Nerd of the Rings

Nerd of the Rings

Sharing a passion for all things Tolkien! On Nerd of the Rings, I'll post videos explaining characters and concepts from Middle-earth history, map the travels and events, gaming, The Rings of Power, and more!

If you love the Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, the Silmarillion, the books, the movies, the music - any and all of Middle-earth, please subscribe and join me in this adventure. I am honored to share this love of Tolkien with such excellent and admirable hobbits! Speak Friend and Subscribe!


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  • @inwit594
    @inwit5948 сағат бұрын

    "Tevildo" To-Evil-Do. Haven't watched the video yet, but that's what I got from the name.

  • @cyclonerev
    @cyclonerev8 сағат бұрын

    Hilarious how Gimli is Galadriel’s biggest fan 😂 defo would start a fanclub if he could

  • @Terlingua
    @Terlingua8 сағат бұрын

    Thanks Matt for sharing this amazing tour with us. What an incredible job they've done re-creating Hobbiton. This was a really fun video to watch.

  • @oldmate86
    @oldmate868 сағат бұрын

    I hate the hero pan where they all slowly draw weapons. It's such an overdone and lazy shot

  • @gmansard641
    @gmansard6419 сағат бұрын

    Since I first read Tolkien at 16 (45 years ago) I have traveled a lot. Study abroad, the Navy, overseas jobs for years at a time, and I always return to "well I'm back" after every trip.

  • @dmhq-administration
    @dmhq-administration9 сағат бұрын

    Was Sauron actually an elf? No Sauron is not an elf, elves are the firstborn children of iluvatar but Sauron is a maia an angelic being that has existed before the universe was even created.Nov 10, 2017

  • @dmhq-administration
    @dmhq-administration9 сағат бұрын

    So, Sauron is...an elf? 🤔🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @taitano12
    @taitano129 сағат бұрын

    It would be fun to build out the remaining Hobbit Holes and have some residents caretakers maintain the set. Possibly throw in some old film equipment from the time of filming.

  • @samkerr98
    @samkerr989 сағат бұрын

    Can you get cancer if youre immortal

  • @nudge2626
    @nudge26269 сағат бұрын

    Made an error in this one. Galadriel had been to Valinor! Otherwise great video

  • @mirowena
    @mirowena9 сағат бұрын

    Watching this video is the next best thing to actually being there. Thank you so much, Matt, this is awesome!

  • @Carlb328
    @Carlb3289 сағат бұрын

    Maybe it's Uinen with the sea monster??

  • @Carlb328
    @Carlb3289 сағат бұрын

    Barrow Wights Please, Please, Please!!

  • @Damyankee1989
    @Damyankee19899 сағат бұрын

    Too bad the eagles couldnt have just taken Bilbo Gandalf and thorins company all the way to the lonely mountain

  • @Khannea
    @Khannea9 сағат бұрын

    Just some weirdo Catholic writer fantasizing about himself being god, a Mary-Sue. Tolkien was a bit fasc at the end of the day.

  • @Damyankee1989
    @Damyankee198910 сағат бұрын

    You did your homework bro.🤘🤘🤘

  • @shanrackham3387
    @shanrackham338710 сағат бұрын

    Thank you for taking us along on this tour. I absolutely would love to go to New Zealand and see Hobbiton in person and other film sites and the grandeur beauty of the country, but alas I know I'll never get to see any of it in person. Love from central Texas ❤

  • @hanziehummer
    @hanziehummer10 сағат бұрын

    can anyone top Bernards hill performance?

  • @LordTelperion
    @LordTelperion10 сағат бұрын

    The siege and fall of the capital city of Ost-in-Edhil is one of the most pivotal moments of the second age, with the Army of Lindon arriving to reinforce Eregion's forces, but still unable to win the day, culminating with Celebrimbor defending the great doors of the House of the Mirdain from Sauron's forces and ultimately falling in one-on-one combat with Sauron himself. Not sure how Amazon will depict this, as their version of the grandson of Feanor isn't really the bristling-with-power High Elf battle-mage you'd think he'd need to be to fight Sauron even for a few seconds.

  • @lordsauron2879
    @lordsauron287910 сағат бұрын

    Put some respect on my name!!

  • @deadbrother5355
    @deadbrother535511 сағат бұрын

    I was watching lord of the rings the other day and thought this would be a good what if topic. Also it would be a great twist of the power of redemption if when the balrog held the ring he remembered the music of the ainur and longed to return to the light of illuvatar. He could then destroy the ring at the crack of doom single-handedly, and go on to subdue saruman and his army, befriend gandalf the white, and reminisce about the first album of the ainulindulae.

  • @frankbarnwell____
    @frankbarnwell____11 сағат бұрын

    It isn't bragging if you can do. Fram.

  • @stitchin4fun
    @stitchin4fun11 сағат бұрын

    on the bucket list

  • @dogmaticpyrrhonist543
    @dogmaticpyrrhonist54311 сағат бұрын

    Watching this I'm reminded I know/knew the fellow who got the role for Gaffer Gamgee, also known as Sir Not Appearing in this Film. Knew him back in the late seventies. So a while ago.

  • @MythicTales993
    @MythicTales99312 сағат бұрын

    I'm impressed by the level of detail and research you put into this video. Well done!

