mrbellamy 6,272 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 I don't get it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 That's the point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Yeah but it wasn't even fun in a weird absurdist kinda way. It was just...k Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 14 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I don't get it Literally every step Sam takes for the rest of the trilogy is the farthest away from home he’s ever been. He can’t get over it. Frodo is increasingly vexed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 As am I! mrbellamy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,342 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,944 Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Veni, Vidi, Risi. Smaug The Iron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 12, 2020 Chen G., mrbellamy, enderdrag64 and 7 others 1 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrbellamy 6,272 Posted May 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2020 Frodolas looks like Michael Keaton, right? Jay, The Illustrious Jerry, Fabulin and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Fabulin and gkgyver 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,323 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Heheh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,944 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 "They’re like vegetables, and I cooked them like vegetables." "I ATE THEM!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,342 Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gkgyver 1,645 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 I decided to post this is the funny videos thread because look at his wild hair: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kühni 485 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 So what I take from this: HS and PJ tried finding their way through Moria with a single lantern. Howard avoided thematic writing up until LotR (very broadly speaking, his music was thematic way before then, just not at the complex level of LotR). No haircutting in the States due to Corona, either. Pictures of his parents/family to his left. What looks to be a copy of @Doug Adams's book on the shelf as well. PS: I'll get back to you about your PM soon, GK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kühni 485 Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 . Jay and KK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,179 Posted August 2, 2021 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 I created this thread? Fabulin and Bilbo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,323 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Nah I broke off posts from that one giant LOTR thread that used to exist before there was a Tolkien subforum into various threads once it was created. Any posts you see in Tolkien Central with a suspiciously low view count for the number of replies it has, is probably because of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,179 Posted August 2, 2021 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,323 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 I like "They have a fucking cave troll" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,944 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Well, in early drafts of the script, Gimli was going to use bad language all the time. His original line to Aragorn at Helm's Deep was "You are the luckiest, the canniest and the most reckless wench I ever knew!" Nick1Ø66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,689 Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 5 hours ago, Chen G. said: In early drafts of the script, Gimli was going to use bad language all the time. His original line to Aragorn at Helm's Deep was "You are the luckiest, the canniest and the most reckless wench I ever knew!" Calling Aragorn a “wench” would have been pretty f*cking stupid. Men aren’t wenches. The only person in LOTR that could reasonably be called a wench was Rosie as a bar wench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monoverantus 363 Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 On 02/10/2021 at 5:13 AM, Jay said: Surpised no one's done : "One Ring to fuck them all..." blondheim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,323 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,323 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Monoverantus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,338 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 I'm dying here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,342 Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 A couple of these were chuckle inducing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,323 Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 A couple of what? Was there supposed to be something in your post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,342 Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Jay said: A couple of what? Was there supposed to be something in your post? Post adjusted. Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,033 Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 GerateWohl and Chen G. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,342 Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,944 Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 Not gonna lie, seeing The Rings of Power Balrog spliced into footage from The Lord of the Rings trilogy makes me wince a little. Monoverantus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,342 Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 2 hours ago, Chen G. said: Not gonna lie, seeing The Rings of Power Balrog spliced into footage from The Lord of the Rings trilogy makes me wince a little. I have a feeling the creator of the meme didn't notice. Chen G. and Monoverantus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,944 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Oh sure. They got the Balrog as close as legally possible to the New Line version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,342 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 6 minutes ago, Chen G. said: Oh sure. They got the Balrog as close as legally possible to the New Line version. Yep, the most noticeable difference (besides being 2020's CG, instead of 2000's CG) is horn shape, the flames being in the horns, and the horns are more craggy (?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,944 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 36 minutes ago, Presto said: and the horns are more craggy (?) The shape of the horns is very different: the New Line version has rounded horns that curve inward, the Prime version has angled horn that curve outward. They actually started quite different: Then decided to get WetaFX to design one that would "at least rhyme if not end up fairly close to the original from the LOTR trilogy." Weta's Nick Keller first suggested this: But they wanted to even closer to the New Line model, so he did this: This "sorta prequel but not really" approach is really weird for me. Reminds me of the Sam Raimi Oz movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monoverantus 363 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 On 31/10/2023 at 10:13 PM, Chen G. said: Not gonna lie, seeing The Rings of Power Balrog spliced into footage from The Lord of the Rings trilogy makes me wince a little. You're not alone. I cringe every time I see this pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 3 minutes ago, Monoverantus said: So 2005 is 2012, 2004, 2022 and 2006... Monoverantus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monoverantus 363 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 57 minutes ago, Holko said: So 2005 is 2012, 2004, 2022 and 2006... Tbf I don't even necessarily disagree with the sentiment, but the examples picked are just laughably random (I don't know the bottom middle one). Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,342 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 I think that's The Flash (2023)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,944 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 To me it just shows that Amazon's attempts to in effect fool casual fans into thinking they're watching a prequel to the movies they loved is more succesfull than I'm willing to admit. People geuinely do think its the same Balrog. At the same time, I do think most people do feel that, in terms of it being a prequel, something is off. They may not have the words to articulate it, but I think its felt. Most prequels are usually anchored around connections that are much more concrete than what we have in The Rings of Power: major props or environments that are repeated (Hogwarts in Fantastic Beasts, for example), a returning actor (Frank Oz' voice in the Star Wars prequel trilogy), returning music verbatim (the shire theme over The Hobbit opening titles). The Rings of Power has none of that, and the fact that it has these little additions that feel so out of place within the overriding New Line-like aesthetic, like the rock-n'-roll Elf hair, or the Renaissance-like Elven knights, or those hokey-looking wolves and Trolls... The only example I can think of that compares is the Sam Raimi The Great and Powerful Oz, which was in a similar legal situation to The Rings of Power, and likewise serves less a prequel than as a "legally acceptable lookalike." The only difference is The Rings of Power was also able to draft a lot of the people who did work on the "original" films: John Howe, Simon Lowe, Jules Cooke, Jed Brophy, Peter Tait, Daniel Reeve, Weta Workshop, WetaFX, Plan 9 and David Longe, Howard Shore, some of the sound crew, some of the casting agents, and of course New Zealand itself. The way I choose to look at it is that there's a continuity within the oevure of Weta Workshop or Plan 9 et al, but not with the show as a whole. At the very least, the show will have helped these creatives wind-up before The War of the Rohirrim and other more genuine prequels they'll invariably be asked to contribute to; and, when those properties come out, they'll invariably make the show seem all the more the lookalike rather than genuine article. My understanding is the involvement of most of these was downscaled or completely discontinued with the move to the UK. Which is astounding, given that everything we know about season two suggests they're pressing forward with this "Spiritual Prequel" angle. I mean, just look at this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monoverantus 363 Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Presto said: I think that's The Flash (2023)? Well done for including one (1) movie that's actually from the year it's supposed to be then XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,398 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 They should be in a movie together where they are brothers. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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