sry but afro elf was killed last ep how is he alive again did the maker just forget the he was killed in ep7 ? just like that they did forget that the city didnt had a wall ?
It sort of surprises me that no one has mentioned Celebrimbor's death mirroring Galadriel's vision. He is at the same height, the tree is a column but he is still pierced through with "branches".
@@leahmarie112 I wish I could forget what I'd watched. Even 8 weeks ago. Would mean I could actually re-watch the things I have enjoyed rather than my ADHD taking over and pestering me with "You know what happens. This is boring. You know what happens. Do something else. You know what happens." Movies. TV. Books. Never re-read or re-watch anything 😞Closest I have ever been able to get to a re-watch is these edited reactions. Because the point is now their reaction and not the boring story I already know.
Elendil is a very important character. They still honor him in the third age as Aragorn was still called the heir of Elendil. And seeing Narsil gave me goosebumps
“I say to you Frodo that even as I speak to you I perceive the Dark Lord and know his mind, or all of his mind that concerns elves, and he gropes ever to see me and my thought but still the door is closed.” (Galadriel, Fellowship of the Ring)
@@carsonwentz8301 I know but my point is that Arondir was stabbed twice by Adar. This episode he was back fighting unhindered... smfh Are they just shooting scenes at random and then just puts them together at random.
@@WaywardSon1there are definitely parts of this show I haven’t loved, but every single scene with those two actors blew me away. They hard carried this season. I had my doubts about Charlie Vickers as Sauron last season, but he absolutely killed it as Annatar. The guy legitimately felt like a fallen angel, just pure evil with a veneer of holiness.
@@broksholk4771 Exact same. I had some issues with Halbrand=Sauron, but Vickers has won me over now. I can't really see how anyone could have played Sauron in a more compelling way than he has.
Agreed about the elf aging talk. Elrond's so much younger here than Galadriel and Gil. He's still got Elf puberty to go through before he starts looking like Hugo Weaving.
Galadriel's "The door is shut" line, during the duel, is a perfect way to reference the source matrerial instead of just direct quoting, and one of my favourite parts of the episode. In the book, when Galadriel speaks to Frodo at the mirror in Lorien she says "I perceive the Dark Lord and know his mind, or all of his mind that concerns the Elves. And he gropes ever to see me and my thought. But still the door is closed!”. I think this episode of Rings of Power showed us the exact moment she slammed that door shut? I hope they keep the integrity of this moment going forward in future seasons.
Do you seriously think this was the original Galadriel quote they were referencing, and not the completely disassociated line from the Way of the Dead? You give these writers way too much credit.
@@skuripandaburns3489 They literally have read the books with the entire cast & crew multiple times, yes they planned this, for like 5+ years already Maybe you need to collect more braincells because they jumped ship long ago with you
this entire season was worth it just for that slow-mo scene with the balrog. i'm so glad the showrunners are sticking to their guns with replicated the designs and styles of the PJ films!!!
"Replicated" you mean "ripping off because they are so incapable of making something good of their own"? Why couldn't they also replicate Galadriel and instead turned the mystical otherworldly Lady of the Elves into an insufferable Karen?
they just need to add more episodes in season 3. i am so greedy. 8 episodes is really not enough for me. Because, i really enjoyed this season and i feel like i am really drawn into it. 🎉
@@supersuede6493 HOTD is less than an hour. very little. boring dialogues. there is nothing else to see there except dragons. HOTD has no beauty. Just tragedy stories. even though, they carry the big name GOT. from episode 1 to 8, there are only dialogues. talking about war tactics, but there is only 1 war. but, not a war between swords. only dragons, even just a few minutes. I skipped a lot from minute to minute. no other action. too many indoor scenes. there are battles that happen off-screen!! HOTD trailer is also deceiving. how many percent of the scenes in the trailer were cut?!HOTD really destroyed my expectations for 2 years.
@@greenarchetype On the contrary. They wasted time with the storylines. They were all stretched out when they didn't really needed to be. Númenor should've fallen a long time ago
Like it or not bit Gandalf has a special place in everybody's heart, i was sobbing...so many memories watching LOTR with my mom...the whole thing about Grand-elf origins and the connection with the first hobbits..its sooo dqmn good...love love love hope 3rd season has more of him. The fx in this season was on point
"I am their creator. I AM THEIR MASTER!" "No. You are their prisoner." - dang, after the opening with king Durin and the Balrog I didn't think I could cry more, but Celebrimbor´s strength freaking broke me 😭 (and yes, Sauron´s tears were genuine, Celebrimbor really saw right through him. Plus, the whole torture sequence is from the books- Celebrimbor being put on a spear included) The "Dark Wizard" kinda must be a Blue one, we know the story of Radagast and Saruman from LotR and Hobbit (movies included) and the show runners already said that this isn't Saruman (it would be a bit weird if he were). Also, seeing at the end Galadriel dressed in simple white, marking her first step of becoming the White Lady of Lotlorien was just perfect.
When Celebrimbor gives his "You are their prisoner....Lord of the Rings." line, I think it is mocking but in the way that he isn't LORD of the Rings, rather he is Lord OF the Rings. He is the Lord created BY the rings, they control him, he isn't the Lord over them.
@@willkill3217 Then how come the one ring is his "life force". When it gets destroyed so does he? The rings have taken over Sauron and without them he is nothing.
@@extraplain2412 suh a little child response.. i stopped actively watching half way through season 1. That smiley represents you pretty well huh? That's what i imagine people who still watch and even worse enjoy this bs to be like.. not much happening up there.
