500
The Elven-smiths instructed by
Sauron reach the height of their skill.
They begin the forging of the Rings of Power.
c. 1590
The Three Rings are completed in Eregion.
c. 1600
Sauron forges the One Ring in
Orodruin. He completes the Barad-dûr. Celebrimbor perceives the designs of Sauron.
1693
War of the Elves & Sauron begins.
The Three Rings are hidden."
'Did you not hear me, Gloin?' said Elrond. 'The Three were not made by Sauron, nor did he ever touch them.
But of them it is not permitted to speak. So much only in this hour of doubt I may now say. They are not idle. But they were not made as weapons of war or conquest: that is not their power. Those who made them did not desire strength or domination or hoarded wealth, but understanding, making, and healing, to preserve all things unstained.
These things the Elves of Middle-earth have in some measure gained, though with sorrow. But all that has been wrought by those who wield the Three will turn to their undoing, and their minds and hearts will become revealed to Sauron, if he regains the One."
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The 3 Elven Rings are not susceptible to “The One Ring” in any direct way.. They’re only tied by fate to lose their power if Sauron is defeated completely & absolutely. As they were made by the elves and as always they make things for a purpose and pour their literal spirit into things they create. So if Sauron is defeated then the three rings power will fade and basically become almost useless or diminished versions of their original design since by this era magic has bled from the world by a huge degree thanks to Morgoth’s poisoning the world itself with his very essence that he poured into it. Called The Long Defeat By The Elves and The Men Of The West.
I loved season one of The Rings of Power, but the trailers for S2 make me even more excited.
Amazon waited until Christopher Tolkien died early in the production of its DumpsterFire, his "demand" was that Amazon could use the Appendices to make the show, but they couldn't change the lore. As soon as Christopher died, Amazon delayed the show for reshoots, fired Tom Shippey who was the lead Tolkien scholar & friend of Tolkien himself; they wanted Jackson on the team.
PeterJackson asked for the scripts then they ghosted him. Then later when asked about it he basically told them good luck.. You can blame this garbage show on Simon Tolkien (who Amazon used to get around all the laws and protections set around the estate and JRR Tolkien’s legacy), its stink doesn't reach Christopher.
Firstly: they merge events (from thousands of years of history & build up towards several events but puts them all into one moment as if it’s happening in the same few years without time jumps or anything.) Guyladriel the murderous one dimensional girlboss heroine version of Galadriel never met Miriel(one of Aragorn’s ancestors) because, as an elf, she would have been sacrificed to Morgoth by the King's Men.
The hobbits and Gandalf never met in the 2nd Age because Gandalf was in Valinor till the 3rd Age.
Miriel wasn’t even born yet. She was born 300 years before or after the rings of power era. Also Elendil would never say “forget the past and toss it aside.” That’s the whole thing about the Faithful Númenoreans!!!
Faithfulness to what’s good. To their elf friends. To the Valar, to Eru Îlluvatar. The way Galadriel acts like Fëanor when he isn’t seeing straight such as how she threatened bloodshed in the highest court of Númenor! The way she isn’t tall, the way she fights rookies doesn’t make her look strong.
Should have had her spar with Elendil who was greater than Miriel in many ways even as far as lineage goes too! (Canon has her as a grandson or son so…)
Have her spar with those greater Numenoreans and let the rookies laugh at their masters being vested by an elf woman holding back from actually hurting them! Now that’d be cool.
(Remember. Their whole mantra was to write the book Tolkien never wrote”. Also watch them fake super fans. And then watch their social media that had nothing Tolkien on it ever. Like…. It’s painfully obvious what’s going on here. Same formula towards other titles. They’re just trying to bank on the brand of which that’s the only reason they did this.
Just watch Peter Jackson’s new movie coming out and the War of the Rohirim. You’ll see that Brian Cox is involved In it along with Philipa Boyens as well as Actor for Èowyn named Miranda Otto. Fran Walsh I also believe is Involved as well!
Watch George The Giant Slayer’s first video regarding the war of the rohirrim. It was beautiful. And he has a wonderful soul too. When I say first video.
