Rings of Power BURNS Tom Bombadil on the Altar of Progress

[@disparutoo]

The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power news has shown Tom Bombadil is going to be in season 2 with a west country accent. Have you ever wanted Tom Bombadil to sing about his combine harvester in an accent that no American will be able to understand? Well now you can! Rings of Power is going to be predictable in quality, but I never saw this coming. This will be a show where the entertainment has to be found and created by the audience itself. Tom Bombadil's accent is bound to be as funny as the harfoots were in the first series. Can you imagine his combine harvester accent combined with their evil roaming across the countryside? I think it'd oging to be gold. But what do you think of what you saw? Let me know your thoughts down below and as always, thanks for watching :)

[@luthasunspell8365]

Of course this would-be-Bombadil looks miserable. He found out he’s working for Amazon Studios.

[@Dazgul]

To be fair, which i don't think rings of poor deserves as it was utter shite. Sam had a west country kind of accent in LOTR. Costume looks shite though for Tom.

[@Ancientreapers]

Can't wait to see what they'll do with Goldberry. The first Tolkien Transgender more than likely.

[@JayPadrig]

So now they’re retconning themselves, that’s not Gandalf- that’s Tom Bombadil! No sorry, too late. They gave him “moth magic” because remember when he did the thing? MEMBER!!! I member. I member that one a lot

[@skylx0812]

He looks like he stepped on a Harfwit and got a twig stuck in his shoe.

[@wesleyhill7721]

Of course he looks miserable, he just realized he is in this show and not the Peter Jackson films.

[@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw]

For which I am eternally grateful. He stopped the story cold in the book, he would have done so thrice times over if included in the movie. Why they think this will excite anyone is beyond me. After all, the only people that do care about Tom Bombadil, the most diehard of diehard Tolkien fans, THOSE ALREADY HATE THE SHOW!!!

[@rhetorical1488]

@@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw Tom is basically another god that drops in for a cameo to flesh out the world an then is on his way. The same way the blue wizards just exist as an explanation that there was something happening before the current wizards.

[@PoopaChallupa]

I don't care what they teach you in school, Bombadil was black!

[@Langley_Ackerman19]

😂😂😂😂

[@julesknight1511]

Fizban?!?

[@silverscorpio24]

Tom looks as miserable as I felt when I heard that he was in this show

[@rksnj6797]

Maybe in the RoP Tom will be in the teenage years of his being's age length. That's why he's miserable and looks bored!

[@jimmyfrench4722]

This is actually his cousin, Tim Borashill

[@highrofellos6721]

When I first saw the outfit I thought the were doing an Early radagast.... not Bombadil. ​@jimmyfrench4722

[@a.m.pietroschek1972]

Fan-fund his skirts and the queer monologues that are 5000% original Tolkien, as we all know: The real JRR TOLKIEN was Afro-American!

[@nostalji93]

@@rksnj6797 teenage years?! Tom Bombardil is as old as middle earth. But I bet to amazon it still makes sense for a childhood to take thousand of years.

[@trashfire9641]

"He was in the Shire, researching Hobbits with my mom when she died."

[@ScottishRoyal1]

😅

[@SatanLiterally]

Madame Berry

[@julianne_warren]

Harfoots ate her.

[@GaudiaCertaminisGaming]

Genuine lol.

[@davefranklinstein-moss6555]

I hope the hobbits were worth it mom .

[@Erikjust]

The only way to answer this mockery of Tom Bombadil is to simply sing "Get out, you old Wight! Vanish in the sunlight! Shrivel like the cold mist, like the winds go wailing, Out into the barren lands far beyond the mountains! Come never here again! Leave your barrow empty! Lost and forgotten be, darker than the darkness, Where gates stand for ever shut, till the world is mended." But then again Amazon is significantly worse than any Barrow Wight.

[@JoseMolina-jz9hh]

They thought Tolkien meant Baron Trump.

[@Mdhneo007]

Yeah Amazon is fouler than any demon of the deep.

[@AllAhabNoMoby]

If Bombadil isn't a black lesbian I don't wanna see it.

[@noctyd9322]

Based

[@chipanderson2135]

As he is meant to be the personification of nature, he fulfills the role of Mother Nature, so he will probably turn out to actually be trans. Does that help?

[@christophersmith8316]

Goldberry probably is

[@dardobartoli]

That would be Tammy Bumbadildo

[@helioselexandros]

Yas

[@brendancoulter5761]

"Tom Bombadil has a second home" The one thing I am confident Tom Bombadil would never do, is have a second home. Its like his defining feature.

[@Atanalcar]

You mean a man who does not have a desire to own anything would not have multiple residences? I'm shocked.

[@christophersmith8316]

Well IIRC he was like tied to the area around the Old Forest next to the Shire, and Rhun is like hundreds of miles away. Sure, why not?

[@Atanalcar]

@@christophersmith8316 ‘And now he is withdrawn into a little land, within bounds that he has set, though none can see them, waiting perhaps for a change of days, and he will not step beyond them.’ I would say that he wandered farther afield in the early days when the world was young. That said, I definitely agree that Rhûn would be far outside his bounds in the late Second Age. At some point he came in contact with the Northmen of Rhovanion who gave him the name Orald. He may have gone as far east as the Gardens of the Entwives, but there's no evidence. Elrond certainly came across him in roughly the same region the Hobbits met him, probably in the early SA (I'd say before Aldarion started his deforestation of Vinyalonde).

[@theeffete3396]

"Tom Bombadil has a second home" In this economy?!!

[@skjaldulfr]

Right. He comes off as geo-locked nature spirit. Like the embodiment of the land that became the Old forest.

