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Nobody else caught that moment when Theo was telling Arondir about missing the feeling of power that wielding the hilt/sword gave him Arondir said to Theo "Then rid yourself of it, once it for all" which is almos the exact same thing that Sam said to Frodo before carrying him and the ring into Mt.Doom
All the heavy hints convinced me that Halbrand is a misdirect. I reckon we've not seen Sauron yet, he's somewhere in Lindon, influencing Gil-galad and making him believe he needs to get the mithril to save the elves, so that Sauron can use the mithril to make the rings.
I agree. He says to Elrond that precious few know of the elves situation. One of his trusted advisors or a completely different person might make more sense. My running theory is Halbrand will be a Nazgûl who accepts one of the rings. 9 were given to the Kings of Men. Definitely gonna need some kings to accept those. The alternative to being he is the king of the dead which would also make sense
It would be kinda foolish not to introduce a character as omnipresent as Sauron early on, especially if they’re planning to do a misdirect. Considering how arrogant the show-runners have been about this series, I think they probably convinced themselves that nobody would see Halbrand coming. The only other character that might make sense it Celebrimbor, but that would upend a lot of Tolkien’s lore.
@@Dumbo9 While I don't like the whining of the hardcore fans, I do think this show needs better writers. This show can be so much more than it is right now. Some of the dialogues and acting seems flat. Definitely needs better screenplay.
@@Dumbo9 one does not have low standard and is ok with big corporations buying beloved franchise for easy money but won't respect the fanbase that comes with it while putting below average storytelling and trash pacing in a politically correct shit show which isn't middle earth
@@rashmirathnayake_ it's the second oldest trick on the book what Adar did (first is leaking false information to the enemy), and it took a day for someone to actually look at the package that "contains" the most dangerous item for them (they defeat Adar when its about to break dawn and Theo checks the bundle when it's starting to get dark). They know it is the core item on the enemies plan and they never got interested on finding what it; not a good look for the 5 military leaders that they had there.
The River is the River Sirion. The principal river of Beleriand during the First Age. When Adar is talking to the Orcs to hype them up before the battle he talks about them marching from the Ered Mithrim. These are the mountains in the Northernmost region of Beleriand and Lake Mithrim there was one of the main sources for the Sirion. Gil-Galad's father was king in Tol Sirion, the city in the mountains to the south called Ered Wethrim. At first glance to me this seems to be the connection. Adar was very likely an Avari Elf, the branch that refused to go to Valinor and possible source of coorupted Elves Morgoth used.
Well done, much better than some of these personalities that only complain about the most ridiculous things. I don't understand why we can't just enjoy a show for what it is and stop comparing it to something else. Personally, I have been enjoying the show for what it is. Well done, I do enjoy your videos.
I've seen people complaining about the logistics of sailing horses across the seas 🤦 and they wonder why they can't enjoy it when they are nit picking so hard.
@@RJGMorris Right! And the people that get bent out of shape about Galadriel and her abilities, yet do they NOT remember when Legolas took out an elephant all by himself!? Come on people... it's a fantasy show!
Cheers to that sentiment, but it is mature beyond much of the fandom's years. They will have to learn to enjoy it tho because the Nielsen ratings make the review bombing irrelevant.
I saw many channels only pre-complaining about the show, bombing it without know more then everybody - hundreds of them...some because they were convinced, some taking on Amazon as the real Sauron, most of them for making reach / money. Well...
About the rivers in the armours of Adar and Gil-Galad... I think many of us believe is a design with rivers from Beleriand. Probably the Mouths of Sirion (the delta of the river), quite important for the past/story of the elves (kind of a safe haven for them from Morgoth during many years. Tokien says that Gil-Galad was there for a while too as did Eärendil before sailing West, even the refugees from the fall of Gondolin went there. It plays a part in the story of the Silmarils too, before ending in ruins. Even the Valar went there before, when they finally decided to join the war to defeat Morgoth) or may even be Gelion. Adar also told Arondir that he remembered Beleriand (after asking him where he was from) and asked about the mouth of the river (Sirion), then said: "I went down that river once, when I was young, I remember..."
Some Tolkien fans are discussing if Adar is partially an inspiration from some Silmarilion/other books elves -who also lived in that region-, like for example Maeglin or Maglor. Anyway, looks like they are kind of doing their own version of Eöl (of fallen elves) and that´s great.
