The Lord of the Rings but it's Roman Empire

[@NewVictus666]

Rome has no King, Rome needs no King - Boromirus Brutii

[@danielefabbro822]

Well yes, because Roma have her Emperor. 😎👍

[@NewVictus666]

@@danielefabbro822 Rome was an kingdome before it become an republic, you didnt get the reference....

[@danielefabbro822]

@@NewVictus666 oh right. You're right. My apologies. It's just that the monarchic period is so disliked by even us modern Italians that we usually tend to remove it from our minds and memories. 😅 My apologize.

[@ArjitPhonglosa]

Boromius

[@nerdstark9002]

You too, Boromirus?

[@sabrewolf89]

"What business do a Roman, a Celt, and a German have in Scythia? Speak quickly!"

[@demonflyingfox]

:D

[@Briselance]

"Tell me your name, horse master. And I will tell you mine."

[@Briselance]

(Aragorn would be the Roman, and Gimli the Celt and Legolas the German, right?)

[@sabrewolf89]

@@Briselance Was thinking of Legolas as a Celt due to Welsh longbows but that might be a bit anachronistic. There's an argument that Tolkien modeled the Dwarves on another ancient group from the Levant but I don't want to get banned by youtube ;)

[@Alistplay]

​@Briselance nooo, legolas would be an Aechean-classical age Greek, mf looks like Achilles guver from the movie called Troy about the siege of Troy. Apollo had a legendary bow and arrows. In bronze age Greek culture bows were equally revered and scorned. Bows would be passed down from generation and have pride of place in the house. But! The blonde straight hair makes me doubtful that legolas would pass off as a Greek. That's like getting an ugly black girl to play Juliet.

[@gamebozco]

Thanks. I almost forgot to think about roman empire today. My manhood is saved.

[@demonflyingfox]

haha, you're welcome!

[@the1andonly975]

You mean the "holy Roman Empire"

[@ColaMixx3000]

I can't. Got into that roman magnesia pillar game. My flat looks like an Empire now xD aaah damn got to go the aquaeductus is leeking again 😮‍💨

[@thogyvangogh3825]

totally understand you, luckily I could preserve my manhood today through a random conversation about ancient roman clay, making their structures superior.

[@ColaMixx3000]

@@thogyvangogh3825 their concrete is speculated to be better than modern concrete. They incorporated like volcanic ash and stuff. 🤔 (activly preserving manhood)

[@viktor9988]

"Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an Greek" - Gimlinus

[@Jamhael1]

"How about fighting side by side with a citizen of Rome?" - Legolus

[@addygreen8919]

10/10 would watch

[@fedorahmormont1310]

Truly ethereal.

[@DrZeddy-wo5fd]

Absolutely

[@benisrood]

Looks far better and more interesting that the originals.

[@realMoMoPuFF]

Yep 100%

[@realMoMoPuFF]

​@@benisrood That is not true

[@kubikkuratko188]

I was Gandalfus the Oracle Now I am Gandalfus the Pontifex Maximus!

[@astari24]

I would certainly vote for him

[@onepiece666]

“I will do it, I will take the ring to Pompei” Frodus Baggicus, citizen of Hispania, circa 50BC

[@MrX-nv8kp]

even If i don't know the way... to a huge mountain visible from far away 😂

[@r.c.c.10]

Yes, Hispania would suit The Shire. It would be cool for Rohan and Gondor to be Rome and Greece too.

[@onepiece666]

@@r.c.c.10 well they are next to each other and Pompei, just like Mordor, Gondor and Rohan, so it suits perfectly

[@mgancarzjr]

Where are you taking us? To the wilds of Gaul.

[@TrangDB9]

Into the fires of mount boom.

