@@Enerdhil Yes, it looks good. But when in the name of Ulmo will they finally show us a scene with Cirdan? Not just his hand, the whole guy, preferably saying something profound or sarcastic. Anything. I want to know if i will like him or not.
I just gotta say how much I appreciate your commentary, both for your Tolkien knowledge and your humour. You have the perfect balance of getting the information across while throwing in the occasional one liner. Being “Boromired” is officially a verb now 😂
@@Enerdhil I sincerely hope they prove you wrong. I dont know how you come to have such a poor opinion about the writer's 'sense' in terms of the direction of the story from only one season. I think the writers are cleverer than you give them credit and have deliberately misled people into thinking Gandalf etc. even though they clearly said prior to S1 that if Gandalf were to be on screen it could only be played by McKellen.
@@markwareham6031season 1 suggested everything about rings of power is awful (I really hoped otherwise). What exactly makes you think so positively about the writing?
The hat Tom wears at 18:00 is different from this blue hat, so he clearly has one to spare. Along with a spare blue coat; there you have it - all you need for a Blue Wizard. I'm sold.
I was at Comic Con today. Watching this now, and SPOILER I can clear up that Miriel is performing a ritual with the sea worm. She is being tried for some crime (most likely having led their people to a losing battle), and the way they decide this is to throw a person into the sea and if they survive the sea worm, they are declared innocent. The actress shared how she had to film this in a tank.
Also they did promise singing from Tom and the Stranger, more singing from Disa, and Gil-Galad also got up and sang something for us right there in Hall H
@@himmelektronik I dunno anymore it used to be, he clearly just wanted to zoom through this as fast and as blind as S1 Galadriel. I've shared my Balrog theory and man's acting like he's too busy or has too many notifications to go through when nobody tweets him 🤣
In the trailer, if you pause the video quickly right when the balrog stabs his sword down, you can see right behind it, a figure that looks a lot like Disa holding a Palantir. This is probably a vision the palantir is showing her of the dwarves awakening the balrog, like how Miriel saw the fall of numenore. We did see Disa with a palantir in the behind the scenes clip. And in the trailer, when she says “I’m afraid, Durin”, she’s probably referring to what she saw in the palantir
Glad to have a calm breakdown of this trailer. After I watched the trailer I was feeling all sorts of ways, especially when they seemed to be implying the Three were evil and it just got me angry! I am a bit too much of a book purist here, so your calm analysis helps me back up and appreciate the things I do enjoy about the show, and let go of my frustrations everywhere else. Thanks!
I’ve been subscribed to your channel for years. And I’m sad to say I haven’t watched as many of your videos as I should have. You are the most positive and supportive channel of LOTR. Your videos are clean, hopeful, and informative. Thank you! 🙏🏻
I do have to say, this looks much better than the first season. I also always thought that it's a blue wizard, it just makes sense - they're the most mysterious and less known ones.
If the Stranger turns out to be Pallando (one of the Blue Istari) and his mission is to save his best friend Alatar, then the storyline is close enough to the lore to accept.
Season 1 of Star Trek: The Next Generation was also pretty disliked when it came out, and it became one of the best Sci-Fi TV shows of all time. I never expected a creative team to get something perfect from its very first season. All I ask is that they take the criticism and advice onboard and use it to improve later ones!
Goldberry shows up and snaps Tom out of being serious or giving two sh$ts about anything other than his perfect cabin and smokeshow of a wife… ‘TIDDLY HO, OFF YOU GO!’ *kicks the blue wizard out of his house / slams the door behind him*
I think the balrog is a vision of the possible future conjoured by Annatar to convince Durin to take a ring. He looks into the fire and a mini balrog appears - I think this is sorcery on Sauron's part. He will tell Durin that the destruction of Khazad Dum by the balrog, which his son has disturbed by mining mithril, is inevitable unless he takes a ring, which will give him the power to protect his realm.
@@Enerdhil That's not necessarily true. The rings given to the dwarves made them more greedy, but they did not have the same dominating effect on dwarves as the rings did to man, since dwarves are stubborn and their minds refuse to be dominated, as Aule made them to be.
Thank you so much for not trashing the show. I actually avoided watching this breakdown as so many other "Tolkien/LOTR" channels have done nothing but piss and moan about the show, trashing it with every comment even before it launched, going on and on about "canon" and though I had to get over short haired elves and actors that look a bit too old to be playing ageless elves, over all I did enjoy the first season. I am looking forward to the end of August and what the 2nd season has to offer. Thank you again for your open minded presentation. Peace
It looks like they might be playing the "Sauron's deception is deeper than we all thought" motif with Galadriel and Celebrimbor. My guess is Gal still secretly considers Sauron's proposal because it is her greatest weakness, one she still hasn't denied thousands of years later. Elrond's friendship with her, or perhaps a future relationship with Celeborn, helps keep her desires in check. Elrond always being the reasonable one when it comes to denying power is very lore accurate. I also feel like in that one shot Annatar looks different. Is it possible Cele doesn't see Annatar the same way we see him? Like he's being manipulated to see another form?
@@snowy5628 its mediocre show with weird parts like blatant immigration allegory WITH ELVES TOOK OUR JOBS and stuff like that. its mediocre with some headscratching stupidities, More is expected from stuff like Lord of the Rings, and Starwars.
Círdan was born all the way back at Cuiviénen before the Great Journey even began, he’s over 10,000 years old and likely the oldest being in Middle-Earth at the end of the Lord of the Rings, not counting higher entities like Gandalf or Tom Bombadil. He probably knew Ingwë, Finwë, Elwë and Olwë personally. It’s a shame he wasn’t included in the Peter Jackson films, but it’d be badass if he shows up in Rings of Power.
yep, I agree Tusken Raiders but its obvious by the coloring these are allies the director is using obvious misdirection, derivation and duplication of 'Enfy's Nest' Erin Kellerman's character in Solo a Star Wars Story
If you zoom in on the last shot of the charge with the orcs in the background, you can see Adar standing next to a cage on a wagon with someone inside 👀
I’ll be honest. I’m 43 years old, never read the books, thought the movies were for kids when they came out and payed this world no attention until I got sick and fell in love with the movies and the content creators on RUclips. I mentioned I never read the books and all the lore I’ve delved in to come from the internet, so I have to be honest….I liked the first season and I’m pumped for season two. I live in New England and this will be premiering when we are getting a chill in the air, it reminds me and gives me the feelings I used to feel in autumn, going back to school and enjoying an awesome fall lineup on t.v.
