Gandalf Reacts to Sauron being a mean girl

[@CharlieHopkinson]

Thought possibly the best episode of the season, slightly ruined by Celebrimbors U-turn at the end? What did you think? Lothlorien now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/CharlieHopkinson Fellowship of the Ring until Gandalf's death: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXXGl5yMgtmZpbc Come see me perform live: www.charlie-hopkinson.com/shows

[@Ryx1990]

Love when you do LOTR!

[@zacknair6202]

100% agree, it's quite the reach by the writers suggesting he'd double down after a loss, doing the same thing, making more rings, for men which he trusts least, and no logic explained to us why in doing so, it will fix the problem with the one dwarf ring we've seen in action. Maybe get a second dwarf ringbearer's opinion? Seems like a lot riding on the experience of one right bearer out of a total of seven.

[@jamesgerard9330]

The sea is always right

[@jamesgerard9330]

sometimes

[@aaronjackman4037]

@CharlieHopkinson. You missed Gandelf? 4:05

[@kamenriderkfp6684]

Boromir continues to be my favorite in these. Characterizing him as the voice of reason, all be it with a bit of a ring grabbing problem, was bloody brilliant

[@sarahgould5435]

*Wig* grabbing problem. At least in this one

[@HenryT316]

Sean Bean is phenomenal in this series 😂

[@zorak3313]

Yes that is hilarious! And yes this Boromir is my favorite too! - a big fan in America

[@MasterY0SHI12]

“Become a ring wraith already we’re bored” 😂😂 killed me

[@RoninDave]

Remember! Every Filet-o-Fish bought, a third of the purchase goes to support an Orc family living in the plains of Gorgoroth.

[@Beastking1107]

LMAO

[@bigyoshi5170]

“Talion please take me back, ever since Sauron *absorbed* me he’s been showing me visions of this twisted version of myself who’s quite pathetic.” -Celebrimbor

[@ncrrangerrolandtembo4615]

😂 Poor Celebrimbor nobody deserves that torture

[@Connor-Skywalker]

Nice reference @bigyoshi5170

[@arbknight12]

Is Talion canon in the lore?

[@Connor-Skywalker]

@@arbknight12 no sadly (I like his character that's why I said sadly)

[@charliethirteen3868]

Celebrimboringashell.

[@Stuffthatsfunny1]

Boromir's logic has been flawless this season 😂 Shame he wasn't alive in this age, would have been the ultimate hero

[@The_Stranger1986]

Absolutely 😂

[@jedsithor]

Busting out a Robin Williams impression from out of nowhere...you're just showing off now 🤣

[@Agaroki]

Made me smile though. Almost shed a tear.

[@iddeegee]

just in case 10:08 )

[@ryanbeck5014]

RIP to the legend Robin Williams

[@NeoakiraIV]

Doing a Impression of a man who is know for his many impressions is quite impressive

[@lovelandfrog5692]

I would love a compilation of Boromir. He’s a precious, awkward goober. I love him.

[@theoneandonlysoslappy]

And yet also the most rational and clear-thinking.

[@inadisguise9824]

It will go fir 5 years Jeff will push it til five years, his ego won't let him admit defeat and cancel the show. RoP is AI generated screenplay and it must succeed, it will get better. He has gambled to much into it, he will double, triple, quadruple down. It will win awards before it done, even if he looks like the lady from Hollywood Boulevard movie. Ready for my close up....

[@lovelandfrog5692]

@@inadisguise9824 what???

[@alanpennie8013]

@@lovelandfrog5692 He's very cute.

[@WallyBChamp]

Shoul also check out art spears entrainment portrayal of him on what if he lived in the original movie. "That's right....I have a shield. I've only been carrying it throughout the whole bloody movie!"

[@miguelgracia-zhang4039]

It's now canon that Denethor consistently pouted and used the silent treatment to try to manipulate his sons into retaking Osgiliath

[@alanpennie8013]

@@miguelgracia-zhang4039 It's just the kind of thing he would do.

[@kurtmackiewicz179]

I loved that part😂

[@Perktube1]

High king. You don't have to say Hi to him, he's not here. 😅

[@aaron_64]

Love that joke 😂

[@TheWhipidhinio]

That high king retort by boromir. Absolutely caught me off guard. Very well done, very funny.

