I'm glad they still renewed his contract and cast the same balrog in rings of power. He seems to have lost some weight though from his appearance in LOTR😂
The balrog is fucking amazing. The real difference I noticed was his wings of shadow and dark cloud. You can hate on the show all you want but the balrog was epic asf
The wings of shadow and dark cloud. It’s also in the LOTR as well. In a way, same balrog but of course different age. It’s cool that he’s able to fly sort of.
@@TacosInaBagsame here. I watched the final episode last night and omg. That scene was wow 🤩. Absolutely incredible work! Rewatching the scene makes me sad 😔. After watching the extended version of the hobbit trilogy, it all makes sense now. And why it’s called Durins Bane. 🥺☹️😭😭😢
the visuals and mosnter was. but sadly for a story you need so much more than that. honestly i don't think a balrog would even honor a dwarf by killing it with its blade. it just crush it with its fist. that is how beneath them. he pulled out the sword for gandalf because THAT, is an equal.
Thats because it did pure memberberries 😅😅😅 they didn't get him right tho because he doesn't show up until the third age 😅😅 but hey whats like 3000-4000 years when it comes to world building 😅😅😅
The show might have tons of plot holes, but this scene, just the graphics, the script, and the THEME, especially when king Durin is mid air, it’s just such a perfect scene 2:01 Specifically this part, just perfection
Makes you realize how badass it must've been to see all seven Balrogs guarding Morgoth's throne/fighting in the fall of Gondolin, riding dragons into the city.
“Moria… You fear to go into those mines. The Dwarves delved too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dum… shadow and flame.”
Omg so they referenced Lord of the Rings! Wow that instantly makes it great I guess. Thank you for providing that quote, I'd have never put the pieces together
Only Saruman whos treachery and evil knew no bounds can say that.Its their mountain and they mined their asses off to prosper.Smaug,Balrog,Saruman,Sauron exist only as parasites feeding of the free people of Middle Earth
The balrog hits with the force of a nuke 😮 literally vaporized King Durin. Makes Gandalf blocking it and breaking the flame sword so much more bad ass.
Best scene of the entire show for me. The light and noise of the Balrog approaching was so eerie. I just wish there was more of it, they’ve teased the Balrog for 2 full seasons and we got this 5 minute scene.
I think what’s more important than amount of screntime is the quality of it. Case in point, the duel between Gandalf and this same balrog was one minute and had only three moves, but its dramatic magnitude cementing as one of the greatest movie duels of all time. I think this scene is right to follow that model and use the scene to resolve King Durin III’s arc and showcase the consequence of his greed while giving him a powerful and moving send off. Just as with FotR, the scene is short but uses the balrog perfectly.
@@Joe-rk9uy Never thought I would be able to laugh at a hate comment that aims to spread negativity. How absolutely pointless and ridiculous it is... Just plain and brainless hatred. The Balrog looks exactly like it does in the movies, but even more realistic. There is nothing to hate in this case. He does exactly the same as in the movies regarding the spear and I agree with Kradylladel. Fucking sick!
@@aegnor2102 yes there is the fact that we didn't need to see this....its just been installed cheaply...how much money have they waisted at this point...looks like they should have tried to get the silmarillion or but if I'm bezos I'd say to them tell us what we can and cannot do and together we'll show the fans the First Age....no not second First. Then after the acclaim the second age tying up to the Last Alliance.
to be fair, the dwark king literally broke into the Balrog's bedroom. how would YOU feel if you were just resting minding your own business and someone destroyed a portion of your bedroom wall partially breaking in? I at least kinda see where the Balrog is coming from. Yes, it is evil but at that point of time it was only minding its own business in the darkness.
This character was made for Peter Mullan. He is definitely light years the best actor on the show. Among what is possible to save in terms of performance.
And then they forgot he existed for the rest of the episode. Hey there's only a few hundred feet between us and ancient fire demon, he just killed our king, and the scholars have just found out he has a history of destroying kingdoms since way back? Plans? Ah, table it, elronds in trouble, and disa has dinner on the go The sheer incompetence of these writers is unbelievable.
This should have been the final scene of the episode. But nope… They have the dwarves holding a casual family meeting about throne ascension like an hour before a 30’ tall fire demon didn’t just atomize their King and is now just roaming free in the basement
Essa cena pagou a segunda temporada toda. No encontro o Machado do durin, conseguiu por um breve momento segurar a espada do balrog, mostrando o quão poderosos eram os anões!
Too bad the the Balrog doesn't roar like the old LotR one did, That roar in the old one made it so much more intimidating. like a raging hot furnace, you can see the heat.
You are absolutely right that the Balrogs roar in the movies sounded and felt almost like a raging hot furnace. I think that's one of the coolest aspects about it and I think it's a shame that Amazon hasn't adopted that. But other than that, haters can talk all they want, the Balrog looks just like it does in the movies but much more realistic and new. Epic!