I have to say, it’s so refreshing seeing a channel that’s so positive and hopeful about LotR media. I enjoyed this show in the same way I enjoyed shadows.
@@Kawasaki10rr I mean I’m always happy to be in the world of Tolkien. Sure it’s not perfect but it’s entertaining enough and there’s plenty of overlooked things in this show to be admired.
The quote we hear in the final shots of the trailer, “When darkness falls, there are always some who rise forth to shine,” is spoken by Annatar/Sauron. It's undoubtedly Charlie Viker's voice.
I'm legitimately afraid the writers are going to try to rewrite Tom Bombadil as the second blue wizard, and that's why him and Meteor Man spend so much time together.
That wasn't nearly as bad as Galadriel trying to talk Elrond into wearing one of the Elven Rings of Power while justifying wearing her own Ring. If that isn't opposite of what happens in the lore then I don't know Tolkien
Why? Bombadil is a wise person. He is the eldest and is only asking the Wizard what he is to do. This characterisation of Bombadil as a silly, unwise, unthinking and uncaring person is not at all accurate. Bombadil is merry, and hopefully we will see that, and he is not dragged down by the ordinary concerns hence does not generally involve himself directly in the big events in ME. But he is nonetheless wise and may help the Stranger find his path.
Benthic "Two Tubes," also known simply as "Tubes," was a male Tognath mercenary pilot who flew alongside his eggmate and brother, Edrio. The two shared the nickname derived from the breathing apparatus that allowed their Tognath physiology to process oxygen atmospheres.
Or more like moto bikers of Mars...err Mad Max postapocalyptic setting :). Considering that this show cannot even follow the basics of worldbuilding...depicting the various cultures in the lands of Middle-earth etc. making fun of those bizarre masks is easy :). The masked riders look like something an AI generated image would look like.
I think in 20:17 it is Elrond's Hand. His actor (Robert Aramayo) has these noticeable short fingers. I paid a lot of attention to his hands in Season 1 for other reasons, so I think they're his. Thank you for this summary. I am looking forward to the season.
Update to my comment: I'm a lifelong Tolkien reader and collector, but I don't cry about lore changes in a TV adaptation. You guys need to relax. The production of this show is incredible and I'm loving this trailer. Massive improvement from S1. Some canon references and characters for us book nerds, but mostly great action and entertainment for casual fans. That's the point of the show, the haters need to get over it, and it is still bringing more people to the books. I love it and can't wait. I know NOTR is trying to stay neutral because even with this looking so much better than season 1, there are still so many trolls and #toxictolkiengatekeepers But come on, this is an epic trailer, it looks way better than season 1, and I'm totally over the lore changes because it is still awesome entertainment. I can't wait to enjoy the coming season.
Thanks Matt… I am more hyped about your analysis than the trailer per se 🤣 it is because you add additional insights to each shot. Thanks for your love of Tolkien lore!
Actually Fellowship of Fans was the first to upload their live panel discussion and Yoystan of Men of the West also uploaded before Matt did. Perhaps Chris of the Philosopher's Game also uploaded before Matt.
I'm sure someone else has spotted this, but @19:18 it looks like it's the elven / anatar version of Sauron that gets "crowned". So, it's possible that Sauron was already up to no good as Anatar much earlier than we were aware.
My big hope is that the Anatar stuff happens in the past, he works with Celebrimbor but gets found out and runs. And then Adar tries to kill him, thinking he was successful because Sauron then takes the Halbrand form
Exactly I'm a simple man more LOTR content releases I watch it and probably enjoy it despite what all the negative nancys have to say about it. It's just like the star wars prequels the majority of haters hate cause they just follow the masses. Hating on it for the sake of hating on it. It's almost like they think it's cool or they're not gonna be accepted if they say they enjoy it.
@@floydmaster1973 Way to big yourself up by tearing others down. I thought RoP was comically bad, mindbogglingly awful. I came to this conclusion by watching the terribly-written show, with its clunky dialogue, endless coincidences, glacial pacing and laughable characterisation. If *you* loved it, great. Plenty of people think it's poor, and not because it's 'cool'.
@@trevorbyrne4668 - sure, but how many times does this opinion need to be repeated, endlessly, before it IS some sort of weird virtue signaling? I mean I didn't like season 1 either, so I didn't finish it haha. The need to harp on bad things endlessly definitely has a stink of groupthink about it to me.
@@nineomite Why do you need to complain about other people giving their opinions on something? You’re just adding to the negativity by being negative about their negativity.
Thank you for not bashing the show. I am an absolutely huge fan of JRRT and the books and the movies were beautiful to me. I don’t expect anyone to be able to live up to the movies - let alone the books but I will always be hugely stoked to watch anything that puts in the effort to the visual and emotional storytelling of Middle Earth. I don’t care things were out of order as much as I cared about the short stature of Galadriel lol. And I didn’t like her coldness either. I get this is depicting serious times in her world but Galadriel should have been depicted as at least more charismatic and even charming if her intent was to make it back to Middle Earth from Númenor. So however the show’s producers/showrunners/translators want to tell us their version of ME history- I’m 1000% in. After all, history is told by those…. who took the time to write it down. 😂✌🏻🙏🏻🌊
The fatuous arrogance of a producer/show runner to mutate and modify the art of another, Tolkien of all people, to satisfy and push political agendas, identity politics, and DEI ideologies constitutes artistic blasphemy of the absolute worst and most detrimental kind. The priorities SHOULD have been, in order; -Honor and respect the piece of art you’ve been entrusted with. -THE ENTERTAINMENT OF THE AUDIENCE is essentially 1-B. The audacity and egregiousness these “show runners” propagated, that they knew better, and were worthy of making enormous changes to the lore, for the ridiculous reason and trope “for the modern audience”, is so disturbingly preposterous, and as a consequence, they should never be trusted or allowed around someone else’s art again. They simply should have started over. It was an abject and grandiose failure, ONLY because they prioritized injecting their politics, and actually ENTERTAINING the audience was irrelevant and inconsequential. You’re doing yourself, and everyone else, no favors by palliating and whitewashing the truth as this constitutes a mechanism of enablement……
@@cb5117 I don’t think Tolkien would argue with you. Because I think he wrote these books for people to enjoy. Some people don’t want to see the same story retold by less than capable hands and others want to hear as many versions of the stories from any point of view or timeframe or any aspect of the story they can to dig every single morsel of imagination, thought, meaning, experience, and/or emotion from it. However you feel about it, others feel otherwise and all are beautifully felt. He wrote magic. And you can’t expect magic to remain stagnant. 🙏🏻✌🏻😊
I still don't understand how gil-galad seems so clueless in this show when he was always one of the most aware elves when it came to the approaching darkness
@@BudTezzy2345 Go read about Gil-Galad in the second age. You'll see what i mean. He doesn't need a ton of screen time... he just needs not to be potrayed as naive.
