Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Amazon posting, if we're honest, way too many character posters this morning. There will almost certainly be more, but I got tired of refreshing and waiting. TOO MANY. Spoiler Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 The Rings Of Power character posters https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.polygon.com/platform/amp/22915948/lord-of-the-rings-of-power-characters-posters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 4 hours ago, Disco Stu said: Amazon posting, if we're honest, way too many character posters this morning. I agree. Too many to take in all at once. I do like how a lot of them look, though. Although the proto-Rohirric one is cause for concern: how many plot-lines are they going to try and juggle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Monoverantus 363 Posted February 3, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2022 Hands confirmed Nick1Ø66, crumbs and Chen G. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 I'll update it through tommorow but here goes: Quote E Ema Horvath as Carine, a sister of Isildur's. Trystan Gravelle as Pharazon Morfydd Clark as Galadriel Benjamin Walker as Gil-galad Robert Aramayo as Elrond Lloyd Owen as Elendil ' Owain Arthur as Durin the Younger Sophia Nomvete as his wife (name not known, but codenamed "Eira") Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Tar Miriel Was extremly surprised to see what one can only assume is a Northmen king styled like a man of Rohan milennia later: we've only vaugely heard about this prior and there it is! WampaRat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monoverantus 363 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 We've also got quite a few rings, but are they the Rings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 No, I don't think so. Characters even in the movies had Rings which were strictly decorative: Denethor had one, Thorin had a couple, etc... Even the Ring of Barahir is nowhere to be seen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WampaRat 1,105 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 2 hours ago, Chen G. said: I'll update it through tommorow but here goes: Was extremly surprised to see what one can only assume is a Northmen king styled like a man of Rohan milennia later: we've only vaugely heard about this prior and there it is! I was wondering if someone was deciphering these already.Thanks for the work you’ve done! Is Weta involved in the production design for this series? (I don't visit this Tolkien thread that often so apologies if it’s already been mentioned a while back) Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Doesn’t really look/feel like LOTR to me…but I don’t hate them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 12 hours ago, WampaRat said: Is Weta involved in the production design for this series? Nothing official, but seemingly yes. A couple of its employees are credited on the show's IMDb page, and there's this: Also this: Quote NZ Film Commission marketing head Jasmin McSweeney told Newsroom [...about] some of the New Zealand companies expected to cash in on the production of season one: camera house Metro Film, drone vendor Ariel Camera, caterers Doof Doof and Carwyn’s Catering, dive safety operator Diveworx, safety company Lifeguard & Safety, helicopter company Glacier Southern Lakes Helicopters, casting company Catch Casting, access equipment vendor Pro Services, lighting company Xytech, technodolly vendor Grip HQ, vehicle supplier Snap Rentals, and Peter Jackson's well-known Weta Workshop and Weta Digital. Monoverantus and WampaRat 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monoverantus 363 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Some guy on Reddit claims to know someone who has worked on one of these props. No way of telling if that's true though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 It took me a while to come around to this being Gondolin, but yes. That's Robert Aramayo as Elrond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monoverantus 363 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 I can't be the only one who sees a broken black sword and immediately think about Gurthang, can I? But I don't think they have the rights for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 I thought of that, but I don't know. That one of the most stylized ones, and therefore the most enigmatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 On 04/02/2022 at 4:36 AM, KK said: Doesn’t really look/feel like LOTR to me…but I don’t hate them. Really? Rotk teaser had aragorn in a similar pose...just crop out the image and these posters are the same.... Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,718 Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 5 hours ago, Luke Skywalker said: Really? Rotk teaser had aragorn in a similar pose...just crop out the image and these posters are the same.... Indeed. An excellent imitation of the real thing. On 4/2/2022 at 3:36 AM, KK said: Doesn’t really look/feel like LOTR to me… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUH 65 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 With the new Rings of Power synopsis and character teases, what leitmotifs do we think could be returning? If Howard Shore is indeed involved, I think the premise gives him a lot to work with. His writing for the Second Age in Lord of The Rings is some of his most beautiful. Big choral writing speaking to an ancient history and those rich augmented second intervals. I was recently thinking about the ‘Istari’ motif, and how wonderful it would be to hear more of