One Wig to rule them all - Everything WRONG with the Rings of Power| Part 9

[@CounciloftheRings]

Thank you all for watching and tuning in! Your support means more than I can say with words, so thank you all! If you haven't seen my breakdown of the trailer season 2, you can watch it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqK8fIKdjttnfJYsi=8Qsok1j6EzIrsTv8 The next video will be a lore video about Shelob, so stay tuned 🕷🕸

[@Enerdhil]

🕷️🕸️😱

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

Thanks for the warning! I'll have my therapist on speed dial for that one as I am a big scaredy-cat. 🙀

[@lastedain450]

As a Tolkien admirer, I say thank you sir for what you do in defending the Professor's works!

[@sauron5666]

"thank you for defending Jackons vision I never touched a book"

[@zirkalda9502]

Fans: The elves hair needs to be longer. Amazon: Buzzed at the sides, got it.

[@Enerdhil]

Actually they braided the hair of those who had long hair in Season 1.🙄

[@zirkalda9502]

@@Enerdhil Yes, the elves with long hair in season 1: Galadriel, Gil-Galad and…

[@zirkalda9502]

@@Enerdhil On the other side we have Finrod, Galadriel’s lieutenant, Elrond, Celebrimbor, Arondir, or any of the elf extras in Mordor. Not a single braid or long lock to be seen!😆

[@Atanalcar]

I went back and had a look at S1 screenshots. No sides to speak of for Gil-galad, Elrond, or Celebrimbor in the images I found. I think that Wigron and Gil-glad's braid removing some of the farming round his face just made us more hyper aware of these things, where the main focus before was just on erroneously short hair. But I can't speak for everyone.

[@zirkalda9502]

@@Atanalcar Gil-Galad’s look is strange because whatever they did (bad costume layering, hair styling, etc) makes him look… pudgy? I can’t quite describe it but his neck looks really thick and his head looks too close to his body. Which is strange because the actor is a dead ringer for the one from Jackson’s casting and he looks fine. Maybe it’s the tacky gold being overly layered without any contrast or improperly fitted.

[@drpants9015]

I like to think of the Rings of Power as some hideous fan fiction rather than a show that supposedly sane human beings created.

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

I wonder if they are actual fans or whether they're deliberately messing with the lore such as we are seeing with showrunners for the various Star Wars shows.

[@realSkyEyes]

I've read a LOT of Tolkien fanfiction and can say, with full confidence, there are no fanfics as bad as this sh*t!

[@oscarstainton]

Personally, I regard it as a result of the discord of Melkor, an aberration of Eru Illuvatar’s true creation where Melkor’s malice is more deeply woven and degrading to the world of RoP.

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

Looking at your username, I was instantly reminded of the meme “Gondor has no pants. Gondor need no pants.” 😂

[@--Sama-]

Elves are supposed to be very beautiful creatures. How is it possible than I'm more handsome than every single elf in this show?

[@CounciloftheRings]

You’re the real elf

[@MrBillclintin]

It is because they use a wrong wig.

[@movoo6077]

Because Amazon has to rep for the "ugly" people who wnat to be elves.😂😂

[@OWnIshiiTrolling]

Because you're mad cute

[@ecthelionofthefountain8267]

Because you do not need a wig 🤣

[@exnihiloism]

Can't wait to see the Elves put on their rings while singing „The power of one, the power of two, the power of manyyyyy...“

[@CounciloftheRings]

Oh God nooooo 😂

[@GreatGreebo]

Well said CotR; Ypur defense of the good Professor is much appreciated by us true lovers of Tolkien’s work. Bravo 👏👏👏

[@coffeelushandsorcery]

I enjoy your videos so much. It's fun to listen to you dissect critical "The Rings of Power". 🤩

[@CounciloftheRings]

Thank you so much! Feel free to rewatch some of the old videos for extra laughs, haha 🙏❤

[@Enerdhil]

Also if you haven't subscribed to the channel, please do.😁🙏🏻👍

[@Tallacus]

If anything Amazon's Rings of Power taught us, it's that a wig can make you an entirely new person.

[@CounciloftheRings]

Hahaha yes indeed! 😂

[@matt77hd73]

I am no expert in the lore and i really appreciate the way you breakdown this mess while giving me insight into Tolkien.

[@Maryondo]

As an expert in the lore: In regards to RoP you can feel happy that you are none. The more you know about the lore, the more insulted and offended you feel by this show...

[@matt77hd73]

@@Maryondo oh belive me, I am still insulted by this ghastly show

[@Enerdhil]

​@@Maryondo So true. They have strayed so far from the lore/canon that I just consider it an original story with Tolkien names and placed. That way I can have peaceful discussions with those who like the series. Sometimes they make convincing arguments. I think it is better to have rational discussions with fans of the show and educate them. Many don't care what the lore is but some care, yet still like the series.

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

@@Enerdhil do you know people irl who honestly like ROP? Wow!

[@Enerdhil]

@@dronesclubhighjinks Yes. I try to engage in civil discussion with fans of TRoP on Fellowship of Fans. Harry and his friends try to make sense of what Amazon releases. God bless them for taking up such an impossible task. Some regulars on their comment boards make some good points that may explain why the show runners are doing what they appear to be doing. It is interesting to see if anyone can bail them out of the mess they created, especially with Halbrand/Sauron with Annatar Sauron coming after that.🙄 Maybe a flash back 90 years earlier to Annatar helping the Gwaith-i-Mirdain forge the original 16 Rings of Power would make sense, which is why they won't do it.😂

[@SMWebcomics]

Great breakdown, I'm looking forward to your breakdowns of Season 2 more than the actual show itself. 💙

[@owenthailand]

They fixed the appearance of the charecter that doesn't need to be fixed, while keep the appearance of the charecter that was making problem. NIce work Amazon.

[@Enerdhil]

Yes. Season 2 needed Galadriel and Gil-galad to have braided hair. Nice work guys.🙄

[@owenthailand]

@@Enerdhil Gil-galad was the elf charecter with the best looking in their series, while if we are talking about just the appearance of Galadriel, it is not the problem.

