In LOTR 1 , gandalf says " Always follow your nose " while choosing which way to go when there are 3 caves .

@joshramirez2049

Жыл бұрын

Lotr 1 👌

@Timbocool-imabutcher

Жыл бұрын

@@joshramirez2049 How do they know he's giving off Gandalf vibes when they don't even recognise famous dialogue... Show sucks.

@cheezywheezy5568

Жыл бұрын

lmao this is not gandalf this is one of the blue wizards

@joeg7010

Жыл бұрын

Definitely think it's a blue wizard. Even though gandolf says that I think it's just something all the wizards say

@DisneyNAW

Жыл бұрын

Isn’t that also what Toucan Sam says? 😂

Poppi’s line “why does everyone i love the most always have to go” is so much more heartbreaking when you remember she’s the only remainder of her family. That goodbye definitely got me tearing up.

@killianbengana4996

Жыл бұрын

Me too

@Halfwit_The_Brave

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. It’s. So. Sad.

For a time, according to the books, Sauron was genuinely regretful of his action. I think he did wanted to stay in Numenor laying low, but Galadriel awoke the fire inside him

@s_shaleh

Жыл бұрын

With all that access to power and greatness in Numenor? I don't think he would have been content to live as a blacksmith for what? Forever? It's only a matter of time before he would have gone back to his old ways.

@jornavyr2459

Жыл бұрын

Galadriel never went to Numenor though.

@Sawyer1982OAC

Жыл бұрын

@@s_shaleh Yep. He probably wouldn’t have stayed “good” for long

@Sawyer1982OAC

Жыл бұрын

@@jornavyr2459 well, she did. In episode two I guess 😬

@_Asvaria

Жыл бұрын

@@Sawyer1982OAC well, only in the show. In real canon, she didn’t 😊 but here she did.

Actor that played Halbrand was amazing in this episode

@hoffy1955

Жыл бұрын

Amazingly bad.

@Jabberwocky415

Жыл бұрын

His instant switch was incredible. His voice didn’t change that much but he instilled sometime raw and ancient into it that wasn’t there before.

@mariadoloresgasparino6085

Жыл бұрын

@@hoffy1955 You wish sad hater 😂

@eshw23

6 ай бұрын

@@mariadoloresgasparino6085 Nobody wishes, the show is a billion dollar flop. Tolkein fans are happy and activist Amazon producers are scared AF.

@ragnarok222

3 ай бұрын

Flopped

14:57 Elrond and his twin brother Elros were born to parents that were also both half-Elven (ancestral blood of Men and Elves). I'm not entirely sure how it works, but when they reach a certain age that they can consent, they are given the spiritual choice of identifying as either immortal Elf or mortal man. Elrond chose to remain among the Elves, and his twin chose the mortality of Men. His twin, Elros, became the first King of Númenor and is related through a long lineage to Elendil, Isildur, and Aragorn. He lived some five hundred years.

Hal brand/Sauron needed Galadriel to work his way to Celebrimbor. He, on his own, in the north was experimenting with creating this power and he failed. He needed to hint to Celebrimbor the steps needed to create the power so that he will have the knowledge later to help with the other rings and the one ring

I ship Sauron and Galadriel so hard. The sexual tension between them is Just incredible

As soon as Halbrand knew who Celebrimbor was, I knew he was Sauron. I've been saying all along that he wasn't Sauron but maybe who he said he was. I got tricked. Nice one.

@Heru_Iluvatar

Жыл бұрын

Same here.

@HellfireComms

Жыл бұрын

Same. The second Halbrand showed up alarm bells started ringing lol

@Wildlife_in_North_Africa

Жыл бұрын

@@Heru_Iluvatar Same

I really enjoyed this episode. The actor playing Halbrand was very good...managed to be attention getting in all his scenes without any over acting, and he did final scene really well. I've not liked some amounts of the dialogue, but his was well done throughout, and the way he played Galadriel throughout. Very fun. He is meant to be seductive - not in a lounge lizard way - and he way.

@DarkCreed

Жыл бұрын

Do you know the way?

@MrBrock314

Жыл бұрын

@@DarkCreed This is the way.

@tiberianexcalibur

Жыл бұрын

That’s what happens when you hire British and Australian actors over Americans. They are dedicated to their career through schooling.

@greenman6141

Жыл бұрын

@@tiberianexcalibur Yes, I agree. There are good American actors. And we tend to know who they are quite quickly, because good directors hire them over and over. Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Amy Adams are all excellent, and clearly aren't interested in being Starlets (for example, they don't diet themselves into skeletons). It's less obvious with male actors because there are so so many more roles for men than women, so even really capable good actors, like Oscar Isaac, can end up in silly super hero nonsense. Though I have to say, I've been enjoying watching Isaac in Moon Knight. Moon Knight is nonsense, but DAMN! his British accent is better than most British actors trying to do British accents that aren't their natural one. The one Isaac is doing is SO specific, and it is PERFECT. It isn't JUST the accent, it's the way he places certain words or sounds in a sentence, and how he inflects them and even the motions that go with them. It is down right eerie watching it. It's a performance that the show doesn't deserve.

