Fun fact, tolkien calculated not only the distances and travel times, but also the moon phases to make sure to always describe the night sky coherently with the time of the year the characters were looking up.

@Raine.in.love.

Жыл бұрын

That’s one of the things that make this stand out. It has so many little details that just improve it immensely

@SKy_the_Thunder

Жыл бұрын

This level of detail is what every world builder aspires to. By the time he wrote LotR, he had created millennia worth of history, mythology, landscapes, cultures and creatures that make the world feel real. Every ruin or settlement the Fellowship passes has its place in the lore and reason for existing. Every name has roots in at least one of the dozens of languages used in this world. Songs and prayers reference the deeper lore, making them internally consistent... That's what you get when a setting has been planned out and refined over the better part of a century.

@wingydingdimsgaster4612

Жыл бұрын

Genius!

@Flint-Dibble-the-Don

Жыл бұрын

@@SKy_the_Thunder That's what you get when spending time with your wife is your other option.

@kalleenstoddard357

Жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly. The thing that I really love about The Lord of the Rings is that you can trace out on a map exactly when and were the fellowship is. That differs Tolkien's work from other writers.

You've got to remember that Tolkein was old enough he actually fought in WW1 as a young man. He was _very_ familiar with how far a man could walk in a day, and would have been able to accurately estimate the time required for the journey. If anything, the grueling nature of the pace required would be due to him simply forgetting to account for the hobbits having shorter legs.

@535phobos

Жыл бұрын

On the other hand, the Western Front wasn't really known for long marches and troop movements... For example, a Wehrmacht soldier in 1941 would have walked a much longer distance than his father in 1918.

@dragon723.

Жыл бұрын

Hobbits were tough though, very tough. They would not necesarily have tired at the same rate as a human would, allowing them to cross more distance over time.

@fiusionmaster3241

Жыл бұрын

@@535phobos yes

@Bustermachine

Жыл бұрын

Also, y'know, a competent medieval scholar. The war experience definitely helped to shape the sheer psychological impact, but Tolkien in general just had a lot of academic knowledge about the kind of warfare he wanted to depict. Incidentally, I highly recommend looking up either the blog, a A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry, or alternatively it's narrated version here on youtube under the user 'AGreatDivorce'. Professor Bret Devereaux goes into great detail breaking the major battle, both film and book version, and does a pretty good job explaining why Jackson made some of the decisions he did when adapting from one medium to the other, also acknowledging when some of those decisions were suboptimal.

@Bustermachine

Жыл бұрын

@Jacky138 I think it's some kind of spam attempt. Obviously, don't click on the link XD

In Boromir's defense, he said one does not SIMPLY walk into Mordor. You can, in fact, walk in if you're careful or stealthy enough but it's not going to be easy. You have to get past a nearly impossible mountain pass, a giant spider, an army of thousands of orcs and trolls, evil Men from Rhun and Harad, fell beasts flying overhead, the Nazgul if they've been called home by their boss, and the far-seeing Eye of Sauron that is actively surveying the area.

@moshonn9318

5 ай бұрын

You can also walk into Mordor by the figurative backdoor, taking the long hike around through either Rhûn or Near Harad and Khand, into the plains of Nurn, cross the internal mountain range into Gorgoroth and toss it into Fires. However, you will need an actual army to fight off the locals, since they are all under Sauron's sway, and a lot more time, since it's so much more distance. As time was of the essense and nobody had that huge a military force to spare, the Fellowship indeed was the only way it was going to work.

@InnocentEkejiuba

2 ай бұрын

I was about to make this comment. Boromir was right. One does not 'Simply' walk into Mordor. Not "One cannot walk into Mordor." It is about the perils of the journey. In fact, this video proves Boromir right.

@masteroogvvay

2 ай бұрын

Yeah except that's twisting the meaning of the phrase. People don't say that phrase in the way you mean. The phrase implies the impossibility, with "simply" just being added for emphasis. You could be a good politician/news reporter 😉

@Pixis1

2 ай бұрын

@@masteroogvvay Yeah, this is probably not what Boromir meant. But what Frodo and Sam were able to achieve proves that one can walk into Mordor. It's just really difficult.

@YourLocalMairaaboo

20 күн бұрын

Like, even if the distance is less than some well-used mountain trails, doing a grueling mountain trail while being hunted down my an army of doom and being psychologically tortured by High Fantasy's satan figure is not exactly my idea of "easy".

It took only 6 months for them to destroy the ring, but gandalf 17 years to figure out what the ring was.

@SovereignStatesman

Жыл бұрын

He knew what the Ring was, he just didn't know WHICH ONE. There were hundreds of Elven-Rings made in Eregion; he didn't know it was a Ring of Power until Bilbo talked about feeling "thin and stretched" in addition to being immortal while he kept the Ring. Saruman knew about the Rings, but Gandalf always sensed that Saruman wanted it; so Gandalf knew he had to find out himself.

@reubenoakley5887

Жыл бұрын

They didn't exactly have internet. Imagine walking on a cross country research journey, searching through ENTIRE LIBRARIES by hand hoping to find relevant information and not being able to ask for help in case the thing you're researching turns out to be a superweapon.

@secretlore6031

Жыл бұрын

@@reubenoakley5887 yeah you have to travel in days just to find information like he being in middle earth by thousand of year as a semi human angel immortal. You can't blame him for not knowing if this is sauron ring like.

@shadown5757

Жыл бұрын

When a relic and the lore that accompanies it has been lost it can take a lifetime to figure out what it was 🤷

@andy-kg5fb

Жыл бұрын

There were a lot of rings made in eregion, it was only reasonable to assume this rather boring looking ring was one of the earlier weaker ones.

Just wanna say that the Sam and Frodo absolutely did not make it look easy. They were miserable for almost the full length of their trip, and Frodo just about died of exhaustion and ring-poisoning halfway up the slope of Mt Doom.

@David-nq8cv

Жыл бұрын

Also believing Boromir of all people? You literally can't trust a word he said

@somebodykares1

Жыл бұрын

He did forget to add that into the equation, Frodo was pretty much ill for a good majority of the trek because of the ring, that would have slowed him down.

@asc3nded397

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Not only was their journey through Mordor extremely deadly, they also were only able to get into Mordor at all by finding a secret path where they have to scale near vertical cliffs, avoid the ringwraiths and orcs and fight a massive spider.