[@lylewilson6493]

When I first saw this image.. I legit thought it was the Harry Potter series that has been floating around over the years and I immediately thought.. "What cheap ass dollar store Hagrid did they come up with"

[@freman007]

"Yere a wizard, Gandalf." "And you're a hairy wizard, Hagrid." "..." "..." "..." "Sorry, wrong franchise."

[@BulgyBoar]

My first thought was that it was Dawn French in her 'Vicar of Dibley' days, wearing a wig and beard, and every time I see it I still think so.

[@julesknight1511]

Fizban???

[@Jonathan_Collins]

Tom Bombadil running an airbnb in Rhûn is like Treebeard throwing a rave in Moria.

[@elcazador3349]

Break the dance! Release the rhythm! - Ravebeard

[@גקדןרק]

I don't get it 😭

[@skadiwolf1371]

Don't give them any ideas! 🤫 Or Season 3 will be Treebeards Love Parade

[@daveeyes]

Where's the Ecstasy?

[@NZealand]

Stolen comment

[@Arkos_Sloth]

This is going to Bombadil so hard, and I am absolutely here for it. Bring on the review roasts!

[@SwashBuccaneer]

The Rings of Power. The gift that just keeps on giving...just like herpes.

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

😂😂😂 I dunno why I find that hilarious

[@bloodrosereaper2099]

I imagine Herpes, if it were sentient, would find it insulting that you'd put it and RoP on the same level.

[@FreaKzero]

Dont insult Herpes....

[@silverscorpio24]

"Here. Have some more unbearable pain right where the sun don't shine."

[@FreaKzero]

@@simonbrehm358 do you know why catholic ministrants (altar boys) have middle parted hair ? Because the Pastor always say "good boys" while parting their hair when they are on their knees.

[@FuZion1988]

Tom was happy and singing 24-7 literally in the book

[@Draugh39]

Another word for "happy" is.... "gay"...

[@ghostman76015]

He was a boss that lived on another level and had a maiden of nature at a 10 waiting for him at home. He wasnt gay 😂

[@amandag5072]

@@ghostman76015 Technically he is, as gay was a word meaning happy.

[@ghostman76015]

In the 80s it also meant lame or unliked in slang but I was just using the current day meaning. I understand what you mean.

[@julesknight1511]

Fizban!?!

[@ZttackFrmBhind]

-Let's put in Tom Bombadil -What's he like? -He's older than the forests and ever joyful -So, discount Gandalf? -that's not at all... -DISCOUNT GANDALF!!!

[@JerseyWolf]

Tom Bombadil does not give two shits about anything that is happening in the world outside of his own little forest. He would not care about any shadow that looms over the land or peoples that are traveling across it. He was there long before any of them and would remain long after all of them are gone. The ring may not have any effect on him, but even the company disregarded using him as it's safe keeper because he would most likely grow bored with it and throw it away. I fail to see how he could serve any purpose in this series.

[@freman007]

Yes. Tom had only one master, himself, and although he might respond the entreaties of all free people he wouldn't see the need himself. He was, in some sense, a personification of the world they lived in, and even if Sauron could not overthrow him in his domain, he would have no interest in overthrowing Sauron, and could be safely ignored.

[@alexg7146]

Realistically they could always throw away the notion of him being neutral and retcon it to something else.

[@dudepool7530]

Thank you for reminding me the nature of good old Tom. They can do whatever they like. Can't touch our beloved Bombadil!

[@JustIn-mu3nl]

My personal opinion is that he was hedonistic, he helped to create the land and it brought him joy, so he hung about and enjoyed the creation. Whether terrible or good, he delighted in the working of nature like a symphony, anything else is whimsy and superfluous and would distract from his hedonistic pursuits.

[@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881]

Because the thing

[@earthlingcarl3179]

I once again thank god the original trilogy was made before the anti-White Diversity era. They can never take that away from us.

[@noctyd9322]

I rewatched the fellowship last autumn after years. It was so good

[@KabukeeJo]

If you don't own a physical copy, they can take it away from you.

[@howardsternssmicrophone9332]

They can't take it away from us, but they can punish us for ever having enjoyed it.

[@veganconservative1109]

The original Anakin's Force Ghost in the original Star Wars. They certainly took HIM away.

[@stormweaver2535]

They will try.

[@oun7es]

The released image of him in the garden looks like an old man in a council estate watching a 5g tower being put up across the road

[@ImminDragon]

If his accent is Cornish, I'm pretty sure that makes his "bright yellow boots" a pair of Wellies. As Tolkien intended, I'm sure.

[@Spamkromite]

When I saw that rendition of Tom, I thought "Radagast?". Amazon keeps bootlegging all the way down to the gutter it seems 😅

[@MarcusHCrawford]

Oh god. Don’t remind me of Radagast.

[@ghostman76015]

Tom is a boss and has a 10 at home waiting for him to romance her everyday. He isnt some greasy sloth dirty person

[@janusinitiative3520]

I thought it was supposed to be Radagast too... Had Amazon gotten their hands on him,they would've treated his character with about the same amount of respect that Saruman spoke of him with.

[@davidgantenbein9362]

@@janusinitiative3520Amazon treats everything Tolkien with way less respect … I would argue it actually hates Tolkien.

[@ConspiracyQueryDotNet]

​@@MarcusHCrawfordThe Hobbit's version of Jar Jar Binks.

[@Deamon3217]

Let's put a character that's a merry fellow, who's OP af, doesn't care about anything and forget about everything pretty quickly. What can go wrong?

[@vilena5308]

Considering their understanding of all the other, "easier" characters, Tom Bombadil is going to be a hot mess.

[@Hinatachan360]

Now ROP is going to ruin Tom Bombadil. No character is safe.

[@alberto5770]

Acktually... The only they are ruining would be Amazon but since the pandemic they have more millions to burn every day.

[@proto-geek248]

Nobody watches this crap. It will never be considered canon. It will be a forgotten footnote. All characters are perfectly safe.