[@Enerdhil]

@@owenthailand I was never a fan of Gil-galad's costume. It was too golden and fit him like a curtain.😂

[@movoo6077]

Well we know they will fail with this project. as for me, I am around just to see how bad, becuase I know the roasts will be good😊

[@gregorronckers7645]

Thank you for a new series. I completely agree!!!

[@jadedmastermind]

“But they were all of them deceived, for another wig was forged.”

[@weed...5692]

Good, grounded content - something reminding us of what is normal.

[@CounciloftheRings]

Thanks!

[@realSkyEyes]

Thank you so much for defending the lore!

[@haleyschreiter9746]

I love that this video is Part 9 of the series - just picking up where season 1 left off 😊

[@goyasolidar]

To my mind, the only actor worthy of portraying Bombadil on screen would have been Brian Blessed (preferably when he was in his 40s).

[@Makkaru112]

Some say it should be Robbin Williams. And for the sake of Amazon ruining things further they should just make it a venture for MAD and recast their Bombadil and replace with Jack Black lol

[@offtheshelfET]

Glad you decided to cover it again, I loved your coverage of season 1!

[@Makkaru112]

The fact they made the elven rings first skips hundreds of years of character building and plot building. Here is what they should have stayed loyal to - All 16 rings were meant to go to the elves ( which lead to 300-500years of his infiltration & deception down the drain.) but Mairon of the Maiar(primordial angelic beings in simple terms as they are sort of beyond angels) disguised as a high elf named Annatar when he came to the elves pretending to be an emissary from Valinor on behalf of the Valar so it makes sense how alluring the ring is and how strong it’s pull on people is. (A bit too instant in the movies though) Galadriel soon saw right through him and especially when after speaking with him regarding not remembering him when in Valinor long ago where she learned from all the Valar thanks to being dominantly Vanyar/Teleri side over her Noldorin side where she gleaned from that encounter that she did not study under Aulë the Vala with any elf named Annatar ! But later named Sauron by the elves meaning deceiver! After all of this, The three elven rings were made in secret without Saurons touch upon them thanks to Celebrimbor! Remember Gandalf before he became Gandalf was the same species of entity Sauron used to be!! Wow hey? The Rings in this case, would have lost their powers eventually due to the lack of the One Ring and possibly because they were designed to defeat evil, & evil in the form of Sauron had been defeated twice already in the past. The Three Elven Rings served their purpose for a long time. Two out of three of them had several different bearers Unlike the other Rings, the main purpose of the Three is to "heal and preserve", as when Galadriel used Nenya to preserve her realm of Lothlórien over long periods. The Elves made the Three Rings to try to halt the passage of time, or as Tolkien had Elrond say, "to preserve all things unstained". I can expand upon this based on any further statements & questions you have for me as a reply to this comment ! ❤ There is problem here with the Rings, the Three were supposed to be never touched by Sauron and that's why they were not corrupting…Sauron had not taken part in their making which made the Three more 'pure' unsullied by his dark power, unlike the Nine and Seven Rings! But Sauron in the show touched the very material they were made of!!! So technically he could have tainted them and corrupted! Even appendices of Lot tell us the order of making the rings, so they didn't even need the righs to more detailed writings in UT or Silmarillion: 1200 Sauron endeavours to seduce the Eldar. Gil-galad refuses to treat with him; but the smiths of Eregion are won over. The Númenoreans begin to make permanent havens. c. 1500 The Elven-smiths instructed by Sauron reach the height of their skill. They begin the forging of the Rings of Power. c. 1590 The Three Rings are completed in Eregion. c. 1600 Sauron forges the One Ring in Orodruin. He completes the Barad-dûr. Kelebrimbor perceives the designs of Sauron. 1693 War of the Elves & Sauron begins. The Three Rings are hidden." 'Did you not hear me, Gloin?' said Elrond. 'The Three were not made by Sauron, nor did he ever touch them. But of them it is not permitted to speak. So much only in this hour of doubt I may now say. They are not idle. But they were not made as weapons of war or conquest: that is not their power. Those who made them did not desire strength or domination or hoarded wealth, but understanding, making, and healing, to preserve all things unstained. These things the Elves of Middle-earth have in some measure gained, though with sorrow. But all that has been wrought by those who wield the Three will turn to their undoing, and their minds and hearts will become revealed to Sauron, if he regains the One." - The 3 Elven Rings are not susceptible to “The One Ring” in any direct way.. They’re only tied by fate to lose their power if Sauron is defeated completely & absolutely. As they were made by the elves and as always they make things for a purpose and pour their literal spirit into things they create. So if Sauron is defeated then the three rings power will fade and basically become almost useless or diminished versions of their original design since by this era magic has bled from the world by a huge degree thanks to Morgoth’s poisoning the world itself with his very essence that he poured into it. Called The Long Defeat By The Elves and The Men Of The West.

[@ecthelionofthefountain8267]

I love your videos! It is so great to have genuine Tolkien fans like you and giving insightful videos.

[@CounciloftheRings]

Thank you! At your service 😁

[@Tar-Elenion]

How goes?

[@ecthelionofthefountain8267]

@@Tar-Elenion Aaah, long time no see, friend. How are you?

[@Tar-Elenion]

@@ecthelionofthefountain8267 I'm ok. Looks like I am shadowbanned from commenting on FoF videos.

[@ecthelionofthefountain8267]

@@Tar-Elenion Oh no! I thought they would have lifted it by now. Have you been watching their vids recently? If you want me to say something specific on their vids I'll be happy to

[@Practice9Perfection]

Im only going to watch s2 from your videos. Forcing myself through the 2nd half of s1 is all the benefit of the doubt Im giving them...

[@jfh9219]

My kids were naughty and I put this show on to make them suffer. They took the remote from me and shut it off. Every time threaten them with watching as a punishment, they insist on the consequences and a hard pass on this show. I kid you not. I love your work and have been away far too long.

[@offtheshelfET]

On that note, about Tom Bombadil. In the Fellowship of the Ring in the chapter The Fog on Barrow Downs, Tom says: “Out east my knowledge fails. Tom is not the master of Riders from the Black Land far beyond this country.” So it seems very unlikely that he was ever in the far Eastern lands of Rhûn let alone that he lived there.

[@CounciloftheRings]

Aye

[@farzumm]

Great video my friend as always

[@CounciloftheRings]

Thank you!