[@ThoughtOnFire222]

"Mordor, Gandalfus, is it left or right?" - Frodolus "All Roads Lead to Mordor." - Gandalfus

[@RadagastTheGreat]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA 🤣🤣🤣😁

[@ollaniuspius1211]

0:19 Head

[@demonflyingfox]

:D

[@SenatorBanana]

yeah... whats up with that hahah

[@morrowgan8930]

slavoj zizek cameo

[@LesterMascarinas]

That's a roman Kuato

[@TheMasterNumberSeven]

💀

[@mikefulli]

Three legged elephant. The most feared war beast.

[@BlondieYouTube]

Curious, they used to call my fat uncle the 'Three Legged Elephant' in our town. Not really sure what they mend with that.

[@therealestg9]

Oh I’m feared all right

[@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233]

Yeah, those were only two legs ..

[@JoshuaFalken-cy3dv]

@@BlondieKZbin it mend that he was not your uncle, but your ... ach, well, ask your mother about it

[@marthinus.x]

You have no idea how badly I want to see a feature length film that looks like this. With excellent costumes and set design, great story, great acting, and shot in this technicolor style.

[@bogdanmirzakabilov]

Yeah, I'd buy it for $10-20 if there was such an option at all.

[@FilmscoreMetaler]

10-15 more years and you will be able to ai generate a movie just like this.

[@borstenpinsel]

You mean LotR? Or just in general? Because obviously there are movies that look like this. Ben Hur, 10 commandments for example . Both are 3+ hours too😅

[@aj16cook]

Don't worry you can watch/rewatch The Fall of the Roman Empire, Ben Hur, Cleopatra, Quo Vadis, Spartacus etc.

[@Fankas2000]

It's weird how the style of these pre 2000s movies is so much better than what we have today. The painted backdrops in older movies make them more magical.

[@DPA-Gaming]

"One does not simply walks into Pompeii".... proceeds to walk into Pompeii.... LOL~

[@nikolaosboukouvalas449]

"I WILL BE DEAD BEFORE I SEE THE RING IN THE HANDS OF A CELT!"

[@jepcartusch1084]

"A Roman is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to." - Galerius

[@Secretlyanothername]

One Rome to rule them all, one Rome to find them, one Rome to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

[@lakeofmarch1377]

It's called the Jesuits, BTW. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3nHaGmNq8aYb9E

[@christophcookit6334]

And in the roman empire to bind them. Cesar made a master ring and betrayed them all.

[@jungatheart8712]

“… and heir to the throne of Rome. You owe him your allegiance” - Legolasus “Rome has no Caesar, it needs no Caesar!” - Boromirus

[@DerLamer]

Legolix, what do your Celt eyes see?

[@johncanaparius3233]

Why is Tom Cruise in this? 😂

[@detectivemarkseven]

The AI used is funded by scientology.

[@shane_rm1025]

The last centurion

[@Thedisciplemike]

Its the 80s bro

[@gemme4486]

Perfect cast for a hobbit.

[@sahiblindberg]

And Timothee Chalamet as Frodo lmao

[@cb9825]

This is beautiful! 😍 also at 0.20 in the background you can see a man with another man's face on his chest 😂 which is not too wild at all for a fantasy movie!

[@That2J]

Those deep Tolkien lore characters 👌

[@rogermazuca4582]

0:20

[@alinka1776]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nicechock]

looks dumb.

[@cob6259]

Obligatory AI-hate aside, LotR as a 1962 sword-and-sandal flick would fucking rule. Props on the concept.

[@FalconRS]

I imagined same director and production as Spartacus with Kirk Douglas.

[@sammythangerules]

0:32 six fingers :)

[@SergioGomez-ib2te]

It's the bless of Apolo

[@edelweiss-]

0:50 two heads in one helmet 0:19 head on chest its certified that AI is like human dreams, its a bit a similar work of the visualization.

[@edelweiss-]

typicall material of dreams

[@maelstrom57]

My father was killed by a six-fingered man.

[@SergioGomez-ib2te]

@@maelstrom57 Wats your name ?

[@dabigchina]

Im so used to demonflyingfox's harry potter videos that i literally forgot that voldemort isnt in lord of the rings.