Peter Jackson and his team made such a great job at designing the Balrog that the show and most video games use almost the same design. I know Peter Jackson's lotr is not canon, but this look for the Balrog should definitely be canon
The Balrogs weren’t Morgoth’s creatures like Orcs, trolls and dragons. The Balrogs were actually maiar that served Melkor, similar to how Sauron and Saruman (when they were Mairon and Curumo) were maiar that served Aulë. Morgoth didn’t create the balrogs. They were angelic spirits that existed from the beginning of time along with all the other Ainur.
To simply they are maiar(lower angelic beings) that turn to darkness and serve Morgorth a Valar(archangel) that turn against Eru (God) @@SarastistheSerpent
HAHAHAH yep. Man, the Balrog wouldnt have been able to sleep he was living so CLOSE to ALL the Dwarves! Dwarves digging, literally 2 fett above his head, Hes like: "HEY!? Stop making all that racket up there!"
Durin IV saw a Balrog, a demon of the ancient world, threatening his father, and IMMEDIATELY charged it. That’s love that is worth more than all the gold in Arda.
This scene gave me the excitement of whenever I was a child. What I loved the most about the scene is actually the mithril. I was able to understand why the king was so ambitious. It was a beautiful scene.
One of the best, if not „the best“ scene from a fantasy tv series Hope there is a high resolution image one day out b/c i want a poster of it where durin is midair against the balrog
It wasn't petter Jackson's work but it was cool. Highly emotional moment for me and a redeeming arc for the character. So it's not absurd for him to have charged at the balrog. He knew the odds but obviously better than living with the shame of knowing he failed khazad dum
This scene alone, gave me a slight feeling of what I felt all those years ago watching the Lord of the rings trilogy for the very first time, I actually shed a tear, suspense, excitement, sorrow, empathy and sacrifice all in one scene, thats how you do it, Peter Jackson would be proud of this scene
God the CG for the balrog is done so incredibly well. You can really tell with the presence this thing gives off that this fire demon is an ancient entity that fought in a time long forgotten with forces much stronger than anything we’ve seen
i didn't like king durin because he was arrogant but in his death i moved to tears because he understood his mistake to fell on the ring and sacrifice his life for the other dwarves
Why though? I'm pretty sure the cave in would have done the job. Most pointless sacrifice ever. Also was that the same balrog in LOTR? If so, then definitely the most pointless sacrifice ever. And what's up with the slow mo? Why does almost every emotional scene in almost every media have to be in slow mo?
I saw a lot of comparisons with _Reign Of Fire_ , but that scene also reminded me of Jack Sparrow and the Kraken at the end of Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest .
we don't actually know. very likely yes but as it's made up bs by showrunners there is at least the possibility that this is another balrog that escaped from Angband at the end of the first age.. There could be as many as 4 not incl durin's bane hidden away after the war of wrath (although you would expect some perished during Morgoth's downfall). Tolkien specifically wrote that the balrog in the movie (Durin'a bane) was awoken by the dwarfs in the year 1980 of the 3rd age so either they are fucking with his work again or introducing a new balrog. Most likely first option as they have shown form... Def looks very similar as well...
The artist team really threw their all into this, the Balrog really does look stunning and vividly artistic! However, the Balrog from 23 years ago looks just photorealistic, like the creature was genuinely there, it was just top level perfection. RoP gets a strong A-, Fellowship did A++, both teams of artists did magnificent work rendering one of fantasy’s most nightmarish monsters.
@@SubZero101010 How can you even ask this with a straight face? The dialogue is bad, the acting is worse, but the worst part is the writing and the pacing problems. This is a TV show that goes over many episodes, so going in dept about characters, building characters shouldn't be an issue if you have read a BOOK. Characters teleport from one place to another without any explanation to why and how. Look at the 7th episode, Elrond teleported from Lindon to Khazad Dum and back to Eregion in under 20 minutes of the episode. We have no idea how far it is between regions. From just watching the show alone Mordor, Eregion, Khazad Dum etc. could be 15-20 kilometers apart. Other than that the characters don't act like they should be acting. Galadriel in first season especially acts like a teenager with bad manners, which well doesn't add up to her age. Galadriel is older than Elrond, Gil Galad, Celebrimbor and do you remember Cirdan who has a beard? He is so old that he has a beard, which is not common. Well he is not that much older then Galadriel. She is not just an elf, she is THE ELF, daughter of Finarfin, the king of the Noldor in Valinor. Had the showrunners actually read the books, they would have shown this, but they have created a mess. You can probably find a documentary on here if you are looking at specifics or just an all-round analysis about why this show is bad.
Anybody noticed that it’s Durin’s wife who save the show again… if it would not have been for her great wisdom, our King Idiot would have followed his dad against the Balrog.
So let me get this right, the dwarves didn’t know anything about the Balrog until late in the third age when they dug too deep and awoke it, yet here in the second age we have the King and his son meeting it 🤨
This is why we need a good adaptation from a book, Sometimes books tell you a Mountain and the adaptation gives you a 3D print of NFT Picture of a Mountain.
