I’m not a
#Tolkien
scholar, but I play one on YouTube. Largest LOTR channel at over 1 Million subs! 🙏 Always talking
#LordoftheRings
and other nerdy stuff. 🤓
Godspeed, Bernard Hill. Folks will be sharing memories of his various roles today, but for me, Théoden King stands alone - a standout performance in a film series full of standout performances.
May his family be comforted during this difficult time. ❤️
JUST ANNOUNCED - Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens are returning to produce the first of the new Middle-earth films. The film is in early script development and is expected to release in 2026!
Tom Bombadil has been revealed for Rings of Power Season 2! He's played by Rory Kinnear and will apparently meet the Stranger...
Article from
@VanityFair
:
While I was chatting with
#TheRingsOfPower
director Wayne Yip today, he confirmed this is indeed Narsil. He also mentioned the tapestry depicts Beren & Lúthien the moment Beren pries the silmaril from Morgoth's crown.
Rumors are going around online that the massive
#LEGO
LOTR set will be Rivendell, with 6,167 pieces, releasing March 1, and priced at $499.99. (found via
@BrickFanatics
)
I had hoped for Minas Tirith, but this is also an A+ choice. ❤️
👇art by Jerry Vanderstelt
“Seeing Peter Jackson’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ films helped me understand that this is the career I want. On top of that, I fell in love with the elves,”
@IsmaelC_C
tells us.
Read our full interview with
@TheRingsofPower
star:
Who comes up with these headlines? “Not your dad’s Middle-earth” immediately makes me think “well, this dad’s Middle-earth won 17 Oscars and is the greatest cinematic trilogy of all time, so…
Today we celebrate the life of JRR Tolkien on his 131st birthday! Raise a glass to the professor at 9p your local time to toast the creator of the greatest fantasy world of all time!🍻
(Fun fact: Bilbo was 131 when he sailed
West & passed the Old Took to be the oldest hobbit.)
Fun fact: originally the movie called for Sauron to stab his own palm, which was holding molten gold. His blood would then mix with the gold to create the One Ring. It wasn’t used because (like burning Gil-galad) it was a bit dark for the first 10min, but the blade remains!
Today, I learned that in the films, Gimli gets his double-bladed axe from Moria. It isn’t seen before then, and you can see it as the Fellowship enters Mazarbul. 🤯
#LOTR20
I had a good feeling about this casting and was not disappointed. Wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up being my favorite character of the series.
#TheRingsofPowers
Imagine if Tolkien & Lewis let their differences in opinion, faith, etc prevent them from engaging one another in respectful conversation. How much would we have missed out on?
90+ yrs later, ppl declare mortal enemies over a tv show. There is still much to learn from these two.
This just arrived in my inbox courtesy of
@LOTRonPrime
! You saw it first HERE! Who do you think this could be?!?! We'll do some speculation on YouTube today!
#RingsofPower
drops on Sept 2 and I....CANNOT....WAIT!!!
#LOTRonPrime
#LOTR
#LOTRROP
This was not on my radar at all, but found another LOTR game is on the way from
@GhostGalaxyGam1
! Apparently this is a re-make of an older game that I hadn’t heard of before. Very curious about this one!
#GenCon
Details:
I am so immensely thankful for all who have watched and subscribed to this nerdy little YouTube channel I started less than 4 years ago to share my love of Tolkien's Middle-earth.
1 Million Subscribers is but a milestone...so much more fun and adventure to come!🙏
Breaking News 📣
#Hubble
breaks new record detecting the most distant individual star ever seen. Nicknamed Earendel by the authors, this star existed within the first billion years after the Universe’s birth in the Big Bang 🎆
Full story: 🔗
Thread 👇
Covering all we know of the life & adventures of Tom Bombadil! Including meeting Goldberry, his friendship with Farmer Maggot, and his later adventures with the hobbits!
VIDEO>>>
With recent rumors, do you think he should appear in Rings of Power?
If you're gonna quote LOTR, folks, let's at least get the quote right...
"The Shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make: not real new things of its own. I don’t think it gave life to the orcs, it only ruined them and twisted them;"
- Frodo
The King still reigns! Nobody will hit or eclipse the record 11
#Oscars
wins The Return of the King nabbed 20 years ago.
This is basically the nerd version of the ‘72 Dolphins watching to see if another team goes undefeated each year. 😂
Well I feel very silly for not noticing until today what's in the distant background of this
#RingsOfPower
episode 1 shot. I mean I *know* where this scene takes place but I hadn't noticed that.
While promoting his Western "The Dead Don't Hurt," Viggo Mortensen says he'd return to "The Lord of the Rings." Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis are working on a new film, "The Hunt for Gollum," that would likely feature his Aragorn character.
In all the pristine splendor of Númenor, the one area showing disrepair? The columns around the White Tree of Nimloth (ancestor of those of Gondor).