it, especially in its choral setting: https://youtu.be/Di-lYoHAxbM?t=15 Any chance of wizards showing up in the series? I was pleasantly surprised to see speculation that one of the character posters depicts Durin. What a treat it would be to have any new settings of the stirring ‘House of Durin’ motif: https://youtu.be/eMR9551AIDI?t=187 I like the idea of this theme being used for the character himself, giving it even more weight when it comes back in The Hobbit for his descendants. I’ve read some posts mentioning that Lee Pace’s Thranduil could show up at the Battle of the Last Alliance. An opportunity for 'The Woodland Realm' theme to return, perhaps in a form similar to its prologue choral setting: https://youtu.be/YkeP9Sa0ZoA?t=201 Given Shore won’t likely be the sole composer on the show, if he is being hired at all, I don’t think we can expect the same level of motivic cohesion as in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies. Perhaps my speculation above is expecting too much. Any level of thematic continuity will be appreciated though, even if just brief gestures referring to previous scores. If all we get are a couple of new suites from Shore, that’s still something to look forwards to. On the topic of The Hobbit complete recordings, I have some hopes these may happen. Jim Ware mentioned on the recent ‘LOTR Rarities Music Show’ stream on ‘The One Ring’ that there are about 2 hours of unreleased music across the trilogy. I believe it would be worthwhile to present the full scores in chronological order with the previously unreleased pieces, in remastered form (something seems off with the final score’s album mix) and with rarities material. Given how many niche scores we see get expanded releases, a score as popular as this is likely to get a complete expansion at some point. I think it’s just a case of whether Shore wants it to happen. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Whatever videos you have in your post do not show up for me (and presumably any other Americans either) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 11 hours ago, SUH said: I was pleasantly surprised to see speculation that one of the character posters depicts Durin. What a treat it would be to have any new settings of the stirring ‘House of Durin’ motif: I like the idea of this theme being used for the character himself, giving it even more weight when it comes back in The Hobbit for his descendants. More than one Durin: There's an older Durin (codenamed "Khain"), presumably played by Peter Mullan, and a son of his, also called Durin (don't ask me how it works) codenamed "Brac", played by Owain Arthur, presumably doing his best Peter Mullan impersonation. I guess any number of themes could work for them, although Shore or whomever would have to take the melancholy out of them to depict the Dwarves in their prime: so, in the case of the theme we associate with the House of Durin, variations closer to what we hear over the trilogy's opening credits, and for the theme we associate with Dwarrowdelf something akin to the perliminary form we hear under the arrival of the company to Bag End. I actually think the theme from "The Dwarf Lords" could be a good candidate, too. Elrond (Robert Aramayo) and Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) could get the themes we associate with them from the films, too. Isildur (Maxim Baldry) could get perliminary form of the Strider motive that we hear in Fellowship's prologue. Numenore itself could get the theme we associate with Gondor in the Second Age from the alternate prologue, the theme we associate with the White Tree and Narsil could come back, etc... And what about the themes we associate with the Ring? With the Diminishment of the Elves? With the alliance of the Elves of Eregion and the Dwarves of Moria? The kind of arpeggios we associate with human fallibility? They're all extremly appropriate to the scenario. Its a huge treasure trove. As you said, that level of attention to the motives is unlikely, but one can dream! SUH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Just updating that WETA Workshop is involved: WampaRat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WampaRat 1,105 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 https://deadline.com/2022/02/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-teaser-trailer-super-bowl-1234927712/amp/ Trailer drops during the Super Bowl on Sunday. (Not during the commercial breaks oddly enough. Just releases online) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Just now, WampaRat said: https://deadline.com/2022/02/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-teaser-trailer-super-bowl-1234927712/amp/ Trailer drops during the Super Bowl on Sunday. (Not during the commercial breaks oddly enough. Just releases online) Is that true? I didn't see it in the news article you linked. That would be pretty silly. They're already spending so much money on this series, might as well shell out for the Super Bowl airtime spot too. Nick1Ø66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Might be stuff even earlier than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,353 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Is this official? