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Gandalf previously snuck into Sauron’s dungeons and back out. Hes the solid snake of middle earth
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Beren and Luthien erasure
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May 8, 2024 20:40
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WoodrowSkillson posted:Beren and Luthien erasure Another "hey why didn't someone mention this" in the podcast btw was when Gandalf sends Bill off with "words of guard and guiding" on him, which was the same phrasing Maeglin used when breaking Aredhel out of Eol's place
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May 8, 2024 20:46
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WoodrowSkillson posted:Beren and Luthien erasure Got the objective, hosed it all up on the extraction
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May 8, 2024 20:51
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WoodrowSkillson posted:truly, sending the single most easily discerned dude in history, a dwarven noble, an elven royal, and 2 human royals along with 4 country yokels will just blend right in skasion posted:Gandalf previously snuck into Sauron’s dungeons and back out. Hes the solid snake of middle earth Presumably Narya kept Gandalf hidden or else he'd have been just as big a beacon as Glorfindel. Legolas has never been to Valinor so he's probably not an issue either.
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May 8, 2024 20:55
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i mean they are discovered nearly immediately and are waylaid by wolves before even leaving Eregion. they only avoid outright pursuit by Saruman by going through Moria. The fellowship at no point avoids detection by Sauron/Saruman/The Enemy except when they are in Moria or Lothlorien. Glorfindel having an aura like Rick James would change basically nothing.
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May 8, 2024 20:59
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They're discovered only because Gandalf does some flashy fire magic. After that as he explains there's no point hiding anymore so they just book it
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May 8, 2024 21:00
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Glorfindel just punting wolves wondering why 2 men with swords and armor are having trouble managing some big dogs.
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May 8, 2024 21:02
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Ghost dogs! Anyway Sauron loses track of everyone after Amon Hen, basically everything in the second and third book happens because he can’t tell where anyone is unless they look in a palantir
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May 8, 2024 21:07
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Gandalf the grey can def cloak
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May 8, 2024 21:22
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skasion posted:unless they look in a palantir Yeah but who would be dumb enough to do that?
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May 8, 2024 21:25
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just realized everyone in the Shire smokes. Can you imagine how nasty those hobbit holes must smell, given hobbits live for like, 100 years? 100 years of multiple people smoking pipes.
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May 8, 2024 21:42
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midnight77 posted:just realized everyone in the Shire smokes. Can you imagine how nasty those hobbit holes must smell, given hobbits live for like, 100 years? 100 years of multiple people smoking pipes. Pipe weed hits different
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midnight77 posted:just realized everyone in the Shire smokes. Can you imagine how nasty those hobbit holes must smell, given hobbits live for like, 100 years? 100 years of multiple people smoking pipes.
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May 8, 2024 22:02
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Turns out there was nothing supernatural about the Ringwraiths following Frodo by smell.
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May 8, 2024 22:04
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midnight77 posted:just realized everyone in the Shire smokes. Can you imagine how nasty those hobbit holes must smell, given hobbits live for like, 100 years? 100 years of multiple people smoking pipes. Basically like Oxford uni buildings/accomodation in Tolkien's day, I'd imagine.
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May 8, 2024 22:07
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zoux posted:But a host of elves and men defeated a ringed Sauron before Way more of both than they could muster now, and with a lot more heavy hitters bolstering the ranks. Remember a key tenet of Tolkien is that nothing good nowadays can measure up to the lost glories of eras past.
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May 8, 2024 22:13
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WoodrowSkillson posted:Eregion Ok I'm gonna finally say it Every time I read that word I pronounce it like it comes after A Region, B Region, C Region and D Region
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May 8, 2024 22:17
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Phy posted:Ok I'm gonna finally say it Egregious
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Phy posted:Ok I'm gonna finally say it That's the correct pronunciation, clearly. It's a region, where elves used to live. So, it's clearly short for "elf region" and should be pronounced accordingly. Over the centuries, "E. Region" must have gotten shortened to "Eregion", the same way "electronic mail" became "email".
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May 9, 2024 05:03
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'E region's it's an elf region.
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sorry that doesnt even make sense
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May 9, 2024 05:13
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thumper57 posted:I’ve always thought Boromir outright lied about having that dream, cause he was jealous of his cooler wimpier brother getting messages from god. I've always wondered about that too.
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May 9, 2024 05:16
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DontMockMySmock posted:That's the correct pronunciation, clearly. It's a region, where elves used to live. So, it's clearly short for "elf region" and should be pronounced accordingly. Over the centuries, "E. Region" must have gotten shortened to "Eregion", the same way "electronic mail" became "email". So the good news is that Tolkien has come back from the dead, the bad news is that he is coming to kill you for this post.
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May 9, 2024 05:16
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Elrond would have known if he was lying
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euphronius posted:Elrond would have known if he was lying Yeah. It’s also much funnier if he’s telling the truth bc it means Lorien (Vala) and/or God himself got sick of waiting for Faramir to get a hustle on skasion fucked around with this message at 12:32 on May 9, 2024 |
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Don't love this quote:The first film, from New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures, will be called Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum (WT), with Andy Serkis set to star and direct the feature, Serkis did a fantastic job with the role and mocap of course but do people like Gollum? He's gross, the voice is gross, kids aren't carrying around baby gollum merch, he's a disgusting toad and I sure as hell don't want to watch some non-Tolkien story about him. The draw here I guess would be that Aragorn and Gandalf were involved, but Viggo and McKellan aren't coming back for that.
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The Hunt for Gollum??? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H09xnhlCQU
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This is funny thoquote:As The Hollywood Reporter noted at the time, Amazon is also developing its own larger TV universe for the franchise, potentially leading to the two competitive visions. Jackson and his co-writers were said to be frustrated that many people thought they were involved in the Amazon shows, when they were not.
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May 9, 2024 14:58
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So it's like War of the Ring vs Battle for Middle Earth duelling strategy games.
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GOD DAMMIT
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zoux posted:Don't love this lol come onnnn. Did nobody learn anything about diminishing returns from the Hobbit movies and Rings of Power? Get these crusty old fuckers out of here. If you really have to make more of these movies please do something new. Or call up Del Toro again or someone with a functioning imagination.
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skasion posted:lol come onnnn. Did nobody learn anything about diminishing returns from the Hobbit movies and Rings of Power? Get these crusty old fuckers out of here. If you really have to make more of these movies please do something new. Or call up Del Toro again or someone with a functioning imagination. Perhaps this will explain everything quote:“Lord of the Rings is one of the most successful and revered franchises in history and presents a significant opportunity for our theatrical business,” Zaslav said.
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wb must really want to kill PJ
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zoux posted:Don't love this Boo this sucks
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It's ok you don't have to watch it
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the gollum game just came out and was a historic flop, no one loving wants this
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zoux posted:Don't love this Not even Gollum likes Gollum. Bold to make a movie adaptation of the worst game of 2023.
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Flakey posted:It's ok you don't have to watch it we live in a society
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Flakey posted:It's ok you don't have to watch it And I won't, just like I've never seen the latter 2 hobbit movies.
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