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The Rings of Power is a prequel to the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

It is set thousands of years before those events.

Tolkien wrote enormous amounts of lore, so this is a new story set thousands of years before The Lord of the Rings.

We do meet some of the characters in The Lord of the Rings. For example we meet Elrond, we meet Galadriel, they are elves.

this is a source of ultimate evil and corruption in The Lord of the Rings.

that's expressed in The Lord of the Rings is that Morgoth took elves and then he twisted elves in mockery and turned them into orcs and that was the worst thing he ever did was to take elves and turn them into orcs.

and it can only be destroyed in Mount Doom.

that Lord of the Rings was an allegory.

He hated the idea that the One Ring for example was really the atomic bomb.

He once wrote if Lord of the Rings was an allegory the elves would have used the One Ring immediately which of course I guess is true because the allies use the atomic bomb.

oh, it's like Smaug. Smaug the dragon from The Hobbit who sits on a mountain of treasure.

His red eyes blinked as he lay alone. His joy was dead and his youth spent. He was knobbed and wrinkled and his limbs bent in the long years to his gold chain. His heart's furnace, the fire waned.

To his belly's slime gems stuck thick, silver and gold he would snuff and lick. To his belly's slime gems stuck thick.

When the moon was new and the sun young, Of silver and gold the gods sung. In the green grass lay silver spill, And the white waters lay with gold filled. In Tolkien's poem The Horde, Everyone who desired the treasure dies in the end, But the treasure remains, Buried deep in giant warehouses in New Jersey.

There is an old horde in a dark rock, Forgotten behind doors none can unlock, That grim gate no man can pass. On the mound grows the green grass, Their sheep feed and the lark saw, And the wind blows from the seashore. The old horde the night shall keep, While earth waits and the elves sleep.

oh, it's like Smaug. Smaug the dragon from The Hobbit who sits on a mountain of treasure.

His red eyes blinked as he lay alone. His joy was dead and his youth spent. He was knobbed and wrinkled and his limbs bent in the long years to his gold chain. His heart's furnace, the fire waned.

To his belly's slime gems stuck thick, silver and gold he would snuff and lick. To his belly's slime gems stuck thick.

When the moon was new and the sun young, Of silver and gold the gods sung. In the green grass lay silver spill, And the white waters lay with gold filled.

There is an old horde in a dark rock, Forgotten behind doors none can unlock, That grim gate no man can pass. On the mound grows the green grass, Their sheep feed and the lark saw, And the wind blows from the seashore. The old horde the night shall keep, While earth waits and the elves sleep.

oh, it's like Smaug. Smaug the dragon from The Hobbit who sits on a mountain of treasure.

Smaug doesn't want to use his gold. He doesn't wear it out to dragon social events. He does not list his holdings on his annual dragon financial statement. He just wants to hoard it.

storms off like a fucking like a Gollum from Lord of the Rings.

So did Aragorn and the Lord of the Rings. Now, granted, he's fictional.

Tolkien, one of the most imaginative men to ever live, could not even conceive of a cleanshaven warrior.

I think it's especially important in the military. Obviously, discipline and standards. But why should the standard be beardlessness? Consider for a moment that most of the greatest military leaders and warriors in history wore beards. Okay, we've already talked about the Vikings... What about all the great Civil War generals? You know, Grant, Lee, Stonewall Jackson. They all had beards. So did Hernn Corts and the conquistadors. So did Genghis Khan. So did Attila the Hun. So did Aragorn and the Lord of the Rings.

Now, unlike Pete Exeth, I do not discriminate against men who make different facial hair choices. I embrace follicle diversity. ... there was Gollum, a shriveled, scrawny, envious, insane, little, hairless cave dweller. The perfect representation of the nonbearded man.

We will never be a monarchy. Know that. To quote the Lord of the Rings, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king.

Yes, the Lord of the Rings, famously, the antimonarchist screed, the Lord of the Rings. That's why the third book in the trilogy is called, you know, The Return of the Democratically Elected President who will serve for four years and then be done at the conclusion of his term.

Each Lord of the Rings movie is three and a half hours long or longer and that's more than justified. ... The theatrical release of Return of the King was about three and a half hours. If I pick up the Bluray, it says four and a half hours long, I'm offended.

We could cut at least 45 minutes out of that movie. It would still be a long movie--two hours and 45 minutes--but far more reasonable than a threeandahalfhour epic.