With reference to him 'picking' the Gandalf name: The way I saw it was that in that moment, he had the realisation of who he was and learned his history how to use his power including foresight. which is whey he said "they will call me Gandalf' as in, in the future that's what they will call him. it's obviously not clear and I may well be wrong, that's just how I interpreted it.
The name works for me. Merrimac is the first person to give the Stranger a name because he knows what it's like not to have one, what he comes up with is limited by his own inexperience - as Poppy says, he's never seen an elf, and he's big, or grand. A grand elf. The other Stoors just go with it and something about it sticks, then he stumbles upon a literal gand and the two things blend into a name that just fits. I didn't feel the Harfoots/Stoors/Dark Wizard plot got enough time this season, but I love that TROP has tied Gandalf's origins to Hobbits, that the smallest, weakest, most humble people in Middle Earth shaped the personality of the LITERAL ANGEL who leads the fight against Middle Earth's Devil. I knew it could go either way - Gandalf or Blue Wizard - but I'm really happy they've chosen to bite the bullet and go for it. Daniel Weyman is absolutely killing it. And I love that not only did they tie Gandalf's origin to Hobbits (it just makes sense), but to Tom Bombadil as well - I don't care if it's essentially fan fiction, it resonates thematically in a really satisfying way. So wholesome.
@@strayfreckles more the reason, it being directed at people that don't get it is insult to injury, huge disrespect all tolkien literature and shelterous value of the world it creates
The lore is the richest of any story out there. Good bye Grand Elf. Fuck right off. The reason I hate it with a burning passion is that it's the origin story of the best trilogy ever made. The sets and outfits are incredible. The writers have never done anything before and it really shows. The story is deplorable, they're doing the characters a disservice.
A fantastic finale to a fantastic season!! This was so much better, i loved the last few episodes because it gave me the same joy after watching the LOTR trilogy. Cannot wait for season 3 🙏🏽
I think you guys are taking Tom’s phrase of The Stranger “finding” his own name a bit too seriously. It’s very possible that the Hobbits saying “Grand Elf” simply triggered his memory and reminded him that his name is Gandalf. It could be that he would have never remembered if he didn’t help the Hobbits and that was a part of the test. I don’t think that his name turned into Gandalf over thousands of years. It’s the elves/numinorians who call him Mithrandir and that’s because of the Elvin languages. The Lower men call him “Gandalf Greyhem” and “The Grey Pilgrim” which he earns through legend during his time in Middle Earth.
Iirc, Gandalf isn’t his original name either. It’s only what groups of Men and Hobbits started calling him, and it’s the main name he uses after. But it wasn’t his name prior to being in Middle-earth. I believe, technically, his original name is Olorin.
Just want to appreciate your positivity and joyfulness in your reviews. Even if you don't agree or like everything you watch you always seem to bring a smile to my face. Even with content that has way too much hate based on the entertainment it provides. Keep up the good work.
Didn't notice/realize it when I first saw it, but at the start of the scene when Elendil gets Narsil, he mentions his son, Anarion. I know a lot of people were worried about his omittence in the first season.
I absolutely loved this season and I’m so bummed that it is already over. I really dislike the amount of hate this show gets because I think they are doing a brilliant job.
I like the callback of "Gandalf... that's what they're going to call me" and in Two Towers he says "Gandalf? Yes, that is what they used to call me" I also remember one of the harfoots mentioned him finding his "gand" when referring to his staff. In Old Norse Gandalf means Staff-elf or wand-elf.
@@douglasmitchum1488 Yes indeed but Gothmog the balrog was high chief of Angband under Morgoth and was involved in the killing of kings and fell at the fall of gondilin plenty of videos talking about the old lore ( yes I know the show isn't a copy of the books before I get crucified by someone)
@@douglasmitchum1488 "Then leapt Ecthelion lord of the Fountain, fairest of the Noldoli, full at Gothmog even as he raised his whip, and his helm that had a spike upon it he drove into that evil beast, and he twined his legs about his foeman’s thighs; and the Balrog yelled and fell forward; but those two dropped into the basin of the king’s fountain which was very deep. There found that creature his bane; and Ecthelion sank steel-laden into the depths, and so perished the lord of the Fountain after fiery battle in cool waters." (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, "The Fall of Gondolin")
Just an example of how fast a name can change over time: My uncle is named Charles, My father [the youngest] heard is other older brother call Charles "Baby Brother". He was too young to pronounce that so he called him "Bay Bruh" As he got older the name became a sort of nickname. So it was "Bay Bruh" for many years, and when we came along WE couldn't call him "Bay Bruh" that was my father's name for him, so we called him Uncle "Bay".... He's been called Uncle bay for so long, that my nieces and nephews and cousins all call him Uncle Bay and always ask, "WHY? his name is Charles? Why is he not Uncle Charles or Uncle Chuck?" *LOL* 😅😅
Rhûn/Harfoots still very much a weak link along with some loose screws throughout, but a noticeable improvement over S1! Is it the best show on TV? No. But I have a lot of fun with it!
I started watching S1 with my friend who has never seen the movies. It's going well so far, he likes it and doesn't really ask many questions. Only when trying to clarify stuff like 'So elves live longer than humans? Or are they immortal?' He also did say 'What if this is Gandalf lol' pretty quickly. But he didn't expect Halbrand to be Sauron so that reveal messed him up, he really liked Halbrand. I'll get to the movies with him at some point but it's been a nice view into a different perspective!
That is not how that works friends. Blind wave is made up of its own people and they do not speak for all on who would or would not enjoy the show. Regardless of our enjoyment, there will be haters. Every piece of media faces this. No matter how good it is.