King Durin The IIIrd : Lvl 50, HP = 1613, ATK PWR = 128, DEF PWR = 89. Balrog of Khazad-dûm : Lvl 120, HP = 9 999 999, ATK PWR = 99 999, DEF PWR = 99 999. King Durin The IIIrd jumping towards the Balrog made perfect sense. He had a chance...
In the books and manuscripts it wasn't until the late 3rd age when the Balrog was awoken by the Dwarves of Kaza-dum and it was the Balrogs killing of Durin the 6th that it came to be known as Durin's Bane and Kaza-Dum became known as Moria.
I agree, yet the fact that Isildur is in the show from the first season, clearly says that the events and storyline is much more condensed. And personally, I don't have a problem with that.
If we follow the books, Sauron/Annatar would've had to spend 300 years in Eregion with Celebrimbor. It's not viable at all. Condensing the story makes much more sense.
@@fatihtaskaya6261 its completely viable, We did not need harfoots or a story about mortals, this is the mythical age, even the numanorians live for hundreds of years. the show is shit and you are shit for deefnding it
Ok maybe it says something about my bad taste, but I honestly love the Rings of Power show, parts of it at least. People need to understand that this is not canon of course, but watching the show I have seen a lot of things from the Lord of the Rings stories that I wanted to see and some things that I'm definitely much more interested in now thanks to seeing them in the show. And I definitely loved what they've done with the dwarves and was very thrilled that they included the Balrog. 😊
Not really. They've been building a whole arc with Durin and his father which this is the conclusion of. Durin III apologising to his son, casting off the ring and sacrificing himself to seal the tunnel as the ultimate final act of love. Its a beautifully executed moment IMO and one that matters and lands because of how much time the show has spent developing the relationship between Prince Durin and Durin III. Member berries is just empty cynical fanservice, this is fanservice that serves the story.
@@legofreak86Nah you're delusional my guy 😂 They totally drew from the Jackson films and have no original thought. They reflected Frodo being held back, they reflected Thorin and his regret for acting up and letting go of his greed. Literally just changed names, actors, and a few lines.
@@Aldinonexilus Are you incapable ‘My Guy’ of disagreeing with me without prefacing your opinion with an insult? You have a fair point, you devalue it by immediately attacking rather than trusting the strength of your argument.
@@AldinonexilusBrother have you only seen e movies in your entire life? The examples you gave were a motif long before LotR. So why is it all of the sudden a member berrie? Oh that's right, because your opinions are based off of RUclips grifters, my apologies
Do you know that Tuor (mortal man actually) killed not even 1, but more than 5 balrogs with an axe? Or, I’m pretty sure you haven’t read Tolkien, just watched some PJ movies, have you?
![The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - The Enemy Revealed - Gandalf vs. Sauron [ HDR - 4K - 5.1 ]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/toayTeGxDtM/mqdefault.jpg)
I'm glad they still renewed his contract and cast the same balrog in rings of power. He seems to have lost some weight though from his appearance in LOTR😂
He wasn’t even in the original script. He just kind of showed up and they went with it.
@@Jerelupon wow
Of course he lost weight it’s been 20+ years since LOTR. A lot of the actors have lost weight in their old age
Glad you were watching.
He was definitely on the juice back then... he's definitely got work done since we last seen him,! 100% got a Brazilian bum tuck and still no wrinkles
The balrog is fucking amazing. The real difference I noticed was his wings of shadow and dark cloud. You can hate on the show all you want but the balrog was epic asf
I can hate the balrog scene almost as much as the whole series
The wings of shadow and dark cloud. It’s also in the LOTR as well. In a way, same balrog but of course different age. It’s cool that he’s able to fly sort of.
@@JIMvc2 love the design of him in rop the whole season 2 was great.
@@TacosInaBagsame here. I watched the final episode last night and omg. That scene was wow 🤩. Absolutely incredible work! Rewatching the scene makes me sad 😔. After watching the extended version of the hobbit trilogy, it all makes sense now. And why it’s called Durins Bane. 🥺☹️😭😭😢
the visuals and mosnter was. but sadly for a story you need so much more than that.
honestly i don't think a balrog would even honor a dwarf by killing it with its blade. it just crush it with its fist. that is how beneath them. he pulled out the sword for gandalf because THAT, is an equal.
I’m glad they got the balrog right. It looks like it came straight out of the Lord of the rings movie.
Thats because it did pure memberberries 😅😅😅 they didn't get him right tho because he doesn't show up until the third age 😅😅 but hey whats like 3000-4000 years when it comes to world building 😅😅😅
The pacing and gravitas feels slightly off. It helps that he's doing much more evil here tho.
@@Joe-rk9uy or at least when it comes to Balrogs.
@@Joe-rk9uynot to mention balrogs we’re just tall people shrouded in darkness and smoke with wings. Normal 10’ tall Demi gods but still.