Came for Jaby. Stayed for Achara. Emotional and intelligent.

A quick heads up, the line the stranger says "when in doubt always follow your nose" was the same exact line Gandalf said to merry in the cave during the fellowship of the ring.

@AFC-ef4gs

Жыл бұрын

The other hint towards Gandalf is when he banishes the servants of Sauron they turn into butterflies.

@asdasd-qf3cm

Жыл бұрын

He also controlled fire and it matches the quotes when Gandalf confronted balrog "wielder of the flame of Anor"

@lawlietriver8869

Жыл бұрын

@@asdasd-qf3cm I might be wrong, but I think that is an ability he is supposed to gain after getting his ring. The ring with the red stone that the elves were just fooled into making. Still believe it is Gandalf though.

@jornavyr2459

Жыл бұрын

As if "old man who likes hobbits" wasn't enough of a hint.

@cheezywheezy5568

Жыл бұрын

bruh this is obvi not gandalf this is one of the blue wizards

"I have been awake since before the breaking of the first silence...." Is one of my favorite line readings of 2022

Sauron "is going to make his own ring," as Jaby said, but also forge other rings. "7 for the Dwarf Lords, and nine for mortal men (The Nazgul)

@Leonidas114

Жыл бұрын

you got it wrong the nine are not anymore the nazgul didnt you watch the show the 3 woman who were after gandalf are now the nazgul

@ninboy01

Жыл бұрын

@@Leonidas114 He is still going to forge The Nine to enthrall Men to create the Nazgul. Even within the original books and extended lore, the Nazgul weren't the only wraiths that existed in the world. And to explain the obvious, those three wraith servants were not Ringwraiths; nor would the be the replacement for them, because they were destroyed by "The Stranger" this episode.

@peterdavies4166

Жыл бұрын

@@ninboy01 he got celabrinbor and elves to make all the rings except the one. So they changed it all anyways , so who knows at this point. They made the three in secret which why sauron cant control them. In this they didnt in secret lol. Gandalf was not there till third age now he already here before other wizards lol. Sauron was anatar and an elf in lindon for 100s of years. In this they made him halbrand lol

@jquin3

Жыл бұрын

The 3 women were not necessarily the Nazgul. They could be just other wraiths serving Sauron.

@Alexander-kc8oq

Жыл бұрын

@@Leonidas114 They´re obviously not nazgul. There can´t be any ringwraiths when are no rings yet. It´s you who didn´t wacth the show apparently. Like, the show is dumb, but you´re still wrong.

Achara analysing the themes and relating them to her life was so beautiful, this is what art is supposed to do, connect to our experiences and feelings. thank you for being passionate and articulate and to the point

Sauron and Gandalf are both Maiar which is the connection of those who choose good and those who choose evil

I predicted Halbrand as Sauron and The Stranger as Gandalf exactly the way it played out in the show....and I'm sooo proud of myself for it 😌😌

@ChizzyNdukweN

Жыл бұрын

Also, Achara....I understand the tears, girl 😊

@TamrailKinogo

Жыл бұрын

I still don't think the stranger is Gandalf. Blue wizard is most likely with him going to Rhun

@csgollum

Жыл бұрын

I realised that Halbrand was Sauron when he offered his 'gift' to Celebrimbor. About the wizard, I actually thought he was Gandalf at first but there were several comments explaining why he could not be...

@fransiscusdjaja7775

Жыл бұрын

soooo halbrand really is sauron??? (not watching the show just yet)... sigh... too predictable than.

@Heru_Iluvatar

Жыл бұрын

@@fransiscusdjaja7775 Predictable or you let it get spoiled for you?

When Halbrand met Adar he said .."Remember me".... coz Adar tried to kill him in the past

@cgxrabbit1033

Жыл бұрын

Yes,whan Adar was good elve

@MrBrock314

Жыл бұрын

@@cgxrabbit1033 He's referring to the time when Adar the Orc and Sauron fought. Adar thinks he killed Sauron. In reality, he probably got knocked into the sea during that battle, hence why Galadriel finds him in the sea. It's unclear how long he was at sea before Galadriel met him. Since the dark monster killed everyone on board (possibly at his command), we never knew his connection to them.

I think House of the Dragon has been more intense due in part to their time jumps, but I worry that they may have played their hand a bit with that. This final episode of Rings of Power showed the potential of what this show can bring. So I dont disagree with people who said HotD was more interesting in their S1 but GoT showed us that sustainability is key.