[@michaelstrange2285]

👋🚶

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

"Oh the silent treatment! Sauron's got all the tricks" 😂

[@JLPayne_78]

"Anyone see a coyote run through here? He was chasing a roadrunner." 🤣

[@nothingman7163]

The Gangalad bit is brilliant; additionally your impersonations improve every episode!

[@TinyWeenedRacist]

The Robin Williams impression was awesome 😂

[@Tar-Earendil]

Right?! Even the facial Expression included. 😄👍

[@Jim-Mc]

He should let "Robin Williams" be hisTom Bombadil.

[@aaronkibirige7992]

Boromir questioning the legitimacy of the power rings is hilarious 😂😂

[@GuacamoleKun]

The anvil hanging from the ceiling is my new bar for stupid, last season it was the orc tower held together by rope. It's like the writers really want to use rope but don't really understand the concept of rope and what kinds of things it's used for.

[@somethingelse4424]

I thought it at least went up on a shelf or something, which still would be stupid... But I guess not. It makes very little sense to put an anvil away at all.

[@Jim-Mc]

Your average 23 year old Ivy League graduate Hollywood writer has only heard of rope. Heard and dreamed of it. 😅

[@svenkollskegg3812]

It's like they heard about early wooden construction techniques before the invention of nails (where various peoples did use ropes/cordage to bind the joints), but didn't realize that they had structural limitations (ie no evidence of giant wooden towers relying on it)

[@somethingelse4424]

@@svenkollskegg3812 A pegged together mortise and tenon might be too careful and precise for orcs. But surely they could do large iron bands, since clearly they forge blades. That seems more orcish than sitting around weaving tons of cordage.

[@lordfreerealestate8302]

It's like they are setting up for a Looney Tunes ACME anvil falling on someone. Chain would've made more sense at the very least.

[@TheTeraton]

I found your channel about 2 weeks ago and have legit watched your LOTR, ROP, and Star Wars playlists on repeat since! So funny! (also, saw Beetlejuice yesterday too)

[@ScooterDoge]

Tell everyone you know. Charlie is genius.

[@vampirepilot623]

Boromir's "I'll just get my goggles and life insurance", had me in bits...

[@adriennedunne1748]

Me too. Me goggles and me life insurance. 😂😂😂😂😂 Brilliant I love Boromir. All of them but especially him. Loved it when he pulled the (elf's?) hair.

[@justforever96]

The maelstrom/"kraken idea" bit seemed like the real humor there, that was just an additional humorous aside to put the joke into context and make sure we knew what he was talking about.

[@jarradgray56]

​@@justforever96yeah the whole "Kracken idea" wordplay had me in stitches. Especially because it's such a Yorkshire and that sort or region expression, although it might be dated now (I got no idea) but I've heard "alright lads, lets crack on now shall we".. -> but if anyone has seen "Peep Show" don't say that around Super Hands.

[@keithscholes6158]

Loved the discussion of password security.

[@andrewward5891]

The password was so obvious that Gandalf didn’t think the dwarves would be dumb enough to use it

[@malky101]

As much as I love this, there's something very wrong when I love the parody far more than the source material

[@johannachaput4874]

Oh, I think there's something very *right* with that!

[@SummitSummit]

Watching this parody is the only thing getting me through the "show".

[@Retronomicon]

Rings of Power might as well be a parody itself. I vote to make this video canon. At least it is better written.

[@MrNight18]

Source material? RoP doesn't even have that

[@Norvik_-ug3ge]

Which is the parody, though?

[@sixthjayhawk]

So when they talk about "Power over Flesh," what they really mean is "Power over Fish"??? Huh...

[@alanpennie8013]

@@sixthjayhawk So it would appear.

[@Reelglad]

Yooooo... Boro saying he saw a coyote chasing a roadrunner in the forge is hysterical Charlie, that made me literally, LOL 😂

[@HNCS2006]

Love the running joke about Borimir not understanding "hi" king

[@Esta-Beed]

Rings of Prime makes zero sense until you watch Charlie 😂

[@MercuryMessage]

This is how I'm watching the season.

[@zoebrugg7594]

It's the only way to do it.

[@retriever19golden55]

Yep, this is the only way I'm watching RoP.

