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

[ART!]

That's not really what I meant. I thought the show's explanation of mithril seemed of a piece with Ungoliant, Telperion, Laurelin et al. Mythic. The sort of thing that wouldn't seem out of place in a Scandinavian saga. Sufficiently Tolkien-esque.

Yes, and it may be that Someone has taken advantage of that mythic-level truth to manipulate some key elves. Elrond said out loud that the story was apocryphal, and he seemed super dubious about the whole thing.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

There exists the possibility that Halbrand was tortured and/or enslaved by Adar when he was younger or a child, and that's what he was referring to with that question.

I think they're intentionally playing with that tension. But the juxtaposition of Adar saying he killed Sauron and Halbrand being furious in a way we've never seen feels like something they want people to be picking up on.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

And in the same conversation, Adar taunts Halbrand about the fate of his family. I can't imagine Sauron ever having a family, let alone caring about their fate.

Adar doesn't know who it is he's talking to. He's just assuming, based on the fact that, yeah, he's killed a lot of families, and periodically, optimistic humans think they're going to kill him because of it.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Adar doesn't know who it is he's talking to. He's just assuming, based on the fact that, yeah, he's killed a lot of families, and periodically, optimistic humans think they're going to kill him because of it.

If that was the case, Halbrand wouldn't have reacted.

 

[Maxperson]

I think they're intentionally playing with that tension. But the juxtaposition of Adar saying he killed Sauron and Halbrand being furious in a way we've never seen feels like something they want people to be picking up on.

Yeah, but I think(I really hope) that Adar is lying and is just doing Sauron's bidding by saying that. He'd have as much chance of killing Sauron(even pre-ring) as I do of winning a fight against Mike Tyson in his prime.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Yeah, but I think(I really hope) that Adar is lying and is just doing Sauron's bidding by saying that. He'd have as much chance of killing Sauron(even pre-ring) as I do of winning a fight against Mike Tyson in his prime.

I suspect that you could have killed Mike Tyson had you stabbed him in the back.

And Adar isn't just some dude, he is one of the Noldor. He is on the same level as Galadriel, and she is pretty confident she can kick Sauron's butt if she can catch him.

 

[Zaukrie]

That was a great episode. For some reason, people seem to be looking for reasons, often ridiculously minor, not to like the show. That had nearly everything people ask for in a fantasy show. It also had that war is hell feel Tolkien went for with the mountain exploding.

 

[Zaukrie]

I'm curious.......for those of you that seem to hate the show, why do you keep watching it and posting about every little thing that is wrong about it?

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

That was a good episode. Lots of twists and turns. Of course, also extremely furtious timing... But that's definitely LotR stuff, I'd say.

 

[Ryujin]

That was a good episode. Lots of twists and turns. Of course, also extremely furtious timing... But that's definitely LotR stuff, I'd say.

Whatever would writers do for suspense, if they couldn't make the bomb stop with one second left on the timer?