Given the significant alterations or additions to the established lore, I anticipate that the series will conclude with Bombadil as the Ring-bearer, ultimately casting the Ring into Mount Doom while riding an eagle.
@@markoosh the guy was just commenting as observers of videos tend to do do blam him, if you don't like it move on and hero worship with someone else lol. just saying whats good for the goose is good for you.
yes they have to add literally everything to this series to grab someone's attention. For me it is cheap and lame. Give them eagles... bombadil... spiders.. balrog... harad people... ent wives, who are just a myth... meh really lame.
@@Theonlyshaun it is not about hating it is about amazon´s amateurism. They are leagues behind PJ and his team and nothing will change that ;) everything you see is cheap fan servise with expensive sets.
@@barbarosa3d239 Amateurism is a fair opinion. But it's a bit of a stretch really.. Like one of the most successful companies, spending the most money on writers.. If not in this "all in" series, when would you expect such cool lore stuff to be exhibited on television for all real fans to enjoy. Do you hate joy? Like you don't like pleasure? Very odd flex.. I find everything that i watch could have been better if i had written it. But every now and again, maybe we (as the watcher) should just shut the f up and enjoy nice things. Your next step in life Barbarosa, should be to be better at being a human. Being an internet troll is lame af. Get over yourself.
I really want to see all these conversations around Elves’s rings because it connects with idea from Silmarilion that elves rings are against Iluvator’s music. It is a desire of elves to stop the time and give more space for themselves, so in some way it is a selfish desire to control and protect realm instead of allowing time go along away. Thank you for your open-minded and positive attitude towards the new season. 💜
The burning of the Entwives and the shot with Bombadillo and the wizard at 17:52 might be connected?! "Will you abandon them [the Entwives] to their doom?"
Now it's visible that the timeline compression makes no sense....they pick and choose events and elements without any causality established within the works of Tolkien.....hell Entwives plot supposedly being connected to that whole wizard and dumb harfoot side plot in Rhun is what makes no sense...Entwives gardens where they were settled were nowhere in Rhun...by the river Anduin where Brown Lands were later...and those garden scorched in the War of the Last Alliance, thousands of years AFTER the whole forging rings and war in Eregion. Entwives that desired order and control and settling down would be only possible to find elsewhere after they would theoretically fled the destruction of their homes...it's actually important to note that Tom Bombadil and Entwives are....kind of opposite sides of spectrum in a way Tom was more like male Ents...still wandering (though even then he would be already veering into the regions he knew best....wandering Eriador). "[Tom Bombadil] has no connexion in my mind with the Entwives. What had happened to them is not resolved in this book. [Bombadil] is in a way the answer to them in the sense that he is almost the opposite, being say, Botany and Zoology (as sciences) and Poetry as opposed to Cattle-breeding and Agriculture and practicality. I think that in fact the Entwives had disappeared for good, being destroyed with their gardens in the War of the Last Alliance (Second Age 3429-3441) when Sauron pursued a scorched earth policy and burned their land against the advance of the Allies down the Anduin (vol. II p. 79 refers to it). They survived only in the 'agriculture' transmitted to Men (and Hobbits). Some, of course, may have fled east, or even have become enslaved: tyrants even in such tales must have an economic and agricultural background to their soldiers and metal-workers. If any survived so, they would indeed be far estranged from the Ents, and any rapprochement would be difficult - unless experience of industrialized and militarized agriculture had made them a little more anarchic. I hope so. I don't know. - The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 144
I love your hope and positivity! I too struggled with Season 1, but this trailer actually made me excited for Season 2! Durin and Elrond are my two favorite characters, so it's nice to know that at least they'll be getting a good story if nothing else
I love your outlook on changes made by the shows. "I'm not sure how it'll work but we'll see". Yeah shows always make changes, sometimes better, sometimes worse.
I'm on your team: Blue Wizard it is. I wouldn't even mind if they change to only ONE blue wizard, if that is what it takes for the Stranger not to be Gandalf...
Adar was the only character that made me continue watching this series, Joseph Mawle's portrayal was amazing. However, after the replacement I am not sure if I would watch the new season with previous enthusiasm.😢
Bang on! I was devo'd that he wasn't Sauron!! I thought he was the most charismatic baddie I'd ever seen and LOVED him seeing the orcs as his children. LOVED that they addressed him as Father and had reverence for him. I was really invested in him as a tormented Sauron with his wayward flock, who all share a deep and sadistic emotional bond. It had so much energy and really made me understand why they would follow this destroyer anywhere. Not so sure anyone would follow Blondie anywhere.
The "who is this man?" conversation happens in Lindon, while Celebrimbor hasn't left Eregion. I'm predicting that they're going to keep his identity as Sauron a secret, keeping Celebrimbor in the dark. This would render the "why doesn't Celebrimbor recognize him?" argument null. Celebrimbor does recognize him, but doesn't have any reason to suspect that he's Sauron. He just thinks the elves of Lindon are trying to stop him from creating more rings, because that would take power away from them.
@@boris3973 Wow! If that is true, then Matt must have an inside connection to Amazon.😱 They probably give it out to every influencer on their "team." Hopefully there is another less scandalous reason why he has a 4k version of the trailer.
@@FelonOWi thought that, but no, there is a still that shows its a seperate shot merged with a male wearing blue and a staff. You cant clearly see its Hinds, but it probably is.
The Easterlings wearing mask is probably reminding you of Knights of Ren, who also had a similar shot in Star Wars where they stand on a ridge and the camera pan towards them.
And when they have to drop 3 episodes at premier.... You KNOW they are going to have trouble keeping fans retention week to week so they put half the series out on one night 😂😂😂😂
I’m glad you brought up the rings being forged out of order and also the conundrum of Galadriel being influenced by Sauron while wearing nenya when he shouldn’t have even known about it. Plus the weird timeline with him and Celebrimbor
Also Matt, I predicted that The Slime in the teaser is The Balrog. 'His Fire was quenched for now he was a thing of slime, stronger than a strangling snake' says Gandalf in the chapter The White Rider. This is the biggest question mark from the trailers and id appreciate it if you'd take it in for a minute.