My favourite thing about RoP is that I have NO IDEA how this is going to go. It’s so fun. We know we HAVE to get into certain plot points but otherwise it’s a “is it or isn’t it” kind of thing which is exhilarating to me. I’m more into the plot of this than I am into marvel phase 4 (which don’t get me wrong I also LOVE)
The only thing i dont like about this series is the protagonist, Galadriel. She just doesnt feel like Galadriel..I dont know if its the actress or the directions she is given, but she sounds, looks and act so freaking annoying and arrogant, like a freaking Karen. She always has the same face no matter what is happening around her. I freaking hate that character. I was on the fence about the Dark skinned elf, but im enjoying his role so far, same for Elendil. They cast that guy perfectly. He even resembles the guy that played him in LOTR.
@@andresantos3487Galadriel is fine if you consider that this is a young Galadriel who is flawed and morally grey. She isn't a mother yet or married so she has a lot if growing to do. This isn't the Galadriel from the films yet because she isn't supposed to be that yet Galadriel is Arwens grandmother in the books since her daughter marries Elrond We are thousands of years before that and people can drastically change in a single lifetime.
@@andresantos3487 yes she is not the Galadriel we know and love out of the books and the Jacksons movie - but she is a much earlier version. She is also on a character arc. I start to like her - from "who is she" - "OMG a Zombie without emotions" to - ok I get it and now in #6 I really start to find her good (the actress I mean).
Galadriel is literally stating that she wants to commit genocide on the entire orcs race. The more and more this show goes on I’m starting to think that maybe the elf’s are not as noble as I thought they were.
Don't read any of the First Age stories....... Elves commit 3 separate "kinslayings" against their own kind and elven pride and jealousy leads to the downfall of at least 2 elven kingdoms
These are postmodern concepts were you gray out everything. But LOTR isn't a postmodern story, there is a clear distinguish between good and evil. Also seeing LOTR in this postmodern light isn't something new. So, you been irritated that Galadriel wants to eradicate all the orks, is the result of living in the postmodern world. (Even that you had seen orks killing innocent people just a few moments earlier) I have a short real life parable for this. I worked at a training facility, and from time to time we would get problems with rats and mice, so we set up traps. Once we had a young woman who was really upset with that, because...rats and mice are cute and have the right to life and it's barbaric and gruesome to kill them etc...so she would sabotage the traps. That changed the day the rats had discovered her personal stack of goodies, after that she went into full Galadriel mode concerning rats and mice.
Elves in fantasy are like always evil. They're a bunch of elitists that think they're better than all of the other races, know no wrong, and are justified in using the other races to accomplish their needs. They're like Vulcans. Pointy eared bastards telling humans that they're barely better than apes. So if you understand Vulcans, then you understand Elves, cause they're the same thing.
Ohhh elves can be VERY flawed in Tolkien's story, threatening to commit genocide is pretty mild compare to what Galadriel's uncle Feanor did in the first age. He single-handed caused the entire Noldor race to be banished from their home by the gods, some of his sons are not that much better either.
They've pulled off some insane reverse psychology here - everyone thinks that it's too obvious for Halbrand to be Sauron, so much so that we actually will be surprised if it turns out to be him.
Thats what i was thinking the obvious thing in disguise on our own eyes maybe he actually is Sauron and hes been manipulating all like how easy was for halbrand to convince galadriel or deceive all numenorians . Idk
I can’t stop thinking about how when Halbrand was forging knives in Numenor, he lined them up PERFECTLY on the table while the other Numenorean smiths seemed to toss their works in a pile on the other tables. Sauron was obsessed with orderliness right? Seems like the OCD fits 🤷♀️
When they were back in the village and prepared for battle and their plan was to let the orcs in, close them in and attack them, I also thought of Seven Samurai. Epic classic! :D
@@emergencyawesome I also think how this Adar is actually a leader of an apparently independent group, or better, community of orcs and wants to be respected as a life form like everybody else, is actually quite refreshing from the ever orc bashing. The elve's hatred of the orcs runs quite, quite deep and it's like the elves feel so ashamed of the fact that the orcs were once elves.