I don’t mean very first uploaded video though lol. )
There was also no Adar. No poppy. No Nori. No fake Gandalf who literally didn’t come the way he was supposed to which introduces Círdan. And since they screwed up the themes and lore so badly they have to dig in their heels. And they are also being sued by multiple people and groups and companies actually. The rings were forged last and not first. They were not in his sights or touch nor did he even know about them. And also guyladriel wasn’t a murderous Fëanorean either. But the note of the elven rings.
They were made last and without the knowledge of Sauron. His touch never got to them. Made in secret so that whole story is thrown out the window as well. And making them first and having the obvious Sauron figure who wasn’t an elf to just be there when they’re making them and have his eye show up in the forge which wasn’t even the worst of it.
The greatest of elven smiths still around which is Celebrimbor doesn’t even know what alloying is.
Not to mention all their environmental scandals on top of bad CGI stuff. Full of copy past crowds and plagerisms up the wazoo. It’s also getting sued by several people and groups.
I’ll also remind you that they just ran an old sick horse til it died of cardiac arrest and then only had a ten min coffee break to loosely honour this horse. Not to mention Tolkien loved animals in a deep way. They also have been causing environmental damage one of which being King Charles ancient forest to make a set. It’s scandal after scandal. And the fire in studio that took four hours to put out with firemen for yet another example.
PS they don’t have the rights to the Silmarillion nor anything much of the second age let alone the first. Only the trilogy books and their appendices….
Remember that they also plagiarized tonnes of films in nontasteful instead of true a homage way…
“tempest in me” but when threatening Fëanorean level bloodshed in the court of Numenor was from Cate Blanchett’s Elizabeth role which was done with grace and poise of a veteran actress(which doesn’t even sound like anything those of the great chill house of Finarfin would even act like.
Again it’d be best to put Elrond there due to Elros. But ooook let’s make girlboss do everything. Even if it continues to make zero sense. )😍
fact they downplayed Elendil who’d never say to “forget the past”, Gil-Galad and Finrod is beyond infuriating and not explaining Elwing, Elronds mother beyond just showing her as a swan was pure LOLism. Like. What’s worse is Grandpabimbor…. Let’s not forget good ol’ Guyladriel either. The LOTR version of Star Wars’ Rey! Guyladriel the Female Fëanor without any of his charms and subtleties and wit… just the bloody violent rages…
nope. They lost alot of viewers after their bait and switch behaviour. Hundreds reported shenanigans on their app where it’d force you to watch and episode twice in variously described circumstances. Bribed people left and right with things like that screening. Even the official critics fell asleep. Many longtime film analysts along with actors and film students/professionals give basic criticism and in depth look at the editing and so forth which causes it to fall flat on its face. Abandons plot left and right. Full of member berries. Just because we got fake Tom Bombadil doesn’t mean we’ll flip onto our backs to play with the jingling keys. Balrog wasn’t awoken until thousands of tears later. They’re horridly depicted scenarios which often aren’t canon: were separated by hundreds of years. Some of them by thousands. Not cool. Amazon is known to be corrupt. Huge connection to BlackRock. Bezos bought a dying news paper so he could weasel his way into some form of power to control narratives. Bought his way into involvement with the CIA. Also. They were caught bribing people with their food deliveries etc to watch the show too. Then bragged they had big numbers in the beginning but several people dropped the show. Hundreds more continue to watch for analysis purposes for some of their videos.
Real Amazon Worker Tallacus says: “As someone who works for Amazon and who is a lover of fantasy, I am grateful for the coverage of this abomination. I work my ass off at my local Amazon Fulfillment Center and I just weep at the fact Amazon cares not for the slave force that made them able to pay for this horror of television. The worse TV show since Kurtzman’s Star Trek Shows”
Wasn’t there a Creature Commandos trailer too?
yip
Ya, that came out before comicon I think, but a mini teaser did get released.
@@JonathanMartinez-ei4up the teaser we got at SDCC was the first footage to be released publicly
If The Penguin actually delivers ( I bet it will), then my provisional top 3 of 2024 is 1 - Shogun, 2 - The Penguin, 3 - Fallout. However, I still have to continue pick up where I left off with The Bear.
Edit: The Rings of Power trailer looked awesome! I want that now. And I've not seen season 2 of House of the Dragon yet.