Say whatever else you will about the show, I LOVE the Orc designs. They look *terrifying.* I remember feeling tense the first time one of the characters encountered one in the first season. Even in the original trilogy, sometimes they looked like cartoon characters.
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"An Elf archer getting boromired" 🤣🤣🤣
Enjoy the trailer? I thought it was the best one so far.😁👍
tbh I thought that was Adar because of the dark attire and long hair
@@Enerdhil Yes, it looks good. But when in the name of Ulmo will they finally show us a scene with Cirdan? Not just his hand, the whole guy, preferably saying something profound or sarcastic. Anything. I want to know if i will like him or not.
@@blueshit199 thought the same but it would be weird to spoil his death like that even if it is inevitable
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I just gotta say how much I appreciate your commentary, both for your Tolkien knowledge and your humour. You have the perfect balance of getting the information across while throwing in the occasional one liner. Being “Boromired” is officially a verb now 😂
Maybe Bombadil gifts his jacket to the wizard once they part ways. And we all know what color that jacket will be. Blue wizard confirmed!
That makes too much sense for them to actually do it.😅
@@Enerdhil I sincerely hope they prove you wrong. I dont know how you come to have such a poor opinion about the writer's 'sense' in terms of the direction of the story from only one season. I think the writers are cleverer than you give them credit and have deliberately misled people into thinking Gandalf etc. even though they clearly said prior to S1 that if Gandalf were to be on screen it could only be played by McKellen.
that would be great!
@@markwareham6031season 1 suggested everything about rings of power is awful (I really hoped otherwise). What exactly makes you think so positively about the writing?
The hat Tom wears at 18:00 is different from this blue hat, so he clearly has one to spare. Along with a spare blue coat; there you have it - all you need for a Blue Wizard. I'm sold.
I was at Comic Con today. Watching this now, and SPOILER I can clear up that Miriel is performing a ritual with the sea worm. She is being tried for some crime (most likely having led their people to a losing battle), and the way they decide this is to throw a person into the sea and if they survive the sea worm, they are declared innocent. The actress shared how she had to film this in a tank.
Also they did promise singing from Tom and the Stranger, more singing from Disa, and Gil-Galad also got up and sang something for us right there in Hall H
The Sea is always right.😂😆🤣
So more goofy non existent lore
Thanks - that all sounds good to me. I appreciate you writing SPOILER for those who did not want to know. But I'm happy to learn this.
@@IarwainBen-adarits fan fiction basically get over it
This is my favourite LOTR channel by far. It's not even close.
Same
It's my favorite, but "In Deep Geek" is good too.
In my opinion definitely the best in depth LOTR channel I've seen.👍
Rings and Realms and the Tolkien Professor are excellent too.
@@himmelektronik I dunno anymore it used to be, he clearly just wanted to zoom through this as fast and as blind as S1 Galadriel. I've shared my Balrog theory and man's acting like he's too busy or has too many notifications to go through when nobody tweets him 🤣
In the trailer, if you pause the video quickly right when the balrog stabs his sword down, you can see right behind it, a figure that looks a lot like Disa holding a Palantir. This is probably a vision the palantir is showing her of the dwarves awakening the balrog, like how Miriel saw the fall of numenore. We did see Disa with a palantir in the behind the scenes clip. And in the trailer, when she says “I’m afraid, Durin”, she’s probably referring to what she saw in the palantir
The Easterlings wearing masks designed to look like monsters might be to give the impression that evil spirits haunt the desert
Perhaps the work of a necromancer who will become the second of the 9?
Yes they reminded me of the maniwa ningun from Katana monogatari.😂
No it's just dumbass ROP costume design
Did they use a different actor for adar?
@@JoeRoganville
Yes. They changed actors. Joseph Mawle was the best actor in Season 1, IMO.😞
Glad to have a calm breakdown of this trailer. After I watched the trailer I was feeling all sorts of ways, especially when they seemed to be implying the Three were evil and it just got me angry! I am a bit too much of a book purist here, so your calm analysis helps me back up and appreciate the things I do enjoy about the show, and let go of my frustrations everywhere else. Thanks!
"a flying Delta kinda day" I havent had liquid go up my nose for awhile. Thanks. LOL
season one was rough. I would rather much have a series with a bad start and a great ending than the other way around. The trailer looks awesome
when 63% of people can't even watch a full season, i somehow doubt it's going to end well
keep shilling, though.
@@hamadkennedy6295he isn’t shilling at all dude. Get a life.
@@hamadkennedy6295 rather it start bad then end like GoT
@@hamadkennedy6295it was bad... That's true. But he said as much. So what's your point?
I’ve been subscribed to your channel for years. And I’m sad to say I haven’t watched as many of your videos as I should have. You are the most positive and supportive channel of LOTR. Your videos are clean, hopeful, and informative. Thank you! 🙏🏻
I do have to say, this looks much better than the first season. I also always thought that it's a blue wizard, it just makes sense - they're the most mysterious and less known ones.
If the Stranger turns out to be Pallando (one of the Blue Istari) and his mission is to save his best friend Alatar, then the storyline is close enough to the lore to accept.
Season 1 of Star Trek: The Next Generation was also pretty disliked when it came out, and it became one of the best Sci-Fi TV shows of all time. I never expected a creative team to get something perfect from its very first season. All I ask is that they take the criticism and advice onboard and use it to improve later ones!
That's like saying the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki was better than the one that hit Hiroshima. Really?
If they were smart they would make him a blue wizard. That would fix things a little bit.
Hopefully. They don't make him Sauraman or Gandalf
Goldberry shows up and snaps Tom out of being serious or giving two sh$ts about anything other than his perfect cabin and smokeshow of a wife… ‘TIDDLY HO, OFF YOU GO!’ *kicks the blue wizard out of his house / slams the door behind him*
I think the balrog is a vision of the possible future conjoured by Annatar to convince Durin to take a ring. He looks into the fire and a mini balrog appears - I think this is sorcery on Sauron's part. He will tell Durin that the destruction of Khazad Dum by the balrog, which his son has disturbed by mining mithril, is inevitable unless he takes a ring, which will give him the power to protect his realm.
Dwarves naturally lust for the Dwarves Rings of Power. You don't need to trick them into taking a Ring.
@@Enerdhil That's not necessarily true. The rings given to the dwarves made them more greedy, but they did not have the same dominating effect on dwarves as the rings did to man, since dwarves are stubborn and their minds refuse to be dominated, as Aule made them to be.
@@Enerdhil He just needs to explain to him what it's for, and it gives them an excuse to show the balrog.
