Answering Your Tolkien Questions Episode 21 - What Weapons Did Sauron Use? - And More!
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00:00 Intro
01:22 Brief reading from The Two Towers
07:01 Why didn't Eonwe warn the elves about Annatar?
10:20 What is the Stone of Erech?
13:43 How did Elrond and Cirdan know that Isildur took The One Ring?
16:40 Were Ents and Eagles Free Peoples?
18:40 How Many Palantiri were there?
21:50 Was Melkor always evil?
24:38 How can elves defeat Maiar?
25:49 Did Sauron have a wife?
28:42 Did Saruman invent gunpowder?
30:38 What weapons did Sauron use?
31:55 What has reading Tolkien taught you?
34:55 How long did Iisildur live after getting the ring?
36:32 Could Eagles travel to Valinor?
42:42 How is Ungoliant so powerful?
46:03 Why was Melkor the only diminished Vala?
48:21 Who was the mightiest elf in the Third Age?
51:00 Could Thorondor defeat Smaug?
52:42 Legendarium vs ASoIaF vs Narnia vs Harry Potter?
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I think the first of many fantasies I remember reading was lined with sci fi. The Dragonriders of Pern, The Allelujah Files, etc.
I never read any of the others. Read Shannara when I was young along with Hobbit and LOTR. Then Howard, Moorcock and Karl Edward Wagners Kane. Finally getting through the Silmarillion about the time that Terry Goodkind came out. My choices were tailored by whatever was in the used bookstore
Regarding Sauron’s and Melkor’s love interests, big ahem. You will note that confronted with Luthien’s beauty, which moves even the villains to lust, Sauron immediately thinks “Oooh, my master would love that”. Just leaving it there. ;-)
@John-Sierra
Күн бұрын
I would state that for Morgoth, Lúthien was an object of lust, not love. You could say the same for Arien, considering how that went. I think he loved Varda, but she knew what was up.
Ive watched a few your videos , very good i like the format , would prefer if your voice was a bit louder and music more quiet, i think this might be autism thing in my case😊
@John-Sierra
6 ай бұрын
No, I agree, sometimes it's hard to tell how loud the music is coming though in the recording.
Excellent! Thank you! I really enjoyed these and this one was one of the best!
@John-Sierra
11 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Gandalf had his fireworks. Did they use gunpowder?
@John-Sierra
12 күн бұрын
Tolkien never said. The biggest allusion to gunpowder, or at least black powder, was the Fire of Orthanc. Gandalf's fireworks were more explicitly magical.
Did Tolkien always intend to bring Gandalf back in The Two Towers, or did he consider a scenario in which Gandalf's death would be permanent after falling into the shadow?
@John-Sierra
11 ай бұрын
There aren't any early manuscripts that don't contain Gandalf the White, there were earlier versions of him in The Hobbit as well as the idea early on in Book I that the "black riders" were actually Gandalf in disguise, but Tolkien never seemed to consider keeping him dead.
but what about his mace? is it just in the movies?
@John-Sierra
21 күн бұрын
Yes, the mace is from the films only. Everything about movie Sauron, his size, the armored look with the three-pointed helmet, the heavy blunt weapon - these are why I call the film version "Morgoth Junior". It's not a bad thing, of course, it's a cool design