[@jimmyfrench4722]

You have not seen what the show runners have seen …be thankful

[@Hinatachan360]

@@proto-geek248 True, but JLongbone's episode reviews are legendary.

[@proto-geek248]

@@Hinatachan360 So are Disparu's.

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

10:33 nothing, not even a desert would be a wasteland if Tom lived there. In fact, there would not be a desert where Tom lived, because it would bloom and small streams would begin to flow between the rocks, birds flying, catching insects and deer grazing on green meadows.

[@fantasywind3923]

Not to mention that the one place that would be closest to 'edenic garden' would be Entwives gardens...still not in Rhun, but in Rhovanion, Wilderland, near Anduin, in place that later was known as Brown Lands...the Entwives gardens got destroyed during war of the Last Alliance. The Rhun is just a general designation of the geographical direction, it means East...so basically it denotes entire eastlands, which are either great grassy plains or "forests unexplored" and the Sea of Rhun is one major feature, etc. in the more distant place are Orocarni Red Mountains, of the east, and there were in the Uttermost East the lost lands of Cuivienen and Hildorien where the Elves and Men had their origin, certainly beautiful lands but still mortal ones and not some earthly paradise (Valinor plays that role). Tom can exert his power over the place, though he doesn't own it, he just works on it doing miraculous things...I mean Tom is the guy that can walk through rain and come out dry :). " Tom Bombadil came trotting round the corner of the house, waving his arms as if he was warding off the rain - and indeed when he sprang over the threshold he seemed quite dry, except for his boots. " This is a perfect example he can use his power to ward off the rain off of him, but he doesn't tell the rain to stop raining :). "'Then all this strange land belongs to him?' 'No indeed!' she answered, and her smile faded. 'That would indeed be a burden,' she added in a low voice, as if to herself. 'The trees and the grasses and all things growing or living in the land belong each to themselves. Tom Bombadil is the Master." Tolkien also writes of him: "He is [as Goldberry says] master in a peculiar way: he has no fear, and no desire of possession or domination at all. He merely knows and understands about such things as concern him in his natural little realm. He hardly even judges, and as far as can be seen makes no effort to reform or remove even the Willow. ... I do not mean him to be an allegory - or I should not have given him so particular, individual, and ridiculous a name - but 'allegory' is the only mode of exhibiting certain functions: he is then an 'allegory', or an exemplar, a particular embodying of pure (real) natural science: the spirit that desires knowledge of other things, their history and nature, because they are 'other' and wholly independent of the enquiring mind, a spirit coeval with the rational mind, and entirely unconcerned with 'doing' anything with the knowledge: Zoology and Botany not Cattle-breeding or Agriculture. Even the Elves hardly show this: they are primarily artists. Also T.B. exhibits another point in his attitude to the Ring, and its failure to affect him. You must concentrate on some part, probably relatively small, of the World (Universe), whether to tell a tale, however long, or to learn anything however fundamental - and therefore much will from that 'point of view' be left out, distorted on the circumference, or seem a discordant oddity. The power of the Ring over all concerned, even the Wizards or Emissaries, is not a delusion - but it is not the whole picture, even of the then state and content of that part of the Universe." Also funfact regarding any sort of comparison with the Entwives: "He has no connexion in my mind with the Entwives. What had happened to them is not resolved in this book. He is in a way the answer to them in the sense that he is almost the opposite, being say, Botany and Zoology (as sciences) and Poetry as opposed to Cattle-breeding and Agriculture and practicality"

[@khfan4life365]

Tom Bombadil looks miserable. Must have realized he was in Rings of Power.

[@Johnsmith-ko9yj]

😂

[@marqod1437]

Just like that poor horse. His heart couldn't take it. Or they DEIed the animal handler, as Amazon seems wont to do.

[@typerexc]

Well, this is going to be good. Bombadil's a tricky character to portray, but in the hands of such brilliant wordsmiths (The Sea Is Always Right!)...we're in for a treat.

[@matiashamalainen7965]

I bet that dude would call blacksmiths ironsmiths cause the former is rayyyycist.

[@christophersmith8316]

THE FOREST IS ALWAYS RIGHT

[@SatanLiterally]

No, no this is actually a great match. Tom hates wights as much as they do.

[@DH-xw6jp]

​@@matiashamalainen7965you laugh, but I have actually argued that very point with someone that claimed I shouldn't call myself a blacksmith because 1) I'm white and 2) the term is rooted in -ism

[@matiashamalainen7965]

@@DH-xw6jp Did that person want you to call yourself whitesmith? 🤣

[@bethanyh1637]

They're definitely going to make him gay.

[@wesb123]

100 bucks says that they have Goldie peg him.

[@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881]

The fact that they kept him a him to begin with affirms that they made him gay as a tradeoff

[@JoseMolina-jz9hh]

Gay is so 2020 he’s going to be something more brave

[@alberto5770]

Fake news!!! He always was gay just you didn't notice, like the female custodes that have always been lore and guarding the palace's kitchens for ages...

[@bluebird3281]

Not gay, but Goldberry will have a d*ck

[@Danimeows]

Combine harvester clip always makes me giggle!

[@anom5389]

You say that as if that’s a common clip youve seen elsewhere. This is my first time seeing it and it’s hilarious

[@JonasGrumby-OO]

Bomadil looks like he slept under a bridge overpass.

[@rcrawford42]

Sitting on a park bench Eying little girls with bad intent Snot is running down his nose Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes

[@TheGruntski]

Of course! They modeled Tom Bombadil after Aqualung off the Jethro Tull album. He even has a Bombadil song: "sitting on a park bench, eyeing little girls with bad intent....."