Thank you so much for not trashing the show. I actually avoided watching this breakdown as so many other "Tolkien/LOTR" channels have done nothing but piss and moan about the show, trashing it with every comment even before it launched, going on and on about "canon" and though I had to get over short haired elves and actors that look a bit too old to be playing ageless elves, over all I did enjoy the first season. I am looking forward to the end of August and what the 2nd season has to offer. Thank you again for your open minded presentation. Peace
It looks like they might be playing the "Sauron's deception is deeper than we all thought" motif with Galadriel and Celebrimbor. My guess is Gal still secretly considers Sauron's proposal because it is her greatest weakness, one she still hasn't denied thousands of years later. Elrond's friendship with her, or perhaps a future relationship with Celeborn, helps keep her desires in check. Elrond always being the reasonable one when it comes to denying power is very lore accurate. I also feel like in that one shot Annatar looks different. Is it possible Cele doesn't see Annatar the same way we see him? Like he's being manipulated to see another form?
I know it's unpopular to say, but this looks pretty decent to me - definitely seems like higher stakes and more interesting story.
It's only unpopular among the people that look for things to fail. I hope it is as good as it looks
@@snowy5628 its mediocre show with weird parts like blatant immigration allegory WITH ELVES TOOK OUR JOBS and stuff like that. its mediocre with some headscratching stupidities, More is expected from stuff like Lord of the Rings, and Starwars.
Season 2 looks way better than season 1 so maybe wait for a month before blindly hating
@@benaoao6753 Scepticism isnt hate.
@@snowy5628 come on now the first season was subpar 🤷♂️ people had legitimate gripes with it
Círdan was born all the way back at Cuiviénen before the Great Journey even began, he’s over 10,000 years old and likely the oldest being in Middle-Earth at the end of the Lord of the Rings, not counting higher entities like Gandalf or Tom Bombadil. He probably knew Ingwë, Finwë, Elwë and Olwë personally. It’s a shame he wasn’t included in the Peter Jackson films, but it’d be badass if he shows up in Rings of Power.
He's in there. Ben Daniel's is playing Círdan!
He _was_ seen at PJ's final scene at the Grey Havens.
@@ir8free Yes, a non-speaking role.
12:39: you might be thinking of the Tusken Raiders in general lol, they definitely give off that vibe
Exactly!
Looks more like a quarren to me
Yeah, Tusken Raiders or Canyon Bike Raiders from Mad Max Fury Road. I got big Mad Max vibes from that shot.
yep, I agree Tusken Raiders but its obvious by the coloring these are allies the director is using obvious misdirection, derivation and duplication of 'Enfy's Nest' Erin Kellerman's character in Solo a Star Wars Story
Grievous?
"In the next shot we see the ring continuing to fall down some steps" LOL
I’m thinking that first shot of Halbrand is when he’s leaving Eregion after his confrontation with Galadriel
It makes sense.
that makes sense. i think it would be weird for him to reenter eregion as halbrand.
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No he returns to Eregion as Halbrand to tell Celebrimbor "truth" then he will show his "true form"
That’s exactly what my first thought was too.
Nah...he looks like he's been through the wars there...he didn't look that way leaving Eregion...
If you zoom in on the last shot of the charge with the orcs in the background, you can see Adar standing next to a cage on a wagon with someone inside 👀
Spoiler Alert!
It's probably Galadriel. she is supposed to be a caged prisoner in one of the episodes of Season 2
Yep looks like her. There was a photo of her sitting at Adar’s table with him
Better caged than having your dead body made into a banner iykwim 😬
@@dr.k1012Turns out Sauron is far worse than Adar!
@@dr.k1012 yep I’m wondering how they’re going to do that.
I’ll be honest. I’m 43 years old, never read the books, thought the movies were for kids when they came out and payed this world no attention until I got sick and fell in love with the movies and the content creators on RUclips. I mentioned I never read the books and all the lore I’ve delved in to come from the internet, so I have to be honest….I liked the first season and I’m pumped for season two. I live in New England and this will be premiering when we are getting a chill in the air, it reminds me and gives me the feelings I used to feel in autumn, going back to school and enjoying an awesome fall lineup on t.v.
Books are great, would recommend
"...not to say Celebrimbor can't have two friends at once..." 😂😂😂 This was a sterling breakdown and VERY knowledgeable.
They have such a great opportunity to really dive into the Nazgûl background
I have to say, it’s so refreshing seeing a channel that’s so positive and hopeful about LotR media. I enjoyed this show in the same way I enjoyed shadows.
The rest would also love to be positive and hopeful about it, if it wasn't all modern agenda-driven drivel.
Definitely. Totally enjoyable for a Tolkien fan, if taken for what it is.
Idk how you can be hopeful with this garbage heap of a show
Yes agreed. I truly don’t understand the hate. This trailer looked fantastic and the plot points seem to be more intriguing than season 1.
@@Kawasaki10rr I mean I’m always happy to be in the world of Tolkien. Sure it’s not perfect but it’s entertaining enough and there’s plenty of overlooked things in this show to be admired.
I like the idea of Balrogs being like chickens. They cant fly, but they do have “wings” to fall down slowly 😅
But Chickens can actually fly if their feathers arent cut.
😂😅
*Minecraft chickens
jungle chickens can fly
stay dorment for a couple a days and see if you can walk properly xD
The quote we hear in the final shots of the trailer, “When darkness falls, there are always some who rise forth to shine,” is spoken by Annatar/Sauron. It's undoubtedly Charlie Viker's voice.
In the clip with the mystics and moths, it looked like someone in the background was raising a staff.
It looks to me they are summoning someone.
These “wings” on the balrog are definitely way more accurate to the description in fellowship of the ring
Gil-Galad's ring and spear! 0:15 cant wait to see him in action
Yes. It would be great to see Aeglos in action.
Always impressed how quick you are
Matt is 4th or 5th fastest 😅
@@Enerdhilwhen you say that with the emoji it's almost like your mocking it. He didn't say he was first just quick.
12:38 I think you’re thinking of Sidon Ithano, the space pirate Finn almost runs off with in Episode 7 when they’re at Maz’s castle
Yeah that's what I was thinking too, he's the Crimson Corsair
I thought of him too
I originally thought of Benthic from Rogue One.
Yes him and two tubes from Rogue One. Similar design
I thought of Enfys Nest from Rogue One movie.
Thank you for explaining . Can't wait for season 2!
Oh wow I didn't expect this today! So glad you got this up same day!
Dude your breakdown of this is next level and you put all that together in such short amount of time.