The Yavanna reference was fairly clever. Elves love Yavanna, who loves trees. Dwarves love Aule, who created the dwarves and is the god of smithing. Yavanna was *married* to Aule, but they both knew the dwarves would cut down lots of trees, and it seems they had a fractious relationship (for gods). It also hints at the love/hate relationship between the Elves and the Dwarves, Legolas and Gimli etc. From the Silmarillion: -"‘Eru is bountiful,’ Yavanna said. ‘Now let thy children beware! For there shall walk a power in the forests whose wrath they will arouse at their peril.’ -‘Nonetheless they will have need of wood,’ said Aulë, and he went on with his smith-work.
From what I remember, elves consider orcs as abominations and feel almost religiously compelled to destroy them. It makes sense if orcs are twisted elves, then the elves would consider it mercy killing. It also might offend them spiritually since they weren't part of Eru's original song of creation, but a twisting by Morgoth... so elves might consider orcs as literally against nature.
I agree. Elves go to Valinor when they die, it's highly unlikely they're walking around singing and dancing with the hordes of "corrupted elves" they killed.
@@Jagonath but tge most accepted explanations thst they were twisted elves, so for me this lore is correct! though it has been a while since I read the histories, but for me, they were once elves! Everyone can look at how they wish!
I don't think any of the characters we've seen are Sauron. He is likely in Eregion already and helping/influencing Celebrimbor to build the forge. In the books, he is most welcomed in Eregion after he repents. He doesn't come into conflict before he forges the one ring in Mt. Doom and the elves realize he was devising to control them. We will likely see him as Annatar at the end of the season with Celebrimbor introducing him as a "by the way, here is my friend who have been helping me" kind of way.
I will be alright with the reasonable possibility that Annatar is already in Eregion pulling strings. Yet so many Sauronic themes spill out of Halbrand they are heavily painting him as such. Why does Galadriel repeat Halbrand's line to her thousands of years later, about the tides of fate? I have had to accept either possibility. But I'm unsure how Halbrand would morph into Annatar, we'l.p. have to wait and see.
I am with the other person in being okay with a reasonable explanation of Annatar already being in Eregion. Elrond seems to be Celebrimbor's right hand elf in making the forge.
Nampat means “death” according to the x-ray feature. Adar and Arondir have been my favorite characters in this show. I was so happy when Arondir and Bronwyn professed their love for each other. Galadriel irritates me. She’s OP but everyone around her still dies. He company followed the King’s orders and she says they betrayed her.
Galadriel is OP? What does that even mean? She's no more OP than Legolas. She's thousands of years old, Elvin abilities, and has trained for longer than any of those around her. Oh, she's female. That's why she's OP in your opinion....
I think that Adar, Meteor Man and Halbrand are three personifications that will be later on introduced into a single character that challenges them all three of them. That is why everyone is misdirected to belive that either of them might be Sauron but instead their motives and actions are very different to Sauron's only to end up doing his biding, except for the Meteor Man which I belive that he was meant to a powerful servant to him only being intervened by Iluvitar in order to become Gandalf the Gray and striping Sauron from his final pray that would give him ultimate power.
Well - I don't think we saw Sauron yet (might be wrong), also this is no place for Gandalf, although he is most fitting to the Meteor Man - looks, goodness, very powerful (not knowing how to control it or better lost it on the way), also why he loves the Hobbits over thousands of years...and we can see where it started.
Halbrand has to be Sauron. First thing he looks for at Numenor is a forgery, then is super adamant to become a forger, too many missing pieces of his backstory with the “things he’s done”, telling Adar “Remember me?”, claiming to be the King of the Southlands, AND having some love interest with Galadriel (sets her up to be the lady of the woods, broken hearted and deceived!). It’s Halbrand!!!!
It seems too perfect though too obvious don't get me wrong it really does seem he is his armour is draped in rings and adar said he killed sauron which would explain why he hates adar so much but would they really make it that obvious?
I dont think its him. In that back alley brawl in Numenor, why would he warn the dudes by saying '' dont do this'' ? Why would an evil guy like Sauron even bother warning them. No1 there was watching, if it was Sauron he would straight up demolish those dudes without a warning, maybe even hide the bodies so no1 would find out. I dont get a Sauron vibe from this guy.
