RINGS OF POWER Season 2 Breakdown! FULL SEASON Details You Missed!

[@rforce21]

Told you the Stranger isn’t Mephisto

[@blancomac11]

Wrong video kid

[@Nion8six]

There’s still a chance.

[@Yourpluss1]

Did you even read books? 🙄 there’s still time

[@arie-zoot]

​@@blancomac11 don't get the joke?

[@blancomac11]

@@arie-zoot i do.

[@Bishop_Spearsmith]

RIP to your dad, lost mine not so long ago and relate to how you understood the passing down of strength

[@ComeWhatMay11]

I actually really enjoyed this season.

[@qcrew2938]

I loved this season. I thought it was a big improvement on season 1. The music was amazing, it looked incredible, and the characters were more interesting. I'm pumped for season 3!

[@Spectre033]

Same I'm pumped 🙌

[@blemski]

Yup 💯

[@trevorwinn5012]

Same here ! This season was S Tier television 🔥🔥

[@johnnyrocketed2225]

Not happening. Sorry. 🫤

[@Saimeren]

I really liked Adar. It's too bad that he's gone.

[@rubychan2288]

Correction: The Noldor DID go to Valinor, it's the Sindar that didn't. The Noldor chose to stay in Middle Earth rather than return but were obsessed with recreating Valinor in Middle Earth.

[@atotaldummy9645]

small correction, Aüle isn't just specially revered by the dwarves, he's their creator Also, Smaug does not attack Khazad-Dum, he attacks Erebor

[@StevenS757]

Gandalf speaks knowlngly to Pippin about the transition from the physical realm of Middle Earth to Valinor because he "lived" it at least twice by that point. In the early days of the world, as the maiar Olorin, he and other maiar were tasked by Manwe to guide the Elves from Middle Earth to Valinor. And in the 3rd Age, when his physical form lay broken on the top of the mountain after defeating the Balrog, his spirit was released and returned to Valinor. There he recovered for a long time. Per Gandalf, he "strayed out of though and time. The stars wheeled overhead, and everyday was as long as a life age of the Earth". Time passing differently for him there than in Middle Earth. Once he was recovered, he was sent back by Manwe as Gandalf the White to complete his task and turn the tide of the war against Sauron and Saruman.

[@s.e.l.e.s.n.y.a.8596]

Thank you NR for covering S2. I really had a blast and I love S2. ❤

[@whtknght6957]

I think the wine he drank on the mountain top might have been Saurons blood. We might see him come back next season. I think Calebrimbor might be a similar case. Saurons blood was on the blade that killed him.

[@TheCanadianSyrp]

I loved watching this series and I am so happy to see this breakdown

[@ebonyjet]

Me too.

[@marjoe32]

Lets buckle in and ENOY this is all its Nerdness. Yall at NewRockstar are doing Aru's work

[@erickperez2848]

Nah , you did an amazing job to help me appreciate this series more , and you’re right fans will always criticize and display there emotions onto everything else !

[@cesarkopp2]

Yeah. I couldn't digest Galadriel, which is supposed to be a wise very old witch, just doing dumb things, which culminate in all problems and challenges they showed.

[@anni.68]

Since his disgusted "Grach" in episode 1 Gil-galdad is one of my favourite characters😄

[@guillermos.9510]

I think season 2 was good, could have been better? Of course but I enjoyed watching it and look forward to watch season 3

[@rantalmore]

Thanks Erik Can’t resist asking you do these more often for shows that you don’t do weekly breakdowns for I’d really love to see one for wheel of time 🥹

[@kevinz3905]

Celebrimbor did meet Sauron before saying the words "not of the flesh but over flesh" in season 1. Halbrand became his apprentice before that moment.

[@LETSPLAYmartin]

Amazing season. Huge improvement from an already good first season.

[@antonellamR2D2]

Ben Daniels is excellent in Interview With the Vampire 2, also

[@williamlongbottom3189]

I love the idea of Dr Richard Kimble as a verb.

