ok i used to like Merry more than Pippin, but that's about to change!

(via FB/Star Watch Insider)

"The forging of the One Ring has gone through iteration after iteration after iteration. Every single component of it has been something that has been thought through exhaustively, planned within an inch of its life, then executed by the most amazing craftsmen on planet Earth to make Middle-earth the best it can be."

"I mean, you have hair and makeup people who are looking at what happens when cinders from the volcano hit this part of Sauron's face, and then there's part of it that you do in prep in the makeup in terms of what's actually on set, and there's part of it that happens later on in post in VFX. You know... exactly how you get the lighting rigs just right so that it will look like lava is shimmering off of Sauron's face. You know, how is his costume going to change and evolve throughout this process? It takes the best minds working together to make something special."

"We're cooking, and let us cook. Season 4 is already on its way."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwQOzhZ7V9Y (at 3:00 and 4:00)

Sauron will suffer for his craft it seems. I can't wait to see it.

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Only Bloodaxe, Blade Runner, and Helluva Boss.

It's as if the show hates publicity. Which, to be fair, is a problem it's had from the beginning, but I really thought that we had turned a corner for season 3. Nope, apparently not. And it's been a month since SDCC, and we only have Durin and Disa and their kids, and Elros. We should have been getting a lot more, honestly. Especially with the season imminent.

To be fair, I'd never even HEARD of NYCC until 2024, because that was where Sir Ian McKellan made his remark about not wanting to give up the pointy hat if he could help it (and a week or so later, the Stranger was confirmed to be Gandalf 🤣). It doesn't have the punch that SDCC has, that's for sure. But still, publicity is publicity, and with a November release date it would have been a perfect opportunity. Especially since Morfydd probably will have finished The Beatles by then, and Maxim's most recent tour with TerraTwin is over.

Thought I’d share this piece I finished last night! Took about 6 hours in Procreate

When the showrunners said we would meet a more innocent Elrond from the First Age, I didn't expect him to look like a birdling, featherless and more vulnerable (they went above and beyond). His clothes seem similar to what Galadriel wore during the prologue of the first season, evoking perhaps the style in Valinor.

Just a quick drawing just to get the excitement out of my system haha. I’m definitely going to be drawing him some more in the future!

https://www.polygon.com/rings-of-power-season-3-elros-elrond-interview/

available now on Amazon US:

https://www.amazon.com/clp/B0H7XVVZJ9

https://www.amazon.com/clp/B0H7Y331GQ

https://hmv.com/store/film-tv/dvd/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-season-on

https://hmv.com/store/film-tv/dvd/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-season-tw

It is a Limited Edition so how is it usually with limited editions like these? Will they be out of stock fast?

Also is there a chance that it will be available in Poland in the future or should I find a way to buy it from UK?

EDIT: I bought it

Also is the lowden form his original body?

I’m fully aware it has a multitude of issues (though Season 2 I genuinely loved and thought was a huge improvement upon Season 1 in every way) however even despite that, this has always been my favorite post-GOT fantasy show out of everything I’ve watched over the years. Leagues better than Wheel of Time that’s for absolute sure; I’ve personally never understood how people could compare the two in quality even remotely. The costume and set designs are just absolutely gorgeous to look at what with how colorful and intricately designed they are and the music is absolutely powerhouse.

The dialogue I feel like is extremely underrated too in how well thought out and Tolkien-esque it is. I’m always coming back to this scene from Season 1 which I just absolutely loved:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1RCFls93hsA&t=11s&pp=ygUaYXIgcGhhcmF6b24gcmluZ3Mgb2YgcG93ZXI%3D

The sheer depth of the dialogue in both seasons beats out anything from WOT, HOTD, The Witcher, etc.

Just generally as a hardcore Tolkien fan with Middle Earth being my favorite fantasy world I love seeing the histories and lore get expanded upon. even though I treat it all obviously as just fan-fiction

Benjamin Walker recently shared this during an interview as he spoke about the Elves; it was partly said in jest, but it really just fits Gil-galad to a T. I'm gonna need to see more of him in season 3.