What happened to Goblins? I thought all those critters - well, most of them - running around in Moria were goblins. And breeding Orcs with humans? The Uruk-hai were that kind of hybrid? I thought they were half orc/half goblin. I always learn so much here, despite the fact that I am 70 and have read that trilogy every 3 years or so since I was 20. Thank you for your ongoing excellence.
I believe goblins and orcs are the same species because Tolkien is known to use anglo-saxon words instead or anglo-norman. That means that those goblins in moria are the same as the uruks from mordor. Same species different names.
Goblins and Orcs are the same species. The names are the same. 'Orcrist' "The Goblin Hewer" from 'The Hobbit' evidences this. The movies confuse matters somewhat but generally: a.) goblins are the smallest and come from the areas aound the Misty Mountains b.) Orcs are essentially larger goblins and are in thrall to Sauron c.) Uruks are large Orcs (Not Uruk-Hai) and elite shock troops from Mordor or strongholds like Gundabad or Angmar. They are described as wearing the Red Eye of Sauron on their armour. Appendix B LOTR . See below d.) Uruk-Hai are Uruks bred with Mountain Men from Southern Gondor, the lands around the Isen River and Dunland by Saruman. They were either the White Hand or the elf rune for 'S' on their Armour and Treebeard describes them as "Great Orcs" to Pippin. There are also conflicting references that they are bred with "Goblin-Men" but it is unclear if these are a conjoined artificial race of Men + Goblins/Men + Orcs/Men + Uruks, an improvement of Sauron's Uruks by Saruman or a combination of all of the above. I'm inclined to believe the latter, seeing as Saruman/Curumo was the Maia for ingenuity, invention and innovation. Sauruman did this to breed Sunlight resistant troops.
This episode was insane!! It had me on the edge of my seat the whole time! Even though the battles in the episode weren’t huge, they were pretty well done! It was a sad and messed up twist when the south landers realized/ found they killed their friends and or families that went off with Adar. It was pretty crazy and cool to see Mount Doom activated at the end of the episode!! It would be pretty crazy if Halbrand does end up being Sauron somehow. I’m excited for the last two episodes!! I’ve been really enjoying this first season so far!!
Totally agree. On other pages this show gets so much hate. I think people think they’re supposed to hate it because it’s “woke” so they just look for things to pick apart. I’m really enjoying this show. I hope it doesn’t get canceled
@@emergencyawesome whether or not one liked the action, the writing was still horrible lol. I am not sure how you can say with a straight face this was a great episode when the writing was still horrendous
Well, more things are happening in this episode but I found this episode quite messy and probably should've been two episodes instead. It felt like rapid fan service to me. The best moments in this show so far are still the moments between Elrond and Durin, such a fun dynamic.
I think Sauron will be someone entirely different but either Theo and/or Halbrand will have something to do with Sauron, like the Witch-King or something like that.
Not a single character on this show is Sauron. Whoever Sauron is disguised will be introduced as a new character in the season finale. I called it here! 🤣
@@emergencyawesome you’re the goat! Love how you don’t give your opinion on every episode. Its annoying when im trying to get some lore and all i find on other channels are opinions
Highly doubt it's Halbrand. When is he gonna find the time to leave Galadriel, change form to an elf and infiltrate Celebrimdors' inner cirlce and teach him how to create the rings of power while also finding the time to make his own ring.
The way Halbrand says to Adar do you remember me. Makes me think he could be Sauron in disguise as a human. Remember if Adar was from Valinor he would be able to see Sauron as he really is no matter what. Though I believe the corrupted elves were from Middle Earth
Before the orcs are trapped in the tower when they search it they say grimbatol or something. Means "find them" and is used in the one rings engraving.
I think Halbrand is that ghost king (The Oathbreakers) that swore to Aragorn eventually ( during the LOTRS trilogy movie ).even though, they are Pre-Númenórean people (Oathbreakers), may be they will play it differently here, and he end up like that ghost king.
It's kind of funny after watching this episode. I was so sure that Adar was Sauron. He was clearly "formerly" (I guess) an elf, now looking after orcs. I totally and completely forgot that Sauron did a complete sleight of hand and charmed all the races of middle earth with a fake persona. Of course Adar is not gonna be Sauron. But obviously they have met. And I think "I split him in half" could be a play on words, too. Maybe in the "Kylo killed Ben" or "Vader killed Anakin" sense? Ultimately, I don't think we've actually seen Sauron yet. Celebrimbor will definitely meet him, but we've only seen Celebrimbor the one time. I do think that Sauron will be an elf, though.