[@landofalwayswinter666]

I too enjoyed this reference although I feel like it’s only for the “born in the 80s or earlier” crowd (which is me lol)

[@carmillax9590]

Omg I love your video and commentary and openess to talk and be considerate and thoughtful without the baiting hate narrative! Many thanks I'll def recommend this vid

[@redbarchetta8782]

There are odd changes made, but overall it's great. My only complaint is no Celeborn.

[@kjadan101]

1:01:32 Tolkien literally illustrated the Door of Durin himself. It would be insane for Jackson or even these chuckleheads to deviate from that design.

[@LetsTalkHerps]

The opening father/son moment between Durin/Durin was powerful. A great end to that relationship. I’m sorry for your loss EV

[@whtknght6957]

I think the wine Sauron gave Adar on the mountain top might have been his blood then the blade that kills Celebrimbor is also coated in his blood. I think they both might come back next season when Sauron mentioned he has ways to bring them back. Maybe alive or tainted in some way or maybe captured spirits.

[@Saimeren]

I have a question.. In season 1, Orcs (Uruk's) couldn't go out in the sun. That's why they had their ditches and trenches covered with all the cloth. But now in this season it doesn't ever seem to be a problem for them. What's the deal?

[@quirkyjoeAnimated]

They create all that smoke over Eregion to cover the sun and create a shadow. Does it sometimes seem that the Sun shines through? Yes, but they clearly make a point of obscuring the sun a number of times in these episodes.

[@sev1538]

@@quirkyjoeAnimatedliterally, pretty obvious the episode after the eruption as to why the trenches were dug to make this happen. 😂 so tired of these fanboys.

[@whtknght6957]

I think Theo becomes a wraith also, I think his father was a descendent of the the king of the southland. If not that The King of the Dead.

[@TheKalowen]

How can it be the same gold horde of Smaug's. It's a completely different Dwarven realm. Lonely Mountain is on the other side of Mirkwood.

[@whtknght6957]

Pretty sure Kemen becomes the Mouth of Sauron.

[@M__C__M]

It is not silly to get raw over characters in ridiculous costumes, at least I don’t think so. Especially when those emotions and thoughts speak to your own relationship with your departed father (may he rest in peace).

[@willfields6209]

So tired of people calling gold/brass/copper colored things steampunk, as if no other aesthetic style used those colors/materials

[@MrJRSTama]

I think it was Nerd of the Rings that put up the theory that maybe Theo is the future mountain king…🤯

[@EpicMuttonChops]

oh great. a compilation video. we don't have enough of those

[@pdraggy]

Horses, eagles, trees, and dogs! Thanks so much for your summary. it was excellent!

[@sev1538]

Cry fanboy

[@howell721]

Celebrimbor met him as Halbrand. The corrupting phrase was something Halbrand influenced him into believing.

[@Chris-oc4sn]

Nerd of The Rings called it... kemen has Mouth of Sauron written all over him, even the actors performance, he makes weird drastic mouth movements constantly..

[@EricaHansberry]

Thank you for this! ☺ Greatly appreciated.

[@MorganRhysGibbons]

I think the scene where Galadriel sees the orcish funeral ceremony is a great indicator of how Orcish culture will later degrade under Sauron, where they are actually just enthusiastically cannibalizing the bodies of their dead comrades.

[@redbarchetta8782]

One thing also to point out. Morgoth himself poured his corruption into Middle Earth itself (Morgoth's Ring). That is how Sauron is able to use his corruption, because it was already there to leverage. Also, the 3 Elven rings should have been created last, not first.