@fewsnow

Жыл бұрын

(Ignore the bots/comments with links)

@osmosisjones4912

Жыл бұрын

www.youtu.be.com/ut-kADAlu9A

"Nine were given to Disney, who above all else desire power!" This fits so freaking well!

@human3745

Жыл бұрын

You mean amazon?

@owyemen9367

Жыл бұрын

@Jim Harrington rings of power has nothing to do with disney

@sleepyee_

Жыл бұрын

not like thats the point 💀

@munkeefinkelbeen5395

Жыл бұрын

Way off topic and to the OP, I love the Mika plushie pic! I have one of those too 😁

@gideondejongh838

Жыл бұрын

Correct.

I think what most people leave out is that Boromir was most likely talking about an army invading Mordor, not about a small stealthy party. Thus, his words at the counsil about 10 thousand men.

@LaserParody

Жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly, since reading the books in the 70s (grade school)...the man is a soldier, a leader of legions....he was thinking on a far grander scale than a couple 'remarkably light on thier feet' Hobbits. Not well known to Boramir or Faramir, he would never have considered at that stage that: "In fact, they can pass unseen by most.” {~ per Gandalf the Gray}... It would have been completely unknown to Boramir.

@Kool_Kids1

5 ай бұрын

I like your funny words magic man.

@richardsalsbury1531

5 ай бұрын

Only in the movies.

@notalotofvideos2120

3 ай бұрын

If he was talking about a lot of men, why would he say "One"?

@crowthewicked8344

Ай бұрын

​@@notalotofvideos2120One army? One group of people?

I didn't realize that having to climb a giant staircase practically straight up, sleeping on said staircase, getting stung by a giant spider after climbing up the big @$$ staircase, and trying to make sure one's master didn't get eaten by that giant spider was a simple thing. You must have such difficult lives if those things are simple for you.

@bobanagos

Жыл бұрын

Sam is a bad @$$! LMAO

@christosanagn.9041

Жыл бұрын

Reminder that Sam was a fuckin' gardener before going off in the adventure of the lifetime.

@Sad-Lesbian

Жыл бұрын

@@christosanagn.9041 he was also almost 30 at the time, while Frodo was fucking 50.

@bogan8865

Жыл бұрын

@@Sad-Lesbian sam was 38 almost 40. Him and Frodo were the eldest at 38 and 50 Merry was 37 one year beneath sam, and pippin was the youngest at 29

@dingo1547

Жыл бұрын

@@bogan8865 Hobbits age slower then humans though. 33 is their equivalent to 18 in men. Also due to the rings influence Frodo hadn’t aged a day past 33 since bilbos birthday.

I always took that line to mean that it's not a simple task. You don't just stroll into Mordor; there's more to it than that. They needed to sneak in. They needed a whole battle to act as a distraction. There needed to be a plan.

@nezfromhki

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I mean the word "simply" is the key here hahah

@SoMuchFacepalm

Жыл бұрын

In modern parlance, Boromir was saying "Walk into Mordor? What you gonna do next? Kick flip a magazine into a AK and 360 noscope the whole army? Bruh I call BS."

@PdArtzs

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what i was thinking

@logansmith2703

Жыл бұрын

That's because that is 100% what he meant

@Average_CoD_Clips

Жыл бұрын

“For Frodo.”

When Sam wielded the ring, it tempted him to use its power. It showed him turning the desolate landscape of Mordor into a lush garden. That's it. That was Sam's greatest desire

@ElysiaWhitemoonOmega

Жыл бұрын

well, he is frodo's gardner :P

@sneaks9150

Жыл бұрын

I didn't know that cause I haven't read the books. I should

@Vael221

Жыл бұрын

ikr, and if I'm remembering correctly his response was something along the lines of "Well that seems like far too much work one little old hobbit, I'd much rather just stick to my small garden."

@clausroquefort9545

Жыл бұрын

not just that. He also felt super OP and undefeatable and his aura of power and might drove nearby orks away in fear and reverance. But in the end he was just like "oof, how about we fuckin don't, I don't want to be an overlord" and gave it back to frodo

@williammartin9612

Жыл бұрын

the ring looked through sams mind and fully could not find anything else to latch onto other than gardening, and that's fuckin baller

"everyone was tempted by the ring" Well to be fair... Gimli was the only one who actually attempted to destroy the ring by himself

@Scorprock102

Жыл бұрын

Probably because his desire was to not look weak infront of elves

@skitariiranger4346

Жыл бұрын

@@Scorprock102 no, dwarves are canonically super difficult for the ring to corrupt,

@gabrieldilley9288

Жыл бұрын

@@skitariiranger4346 Its not that they were necessarily super difficult to corrupt. They were harder to corrupt than menfolk, but the ring also scales according to power, so the more powerful are more strongly affected. It also depends on ambition, and the effect of the rings given to the dwarves typically led them to be greedier and harsher (think Thorin in the hobbit)

@hugegamer8004

9 ай бұрын

For some odd reason that makes sense to me. I feel like a dwarf would make fun of it for being such a simple ring and likely insult sauron for his choice. I can imagine rich mining dwarf saying things along the lines of ''I bet it's full of impure metals" and alike. Like he said in the video hobbits did care about the ring for the fact it was a valued physical object. So while not as pure hearted it would make sense if dwarfs cared more for wealth than power. I feel like Thorin (I think that's the right name) would happily take the arkin stone over the ring. I guess not if it hat time to take over him ofcourse.

@mememan5466

7 ай бұрын

Sam also gave away the ring willingly which is an almost impossible task

i never actually realized that they covered like 80% of the way in the first movie and the remaining 20% in the remaining two :O

@SovereignStatesman

Жыл бұрын

One does not simply walk INTO Mordor; walking TO it is easy.

@KRStephen

Жыл бұрын

Pareto principle at its finest

@Michallote

Жыл бұрын

I mean they basically entered the war zone, lost their strongest member, then were separated from their most adept traveler (Aragorn) by the enemy and the two Hobbits had the slightest clue on how to get there

@prons_gaming5083

Жыл бұрын

That's because the second and third are focused more on the battles and invasions, while the first one is almost entirely about the journey/travelling itself

One can walk to Mordor, but not SIMPLY walk to Mordor. It is a difficult task, not a simple one.

@Eliton213

Жыл бұрын

Good one friend

@GriffinZambia

Жыл бұрын

*Ok_Dont_Read_My_Names* 😐

@demonwolf8024

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking mate, poor Boromir wasn't wrong.