[@timangelis8999]

Thank you sir for taking the time to post these great videos

[@CounciloftheRings]

Glad you like them! Thanks for taking the time leaving a comment! 🙏

[@Enerdhil]

"Tom Bombadil lives in this place called the Withywindle." Really Payne? It's called "The Old Forest." The Withywindle is the river that passes through it to the Brandywine River. But you know the lore, right?🙄

[@Tar-Elenion]

I noticed you responding to anni68 on an FoF video. I seem to be shadowbanned there. The quote anni is using is referring to Olorin in the First Age: "At some time, probably early in his [Glorfindel] sojourn in Valinor, he became a follower, and a friend, of Olórin (Gandalf), who as is said in The Silmarillion had an especial love and concern for the Children of Eru.13 That Olórin, as was possible for one of the Maiar, had already visited Middle-earth and had become acquainted not only with the Sindarin Elves and others deeper in Middle-earth, but also with Men, is likely, but nothing is [> has yet been] said of this." PoMe, Last Writings, Glorfindel

[@Enerdhil]

@@Tar-Elenion Thanks for the posted passage.👍😁 I think I have been shadow banned before, but I usually go into my subscribed channel list and find the KZbinr and "restart" the algorithms. Did you have to change your user name? I thought it was longer.😅

[@Tar-Elenion]

@@Enerdhil That is how it used to appear before youtube changed something in how names are displayed. It took me a long time to figure out how to change it back...

[@Enerdhil]

@@Tar-Elenion Recently I have seen a lot of commenters whose user name is literally "user__________." One of those guys said he couldn't change it. I have changed my badge (?) a few times. and user-name like "Enerdhil: Gondolin Days" with an old passport picture one time and a picture of my wife and I from 25 years ago. Those were my "Elf days "😅

[@Makkaru112]

Pain and decay are no longer part of the team. Not in any big way anymore

[@jadedmastermind]

It makes more sense for Durin III to receive his ring of power from Celebrimbor himself for 2 reasons. 1: Tolkien wrote that Durin’s Folk never once sided with Sauron. 2: The close friendship between the elves of Eregion and the dwarves of Khazad-dum at the time the rings were forged. If any dwarf lord received his ring from Celebrimbor, it would have been Durin III.

[@albanianking5059]

Looking forward to this, I pity you however haha

[@GreatGreebo]

I believe I get a new badge tomorrow!. I’ve now been a member of CotR’s channel for 11 months 30 days as of today 🤘

[@CounciloftheRings]

Awesome! 🔥❤️🙏

[@sippndipp]

ROP makes me sad. I wished it was never made. This is no fan fiction. No fan would p!ss all over the script so blatantly.

[@picklerick.n.666]

Well said sir ❤ respect form Croatia ❤

[@rdreamspeakerisi3266]

If they are not oing back in time it makes no sense that Sauron slighty changes himself to look like an elf beacause he cannot be going to show they how to make magic rings as they alrady have made 3. Thease 3 were the second to last magic rings made not the first.

[@Arina-1208]

Great summary 👍🏼

[@annapetryk]

I still wonder, was Sauron/Annatar/Halbrand/Whatever such a cool trendsetter that according to this show no other elf looked like one until he showed them the power of wig? I cannot wait for season 3 and Elrond, Celebrimbor and others rocking this hot new style 😅

[@MrBillclintin]

Why do the wig sink? Because it looks down in to the head of darknes. Why does rings of power float? It is an empty shell.

[@kylereese968]

No normal person likes Rings of power

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

Pros: Guyladriel's "braided crown" hairstyle! Cons: Everything else. You know the calendar that your channel provided a discount for at Christmas 2023 - the June picture is of Tom Bombadil chatting with an ent, presumably Treebeard! I really enjoyed the video, and your choice of artwork as usual! 🙏💚🧝‍♂️💛🍃(this emoji is the leaves of Lornine falling idly lol. The misspelling is deliberate, as is the vandalization of lore in ROP. The "nine" refers to the Nazgul and to the Fellowship. Or maybe I should use "Lore-nein", "nein" being the German word for "no way José" as this perfectly describes the showrunners' attitude towards Tolkien's lore.) Thanks for the video! 🙏

[@Enerdhil]

Galadriel or anyone else could not braid their own hair like that. Maybe Halbrand did it for her.😆🤣😂

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

@@Enerdhil I think you’re right! I still can’t believe she let Halbrand walk away and then also did not tell any of the elves that he is Sauron. So it makes sense to me that she is secretly in league with him, and that when they have clandestine meetings, he braids her hair.

[@Enerdhil]

@@dronesclubhighjinks Her silence was the cost of the braided bun.🙄

[@CounciloftheRings]

Thanks! I'm glad you bought the calendar, I have it on the wall right next to my desktop as well. There's some really wholesome artworks in it! ✨

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

@@Enerdhil lol 😂

[@neatwheat]

19:18 Even in the "The Dirt League" parodies they have more convincing orc makeup 🙂

[@ecthelionofthefountain8267]

I thought they changed the Celebrimbold actor. Clearly I was mistaken.

[@Windgeisel]

No, to the haters! Yes, to everyone who just wants to take the piss and have at least some fun with that mess! 😎😁

[@Enerdhil]

Agree. Don't hate those who like the series. Just educate them.😅

[@21palica]

Hey, you do you. It's a free world. I would never even think of telling someone what they can or can't watch, nor would I label anyone as this, that or the other, simply because they refuse to waste their time watching ROP. Though I must say (since I have time), Amazon sure uses a unique and baffling alchemical processes to try and create a successful show. Because all we've seen they perfected thus far, is a process of turning insane amounts of money into some audio-visual manure, that only a very small number of people had the stomach to endure, and finish the season. Have the show-runners improved their recipe while making season 2 because of that? Also, it is pointless to argue with people over their taste. Especially with those people that have none, and don't even know it. Amazon bought the rights for 5 seasons, and they can do what ever they like with this, as long as the Tolkien Estate (which now consists of J.R.R.'s unremarkable, envious and ungrateful grand kids) "approves" it. In the end I also get much joy out of ROP, but not by actually watching this discount Game of Thrones wannabe show, but from laughing at all the jokes when my favorite KZbinrs annihilate and dunk on all the dumb things that will, definitely and unavoidably, be abundant throughout season 2 as well. So if Amazon decides to actually make all 5 seasons they paid the rights for, I will be laughing at them all the way 'till the end.