[@gaynzz6841]

Getting some Troy vibes off this. 0:25 outside the city. 0:27 Prince Hector. 0:48 Helen of Sparta? 0:50 Agamemnon, king of Mycenae

[@niels8143]

I'm pretty sure the IA used Eric Bana (Hector) as the model for Aragorn at 0:10

[@samuelmendoza9356]

well, the Romans did fight in hoplite meta before switching to sword, shield, and, javelin meta

[@ArtilleryAffictionado1648]

man helen was such a crush when i was a kid. god damn that actress was HOT.

[@hawk992]

Troy vibes? Troy was such a bad movie. This makes GOOOD vibes! 😊

[@zherean42069]

​@@samuelmendoza9356For a while though, before they realize they (Pike and spearmen) were being overwhelm by massive hordes

[@esdev92]

Already looks infinitely better than Gladiator 2

[@cheezdoodle96]

​@@7ElevenTruther I dunno if I'm missing something, but as far as I'm aware, _Gladiator II_ is still set to release this autumn.

[@zherean42069]

Idk why they would film a sequel in a movie where the story already ended

[@TheMightyCrucibleKnight184]

​@@zherean42069 Well my friend, it's simple, Nostalgia bait and cash grap into one.

@@zherean42069 Naustalgia bait for a extremely struggling hollywierd.

[@shadfallfan]

​@@zherean42069 Because they have no new ideas and when they do it's ruined by terrible activist writers so their only way to make money is to wave member berries in front of your face.

[@alexanderh2345]

“I would have followed you my brother, my captain, my Caesar.”

[@RadagastTheGreat]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@abcdef27669]

“I am Frodo Baggicus!” “No, I am Frodo Baggicus!” “Wrong, I am Frodo Baggicus!”

[@Bidenat0r]

holy shit galadriel is hot

[@dearberlin]

I thought it was Eowyn.

[@benisrood]

Yeah I thought it was Eowyn, too, because the next shot is her father

[@brockgadao415]

Smeagol is hot too

[@Secretlyanothername]

They're all so freaking hot. "Would" the entire cast, even hot Gollum

[@aj16cook]

@@dearberlin first blondie is Eowyn the second one's Galadriel

[@Onezy05]

"YOU SHALL NOT PASS - THE RHINE!" - Gandalficus Germanicus

[@doobadood]

I like how AI thinks Frodo was played by Timothee Chalamet in every LOTR AIs

[@dodec8449]

0:10 Tom Cruise is that you?

[@ilgaz.forests]

0:23 the elephant has no leg, the elephant needs no leg

[@τοκοΡΑκι-υ6ε]

Hahahahahahahahahah. Respect

[@wampir66]

0:10 Tom Cruise? WTF xD

[@hirschlord341]

He was very popular in the empire 😂

[@ballshippin3809]

0:19 AI nailed the magical creatures vibe by having a face looking out on a man's chest 😂

[@Hannibalbarsa]

I imagine the author was going to put some kind of Gorgoneion in it but it didn't work.

[@dr.kinderman5290]

I love this aesthetic, reminds me of the Ben Hur movie or The 300 Spartans. Movies from that era were on another level of scale, using literal armies of extras in their big shoots.

[@johntheknight3062]

Frodonius can do it with help of his trusted friend Samus Bigus Dickus.

[@mleadenham1]

Do you find it... wisible...

[@steven2183]

One does not simply walk across the rubicon

[@squillen]

I'd watch the shit out of this

[@alexcamacho1842]

"They're taking the hobbits to the Vatican!"

[@charlescosqueric422]

There was "something" with old movies... nice job :)

[@aldraone-mu5yg]

I think a WW1 setting could work quite well for LOTR.

[@Secretlyanothername]

WW1 was the prequel to to LOTR

[@Jon-mh9lk]

Tolkien disliked this.