The Lord of the Rings is... one of the great stories ever told. I mean, the Lord of the Rings novels are great, great novels for adults.

It will never be able to write a book like the Lord of the Rings or make a movie like The Godfather.

I wish, this is from Lord of the Rings, I guess. I wish it need not have happened in my time, said Frodo. So do I, said Gandalf. And so do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us from the Fellowship of the Ring.

you can't criticize the new Lord of the Rings series or the Game of Thrones prequel without revealing yourself to be a member of the KKK.

author jrr tolkien created a multicultural world in which individuals from different backgrounds and races could join forces for good ... we the cast of the rings of power stand together in absolute solidarity and against the relentless racism threats harassment and abuse some of our cast mates of color are being subjected to on a daily basis ... jrr tolkien created a world which by definition is multicultural a world in which free peoples from different races and cultures join together in fellowship to defeat the forces of evil

tolkien himself never said ... never used those words at all and wouldn't have ... never made any indication that's what the story is about ... i don't believe there have been any threats ... if there have we would see them ... they would show us ... i don't believe it

Ilan Musk is weighing in on the new Amazon series the Lord of the Rings the Rings of Power and it sounds like the billionaire Tesla CEO is not a fan.

There's been a lot of hype leading up to Amazon's Lord of the Rings adaptation, but now some fans are saying it's a huge flop.

I haven't watched this show, I have no interest in watching it, and I'm a fan of Lord of the Rings, so I'm not going to watch Amazon's version of it.

Going to stack it up against one of the classic fantasy novels of all time, so in any era of Hollywood it's a lot to ask.

The series premiered with mixed reviews; some reviewers are being accused of racism for their criticism.

Scott says, Matt, you've missed something in the PC box checking for Tolkien's new film. I have no interest in it, I wouldn't even call it a boycott--I'm simply not interested in the Hobbit.

One of the most boring news events that we have to endure every 17 years is the emergence of the cicadas when they crawl out of their underground layer to wreak havoc across the land, all at the behest of the evil wizard, Sauron.

what is his favorite book is? And no lie, 10 seconds later he'd say out of nowhere, he'd stop what he was saying and say, did you know my favorite book is Lord of the Rings, The Trilogy? And then he would start talking about it.

In the book series, the Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, he has a number of figures of Christ, Christ figures.

So one of them is Gandalf, right? He's the wizard. He's a Christ figure in the sense that he has wisdom and power and those kinds of things.

And at one point he dies and comes back, comes back transformed from Gandalf the gray to Gandalf the white. He's an image of Christ, the priest.

You also have Frodo who's the Hobbit who carries the ring. And in Tolkien's work, he said that he actually Tolkien said about the Lord of the Rings, he said that it's a religious and it's specifically Catholic work.

So Frodo is the ring bearer and ring in middle earth and in the whole book series, the ring symbolizes the corruptive power of sin. And so here's the one who's carrying the corruptive power of sin, carrying the ring in order to destroy it.

In the book series, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, he has a number of figures of Christ, Christ figures.

One of them is Gandalf. He's the wizard. He's a Christ figure in the sense that he has wisdom and power and those kind of things. At one point he dies and comes back, comes back transformed from Gandalf the gray to Gandalf the white.

You have Aragorn who is the king and he's going to take his throne at some point. He's exiled in many ways, but at some point he's going to take his throne. So here's an image of Jesus Christ, the king.

You also have Frodo who's the hobbit who carries the ring and in Tolkien's work, he said that he actually, Tolkien said about The Lord of the Rings, he said that it's a religious and it's specifically Catholic work.

So Frodo is the ring bearer and ring in Middle Earth and in the whole book series, the ring symbolizes the corruptive power of sin. And so here's the one who's carrying the corruptive power of sin, carrying the ring in order to destroy it. In the process, it costs him something.

I love Lord of the Rings and that's where Hobbiton is.

like uh you know some of the mountains on the moon and stuff are named after Tolkien like lord of the rings like to penetrate public culture so much that something is named after you

If you actually look at Lord of the Rings As suffused as it is with magic There's very little onstage magic

But when orcs attack, he draws his sword And he fights just like the people next to him He doesn't just go And then make them disappear

I think one of the reasons why people go on reading books like The Lord of the Rings is because of the enormous care that Tolkien took to create that world.

His maps. Yeah, but his depth of knowledge is far greater than the actual story he's telling. And because we know that or feel it, we have great confidence in the world that is being shown to us.

My older brother, his name is Thorin Zambay. He was named after the dwarf king in the Hobbit.