@@Joe-rk9uyit's because this is a prequel to the lord of the rings of course it's going to look the same.
The show might have tons of plot holes, but this scene, just the graphics, the script, and the THEME, especially when king Durin is mid air, it’s just such a perfect scene
2:01 Specifically this part, just perfection
Agreed
The only moment that felt like LOTR
Yup 👍🏼
Of all the ways you can die, this one is pretty solid.
Makes you realize how badass it must've been to see all seven Balrogs guarding Morgoth's throne/fighting in the fall of Gondolin, riding dragons into the city.
Yeh but that would be lore accurate fuck that 😅😅😅
Yeah... no. That's too expensive and ridiculous.
@@cashewnuttel9054 nah that would be good but ofcourse that wouldn't be rings of power
@@Joe-rk9uyguys it’s af*cking Amazon prime show, can’t expect too much of it
@@cashewnuttel9054 Can't be more expensive than flying Bezos into space.
“Moria… You fear to go into those mines. The Dwarves delved too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dum… shadow and flame.”
Omg so they referenced Lord of the Rings! Wow that instantly makes it great I guess. Thank you for providing that quote, I'd have never put the pieces together
Only Saruman whos treachery and evil knew no bounds can say that.Its their mountain and they mined their asses off to prosper.Smaug,Balrog,Saruman,Sauron exist only as parasites feeding of the free people of Middle Earth
@@starrman2039 🤓
@@starrman2039 k
@@starrman2039 I’m sure you’re the life of every party
The balrog hits with the force of a nuke 😮 literally vaporized King Durin. Makes Gandalf blocking it and breaking the flame sword so much more bad ass.
Fr this really emphasized just how powerful Gandalf is
No, the king withstood the Balrog's blow. He met it with equal force. With bravery and redemption. That is the point.
The King shattered it from what I see. And without the ring. Such a badass scene.
"Oh no, that'sh a Vorpal Sword of Fiery Detonation + 7. I CAST ARMOR OF AGATHYSH !!!! ☝🤓" - Grandelf
How did they kill the other 6 in the books ? If it was elves that doesn't make sense
The Balrog looks absolutely amazing and quite literally fire🔥
The scene is not better then 20 years back. Only visually it's slightly better.
Tbh I think it looks worse
@@wilmerschouten9453the balrog in the past didn’t know how to fly, mostly he was already old. Both are great though.
@JIMvc2 LOTR balrog is epic, this one is OK
@@wilmerschouten9453 agree
He went out like a true dwarven warrior though.
We ultimately understand how powerful Gandalf is.
He still "died" after 7 days of battle
@@daraen8001
Still lasted much longer than Durin.
Because he was a wizard
Best scene of the entire show for me. The light and noise of the Balrog approaching was so eerie.
I just wish there was more of it, they’ve teased the Balrog for 2 full seasons and we got this 5 minute scene.
I mean it’s still to lay siege to the rest of the mine. I doubt we’ve seen the last of it
@@stephen-dfcyeah, in 3000 years or so. It wasn’t supposed to be known from the second age. He apeared in the third age and killed Durin VI
2 minutes
And the tune remembers the scene in fellowship of ring when gandalf fall in kazad-dum, fighting the balrog. That was a nice reference
I think what’s more important than amount of screntime is the quality of it. Case in point, the duel between Gandalf and this same balrog was one minute and had only three moves, but its dramatic magnitude cementing as one of the greatest movie duels of all time. I think this scene is right to follow that model and use the scene to resolve King Durin III’s arc and showcase the consequence of his greed while giving him a powerful and moving send off. Just as with FotR, the scene is short but uses the balrog perfectly.
The second season of ROP picked up pace and was honestly better than expected.
When it summons that giant spear of fire out of thin air, fucking sick
How much is amazon paying you 😅😅
It’s a sword, cupcake.
@@Joe-rk9uy Never thought I would be able to laugh at a hate comment that aims to spread negativity. How absolutely pointless and ridiculous it is... Just plain and brainless hatred. The Balrog looks exactly like it does in the movies, but even more realistic. There is nothing to hate in this case. He does exactly the same as in the movies regarding the spear and I agree with Kradylladel. Fucking sick!
@@Joe-rk9uythere is nothing to hate in this scene. You're just ridiculous.
@@aegnor2102 yes there is the fact that we didn't need to see this....its just been installed cheaply...how much money have they waisted at this point...looks like they should have tried to get the silmarillion or but if I'm bezos I'd say to them tell us what we can and cannot do and together we'll show the fans the First Age....no not second First. Then after the acclaim the second age tying up to the Last Alliance.
0:17 " You woke me up... FUUUUСК YOOOUUU!"
Its real that i think 🤣🤣🤣
It's more like, "YOU Mfking Dwarf BROKE into my BEDROOM!!!"
to be fair, the dwark king literally broke into the Balrog's bedroom. how would YOU feel if you were just resting minding your own business and someone destroyed a portion of your bedroom wall partially breaking in? I at least kinda see where the Balrog is coming from. Yes, it is evil but at that point of time it was only minding its own business in the darkness.