[@MrX-nv8kp]

but he based it in his memories 😁

[@Davidofthelost]

@@MrX-nv8kpno. He based it off of the old Celtic mythology that remained of Britain. Because he wanted to build a mythology for Britain because it was an oral tradition to pass it down and most of it was lost or twisted by other cultures coming in and invading.

[@Mister_Underhill]

​@@Davidofthelosttrue, and he also despised allegories so any connection between his stories and WW1 are coincidental.

[@Gitsmasher]

that smeagol looks well fed 0:36

[@InsaneRabbitDaddy]

All thanks to a diet of licker fish from the Tiber River.

[@wololo_aeyoyo]

all that garum is keeping him fed

[@danielsch.6463]

Gollum looks like straight outta the gym

[@RadagastTheGreat]

*Sméagolus the Barbarian

[@bobgatewood5277]

This alone is 1000 times better than the rings of power

[@RadagastTheGreat]

Hell yeah!!

[@Timotheus-SVK]

The Lord of the Rings but it's [70's movie about the Roman Empire]

[@Herr_Mux]

It already me with "Frodolus"

[@wolfen888]

Every single one of these AI trailers is better than ANYTHING released in the last couple of years. The aesthetics, attractive people, everything… so dope… can’t wait for AI to go further and beyond

[@Paloshoot]

Saw this in theater when I was a kid and loved it ever since. This original and the 2001-2003 remakes are both masterpieces.

[@admiralflynn895]

Not gonna lie, that second to last shot of Frodo behind the volcano goes hard.

[@RadagastTheGreat]

Omg, yes!! Oh my poor boy! 😭

[@anuraagkhaund9191]

"One Ring to rule the Senate, One Ring to Bring the legions Together and in the Empire Bind Them" - Emperor Sauronnus Annatar

[@eugene8498]

Man, as a Tolkien fan, this looks promising. Every reader shall get their own perfect version of visual adaptation of their favorite books in a decade or two.

[@mrrandom1265]

Jurassic Park in the Roman Empire or Jurassic Park on the Moon

[@Irukandji_]

How is nobody talking about how beautiful the shot is at 1:00 Perfect composition, great lighting, realistic slow-mo fire. I love it.

[@neolord50pro77]

Also this guy (Elrond) 0:39 look so real and neat.

[@averyy.gordin2408]

Anyone getting this post golden age hollywood (1960s-1980s) vibe from this? I mean, damn - this ai generated trailer just caught the vibe of that era of film perfectly with the costumes, sets, and even small details like historical accuracy (or lack thereof) in costumes, makeup and the obvious beauty standards (having a tan, having crazy muscles, looking neatly groomed even in scenes where you're covered in blood and dirt - it just screams 1960s historical epic to me... Until you see Legolas and the Nazghûl - then you get pure 80s fantasy vibes from them 😅). Just think that five years ago, making something like this with AI was not possible yet - now we just have to wait five more to a full length "Lord of the Rings: Roman Empire" film or two. Or maybe even a trilogy! I'm a gal who thinks of both of the Roman Empire and Tolkien (especially the Silmarillion) almost every day, and I'd watch a trilogy like this religiously! Seriously, I might even consider paying to buy something like this because the concept alone sounds so bloody epic! And already quotable too!: "One does simply walk into Pompei." "Frodulus, you must take the ring and cast it into the fire of Mount Vesuvius." And as written by others in the comments: "What business does a Roman, a German and a Celt have in Scythia? Speak quickly!" "Rome has no Caesar! It needs no Ceasar!" Damn it, again, I'm excited over a movie that technically doesn't exist (yet)!

[@matthew.stevick]

0:57 gottyam shawty

[@SanctusBacchus]

would

[@k1ng5urfer]

Eowin looking fine as hell

[@samuelmendoza9356]

seeing Early Republican legionnaries when they are fighting in hoplite style makes me wish for a Ancient Greek version of LoTR

[@unknown0soldier]

I am genuinely curious why nobody turns such brilliant ideas into real movies

[@IchEsseHaende]

Imagine living in the timeline where we got this as a series instead of rings of power..