@@danielkim672 how many comments have I seen you replied to now talking about the writing 🥴 we get it You don’t like the show..why are u here? Trying to convince everyone the writing is bad.. some of us enjoy the show, we are not miserable like you mate.
@@danielkim672 yea carry on. Your such a looser mate. You hate the show, why are u even here then?🥴 trying to convince people the writing is so bad.. such a looser 🤣🤣
"Nampat"is a word meaning "death" in Black Speech. Yes, Sauron created The Black Hilt and it's a precursor to The One Ring. He controlled the people of the Southlands with it. He can also sense when it's used and that's how he knew where the battle would take place. Adar killed Sauron's "body" shortly after Morgoth was defeated and that made Sauron questioning himself and he was about to give up on his mission to "heal" the earth when he met Galadriel (that's why he says she did far more than just saved him). He had already been Halbrand for centuries as he built up the strength he lost when Adar killed his former body. That's why he's asking Adar "Do you remember me?", but Adar have never seen Halbrand before. Halbrand is good at pickpocketing (he took Galadriel's dagger from Elendil) and maybe he took the keys to Adar's shackles and gave them to Adar (since he knew what was coming).That's why Adar asked him "Who are you?". Moriondor is a Quenya word that translates to the "Sons of the Dark". It's the plural form of Morion ("Dark One"), which in the context of the legendarium was Morgoth's original name.
A lot of people never gave this series a chance, but this shit is awesome. Does it have flaws. Yes of course. But to see it on screen and us to live in this lifetime to experience this lore of this fantasy world is something we can’t take it for granted. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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My main problem with the show is how they handle "diversity" the vast majority of characters ether seem to be Caucasian or native New Zealander, but there are also 4, "black people" the leader of the "definitely not Hobbits" Halfoots, the princess regent of Numinor, the princess of the Dwarves and an Elf super soldier, if they had included a few other black elves, dwarves, Numinorians and Halfoots it would be fine, but no, black people can only be people in a position or authority or a super soldier.
Awesome? Wtf is awesome in this show? Six fcking hours and what did u see? Main charter is unlikable douchebag. Timelime is fcking mess. Story is just bad. Even if we ignore that it have nothing to do with Tolkien writting, its bad anyway.
If you look up the definition of Hal, it's usually something about computer tech masking or even refers to HAL from 2001 A Space Odyssey which was also murderous. Brand is also a mark usually to define something. May be looking too deep, but I think that fool is Sauron lol. But I don't think we're going to see The Rings created this season. It'll likely be next season. Too early to do all of that IMO
If Halbrand is Sauron, it makes sense why he hated Adar. Adar thought he killed Sauron. Of course, Sauron is a powerful being too powerful to be killed with physical weapons, but I'm sure it weakened him and stopped him at whatever he was trying to do.
I think Adar killed Sauron after he faced Finrod Finrod looked as if he fought a Werewolf, Finrod mortally hurting this form and then being finished by Adar when he was weak
Galadriel survived the hot volcanic ash because she was bound to Sauron who has not made the one ring yet. the One Ring has the spirit of Sauron and binds the ring bearers but Sauron said he felt bound to her and so did she. She was protected by Sauron's powers. How did Halbrand get ahead of Galadriel who was riding the horse the fastest to be able to knock down the Adar the Uruk's horse? Halbrand has powers to protect. Halbrand had to die (be killed by the Uruk Adar) in order to obtain the dark power that was unwilling to give itself to him. He had to die and he did, and came back as Halbrand and other forms (to trick the Elves).
The series actually turned out very well. It's a shame that it was hated so much before release, when now, everything makes sense in the context of they not being able to use the Silmarillion and compressing the timeline. All changes are completely understandable for obvious reasons like otherwise they would have had to replace characters in every episode, as it originally takes places over multiple hundred years.
Yes. I too hated it before the release, as I couldn't make out anything from the trailers I saw. I totally misjudged, as the storyline now is gripping and full of suspense.
right? it was quite foolish. The show even showed us that he was asking Waldreg to do something. Clearly it was to run off with the hilt to protect it. Good acting on Adars part though, pretending the cloth was important when he fell from his horse.