Nuts!
Of all the things happened in this trailer, Bombadil asking Will you abandon them to their doom concerned me the most.
I'm legitimately afraid the writers are going to try to rewrite Tom Bombadil as the second blue wizard, and that's why him and Meteor Man spend so much time together.
@@kelseyjmoore Nah you can see a glimpse of Ciaran Hinds as the second blue wizard, surrounded by his cultists in Rhun
That wasn't nearly as bad as Galadriel trying to talk Elrond into wearing one of the Elven Rings of Power while justifying wearing her own Ring.
If that isn't opposite of what happens in the lore then I don't know Tolkien
@@Enerdhilnonsense. That is not the opposite of the lore at all.
Why? Bombadil is a wise person. He is the eldest and is only asking the Wizard what he is to do. This characterisation of Bombadil as a silly, unwise, unthinking and uncaring person is not at all accurate. Bombadil is merry, and hopefully we will see that, and he is not dragged down by the ordinary concerns hence does not generally involve himself directly in the big events in ME. But he is nonetheless wise and may help the Stranger find his path.
The dude looks like Two-Tubes from Rogue One, also a little like the pirate Finn agrees to travel with in the canteen scene in The Force Awakens
Yeah, the pirate is the one that came to mind even before he mentioned Star Wars. Sidon Ithano. Very cool tokusatsu-looking dude.
I’ve been waiting for you analysis!! Let’s Goooo!
You’re thinking of a Tusken Raider
Exactly
or Plo Koon
Benthic "Two Tubes," also known simply as "Tubes," was a male Tognath mercenary pilot who flew alongside his eggmate and brother, Edrio. The two shared the nickname derived from the breathing apparatus that allowed their Tognath physiology to process oxygen atmospheres.
Looks more like the Pyke
@@sarahrosen802 actually no it's like that one character in Solo a star wars story.
The ENT WIVES!!! 😍
@@DavidAlvesWeb they’re all gonna be feminists
Come back to me! Come back to me, and say my land is fair!
Oh my gosh right???? I am so looking forward to Ent moments!!!!!
12:31 Qui-gon, when he’s telling anakin to just follow along
That masked guy looked like a Tusken Raider to me, from Star Wars
Or more like moto bikers of Mars...err Mad Max postapocalyptic setting :). Considering that this show cannot even follow the basics of worldbuilding...depicting the various cultures in the lands of Middle-earth etc. making fun of those bizarre masks is easy :). The masked riders look like something an AI generated image would look like.
I think in 20:17 it is Elrond's Hand. His actor (Robert Aramayo) has these noticeable short fingers. I paid a lot of attention to his hands in Season 1 for other reasons, so I think they're his.
Thank you for this summary. I am looking forward to the season.
Update to my comment: I'm a lifelong Tolkien reader and collector, but I don't cry about lore changes in a TV adaptation. You guys need to relax. The production of this show is incredible and I'm loving this trailer. Massive improvement from S1. Some canon references and characters for us book nerds, but mostly great action and entertainment for casual fans. That's the point of the show, the haters need to get over it, and it is still bringing more people to the books. I love it and can't wait.
I know NOTR is trying to stay neutral because even with this looking so much better than season 1, there are still so many trolls and #toxictolkiengatekeepers But come on, this is an epic trailer, it looks way better than season 1, and I'm totally over the lore changes because it is still awesome entertainment. I can't wait to enjoy the coming season.
Being disappointed in what’s thus-far been a cringey embarrassing show makes someone “toxic”?
Am I trolling?!😱
@@Enerdhil If you dare have an opinion that doesn’t perfectly match his, then maybe? 😉
I fail to see how wanting something to be lore-accurate and not poorly written fanfiction is 'gatekeeping.'
No Tolkien adaptation of Tolkien has been lore accurate
Thanks Matt… I am more hyped about your analysis than the trailer per se 🤣 it is because you add additional insights to each shot. Thanks for your love of Tolkien lore!
Baby Balrog 😂 what a frightening thought
He’d be just a cute lil boy. Aww look at him trying to claw my face off, how adorable!
I want one
I love all your content, but I live for these breakdowns. I can't wait until the Season 2 episode breakdowns 😄
matt how did you get this up so fast!!!! this is incredible
Actually Fellowship of Fans was the first to upload their live panel discussion and Yoystan of Men of the West also uploaded before Matt did. Perhaps Chris of the Philosopher's Game also uploaded before Matt.
Always enjoy your breakdowns and passion for the IP
The trailer looks good. The visuals are amazing, and the orcs makeup looks incredibly good!
Halbrand's makeup needs some work lol
I'm sure someone else has spotted this, but @19:18 it looks like it's the elven / anatar version of Sauron that gets "crowned". So, it's possible that Sauron was already up to no good as Anatar much earlier than we were aware.
My big hope is that the Anatar stuff happens in the past, he works with Celebrimbor but gets found out and runs. And then Adar tries to kill him, thinking he was successful because Sauron then takes the Halbrand form
I am personally excited for S2. Plenty brings life down so I go into these things just to enjoy it as it is.
Exactly I'm a simple man more LOTR content releases I watch it and probably enjoy it despite what all the negative nancys have to say about it. It's just like the star wars prequels the majority of haters hate cause they just follow the masses. Hating on it for the sake of hating on it. It's almost like they think it's cool or they're not gonna be accepted if they say they enjoy it.
@@floydmaster1973 Way to big yourself up by tearing others down. I thought RoP was comically bad, mindbogglingly awful. I came to this conclusion by watching the terribly-written show, with its clunky dialogue, endless coincidences, glacial pacing and laughable characterisation. If *you* loved it, great. Plenty of people think it's poor, and not because it's 'cool'.
@@trevorbyrne4668 - sure, but how many times does this opinion need to be repeated, endlessly, before it IS some sort of weird virtue signaling? I mean I didn't like season 1 either, so I didn't finish it haha. The need to harp on bad things endlessly definitely has a stink of groupthink about it to me.
@@floydmaster1973 more LOTR content...even if it's not in the spirit of tolkien's work, even if it's dumb and mediocre
(a genius)
@@nineomite Why do you need to complain about other people giving their opinions on something? You’re just adding to the negativity by being negative about their negativity.
Thank you for not bashing the show. I am an absolutely huge fan of JRRT and the books and the movies were beautiful to me. I don’t expect anyone to be able to live up to the movies - let alone the books but I will always be hugely stoked to watch anything that puts in the effort to the visual and emotional storytelling of Middle Earth. I don’t care things were out of order as much as I cared about the short stature of Galadriel lol. And I didn’t like her coldness either. I get this is depicting serious times in her world but Galadriel should have been depicted as at least more charismatic and even charming if her intent was to make it back to Middle Earth from Númenor.
