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I'm interested at the idea of Shelob being introduced before Adar's defeat.
As a reader, there are certain themes when she was introduced in The Two Towers that stuck out to me.
In the show we are introduced through Adar of the idea of the Orcs in a #RingsOfPower #LotR #RoP
As a reader, there are certain themes when she was introduced in The Two Towers that stuck out to me.
In the show we are introduced through Adar of the idea of the Orcs in a #RingsOfPower #LotR #RoP
different light. Adar, with his corrupt but still distinguishably elvish appearence, speaks of how the orcs were treated of Sauron and basically perceives them and himself as beings in shackles who didn't choose how to be and are living with what they were given.
While arguably
While arguably
the Orcs ARE written as bad by Tolkien, I first remember perceiving the Orcs thus when Shelob had been introduced. Unlike them, Shelob did not answer to Sauron and, because of her power and unique utility, she was valued. She was both a guard and provided Sauron with spectacle
Who is #NazaninBoniadi?
The new mouthpiece CIA has picked to be the Iranian "opposition" voice
She started as the sexual object of cheap music videos and went on to be groomed for #TomCruise in the scientology church!
Her last gig is #RingsofPower
How? Read more 👇 twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The new mouthpiece CIA has picked to be the Iranian "opposition" voice
She started as the sexual object of cheap music videos and went on to be groomed for #TomCruise in the scientology church!
Her last gig is #RingsofPower
How? Read more 👇 twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Nazanin who's mother was a member of Scientology church met a high-ranking Scientology official, who offered her a mission that would take her to meet dignitaries worldwide. It took months to vet her into the perfect woman for Cruise & her entire purpose was to make him happy
Nazanin who's mother was a member of Scientology church met a high-ranking Scientology official, who offered her a mission that would take her to meet dignitaries worldwide. It took months to vet her into the perfect woman for Cruise & her entire purpose was to make him happy
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Cruise eventually got unhappy with her and ended the relationship without telling her directly, but through church officials
Then she was subjected to doing four months of menial labor, including tasks such as digging ditches and cleaning public toilets with a toothbrush,”
Cruise eventually got unhappy with her and ended the relationship without telling her directly, but through church officials
Then she was subjected to doing four months of menial labor, including tasks such as digging ditches and cleaning public toilets with a toothbrush,”
By now you have probably heard that the #RingsofPower score foreshadowed the season climax, the Sauron reveal, because Sauron's theme is Halbrand's theme backwards and in minor. But this explanation doesn't really do McCreary justice, so let's take a closer look.
Neither of these techniques are new or groundbreaking. Plenty of scores have motifs that can be played in retrograde, or inverted, or both at the same time etc. And playing a major-moded theme in minor is so common as to be cliché.
But first off, Halbrand is already in minor. The first pitch hangs on the second degree of the scale, which is a notoriously sad or longing sound, before resolving to the minor chord tones. It's when this shape is changed to major (like in Ep 6) that is the exception.
Buenas noches; poquito tarde pero ya arrancamos con el #Tweetmarillion de hoy. Nuestro tema: Lo bueno, lo malo y lo feo de #RingsOfPower #LosAnillosDePoder . Espero que puedan acompañarme junto a la @STolkiendiliMex . ^^
La conclusión de todas estas broncas: el que mucho abarca poco aprieta. Se supone que eso es de sentido común.
Y ya para terminar de discutir el guión, quedémonos con...
Los diálogos
¿Cómo sabemos que los diálogos de un guión son malos? Sencillo: cuando no suenan como algo...
Y ya para terminar de discutir el guión, quedémonos con...
Los diálogos
¿Cómo sabemos que los diálogos de un guión son malos? Sencillo: cuando no suenan como algo...
...que una persona diría en la vida real. En ROP arrancamos con ello casi de inmediato:
Finrod no-Finrod: ¿Sabes por qué un barco flota, y una roca no puede (sic)? Porque la roca mira sólo hacia abajo. La oscuridad del agua es vasta e iresistible. El barco siente también...