This episode was an improvement Felt LOTR more this episode Plus I’m convinced Sauron is Halbrand since he can shape shift and all the small hints they keep giving
I agree I think Sauron is Halbrand as well; especially since they cut to that one scene where they had forging tools left behind; akin Halbrand's proclivities to forging/being a blacksmith
@@mamo1761 agreed. I cant for my life understand how u would think this is epic. But, each to his own. I dont know if it comes down to being a book reader or not with all the expectations that comes with it.
How does this show feel like LOTR what so ever? If these writers wrote LOTR, in the Two Towers, Theoden would have ordered everyone to abandon Helms Deep, to trap the orcs inside and then blow it up. Because, why use a fort to defend yourselves if you can abandon it to protect some defenceless town? Guess they needed to fix their problem with cavalry not being effective on the location of the guard tower... It's unintelligent writing, truly.
In the LOTR Trilogie, Sauron never makes an appearance, iirc. So I wasn‘t aware that Sauron in disguise is something that I should be looking for. Why do you beliebe he is one character that we Know in disguise? 😤
I would literally listen like a little kid listening to children stories every time Charlie take time to explain the back stories of Tolkien Mythology Universe.
Am I the only one who noticed how Halbrand paused once he was asked if he was the king they were promised? And the way they shot it by having Bronwyn look at the pouch then ask him took me back to when he told Galadriel that the pouch was just something he took off a dead man, he might actually turn out to be a fraud, a simple smith maybe that used to work for Adar then betrayed the true king that was ready to swear fealty to the dark forces of Morgoth, thus explaining the "things he had done". That would explain why he was so eager to stay away from everything and everyone, to live in Numenor where no one would ever find out.
This was a great episode overall, but there are still some issues, contrivances, that raised my eyebrow. 1. How did Bronwyn's people get around the orcs when the two groups essentially switched spots, completely unnoticed? 2. How could Bronwyn's people not have know they were fighting other men instead of orcs? Orcs walk, talk, sound, bleed, and fight differently than men, so how they didn't notice is beyond me. 3. How did Galadriel's force know exactly where to go? The Southlands is a very big place, yet they knew to go right to the village where Adar's force was attacking? 4. How did Galadriel and Arondir not notice Adar switched that dark sword hilt for a simple axe? Never mind that they are shaped way differently and the hilt probably weighs much more than the axe, but several times through the season it seems to exude a certain mystical-ness, sort of like the one ring, that people notice. I feel like Arondir, who's been in its presence before, should have been able to tell without much difficulty.
2. There was orcs alongside men, when the skirmish started and chaos spread, you cant notice who you fight against. 3. Halbrand knew it I have no answer to 1 and 4 though.
Calling it now, they are building up Halbrand to see him fall and take a ring and become the Witch King. I mean, the one king, the rings on hike for the ring wraiths. How he struggle between light and dark. He will unite the Southlands as a great king of man and Sauron later will give him a ring to protect his lands and the rest as they say...
Unpopular opinion: I think Gil-galad is suuuuper sus. He’s giving me extreme Sauron vibes and I feel like he misled Elrond and Celebrimbor about the Mithril being important for Elves to stay alive. I remember in the Hobbit when Thorin gives Bilbo the Mithril armor, he said something along the lines of “it’s a gift of kings” because it’s extremely rare. Also in The Fellowship of the Rings, when Frodo “gets stabbed” by the orcs in Moria, even Gandalf is surprised to see his Mithril armor because of how rare it is. Here’s the thought process: Gil-galad says elves need Mithril or they’ll pass into the void and convinced Celebrimbor to request Elrond to help with ideas on building the forge; KNOWING that Elrond is friends with Durin IV and also knowing that they have “something of great value”. And as you’ve mentioned in past videos, the rings are made with Mithril. Coincidence? I’m not too sure. Or I could be incredibly suspicious of the least important person for no reason 😅
Gladriel is over 14,000 years old at this point. Years of the Trees are much longer than years on middle earth. So she is 14000 ish years old in Middle Earth years at this point.
Two alternatives for Sauron: Adar, we haven't seen him yet. The white clad men who looked down on Meteor Man would probably be three of the other four Maiar to incarnate as Istari. And foremost of them, the _future_ Saruman.