[@ecthelionofthefountain8267]

Oh no! I forgot ROP existed! I'd rather watch paint dry

[@CounciloftheRings]

😂😂

[@Garmy1]

13:38 got them from Rambo,he smugled them in while nobody did see

[@dmdebruijn]

The council of the rings is objective. I also think Yoystan (from men of the west) is. The “nerd”, some people seem to say (though I myself dont know this), has financial benefits from positive reviews.

[@w-james9277]

Lord of the Rings in name only.

[@Enerdhil]

OMG! I totally forgot about the rabid chihuahua.😂🤣😆

[@ecthelionofthefountain8267]

Hahaha 🤣🤣🤣

[@illyrusemperor9278]

This girl that plays Galadriel, she would make a decent female hobbit. Galadriel role just is off the mark for her

[@Makkaru112]

Yup. Many better choices that have been on so many forums and fan casting sites for over 20 years now. Crooked Morfydd was not a good choice. Willing to compromise herself and to compromise Tolkiens legacy for a step up in stardom for fames sake. I only recognized her in a rewatch of the movie about the Demeter where it included that one guy who was bride of Dracula and was being interviewed by a particularly witty Nun. It’s a great mini series. Sadly that other one they tried to make with the same title really didn’t have the same wow factor.

[@Enerdhil]

Is Dísa holding a bowling ball?🤣😆😂🎳

[@CounciloftheRings]

😂

[@Enerdhil]

​@@CounciloftheRings She brags about scoring over 200 points every game.😂🤣😆

[@Makkaru112]

@@Enerdhil200 points for gryffindor? She fits Harry Potter much better.

[@FromTheRightAngle]

The nicest thing I can say about this show is that it’s absolute shit.

[@nthore9]

we don't need a video for that, just post the whole season with the same title

[@Enerdhil]

"Let's first address the Oliphaunt in the room," says Council.😆🤣😂 I did not catch that the first time I watched the video.😂🤣😆

[@CounciloftheRings]

I’m glad someone notice these small jokes inserted 😂

[@Enerdhil]

@@CounciloftheRings Nothing shows us you love Tolkien more than making a witty joke like that. 😂 Keep up the great work! 👍😁

[@Makkaru112]

They need to erase those GIANT ears

[@damienruzco]

Nice vid

[@istari0]

RoP is a corruption of Tolkien.

[@rjb10101]

A great accurate depiction of an inaccurate calamity amazon created,, (sorry, stolen)...

[@Enerdhil]

Bezos coughed up a billion bucks. He literally paid for the right to do anything he wanted.😞

[@FluffyVicky]

Of course Harfoots dont travel around, but you can't have black Hobbits if you call them Fallohides. So Amazon went for Harfoot. And that literally means Hairy Feet wich is one of the main appereance characteristics of hobbits so normies would get it.

[@CounciloftheRings]

The fact they made them black and use the lore to defend it, just illustrates how little they know of the lore and how they deliberately over-interpret certain lines and words. They are not the only ones doing it though

[@FluffyVicky]

@CounciloftheRings im for more representation of diffrent kinds of people. But they should create new stories. I'm Trans myself and I would love to see a good new story about a transwomen, played by a transwomen. But I would never ever want them to add transpeople to Tolkien "Adaptations". An Actor or Actress being Trans and playing a "Cis" Character in a Tolkien Adaptation wouldn't be a problem tho, if they play their role good.

[@AllTenThousand]

Around 16:00 re: Balrog - thank you for the reminder that the balrog should appear as a shadowy man like figure with a greater presence of smoke and fire - this show is incredibly shameless in taking imagery from Jackson's work wholesale - in this case Balrog as basically a horned fire dragon, Jackson simplified it for clarity- they have no rights to that and they should be sued.

[@CounciloftheRings]

It felt more pathetic when they went out and said they would take zero inspiration from PJ's adaptation. Then copy the balrog and fellbeast 😅

[@FreyjaRKim]

@@CounciloftheRings It's such a terrible lie as we can clearly see as soon as Guyladriel told her soldiers to keep up back in season one, it was a copy of the scene where Aragorn urging the fellowship to keep moving right after they escaped Moria. There are so many things they copied from Jackson's adaptation that I can tell just from watching reviews on youtube 😅

[@CounciloftheRings]

@@FreyjaRKimexactly! The whole village fight in “before-dor”

[@Makkaru112]

Thankfully PJ and team made the balrog actually sentient with how it behaved around Gandalf and how it scoffed and grandstanded against Gandalf. In the books there was so much not shown in the movies regarding Moria.

[@Makkaru112]