@qdllc

Жыл бұрын

It’s also “walk INTO Mordor.”

@randomnoob101flyhightweek

Жыл бұрын

@[卐]Lakehuntist ⸜⁄ says the one with a fake verification check

This was also the reason Bilbo was able to survive his encounter with Smaug. The dragon could basically smell everything he'd ever touched, or done, and every place he'd ever been, but he wasn't familiar with the scent of a Hobbit, having never before encountered one.

@miniespeon158

Жыл бұрын

@RR bot

@smartyexplorer135

Жыл бұрын

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@cryptic-lemon9755

Жыл бұрын

That’s not true. Even though that was originally the plan, by the time they reached Erebor, Bilbo’s own stench was overpowered by dwarf smell. Smaug points that out several times.

@pyropulseIXXI

Жыл бұрын

So, since he never encountered a Hobbit, the smell should've been foreign and therefore extremely noticeable. So no, your reasoning is not why Bilbo survived, you absolute chud

@pyropulseIXXI

Жыл бұрын

@@cryptic-lemon9755 OP is a typical moron, one who proudly states things that are demonstrably false, and then gets praise for it, thus reinforcing his wrongness and arrogance

As a thru-hiker on the AT, I can say with confidence that it is DEFINITELY possible. We used to make jokes about LOTR all the time. Katahdin was our Mt. Doom. I even knew a guy whose trail name was Frodo. He had a ring that he wore around his neck that he planned to chuck off the top of the mountain

Tolkien made a statistic to measure the stride of the hobbits to ensure that the hobbits could have made it to mordor in the time he stated. That is how dedicated Tolkien was to this story.

@Amokra

11 ай бұрын

in the Middle Earth Atlas they found he had even taken into account the curving of earth as it was based on the British lands with a lower sea level (can't recall the exact name for it).

@lordchadthe69thofsussex72

3 ай бұрын

He served in WW1 so he'd definitely know how far a man can walk in a day

@notalotofvideos2120

3 ай бұрын

Fitting pfp, considering Tolkien faught in WW1 for the Brits

Actually, Samwise's weightloss was because Sean Astin took up Marathons and Triathlons during the course of the trilogy. In fact, he got too fit at one point, and Jackson told him to stop training while filming. Little did Jackson realize, the weightloss made the toll of the quest more believable.

@jessicaable5095

Жыл бұрын

I think they must've realized that benefit, given that they didn't re-tailor the clothes to fit better.

@TheRealFrozenFire

Жыл бұрын

What a chad

@smartyexplorer135

Жыл бұрын

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@notanotaku1101

Жыл бұрын

One of those wonderful moments where real world influences end up inadvertently leading to good film storytelling

@cortd5273

Жыл бұрын

@@notanotaku1101 absolutely, like that scene of Gandalf accidentally bonking his head in Bad End and Peter Jackson kept that scene in the movie. Or when Aragorn kicked that Orc helmet and screamed out in pain cause he broke his toe and Jackson left that part in cause it was perfect.

This theory just proves how much of a masterpiece The Lord of the Rings is.

@journeyerjyoti8642

Жыл бұрын

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@JmonsterNEO

Жыл бұрын

And how dedicated to details Tolkien was

@smartass0124

Жыл бұрын

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@quagsiremcgee1647

Жыл бұрын

Facts. This story is great. The movies captured it so well.

@mrmagnamalo7864

Жыл бұрын

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The strain of the hike is actually accountes for by the end of the movies too when you come to think of it. Both Frodo and Sam are utterly exhausted by the time they reach the mountain, and are at their breaking point, so it adds up in that regard as well.

@Amokra

11 ай бұрын

that's one of the reasons the ring started to effect Frodo so badly as well

12:00 literally if you act confidently enough and wear appropriate clothes, you can waltz in just about anywhere that doesn't have a fingerprint scanner. I've genuinely used this tactic in some cases, though obviously not to rob a museum. Just know that it works like a charm and if anyone looks at you weirdly, look back weirdly. They'll likely think they haven't gotten an obvious memo and back off before they're caught "uninformed"

@andrewg.carvill4596

Жыл бұрын

My father used to call that tactic "walking in as if you own the place"

“Nine were given to Disney, who above all else desired power…” Spot-on as usual, MatPat. 😎

@phillyfoden4164

Жыл бұрын

spot on with that.. but he said rings of power was pretty good. he was dead wrong about that.

@crazyman8472

Жыл бұрын

@@phillyfoden4164 Well, you can’t win ‘em all. 😁

It boils down to one word. Simply. You can walk into Mordor, but it's not a simple thing. The hobbits needed to be pushed to even start the journey. Then they needed protection. They needed rest at friendly areas and at times needed transportation. And in the end they needed Sauron to be distracted. It was no simple Sunday stroll.

@akatsuki7986

Жыл бұрын

@Not gonna lie report them for misinformation and move on

@oriongurtner7293

Жыл бұрын

If we’re being nitpicky, I have an argument: them crossing the border of Mordor, the specific place and time and circumstances that they did, _was_ a case of ‘simply walking into Mordor’ The rest of it, including the part leading up to and directly after, wasn’t simple at all, but a paralyzed Frodo getting carried by some Orcs with Sam trailing behind was the simplest their whole trip had been since The Shire and I’m pretty sure that’s exactly where they crossed into Mordor at

@tyrannicpuppy

Жыл бұрын

@@oriongurtner7293 If I recall correctly, it's just after Cirith Ungol that counts as the true 'border of Mordor'. They are both conscious and upright when they do walk over that border. But they are both pretty rough, having just escaped the riot. They may simply walk over the line that counts as the border, but they'd already experienced a whole lot of difficult in the hour or two leading up to it.

@oriongurtner7293

Жыл бұрын

@@tyrannicpuppy ah thank you, couldn’t remember the exact part, I just remember that they basically did ‘simply walk into Mordor’ at some point there

There's also one thing to note. Time in elven realms doesn't pass normally, but it's kind of "slowed down". So the two months that they spent in Rivendell weren't actually two months

@alexmckee4683

Жыл бұрын

I don't think that's the case for Rivendell, but it is hinted that there's some temporal strangeness in Lorien.

@SpiritLife

5 ай бұрын

Yeah they would have gotten a year's worth of rest in just one month

The eye also isn't a genuine literal eye in the books, it's just the manifestation of Sauron through the Palantír and his armies, and being able to see the world from that lens.

Boramir didn't say " one does not walk into Mordor" He said " one do's not SIMPLY walk into Mordor" And he was right. It wasn't simple, it was quite difficult.