Hahahaha
Balrog - 99 % budget of the show. This explains everything.😁
Show looks so expensive
And yet the final.batyle is ass! Where did the budget go lmaoooo@@light_bringer_82
The whole show looks expensive asf. I don’t even think the Peter Jackson trilogy beats it in overall production.
Season 2 has the best visual effects of any show I’ve seen. And I thought season 1 looked cheap. The billion dollar budget showed itself this season.
Yup all makes sense now 😂
Already curious what kind of love relationship between the Balrog and King Durin they'll set up for Season 3.
And how many dialogue scenes between them will be shown talking about the exact same things over and over
I think the balrog is just misunderstood. He lost is love, the Campfire Demon
King Durin face's death like a great dwarf warrior!
More like a complete dumbass...
This character was made for Peter Mullan. He is definitely light years the best actor on the show. Among what is possible to save in terms of performance.
And then they forgot he existed for the rest of the episode.
Hey there's only a few hundred feet between us and ancient fire demon, he just killed our king, and the scholars have just found out he has a history of destroying kingdoms since way back? Plans?
Ah, table it, elronds in trouble, and disa has dinner on the go
The sheer incompetence of these writers is unbelievable.
This should have been the final scene of the episode.
But nope…
They have the dwarves holding a casual family meeting about throne ascension like an hour before a 30’ tall fire demon didn’t just atomize their King and is now just roaming free in the basement
Yeah that annoyed me. Three problems and the Balrog isn't one.
Nah, the Durin storyline is clearly a b-story.
Essa cena pagou a segunda temporada toda.
No encontro o Machado do durin, conseguiu por um breve momento segurar a espada do balrog, mostrando o quão poderosos eram os anões!
Man they did the balrog pretty damn well tbh
Totally epic. Been waiting since the fellowship to see something like that.
This scene gave me chills, that was amazing🙏😲
Too bad the the Balrog doesn't roar like the old LotR one did, That roar in the old one made it so much more intimidating. like a raging hot furnace, you can see the heat.
This one’s not as good
That's because this is a fanfiction balrog 😅😅
I could feel the heat back in 01 😂
@@chibidakis1 exactly
You are absolutely right that the Balrogs roar in the movies sounded and felt almost like a raging hot furnace. I think that's one of the coolest aspects about it and I think it's a shame that Amazon hasn't adopted that. But other than that, haters can talk all they want, the Balrog looks just like it does in the movies but much more realistic and new. Epic!
Peter Jackson and his team made such a great job at designing the Balrog that the show and most video games use almost the same design. I know Peter Jackson's lotr is not canon, but this look for the Balrog should definitely be canon
Actually there is not a very detailed description of the balrogs, Tolkien basically said they were demons of fire and shadows came along with them..
Why is it not canon ? Do you mean to this show specifically?
This balrog design does not belong to Peter Jackson and his team. The designer is Markus Röncke.
The movies are cannon. This stinky show is not
@@TheChosen2030 Neither the movies nor the show are canon. No movies, shows, video games, or other adaptations are when it comes to Tolkien.
I have to be honest this intro was pretty damn hot... Literally
Damn! Morgoth's creatures albeit evil are so majestic!
The Balrogs weren’t Morgoth’s creatures like Orcs, trolls and dragons. The Balrogs were actually maiar that served Melkor, similar to how Sauron and Saruman (when they were Mairon and Curumo) were maiar that served Aulë. Morgoth didn’t create the balrogs. They were angelic spirits that existed from the beginning of time along with all the other Ainur.
To simply they are maiar(lower angelic beings) that turn to darkness and serve Morgorth a Valar(archangel) that turn against Eru (God) @@SarastistheSerpent
@@SarastistheSerpenthe twisted them to becomes balrogs.....hence why they are called balrogs of morgoth 😅😅😅
Best scene of the entire show so far
Amazing. Speechless. I love the Durin dynasty. Fantastic picture.
Образ этого Балрога точно такой же как у Джексона, с него и срисовывали, а больше мы других и не видели изображений
They didn't have to dig very deep! The Balrog was in the adjoining room, separated by one foot of wall!
😂
They had already been delving deeper and deeper.
HAHAHAH yep. Man, the Balrog wouldnt have been able to sleep he was living so CLOSE to ALL the Dwarves! Dwarves digging, literally 2 fett above his head, Hes like: "HEY!? Stop making all that racket up there!"
@@WarWolfeXno they hadn't the balrog was awoken till the third age 😅😅😅
This guy didn’t watch the season and just came to watch this clip 😂😂
I just loved this scene, I’m speechless. Pure Shivers and Epicness. Just Amazing, AMAZING.
next season we need more SAURON and BALROG
I bet they have a love scene.
whole show was worth this one scene. The parry is fucking epic.
