Tom Bombadil Confirmed For The Rings of Power Season 2! | Lord of the Rings News

Today, I discuss the new The Lord of the Rings The Rings of Power Season 2 Vanity Fair article releasing the First Look at Tom Bombadil!
What stories will be told with him?
Where is Goldberry?
How will his inclusion even work?
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[@beng557]

Tom helps Meteor Man kick his crack addiction by introducing him to pipe weed.

[@genebodenberger]

Jack could pull Tom off!

[@lordofthehouseofstormcrows8615]

Meteor man got his name for the $500 sized crack rocks he smokes in his pipe.

[@xLUMINOUSx]

Omg...please no! That can't possibly do this right. Peter Jackson had enough respect to not even try.

[@nutmegriot209]

that’s not jack black 🥲

[@richardmaier28]

I've been saying for decades Tom is Jack Black when everyone pushed Robin Williams 😢

[@Golden_Rule_Truth]

😅

[@genebodenberger]

Jack could pull Tom off!

[@psazani]

This trailer is basically the Blue Wizard origin story. I bet you Tom Bombadil gives the Stranger his blue robe and pointy hat and POOF, the Stranger becomes the Blue Wizard. Notice Tom isn't wearing his blue robe and hat at the end.

[@titobeme]

It shows the ignorance of the show runners saying Tom lives in Withywindel when it’s just the river that runs through the Old Forest, where he actually lives.

[@nutmegriot209]

did they say he lives there? that photo is interesting. You can see he planted a makeshift fruit tree, has 2 beehives, overhead of lavender flowers, and other forms of vegetation. which is all true to his character. maybe this is the beginnings of the Old Forest

[@wolfmauler]

​@@nutmegriot209This is his Amazon original 2nd house, they've placed near Rhun. Not the Old Forest

[@unclefester1991]

Is Tom going to hunt trolls with Galadriel?

[@richardmaier28]

sell her to a barrow white? Wait Ole Toms from Rhun now and those westernese swords..

[@elizabethanne8729]

Yes. And Grima Wormtongue will join with his .357 Mag

[@laurietravis7448]

Bombadil's hat looks awfully familiar. Bet he gives it to "not gandalf"

[@anni.68]

That's a lovely idea.

[@ricardochristie1]

Oh good call!

[@director5193]

Gandalf had a blue hat. Actually I think that one of the blue wizards that could be Olorin's identity in the second age

[@laurietravis7448]

Blast... your right! Nice idea but it's just too lotr for rings of power.​@@director5193

[@arc7375]

@@director5193 It’s not. Allatar and Palando are the names of the blue wizards.

[@mr.s2005]

Guess they felt like ruining another character

[@kevinhollis1229]

The best Tom Bombadil was in the dramatized audiobook that uses the music from the Peter Jackson trilogy.

[@Luke-kj1rj]

Phil dragash

[@CarolinaPine]

No telling what the showrunners will do with Tom Bombadil, but I will have to read about it and watch your review of season 2. I am not hopeful that they will treat him with the respect he deserves.

[@duncanramsay9262]

He better have the feather

[@HernasRoom]

Don't. Just don't. No one can properly explain this character, let it remain a mystery...

[@sawcondiznuts1422]

Read the article, they’ve clearly told that they are not trying to answer what that character is

[@director5193]

I'm hoping it'll just be a random one-episode encounter. And then in future seasons or episodes we can make another random meeting with him, but already Elrond.

[@larshoogenboom1817]

Just what I was thinking

[@FarrisG]

Hey look...it's Tom 'Morgoth' Bombadil 🤦‍♂️😂

[@peterga3658]

right after that gender procedure he has done too :| lol

[@norakaleni7409]

@@peterga3658 lololol

[@wolfmauler]

Dumbest "theory" ever 😮‍💨

[@otaku-sempai2197]

I think you've hit on Tom Bombadil's role in the show. The key is the star chart incorporated into the ceiling of his dwelling. Tom will guide the Stranger and his companions onto their proper course.

[@Mahtan00]

A very good point that not a single one of the images has even the suggestion of a smile. Dingy colors, serious face. This is Bombadil? The Tolkien Curmudgeon (myself) will be "curmudgeon-watching" the second season, if you care to follow along on my ultra-low-tech Tolkien channel...

[@duncanramsay9262]

In regards to the films it's like they just followed the bbc dramatized performance.