@GentlemanSnakeSculptures

Жыл бұрын

I was going to say exactly this😁

@avalon00x

Жыл бұрын

A difficult walk is sill simply walking. simply refers to the means of travel, just like the theorist said no one expected two hobbits to simply walk into Mordor. Yet that's exactly what they did.

@GentlemanSnakeSculptures

Жыл бұрын

@@avalon00x but it wasn’t simple. So they did not walk in a manner that could be considered ‘simply’. Let’s face it they were going to be walking one way or another so simply was definitely referring to the difficulty, regardless of intent that’s how it pans grammatically.

@DamianSzajnowski

Жыл бұрын

@@GentlemanSnakeSculptures they weren't simps nor simping on the way so indeed they weren't "simply" walking /s

@HexagonThatReallyLikesVinegar

Жыл бұрын

"One does, however, VERY DIFFICULTLY walk into Mordor."

It's the "simple" part of that quote that's the most accurate. "One does not simply walk into Mordor": can you walk in there? Yes. Is it simple? Absolutely not: that is why there is story to tell after Rivendell. So yeah, Boromir did kinda know what he was talking about.

@alexanderzack3720

Жыл бұрын

boromir was more qualified to talk about the "simple" than most others at that meeting he was hearing and participating in gondors conflict with mordor his whole life

@jonokai

Жыл бұрын

I'm really glad some people caught the actual connotations of Boromir's words. It was not saying "You cannot pass the border on foot!" It was, "You need a plan, a strategy, supplies, etc". But as per usual MatPat has gone off into Literal Land just to get clicks.

@vannalaws1692

Жыл бұрын

@@jonokai I mean, in the film he goes on to explain how dangerous, poisonous, and dark Mordor is and says "not with 10,000 men could you do this" before calling the whole mission "folly". I think you could not be more off-base in saying he meant they needed a plan and supplies. He was directly telling the entire council that they could not go into Mordor and destroy the ring, and if it wasn't for two very hardy Hobbits and a lot of luck then he would be right. It also bears mentioning that he was saying all of that as part of his pitch for why the ring should go to Gondor instead of being destroyed at all. Your interpretation that he was only encouraging the council to come up with a better plan or supplies or whatever actually makes no sense considering all that. It really seems like you're just trying to find something to insult MatPat about.

@vannalaws1692

Жыл бұрын

@@akiameko1984 Actually, the sad part is that in the midst of fans thinking about and overexplaining the content they love, there are still people like you who will judge them for having fun.

One mustn't forget that hobbits, being halflings, have to take about twice the amount of steps. Very thoughtful & thorough of you to bring that detail up!

Fun fact, in the book Bilbo actually starts to get corrupted by the ring. We also saw the game thing with Gollum, according to his backstory, Gollum was a hobbit, his friend found the ring and Gollum loved it so much he unalived him to get it, Gollum then hid in a cave to try and protect his ring, his precious, fact, even Bilbo started to call the ring his precious at the start of The fellowship of the ring. So making a theory on Hobbits not being corrupted is false, but it’s a very cool theory never the less!

@bbgun061

Жыл бұрын

They are much less corruptible than anyone else.

@fabiomorandi3585

Жыл бұрын

He didn't say Hobbits are immune to the Ring's corruption, just that they're usually so lacking in ambition compared to other races they aren't susceptible to its standard conning method.

@goodfriend2603

Жыл бұрын

He just said that they don’t use the ring for world destruction but they are definitely cuoorpted by the ring. Like what you said.

@diannt9583

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, the movies forgot about Tom Bombadil. That was the one entity in the book that could not be corrupted by the One Ring.

@Michallote

Жыл бұрын

@@diannt9583 Yeah but he couldn't be trusted with it either. Gandalf considered him but he concluded that Tom would wander off and forget he was on a mission

I love how Sauron is barely seen throughout the trilogy, but his presence is constantly felt. Part of what makes him an iconic villain.

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Жыл бұрын

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@AveSequoia

Жыл бұрын

He’s like satan

@owyemen9367

Жыл бұрын

Honestly seeing sauron physically arrive and fight is one of my dreams

@GriffinZambia

Жыл бұрын

*Dont_Read_My_Names.* 😒

@StonyCarrot1001

Жыл бұрын

@@BiggiecheeseAKAgod dude it’s the internet everything is stolen💀

I always took the expression "one does not simply walk into Mordor" to mean you need more than that, including preparation, caution, and an acknowledgement that you likely aren't coming back

@LordSiravant

Жыл бұрын

This is accurate, as Mordor is Sauron's stronghold and just walking in without any preparation or care is simply not possible. The whole quest hinged on keeping Sauron too distracted to notice what was really going on, or it definitely would have failed.

@rhov-anion

Жыл бұрын

I agree. This was not "SIMPLY" walking at all. Aragorn had to lead a whole army just to give them a slim chance.

@recitationtohear

Жыл бұрын

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@mikelitoris8809

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention that the actual destruction of the ring took a literal act of the Valar, Smeagol breaking his oath. Even Frodo wasn't able to drop the ring into the fire.

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Жыл бұрын

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I'm pretty sure that orcs did see sam walking into mordor in the books but the effect of the ring made him look like an extremely formidable opponent. They were terrified of him so turned a blind eye.

11:21 The orcs are also canonically stupid brutes, it doesn't take a lot to fool them

I always thought Boromir actually referred that you can't just walk in by the multiples dangers that there are in the whole path: orcs (a LOT of orcs), goblins, the nazguls, men from rhun and harad, saruman, men that follow saruman, he didn't knew it at the time but uruk-hais, plus every living thing that follow its own way and didn't care of the ring, PLUS those who get tempted by the ring (example: his own father)

@D64nz

Жыл бұрын

That's how I take it too. One does not *simply* walk into Mordor. He's right. It's anything but simple. And he never said it's impossible.

@Wanderingsage7

Жыл бұрын

And you know the whole ring=big bloody beacon thing.

@ZiddersRooFurry

Жыл бұрын

Boromir was right...to a certain extent. His issue was that he'd spent way too long listening to his father Denethor's opinions about men and other 'lesser' races. He wasn't saying it outright but what he was probably thinking was , "These short, weak Hobbits aren't going to just waltz into Mordor."