Finrod no-Finrod: ¿Sabes por qué un barco flota, y una roca no puede (sic)? Porque la roca mira sólo hacia abajo. La oscuridad del agua es vasta e iresistible. El barco siente también...
So why was #Sauron on that raft? I know that's a question a lot of people are asking and one that both Charlie and the #RingsOfPower showrunners have said will be addressed in Season 2. Unlike Sauron, I'm not in anyone's head, but I can give it my best (hopeful) guess.
Disclaimer that I have not had time to do a rewatch of eps 2-8 yet, so I don't know how well this will hold up in light of that. 2/
The show has been leaning heavily into the "chance" meeting. Galadriel references it explicitly more than once. (I know this has been talked about, but stay with me here). I'd even say episode 1 ends with her jumping off the ship almost as an act of faith in such an event. 3/
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed #RingsOfPower. Here’s why:
Tolkien’s stories are primarily about Wisdom, not War. Courage & hope aren’t given, but learned & cultivated. The humble prevail by guiding each other’s hearts with wisdom. Truth paves way for goodness. This show gets this.
Tolkien’s stories are primarily about Wisdom, not War. Courage & hope aren’t given, but learned & cultivated. The humble prevail by guiding each other’s hearts with wisdom. Truth paves way for goodness. This show gets this.
War exists on Middle-Earth — & it often seems central— but it’s dreaded, avoided, & always rooted in foolishness. This is why this isn’t an Epic War show. It’s a book of wisdom on screen. It’s unique right now as a story that uses actions AND words to elevate goodness over power.
Tolkien was able to write an epic tale in a trilogy (LOTR), 1x book (Hobbit), or even 1x chapter (Appendixes, Silmarillion, etc). How? Because he knew the essentials of a wisdom adventure. We don’t just want a “good guy/girl” to win. We want “goodness” itself to win. Truth works.
Mere hours till the #RingsofPower finale. I'm trying to keep my expectations in check because I just don't know if it's possible to wrap this up in a way that will truly satisfy me (YMMV, of course). Naturally, the (potential and thoroughly teased) Sauron reveal has me on edge.
Before the show actually aired and we were getting short clips and stills my suspicions about The Stranger were tempered by the fact that it just seemed...too obvious. But the idea that Galadriel happened to be, unbeknownst to her, lost at sea with the very person she was hunting
Well that was kinda wonderful. I've always liked the idea of the show keeping us guessing on who Sauron might be. As I've said before, it's a literalization of something going on across the history of the texts that's been transformed into narrative. I like it. It's clever.
#LosAnillosDePoder sigue mostrando detalles históricos que, a ojos de David Soria, especialista en el Ejército romano y miembro de Desperta Ferro, no pasan desapercibidos. Descubre los guiños de los jinetes de Númenor a la caballería romana/bizantina de los ss. IV-VII en este🧵
Para empezar, los cascos de los jinetes numenoreanos recuerdan a los tipos "Spangenhelm", utilizado por la caballería romana desde finales del siglo III, caracterizados por su forma cónica, carrilleras y cubrenucas, aunque con influencias orientalizantes del mundo centroasiático.
Una variante del anterior es el tipo "Lamellenhelm" (como este de Stara Zagora, Bulgaria) muy utilizado también por los romanos desde mediados del s. VI, y que presenta incluso más similitudes con los cascos numenoreanos, como, por ejemplo, las marcadas cejas.
S1.E7 Breakdown of #TheRingsOfPower 🧵
Galadriel's eyes have opened to a new reality: Udûn ("Hell"). A "red" horse races past her revealing the aftermath of an apocalypse.
#TheOneRingQuisition
Galadriel's eyes have opened to a new reality: Udûn ("Hell"). A "red" horse races past her revealing the aftermath of an apocalypse.
#TheOneRingQuisition
AFTERMATH
1. Four LED lighting tubes were strapped to a horse running at Galadriel. Flames were added in post-VFX.
Flames on structures, floating cinders, and swirling ash were also added in post. Wet paper was used for ash on set. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
1. Four LED lighting tubes were strapped to a horse running at Galadriel. Flames were added in post-VFX.
Flames on structures, floating cinders, and swirling ash were also added in post. Wet paper was used for ash on set. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2. Galadriel finds an unscathed Theo. Isildur and Míriel rescue Valandil.