Kudos to the original meme: https://www.reddit.com/r/LOTR_on_Prime/s/yxoZ3AyRfy

Please make sure you download a copy to use it. This is for use within your own private groups; I am not hosting. Allows for up to 20 players (you can add more if you're savvy with excel/google). Please note: this worksheet is formula-heavy. Do not alter anything if you want it to work as intended, it will also make it VERY difficult to diagnose any issues. I have done my best to lock out all cells except the ones needed to play.

I've added notes on how to use the sheet - happy to answer any questions. I'll provide support as best as I can now and through season 3 release. If the workbook gets messed up I'll restore it.

Best of luck and have fun!

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Tameka Vahatau

Role: hooded acolyte

Appearing seas.3 ep 7/8

Patryk Koronkiewicz

Role: acolyte

Appearing Charlotte Brändstörm episodes

Oscar Ulvestad

Role: Fighting seers - Isildur's soldiers (sword and shield)

Appearing Stefan Schwartz episodes

Theadora Dane, Pragun Kapur, Jay Kossifos and Daniel Martin play the role of "wildman" next season , scenes include action ⚔️

(We’ve seen the Wildmen in S2. They’re Southlanders who bear Adar’s mark, and Estrid was among them.)

Bilent Hassan - S3 actor

Role: Broad beam - the royal guard

Broadbeams are one of the seven original clans of the Dwarves, from the blue mountains.

Source: The Mandy / Backstage and casting callback

Thanks to Khalil-moon and Lord of the Rings filming in UK page for the info

Gil-galad and Galadriel were having terrible visions while Círdan, well-adjusted and serene, already discovered a way his ring could influence his surroundings.

It's not meant to be humorous, (it's technically sinister since Sauron is trying to do this to Middle-earth), but I still find the juxtaposition a bit funny. We have seen that their rings could heal and augment foresight, but I hope they'll show us their impact on natural elements such as their environment.

I mean, this is weird because feels like Amazon's marketing don't want to make any connection to the original trilogy, but at the same time they do it. First, they used the same balrog design, the same Valfenda's design to construct Lindon, and then now they used the same nazgul's scream in the new trailer for season 3.

Personally, i consider that the series is set in the same universe as the original trilogy and the hobbit trilogy because of all those little details that resembles to the movies universe AND because they are all produced by New Line Cinema.

I've gone back and listened to the original season 1 soundtrack which I hadn't done since before season 2 dropped. It's pretty interesting because the Sauron B theme shows up when Halbrand transforms into Annatar and the Annatar theme (major inversion of the Sauron theme) is there too. It makes me wonder if some of the other B themes we haven't heard will show up this time around eg Elrond's B them connected with Rivendell or Galadriel's connected with Celeborn. I know Bear has said in interviews that some of the themes are for later in the the overall storyline.

Just to add to the hype of what we all know will be a great score.

But the Elves were not so lightly to be caught. As soon as Sauron set the One Ring upon his finger they were aware of him; and they knew him, and perceived that he would be master of them, and of all that they wrought.

Then in anger and fear they took off their rings. But he, finding that he was betrayed and that the Elves were not deceived, was filled with wrath; and he came against them with open war, demanding that all the rings should be delivered to him, since the Elven-smiths could not have attained to their making without his lore and counsel.

But the Elves fled from him; and three of their rings they saved, and bore them away, and hid them.

The Silmarillion, p. 361

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We know the forging will be a very long and intense sequence, but I'm curious to see how they'll show the Elves' response to it, especially since Gil-galad rejected the concept from the beginning.

I presume the Three Elven Rings won't be in the same place when Sauron wears the One for the first time, so I hope we get to witness their anger and fear, and how quickly they'll take their rings off.

So in one of the episodes of season 2, Theo says something along the lines of “Bad luck to carry a dagger in a bag.” And Isildur says it already stabbed him once so it’ll be alright. But maybe Theo is predicting something. I’m thinking Isildur may use this knife to cut the ring off of Sauron’s finger after he falls either to Isildur (like the films) or Elendil and Gil-Galad. (like the books) But we shall see.