@terrorstalker

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, he was referring to how you can't just simply walk in unopposed, not that you physically can't

@NoNameEst1992

Жыл бұрын

People always seem to make assumptions of how it could've happened AFTER seeing how it played out. For example if your saying "they could've done this and that" after watching the film and knowing that let's say, saurman dies. Your already at an unrealistic opinion because you KNOW that saurman dies and therefore can't effect any plan you have now made. If your actually in the film and trying to get to mordor knowing saurman is watching all the way with his spies etc, not possibly knowing he would be killed at some point your perspective is a millions times different and therefore so is your judgement. I hope that wasn't confusing I just tried to give an example of my mindset when I hear people say "they could've just done this and it wouldve been easy"

This took “Walk in there and act like you own the place” to a whole new level.

@cathy-pz2to

Жыл бұрын

Will the memes ever end lol

Well, at the end even Frodo was tempted. Gollum had to bite his finger off. But Sauron is definitely the greatest dude in the universe. They should make a car brand or Sauron clothes.

The stride length may be accurate, but the cadence can also go up with the shorter stature, so the total impact to speed may be surprising.

This was a really good one. Honestly kind of refreshing to see a story proved feasible, and then hammering home Tolkien’s themes was icing on the cake. I think it’s also mentioned in the books that Sauron couldn’t conceive of someone trying to destroy the ring. In its whole history, the only people to willingly give it away were Bilbo, Sam, and Frodo (sort of, Gandalf refused and Frodo ends up taking it back as the official ring bearer at the Council of Elrond)

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Жыл бұрын

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@samtjman

Жыл бұрын

And Frodo did offer it to Galadriel, so he was even willing to give it up.

@Darth_Insidious

Жыл бұрын

Aside from those 3 only Smeagol and Isildur had possession of the ring. Isildur was on his way to Rivendell to seek counsel about the ring when he was killed by those orcs.

@sammulliken3799

Жыл бұрын

he should do a theory on moral oral

@mikespearwood3914

Жыл бұрын

@@Darth_Insidious Isildur refused to destroy it, and so did Frodo. Sam seemed incorruptible and presumably could've done it by free will.

Also the distance here isn’t even taking account for how long they possibly walked in circles in those mountains before hitting the marshes

"One does not simply walk into Mordor..." Actually it's going to be Super-Easy, Barely even an inconvenience😆😂🤣

Borimir was referring to Mordor crawling with orcs, and nearby lands being riddled with spies rather than the actual distance.

@Ericshadowblade

Жыл бұрын

Theres also a gaint flaming eye scanning all of mordor that needs to be distracted

@kerbalairforce8802

Жыл бұрын

All of which would require you to slow down to hide, or leave the established roads and trails which also slows you down.

Frodo and Sam didn't "simply" walk into Mordor though. They had to take the hidden way that only Gollum knew, which nearly cost them both their lives b/c of Shelob. And the orcs weren't worried about that weak spot b/c they knew anyone going through would likely be killed by Shelob.

@SovereignStatesman

Жыл бұрын

The Orcs were the main problem, since they were always watching the passage; and the Silent Watchers kept anyone from getting through unless they had magic, like the Phial of Galadriel (the orcs also said spies from Gondor could get through).

@Zain-iv9yv

Жыл бұрын

@@SovereignStatesman The orcs weren’t the main problem. The main problem was that Sam and Frodo didn’t know the way and Gollum showed them.

@caseyhamm4292

5 ай бұрын

that’s what i was thinking the whole time. when the captains of the west tried to simply walk in the gate, they were met with an army

Tolkien 100% thought about how long it would take to travel. I think your distance estimate is a bit too high, other estimates are closer to 1k miles. But really liked the ending where you explained how Tolkien did it all on purpose. He was extremely brilliant which is why they stand up today (unlike the trash Amazon series).

@minioop2

8 ай бұрын

Why is the Amazon series bad

@CoolMaster-gr3bp

5 ай бұрын

​@@minioop2Breaks the lore and has bad writing

Observer bias is how I got into so many college parties in highschool lol

More insight on the Ring's inability to attempt hobbits: in the books, it tried to make Samwise take it for himself, but all it could do was make him imagine Mordor covered in flowers.

@GriffinZambia

Жыл бұрын

*Dont_Read_My_Names.* 😒

@UserTenNumbers

Жыл бұрын

Do not attempt me Frodo! My heart has been broken before.

@blayde224

Жыл бұрын

I love how Sam's reply to that is basically "yeah nah... my little garden back homes good enough for me!"

@joshuakim5240

Жыл бұрын

In hindsight, it's kind of funny how hard of a time the One Ring has regarding tempting hobbits. They're so simplistically pleased with minor things that none of the Ring's usual tricks of inflating ambition, greed, or ego can work so it has to try ridiculous things that normal people would fall over laughing at. Not even Gollum fell into those vices, and he was the most extreme case of ring poisoning possible.

@TOMNICE

Жыл бұрын

@Thank me later STOP SPAMMING!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sauron wasn't worried about the ring being destroyed. Even Frodo actually turned away from destroying it at the last minute. The only reason it is destroyed is because Gollum attacks him to steal it and in his greed accidentally falls into the volcano with the ring.

@DominationDom

Жыл бұрын

all true, but it is his promise he gives to frodo "WE SWEARS IT!! WE SWEARS IT!!" and Frodo going "the Ring is treacherous. It will hold you to your word" and everything else you wrote is true :)

@aerysgaming894

Жыл бұрын

This is foreshadowed by Gandalf when he talks to Frodo in Moria about "Bilbo's pity" and "Gollum's part to play" The Istari were part of the song that created Middle-earth, though he doesn't remember exactly how it all plays out, he has a vague rememberance.

Good video but kind of missed the point They didnt simply walked there, they went through the backdoor while the camp was kind of empty because it was thought the ring was with someone in the front door

The last part about the lore should have been called “The Lore of The Rings”

The best possible in and out of universe explanation for how Frodo and Sam were able to destroy the ring is that Sauron in his ambition was quite hubris and it never even occurred to him that someone would ever want to try to destroy the ring. Beautiful thematic storytelling and very plausible! It makes perfect sense and is just so perfect that he wrongly assumed anyone who had it would try to use it.

@xczechr

Жыл бұрын

Hubristic is the word you're looking for.

@certifedcupcake

Жыл бұрын

the way Tolkien crafted these stories and how cohesive they are is nothing short of incredible. There is not one plot hole. The TV shows or movies could never recreate that. (although i LOVE the pj trilogy, knowing all the details from the books helps make sense of things.) The trilogy is an absolute necessity and must read IMO.