[@a.m.pietroschek1972]

Oh, you genius! With his husband, who happens to be a toll-troll identifying as a trans-queer-whatever minority pleaser. Exactly, how we all remember the books, right? 🤣

[@trashfire9641]

The real question is, "Does Tom look up and float, or look down and sink like a lead weight?"

[@RanOutOfChannelNames]

Dogs float, so they must be able to look up.

[@DH-xw6jp]

Tom doesn't play by the petty rules of middle earth, he makes the lead weight fly as if it was a light and beautiful ray of sunshine.

[@trashfire9641]

@@DH-xw6jp *petty rules of 2020 LA 😆

[@DH-xw6jp]

@@trashfire9641 lol he would look up on LA with the same disgust and pity that Gandolf looked upon gollum with.

[@julianne_warren]

He certainly floats, Georgie.

[@j.a.velarde5901]

Bombadil is a hearty, happy fellow... and I'm not getting that vibe from this actor and character at all...

[@georgechapman9688]

It's literally in the first few lines that mention him in the book.

[@jkdbuck7670]

I don't think Tolkien even knew how to fit T.B. into the stories. Tom Bombadil was the name of a doll his kids had and he wrote adventures for him. Then added him to LOTR. Tom is actually a VERY interesting enigma of a being and he's different. The One Ring has nothing over him. He's aloof to say the least These writers will ruin it for sure

[@bricelory9534]

I remember one interesting analysis of Tom Bombadil, emphasizing that wonderful origin of the character and Tolkein's own vagueness of who he was as a sort of expression of how the wilds aren't explainable and aren't meant to be. I love Tom Bombadil because he's entirely a mystery. But he's never a mystery meant to be solved, just appreciated because there exist things we cannot understand nor should expect to. There's more to this world. It's a magic in and of itself, different from the more concrete magic of elves and wizards - it's the magic of awe for a thing simply being the thing it is. And that is, I think, also part of why it is so rejuvenating for the hobbits. The fact that they're going to explain him makes me absolutely die. There's absolutely no way they will handle with any subtlety a character who doesn't have an origin story, is a fuzzy mystery to even the wisest in-universe people, and who seemingly brushes by the grand events of history with just a smile and a song. I half expect we will get a ham-fisted origin story for his yellow boots, and the writers will congratulate themselves for doing something they assumed fans wanted.

[@LiveFreeOrDie2A]

Seriously. I always found him the most interesting character in the books because he was an enigma meant to be left alone. The fact the One Ring that corrupts *EVERYONE couldn’t be entrusted to Tom Bombadil because he would care so little about it he may misplace it and not keep it safe, was just so mindblowing and meant to be left as it is. He’s kind of like the opposite version of Morla the Ancient One in Neverending Story as far as disposition but similar backstory

[@jkdbuck7670]

@@LiveFreeOrDie2A Yes. Sometimes exposing something destroys the mystery. Remember the Force? Then we were told about the midichlorians and it sort of took the wonder out of it all.

[@xipheonj]

Watching Disparu videos is like being an old man taking his grandkids to an amusement park. You don't like going there anymore, you couldn't survive the rides if you even wanted to ride them, but seeing the joy on the kids face makes the trip worth it. I'm so done with these shows I don't even enjoy seeing them made fun of and torn apart anymore, all that's left is watching how much joy that Disparu can mine from them, and the ending of this video really cheered me up from a bad day.

[@MisterDutch93]

Just completely ignore media you don't like. Just act as if they don't exist and move on with your life. It's really not worth getting worked up over this. The books and Peter Jackson films still exist and no one will be able to take them away from us. Getting angry over shit like RoP is just tiresome. It's a morbid curiosity that only keeps you annoyed.

[@xipheonj]

@@MisterDutch93 Did you not read my comment? The entire premise is that I ignore it now, but seeing Disparu get enjoyment out of it makes watching these videos worth it. But you're still wrong. It's not like I'm marching down the street trying to conjure up a lynch mob, I give them exactly as much hate as they deserve, mean comments on the internet, then I move on with my day. You're almost as frustrating as they are, getting angry at me as if I spend every waking moment seething with rage and ruining my life over it. Just ask as if we don't exist and move on with your life, it's really not worth getting worked up over this. Getting angry over people getting momentarily angry is just tiresome.

[@Eudaimonist]

Tom Bombadil was a depressive fellow! Dark brown his jacket was, and his boots were ghetto...

[@andre_santos2181]

Now Tom Bombadil will become and transtion into GOLDENBERRY, he will be trans!

[@ManapuaMan]

StFU!!! Don't give Amazon any ideas!!!

[@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233]

YOur Mother was a Hamster and your Father smelled of GOLDENBERRIES !!!

[@diannadeeley5402]

Goldberry

[@andre_santos2181]

@@diannadeeley5402 wrong! Blackberry!!! (they/them)

[@robertagren9360]

Helicopter gender supreme

[@jeniferclemente1252]

“He doesn’t fit but we’ll make him fit” Guess the “writers’s” minds also work on stories like puzzles for 5 year olds and cram any piece anywhere. Even if doesn’t fit and destroys it beyond repair. Also, I always look forward to these videos 😆

[@j.springer1496]

I'm sure that in Amazon's version Goldberry is the one who wears the leather breeches in the Bombadil family.

[@fern1980]

Critical Drinker has “i smell shite”… Disparu had “combine harvester” 🤣🤣🤣

[@Megatron-xs2qe]

He certainly doesn’t look like a jolly old fellow

[@the_absurd_hero]

That combine harvester clip has come in handy in the most unexpected ways

[@freezasama5802]

There's a reason Peter Jackson left bombadil out of his trilogy yet Amazon is too stupid to see or understand anything to do with lord of the rings

[@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw]

That reason being that even most fans of the book tended to skim through the Tom Bombadil part. He stops the story dead cold in the books, PJ instantly realized that it was better to skip that part. Not many people like Tom, and they tend to already loath the show.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

Well, he left him out for a bad reason, though.