[@logansharp2107]

I think given the feedback they can still make his coat look more blue and boots more yellow with some editing

[@director5193]

As far as I understand it's a photo from the set, in post-processing they obviously need to improve the picture and if they don't want to piss people off tweak the colors

[@Johnnythefirst]

@@director5193 If anybody complains they'll probably give him a red coat just to fuck with the fandom they hate.

[@Chociewitka]

indeed, good described, Withywindle being confused with the Old Forest seems to indicate that they are careless in their approach

[@stevo271]

Tom Bombadil> Rings of Sour

[@jackthehumanofficial]

straight to the bin

[@lordofthehouseofstormcrows8615]

I think tom, was a comforting idea when Tolkien wrote Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring because up until that point the fellowship is quite dark. It's a kind of what are we going to do situation. I think Tolkien wanted everyone to relax because he knew how anxious we all would be. And Tom Nails that. He is peace, he is calm he is the eye of the storm. Tom has always been, simply put he is.

[@robertdanielpickard]

FWIW he has appeared in other adaptations, just not very mainstream ones. Not really important to the points you raised, but i have always had a soft spot for the character as well as weird adaptations. So sharing a supercut someone else made of his weird, fun appearances kzbin.info/www/bejne/g36VlGCnmpKDqdU

[@tombombadill22]

Tom was not jolly when he was saving the hobbits from Old Man Willow and the Barrow-wights! He has incredible gravitas and seriousness. Gandalf the White didn't spend time with him at the end of the quest just to share a few jokes!!!

[@tombombadill22]

Tom is an incredibly complex character and has been everywhere on Middle-earth.

[@morgoth173]

First live adaptation of tom bombadil was is the soviet lotr movies, that was a truly weird movie

[@dominklein2703]

In lore Gandalf met Tom Bombadil once, but like thats it lol, what is amazon trying??

[@jamespruett2849]

You hit the nail on the head , where's the smile

[@knines4280]

Worried. After season one, worried!

[@scottshapiro2795]

I hope they don't try to pin his origins. Tom was left a mystery on purpose.

[@jeffreybeckham1130]

Who cares? Rings of Power is bad fanfiction with a bigger budget.

[@CarolinaPine]

I agree in part. ROP is bad and has a big budget, but to be fanfiction, it has to be created by fans.

[@Jeffrey_Tyler]

Apparently the thousands of people, including yourself, that clicked the video care 😂😂

[@CarolinaPine]

@@Jeffrey_Tyler You assume too much. I clicked to get the opinion of The Broken Sword and of commenters on this video.

[@DefinitelyNotBender]

​@@Jeffrey_Tylermost of us did it to support the channel not because we are supporting the trash show.

[@jeffreybeckham1130]

@@Jeffrey_Tyler Only to shit all over it

[@winterburden]

I hope it is a musical episode.

[@MohseenLala]

Tom is...in Rhun? huh?

[@Jeffrey_Tyler]

There is no reason he can't be. At the Counsel of Elrond Gandalf says that Tom "Now lives" in the land of his choosing. 'Now' as in the third age, and 'now' implying he didn't before. If he has been around since the beginning of Arda then there is no reason to think he hasn't traveled all, or most of it.

[@Golden_Rule_Truth]

@@Jeffrey_Tyler oh my gosh. How were you able to formulate an original thought??? No seriously tho. How the hell are so many fans having trouble with simple concepts of WORLD BUILDING?

[@francog8691]

@@Golden_Rule_Truth Because they’re so deep into their own bias they’re unwilling to look beyond anything that doesn’t fit their opinion of what the show should be. It’s quite sad, I’m happy to say I’ve enjoyed all of LOTR, Legendarium & every cinematic (animated/non-animated) adaptation there is. You have to enjoy them for what they are, not what you think they ought to be.

[@blacksmoker2]

PJ didn't want to include the sequence with Tom Bombadil because it didn't advance the story. (Which he was absolutely right about.) Amazon can safely wrap old Tom into their series. After all, it doesn't have a story to drive forward...

[@poneill65]

Ugh, well if anyone can spin this into gold it will be Rory Kinnear. His Frankenstein's monster character in Penny Dreadful was a masterful piece of character acting. I suspect that this will be repeat of the one good actor in S1, Adar/Malwe, that decided to book it once he realized what a croc he had been given

[@alexkats30]

As you already mentioned, these first photos are some way off in too many ways. Plus, Bombadil is a very difficult character to include in an adaptation, as he's very uninvolved with Middle-Earth, there is a reason others have skipped him and I highly doubt that these people are THE ones that are going to pull it off successfully. In conclusion, my elf eyes see a fail incoming

[@JulieMoran1832]

God it's really nauseating to read comments by Payne and McKay. Everything they say is pure bullocks.