Míriel is hurt by flaming embers while rescuing survivors. Isildur sacrifices himself to save his Queen before the structure collapses on him. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Míriel is hurt by flaming embers while rescuing survivors. Isildur sacrifices himself to save his Queen before the structure collapses on him. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Buenas noches; poquito tarde porque me entretuve con mis gatitos, pero ya arrancamos con el #Tweetmarillion de hoy. Nuestro tema: Joseph Wright, maestro de J.R.R. Tolkien. Espero puedan acompañarme junto a la @STolkiendiliMex . ^^
Como de costumbre, mis tuits no están preparados, pero traigo notas. Estaré tuiteando en vivo durante las próximas dos o tres horas (el hilo, espero, será más cortito esta vez) pero podemos seguir la conversación en la semana si así lo desean.
Cualquier pregunta, comentario o aportación, que mucho agradeceré, por favor pónganmelo en un reply con el HT #Tweetmarillion . Intentaré responder al instante pero les pido un poco de paciencia. ^^'
Réflexions en vrac après 3 épisodes de #RingsofPower :
Frappé par à quel point les Elfes sont des ÉTASUNIENS MENTAUX et la série TRANSPIRE leur perception du reste du monde ⬇️
Frappé par à quel point les Elfes sont des ÉTASUNIENS MENTAUX et la série TRANSPIRE leur perception du reste du monde ⬇️
Précisions :
- Osef mon avis général sur la série (j'aime bien des trucs, j'en déteste d'autres)
- Osef les autres débats, ce point je l'ai vu - abordé
- Spoilers 3 premiers épisodes
SURTOUT :
- Osef mon avis général sur la série (j'aime bien des trucs, j'en déteste d'autres)
- Osef les autres débats, ce point je l'ai vu - abordé
- Spoilers 3 premiers épisodes
SURTOUT :
Je fais des parallèles pour illustrer mais je prétend pas que ce soit pleinement conscient de leur part
Juste leur mentalité qui transparait UN PEU FORT. T'façon les allégories strictes, c'est naze comme disait + ou - Tolkien
Juste leur mentalité qui transparait UN PEU FORT. T'façon les allégories strictes, c'est naze comme disait + ou - Tolkien
Y’all gave up a fortified tower so you could defend a village? #RingsofPower
Y’all died ‘cause you’re stupid
Adar has read his Schelling.
#HouseOfTheDragon ve #RingsOfPower hakkında birkaç kelam edesim var.
Diziler çıkmadan aylar evvelinden her haberini takip etmiş, çıkış tarihlerini aylar evvelinden not almış birisi olarak ama hiçbirisinin de fanı, gurusu olmayan birisi olarak, sadece evreni ...
Diziler çıkmadan aylar evvelinden her haberini takip etmiş, çıkış tarihlerini aylar evvelinden not almış birisi olarak ama hiçbirisinin de fanı, gurusu olmayan birisi olarak, sadece evreni ...
... ve hikayelerini beğenen ve bunlara saygı duyan, az çok edebiyattan anlayan; fantastik evrenlerden hoşlanan, biraz da iyi film -dizi izlemek isteyen birisi olarak konuşuyorum.
Güç Yüzükleri için evvelen ekteki gibi düşünüyordum ve beklentiyi düşürüp ...
Güç Yüzükleri için evvelen ekteki gibi düşünüyordum ve beklentiyi düşürüp ...
... fırsat verilmesi gerektiğini savunuyordum.
Sonrasında Güç Yüzükleri'nin sorununun karakter derinliğinin kurulamıyor oluşu olduğunu düşündüm. Şuan ise Güç Yüzükleri'nin sorununun ne olduğunu halen bilmiyor olsam da diziye zerre miktar devam etme isteğimin olmadığını ...