[@julesknight1511]

Fizban???

[@FerusVagari]

@@SwiftNimblefoot What bad reason is that?

[@TheMinecraftHype]

@@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw This is just not true. MANY book-fans love Tom. He doesn't even stop the story whatsoever... this segment is pretty damn central in Frodo's development, for instance... and the Hobbits in general overcoming their ignorance of the wider-world. The films don't care for this (and ultimately leave us with underdeveloped Hobbits... Frodo faring the worst by far), nor for the thematic/philosophical elements that Tom provides... but that doesn't mean few book-fans appreciate these elements: again, many DO.

[@Xbalanque84]

Thanks for sending me down a Wurzels rabbithole. _"I've got a brand new combine harvester, and I'll give you the key..."_

[@CJ-kg7yq]

It was surprisingly catchy.

[@rabbit42]

Disparu has put the ditty in other vids to great comic effect and now he has an actual reason to go all out! I was rolling listening to him try Cornish on.

[@jaxkommish]

The best part of the Tom B section is when the whale jumps of the roof and yells "It's Bombadillin' time!"

[@Shino2288]

I don't know which is harder, forcing Tom Bombadil's story into ROP or gluing the wig onto Sauron's head.

[@melrobertson2743]

That cheap wig ??? I thought it stayed on through static cling, like underwear on the back of your pants during a presentation

[@poppedweasel]

@@melrobertson2743 I've never presented my underwear or back of my pants. Can you get paid for this?

[@ikept_the_jethryk2421]

My favorite Tom Bombadil scene was when he said The Shire was just lines on a map, then he and Greenberry did the rap about "protecting our democracy"

[@TheGruntski]

The new Tom Bombadil looks suspiciously like the guy on the cover of Aqualung. "Eying little girls with bad intent...... Oh Aqualung...."

[@nhmooytis7058]

Bingo!

[@TheFourthEmperorOfTheSea]

Congratulations my friend! You just gave me the laugh of a LIFETIME😂🤣 Quite honestly, I feel like you can use that song to describe most of Hollywood these days😂 “Sitting on a park bench….”

[@nhmooytis7058]

@@TheFourthEmperorOfTheSea takes me back to college!

[@TheFourthEmperorOfTheSea]

@@nhmooytis7058 lol I’m in college currently and I use that song to describe Hollywood executives all the time. That song is better than the trash we have nowadays *cough Lizzo *cough😂

[@nhmooytis7058]

@@TheFourthEmperorOfTheSea yup they don’t call it Hollyweird for nothing.

[@linnea5124]

I am glad neither professor Tolkien nor his son Christopher is not alive to watch this happen to old Tom.

[@StarWarsomania]

Yeaaaaah, but if they were alive the rights never would have been sold away to these cultural vandals in the first place, so none of us would have to watch it…

[@walkir2662]

They're too busy glaring at their (grand)son ruining everything...

[@keithmichael112]

This seems like a really easy character to screw up, if Sauron was to show the self defeating nature of evil, Tom shows how pure good is somewhat ineffectual. He has no interest in power, or the games of those in power. If they make him like a regular character, they missed the point.

[@MoonPhantom]

"So what qualifications do you have." "Am a woman!" "WHAT successful fantasy or superhero movie has ever been directed by a woman?" "......" And keep in mind I am saying this. AS a woman! And Full Metal Alchemist is my favorite manga of all time, written by a woman. But man... It has just been proven that women able to do fantasy is a clear minority. By proven statistics, you will be safer by choosing a man.

[@Auxius.]

Or just hire on skill and leave the gender/race out of it. Best people on the best place.

[@MoonPhantom]

@@Auxius. Yeah... And make it be okay that someone is the minority. Yeah there are some pretty good female directors but they are always going to be a minority, so just let them be a minority and don't force it. There's a ton of fantasy works made by woman, some of it even very popular such as Harry Potter, Elf Quest and Full Metal Alchemist. Just have an open market and don't gatekeep, let it happen naturally. And you know some franchises are just more male oriented and that was the appeal from the beginning, such as Batman, Marvel, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings so... It's probably better if you have mostly men working on it, they will be mostly more into it.

[@MoonPhantom]

@AnoneemusNoename Fun story i'm from Denmark. One of the best movie Directors we have is a woman called "Susanne Bier." Pretty much every single movie she makes becomes a classic. And of course, she was poached by Hollywood because duh, she made just one tely show I even think starred Nichole Kidman, came back home to Denmark and went. "Never again! That was the WORST! I don't care about the money. That was awful!" .... Which is a common story in Denmark we have a lot of talent, loads of it get poached by Hollywood, and then they come back because apparently Hollywood is the worst place on the planet. Mads Mikkelsen are still routinely making movies in Denmark! He doesn't HAVE too, he's been in so many huge franchises, but he does. So yeah moral of the story, the talented people doesn't even want to BE there. So all there is left is the talentless hags! also wow I didn't realize that was directed by a woman. That's pretty good, it's unusual to see a woman make good action movies and action scenes. I am not saying no woman ever could, I am just saying it's unusual.

[@theunknowncommenter725]

The first Wonder Woman movie in 2017.

[@joesmutz9287]

"Everyone was upset at the Jackson films for leaving Tom out, so we'll add him to get them" Not realizing the people who got upset were the true Tolkien nerds who didn't want things changed I'm sure they won't notice every glaring issue you've made and hate you for it

[@christophersmith8316]

Plus most sane Tolkien nerds took the explanation and agreed. Yeah, I'd rather see more of the Fellowship and Strider than Bombadil in my limited time with the first book.

[@LeXofLeviafan]

Are you seriously expecting those folks to be able to put two and two together? 😅 They made the 1st season, remember?

