Oh yeah....you definitely are a geek with that one.
Television The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
I surely get some "cool" points by not knowing what the big flying dragon bastards are calledOh yeah....you definitely are a geek with that one.
No, of course not.
See, even he didn't have a proper answer! Tolkien would have been torn apart on the CE!
The actual reason is that the Valar had fated Frodo to do the job (see dream sent to Boromir) and the eagles were their employees. The fix was in. These are of course the same Valar who could have just stomped Sauron themselves without breaking a sweat if they didn't have that other agenda. The same Valar who sent Gandalf but made him take the form of an old man so he couldn't do too much.
Lovely bait, great hook, lots of fishes. Well played.
Did I really? Oh, great. But No, I did actually and literally (little hook there, 32 Eye) want to know. I took my chance to get the experts in on it you see?
You'll have me falling in the river next, seeing something, perhaps in the sand?
So essentially the Valar had PTSD cause one of them (Morgoth) kinda did massive damage to them, so instead they just didn't intervene vs Sauron, and left the Middle East to defend themselves with the help of some of their Maiar?
As @Mockney once said, God(s) is a cnut.
Haven't seen yet but obviously seen the amount of hate, rather than trawl through 30 pages, is it justified or a bit over the top? Don't want to watch and get invested if it's really poor and I enjoyed the Hobbit (While realising it's far less of a quality piece than the LOTR trilogy)
You'll enjoy it if you liked the Hobbit films as it's probably between the Hobbit and LOTR in terms of quality.
The hate is well over the top by the usual angry nerds that hate women and non white people.
I found the story so far a bit boring, but the visuals are stunning, Galadriel seems interesting (and hot), and there is definitely some high potential there. It is better than the Hobbit movies though.
I much prefer House of the Dragon, but then ASOIAF > LotR for me, all the way.
Definitely worth watching and forming your own conclusions - it’s much better than the Hobbit already so I’m sure you’ll enjoy. First episode is a bit of a slog, second picks up a bit, hopefully third is a slam dunk.
The thing is they weren't on dragons at the beginning of the story. they only took to dragons when their horses were killed at the Ford at Bruinen.
To be totally fair, the Valar are somewhere between archangels and God.
Thanks guys, sometimes difficult to produce things held in such high standards and with such a following as naturally that will be the standard but appreciate the replies.
Not up to your usually high self-imposed standards I'd have thought.
It was more the massive amount of damage they themselves did the last two times they intervened to defeat Morgoth. But in this case it was a political agenda - they wanted to end the age of elves in middle earth and usher in the age of men - which required men and hobbits to win the day on their own.
Fellbeasts, not Dragons. The riders were Nazgul.
Sorry but the Hobbit films were ridiculously so. The book does not have enough content to justify 3 movies - it's not even close.
The eagles question has been asked and answered a long time ago.
Thanks, but long ago I think it's possible that the question, the answer and I may not have met within the
I wasn't the one who called them dragons. I was just going along with it. I know the riders were Nazgul.
I'd always thought Nazgul was the beast/dragon.
edit, but no, the Nazgul was one of the nine riders, ring wraiths.
It's all cool there isn't anything definitive in the books but I've read different reasons from secrecy to the eagles not being prepared to do it.
Re. The Hobbit I just remember loving the book it was one of the first I can remember reading so at my age these days I don't want the story changed
Well now you know
Yeah, I was just saying, I've seen the question asked before, I just never saw the answer. Not in the same room at the same time etc.It's all cool there isn't anything definitive in the books but I've read different reasons from secrecy to the eagles not being prepared to do it.
Re. The Hobbit I just remember loving the book it was one of the first I can remember reading so at my age these days I don't want the story changed
I read the LOR in one thick paper back when I was nine, we were all trying to race each other as kids which was absolutely childish and I didn't take any of it in really. Then I read The Hobbit which was so much better as a young kid, then maybe a couple of years later re-read The LOR, happily all in the order intended. The Hobbit was such a comparatively small/short book, it would have been so much better as one film, or a couple of minutes long, with eagles.
Honestly though what are the chances of a race of fantasy characters in a made up mythical kingdom speaking English? Pretty farfetched is it not
Tolkien was born in the 19th century, he'd have gotten himself banned participating in culture war threads in no time at all.
Pfhffhf, he'd have stood no chance coming up against your average Northern European or Scandi (if available)
carnage.
Dragons were useless. Just ate a horse one. And didn't even breathe fire at the big kites.
Which is the best lord, the Lord of the Rings or the Lord of the Dance?
Amazon banning reviews to ward off the onslaught of the angry, racist, sexist, homophobic, incel trolls also has an added bonus of banning more reasoned critique of this. A billion spent and they have to protect their investment.
Am I being too cynical?
Either way, I am looking forward to the next episode, plenty of shows have started rough for a few episodes(or seasons, looking at you my beloved DS9) but picked up as it progressed. Is it another 2 this weekend?
Am I being too cynical?
Either way, I am looking forward to the next episode, plenty of shows have started rough for a few episodes(or seasons, looking at you my beloved DS9) but picked up as it progressed. Is it another 2 this weekend?
I'm sure they're banning the silly 10 star reviews too
Is it slow paced?
Fully agreed. The internet is basically already what the "Metaverse" purports to be.
Watching it now and on the 2nd episode. I think it's fine so far certainly better than it not existing.
A tower and a forge Celebrimbor seriously? Mad Sauron vibes.
Edit - I have read further and know now.
Edit - I have read further and know now.
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Don't think there's been that much hate outside of the usual racist/incel/loser contingent of the internet who manage to yell the loudest. Most actual reviews have averaged out as generally positive. It's certainly better than The Hobbit films imo, which I thought were legitimately poor and ugly looking. So if you liked those then I'd give this a shot.
Nope. A lot is happening.
Quite enjoyed the first two episodes. Too bad we have to wait a week for each episode. Felt like watching a movie...
ps. much better than House of the Dragon!!