Visual evidence that most Numenoreans don’t care now for things that tie them to the Eldar/Valar.
#TheRingsOfPower
Had the pleasure of joining a theater full of Tolkien fans in watching the first 2 episodes of
#TheRingsOfPower
. Can’t wait to say more, but there were more things for deep lore fans than I expected, and I walked away excited for what’s to come. 1/2
In Viggo Mortensen's new film
#TheDeadDontHurt
, (which he wrote, directed, produced, co-starred in and composed) there is a dream sequence featuring a familiar sword to LOTR fans!
⚔️Check out this exclusive clip where you can spot Andúril, Flame of the West, sword of Aragorn!
🚨‘Rings of Power’ Star Ismael Cruz Córdova Says Amazon Hired an On-Set Therapist to Deal With Racist Backlash
“You need support when this happens because the voices are so loud and they’re coming at you from so many places,”
#TheRingsOfPower
Via
@Variety
Since none of his current/soon-to-be-former franchises care to keep him around, I say we swipe Henry Cavill into the Tolkien universe.
Thinking about who he should play. So far I’ve got either a King of Arthedain during the Angmar Wars or Glorfindel. 🤔 What say you?
🤯 So crazy!
Thank you so much to all who have watched and subscribed over the past 3 years! It’s a wonderful community full of folks to love Tolkien’s world! ❤️
Curious to see how far the big event from
#TheRingsofPower
Ep 6 will be felt across Middle-earth. Would be awesome to see it from (for instance) the Harfoot perspective from a distance, and I wonder if the dwarves will feel reverberations in Khazad-dûm.
Fun fact: Tolkien also referred to his sea-serpents as "fish-dragons". And I for one will be using that term henceforth for this creature in
#TheRingsOfPower
Fun fact: Azog’s original design has a loin cloth made from the skinned faces of dwarves. It was a bit too gruesome and was changed to cloth in the film, but this statue features the original design!
Elrond talking about his father Eärendil to Durin has to be one of my favorite scenes so far. You can feel the complex emotions he’s having in this moment and it makes me wanna cry so hard
#TheRingsOfPower
#RingsOfPower
The tracklist for
@bearmccreary
's The Rings of Power Season 2 soundtrack has been revealed! Possible minor spoilers in the list here...
#tropspoilers
Tracks with a * will not be on the vinyl of the album which will be available from Amazon and
@madebymutant
Very excited to share that I'll be interviewing Lloyd Owen about Elendil, Númenor, and his deep dives into the more obscure writings of Tolkien to inform his
@LOTRonPrime
character! Join us on Tuesday 1:15pm ET!
Click "Notify Me" here:
While many have concluded The Stranger is Gandalf, I'm not so sure it's a done deal. Why I think
#TheRingsOfPower
"Meteor Man" might still be a Blue Wizard...
👇WATCH HERE👇
✅Philippa Boyens
✅John Howe
✅PJ Film Aesthetic
✅Rohirrim!! 🐴
#WaroftheRohirrim
and
#LOTRonPrime
are going to try to out-Middle-earth one another and I AM HERE FOR IT!!
Celebrating 800k subscribers today! A HUGE thank you to each and every one - those around since the beginning, the many who’ve joined these past several weeks - and everyone in between!
Many more days, and videos, of Tolkien nerdiness to come!
Had some delightful conversations with Lloyd Owen , Robert Aramayo, Morfyyd Clark, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Sophia Nomvete, Daniel Weyman, & Dylan Smith from
@LOTRonPrime
about their characters and the show! Will share more soon!
#TheRingsOfPower
I, for one, am very much looking forward to seeing Elrond’s warrior side. He and Durin were the biggest highlights of S1 imo, and it will be cool to see them in battle mode.
EXCLUSIVE ⚔️
#TheRingsOfPower
’s battles are "on a much grander scale" in Season 2, co-showrunner Patrick McKay tells Empire.
There's one that will "take place not just overnight, but over multiple days, weeks, months and episodes".
READ MORE:
It sounds like Howard Shore will be returning to Middle-earth, composing for
#LOTRonPrime
! This is a great move by Amazon. I simply cannot wait to hear the leitmotifs of the Second Age.
If you ever feel like you haven’t accomplished enough, remember that Aragorn didn’t become King of the Reunited Kingdom until he was 87.
There’s still time!
Now that we know
@IsmaelC_C
is a silvan elf, what do we think about the face on his chest plate? I’m still leaning toward this depicting an Ent.
#LOTRROP
#RingsOfPower
Time for
#FindtheFellowship
! I’ve hidden all 9
#LOTR
characters in this Where’s Waldo image!
Hint: they are the
@WetaWorkshop
mini epics versions!
RT and let us know who you’ve found! (I’ll post an image with them circled later today)