@@FreyjaRKimthey also plagiarized other films but that’s not the worst of it. - Amazon waited until Christopher Tolkien died early in the production of its DumpsterFire, his "demand" was that Amazon could use the Appendices to make the show, but they couldn't change the lore. As soon as Christopher died, Amazon delayed the show for reshoots, fired Tom Shippey who was the lead Tolkien scholar & friend of Tolkien himself; they wanted Jackson on the team. PeterJackson asked for the scripts then they ghosted him. Then later when asked about it he basically told them good luck.. You can blame this garbage show on Simon Tolkien, its stink doesn't reach Christopher. Firstly: they merge events (from thousands of years of history & build up towards several events but puts them all into one moment as if it’s happening in the same few years without time jumps or anything.) Guyladriel the murderous one dimensional girlboss heroine version of Galadriel never met Miriel(one of Aragorn’s ancestors) because, as an elf, she would have been sacrificed to Morgoth by the King's Men. The hobbits and Gandalf never met in the 2nd Age because Gandalf was in Valinor till the 3rd Age. Miriel wasn’t even born yet. She was born 300 years before or after the rings of power era. Also Elendil would never say “forget the past and toss it aside.” That’s the whole thing about the Faithful Númenoreans!!! Faithfulness to what’s good. To their elf friends. To the Valar, to Eru Îlluvatar. The way Galadriel acts like Fëanor when he isn’t seeing straight such as how she threatened bloodshed in the highest court of Númenor! The way she isn’t tall, the way she fights rookies doesn’t make her look strong. Should have had her spar with Elendil who was greater than Miriel in many ways even as far as lineage goes too! Have her spar with those greater Numenoreans and let the rookies laugh at their masters being vested by an elf woman holding back from actually hurting them! Now that’d be cool. (Remember. Their whole mantra was to write the book Tolkien never wrote”. Also watch them fake super fans. And then watch their social media that had nothing Tolkien on it ever. Like…. It’s painfully obvious what’s going on here. Same formula towards other titles. They’re just trying to bank on the brand of which that’s the only reason they did this. Just watch Peter Jackson’s new movie coming out and the War of the Rohirim. You’ll see that Brian Cox is involved In it along with Philipa Boyens as well as Actor for Èowyn named Miranda Otto. Fran Walsh I also believe is Involved as well! Watch George The Giant Slayer’s first video regarding the war of the rohirrim. It was beautiful. And he has a wonderful soul too. When I say first video. I don’t mean very first uploaded video though lol. ) There was also no Adar. No poppy. No Nori. No fake Gandalf who literally didn’t come the way he was supposed to which introduces Círdan. And since they screwed up the themes and lore so badly they have to dig in their heels. And they are also being sued by multiple people and groups and companies actually. The rings were forged last and not first. They were not in his sights or touch nor did he even know about them. And also guyladriel wasn’t a murderous Fëanorean either. But the note of the elven rings. They were made last and without the knowledge of Sauron. His touch never got to them. Made in secret so that whole story is thrown out the window as well. And making them first and having the obvious Sauron figure who wasn’t an elf to just be there when they’re making them and have his eye show up in the forge which wasn’t even the worst of it. The greatest of elven smiths still around which is Celebrimbor doesn’t even know what alloying is. Not to mention all their environmental scandals on top of bad CGI stuff. Full of copy past crowds and plagerisms up the wazoo. It’s also getting sued by several people and groups. I’ll also remind you that they just ran an old sick horse til it died of cardiac arrest and then only had a ten min coffee break to loosely honour this horse. Not to mention Tolkien loved animals in a deep way. They also have been causing environmental damage one of which being King Charles ancient forest to make a set. It’s scandal after scandal. And the fire in studio that took four hours to put out with firemen for yet another example. PS they don’t have the rights to the Silmarillion nor anything much of the second age let alone the first. Only the trilogy books and their appendices…. Remember that they also plagiarized tonnes of films in nontasteful instead of true a homage way… “tempest in me” but when threatening Fëanorean level bloodshed in the court of Numenor was from Cate Blanchett’s Elizabeth role which was done with grace and poise of a veteran actress(which doesn’t even sound like anything those of the great chill house of Finarfin would even act like. Again it’d be best to put Elrond there due to Elros. But ooook let’s make girlboss do everything. Even if it continues to make zero sense. )😍 ​​⁠ fact they downplayed Elendil, Gil-Galad and Finrod is beyond infuriating and not explaining Elwing, Elronds mother beyond just showing her as a swan was pure LOLism. Like. What’s worse is Grandpabimbor…. Let’s not forget good ol’ Guyladriel either. The LOTR version of Star Wars’ Rey! Guyladriel the Female Fëanor without any of his charms and subtleties and wit… just the bloody violent rages…

[@MuhammadDanyalKhan]

Where is your series on how RoP should have been made

[@CounciloftheRings]

Here's the playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLJ-mgGUnQJmz_4WWrCh-tBQ4otkZKk3RL I still got some work to do before I can record audio for episode 3, but I hope to start on it in July or August 😊

[@MuhammadDanyalKhan]

@@CounciloftheRings I have watched what you have made. Its all from last year. Why haven't you made more? Too much gap now between episodes :P

[@CounciloftheRings]

@@MuhammadDanyalKhan It's because it takes around 2-3 months making 1 episode and I wanted the rest to come out on a weekly basis. I've been writing the scripts and got 3, 4, 5 and 6 done (7 only needs a page or two more). On top of that I have sadly been busy with my study (which is finally loosening up - since yesterday, actually). I have decided to give up on the weekly releases, as it's unrealistic for now, so I'll start working on Episode 3 very soon. In hindsight it has been good though, as I've commissioned a lot of artworks for the series, that will truly improve the visual quality of it. If you want to read the scripts though you can through Discord. There's a small group of other followers that have helped with ideas and feedback. Sadly Rings of Power is coming out 'soon', so I don't know when episode 3 is ready, but I'd love if it could be in August or September. I recently made a video about Celembrimbor, btw, which is also related to the series, if you haven't watched that. I think it gives a great insight to how much work I put into details of the story 😁 I hope that covers everything, otherwise feel free to ask. You can also join Discord where we discuss the series in general and the lore related to it all! Cheers 😊🧙‍♂

[@MuhammadDanyalKhan]

@@CounciloftheRings joning now melloN!

[@destroy-erase-improve9106]

Slime creature could be the Balrog after its flame was extinguished after plunging into water. Just like in the books during its fight with Gandalf. But I think that’s giving the writers too much credit since they are not that smart…

[@franciscofracaro3648]

I don't know what you see, but in my YT the video has a like ratio is 505 / 5. Looks like Amazon didn't send the bots yet :)

[@seakayak4425]

Back to the books...ingnore the books...re write the books

[@Nothingness00000-o]

Most true Tolkien fans haven't any love for this series. Didnt watch first season, (got info and reaction through Tolkien channels like yourself). Won't be watchin' season 2. I don't want them to riun Tom for me😮! This isn't my Tolkien and it sure ain't cannon!

[@Makkaru112]

Apparently they’re pushing Tom and Goldberry are Morgoth and Ungoliant serving punishment by forced to live out a compassionate existence. Lol

[@Makkaru112]

Another thing they’re pushing is showing the ainulindalë for no reason at all only to show Olórin apparently half tempted by Mairon at the beginning as the discord began. Calling him Mithrandir when that’s not even his maia name lol. Weird stuff. Right?

[@bookmarksbowsprits1183]

Is blond sauron a flashback, or are there indications that he adopst the wig after events from seaon 1. Admittedly I'm not following this very closely......