Galadriel in LOTR: In place of a Dark Lord you would have a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the Dawn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth! Halbrand in ROP: You will not be a tyrant but a queen, fair as the sea and the sun, stronger than the foundations of the earth.

One of Sauron’s many names is The Great Deceiver, and it is said the best lies have some truth in them, well he lived up to that title. Not once did he truly lie to any of them, and yet he manipulated them so perfectly by making all those who helped them think it was their idea. Damn Charlie Vickers was perfectly cast. As for the scenes with The Stranger and Nori, I did not think I was gonna cry this episode, but when Nori said goodbye to her family and then when Poppy ran up to her and hugged her I couldn’t help but cry. What truly is upsetting is that rather than shoot seasons 1, 2, and 3 back to back to back Amazon Studios only JUST started production on season 2 as of this video being released. And the show runners have said it will be YEARS before we see the next season. So while I’m still going to watch season 2 I’m afraid that most people will completely forget about the show by then.

@marlonm.255

Жыл бұрын

Thank god it’s going to take years. Now they will reevaluate their writing choices and hopefully season 2 will have lotr quality.

@thepiousskeleton6046

Жыл бұрын

@@marlonm.255 Lol, that ain't gonna happen.

@SuperAlaska23

Жыл бұрын

Or it could help. Like in the years leading up to season 2 it could develop more of a following as more people follow and recommend the show. Thus more people watching it.

@thedarkknight2221

Жыл бұрын

@@SuperAlaska23 🤞🤞

Halbrand said You need to find fears of people and help them conquer their fears so you can control them. Maybe that's why he helped Elves.

@Hainzie

Жыл бұрын

He also needed the help of celebrimbor and the elves to find out how to make the rings and what metals are needed to forge them

@k4polo

Жыл бұрын

All hail Halbrand. King of the Southlands.

@bigbengamer

Жыл бұрын

@@Hainzie What if the One Ring was actually radioactive, and putting it in a lead case would have solved everything until they destroyed it.

@DarkLordSauronrocks

Жыл бұрын

"sauron"

@thomasc9036

Жыл бұрын

@@Hainzie Wasn't it all Sauron who gave ideas and knowhows to Celebrimbor?

When I first saw Halbrand on that raft, I thought he was attractive, so I jokingly said hes Sauron. I didn't want to be right lmao

"Always follow your nose" that is what Gandalf said when the fellowship was in moria

You said he didn't take anything with him, accept he now has the knowledge he needs to craft the ONE ring himself, which is knowledge he didn't have before.

Elrond is the son of half-elves, for the record. His parents, Elwing and Eärendil the Mariner, were both of mixed heritage. And Elrond saying that he was orphaned... is a definite oversimplification of the situation. His parents aren't dead, they just can't return to Middle-earth.

Yeah, the season was uneven and even a bit slow..but I loved the characters and actors and got what they were going for. They did land the ending...I got super emotional and was like.. oh my god... by the end.. I have big respecc for everyone involved and look forward to the next season. For sure the show was hurt by not having the rights to the Silmarillion but they did what they could.

@LukasTapp

Жыл бұрын

I hate the characters, they act stupid and unreasonable except adar

love this reaction Guys and the channel. is my go to BG watch when I'm working. Cheers from New Zealand

"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.”

The stranger could be one of the Blue Wizards, in fact by how it ends it would make all the sense since the Blue wizards focused on the eastern area, in Rhûn, and that is where he and Nori are headed.

@joshuaseagondollar2495

Жыл бұрын

Maybe. But he also has way too many "Gandalf-isms" for them to not make that Gandalf. Especially with the "go back to the shadows" and "when in doubt always follow your nose" lines.

@ninfreak95

Жыл бұрын

The moths symbolism is for the blue wizards. Gandalf uses them, but they originated from the blue wizards if I remember the lore correctly.

@MrBrock314

Жыл бұрын

@@joshuaseagondollar2495 They could just be using those as homages to let you know he's a wizard.

@joshuaseagondollar2495

Жыл бұрын

@@MrBrock314 Fair.

stranger is not Gandalf , he is one of the blue wizards where sent for men of rhun , as it is mentioned in the episode , in the lore blue wizards were sent by valar to the lands of rhun

@akshaysinghrai

Жыл бұрын

The stranger is most likely Gandalf as his last few lines were said by Gandalf in LOTR. Also, someone pointed out that in the music during his introduction, they were singing all the different name Gandalf had in the Middle Earth.

@Bayknight

Жыл бұрын

@@akshaysinghrai Gandalf didn't come till third age and most definitely didn't go to rhun , i'm just pointing the lore in the books , but if he is Gandalf the show is taking different direction

@akshaysinghrai

Жыл бұрын

@@Bayknight I know, but I don't think they are sticking to the books much. They also called the stranger an Istari, and he's always wearing grey. There are also some other things and I can still be wrong but most probably he is Gandalf.