@Ragazaloth

Жыл бұрын

can't blame sauron there, Isildur and Elrond had the perfect opportunities for destroying the ring, but they couldn't

@Knowbody42

Жыл бұрын

@@Ragazaloth Elrond probably would have, but Isildur was the one in posession of it.

@somethingwithultra7231

Жыл бұрын

That's the whole thing, and then you can't forget the prime opportunity later on of it somewhat working out. Alot of forces gathered at the gate, where with Sauron's hubris. The whole battle was basically not only seemingly instantly won to him, but he'd just gained a prime opportunity at butchering some major key players.

Mordor is a massive fortress in a world shaped by World War 1. Boromir always meant "Mordor is really hard to get into. It's not entering Wal-Mart". Those challenges mentioned are precisely the things Boromir feared

@connorcarrillo1139

Жыл бұрын

what?

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Жыл бұрын

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@tsmith0187

Жыл бұрын

@@connorcarrillo1139 he’s saying that Boromir saying “one cannot simply walk into Mordor” isn’t supposed to be literal. The LOTR proved that you can walk into Mordor, it just isn’t simple. It required an entire army to cause a distraction just to get the hobbits close

@sportsboiz350

Жыл бұрын

Yes, the hobbits ended up traveling to the nearest Target because they thought walking into Walmart would be too boring. You see, Sauron aka Obama owns all the store cooperations, and Target was the only one vulnerable. In the sequel to LOTR, called The Lord of THINE Rings, it is made clear that Boromir was on Crack at all times, so when he said all da stuff, stuff didnt make sense, like this comment u are now reading

@connorcarrillo1139

Жыл бұрын

@@tsmith0187 I was referring to the comments about WW1 and Walmart. Which in this context is baffling and makes no sense.

I am all for more LOTR theories! That was fascinating! Thank you guys for always doing your research and chasing down your curiosities.

It's fun to hear your theories (and your teams)

I want to know MatPat's definition of "easy". Because Frodo and Sam's journey to Mt. Doom never came across as easy to me.

@matthewsimon6170

Жыл бұрын

I mean, it mostly because of the Ring affecting Frodo, not necessarily that the journey couldn't be made easy.

@SalamiSelimbo

Жыл бұрын

Im gonna cite Yuzuhira from Dr stone to answer you " it's a lot of work but it's easy work"

@hyzmarie

Жыл бұрын

Ha! Lol

Thing is, Tolkien probably thought of each and every one of these points when making the story

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Жыл бұрын

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@KrepsyK

Жыл бұрын

absolutely

@icegod4849

Жыл бұрын

based kaguya pfp

@annonomous2158

Жыл бұрын

Tolkien knew that the Internet was coming and the entire world would unite to nitpick his whole story one day. Probably not, but I'm sure he definitely did his research just in case some of his fellows at the time wanted to take it apart.

Loved the video dude it's always so entertaining how much detail goes into them haha

14:10 That “Magic Ball” is called a Palantir.

He has some excellent dry humour and referencing.

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Жыл бұрын

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@mariomaster101official

Жыл бұрын

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@colt1903

Жыл бұрын

How many bots? Yes.

@GriffinZambia

Жыл бұрын

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@EEEEEEEE

Жыл бұрын

‎‎‎‎‎‎E

Honestly, I already know about observer bias because of the Hitman games. You didn't always need a disguise as long as everyone didn't look too closely. They usually look at the uniform rather than the face.

@1thedanfan949

Жыл бұрын

No wonder agent 47 did all that so easily

@LadyOnikara

Жыл бұрын

And, he could disguise himself as an individual person even though he's bald. "Hey, Jimmy! Oh, did you get a haircut? Looks good! Let's get to serving ice cream to these nuns then." (Random example. I've never played these games but they look fun!)

@itsd0nk

Жыл бұрын

It really works in real life, even without a uniform or ID. It’s 99.9% in the attitude. If you can keep yourself in a steady mental state of belonging where you’re going as if you do it every day of your life, people’s brains will not notice you sticking out in a crowd at all. You have to basically believe it yourself. Ultimate casual energy. It takes lots of practice, but is *strangely* effective.

@Mr12Relic

Жыл бұрын

I worked in a cheese factory for a few months. In my first days of training, they ran out of blank uniforms in my size because they just switched companies, so a manager gave me a uniform of a recently retired admin with an embroidered nametag. For a few days, I was "Jim" and everyone was extra nice.

Calling Sauron a light house and Saruman a hype man made my day.

Love that "clipboard&ladder" being a key to everything. Had to use it few times before. Recently it was a Van and correct attitude. Managed to get through security gate into the yard on a warehouse.

it would be really cool to see more fantasy stuff covered here. the Loring opening was beautiful

@bayardkyyako7427

Жыл бұрын

I mean it's all fantasy stuff but I get what you're saying.

@shreyanshsingh379

Жыл бұрын

@alida flus in a way, it does. that's what his livelihood depends on

That makes perfect sense about casually sneaking into places where you don't belong. A lot of people aren't gonna look at you twice if you act like you're supposed to go into the place you're sneaking into. Many people will look out for people that have nervous appearance cuz they might be trying to do something they aren't supposed to do. I tell my friends that all the time when we sneak into places. "Look like you're supposed to be here and no one will double check your story."

@NarwahlGaming

Жыл бұрын

I always did the opposite; even though I was legit to be there I would act suspicious and even do the Mission Impossible theme, like Peter Griffin in that cut away. 😂 One time me and a buddy were tossing some rolled up carpet so we bulged the middle and stuck some boots on broomsticks so they hung out the end and "suspiciously walked" it over to a van. 😂 No one batted an eye.

@xczechr

Жыл бұрын

You can get into a surprising numbers of places quite easily if you're carrying a ladder.

@stephens101student

Жыл бұрын

My husband and I accidently snuck into a green room at a convention and got basically front row seats to the cosplay contest. I genuinely had no idea what it was. We just waltzed right in

@tolkienism3806

Жыл бұрын

there's actually a book series called rangers apprentice that talks about how rangers where people can easily miss a rangers simply because they aren't expecting a ranger.

@bspitler0

Жыл бұрын

Great way to get free food from mc Donald's. Walk in with a polo and hat, grab some fries, walk out.

The intro was epic :)

Yes! We want more theories like this one please!