[@jackmcd29]

THANK YOU ERIK

[@landofalwayswinter666]

Currently watching and I’m about 15 minutes in. Let’s just acknowledge that the Elrond-Isildur Mount Doom scene wasn’t in the books. They invented that for the movie. Isildur just left the battlefield with the ring, there was no dramatic single moment of Isildur turning evil or whatever they were trying to imply there

[@landofalwayswinter666]

In fact the whole “Aragorn being worried that he’s weak to temptation like his ancestor Isildur” is also some nonsense that Peter Jackson added for dramatic tension. It didn’t exist in the book, at all. It makes for good movie tension but it completely misses the whole point of the ring. The ring is purely evil and will corrupt literally anyone. Even Frodo (who apparently has by far the strongest natural resistance to the ring’s corruption) failed at the end and could not complete the mission by his own will. Saying “I’m vulnerable to the ring” is like saying “I’m vulnerable to bullets.”

[@parker2066]

3:46 that quote is quite apt for the times we are living in sadly…

[@wiktoriatluvi]

The only thing I found quite nice in the dialogues was a character (pretty sure it was Galadriel but I don’t remember) saying that "pity won’t defeat Sauron"… when that was exactly what did :D

[@t0shiie]

please do "From" series

[@NasGuardia]

Can we agree that those master crafted rings by Celembrimbor look awful? Like you can get better ones from Temu....

[@rohanparti5062]

I think Rivendell was filmed in NZ not Switzerland by Peter Jackson

[@howell721]

...didn't "take the crown to make it his own," he reforged the crown from the remains of Morgoth's. Subtle difference, but a difference nonetheless... he didn't take Morgoth's crown to wear it as-is.

[@jimmybryant87]

Great insight as always

[@erickperez2848]

Nah , you did an amazing job to help me appreciate this match more

[@humzakhalid7902]

35:21 see i never thought that the scene with the uruk hai showed that one "hatching" from under the tree...i saw it as a form of torture plus nourishment of a fully grown orc buried under a tree in a magic womb type thing, suffering in solitary confinement but being nourished and grown through the energy of the tree...hence turning a normal orc into a levelled up uruk hai...since elves were taken and tortured and corrupted by morgoth to create orcs maybe the tree birth thing is the next level up to create uruk hai?

[@danielkirk51]

Thank you for this breakdown amazing

[@ThomasLittle007]

so .. Whitney's "I get so emotional" is basically about you reading Lord Of The RIngs and talking about Sam's speech in Two Towers...

[@Wildboy0420]

I'ma be watching this all day in small times till I'm off

[@martinblaizot2274]

Arondir going up like nothing happened in the final episode was pretty underwelming, not even a glimps of injury after being stabed by arrow and sword from Adar...

[@gregorybeattie]

Adar presented with the trolley problem: "Why is this a question?"

[@Charlierose214]

Thank you Noah!

[@sourav9543]

As per the lore Gil-Galad is the grand nephew of Galadriel & Galadriel is slightly older than Gil-Galad.... But in the show Benjamin Walker is way older than Morfydd Clark & his character is also looking older than Galadriel.... Even if we assume slow aging of elves, they should be looking similar age

[@ForgettableStranger]

What is this random bounce house that blows away?! I need a Deep Dive on that!!

[@TheHouZeR88]

I truly loved this season. And i know there are a lot of critics out there that claim it's not faithful to Tolkien's stories... But i see The Lord of the Rings as exactly that. Stories told by unreliable narrators or storytellers. Tolkien created a world to let imagination run amuck. Every essential piece of these stories that create the world they are in stay faithful to the source, but everything else that may be a little off seems to be some sort of unreliable storyteller.

[@pat8991]

as a rings of power/lotr newbie this has been very helpful! looking forward to the next season!

[@Henriq-]

Finally its here ❤

[@azraelsblade]

Morgoth’s Ring is the whole of Arda. It’s all corrupted with his evil.

[@Killingglorie]

Been waiting for this. I don’t like the show at all really, but love these breakdowns

[@bstampl1]

Listening to you at 0.75 speed is an improvement

[@ffxivevalimon]

Oh yay! NR uploaded the second….TWO HOURS????

[@AlexGatsby]

That's great and all, too bad I didn't grow up with a father

[@Tac0maAr0ma]

Overall I thought it was much more enjoyable than S1, the last three episodes in particular were great. Still have little to zero interest in anything happening with the Numenor storyline and the Harfoot stuff felt like it barely progressed at all but other than that I thought they did a nice job with everything else.