That was not Radagast. Its Tom Bombadil
I would say the pacing of RoP S1 was very in line with the books. If Tolkien was involved with the show we'd have a full season that was just annotations. Producing a Tolkien story gives me Bill Burr on Bill Gates iPod invention bit - "How do we get all of that, into this?"
Rings of Power looks so good!!!
Ohhhh baby, been waiting for a mini system to be gamed.
Rings of Power S2 im so excited!!
Haha, oh Jay, I just wanna give you a big hug as I see the tears in your eyes
I loved the Ring of Power
After your first reaction where Jay said he wanted Hellboy to just be himself and solve mysteries. No more worrying about what he becomes is where they need to take Hellboy. I think this is going to be amazing!
I guess you guys never saw the series Salem, which was on several years ago. The witches in that show shoved their familiars - animal helpers - down the throats of certain victims to control them. I remember a frog, a snake, and a mouse. Yes, very gross.
That penguin show is going to absolutely rock
Fantastic! Jay is finally into gaming the system.
What about the second trailer for Transformers One?
We’re getting Tom bombadil, but also it feels like we might… MIGHT… have gotten a tease of the blue wizards too!!
Real Amazon Worker Tallacus says: “As someone who works for Amazon and who is a lover of fantasy, I am grateful for the coverage of this abomination. I work my ass off at my local Amazon Fulfillment Center and I just weep at the fact Amazon cares not for the slave force that made them able to pay for this horror of television. The worse TV show since Kurtzman’s Star Trek Shows”
My in laws totally do the "ok, party's over" thing. And they have no idea that they are doing it. 😅 They think they are being polite in letting people get on with their day 🙃
Jay's never gonna see Rocket Racoon the same way again. XD
The kid Penguin takes on is (according to IMDB) playing a character named Victor Aguilar. There is only one character in the Batman mythos I can think of whose first name is Victor, which makes me wonder if we're going to get a really dark, gruesome origin story buried in this series.
"Whoever controls the drug business controls the streets." = "He who controls the spice, controls the universe!"
18:15 Gandalf the JAY
Rings of Power season 2 looks incredible tbh
Penguin, I’m there for. Hell Boy, sure, I’ll bite. Rings of Power season 2, fool me once . . .
Alot of stuff in this reminds me of the good stuff in gotham , like penguin talking to his mother (i assume thats her ) , sophia falcone etc ,also the kid penguin is talking to was on the marvels runaways and he had criminal parents and it looks like hes basically gonna be the same guy if he actually became a criminal
That was Tom Bombadil not Radagast, this should be amazing!
i cant believe how amazing the penguin turned out!!!!
i do agree tho, it is super weird no-one acknowledges they live in the same city as THE batman
Back in the 90’s I picked up my first Hellboy comic (Seeds of Destruction #3) and absolutely fell in love with the character. I was so sad when I started hearing all the hate about the trailers for this movie that I just stayed away. Only recently did it seem that the public got past the fact that Ron Perlman wasn’t in this and that the feel wasn’t “as big.” Finally sat down to watch the trailer and am intrigued with the atmosphere. And that creepy trash panda.
"And that, kids ... is how I met your mother."
I'm surprised how it seems Penguin is doing all his own dirty work, instead of his goons. He looks like he almost pooped his pants when he saw the Falcone daughter.
The best way to establish the menace of a new character is the fearful reaction of established characters. Great storytelling move.
I like that the scariest thing we know about her is she is fresh outta Arkham
New Hellboy trailer looks like a proper movie. First trailer felt like a fan film.
im so excited for it, season 1 first 3 episodes i just finished and im holding out hope for reactions but totally will get if it doesnt happen
Wheel of Time season 2 was way better than season 1. Maybe its a trend for Amazon fantasy shows for the first season to be boring as shit and for them to throw money at season 2 action scenes.
19:05 - 19:30 Jay actually turned into Robert deNiro
Trailers,…..reactions,…..Taco Bell,………books
11:29 Kid's... this is the story of How I Met Your Mother
(I KNEW she looked familiar! Great actress)
Well, it's time for me to get started on the Rings of Power now. WooHoo 🎉🎉🎉
Hellboy comic was best when it kept small and local! Should be a series, really.