Sonrasında Güç Yüzükleri'nin sorununun karakter derinliğinin kurulamıyor oluşu olduğunu düşündüm. Şuan ise Güç Yüzükleri'nin sorununun ne olduğunu halen bilmiyor olsam da diziye zerre miktar devam etme isteğimin olmadığını ...
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The problem with #RingsofPower has nothing to do with "woke" or "not being true to Tolkien". 🧵
The problem is: it's terribly written. No character does anything for any reason except to move the plot along. Everything is perfunctory. The pacing is all over the place. No menace.
The problem is: it's terribly written. No character does anything for any reason except to move the plot along. Everything is perfunctory. The pacing is all over the place. No menace.
The dialogue is flat and unimaginative. The structure is feeble.
Structure:
Like any "big cast" show, they should have had 1-2 episodes focussing on relatable characters (as in LOTR) then gradually introduced the others - that way, we care.
I don't care about any of them.
Structure:
Like any "big cast" show, they should have had 1-2 episodes focussing on relatable characters (as in LOTR) then gradually introduced the others - that way, we care.
I don't care about any of them.
I'm kinda curious about who The Stranger is, but I expect when I find out my response will be ... oh.
I don't care if anybody else lives or does. They're all, almost without exception, humourless, flat cyphers, defined almost entirely by hairstyles and costumes.
I don't care if anybody else lives or does. They're all, almost without exception, humourless, flat cyphers, defined almost entirely by hairstyles and costumes.
Troisième réflexion concernant les représentations et les réactions, épidermiques toutes deux, des personnages non occidentaux dans la réception de #Tolkien en général et de #RingsOfPower en particulier. Ci-dessous, les 2 fils précédents, que je conseille de lire avant celui-ci.
Premier fil :
Deuxième fil :
Bueno, pues ahora sí arrancamos con el #Tweetmarillion de hoy. Nuestro tema: El Saneamiento de la Comarca. Espero puedan acompañarme junto a la @STolkiendiliMex . ^^
Como de costumbre, mis tuits no están preparados, pero traigo notas. Estaré tuiteando aquí en vivo durante las próximas dos o tres horas, pero podemos seguir la conversación en la semana, si gustan. ^^
Cualquier comentario, duda o aportación, que mucho agradeceré, por favor pónganmelo en un reply con el HT #Tweetmarillion . Procuraré responder todo al instante pero igual ténganme un poquito de paciencia. ^^'
A thread: I would like to address the people who are still enjoying #RingsOfPower, in a good faith effort to open their eyes to how bad the show really is. To do this, I will showcase the shows biggest flaws. Structure and establishment.
You see, in any good linear story that results in a definitive conclusion, you need to in the first episode, maybe 2, establish and solidify the premise of the story and the characters motivations.
In Rings of Power, through the 1st 3 episodes, the show does a terrible job of establishing a premise and character motivations. We have 6-7 different plotlines, with only 2 somewhat connected, and the only real setup for the show is "evil exists".
Okay, time for a #RingsOfPower Episode 3 livetweet... livewatch... watchtweet... whatever this is.
I'm probably not going to successfully avoid all spoilers, so mute the phrase #RingsofPowerSpoilers if you don't want to be spoilt.
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I'm probably not going to successfully avoid all spoilers, so mute the phrase #RingsofPowerSpoilers if you don't want to be spoilt.
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#RingsofPowerSpoilers
I do like the cool sand-being-formed-into-shapes-on-a-drumhead opening. Wasn't there another opening filmed with molten metal pouring down ring molds, though? Is that being saved for later?
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I do like the cool sand-being-formed-into-shapes-on-a-drumhead opening. Wasn't there another opening filmed with molten metal pouring down ring molds, though? Is that being saved for later?
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#RingsOfPowerSpoilers
What's with the tattered awning thing? Does this franchise actually remember that orcs can't handle sunlight very well -- unlike a certain Peter Jackson I could mention?
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What's with the tattered awning thing? Does this franchise actually remember that orcs can't handle sunlight very well -- unlike a certain Peter Jackson I could mention?