Yes because that's literally the only reason we have a Dwarven storyline so you children can see the thing you like from the other thing because that's all this show fucking is
@@alonzobonilla As much as I loved the opening scene with Durins Bane, I have to say that its REALLY dissapointing that they don't care about it at all after that moment. They only seem to care about Dwarf politics and not that...A FUCKING BALROG OF MORGOTH IS STILL IN THEIR MOUNTAIN. Like does Durin think that some wee rocks will stop that godlike creature for long?
13:17 I love how Western Media likes to promote cheating as if it's a completely normal thing. I mean, even the music they used for that scene makes you feel like what's happening is so noble lol
In the books, Gandalf did get this name because some people didn't know the difference between human and elf and wizard, so they first called him Grand-elf 😁
The rights of Tolkien’s works is such a complicated business, the directors only have the rights to The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings (for practical purposes just the Lord of the Rings appendices) I’m mean they must be doing something right, the show has been in the top 3 since season 1 episode 1… so i'd rather try to be positive about it than continue going about my life entertaining negativity. 40:59
ROP S2 was really good I enjoyed the whole series, haven't read the books but even then people are reaching with their apparent issues with this show. Looking forward to the next 3 seasons.
Ok. Since we now know the name of the stranger I have a theory that this is a misdirect. I think he actually still is Saruman. Now, I dont exactly know if Saruman as the chief opponent of Sauron is in the LoTR appendix but the stranger (S-Gandalf) is explicitly told that he is in the show. I really think Saruman as a hero of a second age and would instruct Olorin-Gandalf (O-Gandalf) what the fight is about is more compelling. It would latter make more sense that hes bitter against him since he basically stole his whole persona since he had to fight Sauron while O-Gandalf is tasked to uplift people. It would also make sense why O-Gandalf would look to him for guidance in the 3rd age and why the other dark wizard said S-Gandalf convinced them to go to middle earth. I like Tolkien Cannon. I like the Movies. And I like this series. This is just me fan theorizing against the hate because I am liking the overall arc so far.
It's sad to say goodbye for now. This season was not perfect but very good. In this episode I can't decide what Sauron thinking when he cried during his talk with Celebrimbor. Did he respected him in his way ? Did he's a bit sad to lost him even if he was another tool, pawn in his plan. I don't know. Kemen...he will become a Nazgûl for sure. Maybe Theo too. I suppose we'll see this in the 3rd season. It was always great to see your reactions guys. Always calm positive and fun.
I love that Adars death scene mirrors Saurons death scene where they both got stabbed like hell and standing and looking over them, sad for Adar though, I liked the guy
I need to go back and check to see if the sword Gilgalad pulls out is the one Gandalf has in The Hobbit and LOTR. It’s the same sword separated by like 3000 years
The playing with rocks makes me think the "dark wizard" is Saruman. His staff also has a sort of "eye of Sauron". May have good intentions now, but he obviously doesn't have a problem with killing if he feels like it😄.
I found season 1 a Lot more compelling than this one. There is just too many disconected plotlines, which take time away from The more interesting parts of the show. Celebrimbor and Sauron deserved a Lot more screentime compared to Gandalf and The hobbits, isuldur arondir and Theo, or all numenor scenes (besides valandils death which was a pretty good scene)
since every life has the same value, the only metric you can go by is the amount of life lost. If you have to choose betwen an Old Person and a Child to die, you choose the old person, since this way, the least amount of expected Lifetime get's Lost.
I wondered how they were going to do the balrog. Good way to show it but for it to drive the dwarves from Moria which comes later. What Pharazon is doing in Numenor is going to have him find Sauron and the fall of Numenor will be similar to the books. Nice touch with Narcil. Also nice that Anarion is mentioned as he founded Minas Arnor (Tirith) and Issildur founds Minas Ithil which becomes Minas Morgul. They do not say it but I believe where the elves are hiding at the end is the future Imladris (Rivendell) and I believe that Sauron or his followers never gained entrance to that valley. Yes some things are out of order or timeline squishing but I think the end result will be the same. The end of all of this I believe is the end of the second age with the Last Alliance. :)
A truly great ending to a truly great season. Hopefully the next season will be chess is great if not better, and hopefully we won’t have to wait as long for the next season.
dark wizard theory -- he's not an istar, he's an imposter who calls himself wizard but is actually just a regular sorcerer who was mentioned in the books from the same area. but the way this show has been going, they're probably gonna make him saruman & not some random sorcerer nobody knows.
Interesting comment about Viggo and Aragorn's sword in the first two movies. In the books Aragorn only carried the hilt shard of Narsil until the fellowship reached Rivendell, where it was reforged before they started on the quest. I have learned to enjoy the books and movies as separate things, but Aragorn carrying only the 12 inches of Narsil through the first part of the story was pretty badass, in my mind. Thanks for a great and enjoyable review!
Yesssss! Another weird, sad little boy who is too immature to just scroll past nice, positive comments. Please, cry more, I am so hungry for your despair
Gandalf at this point could be the Brown and Saruman the Grey who then get elevated as time progresses. Radaghast joins and become brown, Gandalf grey and Saruman White?
Adar was a good character. Durin is the heart of the series. Galadriel is no longer the warrior; hopefully, she'll be a "more likable" character. We got Gandalf's name, but a new unnamed wizard again. Elves mortally wounded in a previous episode are healthy in this one. Hopefully, the Hobbits won't appear anymore. Goodbye to Theo as well. The Queen of Númenor didn't add anything either. The series has very good ideas but poorly executed. A pparently, we'll have the writers from "The Crown" for season 3. (Promising!)
8:10 if you listen closely to the words he says it’s the same stuff Saruman says to Gandalf. Just like the coated some of the strangers lines to be Gandalf I believe they are doing the same here. 24:28 grand elf in elvish is Gandalf.