[@CounciloftheRings]

Yeah it's not a flashback 💀

[@Makkaru112]

@@CounciloftheRingsthere was no Halbrand. Erase it from memory. There is only Annatar. Amazon sucks. Got every single thing wrong and continues to burn everything to the ground. All 16 rings were meant to go to the elves ( which lead to 300-500years of his infiltration & deception down the drain.) but Mairon of the Maiar(primordial angelic beings in simple terms as they are sort of beyond angels) disguised as a high elf named Annatar when he came to the elves pretending to be an emissary from Valinor on behalf of the Valar so it makes sense how alluring the ring is and how strong it’s pull on people is. (A bit too instant in the movies though) Galadriel soon saw right through him and especially when after speaking with him regarding not remembering him when in Valinor long ago where she learned from all the Valar thanks to being dominantly Vanyar/Teleri side over her Noldorin side where she gleaned from that encounter that she did not study under Aulë the Vala with any elf named Annatar ! But later named Sauron by the elves meaning deceiver! After all of this, The three elven rings were made in secret without Saurons touch upon them thanks to Celebrimbor! Remember Gandalf before he became Gandalf was the same species of entity Sauron used to be!! Wow hey? The Rings in this case, would have lost their powers eventually due to the lack of the One Ring and possibly because they were designed to defeat evil, & evil in the form of Sauron had been defeated twice already in the past. The Three Elven Rings served their purpose for a long time. Two out of three of them had several different bearers Unlike the other Rings, the main purpose of the Three is to "heal and preserve", as when Galadriel used Nenya to preserve her realm of Lothlórien over long periods. The Elves made the Three Rings to try to halt the passage of time, or as Tolkien had Elrond say, "to preserve all things unstained". I can expand upon this based on any further statements & questions you have for me as a reply to this comment ! ❤ There is problem here with the Rings, the Three were supposed to be never touched by Sauron and that's why they were not corrupting…Sauron had not taken part in their making which made the Three more 'pure' unsullied by his dark power, unlike the Nine and Seven Rings! But Sauron in the show touched the very material they were made of!!! So technically he could have tainted them and corrupted! Even appendices of Lot tell us the order of making the rings, so they didn't even need the righs to more detailed writings in UT or Silmarillion: 1200 Sauron endeavours to seduce the Eldar. Gil-galad refuses to treat with him; but the smiths of Eregion are won over. The Númenoreans begin to make permanent havens. c. 1500 The Elven-smiths instructed by Sauron reach the height of their skill. They begin the forging of the Rings of Power. c. 1590 The Three Rings are completed in Eregion. c. 1600 Sauron forges the One Ring in Orodruin. He completes the Barad-dûr. Kelebrimbor perceives the designs of Sauron. 1693 War of the Elves & Sauron begins. The Three Rings are hidden." 'Did you not hear me, Gloin?' said Elrond. 'The Three were not made by Sauron, nor did he ever touch them. But of them it is not permitted to speak. So much only in this hour of doubt I may now say. They are not idle. But they were not made as weapons of war or conquest: that is not their power. Those who made them did not desire strength or domination or hoarded wealth, but understanding, making, and healing, to preserve all things unstained. These things the Elves of Middle-earth have in some measure gained, though with sorrow. But all that has been wrought by those who wield the Three will turn to their undoing, and their minds and hearts will become revealed to Sauron, if he regains the One." - The 3 Elven Rings are not susceptible to “The One Ring” in any direct way.. They’re only tied by fate to lose their power if Sauron is defeated completely & absolutely. As they were made by the elves and as always they make things for a purpose and pour their literal spirit into things they create. So if Sauron is defeated then the three rings power will fade and basically become almost useless or diminished versions of their original design since by this era magic has bled from the world by a huge degree thanks to Morgoth’s poisoning the world itself with his very essence that he poured into it. Called The Long Defeat By The Elves and The Men Of The West.

[@yurikendal4868]

Amazon is considering axing this show as the viewership is decling. Whether or not there will be a season 3 will remain to be seen.

[@TheBMART62]

Damn I cant believe that there are actually fans of this dogshit and that they are petty enough to come to a smaller channel and try to ruin your videos. Dont worry man true fans of Tolken and the lord of the rings hate this garbage and we stand with you. Keep up the great work man.

[@CounciloftheRings]

Thanks! Yeah It's odd to see them come only to leave negative comments and dislike. It's far worse on Reddit though. I got some regular hate-followers that downvote my videos on my own subreddit 😅 I guess some people will go far to defend this show. Not because it's good, but because they like the political propaganda in it.

[@ИванИванович-с3з]

>Celebrien was born in 300 of the Second Age. >Sauron's war with the elves began in 1693 of the Second Age ))))

[@CounciloftheRings]

Aye, but looks like she won’t be in the rings of power

[@Enerdhil]

They are compressing the timelines to the point of lunacy.😞

[@Enerdhil]

​@@CounciloftheRings One new actress might turn out to be Celebrían.😞

[@CounciloftheRings]

@@Enerdhil Seems odd she isn't mentioned at all then :O I mean Celeborn is barely mentioned in S1 and might not even be in S2. But then again... it's Amazon.

[@director5193]

In fact, the show didn't say Galadriel didn't have children. Canonically, Celebrian met Elrond in Rivendell, and Rivendell does not yet exist in the timeline of the show

[@Enerdhil]

"Hyu- uns?!" 😂😆🤣 It's "'Who-orns or maybe "Hworns."

[@CounciloftheRings]

Ahh yeah you are probably right on that. I have never heard anyone say it out loud before and went with Hu pronunciation like "huge". It might have been something I've done automatically as I do the same with Huan, but not a name like Húrin, because of the accent on the u. Do you have a source on how to pronounce hû correctly? There's no audio file on Tolkien Gateway.

[@Enerdhil]

@@CounciloftheRings At first I had no idea what you were talking about but then I remembered another KZbinr saying those creeping roots could be from a Huorn. That's why I laughed. I think you let "English" pronunciation spoil your natural inclination. I think your pronunciation of Elvish words is usually fantastic. Sorry to point this one out.🙏🏻

[@CounciloftheRings]

@@Enerdhiltotally fine to point out! How else would I improve 😁 I’ll keep it in mind going forward. Thanks! 🙏

[@teleriferchnyfain]

I don’t think there are that many die hard fans of this mess 😂

[@RockNRoll_Knight]

Tom and Goldberry being Morgoth and Ungoliant? Please dont.