Theo is Sauron. Y u ask? The creators of the show make great effort to keep his ears hidden. Being young and born from Arondir and Bronwyn, his memories arent in tact so he doesnt know who he is... there will be a moment when he is faced with some drama which triggers his truth and he reveals himself as the true dark lord.. SAURON!. I bet its something like this. And na, Waldreg doesnt steal the sword... Adar comes out with the sword and says, 'Waldreg, I have a task for you'... then the camera cuts away... its left for us to piece it together ourselves from how it was filmed is how i see it.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and everything but I'm actually enjoying the show. I'm not a Tolkien "scholar" or anything like that but I love the lore and the backstory playing out from the original works. It started slow as they were story building but I think it escalated well to this point and I'm actually excited that there are two eps left after the Mt. Doom eruption in this week's episode. I honestly think that if people just stop looking for things to complain about and stop holding on to the show being exactly what YOU wanted, I believe they will enjoy the show too.
Charlie I have been waiting for your breakdown!! I'm waiting now and will edit my comment after watching! LOVE YOUR WORK!! Edit: okay I watched your breakdown, and I'm pretty much with you. TOTAL Sauron vibes, but I am expecting a misdirect. He does check all the boxes except I thoight that Sauron was supposed to hide as an Elf, not as a Man. The most beautiful I believe was the description. As soon as I saw the eruption, I out loud said "It's the beginning of the creation of Mordor!", you totally helped explain how it becomes the place where no light shines. The battle was a little underwhelming but I'm expecting something way bigger before the end of season 1. Still wondering why those cult looking people were at Metor Man's crash site. That is what has me second guessing who Sauron could be. I'm almost sure it is Halbrand, but just maybe we haven't seen him yet. Maybe the eruption was a sign showing thing at at a certain point ready for the next step to Saurons return. Great video Charlie, looking forward to your review, of my other show, Sunday night/Monday morning 😉. Laters
I’m a geologist. Those rhyoclastic ash flows travels at 100 mph and are lethal. Magma chambers don’t have stalactites and stalagmites in them like a normal cave. Water quenches, not ignites magma
It’s either Halbrand or someone who hasn’t shown yet. The mixed signals they give us is annoying cause at first it was cool if he’s Sauron because we picked up some hints but now they are giving them intentionally and if he indeed turn out to be Sauron I’ll he pissed as hell 🙄 Kinda want him to be Sauron as well as not. I’m so confused with what I want at this point but also it’ll be cool if Sauron is introduced as a cliffhanger at the end of Ep8 and left us wondering whether he’s Sauron or not 😵💫
My biggest problems with this episode: - How did Galadriel and the Numenorians know where to go with such haste? - How in hell did Halbrand got in front of Adar and Galadriel in the horse chase? - Why would anyone give Halbrand a king title in a small village in the middle of a vast country? - How were the Numenorians so skilled fighting the orcs, since in the last episode, they didn't seem to know what to do with a sword, and Galadriel had to teach them some moves?
1. The sphere thing quuen has shows where orcs are causing havoc 2. Halbrand is sauron or the Witch king 3.Halbrand is sauron or the witch king 4.A lot of time has passed between the training and war day,and one who were useless with swords still were., plus they got training from the commander of the Northern army, future queen of the Elves, GALADRIEL herself, this series vastly underestimates the power of Galadriel, Remember she 1v 1 sauron alone,
- Halbrand had dealings with Adar before and tipped them off. - Maybe Halbrand just tried to take a chance and cut them off. - Maybe his bloodline is of kings, like Aragorn. - I don't think Orcs are nearly as skilled as Galadriel. The one thing I thought was odd is that no one checked that the special sword was actually there.
the same reason - Adar didn't kill Halbrand the minute the war started - they gave up a literal fortress to hide in a fucking village when the orcs arrived Lazy writing
The main thing I noticed about Halbrand's armour was that it looked to be copper or bronze, when everyone else was wearing steel, and I thought it silly that the regular soldiers had better armour than the king they were escorting.
Numenorian army on 3 ships, probably they have ability to shrink horses and people. Sauron saving his enemies. Tower being held by ropes. Tavern is keep. Bridge over nothing. Volcano started with water. Helms deep 2. Teleportation. The Two Towers: Edoras is just a wooden village, let’s go to our stone fortress instead. ROP: Let’s leave our stone fortress and go to a wooden village instead Not good.