[@davidgantenbein9362]

Never understood those people. If you have to cut down the book for a movie, Tom Bombadil is the very first thing that comes to mind. Every sane director or writer would imo cut out Tom Bombadil for a movie.

[@marqod1437]

Are you suggesting there is a hole you could fit a barg through in this plan?

[@adamgrose1]

And this is the problem with modern fantasy. A few decades back, various universes had various fashions, enabling viewers to differentiate between people and cultures and essentially shows. Now, contemporary shows tend to make everyone look the same, wearing the same types of outfits. Bad design and lead designing.

[@trashfire9641]

I've seen people who are ostensibly fans of LotR that are excited because "Finally Tom Bombadil is on screen!" Then there's me, "Oh, you poor sweet, summer child. Bless your heart."

[@inkytabithaful]

I have friends who are also fans of LOTR (like my husband and I) who just eat up anything RoP. In fact, they become rabid if you dare speak against the show. It's kinda disturbing.

[@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw]

Sadly, there are fans of Tolkien and his works that do like this show. These bizarre creatures do exist.

[@julianne_warren]

Fans of LotR aren't necessarily readers of Tolkien. I find it hard to believe someone who reads Tolkien can be this willfully ignorant.

[@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw]

@@julianne_warren I always say there are 2 kinds of fans. Those who like a well crafted story with good characters, and those who like shiny. The PJ movies made a LOT of people fall in love with the aesthetics, with shiny. I daresay they are the people who might still be interested in the show. Mock them mercilessly of course.

[@julianne_warren]

@@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw I just cannot comprehend why would anyone want to be fed slop like the Amazon's asinine parody of Tolkien.

[@rosswatson9144]

I worked in the Canadian bush 40 years ago… Helicopter camps… And everyone called me Tom from the lord of the rings character… We laughedtogether as we hiked the mountain trails… Singing to warn off the grizzlies… Please if you have any mercy, please leave Tom alone!!!

[@kavasir7042]

I like how they putting Bombadil in what must effectively be the 2nd age. Bet they'll have goldberry looking like lizzo or something.

[@VleesetendPlantje14]

Or like an entitled drag queen lol

[@julesknight1511]

Fizban!?!

[@hrbacon]

@@julesknight1511 It's Zifnab.

[@rcrawford42]

Goldberry will be a nine year old boy in drag. If the alphabet people want to claim Elagabalus as one of their own, and claim Hadrian and Antonius as an example of their relations....

[@kari2570]

I wonder if this is going to be the origin of Gandalf's hat.

[@ryxan6968]

I watched the 60's animated Hobbit "movie", that was closer to the books that this "show"

[@Adamguy2003]

The Rankin- Bass version? It may depart from the book a good deal, but it holds a nostalgic charm, the Gollum scene is cool, and that "Goblin Town" song= epic win!

[@christophersmith8316]

@@Adamguy2003 70s

[@SatanLiterally]

It's still my favorite Tolkien adaptation. Andy Serkis is nice and all, but the blood-curdling wail from Gollum when he discovers the Ring is missing still gives me chills.

[@DH-xw6jp]

​@@Adamguy2003the fight from the pine trees was amazing in the Rankin Bass cartoon.

[@rcrawford42]

Rankin-Bass Gollum was voiced by a "comedian" named Brother Theodore who was apparently a horribly unpleasant person to be around. But he did pretty good with Gollum. And I still hear John Huston as Gandalf and Richard Boone as Smaug. Boone didn't need all the audio processing Cumberbatch needed.

[@natef15]

Tom is the one character who is perfectly suited to be happy all the time... He's a jolly force of nature!

[@christophersmith8316]

This is impossible for modern writers to actually write and film.

[@thetruth45678]

Disparu single-handedly keeping The Wurzles musical discography alive and wrll.

[@the_unrepentant_anarchist.]

"single-handedly"?! So the *actual* Wurzels, *who are still together and touring* don't count then? 🙄 🍄

[@thetruth45678]

@@the_unrepentant_anarchist. And this is why I say sarcasm is dead. No matter how absurd you are, there's always someone who will think you sincere. 🤡

[@jacquelynsmith3354]

Couldn’t pay me to watch it.

[@christophersmith8316]

I'jj just 'hire' Disparu with views to watch it for me and take the piss out of it.

[@jacquelynsmith3354]

@@christophersmith8316 exactly what I’m doing

[@marqod1437]

​@@christophersmith8316I'm starting to wonder if that is the real plan. Make awful prequel/reboot/sequel for muti-millions, buy shares of Alphabet (which owns Google, which owns KZbin), then sit back while ad dollars from independent critics drives profits for the company so the share price goes up. That's my tinfoil HAZMAT suit theory at least. 😅

[@rextucker3184]

Tom had a quality of the Numinous about him that wove its way through the hearts of our Hobbits and that, my brother, was when they began to Believe. That is what Tom gave to the hobbits and thus gave to the Story.

[@80krauser]

Tom is a vision of the world unpolluted by arrogance and pride and dark ambition. The pure opposite of the dark things of deepest shadow like Ungoliant, **In my objectively subjective corrective Opinion** Screwing him up as a scheming actor in drab colors is the absolute worst insult that one could craft against Tolkien and his imagination.

[@rhetorical1488]

tom reports directly and only to the goddess of nature. He has no concerns for mortal schemes.

[@Knight-In-Green]

@@rhetorical1488 There's nothing to point to Tom being in service to any of the Valar. He's a complete enigma. He may very well be one of the spirits that Eru sends at the prayer of Yavanna(like the ents), but may also be an independent spirit similar to Ungoliant. He may be something completely different. And he's carefree, not without concern or attachments for mortals and their doings. He certainly seems to like telling stories of their deeds, helps the Hobbits, and keeps a necklace for Goldberry in order to honor she who wore it long ago. Tom isn't some Marvel "force of nature" character. He is Tom. He is Master.

