Rings of Power: Tolkien's Shambling Skinsuit
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The writers/producers are going to say that they implied time passing on Gladelfreals timeline by showing troops getting trained and totally_not_Aragon making a sword. That sword surely took a month to make!
They also showed a map montage of the riverfolk/hobbitz that actually gave the impression of weeks/months of time passing; so it's not like they are unaware of how to properly do it...unless that was an unintended consequence of just trying to show distance traveled.
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With the state of the Elves and Morfydd's take on a protagonist it's hard to give a fuck.
Botching Sauron will snuff out the Hobbit movies before they are even done being conceptualized. The Rings of Power showrunners are playing with a billion dollars worth of fire here.
Botching Sauron will snuff out the Hobbit movies before they are even done being conceptualized. The Rings of Power showrunners are playing with a billion dollars worth of fire here.
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M&M is probably the Mouth of Sauron.
Sauron is a shapeshifter, so could be.. but 99% sure Halbrand is Sauron, and Girl-glad helping him out is supposed to be her big comeuppance with all this girl boss energy.
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The person he thinks is Sauron is a female. What are you having trouble with here?
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Budget Slim Shady investigating Sky Hobo here is one of the mystery box Saurons (or his agents):
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Small chance Halbrand is Sauron imo. I was thinking more like Witch King maybe. Doesn't really make sense on multiple levels for Halbrand to be Sauron. Him saving Galadriel...and her not being able to sense him. The only thing that makes me think maybe is that he appears to be an expert smith.
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Lumi
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Oh ok didnt realize that's who he was referring too but ya that's definitely not Sauron.
The mystery box stuff isn't even one of the bad aspects of the show. They are turning less than 10 pages of source text into five seasons of teevee, and anyone who watched LoTR already knows rings of power get made, Sauron makes the ruling ring, and then loses it (along with some fingers). It's a good call to keep certain things nebulous and mysterious.
Of course, they'll almost certainly go JJ Abrams and the payoffs will be shit, but to this point it's fine.
Of course, they'll almost certainly go JJ Abrams and the payoffs will be shit, but to this point it's fine.
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Weird, of ALL the people in ME that they could have be brown people, it would be the peoples of Rhun... the Easterlings. Yet, pale white. This is where Sauron should currently be before / after messing with Eregion.
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Now that I think about it, is Annatar even in the appendices? I assume so but don't wanna go dig up my copy.
Nope, he’s just referred to as Sauron. The name is not in the LoTR books at all.