[@CounciloftheRings]

Yeah it’s absurd. Hopefully just a rumour

[@xelloskaczor5051]

Honestly if the show earned the benefit of the doubt i would be able to let the wig thing go. Sauron was a magic guy. He could PLAUSIBLY trick the elves with that. Yea. It looks stupid. But this is middle earth. He could easily pull some bullshit power of words nonsense and have them fooled. U know what FINE creative liberties to keep same actor and stuff that kind of change WOULD be allowed. It is what it is i would say. If they show earned it prior. If they didn't show contempt and ignorance about the setting. If they did everything else in good faith (and got slightly better wig) i WOULD let it go. But. Naturally. I am not even going to watch that show, because they did show ignorance, greed and contempt.

[@bobertwithar]

The problem is that George Martin made the concept of the unreliable narrator popular, and now writers see this as an excuse to change/re write major aspects of other stories leading us to where we are today..

[@TimeGoes-b7x]

Why does the Tolkien family do with their money?

[@carstenwagner3355]

If you would really cover everything that is wrong with this show, you would generate more output than Tolkien himself. But if you like to do this, I would like to watch it. Or to quote an old Elvish verse: Even Utumno was not build in a day (or so the saying goes).

[@CounciloftheRings]

Feel free to watch the old videos. It covers all sorts of things like how Theo isn’t a fitting name, how the three witches in the series remind of Macbeth (later confirmed by the showrunners) etc. Lots of small details 😁

[@carstenwagner3355]

@@CounciloftheRings Watched already lots of your videos and will do so in the future. Thanks for your work and thoughts. Great channel. I have read Tolkien's core works (The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings) again and again over the last 35-years, and will do so in the future (I think, as long as I live). I have played the RPG from Iron Crown Enterprises for several years, back in the 90s. And our Gamemaster created campaigns that were thousand times better and more "tolkienish" than this Amazon-BS. I still have the "Diary" of my PC from this time, where I have written down all of the adventures of our party. Some original adventures from ICE and lots of stuff our Gamemaster did by himself. Compared to this, "The Rings of Power" is crap. By any means!

[@CounciloftheRings]

@@carstenwagner3355 that’s awesome! I highly recommend reading the Unfinished Tales, The Children of Húrin and the Nature of Middle-earth if you haven’t 😁 There are many other great Tolkien books, but Children of Húrin ismy favourite and I also love UT 😁

[@poneill65]

That's not a palantir, it's a salad.

[@CounciloftheRings]

I doubt she eats salad 😅

[@Makkaru112]

She’d need many salads that’s for sure.

[@christianefiorito3204]

It is simply not Tolkiens world. They steal names, locations and Some events. But all is contrieved , distorted and dumb. But first of all boring as hell. But season 2 will be worse. Tom Bombadil or Stoors in the desert in the East. Barrowights are also from somewhere else. The song Bear mc Creary made for him is a terribly cheesy folksong

[@CounciloftheRings]

Yeah I expect the worst, tbh. I can’t imagine it being worse than season 1, but we’ll see

[@ladieh8898]

Heres my question, whomever 'modern' audiences are, can they plz keep to their own 'modern' stories instead of 'modernizing' existing lore & acting like the existing audiences are the problem?

[@CounciloftheRings]

I’m actually working on a video where we’ll dive into epics and how modernity is counterproductive for telling such stories. One of the many reasons The Rings of Power fails

[@lordbane5627]

You can't possibly list all of the things wrong with this show in one video... I'm not sure if you could even do it in one lifetime for that matter lol

[@CounciloftheRings]

Aye, it would take forever haha

[@a.c.r.8296]

The show feels like it is written by AI. Bad, bad robots!!

[@drunkdave5677]

I prefer Celeborn's Christian name Teleporno

[@CounciloftheRings]

Christian name 😂😂

[@Makkaru112]

It’s not so bad when you see the meaning of the names and the in world reasoning for the name change. Celeborn. Not Celebrimbor. ;) two different elvish men. ❤️

[@sauron5666]

> trailer looks beautiful and as dark as Second Age > Showrunners listened to viewers and fixed alot of stuff and admited their mistakes Ragebait tubers: REEEEE WIG

[@Makkaru112]

Nope. Wrong. It makes elves out to be retarded yet again if they can’t recognize his face lol. There was no halbrand ever ever ever in the books so…😅😂. The three were made last but since they were made first with zero context it removes hundreds of years of character building and world building. Which of the 26 books of Tolkien have you read or listened to?

[@Makkaru112]