So however the show’s producers/showrunners/translators want to tell us their version of ME history- I’m 1000% in. After all, history is told by those…. who took the time to write it down. 😂✌🏻🙏🏻🌊
And it was told by someone who wrote it down. JRR and Christopher.
@@RghtBrnd Exactly. Thank you!! 💙
The fatuous arrogance of a producer/show runner to mutate and modify the art of another, Tolkien of all people, to satisfy and push political agendas, identity politics, and DEI ideologies constitutes artistic blasphemy of the absolute worst and most detrimental kind.
The priorities SHOULD have been, in order;
-Honor and respect the piece of art you’ve been entrusted with.
-THE ENTERTAINMENT OF THE AUDIENCE is essentially 1-B.
The audacity and egregiousness these “show runners” propagated, that they knew better, and were worthy of making enormous changes to the lore, for the ridiculous reason and trope “for the modern audience”, is so disturbingly preposterous, and as a consequence, they should never be trusted or allowed around someone else’s art again. They simply should have started over. It was an abject and grandiose failure, ONLY because they prioritized injecting their politics, and actually ENTERTAINING the audience was irrelevant and inconsequential.
You’re doing yourself, and everyone else, no favors by palliating and whitewashing the truth as this constitutes a mechanism of enablement……
@@cb5117 I don’t think Tolkien would argue with you. Because I think he wrote these books for people to enjoy. Some people don’t want to see the same story retold by less than capable hands and others want to hear as many versions of the stories from any point of view or timeframe or any aspect of the story they can to dig every single morsel of imagination, thought, meaning, experience, and/or emotion from it.
However you feel about it, others feel otherwise and all are beautifully felt.
He wrote magic. And you can’t expect magic to remain stagnant. 🙏🏻✌🏻😊
@@cb5117political agendas? lol. they are mormons. it’s just an adaptation. enjoy your prejudices.
I still don't understand how gil-galad seems so clueless in this show when he was always one of the most aware elves when it came to the approaching darkness
Cause this show sucks
Clueless? He didn't have enough screentime in season one to have any character development.
How could he know anything at all lol??
@@silentninja2754you suck
@@BudTezzy2345 Go read about Gil-Galad in the second age. You'll see what i mean. He doesn't need a ton of screen time... he just needs not to be potrayed as naive.
@@muthinjama that would not convey the message they want to convey.
Given the significant alterations or additions to the established lore, I anticipate that the series will conclude with Bombadil as the Ring-bearer, ultimately casting the Ring into Mount Doom while riding an eagle.
The guy trying to use lore to predict an Amazon show … have you learned nothing ?
Just doing his job and trying to earn his living lmao there’s no way he genuinely cares or thinks the show is good.
Don’t blame him, get the coins 😂
@@markoosh the guy was just commenting as observers of videos tend to do do blam him, if you don't like it move on and hero worship with someone else lol. just saying whats good for the goose is good for you.
@@markooshyes, how dare people actually care about the show?! Your opinion and interests don’t match mine?!! Absurd!
As I flew Delta last week, I now feel bonded to Celebrimbor 😂
You had me at Ents!
Ent WIVES sir.😁
yes they have to add literally everything to this series to grab someone's attention. For me it is cheap and lame. Give them eagles... bombadil... spiders.. balrog... harad people... ent wives, who are just a myth... meh really lame.
@@barbarosa3d239I look forward to not hearing more about how much you hate something will probably refuse to watch
@@Theonlyshaun it is not about hating it is about amazon´s amateurism. They are leagues behind PJ and his team and nothing will change that ;) everything you see is cheap fan servise with expensive sets.
@@barbarosa3d239 Amateurism is a fair opinion. But it's a bit of a stretch really.. Like one of the most successful companies, spending the most money on writers.. If not in this "all in" series, when would you expect such cool lore stuff to be exhibited on television for all real fans to enjoy. Do you hate joy? Like you don't like pleasure? Very odd flex.. I find everything that i watch could have been better if i had written it. But every now and again, maybe we (as the watcher) should just shut the f up and enjoy nice things. Your next step in life Barbarosa, should be to be better at being a human. Being an internet troll is lame af. Get over yourself.
I really want to see all these conversations around Elves’s rings because it connects with idea from Silmarilion that elves rings are against Iluvator’s music. It is a desire of elves to stop the time and give more space for themselves, so in some way it is a selfish desire to control and protect realm instead of allowing time go along away.
Thank you for your open-minded and positive attitude towards the new season. 💜
The burning of the Entwives and the shot with Bombadillo and the wizard at 17:52 might be connected?!
"Will you abandon them [the Entwives] to their doom?"
Now it's visible that the timeline compression makes no sense....they pick and choose events and elements without any causality established within the works of Tolkien.....hell Entwives plot supposedly being connected to that whole wizard and dumb harfoot side plot in Rhun is what makes no sense...Entwives gardens where they were settled were nowhere in Rhun...by the river Anduin where Brown Lands were later...and those garden scorched in the War of the Last Alliance, thousands of years AFTER the whole forging rings and war in Eregion. Entwives that desired order and control and settling down would be only possible to find elsewhere after they would theoretically fled the destruction of their homes...it's actually important to note that Tom Bombadil and Entwives are....kind of opposite sides of spectrum in a way Tom was more like male Ents...still wandering (though even then he would be already veering into the regions he knew best....wandering Eriador).
"[Tom Bombadil] has no connexion in my mind with the Entwives. What had happened to them is not resolved in this book. [Bombadil] is in a way the answer to them in the sense that he is almost the opposite, being say, Botany and Zoology (as sciences) and Poetry as opposed to Cattle-breeding and Agriculture and practicality.
I think that in fact the Entwives had disappeared for good, being destroyed with their gardens in the War of the Last Alliance (Second Age 3429-3441) when Sauron pursued a scorched earth policy and burned their land against the advance of the Allies down the Anduin (vol. II p. 79 refers to it). They survived only in the 'agriculture' transmitted to Men (and Hobbits).
Some, of course, may have fled east, or even have become enslaved: tyrants even in such tales must have an economic and agricultural background to their soldiers and metal-workers. If any survived so, they would indeed be far estranged from the Ents, and any rapprochement would be difficult - unless experience of industrialized and militarized agriculture had made them a little more anarchic. I hope so. I don't know.