[@rhetorical1488]

@@Knight-In-Green i will refer you to in deep geek(s) site for that explanation

[@luminatrixfanfiction]

@@Knight-In-Green Tom is the representation and manifestation of Middle Earth himself and is as old as the planet from which Eru created at the beginning through songs. Which indicates that Tom existed prior to Melkor corrupting the creation of the world and therefore cannot be corrupted by evil since he was created at a time prior when the Song had not yet being corrupted. This theory was tested when Tom held Sauron's ring in his hands and promptly threw it away without a care, not at all affected by the influence of the ring. My point is, 80krauser is correct in that analysis, the sheer irony that a DEIwashing cancerous festering people are going to corrupt the very concept Tom as a character who is the very antithesis to what they themselves are by nature which is 'polluted by arrogance and pride and dark ambition'. J.R.R.T would be rolling in his grave at this travesty.

[@I-am-Ranb0]

They’ll probably have Ungolliant in season 3 but instead of a giant spider she will be a cockroach or something

[@iconoclast137]

not even peter jackson wanted to include tom bombadil in his version of LOTR, and he once made a movie about muppet sex

[@TheGary108]

What the hell did Hollywood do to Peter Jackson to make him direct a Muppet movie with sex?

[@suburbanbanshee]

@@TheGary108 - That was what New Zealand did to him. Horror and true crime. And not-the-Muppets Muppets.

[@RegularCupOfJoe]

@@TheGary108 That was well before LOTR. Trust me when I say, when he jumped into LOTR in 1996/1997 (when the first script drafts were written), jaws hit the floor that someone with his experience was going to direct it.

[@eviloctuplet]

My mind is running wild with all the ways they can screw him up. Most of them involve them taking "flamboyant" and running with it. My craziest idea - Goldberry is actually a post-transition Celeborn. It's insane, but so are sadistic hobbits, origin stories for metals, and a romance sub-plot between Sauron and Galadriel. I put nothing past them.

[@flabbergast_se]

A rumor says he is Morgoth on his repentance. The same source that first said Tom Bombadil would be in the show... Not sure if its true...

[@rcrawford42]

When did Morgoth repent?

[@marqod1437]

These "writers" are capable of anything. With the exception of good writing.

[@heffyhoof]

Is there seriously a romance sub-plot? She spurned Feanor, contender for greatest of the Elves along with Fingolfin, and wouldn't even let him have a lock of her hair (Gimli is super special). She saw the shadow of Evil in Feanor and would never be tricked by Sauron unless the writers were some women in their mid-40s day-dreaming about 'bad boys'.

[@iamtheecho]

Hey you know how people who weren’t deep, DEEP into the lore didn’t really understand how the eagles worked? Well, heres a character even the deep lore divers don’t 100% get. The showrunners thought the concept of alloys was a headscratcher how do they think they’re qualified to tackle Tom Bombadil? If Toms role in the show is anything more than a passing disinterest in whats going on thats the story over. Superman wishes he was as op as an uncaring Bombadil.

[@fantasywind3923]

As Tolkien wrote about him: "He is [as Goldberry says] master in a peculiar way: he has no fear, and no desire of possession or domination at all. He merely knows and understands about such things as concern him in his natural little realm. He hardly even judges, and as far as can be seen makes no effort to reform or remove even the Willow. ... I do not mean him to be an allegory - or I should not have given him so particular, individual, and ridiculous a name - but 'allegory' is the only mode of exhibiting certain functions: he is then an 'allegory', or an exemplar, a particular embodying of pure (real) natural science: the spirit that desires knowledge of other things, their history and nature, because they are 'other' and wholly independent of the enquiring mind, a spirit coeval with the rational mind, and entirely unconcerned with 'doing' anything with the knowledge: Zoology and Botany not Cattle-breeding or Agriculture. Even the Elves hardly show this: they are primarily artists. Also T.B. exhibits another point in his attitude to the Ring, and its failure to affect him. You must concentrate on some part, probably relatively small, of the World (Universe), whether to tell a tale, however long, or to learn anything however fundamental - and therefore much will from that 'point of view' be left out, distorted on the circumference, or seem a discordant oddity. The power of the Ring over all concerned, even the Wizards or Emissaries, is not a delusion - but it is not the whole picture, even of the then state and content of that part of the Universe."

[@NoPantsBaby]

Tom Bombadilo ain't a merry fellow. His jacket may be blue but his boots ain't yellow.

[@georgechapman9688]

Is it bright blue though? 🧐 looks kinda dull to me

[@Br4dSp34d]

based on those photos, I'd bet my house that Tom is going to give his hat to "Not Gandalf", because who HASN'T wondered about the origin of Gandalfs hat?!?!

[@KalonOrdona2]

I actually don't hate the idea... as a fanfiction

[@wombatillo]

Oh god. The travesty.

[@lilyvonshtuup]

Haha I never noticed Not Sauron and Theo roll eyes and hang their heads in the “first female dwarf” clip! 😂

[@VleesetendPlantje14]

I still absolutely love that interview where Durin the 4th actor is sitting next to her as she spouts activist nonsense and he is very clearly screaming internally 😂

[@suburbanbanshee]

@@VleesetendPlantje14 - The sad thing is that she does an honest job on the actual show, and is widely regarded as lifting the crud material she was given. But she had to do the woke thing on the PR tour... sad.

[@julesknight1511]

Fizban???

[@dmtaboo_truth7052]

@@suburbanbanshee Being willing to do do the woke PR tour is why she got the gig.

[@psychojoe4764]

Jolly Old Tom looks like he's about to backhand someone

[@Pentti_Hilkuri]

I'm all in for a combine harvester.