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Nous reprenons notre thread #RingsOfPower #RingsOfRobert. Nous continuons avec la partie IV : Galadriel : la catastrophe industrielle. Voici le premier thread RT ci-dessous, puis le second pour les intéressés ; qui l'auront à dispo à la pause repas tout à l'heure...
Voici le second
Résumé des épisodes précédents : nous avons vu que les auteurs de #RingsOfPower ont rachetés les droits, mais pas tous ; afin que leur histoire soit "based on". Nous avons également vu qu'un scénario d'insertion implique nécessairement de nouveaux personnages.
Nous reprenons notre thread #RingsOfPower #RingsOfRobert. Nous continuons avec la suite de la partie III : le scénario d'insertion. Voici le premier thread RT ci-dessous, pour les intéressés — c'est assez long et parfois un peu chiant. En avant.
Note à ma TL : je vais continuer ainsi un ou deux jours. N'hésitez pas à masquer cette conversation ou à me masquer directement si le sujet ne vous intéresse pas : je ne souhaite pas polluer vos fils. Samedi, au plus tard, ce sera terminé.
Comme nous le disions, le scénario d'insertion de Bronwyn et d'Arondir, prometteur, porte en lui un problème. Ironiquement, ce sont les scénaristes qui l'ont créé. D'après la carte utilisée par la série, leur lieu de vie est établi à l'est du Mordor. #RingsOfPower
How many have heard of Parzival? In Wolfram von Eschenbach's epic poem written in the early 13th century the half brother of the titular character is named Feirefiz. Described as having skin like a magpie or parchment with writings on it, Feirefiz is the son of Parzival's 1/
father and an African queen. Some scholars think that von Eschenbach may have seen someone with vitiligo and though it was the result of a interracial pairing. Nevertheless, Feirefiz is described as handsome and many of the ladies of the court swoon. Eventually he and his 2/
wife (a white European woman, to be clear) head east and, per the tale become the parents of Prester John. In the late 13th century another Arthurian tale speaks of Morien, another son of one of Arthur's knights and a Black African queen. Morien is described as all black 3/
#thread et réponses aux nombreux commentaires sur la présence de noirs dans #RingsOfPower (sois-disant adapté) de #tolkien. Je précise dès le début que je suis noir et connait assez bien le lore de Tolkien, sans être un mega spécialiste.
Déjà, il faut remonter aux origines : John Ronald Reuel Tolkien est né en 1892. Sa famille est principalement saxonne. Dès l'enfance, il manifeste un grand intérêt pour la littérature et la poésie. Les paysages de la campagne anglaise seront d'ailleurs une base essentielle pour
ses futures créations. Ses "randonnées" lui inspirent plusieurs poèmes.
Durant la 1ere guerre mondiale, il est réquisitionné à plusieurs postes, mais fini blessé. Et c'est pendant sa convalescence qu'il commence à rédiger les Comtes perdus.
Durant la 1ere guerre mondiale, il est réquisitionné à plusieurs postes, mais fini blessé. Et c'est pendant sa convalescence qu'il commence à rédiger les Comtes perdus.
#RingsOfPower
Un avis éclairé, présenté dans un style fin et époustouflant par vostre bon comte.
Résumé : c'est tout pourri.
Un thread, partie I
(Ça va, je déconne)
(Pas plus que ça finalement)
(C’est quand même pas mal moisi) ⤵️
Un avis éclairé, présenté dans un style fin et époustouflant par vostre bon comte.
Résumé : c'est tout pourri.
Un thread, partie I
(Ça va, je déconne)
(Pas plus que ça finalement)
(C’est quand même pas mal moisi) ⤵️
Plan :
I Préface, prolégomènes, prologue & introduction ;
II Adapter une œuvre ;
III Le scénario dit d'insertion ;
IV Galadriel la catastrophe ;
V Effets pervers et conclusion (Robert kaluva tielyanna)
I Préface, prolégomènes, prologue & introduction ;
II Adapter une œuvre ;
III Le scénario dit d'insertion ;
IV Galadriel la catastrophe ;
V Effets pervers et conclusion (Robert kaluva tielyanna)
*Enfin, à peu près*