- The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 144
Durin's Bane about to go KAMIKAZE on Moria 🔥🔥🔥
Had a good chuckle on the "Elfvengers Assemble" bit 😂😂😂
"Next up we have an elf archer getting Boromirred.." 😆😅🤣😂
I love your hope and positivity! I too struggled with Season 1, but this trailer actually made me excited for Season 2! Durin and Elrond are my two favorite characters, so it's nice to know that at least they'll be getting a good story if nothing else
The show is already beyond repair. Don't get your hopes up, the damage was already done in season one.
Actually looks pretty good
I love your outlook on changes made by the shows. "I'm not sure how it'll work but we'll see". Yeah shows always make changes, sometimes better, sometimes worse.
I’m so ready to see durins bane
Peter Jackson’s LOTR’s had it.
@@andyandreson3989 iknow it did I’m just happy to see it again and to see what happened to moria
Thank you for getting this up so quickly! Definitely agree with the Balrogs wings being more like shadow than wings itself.
In the book, annatar lured celebrimbor on by telling him that together they could make Middle Earth as great and beautiful as valinor
I'm on your team: Blue Wizard it is.
I wouldn't even mind if they change to only ONE blue wizard, if that is what it takes for the Stranger not to be Gandalf...
The nerd has spoken and now I can have my opinion on the trailer 😅
Waiting for season 2 with anticipation and thanks for your dedication for all this.
Hello! Star Wars nerd here. At 12:32 you might be thinking of Sidon Ithano. He's a Red Pirate from the sequel trilogy.
If you mix both left and right you get Thane Krios from Mass Effect ;)
The internet CAN be a force for good!
The fact that Sauron can change into any form and he just chose Halbrand with longer hair as Annatar ahaha
That crown is definitely a pared down version of Sauron’s helm from the movies
Return of the King was a GREAT game. PS2 glory days.
Adar was the only character that made me continue watching this series, Joseph Mawle's portrayal was amazing. However, after the replacement I am not sure if I would watch the new season with previous enthusiasm.😢
Bang on! I was devo'd that he wasn't Sauron!! I thought he was the most charismatic baddie I'd ever seen and LOVED him seeing the orcs as his children. LOVED that they addressed him as Father and had reverence for him. I was really invested in him as a tormented Sauron with his wayward flock, who all share a deep and sadistic emotional bond. It had so much energy and really made me understand why they would follow this destroyer anywhere. Not so sure anyone would follow Blondie anywhere.
The "who is this man?" conversation happens in Lindon, while Celebrimbor hasn't left Eregion. I'm predicting that they're going to keep his identity as Sauron a secret, keeping Celebrimbor in the dark. This would render the "why doesn't Celebrimbor recognize him?" argument null. Celebrimbor does recognize him, but doesn't have any reason to suspect that he's Sauron. He just thinks the elves of Lindon are trying to stop him from creating more rings, because that would take power away from them.
I was waiting for you 🔥🔥
I appreciate your hard work, you got this so fast!
The crown looks more like it belongs to the witch king to me.
But thats just my guess.
That would mean that the men of the nine rings have already began to fall and that is way too soon.
What a brilliant series , this looks so awesome and I am very very excited ❤
Even taking "wings of shadow" more literally, I still like this interpretation better than the movies.
With Tom and that landscape it looks like Gandalf has gone to the outback 🤣
What i'm most curious about, where did Nerd get the trailer in 4k? Been looking for it, no luck....
Isn't the video on Prime Video's RUclips channel in 4k?
@@Enerdhil nope
@@boris3973
Wow! If that is true, then Matt must have an inside connection to Amazon.😱 They probably give it out to every influencer on their "team." Hopefully there is another less scandalous reason why he has a 4k version of the trailer.
Probably upscaled possibly? Idk. I know there's some software now that uses AI to rerender videos at 60fps 4k HDR
"getting Boromired" sent me 😂😂😂
You seemed to miss the other wizard appearing out of the moths and raising his staff @13:25
that was the person blowing the moths out she was already in that position before the moths going wild
@@FelonOWi thought that, but no, there is a still that shows its a seperate shot merged with a male wearing blue and a staff. You cant clearly see its Hinds, but it probably is.
it's ciaran hinds's character
I freaking love Rings of Power, I do ❤
This looks incredible 🤩 I'm so excited for this 🎉🎉
When I saw the Numenoreans holding the knives in the shot with Elendil, my immediate thought was the beginning of the human sacrifices of the Faithful
12:39 I think you’re thinking of Sidon Ithano from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. That’s who I thought of!
It reminded me of the Kaleesh race in Star Wars, like Xalek and his alternate looks in SWTOR
I got to say the season 2 looks better than season 1. Thank you for another good video
i was not expected to be this excited for season 2. i get the sense that they have learned a lot from the mistakes made in season 1. this feels right.
I agree that there are more possibilities that the series will realign with the lore much more than Season 1.
The Easterlings wearing mask is probably reminding you of Knights of Ren, who also had a similar shot in Star Wars where they stand on a ridge and the camera pan towards them.
4 minutes and it didn't give me even a shiver of excitement. 😐😂
And when they have to drop 3 episodes at premier.... You KNOW they are going to have trouble keeping fans retention week to week so they put half the series out on one night 😂😂😂😂
I’m glad you brought up the rings being forged out of order and also the conundrum of Galadriel being influenced by Sauron while wearing nenya when he shouldn’t have even known about it. Plus the weird timeline with him and Celebrimbor
It's a dumpster fire.🙄
@@Enerdhil it’s inconsistencies like this (and other things) that make me not really enjoy the series!
@@gilchkat
I try to enjoy the series for what it is, but I can't. There are too many Legendarium-wrecking storylines.
@@Enerdhil same
Absolutely cannot wait august 29 is so far away😩
Rewatch Season 1.😁👍
@@Abefroman-lq3md It's insane how so many are ok with the bastardisation of Tolkien's Middle-Earth.
there is also a leak of bits of the first episode, with a dialogue between sauron/halbrand and adar
Also Matt, I predicted that The Slime in the teaser is The Balrog. 'His Fire was quenched for now he was a thing of slime, stronger than a strangling snake' says Gandalf in the chapter The White Rider. This is the biggest question mark from the trailers and id appreciate it if you'd take it in for a minute.
Solid theory
Say whatever else you will about the show, I LOVE the Orc designs. They look *terrifying.* I remember feeling tense the first time one of the characters encountered one in the first season. Even in the original trilogy, sometimes they looked like cartoon characters.