@Halfwit_The_Brave

Жыл бұрын

He’s Gandalf. The writers of this show are completely disregarding the actual story and only taking names of people and places and repurposing them. Its Gandalf.

I have been saying for some time that sauron wanted galadrial at his side instead of ruling her, it has been alluded to throughout tolkiens writing that he would rather have her be his queen. She is after all considered even by this time, one of the strongest elfs ever to have been born. and that line "stronger then the foundations of the earth" is what she told Frodo when he offered her the ring and went evil mode.

@ninfreak95

Жыл бұрын

It's 100% easily connected to the current lore. It's also Galadriel's one major weakness. It's great writing, not that it makes up for some of the bad writing.

@popinjayishuman

Жыл бұрын

I really liked that little touch. Now watching her get tempted by the ring you can read into it that she's been thinking about his words all that time.

@forrestdorman4870

Жыл бұрын

Where on gods green earth did Tolkien EVER write that Sauron wanted Galadriel to be his queen? Have we read different books? Have you read some of his letters that weren’t released to public? This show is extremely bad.

@Halfwit_The_Brave

Жыл бұрын

This is completely false. Sauron never wanted Galadriel by his side. That is ridiculous.

Jaby where’d you get your shirt?

A nice emotional reaction from Achara, when Nori leaves her family and friend..

Wizard and Dark Lord confirmed. And 3 rings crafted for the Elves, fairest and wisest of all beings.

@scotthewitt258

Жыл бұрын

"From darkness you came..." Me: Holy Snarkies! Tiddies Eminem picked the wrong one!

@neomoscoso10

Жыл бұрын

@@scotthewitt258 Slim Shady got it wrong.

@Roihclem871

Жыл бұрын

Not sure why wizards in the second age

@ziziozzie8571

Жыл бұрын

haha yes galadriel showed true wisdom for many episodes thinking halbrand is king of the south because he carries a pouch.

@MrBrock314

Жыл бұрын

@@Roihclem871 Blue wizards were during this age. While lots of people are speculating it could be Gandalf, they may just be doing an homage to Gandalf but it's actually a blue wizard. He doesn't have a name yet.

I really don't understand all the hate against Rings of Power.....I think season one was really good and the final episode was great!I am really longing for season two.

He knew Galadriel was the key to his dark kingdom

If only Galadriel left to Valinor, Sauron would have probably died lol.

@cherylp6671

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@maxpower7113

Жыл бұрын

Gil Galad was right!

@Halfwit_The_Brave

Жыл бұрын

Well Galadriel was actually with her husband Celeborn and daughter at the time and never was going to Valinor. Nor was she going to Numenor.

Sauron wanted to bring order to the middle earth. Similar to the templar and assassins concept. Unlike morgoth, he didn’t want to wipe humans, elves and dwarves and eru’s other creations.

Everyone needs a Poppy in their life. Or a Sam.

I hope season 2 is more focused and I have a feeling that Galadriel will become her normal self in season 2. After being fooled like that.

@awesimo4684

Жыл бұрын

And when she has her ring.

@FablesOutofSpace

Жыл бұрын

Yeah keep waiting that until 2024...

@vonstauffenberg9444

Жыл бұрын

I hope Sauron and Galadriel will Hook Up at least once ♥️

@captainboromir6958

Жыл бұрын

@@vonstauffenberg9444 I hope that's sarcasm.

I do remember it was confirmed for next season that khamul is supposed to team up with the stranger in an episode of Rings of power season 2

Dang it Achara. 😢 when I saw the episode I felt it. But hearing you made me show how I felt. At work of all places lol

No wonder the three rings under sauron.. Sauron touch both the mithril and galadriel's dagger that was used for the forging of the rings... Sauron was dark sorcerer..

I teared up watching this finale, and then have been tearing up at each reaction. 😭. The first half of the season dragged. Then build to better things and then this finale was great! 🙌🏼

I'm still not convinced that it's Gandalf. If you know enough of the lore then Gandalf doesn't appear in Middle-earth in the 2nd age. My guess is it is one of the blue wizards. And yes, the show has changed some of the timelines and condensed things but nothing as major as Gandalf appearing this early.

@chase5436

Жыл бұрын

I had that feeling too until his last line. It's word for word Gandalf and I don't think they would have done that if it wasn't him.

@shapuyzat

Жыл бұрын

i know according to lore it shouldn't be Gandalf. but i would prefer him to be gandalf.

@Halfwit_The_Brave

Жыл бұрын

It’s Gandalf. No it doesn’t make sense. But the writers of this show are morons.

Please let me know where I can find the switch in my head so I can turn off my brain enough to enjoy this show to the extent you guys do!!👏

@Halfwit_The_Brave

Жыл бұрын

Ever been hit in the head by a brick? Maybe after 5 of those…

As to evacuating people, i think its more implied if they go home they cannot come back to middle earth.

