I’m completely rusty on my Tolkien but are they compressing timeline and events in this ? And bringing in characters from all over the place time wise?
Ps that halbard guy is 100% Sauron I reckon
Re: The all inclusive Lord of the Rings thread
Posted: Sat September 10, 2022 5:19 pm
by elliseamos
I don't know Hobbit/LotR all that well, but believed this to be entirely pre-Hobbit story. Apparently taken from appendices of the LotR books... based on the comment in the credits.
Re: The all inclusive Lord of the Rings thread
Posted: Sat September 10, 2022 6:01 pm
by dimejinky99
elliseamos wrote:I don't know Hobbit/LotR all that well, but believed this to be entirely pre-Hobbit story. Apparently taken from appendices of the LotR books... based on the comment in the credits.
Sorry for the confusion.
This is a thousand or two years before events in LOTR. That’s established.
Just caught up last night with eps 2 and 3. I’m onboard now. It helps that this very much feels of a piece with Jackson’s original trilogy in terms of tone, visuals, etc. There’s some baked-in goodwill because of it.
Re: The all inclusive Lord of the Rings thread
Posted: Mon September 12, 2022 6:44 am
by dimejinky99
I had forgotten the Balrogs were all originally Maiar who were corrupted by Sauron
This changes things.
The stranger could be one.
Or Bombadil. But I don’t see how that works as he’s first before all.
Re: The all inclusive Lord of the Rings thread
Posted: Mon September 12, 2022 1:23 pm
by 4/5
Absolutely loved the third episode. So far each episode has better than the last.