TV Series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Sauron already exists in the world though, why would he come on a comet after he's already been around and the elf chick is trying to track down?
 
RememberTheKoy said:
Sauron already exists in the world though, why would he come on a comet after he's already been around and the elf chick is trying to track down?
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He disguised himself as Annatar and walked among the Elves. He actually works with Celembrimbor to make the Rings, but leaves to work on the One Ring before Celembrimbor makes the Three Rings.

He's one of the most powerful beings in the world here. At this point, he's still capable of taking up "fair" forms. Comet arrival from the west would potentially be a way to trick the Elves that he's a new, good being (since they came back to Middle-Earth from the west).

I am about 70/30 Blue Wizard, though. I don't think he's Sauron.
 
Is it me, or are the episodes nearly unwatchable?

I can't get through twenty minutes without falling asleep.
 
Has episode 3 already dropped?
 
Guy Incognito said:
He disguised himself as Annatar and walked among the Elves. He actually works with Celembrimbor to make the Rings, but leaves to work on the One Ring before Celembrimbor makes the Three Rings.

He's one of the most powerful beings in the world here. At this point, he's still capable of taking up "fair" forms. Comet arrival from the west would potentially be a way to trick the Elves that he's a new, good being (since they came back to Middle-Earth from the west).

I am about 70/30 Blue Wizard, though. I don't think he's Sauron.
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I doubt it's Sauron. If Numenor still exists, then it's possible he's there right now and not in Middle Earth.
 
Just finished ep 3.

So now I know exactly where we are on the timeline.

No spoilers!
 
Show is great except for anytime it goes to the Hobbits which are always very boring scenes.

About 40 minutes into the 3rd episode and it's been on the Hobbits far too long after an interesting first 30 minutes.
 
RememberTheKoy said:
Show is great except for anytime it goes to the Hobbits which are always very boring scenes.

About 40 minutes into the 3rd episode and it's been on the Hobbits far too long after an interesting first 30 minutes.
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I guess they're setting up how Bilbo's ancestors got to the shire or how Smeagol's ancestors got to the Anduin

Plus, they got a mysterious magic dude with them
 
Not sure how I feel about the show now doing one of the same plot lines of trilogy.
 
 
Big Al Rogorson said:
I'd enjoy some good spoilers.

Don't like seeing this. I want this series to play out.
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They’ve got too much money tied up and they haven’t marketed at all. That’s a big issue for Amazon in that people don’t know they drop new shows. I stumble upon half the stuff I watch on Prime.
 
Wild Turkey said:
They’ve got too much money tied up and they haven’t marketed at all. That’s a big issue for Amazon in that people don’t know they drop new shows. I stumble upon half the stuff I watch on Prime.
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This. For Netflix and the others, they do huge marketing, for Amazon there's barely a peep.
 
As someone who never read the books, and just saw the movies, it kinda threw me off about the orcs not liking sunlight. I know during the movies most of middle earth was dark and polluted but they still were able to be in the sunlight. I guess they adapted over time?
 
RubinRock said:
As someone who never read the books, and just saw the movies, it kinda threw me off about the orcs not liking sunlight. I know during the movies most of middle earth was dark and polluted but they still were able to be in the sunlight. I guess they adapted over time?
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Aside from the Uruk-hai that Saruman created, in the books it was mentioned that Orcs didn't like sunlight. I don't recall how it was dealt with in The Hobbit (battle happened late in the day, bats clouded out the Sun, etc.), but I remember it being a point of emphasis that the Dwarves were trying to make it to daylight (and the Orcs were trying to burn them out of the trees beforehand).
 
Guy Incognito said:
Aside from the Uruk-hai that Saruman created, in the books it was mentioned that Orcs didn't like sunlight. I don't recall how it was dealt with in The Hobbit (battle happened late in the day, bats clouded out the Sun, etc.), but I remember it being a point of emphasis that the Dwarves were trying to make it to daylight (and the Orcs were trying to burn them out of the trees beforehand).
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Correct, they would only go into sunlight "when driven at great need" by their Lord, whether that be Morgoth or Sauron.

The Second Age, where we are now, was for a long time dominated by Sauron and he covered Middle-Earth with darkness so that his minions could roam freely and oppress people. The period was referred to as "The Black Years." This was the significance in the LOTR when it was said that he would cover Middle-Earth in a "Second darkness"
 
Big Al Rogorson said:
I have. I'm enjoying it, but it's hard to keep up because I never read the books.
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Might be easier for you to enjoy them, since you won't be going, "hey, that's not in the books!"
 
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