I found out from a VERY young age that you can just walk into almost any restricted area confidently as if you’re supposed to be there and no one will give a second glance. Got into a lot of places I shouldn’t have been

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Жыл бұрын

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@millianarakuzen

Жыл бұрын

Good thing you live in a relatively safe time now

@DanskerneFraDanmark

Жыл бұрын

It’s true lmao that happened at my old work once when one directions was ther it was even a member ther just get ther early and stole a golf cart and one of the managers for the concert and yelled at him over it for 15 mins lmao

@thegamingillustrator

Жыл бұрын

literally when i forgot my uniform for work, and the people had no idea i worked there. i just walked into the back like i was always a worker (i was 2 days in my first week.) and no one noticed or cared.

@jadedesigns6171

Жыл бұрын

If you look like you know what you are doing people assume you do

Well considering the fact that in this video you listed out that they needed to travel thousands of miles, have specially qualified people to bring the ring in who were stealthier, and literally throw a hail Mary pass to distract the dark lord at the very end, I'd say it wasn't a simple walk into Mordor.

Such a video man! Loved it

and here I thought this video was going to talk about the boring trip around the mountains surrounding three sides of Mordor, to enter it from the East.

Mordor always seemed too conveniently fortified by the mountains surrounding it, to me. The thought that Morgoth, ages ago, may have made it that way intentionally and strategically for future plans is something I really like.

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Жыл бұрын

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@unknownvariable9239

Жыл бұрын

Spammer + bot

@unknownvariable9239

Жыл бұрын

It’s impossible for Oscar universe to write an original comment

@pickledturnip5113

Жыл бұрын

Bro you only need to comment once. We get it.

@unknownvariable9239

Жыл бұрын

@@pickledturnip5113 he is copying new comments and reposting them as his own for likes. No different than a bot

I think it's good that you talked about the *film's* canon, not confusing it with book canon, as in the actual lore, Sauron is not really an actual floating eyeball. The Eye of Sauron is more of a metaphorical thing in the books as he does actually still possess a body, but he uses the symbol of the Eye for his armies. He also has a Palantir, like the one Saruman had, which lets him see across vast distances. The literal fire Eye on top of the tower is really only a liberty taken by the filmmakers.

@noahsan92

Жыл бұрын

wasn't Sauron also actually an elf, and Celebrimbor was his sort of rival

@jaredg.sternrogers7681

Жыл бұрын

@@noahsan92 Nope on both accounts. Sauron was one of the Maiar, an angel of sorts, and hardly was considered with Celebrimbor aside from manipulating and working with him to create the 9 rings of men and 7 for the dwarf lords.

@nezfromhki

Жыл бұрын

@@noahsan92 kind of but not really. Sauron was never really an elf, but he was disguised as one when tricked Celebrimbor into making rings. Sauron is a very powerful Maia, which you could think of as an "angel" in the lore. Not a god but a powerful magical being. Balrogs and Wizards are also Maiar.

@Not_Ciel

Жыл бұрын

@@noahsan92 Maybe you're getting Sauron confused with the first orcs? They were "Dark Elves" and by that I mean elves that never went to Valanir (or whatever the place is, I cant remember all the names) and saw it's light. That's why they were "Dark" elves.

@oreoicecream1829

Жыл бұрын

@@Not_Ciel are you sure that's the orcs?

Arguably, they would have been seen at the start if not for the elven cloaks they had. Also, Frodo got caught and Sam was lucky to break him out without Sauron being alerted.

I'm so glad I missed a bunch of theory videos, because I can go back and watch Mat again and it's not a rewatch for me!

As far as the lore goes another reason why Sauron doesn't catch them sneaking into Mordor is because he can't imagine anyone destroying the ring, he can only imagine that anyone who has the ring would attempt to use it. So that's what he prepares for; someone like Elrond or Aragorn using the ring in the last battles. It never crosses his mind that they might just want to destroy such an immensely powerful weapon. *also forgot to mention it but if you want some good videos on just this kind of question Mattpat is talking about go check out IndeepGeeks videos on Tolkien. Just some of the best LOTR stuff out there.

@recitationtohear

Жыл бұрын

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@DreadKyller

Жыл бұрын

Matt actually brought up that point in his previous video on LOTR, surprised he didn't bring it up again when in the "Why did the eye not see them" section.

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Жыл бұрын

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@TGPDrunknHick

Жыл бұрын

why would it cross his mind. the destruction of the ring was a complete accident because at the end of the road Frodo couldn't give it up. Sauron is secure in the knowledge because no one can willingly go all the way to destroy it.

@frankharzer6224

Жыл бұрын

It didn't even cross his mind that anyone would attempt to do it.

Hearing about observer bias reminded me of when we played mat ball in gym and I would just walk from one mat to the next and nobody tried to get me out because they didn't realise that I was moving from one base to the next and instead thought I was just one of the kids on their team walking around. I saw my gym teacher after I left the school and he said I was "the best walking mat ball player" he had ever seen

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Жыл бұрын

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@justaperson4656

Жыл бұрын

I would like to ask what mat ball is but I did a similar thing in foxes and hounds, I still had my "tail" (they were sports bibs tucked into the back of trousers) but I was just sort of wandering so people assumed it was a stolen one that I was holding weird and never paid me any mind. After a while they instated a "foxes should always be running" thing to get me to "participate more"

The introduction was amazing matpat I love it

That intro was perfect, bravo!

Literally just a few days ago a Navajo woman walked 2,400 miles from Sweetwater Arizona to Washington D.C. on a prayer walk. And it took her just over 3.5 months

The clever intros never cease to amaze me 😂😭

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Жыл бұрын

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Жыл бұрын

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@abiean222

Жыл бұрын

the disney thing took me by surprise, i almost did a spit take at that

@GriffinZambia

Жыл бұрын

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Excellent conclusion. Chef's kiss!

Your intro was EPIC!!!

this is the greatest opening matpat has ever done, the first 40 seconds had me almost in tears. i need more lotr theories now please?

Loved the intro ❤

It was a series of very specific events that allowed them to "simply walk into mordor" -only made it past Shelob due to having Sting and the Phial of Galadriels -only made it across the Dead Marshes with guidance by Gollum -only had as easy as easy a time as they did due to Aaragorn and Gandlaf bringing the army to the back gates -Sauron expected Aargorn or Pippin to have the ring and knew their location, hence even less attention paid for some random back door hobbits They absolutely were not just some bros who waltzed in, Boromir 100% knew where it was at.