  • @mcshmoe1143
    @mcshmoe114312 сағат бұрын

    If the Balrog would have the ring he would answer Gandalf: "No, YOU shall not pass"

  • @ariel.l.borrero
    @ariel.l.borrero12 сағат бұрын

    The King is back!

  • @thomasjohnston4083
    @thomasjohnston408312 сағат бұрын

    The ring has a corrupting effect on the user, and, despite their initial intentions, the ring always bends the wielder's intentions towards those of its true master, Sauron. I think that as the Balrog perfects its mastery over the ring, the ring would also perfect its mastery over him. Thus the Balrog would seek less to destroy Middle-Earth, and seek to rule it, as Sauron does.

  • @AldrickExGladius
    @AldrickExGladius13 сағат бұрын

    dude, a little baby hobbit would like this big 🤏

  • @AldrickExGladius
    @AldrickExGladius13 сағат бұрын

    Bro I would volunteer to be the grounds cleaner or a hobbit hole janitor just so I could hang out all the time.

  • @AnnaInWonderTube
    @AnnaInWonderTube14 сағат бұрын

    Such a waste. All her wisdom didnt teach her to live

  • @erock81487
    @erock8148714 сағат бұрын

    HA! eat your heart out Graham Norton! It is real!

  • @dlxmarks
    @dlxmarks14 сағат бұрын

    41:31 Théoden didn't say that. The exact quote is "I had not heard that they spouted smoke from their mouths." Kind of disappointing that error from 8 months ago wasn't corrected and now got carried forward into this compilation especially since the accurate story is right there in 'The Road to Isengard' chapter of _The Two Towers_

  • @Enerdhil
    @Enerdhil14 сағат бұрын

    It's very beautiful, but I think it looks too much like the Nineteenth Century. Just sayin'....

  • @ZeroStrikerX
    @ZeroStrikerX14 сағат бұрын

    Ive been scammed! I wanna go in a Hobbit hole. I went there in 2019. It was amazing and truely mind blowing that its a movie set. Nice tour!

  • @DianaW3431
    @DianaW343114 сағат бұрын

    Thanks for sharing this!

  • @stephenjackson6111
    @stephenjackson611114 сағат бұрын

    The first season of most shows is almost always the weakest. I liked the show (more than The Hobbit but less than LoTR) and am looking forward to more.

  • @macgibbon
    @macgibbon14 сағат бұрын

    I live in Hamilton, just up the road, and had a couple of German backpackers staying with us one time, and they were desperate to go to Hobbiton, so we took them along. Went to the Green Dragon, and Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan were serving drinks!

  • @zensasquatch4627
    @zensasquatch462714 сағат бұрын

    Yeah. I'm pretty stoked at this news. I'm also looking forward to seeing how badly it's going to humiliate amazon. 🙂

  • @TerrapinStation
    @TerrapinStation15 сағат бұрын

    So cool! Great guide too, super approachable. Thanks for doing this!

  • @lukekcc8911
    @lukekcc891115 сағат бұрын

    I hope someday they transplant a real oak tree there

  • @afolsom685
    @afolsom68515 сағат бұрын

    Hi Matt. Thank you. This is really good!

  • @Youalreadykn
    @Youalreadykn15 сағат бұрын

    I definitely agree that halbran shouldn't of turned out to be sauron, he was supposed to be disguised as an elf right? They should have built up to sauron also how tf did galadriel survive the volcano 🤣 I enjoyed the show but you pointed out great fails like there isn't no epic journey feeling. I don't think there's any fixing the mistakes but will see.

  • @Youalreadykn
    @Youalreadykn15 сағат бұрын

    Also yes Elrond should have definitely been the main character, galadriel was a mystery but no where near as cool as elrond. Maybe in season 2 galadriel will have some repercussions and elrond will end up taking the show.

  • @latenightgaming9998
    @latenightgaming999815 сағат бұрын

    So this video has been out for years BUT I was just thinking to me Tom being a verse of the music from Eru himself that came to be in middle earth as it was being created would be a solid and cool idea 👀

  • @JM-ld6iu
    @JM-ld6iu15 сағат бұрын

    the show is not good at all terrable wont be watching season 2

  • @stefaniaancarobu7226
    @stefaniaancarobu722615 сағат бұрын

    thank you for sharing this ❤

  • @cheffrey82
    @cheffrey8216 сағат бұрын

    It would ultimately trigger the Dagor Dagorath. The Valar would descend, Tulkas would wrestle the Balrog (or Morgoth, if he returned) to the ground, and Turin Turambar would impale him throught the heart with Gurthang. Everything ends and returns to the music of Eru. Middle Earth credits roll.

  • @rogelioaalban9403
    @rogelioaalban940316 сағат бұрын

    Poor Gollum! He is a cool character in books and films. He deserves the new movie.

  • @user-oj8lm5dj4c
    @user-oj8lm5dj4c16 сағат бұрын

    Still more questions than answers but truly truly enjoyed that I had discussions with my kids who were Hobbit fans about Tom that I wasn't able to answer I'm going to relate a sight to my daughter I gave the red book I think she would enjoy this site again thank you for your effort and your time most appreciated

  • @rogelioaalban9403
    @rogelioaalban940316 сағат бұрын

    What’s cool about NOTR is that he is not an extremist pessimist fan like many fan experts or reactioner😁😁😁😁😁 You are a true LOTR fan. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