*mega nerd hat on*Originally Posted by Glenn E. Meyer
I'm pretty sure it was Sauruman that had explosives, and he was aligned with Sauron, but mostly in secret. He might have been keeping things close to the vest because he was contending with Sauron for a while. Also, the explosives were likely a bit magical in nature, and not easily adapted to mass production.
As long as it’s female elves on the order of Lady Galadriel (Cate Blanchett) or Arwen (Liv Tyler), then I’m totally OK with that. LOTR meets Game of Thrones could get very interesting.
I like my rifles like my women - short, light, fast, brown, and suppressed.
When I read that the new Amazon series was going to feature more DIVERSITY in the characters I figured it would be a disaster if that's what they are focused on.
Maybe we will see genderfluid Orc-Elf hybrids in a physical relationship with gay Ents?
The Tolkien estate would have anyone suggesting it wake up next to the severed head of an oliphant.
The trailer looks good. Someone mentioned snatching the arrows out of the air to return fire. That wouldn't even rate a top 10 finish in the elven gymnastics based on what Legolas got up to in the movies.
Of course, I'm willing to give WoT season 2 a shot after the absolute debacle of the season 1 finale. Lots of shows don't find their footing right away. Even when they're basically handed source material that sold a few million copies, some crayons and the literary equivalent of a paint by numbers coloring book. So this one might start off rocky and turn out okay. Wouldn't be the first time.
Well, what can you expect when there ARE no Dwarf women? That Dwarves just....spring out of holes in the ground!
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What about some Orc-ing Pork-ing? I recall that someone - maybe Frodo had a vision of what happens if Sauron wins. Looks like the Shire becomes industralized and the hobbits have to go to work in the plant. Hey, did Sauron win on our Earth?
I also thought the representation of Gimli was ridiculous - some old fat guy with play-dough lumps on his face.
Bio - I think you are right about Saruman having the explosives.
LGBTQ+LOTR=?
(Anybody's guess)
There's nothing civil about this war.
To put my mega nerd hat on, one of the themes of the Middle Earth books is the slow collapse of civilizations. Gondor was just a minor outpost of what was the mighty empire of Numinor- an empire mighty enough to conquer Mordor and capture Sauron- and that when he still had the one ring.
According to some of the unfinished material, the armies of Numinor were equipped with "bows of hollow steel". But the knowledge of how to make them, like so many other things, was lost over time.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEG-ly9tQGk
See @3.07
Touche sir, I have seen that video before its pretty amazing what that guy can do. Even still I'm still skeptical about the show, I'm hoping I'm wrong and it kicks ass.
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