Durin IV saw a Balrog, a demon of the ancient world, threatening his father, and IMMEDIATELY charged it.
That’s love that is worth more than all the gold in Arda.
Was wainting for "YOU. SHALL NOT. PASS."
This scene was so good. End of conversation.
How much is amazon paying you...end of conversation
Of course It Is, It copied Jackson work
@@bondrewd5935No copy, the perosn that designed the Balrog done it for the movies and the series. You cannot steal your own work.
@@Ayliedsthe designer didn't work in both, They Simply put him in the credit because it's design was used
@@Joe-rk9uythis scene is great and you are a pathetic boy that will never admit it. End of conversation.
This scene gave me the excitement of whenever I was a child.
What I loved the most about the scene is actually the mithril. I was able to understand why the king was so ambitious. It was a beautiful scene.
Powerful scene!! Legendary King!!! Awesome BOSS!!! ^^
Anybody know the name of epic theme that plays during 0:29??
One of the best, if not „the best“ scene from a fantasy tv series
Hope there is a high resolution image one day out b/c i want a poster of it where durin is midair against the balrog
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
although i completely disagree to call it the best is kind of INSANE. however it was epic and a shame it had to be on such a garbage show
What even a dawrf anime jumping at a balrog with an axe?
It wasn't petter Jackson's work but it was cool. Highly emotional moment for me and a redeeming arc for the character.
So it's not absurd for him to have charged at the balrog. He knew the odds but obviously better than living with the shame of knowing he failed khazad dum
@@umorenakpan the jump looks pretty terrible though
This scene alone, gave me a slight feeling of what I felt all those years ago watching the Lord of the rings trilogy for the very first time, I actually shed a tear, suspense, excitement, sorrow, empathy and sacrifice all in one scene, thats how you do it, Peter Jackson would be proud of this scene
After this, the Balrog called it for the day and the dwarves were able to send an army to Eregion and have a peaceful memorial for the dead king.
Yup.... There's a demon of the ancient world in our basement, but we're just gonna forget about it and return to our everyday lives.
Makes no fucking sense.
These showwriters are horrible really.
It was either the balrog broke loose or it didn't
@@jkbzzthe balrog doesn’t want to break loose though he wants to be left alone he is in hiding not trapped why would he go looking for more trouble?
@@Andres_Acosta 😂😂😂😂
Yea right
If there's one thing balrog's love, it's trouble
It fell and was buried underneath a damn mountain. And we know how deep that cavern goes as we saw it in Two Towers when Gandalf fights it.
THE SCORE IN THIS SCENE SOLD IT FOR ME SO MUCH
God the CG for the balrog is done so incredibly well. You can really tell with the presence this thing gives off that this fire demon is an ancient entity that fought in a time long forgotten with forces much stronger than anything we’ve seen
Balrog design never get old. Always epic 🤩
Speaking of the Balrog design, I just noticed it has wings!
The Balrog is percect… i love the children of Aüle❤
This scene was epic AF 🔥🙌🏾
So this is where the budget went
I can't wait to see the Balrog babies, he is just misunderstood they got into his lair and he was just trying to protect his family 😢
I really enjoyed both seasons of rings of power. But this scene with the balrog was certainly a high point. Love it!
That why this balrog was named Durian bane.
i didn't like king durin because he was arrogant but in his death i moved to tears because he understood his mistake to fell on the ring and sacrifice his life for the other dwarves
Moved to tears? Really how much is amazon paying you
Why though? I'm pretty sure the cave in would have done the job. Most pointless sacrifice ever. Also was that the same balrog in LOTR? If so, then definitely the most pointless sacrifice ever.
And what's up with the slow mo? Why does almost every emotional scene in almost every media have to be in slow mo?
@@cashewnuttel9054 король должен был поменяться, старик сошел с ума и понимал это, а отдать трон он мог только после смерти
How much are you getting paid to comment the same comment lmao such a hater you waste time on the thing you dont think is good ???@Joe-rk9uy
@Joe-rk9uy haha you are pathetic because I like the show it means amazon pays me 😂😂😂
A true king if I ever saw one. Long live the king
I saw a lot of comparisons with _Reign Of Fire_ , but that scene also reminded me of Jack Sparrow and the Kraken at the end of Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest .
Yeah, King Durin went all “Hello
Beastie...”
Went out like a G though.
The jump scene is absolutely the best one in the entire ring of power series...That's how the series should have looked like entirely.
No its not 😅😅😅
@@Joe-rk9uy What is then?
@@atanasvasilev3228 what is how it should have looked? Do you need me to answer okay then....like the lotr trilogy lol
@@Joe-rk9uy I meant within what we've saw they made so far in the series. This is the best they could achieve, so far.
@@Joe-rk9uy Spoken like a true Jackson baby. Go read a book.
