[+] The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - SPOILERS ALLOWED

[Paul Farquhar]

That's my guess as well. At least I hope it is a fake-out. The wizards are supposed to arrive in Lindon by boat, iirc.
Círdan hands Gandalf the Ring of Fire on that occasion.

Doesn't bother me. If they want to tell a story about how Gandalf helped to found the Shire, I'm fine with that so long as the story is entertaining. It's not holy scripture, it's an entertainment.

 

[Zubatcarteira]

They're definitely changing the lore quite a bit, and the dialogue is weird at times, but I liked it well enough. Nowhere near as bad as I expected.

 

[Morrus]

I think if it's NOT Gandalf, they're trying very hard to make you think it is.

 

[Zubatcarteira]

I wonder if they're changing how the Elven reincarnation works, everyone seemed to treat Finrod's death as quite final, and Elrond didn't say, "Girl, you can see your brother again when you go to Valinor, stop talking like he's dead".

 

[MarkB]

Whilst they might be adjusting the timeline (and I have no problem with that), it's also possible that the separate storylines are not in fact contemporaneous, but are actually happening in three separate time zones. The Witcher series 1 did this. Note that no dates are given. They could use dates, since the timeline is in the LotR appendix.

It's also possible that "Gandalf" is a fake-out. That's what you are supposed to think.

I don't think it's separate times. All parties simultaneously witnessed the red meteor that turned out to be the stranger, and that would have to be a pretty big red herring.

 

[John R Davis]

It's plausible Miai came and went throughout the ages so I'm fine for meteorite man to be one!

 

[Rabulias]

I think if it's NOT Gandalf, they're trying very hard to make you think it is.

The fireflies dying off after their use seemed very un-Gandalf to me.

 

[Bagpuss]

Amazon should have just gotten the licence to the Forgotten Realms, instead of ultra rigid Middle Earth.

I don't think it would have worked FR and even D&D still doesn't have the same name recognition and prestige as LotR.

Just checked the Rings of Power trailer it's getting ratioed all to hell, roughly 445,000 dislikes to 75,000 likes. Should have gone with FR.

Haters gonna hate. I had some issues with it which I'll mention elsewhere but on the whole it was a much more engaging series than Obi-Wan and probably had more respect for the source material too. I'd give it a 7 or 8 out of 10, but I'm not a huge Tolkien fan.

 

[Bagpuss]

The fireflies dying off after their use seemed very un-Gandalf to me.

I thought they were reflecting his energy levels as they sort of collapsed as he did.

 

[Ryujin]

I certainly agree that the fireflies dying doesn't seem very Gandalf-like. IMDB simply lists the character as "The Stranger" for all 8 episodes, at the moment. I don't think, however, that he's Sauron either. If he's going to influence the creation of the rings, then he's pretty far off the mark at the moment. He also seems to be human in appearance, rather than an Elf, so he wouldn't be trusted by the Elves in such a heavy task.