[@EzekielDeLaCroix]

"You must take the ring and cast it into the fire of Mt.Vesuvius" "That's not so bad."

[@cyborgcat4262]

would go to war for arwen or galadriel

[@MrOtter1234]

Lord of the rings carachters didn't know what to do after 3 movies so they just went to the roman empire

[@kaydenwoodsmusic]

AI is going to be the death of human creativity

[@lordcypher5889]

Legolas just looks like Achilles.

[@jackplant6909]

Who's the guy with the head in his chest sneaking up on Legolas!!

[@Maesterful]

Damn that's scary, reminds me of that boss in God of War Ascension 😱😂

[@Renkencen]

So instead of the one ring, it would be the one laurel wreath to rule them all?

[@arielperez9293]

The 6 finger legolas 💀

[@brentblake8306]

This is well done and really fun! You nailed it!

[@challengecoins4u]

At 0:22, did anyone catch the guy in the background with someone else's lively talking head where his chest armor should be? LOL

[@nevenmesic2856]

Gondor wasnt built in a day!!

[@eowynsisterdaughter]

I like the implication that the Elves would be barbarians, that would sure being an interesting dynamic.

[@khanartist7987]

In secret the dark lord Biggus Dickus forged a master ring.

[@nurventilatoren]

You shall not cross the Rubicon! - Would've been funny, but that was during the time of the Roman Republic, not the Roman Empire.

[@miruson]

Love how at 0:22 the guy in the back has a face on his chest 😂

[@mmlrocks]

0:20 Homeboy in the back wears armor WITH A FACE :D

[@demonflyingfox]

xD

[@louis-mariedhueppe445]

I would watch it just for Legolas' haircut

[@ZAOO_BR]

0:48 What a beautiful angel this woman is.

[@Eragon30971]

These people and sceneries looks so beautiful 😢

[@NIDELLANEUM]

0:37 funny how Boromir has his index finger raised. A lot of times, AI pictures have characters just raising that finger. I wonder why

[@pofdsjoijsodfjsoidf]

DiCaprio as Legolas, Russel Crowe as Sam. Nice.

[@salvatoregubello9859]

Those cicadas in the beginning, touch of class

[@thecomradered]

One does not simply walk into Pompeii - immediately cuts to a whole bunch of people walking to Pompeii

[@v1e1r1g1e1]

Or they might be marching out of it... kind of, ''alongside'' a road that leads out of it...?

[@joeldelica8706]

Ah yes. The ancient men of Gondorum and Rohanum. Against the powers of Mordorum.

[@Cody-5501]

“In the land of Persia where the shadows lie”

[@toddb2581]

That would be awesome. I would watch for sure.

[@TheRealDealReloaded]

Looks really good. this should become a real movie one day.

[@nicodu7839]

I would definitely watch this remake!

[@elvondrago96]

Pompeii is just besides Mt. Doom.🗼🌋

[@A-Grat-A]

Looks like audio misses many lines - a lot of miming here.

[@runtt21]

This Rocks! You should make a longer version!

[@MissesWitch]

this looks surprisingly good and Legolas looks super rich!

[@shanewoody4232]

The roman empire is like the opposite of good

[@generalismoGrosMichel]

Swords, sandals, and Sauron.

[@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319]

I like how Aragorn looks a bit like Michael Praed from Robin of Sherwood.

[@BlairDuncan]

Stigers tigers the book/audio book is basically this, would be great if they made it into a book/series

[@cupofjoe4642]

This aesthetic works so well with that story, wish they did this

[@KingOfStopMotion]

This is sick, I would definitely watch

[@plantemor]

0:20 lol the guy in the background

[@lordvader5756]

This ai is on another level

[@valance10]

LoTR was meant to be set in a dark ages themed setting imo

[@mgancarzjr]

The Senate and People of Rome call for aid!

[@konstantinegorov1776]

Такого властелина колец нужно снять на полный метр

[@umarheadcutter7189]

It feels liked a 80s flick