What an incredible dwarven axe, being able to resist for few seconds the hit
Their budget all went to buying the license of LOTR Balrog design 😂
The best scene in the entire show. Reminds me of what PJ would do. the music, the effects and the acting. ALL A++++
so is this one the same one from lotr1 who got defeated by Gandalf?
yes
Durin's bane
we don't actually know. very likely yes but as it's made up bs by showrunners there is at least the possibility that this is another balrog that escaped from Angband at the end of the first age.. There could be as many as 4 not incl durin's bane hidden away after the war of wrath (although you would expect some perished during Morgoth's downfall). Tolkien specifically wrote that the balrog in the movie (Durin'a bane) was awoken by the dwarfs in the year 1980 of the 3rd age so either they are fucking with his work again or introducing a new balrog. Most likely first option as they have shown form... Def looks very similar as well...
He seems to have been slimmer then as a balrog. He had jacked up a bit by the time he met gandalf😂
Don't forget Durins Bane also defeated Gandalf
Even though the series is ass, this scene in my opinion makes everything worth while. I LOVE the balrog and the way he vaporized king durin is insane.
Balrog Hasn't Changed At All Since Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring Happen
This is a prequel you idiot
Balrog: has a whip
Baby Elrond: “a bit kinky..”
Cant stop laughing at the title, it just a Dwarf. A kingly one at that.
The artist team really threw their all into this, the Balrog really does look stunning and vividly artistic! However, the Balrog from 23 years ago looks just photorealistic, like the creature was genuinely there, it was just top level perfection. RoP gets a strong A-, Fellowship did A++, both teams of artists did magnificent work rendering one of fantasy’s most nightmarish monsters.
Yeh so thats where the 700 million went on making the scenery look good whilst all else fails 😅😅😅
That’s one of the most epic things we’ve ever seen on tv
Where are the haters we heard so much of??? This Show is amazing and the Last Episode Epic
Well they copied the Balrog from lotr and the rest of the episode was a big mess. What do u think is good about the show?
@@whos_magicerzzz3672 What is worse than in the original movies?
@@whos_magicerzzz3672the fact your ade Here proofs you watched and searched for it in RUclips which tells me alot
@@SubZero101010 How can you even ask this with a straight face? The dialogue is bad, the acting is worse, but the worst part is the writing and the pacing problems.
This is a TV show that goes over many episodes, so going in dept about characters, building characters shouldn't be an issue if you have read a BOOK. Characters teleport from one place to another without any explanation to why and how. Look at the 7th episode, Elrond teleported from Lindon to Khazad Dum and back to Eregion in under 20 minutes of the episode. We have no idea how far it is between regions. From just watching the show alone Mordor, Eregion, Khazad Dum etc. could be 15-20 kilometers apart.
Other than that the characters don't act like they should be acting. Galadriel in first season especially acts like a teenager with bad manners, which well doesn't add up to her age. Galadriel is older than Elrond, Gil Galad, Celebrimbor and do you remember Cirdan who has a beard? He is so old that he has a beard, which is not common. Well he is not that much older then Galadriel. She is not just an elf, she is THE ELF, daughter of Finarfin, the king of the Noldor in Valinor. Had the showrunners actually read the books, they would have shown this, but they have created a mess. You can probably find a documentary on here if you are looking at specifics or just an all-round analysis about why this show is bad.
The show is bad very bad but balrog they copied from Peter Jackson film
the darkness of Khazad-dum... shadow and flame
Aaaaaand with one scene, this show will win the best VFX emmy.
As it should. Not just this scene though.
There were at least 3-4 great "one-take" sequences that probably took a lot more work than this.
Anybody noticed that it’s Durin’s wife who save the show again… if it would not have been for her great wisdom, our King Idiot would have followed his dad against the Balrog.
This is woke shit
So let me get this right, the dwarves didn’t know anything about the Balrog until late in the third age when they dug too deep and awoke it, yet here in the second age we have the King and his son meeting it 🤨
Yip. No one told Durin VI about the fiery beastie lurking at the bottom of his garden for 2 or 3 millennia.
@@ianpatterson6552 LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.
This is why we need a good adaptation from a book, Sometimes books tell you a Mountain and the adaptation gives you a 3D print of NFT Picture of a Mountain.
Wait until you see the balrog in LOTR...
This one looks better lmao
@@zantaazapre2659different time of CGI, this one juste got bigger horns
Its the same Balrog with better cgi or old cgi😑
@@zantaazapre2659 no it doesnt. only better is when the king hits his axe against balrog's sword
This one looks cartoony
Much funnier if the Balrog just moved out of the way and just watches him fall all the way down. Then just shrugs and turns to Durin.
King Durin The IIIrd : Lvl 50, HP = 1613, ATK PWR = 128, DEF PWR = 89.
Balrog of Khazad-dûm : Lvl 120, HP = 9 999 999, ATK PWR = 99 999, DEF PWR = 99 999.