[@tharusha.fernando]

36:08 spot on

[@EmeraldAriell]

I’ve been screaming in my head for 2 seasons 🗣️ W H E R E I S C E L E B O R N⁉️S H E I S M A R R I E D‼️

[@nicholasmaione5694]

It’s about time

[@atreyu1010]

Smaug doesn’t attack khazad-dum he attacks erebor

[@terranncegilmore]

I. Love. This. Show.

[@kevinz3905]

Your analysis of the final two episodes is very well done!

[@nicos968]

Yes finally 🎉🎉

[@Adam-xg1ch]

"this season was an absolute feast for anyone who loves tolkien's writing and world building." how much are they paying you??

[@raymundodelacruz5173]

A breakdown fit for an extended edition 😂

[@anonymousgirl4605]

Erick, I'm so sorry for the loss of your father.

[@waspproductions7675]

I’ve been waiting for this!

[@sachcash101]

Tom Bombadil gives very strong Hagrid vibes...am i wrong?

[@twdscotsman]

Yes !

[@TurinStark5]

Sauron isn't wearing Morgoth's crown in Peter Jackson's movies...

[@TreadwellJay]

Mithril is two syllables. Meeth ril. Not meeth ree el. :)

[@elp013]

Every time i see a GOT reference i am so happy I never participated in that fantasy world.

[@naikor8056]

This season was not a feast for Tolkien fans

[@word90]

My adar theory is this. Elves die and go to valinor abd after a time can come back. Wgat if adar comes back as celeborn

[@MyUnsecretIdentity]

1:50:33 i thought it was Grand-Elf...🤔

[@Alpha23TV]

15:06 In the last episode *he says* he’s Gandalf…

[@RyanHaney55]

I enjoyed this season. I didn't need Orcs humanized, though. They are the guilt-free sword fodder in video games. 😅

[@yakedent]

YESSSSSSSS

[@Gunbudder]

it still blows my mind that a massive AAA film studio is making fan fiction of LOTR and just pretending like its canon. they are abusing the hell out of the licensing agreement they have with the tolkien estate which the only reason they haven't been sued. its interesting to see a fan film with a massive 100 million budget though. its also really hilarious when someone asks "which book is this from? i don't remember this part" lol. its from peter jackson's checkbook hahaha

[@SithScribe21]

Weren’t the Doors of Durin made by Narvi in S2? I def remember seeing them, but don’t recall all the deets

[@Alpha23TV]

Based on the view count.. I’m clearly not the only one that found this show overwhelmingly underwhelming. I guess the general apathy kept everyone else away.

[@antonellamR2D2]

Thank you, I liked this season

[@diana6echo]

I need Adar to come back T____T

[@ThatShyGuyMatt]

Look at all the mad people who were forced by gunpoint to click this video. lol

[@caydencox24]

This was worse than the acolyte😭

[@voixlavoix]

Haven't watched s2, should I? is it good?

[@anoshgaming9924]

Don't You will regret it

[@voixlavoix]

@@anoshgaming9924 Why

[@tamlynhart]

It’s okay. Still disjointed due to the inconsistent writing and terrible plot choices, but it’s better than the first season by far.

[@sourav9543]

Season 2 is atleast 20x better than Season 1.... The Elves story is especially great and also supported by a good recurring story of the dwarves & the numenorians .....But I don't like the harfoots & dark wizard plots....Overall they can still improve season 3 from this point

[@kavinavan]

It's not good but it's pretty ✨❤

[@veselsvocal]

Holy shit. I was not expecting this. Lemme come back boss.

[@BionicIguana]

1:03:25 The Noldor are not the elves that never went to Valinor, that was the Avari and some of the Telari who became the Sindarin elves, think you are getting the Noldor and the Nandor confused

[@tylersaikhon4846]

EVOSS !