Jaby not even noticing Achara cyring #sigmamale haha

I think his attraction towards Galadriel was genuine. She was a paradoxical figure just like he was. One that was innately good and powerful but had darkness in her as well. Her quest for vengeance had driven her to become quite an unlikeable person and a pariah amongst her people. She's very driven but very unstable at the same time. She's pretty much a ticking time bomb. She was like him in a lot of ways. And he liked that, I guess. I mean, Melian the Maia did marry an elf too. So it's not impossible for him to want a queen for himself.

@albertanmotorcyclist6419

Жыл бұрын

The galadriel of this show is not innately good lmao, she's innately evil

@alcor4670

Жыл бұрын

@@albertanmotorcyclist6419 Pretty much everyone involved in the first and second Kinslaying (and all those who turned a blind eye towards those tragedies) became evil. Vestiges of this taint is _still_ present within her, as shown in the series. Heck, we even saw it in "The Mirror of Galadriel", and the first movie of the trilogy. Which is why she was willing to give "Halbrand" a second chance back when they were stranded at sea, when he told her that he had done evil. That dialogue bore more weight than most people think.

best episodes with 6. i dig it.

"I've been smithing myself into legendary status for thousands of years, but I never once thought to mix two metals."

@Halfwit_The_Brave

Жыл бұрын

Yup. The second best Elven smith of all time doesn’t understand alloys. Brilliant job amazon.

Hahaha it's like to see sauron and galadrial love saga 🤣 loved the ep 8

Honestly, Halbrand is the best of the whole season, he perfectly played the role of the great deceiver of this story.

I guess S2 will be marketed heavily around sauron and gandalf as the opposing cornerstones of the show which I find pretty dope.

Most of the budget was spent on creating infrastructure for all five seasons. From the scenery to the costumes, everything is created in advance. The first season hardly cost more than 100-120 mil.

In summary: Sauron is a penitent nobody and happy to remain so as long he has a forge to work in and some metal to bang on, until a shrill, pushy Karen of an elf drags him back to power even though he begs her not to, then crushes him when he asks her out. I'm not even sure the showrunners realise they made Galadriel the bad guy

I think, Frodo belongs to the family of Nori and Samwise Gamgee to the family of Poppy, that's why Sam follows Frodo to the end, i.e, completes the circle of life 😀😀❤️

@Neji513

Жыл бұрын

season finale of season 5, nori marries a baggins

When he said "when in doubt elanor brandyfoot, always follow your nose." and i was like I fu*kin knew it... He is the Gandalf... n it gives me goosebumps.. The man who played Gandalf did the justice with the role... N revelation of sauron was also shocking... Bcz I thought he is a witch king..

Can I share your video as a reaction video on my channel?

The story shows that how mastermind Sauron is, how he is good in mind games. Tricking everyone is the real Evil of all.

@LukasTapp

Жыл бұрын

No, he was not manipulative at all, he let galadriel do all the deceiving

@remoroelofs3476

Жыл бұрын

@@LukasTapp isn’t that way smarter then?? Then no attention will go to him

@LukasTapp

Жыл бұрын

@@remoroelofs3476 you would be right, but galadriel is one of the oldest and wisest beings in middleearth

@apomtaylor8054

Жыл бұрын

@@LukasTapp Its much easier for us as the viewer to figure it out because we know about the rings, sauron manipulation and his ultimate goal. It would be very difficult for in-universe characters to tell he is sauron. They don't know much about Sauron yet Galadriel still figured it out

@LukasTapp

Жыл бұрын

@@apomtaylor8054 bro even in the books galadriel knows annatar is Sauron before revealing himself, actually galadriel knows alot about maiar and especially sauron

its a solid Finale 👌👌

Me: *sees the Halbrand is Sauron reveal* Also Me: Well somebody better pick up that phone. My Dad: Why? Me: Cause I FUCKING CALLED IT!

Loved the show and yes ups and downs. Did end well, hopeful for a good season 2.

poor poppy 😢

@Halfwit_The_Brave

Жыл бұрын

Nah, I’m fine

32:00. No. There were 20 rings made. 1 by Sauron alone, 3 by the Celebrimbor alone, and 16 by the Elves and Sauron, disguised as an Elf named Annatar. Even though in the show they have swapped out Annatar with Halbrand I don't believe they will divide up those rings between three races. More rings will be made, maybe by the Elves or by Sauron. Another possibility is that the Dwarves find out about the Elven Rings and that's what motivates them to actually mine the mithril.Then the Dwarves either make Rings themselves, possibly with Halbrand's help, or they get the Elves to make Rings for them in exchange for mining the mithril.

from what I saw Sauron until the moment he went back to middle earth wanted to change life and have nothing to do with it anymore. But before that he was working on the same thing Calibrombor was doing wich ticked Galadriel when she heard Calimbrombor speak of the power of the flesh & the unseen. What he won with the creation of the 3 rings ? The knowledge on how to harness the power that eluded him North :)

All the hate this show gets, I feel like even true fans if they are still hating on it is just to be hating on it without reason. the last few episodes proved that it is going in the right direction. My ONLY complaint is that Gandalf is here during this time period. BUT, they may have a plan to explain this and I will absolutely give them the chance and time to do so. I look forward so much to season 2.