[@Jono_McK]

This is the only way i've been watching it, same with the Star Wars shows. I'm not actually watching that garbage, this guy actually makes it somewhat entertaining though.

[@cosmicmuffin322]

Watching this I actually felt this big moment of happiness that these abominations exist ONLY because they brought us these videos 😊

[@anneristeyn5256]

Me too.

[@sixthjayhawk]

When Elendil said “The sea is always right” in this week’s episode, I actually said out loud, “Oh, Gandalf’s gonna love that.” 😂

[@newtpondskipper]

Boromir keeps being the only voice of logic, bless him. Such a chad.

[@evdomos]

I love Boromir's insistence on relentless logic. He's my guy.

[@tubey84]

These videos are the only things of value to come out of Rings of Power.

[@T-9-T_Casual]

To be honest, in the end this was well worth the one billion dollars... 🤣

[@buddyfett1341]

Your videos are the only justification for Rings of Power. Amazon needs to pay you for keeping it interesting

[@atomicdancer]

it reads: "The doors of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak, Fr1£ND, and enter."

[@tonys9397]

😂good one lol

[@FoxCastleChild]

"Is Sauron a master manipulator? So far it seems he points out something Celebrembor COULD do to put a stop to his plan, and explain to him ALL the reasons why he should do that, and just hope that Celebrembor continues to make a dumb decision" - Boromir. He continues to say what the audience is thinking.

[@johannachaput4874]

I immediately thought of Dead Poet Society in that scene, too! I was so happy you put that in this.

[@malevellysian]

'machine gun?' made me burst out laughing

[@DamirSpoljarec]

So this whole time Saurons great goal was monopoly over Middlearth fish market! What a twist!

[@jakemaattanen]

I haven’t seen anything else from RoP 😊

[@kevinramsey417]

One fish to rule them all

[@karlscher5170]

It made the Hansa very powerful in the middle ages.

[@zenocrate4040]

After all the herring trade made the northern realm of Denmark very rich and mighty indeed in the late medieval period.

[@dardamaniac6972]

i dont recall where did Tolkien wrote : "Isildurs sister was a dumb easy manipulated 15 yo girl that she would rather see her father get killed than things not go her way"

[@joshuapratt3593]

“You don’t have to say hi to him, he’s not here.” 😂😂😂😂 Frickin LOVE your Boromir, both honorable, and sometimes more than a little… naive I’ll say. 😂😂😂😂

[@michaelstrange2285]

Robin Williams' cameo is spot on.

[@groundzyro1]

One machinegun to rule them all… This Gandalf 😂

[@Ryx1990]

Sauron will destroy the worlds supply of fish! We must go to war!

[@alanpennie8013]

The Icelandic Coastguard will be there.

[@kevinramsey417]

​@@alanpennie8013 Where was the Icelandic Coastguard when the Westfold fell?

[@alanpennie8013]

@@kevinramsey417 Wondering where they could find some wheels.

[@tamkin007]

you have my axe!

[@zenocrate4040]

That logic shaped the medieval and Renaissance periods for Denmark and Sweden.

[@ldavies4091]

Anyone ever notice how with his ears and hair Celebrimbor looks like he could fit in with the ferengi on deep space 9 😆

[@Reelglad]

YES!!!! I've been thinking that all season! Spot on haha

[@fdygggigmtdwdewmsc]

LOved it when Gollum suddenly turned into Gandalf at 17:08

[@Stick-a-fork-in-Gmorks-tort]

Boromir was rather patient with Gan-galad. One does not simply plop down on the couch without properly introducing oneself. His great eye is always watching.

[@frantictoast3741]

Hearing Gandalf say, "motherfucker" will always not be jarring and hilarious 😂

[@charliethirteen3868]

Dude! Hilarious, folding right up. Gets funnier each time. Nice one mate 😅

[@AndrewProvencher410]

I can't remember why Elrond is a baby in these reactions but I absolutely love it

[@SohamJambhekar]

It's to depict young Elrond from the show

[@andrewward5891]

I think it’s because Elrond is much younger in Rings of Power.

[@Slippery_Owl]

If only Talion and Celebrimbor had thought to craft the almighty machine gun, they could have saved Middle Earth.

[@andrewward5891]

Or made a Green Lantern ring.