The guy with the beard is Tom Bombadil. Yes, Tom Bombadil is in this.
Jay as a wizard is a hilarious bit, I’m dead 😂
Jays interpretation of his wizard reminds me of the magician from Adventure Time that only brings misfortune
Jay's gonna be checking his CPaP mask for raccoon shedding every morning for like,...forever, just in case...
if jay didn't like the racoon tail oh boy!
Sledgehammer meet Raccoon.😮
★彡
take a look.
it’s in a book.
🌈 Reading rainbow 🌈
.... *reading rainbow* 🎵
Hellboy looks pretty good, but unfortunately, there is only one man who can do Red justice, and he already did it, twice.
That false
Season one of rings of power was great, actually. But there’s no doubt season two looks next level. I can’t WAIT!
Hellboy looks more horror movie that the old one, the penguin serie i gonna see
It was Tom BOmbadil
Yeah, that girl in Hellboy was a practical effect. They built a full sized person-muppet to get bent up by a trash panda. Even though I appreciate the logistics of how they did that…yikes. They just dialed it all the way to the Evil Dead setting, and left it on slow cook for the whole night.
And I could be wrong, but I think Jay is playing Tom Bombadile in Rings of Power. Not gonna lie, that was a great trailer that makes me think its not just a season 2, but they may have structured the story in such a way that new viewers might not even need to go back to season 1. This looks like a fresh starting point, which is good.
I didn’t watch season one of ROP but I will 💯 be watching season two.
Some say tom Bombadil is in it.
Jay mentioned Trash Pandas...Huntsville connection perhaps?
Someone at DC has said the Penguin show will start immediately after the end of The Batman and lead right into the next movie.
Not Radagast. That was Tom Bombadil.
Y’all missed the creature commandos trailer
Tom Bombadil sounds like he’s from Bristol, lol.
It wasn't Radagast. I don't know if I'll spoil it if you truly don't know. But he'll be a big deal in the show.
Hey, for WB content, do you post edited-down reactions to Patreon? Cuz a full-length watchalong is usually more time than I have. :/
Amazon waited until Christopher Tolkien died early in the production of its DumpsterFire, his "demand" was that Amazon could use the Appendices to make the show, but they couldn't change the lore. As soon as Christopher died, Amazon delayed the show for reshoots, fired Tom Shippey who was the lead Tolkien scholar & friend of Tolkien himself; they wanted Jackson on the team.
PeterJackson asked for the scripts then they ghosted him. Then later when asked about it he basically told them good luck.. You can blame this garbage show on Simon Tolkien (who Amazon used to get around all the laws and protections set around the estate and JRR Tolkien’s legacy), its stink doesn't reach Christopher.
Firstly: they merge events (from thousands of years of history & build up towards several events but puts them all into one moment as if it’s happening in the same few years without time jumps or anything.) Guyladriel the murderous one dimensional girlboss heroine version of Galadriel never met Miriel(one of Aragorn’s ancestors) because, as an elf, she would have been sacrificed to Morgoth by the King's Men.
The hobbits and Gandalf never met in the 2nd Age because Gandalf was in Valinor till the 3rd Age.
Miriel wasn’t even born yet. She was born 300 years before or after the rings of power era. Also Elendil would never say “forget the past and toss it aside.” That’s the whole thing about the Faithful Númenoreans!!!
Faithfulness to what’s good. To their elf friends. To the Valar, to Eru Îlluvatar. The way Galadriel acts like Fëanor when he isn’t seeing straight such as how she threatened bloodshed in the highest court of Númenor! The way she isn’t tall, the way she fights rookies doesn’t make her look strong.
Should have had her spar with Elendil who was greater than Miriel in many ways even as far as lineage goes too! (Canon has her as a grandson or son so…)
Have her spar with those greater Numenoreans and let the rookies laugh at their masters being vested by an elf woman holding back from actually hurting them! Now that’d be cool.
(Remember. Their whole mantra was to write the book Tolkien never wrote”. Also watch them fake super fans. And then watch their social media that had nothing Tolkien on it ever. Like…. It’s painfully obvious what’s going on here. Same formula towards other titles. They’re just trying to bank on the brand of which that’s the only reason they did this.