@anthonychurch1567

Жыл бұрын

haha that autocorrect / typo has to be a meme. Aragorn and Gandalf coming to the back gate, "Sauron. We just need to trim our hedge from the other side. That's all."

@anthonychurch1567

Жыл бұрын

Then Sauron says to the orcs, "get them a ladder for goodness sake." Orcs come through with a siege ladder which they prop up against the wall for Aragorn.

@RevanReborn3950BBY

Жыл бұрын

@@anthonychurch1567lol

This wasn’t just a theory, it was a life lesson

Aragorn whispering YOLO is actually the best joke I've heard Mat Pat say.

@LuisSierra42

Жыл бұрын

For YOLO!!

Middle earth's calendar is actually slightly different to ours, and also to be precise, the Hobbit calendar the books use

@benito23453

Жыл бұрын

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@Garvity69420

Жыл бұрын

Finally, someone that noticed that.

A Lord of the Rings theory that came out the same year that a legend died, Erwin Beekveld, the creator of, “They’re taking the Hobbits to Isengard”. Rest In Piece legend😔

I might point out the interesting fact that Tolkien derived "Gollum" from the word "golem" which is similar to a homunculus. A golem in many cultures was considered to be a humanoid form lacking a soul, a mind, or a will of its own and created merely as a puppet. This applies to Gollum because this is what the Ring did to him: it robbed him of his will and sense of a true self (though a very small shard of that sense remained) and made him essentially a puppet of Sauron's will. One thing I always found strange though was that Gandalf explained to Frodo that prolonged and repeated use of the Ring would cause the wearer to eventually become a shade, yet in 60 years of Bilbo using the Ring, and 500 years of Gollum using the Ring, it did not have this effect on either of them at all except to slowly subsume their identities. Anyway, just an interesting point.

@jold3174

5 ай бұрын

key word eventually, remember the nazgul are 4000 years plus at this point

I am actually shocked that you didn't address the guardians at the gates. If Golum wasnt there to show them the secret passes to stay hidden, they would never have been able to get past the gates at Morgul and Mordor.

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@ht4236

Жыл бұрын

That’s because this channel doesn’t know what it’s talking about again

@jneptuna412

Жыл бұрын

Mentions it kind of about 9 minutes in

@LordBloodySoul

Жыл бұрын

@@ht4236 They mention it, and they took it out, because we were interested not at the armies, forces and stuff, but the actual physical feasibility of traveling from point a to point b

@annemiekdirven1973

Жыл бұрын

1st thing I thought of

As divided as we all are, one of the most unifying features of our culture is our love for this one story. It cuts across so many groups, generations, demographics. It's really a pleasure to have watched the film series adaptation as a unifying cultural touchstone, and I'm glad to have shared my moments of inspiration watching this film series with many close friends and strangers.

@NarwahlGaming

Жыл бұрын

This film series and 'Ernest Goes to Jail' will be humanity's saving grace!

9:17 One of my favorite shots in the trilogy

Good video, Matt. Well done.

Um, Mat, I don't think the saying literally means that it's physically impossible to walk into Mordor. They're saying that there are so many dangers waiting for you both there, and on your journey there, that no one in their right mind would actually try to get in that way.

@SalamiSelimbo

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yes obviously but he needs to take it literally to have a reason to make this theory lol

@missilluminati3389

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I think he knows but he doesn't care lol

@justinalicea1590

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That's part of why we make fun of it. We know its implicit meaning, but making fun of its literal meaning is too easy not to do.

I can never be disappointed with these theories lol.

@journeyerjyoti8642

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Here is the recommended clip that explains all: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZHmMzLSrhN26l7Q.html

@ItsChevnotJeff

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You have my sympathies, so many bots smh

@ms.divine4696

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@@ItsChevnotJeff Thanks

@ms.divine4696

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@[卐]Lakehuntist ⸜⁄ OH really.

@EEEEEEEE

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‎E

That intro alone was epic!!!!

also what saruman meant by saurons gaze is that sauron had a palantir, which basically works like a seeing orb that sees through anything to a specific distance

As regards the Hobbits dressing up as Orcs: you can pull off pretty much everything if you act like you're supposed to be there. I think I've heard of an experiment where a group of people pretended to be burglars. They emptied out a flat in the middle of the day on a busy road. Everyone assumed they were simply moving - to the point that bystanders were asked to lend a hand in moving this object or that and they did so.

@justinalicea1590

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There are videos of people just walking into places with a ladder and being allowed through, and plenty of heist media where the starting point is "Have a certain job look, own it, and move through."

Wow that intro was truely amazing!

I really loved the intro. Got that nostalgia from watching the lotr series with the family.

fun fact Tolkien had a response to "why didn't the fellowship just use eagles to fly it and be done with it?" his response is really good and you can find recorded audio from Tolkien himself giving the answer, well worth the listen :)

@riftvallance2087

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Don't the novels themselves make that clear. The Eagles didn't help simply because they didn't want to. It's why a lot of people who could have helped didn't and why Sauron wasn't stopped early on before he became a looming threat .It's a theme throughout the books.

@D64nz

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@@riftvallance2087 Sadly that's very true to life. We only know in hindsight how important certain events are. Hate to drag out the same old example but WW2, and even WW1 didn't need to happen. There were many turning points which could have prevented them, but we can only see those points looking back. At the time, all of the events played out in the usual predictable ways and caution was thrown to the wind.

@riftvallance2087

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@@D64nz which I believe is what Tolkien was trying to say. I've heard before that the Eagles represent the United States in ww1, only getting involved towards the very end when they should have involved themselves sooner.

@Twotailedkit

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@@riftvallance2087, i don't seem to recall anything in regards to the eagles not wanting to help i know a lot of people didn't help because they were so concerned with keeping power for themselves that they wouldn't entertain the idea of Sauron even being able to come back. In the case of the eagles someone asked Tolkien, why didn't they use the eagles and Tolkien went on a small speech about how he would tell this interviewer the same answer that he gave to the other person who asked him. Tolkien replied "Shut up!". kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y2GJ3JKFfcW9oKw.html

@RbkARI

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@@riftvallance2087 I doubt that, as Tolkien hated allegory.

The fact that Sam and Frodo had to physically push themselves to complete their journey just adds to their heroism. They had to exert their bodies to their physical limit in order to save the world and it makes for nice headcanon.

@jw__11

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Not just their bodies, their sanity and mental state as well. Frodo returned to the Shire a broken man, both physically and mentally, which is part of why he left for the Undying Lands in the end