"the wizard does not choose his staff, the staff chooses his wizard, Harry P.. i mean Gandalf." and apperantly "grand elf" is the new "hold the door".. lol thanks for pissing all over my fond memories. so looking forward to season 3!
You do know how gandalf got his name right? It's what people called him. But he doesn't want to be called "Grand Elf" because he isn't one. He chose something similar so that it still reminds him of what they called him.
Loved the season overall, I am disappointed though that we only got a reference to what Sauron did to Celebrimbor in the text. I guess they thought it’d be too gruesome to show.
The Arondir thing didn't make sense at all... why was he stabbed so bad just to be alive and "well" this last episode... they should have never stabbed him in the 7th episode
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sry but afro elf was killed last ep how is he alive again did the maker just forget the he was killed in ep7 ? just like that they did forget that the city didnt had a wall ?
Why ? you are Amazon shills
harfoots: good bye grand-elf
stranger: say that again
"its fantastic, grand-elf"
You’re Sour man.
Saruman, that’s what they are going to call me…
@@ard-janlubbers "Red, Aghast..."
"when trees are mad at you, you know you've done something wrong." lol
It sort of surprises me that no one has mentioned Celebrimbor's death mirroring Galadriel's vision. He is at the same height, the tree is a column but he is still pierced through with "branches".
It has been a bit of time since then.
As you as I read your comment I realized it too. But the thing is that it’s been 8 weeks and I forgot about it haha
5 weeks 🤣 @@leahmarie112
@@leahmarie112 I wish I could forget what I'd watched. Even 8 weeks ago. Would mean I could actually re-watch the things I have enjoyed rather than my ADHD taking over and pestering me with "You know what happens. This is boring. You know what happens. Do something else. You know what happens." Movies. TV. Books. Never re-read or re-watch anything 😞Closest I have ever been able to get to a re-watch is these edited reactions. Because the point is now their reaction and not the boring story I already know.
Elendil is a very important character. They still honor him in the third age as Aragorn was still called the heir of Elendil. And seeing Narsil gave me goosebumps
“I say to you Frodo that even as I speak to you I perceive the Dark Lord and know his mind, or all of his mind that concerns elves, and he gropes ever to see me and my thought but still the door is closed.” (Galadriel, Fellowship of the Ring)
This episode shows that if you want to get Elrond mad, threaten to burns some scrolls/books.
I still don't understand how Galadriel survived that fall
@@carsonwentz8301 ...or how Arondir survived, unscathed, the last episode. What a train wreck of a show.
@@actionalex3611 Gil-Galad too
@@carsonwentz8301 I know but my point is that Arondir was stabbed twice by Adar. This episode he was back fighting unhindered... smfh
Are they just shooting scenes at random and then just puts them together at random.
@@actionalex3611 i think so. Unbelievable
Celebrimbor mic-dropped his life! What a boss
Fantastic performances from Charles Edwards and Charlie Vickers. They were the backbone of this season for me.
@@WaywardSon1there are definitely parts of this show I haven’t loved, but every single scene with those two actors blew me away. They hard carried this season. I had my doubts about Charlie Vickers as Sauron last season, but he absolutely killed it as Annatar. The guy legitimately felt like a fallen angel, just pure evil with a veneer of holiness.
@@broksholk4771 Exact same. I had some issues with Halbrand=Sauron, but Vickers has won me over now. I can't really see how anyone could have played Sauron in a more compelling way than he has.
"that which is fleeting, is more valuable." - Calvin quote of 2024
that opening scene was absolutely mindblowing
Yea in a bi polar sort of way
Agreed about the elf aging talk. Elrond's so much younger here than Galadriel and Gil. He's still got Elf puberty to go through before he starts looking like Hugo Weaving.
The scenes with Celebrimbor and Sauron were my favorite part of an incredible season. Those two actors played off of each other so well.
Galadriel's "The door is shut" line, during the duel, is a perfect way to reference the source matrerial instead of just direct quoting, and one of my favourite parts of the episode. In the book, when Galadriel speaks to Frodo at the mirror in Lorien she says "I perceive the Dark Lord and know his mind, or all of his mind that concerns the Elves. And he gropes ever to see me and my thought. But still the door is closed!”. I think this episode of Rings of Power showed us the exact moment she slammed that door shut? I hope they keep the integrity of this moment going forward in future seasons.
Good catch
Do you seriously think this was the original Galadriel quote they were referencing, and not the completely disassociated line from the Way of the Dead? You give these writers way too much credit.
They obviously set this reference up in the earlier episode.
@@skuripandaburns3489 nah, its the integrity I think 😂
@@skuripandaburns3489 They literally have read the books with the entire cast & crew multiple times, yes they planned this, for like 5+ years already
Maybe you need to collect more braincells because they jumped ship long ago with you
this entire season was worth it just for that slow-mo scene with the balrog. i'm so glad the showrunners are sticking to their guns with replicated the designs and styles of the PJ films!!!
😂..they copy pasted PJ's aesthetics.. but that balrog design goes hard though.
"Replicated" you mean "ripping off because they are so incapable of making something good of their own"?
Why couldn't they also replicate Galadriel and instead turned the mystical otherworldly Lady of the Elves into an insufferable Karen?
I agree, Galadriel in this is quite insufferable 😂
@@skuripandaburns3489 If it were another design I'm pretty sure most would complain
@@matheusflores619 If Tolkien himself had directed this show they would still be complaining
You know a death is brutal when even Glug walks in and is visibly shaken by it.
they just need to add more episodes in season 3. i am so greedy. 8 episodes is really not enough for me. Because, i really enjoyed this season and i feel like i am really drawn into it. 🎉
it's 8 hours of screentime. It should be enough if the plot was decent. Look what HotD did, stuff actually mattered.