[@Michael-ji3gw]

I appreciate you. So many Tolkien KZbinrs I follow have become RoP shills. You guys keep it real .

[@anni.68]

Based on what proof do you call other people shills? Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor! Ever heard about that? Ever heard of the concept of simply having different opinions?

[@Michael-ji3gw]

@@anni.68 Proof? 37% of people who started watching RoP have finished it. Facts, indisputable numbers. That's an epic streaming fail by any measurement. But, the mainstream shills and some KZbinrs gloss that over and continue to talk like its a success. They continue to change stuff that's not in the spirit of Tolkien's story.

[@bryanmatthews2370]

I feel like they added him just to get attention from real lotr fans, but I agree. He should be jolly, the actor is a good actor but I'm having trouble picturing him as a jolly fellow that sings all the time. I'm skeptical

[@richardmaier28]

oh my hearties,I just can't picture Tom wo a smile,full stop,nada,nyet and noo.😅

[@Dhows]

That is really to bad

[@SgtRocko]

They want to make a character who's entire ESSENCE is being bright and vivid... not bright and vivid.... Not even sure I can hate watch this next season

[@jackkennedy70]

Amazons The rings power isn't cannon. It's rubbish

[@peterga3658]

im thinking of it this way and helped me . ROP is not a LOTR project ... no its a Lotr character and event inspired """""tv show"""""" so what these ppl do is playing the character in diff ways and styles trying to find something that might work... and we just are able to see those things? nightmares? on video for everyone to know what not to do in the next REAL project :P (crazy cop? proly but it does make me feel good like good )

[@gavhenrad]

It's worse than modt fan fiction stuff.

[@RevanMartinez]

True, but its still more respectful to the source material than disney has been w Star Wars

[@ContemporaryCompendium]

​@@RevanMartinezJesus Christ, no.

[@kevinry4n]

@@ContemporaryCompendiumYes is it 😂

[@hellosurge4622]

12:38 I’m pretty sure the third image of Tom looking happy is Mel Gibson.

[@sectureverothoughtcriminal7734]

I have all the confidence one can muster. They will completely fuck it up.

[@keironharvey]

I think Tom and Goldberry could be the 2 Blue Wizards (reincarnated like Gandalf) I think they went to Rhûn and Khand and vanished...

[@z43z4r]

there's no way he's going to be done right

[@mikekram2199]

I said to myself right at the start of the video why is he not looking happy.

[@mazztothemax1888]

Tom is an unwaving ray of light and joy in a dark world and that's where his power lies. If he is anything other than this they have portrayed him very wrong.

[@michaelking266]

I don't hate the look, bright yellow boots would be hard to incorporate into a live action setting without it looking off. But i don't like how serious he looks in all these photos. He doesn't look like a jolly fellow!

[@sectureverothoughtcriminal7734]

Tom, an ancient being, like the Ents, not particulary interested in the coming going of lesser beings. Unless they are doing damage to their corner of the world...then they kick some butt.

[@Rodj71]

I haven't watched Rings of Power, so perhaps I shouldn't comment, but this feels very wrong. From what I saw advertised and reviewed of Season 1 though, it's probably just following form. Tom Bombadil should just be left out of things, as he kind of is outside of things (he is like a personification of Nature) - mention him, perhaps yes, but leave a little something up to the imagination of the reader/viewer.

[@stina.munoz.dance1]

How do you know how they are going to portray him, have you seen season 2 already? criticising a tv show based on something that you heatd... at least watch it, right?

[@generoberts9151]

Tom: Hey Gandalf try some of this pipe weed with me. It’s great. Not habit forming at all.

[@Nolnocnaes]

GIANT PILES OF TOM BOMBADOODY

[@charliecochran3035]

What a desperate move to drum up interest. Yikes. But it works. Now I have to see how badly they botch it.

[@hangoutwithme346]

Maybe they will surprise us and season 2 will be good. Id like it to be.

[@KrazieJedi420]

Tom would have been in the world during the 2nd age... but I don't like the idea of this... Amazon is ruining the 2nd age stories

[@thomasb.anderson8113]

man i wonder from whom not-gandalf will get his iconic hat from...