@Halfwit_The_Brave

Жыл бұрын

This is a funny comment. Everything in this show is complete opposite of what Tolkien wrote. And the show as a stand-alone is awful itself.

When he said "always follow your nose" I knew who he was. Welcome back, Gandalf ..... ? Lol is it weird that Im still on the fence about the Strangers identity? Is it actually Gandalf, or is it Saruman, or Radagast or another one of the wizards that is probably not in Tolkien lore. Oh, well, I'll go with Gandalf, since only he would say something so ..... wise. :)

It seems to me that Sauron as Halbrand went to the most advanced guilds of smiths of men and elves. We didn't see him as much interact with the men's smith guild except for him fighting because he stole one of the smith's indentifier pins. We only got the opportunity to see that one of the major politicians in that city was planning to spread his influence over multiple areas/ kingdoms of men directly as a result of helping Halbrand's cause. The only major society not yet seen touched by Sauron/Halbrand seems to be the dwarves. We saw the elves in a rush to save their species, so they listen to Sauron before identifying him and felt they found a way to utilize his knowledge and limit his potential to corrupt them. The men went to war quickly for fear of the lost of both their city and one of the realms of middle earth. We don't yet know the impact Sauron had on the people there when the camera wasn't on him.

Jaby, comfort Achara, dang lol

Elrond is half elven and his brother Elros Tar Minyatur was the first king of Numenor. He chose a mortal life.

He was telling the truth in a sense. Sauron desired order amongst Chaos. Whereas Morgoth only desired chaos and the destruction of all life.

Nori’s goodbye was really good.

@amy_yoshikawa

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Reminds me of Frodo and Sam😭

I loved this episode and I'm glad to see you guys enjoyed it. I was a bit disapointed we got no Arondir or Dwarfes but I guess they really wouldn't have added anything to this part of the plot. I loved this entire season.

It just sucks that the Tolkien Estate only gave them permission to use LoTR and its appendices. There is so much in the Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales that I would've loved to see in the show.

I love how the creation of the ring created a fractal, a spiral in a golden ratio. Makes so much sense with it's power trying to reach for "infinite"

Its 3 rings for the elves, 7 for the dwarves, and 9 for the race of men. So theyre gonna be forging more rings in the next seasons and Sauron might assume the form of Annatar the lord of gifts to help forge them. And durin will get one of the dwarven rings

@araarsalan1307

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didn't that already happen in a way? he gained their trust and helped them make the rings so he can rule them when he creates the one ring. and he also said "call it a gift" to celebrimbor. hence annatar. the lord of gifts. i think that was the shows way of portraying annatar. and we will not see more on that.

@apan990

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not that they cared for the lore anyway but that doesnt really make any sense, hes already done a bunch of sht annatar did, not only with helping them make the rings but also in numenor you see the black flags clearly implying that theyre now the black numenoreans, and annatar messing with them is what led to them turning evil. halbrand is annatar, theyre not gona go back now especially since everyone would know that annatar is sauron (i mean everyone knew halbrand was sauron lol).

@MrBrock314

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@@apan990 No one knows Halbrand is Sauron. Only Galadriel and maybe Elrond. To the Numernoreans, he's a human smith. He'll almost certainly return in a new form (Annetar) to help forge rings for them but instead destroy the city.

@Halfwit_The_Brave

Жыл бұрын

No. The 9 and 7 were made first. I’m pretty sure Sauron made the 1 next by himself to control them. Then Celembrimbor made the 3 in secret after. It’s all messed up in this show

he's definitely half elf, Elrond is usually called "Elrond Half-Elven" :)

I love it...pretty sure season 2 is gonna be better

15:28 The Istari are the Five Wizards. The White is Curumir (crafty one), better known as Saruman. The Grey is Mithrandir the Wanderer, originally known as Olorin but better known as Gandalf. The two Blue Wizards have no names and went into the East, never to return. The Brown is Radagast, lover of animals and powerful in his own right. This one, from comments I have lately read, is one of the Blue Wizards. 19:27 Three Rings for the Elven-Kings under the Sky, Seven for the Dwarf-Lords in their Halls of Stone, Nine for Mortal Men Doomed to Die...