@@supersuede6493 HOTD is less than an hour. very little. boring dialogues. there is nothing else to see there except dragons. HOTD has no beauty. Just tragedy stories. even though, they carry the big name GOT. from episode 1 to 8, there are only dialogues. talking about war tactics, but there is only 1 war. but, not a war between swords. only dragons, even just a few minutes. I skipped a lot from minute to minute. no other action. too many indoor scenes. there are battles that happen off-screen!! HOTD trailer is also deceiving. how many percent of the scenes in the trailer were cut?!HOTD really destroyed my expectations for 2 years.
Im not surprised that a ROP fan dosnt like HOTD because of dialogue 😂😂@Niraaapercy
They either need more episodes or less storylines. Some plotlines really didn't get enough screentime
@@greenarchetype On the contrary. They wasted time with the storylines. They were all stretched out when they didn't really needed to be. Númenor should've fallen a long time ago
Like it or not bit Gandalf has a special place in everybody's heart, i was sobbing...so many memories watching LOTR with my mom...the whole thing about Grand-elf origins and the connection with the first hobbits..its sooo dqmn good...love love love hope 3rd season has more of him.
The fx in this season was on point
He Gandalfed very hard
"I am their creator. I AM THEIR MASTER!" "No. You are their prisoner." - dang, after the opening with king Durin and the Balrog I didn't think I could cry more, but Celebrimbor´s strength freaking broke me 😭 (and yes, Sauron´s tears were genuine, Celebrimbor really saw right through him. Plus, the whole torture sequence is from the books- Celebrimbor being put on a spear included)
The "Dark Wizard" kinda must be a Blue one, we know the story of Radagast and Saruman from LotR and Hobbit (movies included) and the show runners already said that this isn't Saruman (it would be a bit weird if he were).
Also, seeing at the end Galadriel dressed in simple white, marking her first step of becoming the White Lady of Lotlorien was just perfect.
When Celebrimbor gives his "You are their prisoner....Lord of the Rings." line, I think it is mocking but in the way that he isn't LORD of the Rings, rather he is Lord OF the Rings. He is the Lord created BY the rings, they control him, he isn't the Lord over them.
Well considering he creates the one ring and dominates all of the others it’s a bit contradictory
@@willkill3217 Then how come the one ring is his "life force". When it gets destroyed so does he? The rings have taken over Sauron and without them he is nothing.
Behold the sword of Elendil!
REMEMBER THE THING FROM THE OTHER THING YOU LIKE!!!!
@@tracey5745 it is a prequel... It is expected to have direct connections and callbacks to mend everything together
@@kptmaci4979it has nothing to do with anything it would be a "prequel" to. This is a standalone pile of garbage. Not a single redeeming quality.
@@gingerbaker_toad696 Yet you watched it 🤤
@@extraplain2412 suh a little child response.. i stopped actively watching half way through season 1.
That smiley represents you pretty well huh? That's what i imagine people who still watch and even worse enjoy this bs to be like.. not much happening up there.
With reference to him 'picking' the Gandalf name: The way I saw it was that in that moment, he had the realisation of who he was and learned his history how to use his power including foresight. which is whey he said "they will call me Gandalf' as in, in the future that's what they will call him. it's obviously not clear and I may well be wrong, that's just how I interpreted it.
I need to see you guys cosplay more for reactions. Calvin looks absolutely freaking bad ass.
Calvin looked like he just came from the set honestly
@@supersuede6493tbh his outfit is better than most of the costumes in the show
I can’t believe yall skipped the best part of the episode the celebrimbor scene
right like we didn't just loose the most important elven smith how descended into deception.
cool to see a random elf soldier has the same acrobatic abilities like the main characters :D
The name works for me. Merrimac is the first person to give the Stranger a name because he knows what it's like not to have one, what he comes up with is limited by his own inexperience - as Poppy says, he's never seen an elf, and he's big, or grand. A grand elf. The other Stoors just go with it and something about it sticks, then he stumbles upon a literal gand and the two things blend into a name that just fits. I didn't feel the Harfoots/Stoors/Dark Wizard plot got enough time this season, but I love that TROP has tied Gandalf's origins to Hobbits, that the smallest, weakest, most humble people in Middle Earth shaped the personality of the LITERAL ANGEL who leads the fight against Middle Earth's Devil. I knew it could go either way - Gandalf or Blue Wizard - but I'm really happy they've chosen to bite the bullet and go for it. Daniel Weyman is absolutely killing it. And I love that not only did they tie Gandalf's origin to Hobbits (it just makes sense), but to Tom Bombadil as well - I don't care if it's essentially fan fiction, it resonates thematically in a really satisfying way. So wholesome.
"Gandalf?.. yes...that was what they used to call me... Gandalf the Grey... that was my name"
Despite being a massive Tolkien fan, I completely forgot just how brutal Celebrimbor's death was. Glad they honored it masterfully in the show.
Thank you guys for a great reaction
Loved this season had so many goosebumps during the finale, I just love being in middle earth
People really hate that other people like this show.
@@batmanslarynx they get so triggered lmao I don't get it
@@strayfreckles more the reason, it being directed at people that don't get it is insult to injury, huge disrespect all tolkien literature and shelterous value of the world it creates
@@orothien lmao what a nerd
People really hate, that other people hate this show.
The lore is the richest of any story out there.
Good bye Grand Elf.
Fuck right off.