[@DJJ81]

They’re just gonna do anything they can think of to try and pull some fans in. There’s no way any of this can go well

[@jackkennedy70]

Is the Broken Sword available on another platform Google/KZbin censorship algorithms are again deleting my comments.

[@nutmegriot209]

It’s bad.. its happening all over twitter too

[@jackkennedy70]

@@nutmegriot209 Not as bad as it is on Google YT

[@user-mp2fb9ku5o]

Brian Blessed would have played the perfect Tom Bombadil when younger. Too bad we have lost the chance to see him in the role...

[@Debba521]

I'd rather not see Tom Bombadil in a great film, than see him in the bloody awful Rings of Power. 😢

[@TarMody]

The article is very clear. Just as Tom Bombadil does not direct the Hobbits and participate directly in the story in the book, he will not direct The Stranger and participate in the story in the series fiction. This is what will happen. I don't see anything to worry about in this.

[@ParisToyTimeAdventures]

They lost me forever in the first season by episode 3. I dont care what they do now going forward unless they make an apology and say they are going to do a complete do over with actors who can actually act and writers who can actually write and keeping political agendas and woke ideals out of a classic story.

[@ContemporaryCompendium]

Ahh, so they're going to ruin Bombadil, too.

[@markgregorygacosta531]

To everyone who likes RoP, I really didn't want to rain on your parade, but can someone please someone explain why you think the following scenes and writing choices in season 1 are worthy of Tolkien 🤣 🤮 - -Galadriel jumps from a boat and plans to swim the sea all the way back to middle earth, but then casually meets Sauron; Did the writers even know that Feanor and his forces had to massacre the Teleri to get ships, but Galadriel here casually face palmed everyone by showing they could just simply swim 😆 - Galadriel and almost everyone else in the village tanked pyroclastic materials from a volcanic eruption straight in the face and survived it without any burnt injuries; -Celebrimbor and Elrond travel from Eregion to Moria without a horse, a security escort and without any dirt on their robes; - the Harfoots singing "never leave anyone behind" yet when someones too old, get lost, or injured, they leave them behind without batting an eye; - Volcano erupting after being poured by water then the place turned into Mordor (even Melkor in Year of the lamps is now scratching his head); -Numenorians specially Elendil continue to praise the sea and say "the sea is always right" despite the fact that his wife drowned (shouldn't he feel contempt?) ; -Elves in the watch tower who are supposed to have ultra clear eye sight even from afar failed to detect the tunnel being built by orcs almost under their noses; -Celebrimbor who is supposed to be a master blacksmith, doesn't know anything about using alloys; -the villagers and Galadriel decided to make their stand against Adar's forces in a village with no walls and fortification, instead of that watch tower with walls and a single path where they could pick off approaching orcs: -Galadriel's whole revenge arc being pointless because according to Tolkien's lore, all dead elves will someday get resurrected. I'm already setting aside the fact that this show isn't connected to anything Tolkien wrote narratively, and yet I still find myself unable to immerse because of these stupid writing decisions🤣. You really have to turn your brain off when you watch this show🤣

[@2012ams1]

Oh no

[@upschutt4842]

I bet it's Sauron wearing a wig

[@MrsMacLover]

gritty reboot TB. way to go, amazon!

[@Jambo66328]

All I see is just another multimillionaire flop.

[@peterga3658]

Bill....

[@Eudaimonist]

Everything we know about Tom suggests that he was not out East or that he has ever been a wanderer. It feels like bad fanfic.

[@tombombadill22]

Nit the first .... he is in the Russian film TV show

[@bluthammer1442]

omg..we live in hell

[@zenonx1]

Considering they didn’t race swap him, I wouldn’t be surprised if a female or race swapped character shows him up

[@stina.munoz.dance1]

Tom Bombadil and Goldberry being Morgoth' and Ungoliant is an old rumour already debunked as a fake scoop months ago, right along with the rumour that Sauron has a son in the show, none if it is true. Something that a well reputed channel like this should know by now. I can't believe it is still being repeated smh

[@arthurreede4478]

Ahh yes of course so Shelob is Bombabils daughter got it got it. It all makes sense now

[@stevie-con67]

They’re going to Rhun everything.

[@tcs199111]

Just some advice. When doing pop outs of articles try highlighting the important bits you are reading. Easier for viewers.