He is most likely the blue Wizard Pallando

@alexandermildener7220

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That would make sense given the timeline established by Tolkien, but given the wizard's relationship with the harfoots and fan service, it will probably be Gandalf.

Idk if you caught it but Saurbrand and the Stranger made some really nice dialogue that is repeated in the lord of the rings. When he revealed himself to Galadriel, and tried to seduce her, he told her he'll make her stronger than the foundations of the earth, more beautiful than the dawn, things Galadriel herself repeated when Frodo tempted her with the ring in the fellowship. you know from the movies, the outburst "But instead of a Dark Lord, you would have a Queen. Not Dark, but beautiful and terrible as the dawn, Stronger than the foundations of the Earth. All shall fear me and dispair." really nice touch. Then the second one you noticed. Proto-Gandalf/ Olorin, said the thing with "follow your nose thing that Gandalf said when he was with the fellowship in the future Khazad-dum/Moria. he said something else. aah, he said to the wraiths that though he was Sauron "Go back to the shadow from whence you came" which in the hobbit movies(extended edition, i believe, Galadriel vanguished Sauron from the fortress of Dol'Guldur in Mirkwood and said the exact thing, i believe the whole line was: "you have no power here, Servant of Morgoth. You are nameless... You are Faceless... You are formless... GO BACK TO THE VOID FROM WHENCE YOU CAAAAAAMEEEEEE!" not exact, but very similar. cool tie ins to the future happenings in the cinematic canon(because even if that scene might have happened with the white council in the appendicies of LOTR, it had nothing to do with the period of the Hobbit story or with Radagast and Gandalf and Saruman. Galadriel led a legion of Elves into Mirkwood during the time of the attack on Gondor, and she destroyed the whole fortress with its inhabitants to nothing but ruins. I am a film/ main books geek. Unfortunately cannot say the same for the Silmarilion and the ones edited and finished by Christopher Tolkien yet, as i haven't read them 100%, but the main events i know and so far the show is not bad. it had the issues of story and characters. they took their sweet 9 hours to build up the world and the premise and just introduce the characters that shall be relevant later( and those who were not: Harfoots, Bronwyn and Arondir,... they are done with their arcs. i believe we will see some Harfoots maybe only the next season and then it will be done.

@jornavyr2459

Жыл бұрын

Lmfao, it is not nicely done. It just shows that these show writers are hacks who can only rip off Peter Jackson.

@hans471

Жыл бұрын

So Galadriel and Gandalf are dim wits who repeat the same phrases/witty lines over 1000s of years? 😅 In LOTR the lines of Galadrie/Gandalf make sense in ROP, these are just cheap copies...

I can't believe it but I really enjoyed this TV show,last series are really good

Everyone having the potential for evil via their innate desire for power is a big theme in Tolkien. Sauron himself was once just a neutral spirit, even Frodo failed in the end, etc. Sauron knows he can’t take on the elves by himself, he has to corrupt them. With the budget they used a lot of it to build sets and stuff that will be used throughout the whole series, so future seasons won’t be as expensive. They also blew the budgets immensely due to COVID restrictions in NZ filming took twice as long.

It could be that the stranger is actually Saruman. He's supposed to be the first of the wizards to arrive in Middle Earth, and travels to the east. So the hints that it's Gadalf might be a misdirect.

I loved this episode!!!

Best episode!!!! So awesome!!!❤❤❤

30:50 Halbrands intentions, im thinking its multiple reasons. Save the world from the infecting darkness, learn from Celebrimbor to perfect his own designs, slip some form of influence in the process essentially infecting the 3 rings while allowing them to work and protect middle-earth so he can eventually bind and heal it as he sees fit with his own ring thatd return him to full power. All this after his almost born-again experience after he was killed by Adar... And yeah you're right, def try and pull galadriel to his side. If she hadnt survived with Theo, i think he could have gotten to her.

@leonardopribic2661

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Sauron is both smarter and more talented than Celebrimbor, cuz Sauron is a Maia and he at the beginning was working under Aule. Aule is the Valar who is the god of smiths and creator of the dwarves. It is Celebrimbor who will learn from Sauron. Sauron does not want to heal shit. Nor prevent "corruption". He is just a tyrant who thinks that his vision of healing the world is the only right one and seeks to create a "perfect world order", where everything will be as he says and there will be no freedom. He sees freedom as a problem because he is a perfectionist and freedom is unpredictable and can cause chaos. There is also the fact that he was jealous that only Eru Illuvatar (God) was able to actually create. If you remember that Loki speach from the first Avengers movie. That is bacially it.

@freebird6591

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@@leonardopribic2661 thats all hearsay.

