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

[Horwath]

Amazon spent WAY too much money on rights to not use the LoTR name!

I know that.

Just as House of the dragon has to compete with GoT seasons 1-4, but luckily it also has to compete with GoT seasons 7&8.
if HoD goes to level of GoT season 5, it would be great.

same for RoP, GoT season 5 would be a great mark for that show, but I doubt it.

 

[RuinousPowers]

What I neglected to mention is whilst in space he takes on the guise of Darth Plagueis the Wise and trains an apprentice.

That's in Unfinished Tales II: Space Boogaloo, right?

 

[Horwath]

That's in Unfinished Tales II: Space Boogaloo, right?

remember;

Service in Host of Valar guaranties immortality!

Would you like to know more?

 

[Mallus]

if this show was named "Adventures in Faerun" it would be far better.
Than it would stand on it's own merit and not be compared to masterpiece of LotR

It holds up nicely to a bunch of appendixes and the Silmarillion, though.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

It holds up nicely to a bunch of appendixes and the Silmarillion, though.

And it's way better than The Hobbit. All three movies and the novel.

 

[trappedslider]

There are no "stories" in the appendix (apart from the tale of Aragorn and Arwen, most of which made it into the extended edition of the movies). As in "here are some characters, and this stuff happens to them" (there isn't much of that in the Silmarillion either, JRRT did not think it was suitable for in a suitable state for publication when he died). The poems are a significant source with regards to narrative. There is a timeline in the appendices.

My point is, and it may have been missed but the appendices are the ONLY source of info they are allowed to use.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

My point is, and it may have been missed but the appendices are the ONLY source of info they are allowed to use.

And references in the main text. There is lots of stuff mentioned in the books in poems and in background info that never made it into the movies. For example, they could mention Gondolin, since it is mentioned in The Hobbit.

 

[Hriston]

Good points. I noticed the eye thing, and I was wondering about the "cold fire". It reminded me of the One Ring staying cool even after it was thrown into the fireplace.

That's a very good point! And Nori's line - "It isn't hot." - echoes Gandalf's "It's quite cool." when he gives the ring to Frodo.

 

[Zubatcarteira]

I'm pretty sure that was alluding to the earlier scene where the torches of the elves didn't have any heat inside Sauron's lair.

 

[Bagpuss]

I'm pretty sure that was alluding to the earlier scene where the torches of the elves didn't have any heat inside Sauron's lair.

Which seems all related to the same phenomena, evil sucking the heat out of things.