[@darrengladden4681]

We are all being decieved. The showrunners dislike Tolkien, as they are trying to ruin it for the next generation of potential fans. Maybe they wasn't allowed to join the college Tolkien society back in the day and still hold a grudge. How could they be so off the mark with it all, its all so frustrating. This show could have been amazing.

[@craigbrowning6788]

No one with credibility supports this or is happy about it. They openly admit they are changing this character. Not even hiding it.

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

I hope they stick with Tom origins, which is unknown.

[@ELFBOYMUSIC]

Hopefully they don't spend 90% of screen time on really boring characters, like season 1.

[@glasspreacher8436]

Thanks for taking an additional dump on Tolkien.

[@FinalShotFilms]

Tom bombadil does more to hurt the stakes of the books than to be useful to the plot

[@poneill65]

I'm sorry, but even that stare on the Bombadil actor's face,.. that right there is no look Tolkein's Bombadil would ever give., under any circumstance, ever! It could not be any further from any part of Bombadil's character if they tried. I suspect that is the point. These weaksauce simpletons are so mad their ineptitude was mocked they are determined to poop on every single thing that real Tolkein fans might love.

[@shovelchop81bikeralex52]

Not a fan of Tom at all but love the actor so mixed feelings. It appears this Tom has an influence on Gandalf's classic look.

[@morgoth173]

Video 305

[@clancygilgamesh6592]

Jeff bezos is just trying to ride on the back of Tolkien and Peter Jackson. But instead of riding on the back of them. he's more like dangling at there coattails!

[@colemantrantham9264]

What the fuck.

[@giano427]

Bombadil bout to drop some knowledge bombs (that's not particularly relevant to anything) yo!

[@Kraviken]

So he will be an Irish female then? 😁👍 ❤

[@LycaonsMemories]

"tom bombadil odd"... i mean, yes he should be. he even confused gandalf. i also picture him as vividly bright. but for a live action, i think tonining that down is good since it is only recently that we really got vivid clothing. the "always happy tom" just feels too "uncle toms cabin" . too much of a sterotype and that they would be out of touch. now tom bombadil might be that out of touch in the 2nd age, he was in the 3rd.. but if he is walking around and seeing entire realms destroyed i dont think he would be.

[@ak-od7mf]

this is gonna be horrible...

[@Zotrax1946]

You’re way too soft on the show and the people involved. It is deeply disturbing, what they done and will do. They deserve a much harsher criticism.

[@brocklawer7635]

This looks bad for this character no bright colors like blue, yellow and brown. Relaxed facial and body language. No expression of being happy and joyful too stoic and serious. Really in Rhun?!?! Plus he has no real place in this show,this portrayal is Dead on Arrival, this is what happens when you fire Tom Shippey they just do whatever.

[@guntherthequizmaster9515]

Making new 🆕 friends❓

[@jamesf6754]

Bombadil doesn't give any shits though....

[@jamesf6754]

It'd be funny if he's solely there to be like " hey Gandalf, you're here a few scenes early pal"

[@asapilot04]

Can’t wait to hear about how they totally butcher this amazing character….

[@Mark-gq8ei]

I’ve got to say, I got super into Tolkien a few years ago now, and I’ve found the fandom one of the most dispiriting parts of it. All everyone does is complain things aren’t exactly like the source material. It’s really disappointing, and it’s putting me off the work.

[@francog8691]

As someone who’s read all of Tolkien’s works pertaining to LOTR & it’s Legendarium, as well as watched all cinematic adaptations ever released, I get where you’re coming from. There’s a lot of vitriol and pointless criticism from very close minded folks who choose to hate this show without giving any of the plot points or tropes a second though. Everyone knows this isn’t canon, but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy this adaptation for what it is, with all its pros and cons. At the end of the day, it’s widely successful, S2+ coming up, and the majority of folks are enjoying it (they just don’t post on the internet about it, cause well, no one cares). Anything that can bring people into Tolkien’s works is a win for me, and plenty of people I know have gotten into LOTR/Legendarium because of rings of power.

[@wolfen8622]

They really just trying to piss everyone who likes lotr off, right?

[@frostburned]

It would be awesome to see Old Tom, but not like this. This is not Tolkiens Tom. This is another Amazons Terrible dobbelganger. Is They making count like "Hey, Lets make a bet how many Tolkiens character we can ruin! Steve put already 20 to 50 character!"