[@adventuresinAI1982]

Charlie's Boromir always looks like he's recovering form the flu. There should be a small table with a bottle of Nyquil next to him.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

😂

[@cosmicmuffin322]

These videos make my day every time. You are so talented. Please continue the "Hi King" gag, it always makes me cackle 😄

[@AnnoyingCritic-is7rp]

Borimir is so anxious and stressed out.

[@joshualovins4983]

Great robin williams impression

[@battle-brotherthiel1563]

"Cant believe I'm stuck with one of these delicate little Nancy boy elf rings when i could had one of these chunky gold MFS" me: "he's out of line, but he's right"

[@classmst89]

Gandalf doing a Robin Williams impression will never not be weird 😂😂😂

[@rob-v1y]

Jack Black, King of Numenor, is really turning out to be an asshole.

[@dikkiesmalls]

Holy shit I was just telling this to someone the other day...I thought I was the only one lol!

[@newtpondskipper]

Art imitating life?

[@simonmarie83]

The choice of giving Boromir his actor's Sheffield accent is brilliant.

[@BigHeadClan]

That Robin Williams impression 10/10 loved it. lol

[@saar144]

“The elven rings can control fish” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Every bit of dialogue is hilarious

[@islamattia6487]

And give anxiety 😂

[@donnie4128]

im paused at 14:31 because i had to catch my breath... i just discovered this channel and have binged about 5 of the gandalf roasts/ reacts episodes. this channel, dab and bong rips and tater chips has become my new pass time.

[@NerdPirateRadio]

Holly shit, Gandalf doing a Robin Williams impersonation lol. bravo.

[@AquilesPelia]

Genius. I can feel both the essence of LOTR and high intelligent humour.

[@fatgim]

"Old Immediate Regret-imir" haha

[@jomamasophat8973]

Your vids are how I'm watching this season this time.....and I'm quiet enjoying it so far lol

[@elwaryn]

Boromir, never change. "What's he doing to that horse?"

[@oldmancali]

O.k. I need more videos between 30 minutes and 1 hour. Everyday I use the almost 25 to 30 minute videos for naps and the hour plus video to sleep at night. Now the baby elf is my favorite now, he is so smart and cool. Hus come backs are crazy. He is the only one to check Gandof.

[@lloydbeech717]

Amazing work as always keep it up

[@Sleepingdruid37]

I’m just gonna watch this series instead of season 3 (if it happens). Bless you and your talents. 🙏

[@davidcoleman757]

Nigh on twenty two minutes of hysterical laughter. Bravo Charlie. And props for chucking in the Robin Williams impression. Another banger.

[@Mdhneo007]

This series is so good. Absolutely love your work Charlie. Hope to see you in person should you ever come to San Diego.

[@sandrosliske]

Okay. That was a really good Robin Williams impression. I really hope we get some more of it in the future.

[@suziechapstick8236]

A billion dollars spent and they couldn't even hire a decent jeweler to make good looking rings. Rings of Power? They look more like the candy rings you get in a 25 cent vending machine.

[@kendallhudak]

To be fair that's actually consistent with the lore. All the rings of power were gaudy and gross looking except the one.

[@Tar-Earendil]

​@@kendallhudak What? Where does Tolkien writes that the Rings of Power are gross?

[@kendallhudak]

@ghostnote1970 I don't remember where exactly, but there is a line about each of the rings being fancy and adorned with large gems except the one ring. I tried to find it real quick but I ain't spending hours looking for one line of text.

[@Username18981]

What do you expect from the most expensive series ever made? Accounting?

[@anthonymullan2459]

The Rings were designed by John howe who was one of the two concept artist on lotr alongside Allan lee. He was the one who designed Gandalf, amon hen and the fell beast to name a few

[@grobros]

This is one of your best, Charlie!

[@jamesgerard9330]

So long and thanks for all the fish ... gives me the goosebumps.

[@PleaseNThankYou]

You kill me, Char. I hope you have a full length feature film on the burner. I would pay to see it.

[@d.t.7819]

"I leave the room and you start attacking everyone you haven't been formally introduced to?" Yes! That's the whole point of a formal introduction, Gandalf!