[@celticbeauty26]

I think your laugh is one of the best laughs. It always makes me start laughing because you can tell how much your enjoying yourself which is refreshing.

[@thomashazlewood4658]

To squeeze Bombadil in, they should have had an Ent seeking him, hoping to find a clue to the disappearance of the Entwives. The Ent could rescue a Halfling who is lost and far from home. The amnesiac Gandalf could join them. But that would require character building, not their forte. Bombadil, who has been around since the Dawning, could find their various selves a pleasant distraction and, thus, without investment, bring Gandalf to his senses, put the Ent on a path, and determine the origin of Hobbits, all without losing his indifference. After all, what is Time to Bombadil?

[@the_maskedtoaster844]

thanks for introducing a yank to the Wurzels- They are awesome.

[@GIBBO4182]

Tom Bummerdil, by any chance?

[@reallybig4868]

I can’t wait to watch your episode reviews of season 2

[@fantasynerd8]

Rings of Power: Tolkien fanfiction for and by folks who are illiterate to Tolkien and arrogantly so

[@marqod1437]

Some rando hitting up Google for a character list for the book series would have a better chance of getting it right.

[@antipattern0]

He has such a sour expression.... Tom should be cheery...nothing affects him

[@Adamguy2003]

Yeah, he's supposed to be a jolly fellow! Tolkien based him off of one of his sons' toys!

[@SgtTraz]

Combine harvester song is incredible 😂

[@sepheroth101]

here we go bois

[@MisterLindsay]

Feeling embarrassed for Rory Kinnear right now. I hope the pay-cheque was worth it.

[@LiveFreeOrDie2A]

The character on screen that always felt the most similar to Tom Bombadil to me was ‘The Ghost of Christmas Present’ in the Muppets Christmas Carol.

[@marqod1437]

Absolutely agree. Jolliest bearded bloke I've ever seen. I've watched too much Disparu, now I'm typing "bloke" and I'm an American.

[@slimbombur7922]

Having someone acting Tom Bombadil will be very hard. I can only think of someone like Brian Blessed to pull it off.

[@ggrarl]

"CHISWICK! FRESH HORSES!"

[@His-Most-Catholic-Majesty]

That's a great shout, maybe if the ai learns to do face swap with vocals, we could see it happen...

[@bz6046]

I think Robin Williams could have pulled it off.

[@dmtaboo_truth7052]

@@bz6046 Oooh, excellent call. Not that I would want the great man associated with this rubbish.

[@seriousnesstv7902]

If only Robin Williams was still alive

[@njeruArts]

Because of Disparu i got to listen to the combine harvester song and discovered another one "I am cider drinker." Which i think The Drinker should use.

[@TheDanteBoots]

I'm surprised that when they read "flamboyant" they didn't just decide to wrap him in a pride flag, props for the self control.

[@marqod1437]

I'm waiting to see if Disparu has to rerecord his commentary on Tom Bombadil's parts. Something about a bundle of sticks.

[@KingoftheOutback]

14:43 This whole section made me laugh so hard my cheeks hurt from smiling!! UUWWAARR!! 😂

[@manynukes11]

Was he ever mentioned outside of the first LOTR book? Did they just throw him in there for no reason?

[@bricelory9534]

Absolutely no reason expect they think fans will want it.

[@RaisinBran-ir4iq]

You have no idea how many hits you generated on The Wurzels video of that song...mine included. Loved it!

[@glencole2926]

READ the books? They ATE them as they were told to digest the source material. lol

[@RabidLeech.]

When you see Tom bombadil not smiling it means 1 of 2 things: 1. The world is literally about to end 2. The directors didn’t read the books at all and completely botched the entire character.

[@tkellaway]

I think they mean they've got their back to the books? Or they've only read the back of the books.

[@melrobertson2743]

The way they're writing? Probably using the books as toilet paper

[@adamjenkins7653]

The pictures were pretty.

[@katarinabrunk8698]

16:01 you're fucking killing me with this song 🤣

[@pablocamargo8744]

God I love The Wurzels - Combine Harvester

[@KayronTheFifth]

"Tom Bombdilo, sitting in the willow, just like Old Man Tillow!"

[@brocklawer7635]

Space balls was a better Star Wars and more true to the source material that ROP is to LOTR.

[@HuigbertsGamed]

I'm convinced the only person who could've ever done Tom Bombadil justice was Tom Baker back in the 1980s.

[@justinowens8834]

Tom looks miserable because Disparu doesn't have a beard. 😢

[@stefanmurer]

I learned English properly by reading LotR from a book my elder brother was gifted on his birthday and him recommending it to me when he finished reading it. The cutting of Tom Bombadil in the Peter Jackson Trilogy is up until now - some 25 years after having read the book first - still the most contentious point in our discussions of LotR. I really hope that they do the character justice, but I fear for the worst. 😢

[@chrissandoval9459]

Tom Bombadil is like the oompa loompas of LOTR. He just makes silly songs about stuff that's happening.

[@georgechapman9688]

Also knows a lot of lore.

[@dmtaboo_truth7052]

He was very powerful though. He holds the ring without being affected by it at all. And his songs could command the treants and even the barrow wights.

[@Ancientreapers]

13:03 Yankee Doodle went to town a-riding on a pony, stuck a FEATHER in his cap and called it macaroni

[@DarthDevorin]

1:08 Could work for one of the Blue Wizards, but not Tom.

[@rcrawford42]

The Blue Wizards wear suits and speak with Chicago accents.

[@kenfuller9907]

Tom is important in the book as he acts as the indication that not all beings are aligned with good and evil. Also the parts with him in it mark the transition from the mainly children’s book which was a sequel to the hobbit to the darker more adult book after leaving the shire.

[@VestigeV47]

I don’t think I will not be able to even hate watch it