So is Adar getting Mt. Doom to erupt and block out the sun only to benefit the Orcs or is Adar doing it as part of a plan for Sauron? Just curious about Adar and Sauron's relationship being that Adar states that he cut open Sauron and shows hatred for him.
I think it’s both! Like Sauron has been somehow intentionally and indirectly manipulating Adar to cause Mt Doom to erupt, as Sauron knows he will need the volcano for the One Ring. But Adar doesn’t know this and thinks he’s doing it for the benefit of the Orcs, his children.
I think Galadriel threatening Adar may be trying to reference Morgoths curse of Hurin by being kept alive to witness the downfall of their race/bloodline. However I don’t think it was done intentionally by the writers, which if true is hilarious to me.
After listening to Adar and Galadriel speak in the end I felt sad for Adar. XD She was so lame and corrupt with hatred in that scene. I think I am orc side thanks to lovely writing. FOR THE HORDE!
Halbrand: "Do you remember me!?" Adar "....." Black Speech flowing to Adar "I'm Sauron, I'm Back!" Adar: "NOOOOoooooooooo (Darth Vader Voice)." Galadriel: "What the fak is this!?" Adar doesnt need the Morgul Sword to open the dam, the outpost is open just send in some troll SMASH SMASH!
Did they ever explain why Arondir couldn't just find a horse and take the sword/hilt to Gil-Galad? Or why he didn't tell the Commander of the Northern Armies what it was when she handed it back to him? He knew it was some sort of key, something important to the Orcs, and he doesn't bring this to the *Commander's attention?
The sword is a meaningless Mcguffin. All the Orcs had to do was breach the dam, key or no key. That’s why I hate this show: I’m smart enough to have gotten Bs in school.
@@CorePathway I mean the Orcs shown so far don't seem to be large enough in number to attack a well fortified position like that nor do they have siege weaponry from what I can tell. Additionally, the dam was extremely high up on a cliff so I doubt siege weapons could easily destroy the dam. Add to the fact that there is a level of secrecy wanted in order to not draw the attention of Lindon, Numenor, or Kazad-Dum (granted that just went out the window). It's a lot easier to get the "key" and use it to open the stone gate than to try and destroy something that was probably designed to protect against the very suggestion you have.
@@Eagledelta3 dude, if the Orcs can dig a 50 mile ditch they can breach a dam. All you have to do is start the flow, the water will do the rest. But we are both over-thinking it, instead of the showrunners.
@@danielkim672 ok This you saw something like This in got seanson 1 2 or 3 nope there were first battle in 4 season the wildlings vs wall keepers, we got such a badass fights Just in season one of rop! But bitches liku u Will always bitch Japping about something stfu and gtfo go watch Hous of stepsister Cya
@@danielkim672 Yeah it was little off, they need to find someone who does better coreography, and to every nice line of dialogue there is 2 lame ones following. At least the eruption was a cool scene, and it kind of made sense.
Adar reminds me of a movie about the American Civil War. I cannot remember the name of the movie but it shows a doctor losing his mind and he starts killing soldiers from both sides. I can't remember what side the doctor was originally on either. I think it's based on a true story too?? Adar lost his mind because of the war and because of what he experienced in turn he created a following. Adar is to sauron what the villager is to sauron. Somebody scarred by war, by torture, etc. Looking for normal things but yet easily swayed by evil. It's almost like they're addicted to it. I don't think galadriel is attracted to halbrand. There's no evidence to back it up. Plus it's only been 1 season. 🤷🏻♀️ Sauron could be close to Lindon because of the tree, maybe he is the reason it's corrupting because he's in close proximity to it? Speaking of Lindon Galadriel hasn't gone back yet. That's going to be an interesting conversation. I did find it strange that the high King believed sacrificing Galadriel would make the corruption on the tree to stop.
Emergency Awesome not sure how I feel about Halbrand, yet… he’s a possibility I kinda feel like he is a misdirect..time will tell! This was a great episode! Thanks Charlie!
Diverting the river into the volcano would generate steam, if the steam pressure was high enough it would generate an ash explosion eventually, but once the opening was big enough it would just create steam.