[@healsallwounds]

0:56 Mom, Gandalf said a bad word! 😅

[@HistoryNerd20-c8t]

I am obsessed with your videos! They are so good

[@grzegorzmj4881]

Ok, thanks to Gandalf little speech at the end I noticed, to my utmost horror, that somehow I hadn't subscribed to this channel yet. Fixed it quicker that Boromir corrected Gandalf on Hi King, obviously.

[@colemclean1676]

The only reason I don't want them to cancel the show is because of these videos.

[@armandowillem]

I see Charlie, insta click. Love all the stuff. Voices are spot on.

[@NevG27]

Gamling is Theoden King's attendant, and at the battle of Pelennor Field, Gamling leads a company down the center behind the king's banner. Hama is the guard who let's Gandalf in to see a possessed Theoden King, and allowed him to keep his staff. A real bro, that one. He held back Gamling from getting involved the brawl that occurred as Gandalf broke Saruman's spell on the king.

[@naebhor6931]

According to whom? Tolkien? Pfft, we all know Amazon is the true Lord of the Rings!

[@naebhor6931]

In all seriousness I forgot about Gamling's charge, nice lore drop.

[@ninja-mouse]

0:18 my favorite Part, thx you.

[@sailorpluto9914]

Another Roasting With Gandalf Time. Love this 😂🤣

[@Thelastetherborn]

Just here to say I’m a huge baby Elrond fan. Too good 👍

[@islamattia6487]

Strangers from distant lands, friends of old, we are gathered here to answer the threat of RoP

[@HNCS2006]

Amazing Robin Williams impression!

[@staziasell6400]

Yesss!! My day has been made! Letsssss gooo! Love your vids! Thank you!!

[@The_Stranger1986]

*Gandalf tells Boromir what a maelstrom is. Boromir - "Uh well, that sounds like a cracking idea. Let me just grab me goggles and me life insurance!". I can't cope with some of these one liners 😂😂

[@jarradgray56]

Maelstrom - - - "Oh that sounds like a Kracken idea 😂😂". Word play 😂

[@horatius2006]

@1:28 "Well, can you think of a weapon more powerful than a ring that gives you a funny feeling about stuff?" B (nonplussed): "Machine gun?" Oh Boromir, when are you going to realize that The Eagles couldn't have just dropped The Ring into Mt. Doom?

[@MrBoomatt]

The whole Gangalad scene was gold

[@kobblestonemc]

Boromir’s here, but he seems far away

[@Tar-Earendil]

Yes. Something with the Microphone. It's covered by his Shirt.

[@alanpennie8013]

@@kobblestonemc I found it hard to make out what the *talking wave* was saying.

[@MakeitorBreakit591]

Hey you don't know me but this week I lost my 3 daughters and their mom your videos realy helped me get threw it i have been a hug fan of lotr since high school 2004 ish books and movies and this commentary was the background distraction I needed to get everything done . Thank you

[@CharlieHopkinson]

oh my goodness what happened?

[@Reelglad]

Just this week!?? You've "gotten thru" this horrible tragedy already?

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

​@@ReelgladGetting through something doesn't mean getting over something. He clearly meant that these videos helped him with funerals arrangements and the first period of mourning. Believe it or not, people need distractions even from horrible relentless grief. Believe it or not, there might be plenty people here who lost someone recently and your callous comment might be sent to a genuine person who is genuinely going through this.

[@andeeleininger5968]

That little cameo from Saruman had me rolling 😂😂😂

[@toadyuk8391]

Some of the funniest lines are boromoir.!! So funny ‘Let mr grab my goggled and my life insurance”

[@EulersIdentityCrisis]

@19:55 "hi king" 🤣

[@EldricEonar]

Love it... Day Light Robbery... Dwarves would have had to have had a window tax for that expression to be a thing... did Moria have windows?

[@ODespertarColetivo]

"One machine gun to rule them all..."

[@EvenstarSaima]

Lmao this made my morning coffee so much better. Bless you laddie

[@callmev3531]

5:54, I like to think Gandalf used illusions to make some random elf look like him to others (In the book, he apparently claimed at one point that Saruman could make others perceive him as having Gandalf's form, so Gandalf The White being capable of something similar doesn't entirely out of the question).

[@dannjp75]

How have I only just discovered this!??😂😂❤❤❤