The reason I hate it with a burning passion is that it's the origin story of the best trilogy ever made. The sets and outfits are incredible. The writers have never done anything before and it really shows. The story is deplorable, they're doing the characters a disservice.
A fantastic finale to a fantastic season!! This was so much better, i loved the last few episodes because it gave me the same joy after watching the LOTR trilogy. Cannot wait for season 3 🙏🏽
You can also tell Adar really cared/loved his children because he did not even try to fight back when they killed him
Calvin made the reaction so much better 😂
I really enjoyed this season a lot more,this last episode was really epic :)
18:46 "Is he implying that he did actually care for her?" Oh boy, I can just hear them Saurondriel shippers incoming 😂😂
We Saurondriel shippers have decided to create our own fanfiction.😅
*DECEIVER*
According to the news, there was a thermonuclear explosion north of Oxford. Sources claims in came from Wolvercote cemetery.
I percieve it to the care one has for a special toy.
I heard there was apparently a thermonuclear explosion tonight outside of Oxford, apparently it came from Wolvercote cemetery.
I think you guys are taking Tom’s phrase of The Stranger “finding” his own name a bit too seriously. It’s very possible that the Hobbits saying “Grand Elf” simply triggered his memory and reminded him that his name is Gandalf. It could be that he would have never remembered if he didn’t help the Hobbits and that was a part of the test. I don’t think that his name turned into Gandalf over thousands of years.
It’s the elves/numinorians who call him Mithrandir and that’s because of the Elvin languages. The Lower men call him “Gandalf Greyhem” and “The Grey Pilgrim” which he earns through legend during his time in Middle Earth.
Iirc, Gandalf isn’t his original name either. It’s only what groups of Men and Hobbits started calling him, and it’s the main name he uses after. But it wasn’t his name prior to being in Middle-earth. I believe, technically, his original name is Olorin.
I loved this season and I've enjoyed the measured and well-informed reactions from you guys even more!
10:47 "Durin, Durin, Durin, Durin." that's hilarious AND accurate!
And Durin IV's cousin Durin Durin. Apparently he started a band.
Just want to appreciate your positivity and joyfulness in your reviews. Even if you don't agree or like everything you watch you always seem to bring a smile to my face. Even with content that has way too much hate based on the entertainment it provides. Keep up the good work.
They eat anything giant corporations make with smiles no matter how bad. How does such vapid opinions bring smiles to your face
We do know that Gandalf might have been in Middle Earth in the Second Age, so this does still track!
RIP Celebrimbor!
RIP Celegrandma
@@tracey5745what?
Didn't notice/realize it when I first saw it, but at the start of the scene when Elendil gets Narsil, he mentions his son, Anarion. I know a lot of people were worried about his omittence in the first season.
He was mentioned twice in first season
I absolutely loved this season and I’m so bummed that it is already over. I really dislike the amount of hate this show gets because I think they are doing a brilliant job.
I like the callback of "Gandalf... that's what they're going to call me" and in Two Towers he says "Gandalf? Yes, that is what they used to call me"
I also remember one of the harfoots mentioned him finding his "gand" when referring to his staff. In Old Norse Gandalf means Staff-elf or wand-elf.
Durins Bane Has arrived the only other Balrog to be given a Name Apart from Gothmog Lord of the Balrogs
Gothmog is that one eye orc commander in return of the king
@@douglasmitchum1488 Yes indeed but Gothmog the balrog was high chief of Angband under Morgoth and was involved in the killing of kings and fell at the fall of gondilin plenty of videos talking about the old lore ( yes I know the show isn't a copy of the books before I get crucified by someone)
@@douglasmitchum1488 "Then leapt Ecthelion lord of the Fountain, fairest of the Noldoli, full at Gothmog even as he raised his whip, and his helm that had a spike upon it he drove into that evil beast, and he twined his legs about his foeman’s thighs; and the Balrog yelled and fell forward; but those two dropped into the basin of the king’s fountain which was very deep. There found that creature his bane; and Ecthelion sank steel-laden into the depths, and so perished the lord of the Fountain after fiery battle in cool waters." (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, "The Fall of Gondolin")
@@anni.68And then Ecthalion is ruined as a name by being Denethor’s father and grandfather’s name lmao
The disrespect
Just an example of how fast a name can change over time:
My uncle is named Charles, My father [the youngest] heard is other older brother call Charles "Baby Brother". He was too young to pronounce that so he called him "Bay Bruh" As he got older the name became a sort of nickname. So it was "Bay Bruh" for many years, and when we came along WE couldn't call him "Bay Bruh" that was my father's name for him, so we called him Uncle "Bay".... He's been called Uncle bay for so long, that my nieces and nephews and cousins all call him Uncle Bay and always ask, "WHY? his name is Charles? Why is he not Uncle Charles or Uncle Chuck?" *LOL* 😅😅
I'm pretty sure that balrogs can change their size. They're Maiar like Gandalf and Sauron after all. Just lesser rank.
soooo....to grow more Mithril someone has to fight a Balrog right?
Didn't that black elf get stabbed last episode. Hows he back?
I hope Calvin meant a geographical location and not a Geological one because Valinor is not underground. XD
Um, Geology is the study of the Earth including its surface.
Rhûn/Harfoots still very much a weak link along with some loose screws throughout, but a noticeable improvement over S1!
Is it the best show on TV? No.
But I have a lot of fun with it!