All 16 rings were meant to go to the elves ( which lead to 300-500years of his infiltration & deception down the drain.) but Mairon of the Maiar(primordial angelic beings in simple terms as they are sort of beyond angels) disguised as a high elf named Annatar when he came to the elves pretending to be an emissary from Valinor on behalf of the Valar so it makes sense how alluring the ring is and how strong it’s pull on people is. (A bit too instant in the movies though) Galadriel soon saw right through him and especially when after speaking with him regarding not remembering him when in Valinor long ago where she learned from all the Valar thanks to being dominantly Vanyar/Teleri side over her Noldorin side where she gleaned from that encounter that she did not study under Aulë the Vala with any elf named Annatar ! But later named Sauron by the elves meaning deceiver! After all of this, The three elven rings were made in secret without Saurons touch upon them thanks to Celebrimbor! Remember Gandalf before he became Gandalf was the same species of entity Sauron used to be!! Wow hey? The Rings in this case, would have lost their powers eventually due to the lack of the One Ring and possibly because they were designed to defeat evil, & evil in the form of Sauron had been defeated twice already in the past. The Three Elven Rings served their purpose for a long time. Two out of three of them had several different bearers Unlike the other Rings, the main purpose of the Three is to "heal and preserve", as when Galadriel used Nenya to preserve her realm of Lothlórien over long periods. The Elves made the Three Rings to try to halt the passage of time, or as Tolkien had Elrond say, "to preserve all things unstained". I can expand upon this based on any further statements & questions you have for me as a reply to this comment ! ❤ There is problem here with the Rings, the Three were supposed to be never touched by Sauron and that's why they were not corrupting…Sauron had not taken part in their making which made the Three more 'pure' unsullied by his dark power, unlike the Nine and Seven Rings! But Sauron in the show touched the very material they were made of!!! So technically he could have tainted them and corrupted! Even appendices of Lot tell us the order of making the rings, so they didn't even need the righs to more detailed writings in UT or Silmarillion: 1200 Sauron endeavours to seduce the Eldar. Gil-galad refuses to treat with him; but the smiths of Eregion are won over. The Númenoreans begin to make permanent havens. c. 1500 The Elven-smiths instructed by Sauron reach the height of their skill. They begin the forging of the Rings of Power. c. 1590 The Three Rings are completed in Eregion. c. 1600 Sauron forges the One Ring in Orodruin. He completes the Barad-dûr. Kelebrimbor perceives the designs of Sauron. 1693 War of the Elves & Sauron begins. The Three Rings are hidden." 'Did you not hear me, Gloin?' said Elrond. 'The Three were not made by Sauron, nor did he ever touch them. But of them it is not permitted to speak. So much only in this hour of doubt I may now say. They are not idle. But they were not made as weapons of war or conquest: that is not their power. Those who made them did not desire strength or domination or hoarded wealth, but understanding, making, and healing, to preserve all things unstained. These things the Elves of Middle-earth have in some measure gained, though with sorrow. But all that has been wrought by those who wield the Three will turn to their undoing, and their minds and hearts will become revealed to Sauron, if he regains the One." - The 3 Elven Rings are not susceptible to “The One Ring” in any direct way.. They’re only tied by fate to lose their power if Sauron is defeated completely & absolutely. As they were made by the elves and as always they make things for a purpose and pour their literal spirit into things they create. So if Sauron is defeated then the three rings power will fade and basically become almost useless or diminished versions of their original design since by this era magic has bled from the world by a huge degree thanks to Morgoth’s poisoning the world itself with his very essence that he poured into it. Called The Long Defeat By The Elves and The Men Of The West.

[@Makkaru112]

You also can’t course correct with little effort and ontop of very weak foundations from the godawful first season. Savvy? It doesn’t work. Merging eras and characters doesn’t help at all. Erasing Tolkiens themes and trying to remake up their own shite makes it a knock off inspiration from Tolkiens work. But nothing is tolkien. The lofty themes. Nope. The characters. Just the names. That’s it. Nothing about them is canon. They’re all acting as their polar opposite self. Especially guyladriel. Commands no respect from her very presence. Is somehow shorter than everyone when she’s supposed to be tallest of the eldar except Elu Thingol(Elwë) etc.

[@Ashmo613]

Elves are not supposed to be tall people with pointy ears and fancy hair. The are supposed to be a different species. They should even move differently and have different cultural norms. If a human (raised among humans) went among elves, he or she should should stick out in both appearance and mannerisms. The same should go for an elf among humans.

[@Makkaru112]

Yup. Long hair is a spiritual thing. It’s your antenna. They are all very tall. Elegant too. Light on their feet. Hence they can walk ontop of the snow like Legolas. For they are one with the world. Not just in harmony with it. They also have long hair because they string their bows with their powerfully strong hair. Savvy?

[@merfeuille]

....fans of ring of power?!?!?! lololol

[@lingricen8077]

hes also a bad actor

[@christianefiorito3204]

It is just stupid fanfiction. Tolkien hated political allegory. We will have deswrt Stoors instead

[@bryanhikes7248]

You take it way to serious. If you don't like the show don't watch it. But don't put negativity into the world. Especially for your own profit. Not a good look. And I'm a huge Tolkien fan. What you want is impossible. NO ONE ELSE IS J.R.R. TOLKIEN! You won't ever find perfection and the show is fun. You want accuracy, re-read the books.

[@the_archangel_raphael]

COTR is a Tolkien lore channel, and all he's doing in the video is pointing out what they got wrong. He could have made a video going over what they get right, but there wouldn't be enough material for a YT short. 😂 The only negativity I see here is from your comment. Just because you like something doesn't make it good. The show fails as a fantasy show, let alone anything related to Tolkien. For the most expensive show ever made it looks really cheap.

[@sixpathsakroo]

I’m gonna be honest if you look at it as a multiverse instead of being a direct Tolkien adaptation and think of the plot like Sauron is the good guy and Galadriel is a bloodthirsty hitler like murderer who just wants to kill every Uruk and orc to avenge her brother It’s actually kind of okay

[@CounciloftheRings]

Fitting profile name 😅 it’s not April 1st! There are no multiverses in Middle-earth, that whole thing is getting kinda cliché at this point anyway.

[@Makkaru112]

@@CounciloftheRingsindeed. Yet there was one video I think you’d love reacting to. Where it involved time travel and whatnot… if I find the exact video name I’ll post it here. It was pretty well made and decently lotr accurate too.

[@DuarteEspinola]

You lost me at political propaganda..

[@CounciloftheRings]

How so?

[@luckystorm6986]

Why do you feel the need to make a video about the series and talk about it if you don't like it? If you don't like it that much, don't bother with it. And I'm not one of those diehard fans who you talk about at 0:47 who dislikes because I think the series is great as it is. I have problems with it too. However, making videos about the series in order to spread hatred towards it is not cool.

[@Relics_of_Arda]

Or maybe the series is actually that bad.

[@weesky5222]

Because it's an insult to Tolkien's work.

[@luckystorm6986]

@@weesky5222 And what makes it better if he or anyone else make a video about it and talk about how bad the series is? Will Amazon stop? No. Does Tolkien care what they do with his work? No.

[@luckystorm6986]

@@Relics_of_Arda Indeed, not the best. As I said, I also have problems with it, but if I don't like something, I don't deal with it and I don't make x amount of videos about it to say how bad it is.

[@weesky5222]

@@luckystorm6986 to make amazon loses money and credibility, and this works well.

[@FreyjaRKim]

The moment I saw Tom Bombadil, I just lost it. 😂 I came here just to see how much more pain RoP would bring with the second season. I... underestimated their disrespect to Professor Tolkien.