Just watch Peter Jackson’s new movie coming out and the War of the Rohirim. You’ll see that Brian Cox is involved In it along with Philipa Boyens as well as Actor for Èowyn named Miranda Otto. Fran Walsh I also believe is Involved as well!
Watch George The Giant Slayer’s first video regarding the war of the rohirrim. It was beautiful. And he has a wonderful soul too. When I say first video.
I don’t mean very first uploaded video though lol. )
There was also no Adar. No poppy. No Nori. No fake Gandalf who literally didn’t come the way he was supposed to which introduces Círdan. And since they screwed up the themes and lore so badly they have to dig in their heels. And they are also being sued by multiple people and groups and companies actually. The rings were forged last and not first. They were not in his sights or touch nor did he even know about them. And also guyladriel wasn’t a murderous Fëanorean either. But the note of the elven rings.
They were made last and without the knowledge of Sauron. His touch never got to them. Made in secret so that whole story is thrown out the window as well. And making them first and having the obvious Sauron figure who wasn’t an elf to just be there when they’re making them and have his eye show up in the forge which wasn’t even the worst of it.
The greatest of elven smiths still around which is Celebrimbor doesn’t even know what alloying is.
Not to mention all their environmental scandals on top of bad CGI stuff. Full of copy past crowds and plagerisms up the wazoo. It’s also getting sued by several people and groups.
I’ll also remind you that they just ran an old sick horse til it died of cardiac arrest and then only had a ten min coffee break to loosely honour this horse. Not to mention Tolkien loved animals in a deep way. They also have been causing environmental damage one of which being King Charles ancient forest to make a set. It’s scandal after scandal. And the fire in studio that took four hours to put out with firemen for yet another example.
PS they don’t have the rights to the Silmarillion nor anything much of the second age let alone the first. Only the trilogy books and their appendices….
Remember that they also plagiarized tonnes of films in nontasteful instead of true a homage way…
“tempest in me” but when threatening Fëanorean level bloodshed in the court of Numenor was from Cate Blanchett’s Elizabeth role which was done with grace and poise of a veteran actress(which doesn’t even sound like anything those of the great chill house of Finarfin would even act like.
Again it’d be best to put Elrond there due to Elros. But ooook let’s make girlboss do everything. Even if it continues to make zero sense. )😍
fact they downplayed Elendil who’d never say to “forget the past”, Gil-Galad and Finrod is beyond infuriating and not explaining Elwing, Elronds mother beyond just showing her as a swan was pure LOLism. Like. What’s worse is Grandpabimbor…. Let’s not forget good ol’ Guyladriel either. The LOTR version of Star Wars’ Rey! Guyladriel the Female Fëanor without any of his charms and subtleties and wit… just the bloody violent rages…
nope. They lost alot of viewers after their bait and switch behaviour. Hundreds reported shenanigans on their app where it’d force you to watch and episode twice in variously described circumstances. Bribed people left and right with things like that screening. Even the official critics fell asleep. Many longtime film analysts along with actors and film students/professionals give basic criticism and in depth look at the editing and so forth which causes it to fall flat on its face. Abandons plot left and right. Full of member berries. Just because we got fake Tom Bombadil doesn’t mean we’ll flip onto our backs to play with the jingling keys. Balrog wasn’t awoken until thousands of tears later. They’re horridly depicted scenarios which often aren’t canon: were separated by hundreds of years. Some of them by thousands. Not cool. Amazon is known to be corrupt. Huge connection to BlackRock. Bezos bought a dying news paper so he could weasel his way into some form of power to control narratives. Bought his way into involvement with the CIA. Also. They were caught bribing people with their food deliveries etc to watch the show too. Then bragged they had big numbers in the beginning but several people dropped the show. Hundreds more continue to watch for analysis purposes for some of their videos.
Afterparty at Momma Jay's!
Hellboy: Looks alright, but the production values give me strong "Made for UA-cam Fanfilm" vibes. Not sure I dig the actor playing Hellboy yet. I didn't see much of the beloved attitude that Perlman and Harbour brought to the gig.