@leonardopribic2661

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@@freebird6591 How? It is literally in the books. Sauron never ever, regretted the things he did. The only time he acted as if he was sorry was after Morgoth was defeated. Sauron took a fair looking form and acted as if he was trying to repent, because he was afraid of the wrath of the Valar. Additionally, he was "invited" back to Valinor to stand trial in front of Manwe and the rest of the Valar. When he realized that the jig was up, and that if he shows himself in Valinor, they will see through him, he went into hiding until he resurfaced in the Second age to forge the rings. Morgoth was jealous about the fact that he cannot create like Eru Illuvatar. When Eru was creating,m the rest of the Valar joined him in the music of creation making a symphony of sorts. However, Morgoth wanted to do his own thing and brought discord into the music. When Morgoth tried to create his own "stuff" he realized he can only change existing creations of Eru. That is how he started corrupting Elves and turning them into orcs, why trolls are bad copies of Ents etc. Morgoth attracted and corrupted Maia and Sauron (at that time called Mairon was one of them). It was also said that Sauron was unly surpassed by Aule in his crafting ability. Morgoth wanted to undo and destroy the world, creating a new one, while Sauron wanted to rule the existing world that would follow his rules. And both he and Saruman were into "order", that is why Isengard looked like the a giant dirty ugly factory during the industrial revolution. "The old world will burn in the fires of industry". Tolkien himself hated industrialization. That is why Mordor and Isengard have that heavy industrial, dirty, iron look to them.

@freebird6591

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@@leonardopribic2661 woah i aint reading all that dude. Your first sentence is kinda my point. Thats all in the books, this is the show. Halbrand didnt exist, Adar didnt exist or kill Sauron. Harfoots didnt exist, the stranger didnt exist(loose possible reference aside). Including Saurons backstory, path and current motivations...

Before Sauron served Morgoth he was almost like an Istari, he's of the same level and served under the god of the smiths (alongside Saruman) ... so he knows about a lot of things the elves would not know. When he learned of the elves plight, he guided them to making the rings because he saw potential to use them to rule over everyone but ultimately they made these rings seperate to the ones he forges for men and dwarves and so although they are under the same influence, he has no control or power over the elves, which always makes him angry. There is so much lore and so much story to tell and although there are pacing issues and sometimes problems with dialogue, I feel this series is doing a good job in telling us this story so far, although it's definitely being helped by knowing the second age from Tolkiens books and texts beforehand. Maybe where general audiences are losing interest is because of the lack of backstory in the writing so far. I hope going forward this gets fleshed out some more!

Loved this episode and really enjoyed this series.Can't wait for next season.

Loving the show can't wait to see more seasons 💪

Holy shit this Episode was Awesome And Somehow I don't know how but I felt that Halbrand is Sauron in the Episode when Halbrand tried to kill Adar.

somehow those rings are tied to his ring. One ring to rule them all.

The Rings of Power is one of those shows that makes you wait. And I think most of those who were displeased with the pace and how the story unfolded were in a haste. I just hope the creators don't turn the rings of power into house of dragons or some other series just to please some fans.

The phrase " when there is no other way to follow , follow your nose " its the dialogue from Gandalf when the fellowship of ring going into "Halls of Moria"

@algorithmicalychallenged.291

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Yeah...cheap use of other writers

I think that because I've read only TLOTR and the Hobbit, and also because it was a long time ago, I've been sort of liberated from the source material. That way I was able to enjoy this show on it's own merits. I don't think it had the greatness of the movies, but it was still entertaining. Another thing I think worked for me was that I waited until I could binge it, and get the entire narrative tied together, without having to endure a long downtime between episodes. "The wheel of time" was also snapped up by Amazon, but the obvious lack of funds reduced it's effect greatly. When it was supposed to be awe-inspiring it was simply dissappointing and small. So I will not be continuing to watch that show. I don't feel that way about "The rings of power" which clearly had a big budget. The storytelling was also on a better level. I was chiding myself for not realizing earlier who Halbrand was. I knew that Sauron had worked behind the scenes in many different capacities over the milennia, before he took to rule middle earth. I also knew that he had a hand in forging the rings of power. I was perhaps to caught up in the fight to save elvendom, to realize the truth. Now I will eagerly await TROP season 2.

Achara is a gorgeous woman but she seemed to be glowing this episode 😍 I fuckin looved this episode, it was so heartfelt and so epic. I truly hope the internet will see that it was worth the journey meeting these characters so we could all move forward with the adventure in coming seasons

Ok, the comment you're making at 25:00 is PERFECT because Sauron and Gandalf do belong to the same kind of powerful beings called Maiar- only difference when Gandalf and the other four wizards were send to Middle-earth their physical form was limited to one human-like form. They are both actually angel-like beings, one choosing to do good and the other bad

Loved that reaction especially the review from Achara good and evil exists in everybody it's the choice we make that makes the difference and also there is a balance between a binary world, good and bad, true and false, on and off, men and women we live in a binary world

Gandalf, Sauron and the balrogs and other wizards started off as Maia basically angels