I started watching S1 with my friend who has never seen the movies. It's going well so far, he likes it and doesn't really ask many questions. Only when trying to clarify stuff like 'So elves live longer than humans? Or are they immortal?' He also did say 'What if this is Gandalf lol' pretty quickly. But he didn't expect Halbrand to be Sauron so that reveal messed him up, he really liked Halbrand. I'll get to the movies with him at some point but it's been a nice view into a different perspective!
fuck the haters, season was great and Blind Wave reactions show that they'd agree
That is not how that works friends. Blind wave is made up of its own people and they do not speak for all on who would or would not enjoy the show. Regardless of our enjoyment, there will be haters. Every piece of media faces this. No matter how good it is.
What would you do to haters? Would you punish them for their opinions, comrade?
Of course they like RoP
They love slop of course they love it 🐖
DONT ASK QUESTION'S, JUST CONSUME PRODUCT!
You know what they awoke in the darkness shadow and flame
Guess the Dwarves forgot about that one for a couple of hundred years,
@@supersuede6493 lol but then again how could they know that it was down there all this time
Yes because that's literally the only reason we have a Dwarven storyline so you children can see the thing you like from the other thing because that's all this show fucking is
@@alonzobonilla As much as I loved the opening scene with Durins Bane, I have to say that its REALLY dissapointing that they don't care about it at all after that moment. They only seem to care about Dwarf politics and not that...A FUCKING BALROG OF MORGOTH IS STILL IN THEIR MOUNTAIN.
Like does Durin think that some wee rocks will stop that godlike creature for long?
@@FloundFahrdienstWell, it stopped it for a few hundred years
13:17
I love how Western Media likes to promote cheating as if it's a completely normal thing. I mean, even the music they used for that scene makes you feel like what's happening is so noble lol
In the books, Gandalf did get this name because some people didn't know the difference between human and elf and wizard, so they first called him Grand-elf 😁
Not true. Only someone as stupid as the ROP writers could write Grand Elf = Gandalf.
lol no
It was Gand - elf (wand elf: elf with a staff)
Are by any chance the "Tolkien expert" Amazon hired?
Also...he never came to middle earth until after this age. He should not be there
The rights of Tolkien’s works is such a complicated business, the directors only have the rights to The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings (for practical purposes just the Lord of the Rings appendices) I’m mean they must be doing something right, the show has been in the top 3 since season 1 episode 1… so i'd rather try to be positive about it than continue going about my life entertaining negativity. 40:59
ROP S2 was really good I enjoyed the whole series, haven't read the books but even then people are reaching with their apparent issues with this show. Looking forward to the next 3 seasons.
Beautiful season.
Last few episodes of this season were incredible I thought
here i am ignoring the show bewildered by that sick layed lighted backdrop
Ok. Since we now know the name of the stranger I have a theory that this is a misdirect. I think he actually still is Saruman. Now, I dont exactly know if Saruman as the chief opponent of Sauron is in the LoTR appendix but the stranger (S-Gandalf) is explicitly told that he is in the show. I really think Saruman as a hero of a second age and would instruct Olorin-Gandalf (O-Gandalf) what the fight is about is more compelling. It would latter make more sense that hes bitter against him since he basically stole his whole persona since he had to fight Sauron while O-Gandalf is tasked to uplift people. It would also make sense why O-Gandalf would look to him for guidance in the 3rd age and why the other dark wizard said S-Gandalf convinced them to go to middle earth.
I like Tolkien Cannon. I like the Movies. And I like this series. This is just me fan theorizing against the hate because I am liking the overall arc so far.
It's sad to say goodbye for now. This season was not perfect but very good. In this episode I can't decide what Sauron thinking when he cried during his talk with Celebrimbor. Did he respected him in his way ? Did he's a bit sad to lost him even if he was another tool, pawn in his plan. I don't know.
Kemen...he will become a Nazgûl for sure. Maybe Theo too. I suppose we'll see this in the 3rd season.
It was always great to see your reactions guys. Always calm positive and fun.
I love that Adars death scene mirrors Saurons death scene where they both got stabbed like hell and standing and looking over them, sad for Adar though, I liked the guy
I need to go back and check to see if the sword Gilgalad pulls out is the one Gandalf has in The Hobbit and LOTR. It’s the same sword separated by like 3000 years
We are heading to the great battle where Sauron fought the last alliance of men and elves before he is struck down by Isildur looking foward to it
Thank you guys for your great reactions and insights this season! Looking forward to season three!!
Honored my comment got read! Arondir is a total hottie!
If you can forget this is Tolkien inspired and look at it as its own entity it's still bad.
Fun fact: Robert Strange who played Glüg also was the man inside the Boogeyman in Doctor Who Space Babies!!!
The playing with rocks makes me think the "dark wizard" is Saruman. His staff also has a sort of "eye of Sauron". May have good intentions now, but he obviously doesn't have a problem with killing if he feels like it😄.
Finally we get Imladris!
This season was a huge upgrade on the series IMO. Looking forward to the next
I found season 1 a Lot more compelling than this one. There is just too many disconected plotlines, which take time away from The more interesting parts of the show. Celebrimbor and Sauron deserved a Lot more screentime compared to Gandalf and The hobbits, isuldur arondir and Theo, or all numenor scenes (besides valandils death which was a pretty good scene)
Last season's finale was up there.
@@jp.iglesias1 The Harfoots barely had an hour of material it felt like. They wasted a lot of time with Celebrimbor, dude, like a lot
@@matheusflores619 Celebrimbor should have been one of if not The most central character. Hobbits shouldn't have been a part of the series
Just as bad as season 1
since every life has the same value, the only metric you can go by is the amount of life lost.
If you have to choose betwen an Old Person and a Child to die, you choose the old person, since this way, the least amount of expected Lifetime get's Lost.
who says every life has the same value? when/where has that ever been a true statement not not just a hopeful one?