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Nope. Think that's a re-share from the old rumour-mill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 It is, although I take slight objection to the term "rumour mill" since I was involved in first uncovering it, and its very telling that just as we were about to release that, all the trades started reporting Shore was in talks with the showrunners. Which is not to say that I think this is necessarily true - certainly not the Bear McCreary stuff - but its a little bit more than just "rumour mill." A lot of very assidious research work goes into some of these leaks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Oh, I'm sure! And I won't be surprised at all if it all ends up being true. Just pointing out that it's not official yet! Here at JWFan, we'll make sure you get first credit for breaking the news though Chen Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Yes, by all means treat everything with suspicion until its official! And I do try to give JWFan a heads-up on stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/amazon-the-rings-of-power-series-first-look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Barnald 365 Posted February 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2022 Christ this looks and sounds even worse than I imagined. Nick1Ø66, Bilbo and Edmilson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,718 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 24 minutes ago, Chen G. said: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/amazon-the-rings-of-power-series-first-look These images look exactly like Wheel of Time. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 13 minutes ago, Nick1Ø66 said: These images look exactly like Wheel of Time. I... have to agree. Its weird. Nick1Ø66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 I thought people liked Wheel of Time. Admittedly I didn't follow reception closely, I know my brother liked it a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Holko 9,526 Posted February 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2022 I will highly enjoy watching... the videos about in how many ways this sucks ass. Edmilson, Nick1Ø66, Bilbo and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 You prejudge everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,526 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Tell me one promising thing about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Peter Mullan doing his cranky-Scotsman routine as Durin III Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 uh, some of the sets look nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,718 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 11 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: You prejudge everything! I'm not prejudging. I'm getting my confirmation bias in early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 In the infinite multiverse, there's a potential universe where this is good! Maybe we happen to live in that universe! Nick1Ø66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Hmmm. Looks like Game of Thrones-lite. 1 hour ago, Disco Stu said: I thought people liked Wheel of Time. Admittedly I didn't follow reception closely, I know my brother liked it a lot. I believe it's been dismissed mostly as empty, derivative B-fantasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Who 919 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Based on these couple of pictures, it doesn't look like Middle Earth to me (or GOT for that matter). It looks more similar to Wheel of Time. I'm surprised that they didn't try to make it look more like the Peter Jackson movies actually. Nick1Ø66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 I've been on Vanity Fair's Twitter event. The jouranlsits, who watched the first three episodes, recall hearing "Howard Shore music." Whether they're not musically knowledgable enough to tell Shore from a pastiche or whether it was still a temp-track, is yet to be ascertained but I think we'll know for sure within the coming days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monoverantus 363 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 All these publicity events are just an elaborate ruse to make us all subscribe to Fellowship of Fans, isn't it? Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,694 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 23 hours ago, Holko said: Tell me one promising thing about it. The score. (is there anything you do like?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,526 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, Richard Penna said: (is there anything you do like?) Yes. Good things that passionate people put lots of genuine work into and aren't just disrespectful/lifeless/senseless/bad suckling on established successful things. Barnald and Nick1Ø66 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,694 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 You shouldn't take product flaws as disrespect so easily. That's almost certainly not the reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,526 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 If they gave half a shit, took pride in their work and respected the material they're handling, they'd fix flaws and do quality control rounds. Also in this thread's context disrespect will be applied differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monoverantus 363 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 The article mentions a village called Tirharad in the Southlands. It's worth noting that it doesn't necessarily lie in Harad, since "tir-harad" basically means "watch/guard south". It could be anywhere from Calenardhon to Ithilien. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Tirharad certainly doesn't look very Harad, and its gotta not be too far off of Mirkwood and Lorien for Arondir to be schtupping Bronwyn: I also think its the same village where Galadriel's throwing-down in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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