King Durin The IIIrd jumping towards the Balrog made perfect sense. He had a chance...
yer exactly the kind of person i avoid at social gatherings.
balls of mithrils 🥵🥵
@@wayneadams9102 anybody who's into this shit show is who I avoid at social gatherings
@@wayneadams9102 oooh, shut up, he's got a point
How the hell did his axe connect to make that explosion ? 😂
This opening scene was incredible!
Thoroughly enjoyed
Balrog wings is pretty much like chiicken wing. It flaps only for it to jump.
1:51 this moment scared me
Muahauha scarier than the Willem Dafoe's moment in the first spiderman
This scene is up there with the raddest deaths in the history of film, let alone TV.
In the books and manuscripts it wasn't until the late 3rd age when the Balrog was awoken by the Dwarves of Kaza-dum and it was the Balrogs killing of Durin the 6th that it came to be known as Durin's Bane and Kaza-Dum became known as Moria.
I agree, yet the fact that Isildur is in the show from the first season, clearly says that the events and storyline is much more condensed. And personally, I don't have a problem with that.
@@darthrevanek I do
If we follow the books, Sauron/Annatar would've had to spend 300 years in Eregion with Celebrimbor. It's not viable at all. Condensing the story makes much more sense.
@@fatihtaskaya6261 its completely viable, We did not need harfoots or a story about mortals, this is the mythical age, even the numanorians live for hundreds of years. the show is shit and you are shit for deefnding it
@@tylerberman7527 go cry who cares
It's nice to see Sean again
The best scene of LOTR so farrrrrr❤❤❤❤❤
Ok maybe it says something about my bad taste, but I honestly love the Rings of Power show, parts of it at least. People need to understand that this is not canon of course, but watching the show I have seen a lot of things from the Lord of the Rings stories that I wanted to see and some things that I'm definitely much more interested in now thanks to seeing them in the show. And I definitely loved what they've done with the dwarves and was very thrilled that they included the Balrog. 😊
member balrog?
I member...
Looks way better than the 2001 version. Its like this looks real and 2001 looks like a videogame
the show going better n better
“Come and peer into the cave,
Forbidden gate where Boic brave,
Went down to save us from the grave.”
Member berries. Nothing but member berries.
Not really. They've been building a whole arc with Durin and his father which this is the conclusion of. Durin III apologising to his son, casting off the ring and sacrificing himself to seal the tunnel as the ultimate final act of love. Its a beautifully executed moment IMO and one that matters and lands because of how much time the show has spent developing the relationship between Prince Durin and Durin III. Member berries is just empty cynical fanservice, this is fanservice that serves the story.
@@legofreak86Nah you're delusional my guy 😂 They totally drew from the Jackson films and have no original thought. They reflected Frodo being held back, they reflected Thorin and his regret for acting up and letting go of his greed. Literally just changed names, actors, and a few lines.
@@Aldinonexilus Are you incapable ‘My Guy’ of disagreeing with me without prefacing your opinion with an insult? You have a fair point, you devalue it by immediately attacking rather than trusting the strength of your argument.
@@AldinonexilusBrother have you only seen e movies in your entire life? The examples you gave were a motif long before LotR. So why is it all of the sudden a member berrie?
Oh that's right, because your opinions are based off of RUclips grifters, my apologies
@Aldinonexilus Lmfao dude do you have literally any thoughts of your own that some grifting "content creator" didn't skullfuck into your chimp brain?
Not gonna lie this scene was badass.
The balrog should have taken that dwarf woman instead, she's so out of place, holy shit!
THE ONLY CLOSE TO GREATNESS THIS SHOW HAD TO OFFER!
WHY IS THIS IN RINGS OF POWER?! DID THE WRITERS EVEN LOOK AT THE FUCKING BOOKS?!
Did somebody never tell you they didnt had any rights to simalirrion
@@Thundeclap I knew that already, and thank fuck they didn't cause that's my favorite book.
@@mrmentality8456shut up 🤡
@@blyhiking8392 you shut up pussay features
I don't know but something's telling me they didn't because they didn't have time.
Everything was explained to them by a friend.
Real talk the Balrog was minding his own business and the dwarves kept bothering him..... But NOOOO hes the bad guy! 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Dont ask questions. Just consume products.
Don't think. Trust the TV news.
@@Pumpkin525 Dont think. Trust Amazon numbers.
And after that scene everyone ignore balrog 😂
"This foe is beyond any of you... Swords are no more use here!"
Durin: 1:55
He was buying time for his son to escape. Also, that was a mythril axe, so it wasn't a bad weapon. Just not enough to stop a primordial being lol.
Do you know that Tuor (mortal man actually) killed not even 1, but more than 5 balrogs with an axe?
Or, I’m pretty sure you haven’t read Tolkien, just watched some PJ movies, have you?
More like: hold my beard
@@БогданКаушан-к4н No the fights with balrogs only happen with immortal beings like the elves and Gandalf (Maiar). ALL of them died by injuries
@@saulomoraes6194 Once again. Tuor