The Penguin: Still amazed how Colin Farrel completely disappears into that role. Great performance + great makeup = magic! The show looks great! A bit like Gotham, but with all the cheese removed.
Rings of Power: I enjoyed the first season and I'm sure I will enjoy the 2nd one.
New fear unlocked for Jay... again... Raccoons. 😅
The Crooked Man is set in the 50-60's? Hellboy teenager?
Are you guys doing Ghostbusters Frozen Empire live reaction?
Yup!!!
I feel you Jay. I too want to be a wizard
Hellboy looks very interesting and I'm really looking forward to watch it, tha being said I don't love the look of Helboy. I feel like the actor who plays him doesn't have a Hellboy face.
Rings and Penguin looks great, I can't wait to watch those shows!
On the Rings of power. Some people seem butt hurt that an adaption must be a faithful adaptation. The vast majority of adaptions aren't not even close.
While this clearly isn't a faithful adaption, that in no way bothers me what bothers me is the execution of what story they are telling.
But one thing pacing wise Rings of Power is in many ways closer to the pacing style of Tolkien's writings then Jackson's Lord of the Rings was. Jackson leaned in heavy into an action adventure show. And if things were getting cut it was generally a huge part of the walking and talking of Tolkien's work. And for adding it was greatly expanding the action aspect.
Now the first season is supposed to be the calm, the false peace. You can certainly argue that they just didn't tell that aspect of the their story well (thats a valid opinion). But let's be clear Fellowship of the Ring cut out about 30 years of material and about 150 pages of people just talking and living while the threat is mentioned but before it hits. So that aspect go build up for Rings of Power doesn't bother me, in fact that part I like (I still thank that aspect could have been better).
As for the material of this age that is getting compressed, it does heavily feature action. Action far larger, than anything that appears in Lord of the Rings. So thats not really a course correction thats following the logical story telling aspect of that period and the events surrounding it. In fact in Tolkiens world, the War of Wrath (what ends the first age) is the biggest largest shit you could imagine. The 2nd age is but a shadow of that, but still massive. And Lord do the rings is a mere shadow of the 2nd age events. Its a story that actually decreases in scope and size with each of the various ages, not increases.
Are you guys going to review Deapool and Wolverine?
What about transformers one trailer 2?
CPAP Brother!!
Transformers ?
I’m really curious why you guys are the only ones who have such a hard time with Warner Bros. stuff.
Transformers one?
Has Jay finally finished the Punisher series?
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Here is the comic that they turned into the live action.
Are you guys gonna review Deadpool and Wolverine?
They’re reacting to it when it hits steaming, so they’re not going to the theater and they’re avoiding spoilers online.
@@jasonmarbach ah I see
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Lord of the rings rings of power ❤❤
Jay would be a Great Tom Bombadil. Just saying.
I’m going to wait for all the rings of power episodes to come out to watch it
Remember, Amazon's version of the 2nd age is not Tolkien.
It is a perverted vision of what should have been, if the show leaders and chief writers had stayed true to the original canon.
but we both know, fellow Tolkien Lover, that this is an absolute violation of the vision and canon that the great Professor laid down. Really what our speculations
Should be is........how far from or how deep are they going to take their perversions and distortions. Amazons Rings of Power are a catastrophic failure. It's a bunch of mumbo jumbo BS that is meant for the uninitiated! It is eye candy at best........ at best! It is a tragedy what Bezos has done with this sacred work! Tolkien rolls over endlessly in his grave, and I weep endlessly as well. A sign of the times my friend, a sign of the times!
The timeline presented in Amazon's Rings of Power series does not align with the original Second Age canon created by J.R.R. Tolkien. The series makes several changes and combines events that are separated by hundreds to thousands of years in the original source material, leading to inconsistencies and contradictions. Many Tolkien fans and purists have criticized the show for its departure from the original vision and disrespect for the lore created by the professor. The series is seen as a disappointment and a sign of the times, with some fans even claiming that it is a violation of the sacred works of Tolkien.
Sacred because so many peoples lives were saved and transformed by all of his scholarly work. ❤
the hellboy trailer confused me i thought they were dealing with the crooked man not satan
did yall see Gxk?