Excited for Season 3
I wondered how they were going to do the balrog. Good way to show it but for it to drive the dwarves from Moria which comes later. What Pharazon is doing in Numenor is going to have him find Sauron and the fall of Numenor will be similar to the books. Nice touch with Narcil. Also nice that Anarion is mentioned as he founded Minas Arnor (Tirith) and Issildur founds Minas Ithil which becomes Minas Morgul. They do not say it but I believe where the elves are hiding at the end is the future Imladris (Rivendell) and I believe that Sauron or his followers never gained entrance to that valley. Yes some things are out of order or timeline squishing but I think the end result will be the same. The end of all of this I believe is the end of the second age with the Last Alliance. :)
Hey, look, the mythical modern audience does exist.
theyre on the foundation of rivendelle
A truly great ending to a truly great season. Hopefully the next season will be chess is great if not better, and hopefully we won’t have to wait as long for the next season.
If only Sauron had the wherewithal to reach out and take the ring instead of waiting for it to drop into his open palm.
dark wizard theory -- he's not an istar, he's an imposter who calls himself wizard but is actually just a regular sorcerer who was mentioned in the books from the same area. but the way this show has been going, they're probably gonna make him saruman & not some random sorcerer nobody knows.
He kinda confirmed he's an Istar. He said there's five of them. And he had the exact same powers as Gandalf. So. He's probably just Saruman
I quite like the Finale, introduction of Narsil, Durin's Bane, FINALLY Gandalf ( or "what they will call me")
"I like this finale because they said the thing"
@@tracey5745
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@@tracey5745you do know this is a prequel right? It's supposed to lead up to stuff we know. So of course it's cool to see it coming together
eugh the last reaction until season 3 trailers drop Q.Q thanks guys!~ absolutely hyped for Season 3!!
Damn Adar carried this season 🫡
Gandalf's real name is Olorin
Incredible effects with the Balrog, looked straight from the movie
oh but I thought we never mention those "films" in here. Only when it's good apparently, never when it's bad. What an oxymoron.
@@supersuede6493 oh look another reply
@@slipprydoodle that's right. If you don't like my comment, don't reply.
@@supersuede6493 🤦 there's no way you are this stupid and oblivious hahahahah
Loved it. Loved season1 and loved season 2
I really liked this episode and I really like season 2 of the Rings of Power. It was very enjoyable to watch. RIP Adar, he was an awesome character
You sound like a bot.
@@PROVOCATEURSKsays the one who says the same negative shit under every comment...
You're the bot here
Interesting comment about Viggo and Aragorn's sword in the first two movies. In the books Aragorn only carried the hilt shard of Narsil until the fellowship reached Rivendell, where it was reforged before they started on the quest. I have learned to enjoy the books and movies as separate things, but Aragorn carrying only the 12 inches of Narsil through the first part of the story was pretty badass, in my mind. Thanks for a great and enjoyable review!
I think the biggest surprise was that Adar came out as Gaddafi. 😁
Dwarven poltics are gonna take up the majority of s3
This show has been INCREDIBLE, especially this season. It’s gonna be a LONG wait for season 3!
Where did you buy your standards? I have 5 dollars to spare.
Can you cry more, you weird little guy? Your tears are delicious
Can you cry more, you weird little guy? Your tears sustain me
Slop must taste amazing with no standards
Yesssss! Another weird, sad little boy who is too immature to just scroll past nice, positive comments. Please, cry more, I am so hungry for your despair
Gandalf at this point could be the Brown and Saruman the Grey who then get elevated as time progresses. Radaghast joins and become brown, Gandalf grey and Saruman White?
Adar was a good character.
Durin is the heart of the series.
Galadriel is no longer the warrior; hopefully, she'll be a "more likable" character.
We got Gandalf's name, but a new unnamed wizard again.
Elves mortally wounded in a previous episode are healthy in this one.
Hopefully, the Hobbits won't appear anymore. Goodbye to Theo as well.
The Queen of Númenor didn't add anything either.
The series has very good ideas but poorly executed. A
pparently, we'll have the writers from "The Crown" for season 3. (Promising!)
8:10 if you listen closely to the words he says it’s the same stuff Saruman says to Gandalf.
Just like the coated some of the strangers lines to be Gandalf I believe they are doing the same here.
24:28 grand elf in elvish is Gandalf.
Best show of 2024 - Galadriel was amazing
"the wizard does not choose his staff, the staff chooses his wizard, Harry P.. i mean Gandalf."
and apperantly "grand elf" is the new "hold the door".. lol
thanks for pissing all over my fond memories. so looking forward to season 3!
You do know how gandalf got his name right? It's what people called him. But he doesn't want to be called "Grand Elf" because he isn't one. He chose something similar so that it still reminds him of what they called him.
The episode 1000% convinced me there going towards shadow of war live action 🔥
Wait where Celebrimbor actually is a badass elf?
1000000% better of an adaption than this slop right here...
@@supersuede6493😂😂😂😂
@@supersuede6493isn't celebrimbor dead though?
Loved the season overall, I am disappointed though that we only got a reference to what Sauron did to Celebrimbor in the text. I guess they thought it’d be too gruesome to show.
We got gandalf finally😂
The Arondir thing didn't make sense at all... why was he stabbed so bad just to be alive and "well" this last episode... they should have never stabbed him in the 7th episode
Bad directing, bad writing, hastily scrambling everything the last episode. It's not just a bad show, it's THE bad show.
yeah these details that end up having no real narrative purpose have been irritating to watch ngl
Dude your being such a hater right now, just laugh and smile at the pretty colors.
Elves heal faster than humans and they're much stronger. Remember how Maedhros endured 30 years of torture being chained to the mountain.