It's like J.R.R. Zambay, like the author, J.R.R. Tolkien of Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit.

I should... the Lord of the Rings... Maybe I read Harry Potter and watch the movies as well.

What was the book? Like Hobbit stuff? Yeah, yeah. Lord of the Rings. Yeah, the Lord of the Rings Hobbit.

Gandalf is... Modor. Modor. Modor. There's a lyric in one of their songs.

I was like Gollum from the Lord of the Rings and it was my precious, you know, and I was this.

The Hobbit existed forever. When I was a little kid, they were talking about the story of The Hobbit.

Hi, this is BJ. And this is Jack. And we just started reading The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.

What an excellent quest to go on. It is 209 Eastern on Thursday, March 3rd. Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but we will still be on the way to the Lonely Mountain with Bilbo and his friends.

I've spent this period of social distancing getting reacquainted with my favorite thing of all time, the Lord of the Rings. I reread all the books.

You got to have one ball for all and then let it be whatever it is. Kind of reminds me of, uh, the college basketball debate when they get to the tournament, that one's bouncing all out of control. It's like just one ball, like use the ball. Everyone use the same type of ball. ... like one ring in Lord of the Rings.

But you ought to read Lord of the Rings, Matt. I know you're not a nerd. I've read it. I've read it. I've read it. I haven't watched it. Well, he is our Sayodin. He is our King Sayodin. He is our King Sayodin.

I sit down to watch it, and I watch the first 30 minutes where they're having the party. And then Gandalf shows up. And then I end up just getting somewhere around when they walk off. And they go into that thing, and the horses come by. Then I end up just falling asleep, and I never start again. Are you like Shannon and hate Star Wars and Harry Potter and stuff like that?

That was his opus. It was a little bit of Lord of the Rings to the length of it.

J.R.R. Tolkien is the author of what fantasy book series turned movies in the 2000s?

Is it Lord of the Rings?

Yeah

inspired by you guys, we started a podcast about Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, and the far right and fascism called American Id, Eye of Sauron.

I hate the Lord of the Rings. Fucking dog shit. Ooh, ooh, ooh. The ring makes you invisible, but it also does other stuff. The little ones are sweet. The tall ones are kind of mean. Which are the Jews in Lord of the Rings?

Do you think Tolkien was thinking about nukes when he when he envisioned the rings of power?

But I'm pretty sure Tolkien started writing. Writing Lord of the Rings, I think, right? Yeah, before the Manhattan Project.

But he couldn't have made a more perfect comparison.

I think a lot of people think of Tolkien, right?

Hobgoblin, I believe, correct me if I'm wrong here, but hobgoblin in the Tolkien verse, or at least within the Hobbit is used to refer to a large version of a goblin. Like a huge goblin.

I think the goblin king that's featured in in the films, at least the three films that came out more recently, the goblin king is a hobgoblin is this huge creature that is like a goblin. But like 10 times the size of any of the others.

Yeah, yeah, some people of them, your mileage may vary.

Well, there are there's some weirdness with the Tolkien stuff surrounding goblins because Hobgoblin, I believe, correct me if I'm wrong here, but hobgoblin in the Tolkien verse, or at least within the Hobbit is used to refer to a large version of a goblin.

Like a huge goblin.

I think the goblin king that's featured in in the films, at least the three films that came out more recently, the goblin king is a hobgoblin is this huge creature that is like a goblin. But like 10 times the size of any of the others.

In order the rings was amazing, I think. And to be fair, nostalgia may has may have colored my experience with the animated 1977 Hobbit from Rankin Bass.

I think a lot of people think of Tolkien, right?

Hobgoblin, I believe, correct me if I'm wrong here, but hobgoblin in the Tolkien verse, or at least within the Hobbit is used to refer to a large version of a goblin. Like a huge goblin.

I think the goblin king that's featured in in the films, at least the three films that came out more recently, the goblin king is a hobgoblin is this huge creature that is like a goblin. But like 10 times the size of any of the others.

Lord of the Rings was amazing, I think.

I believe that Tolkien, originally his working title for the Hobbit was the ravine and it played a much larger role in the story.

not this comedian and the director of Lord of the Rings, I mean this is really quite an a-list

Maybe they bonded over their love of the Lord of the Rings.

JD is a big fan. His favorite author is Tolkien.

Teal named his company Palantir, which we all know is the crystal ball used by Saruman.

The right wing has an idiotic obsession with Tolkien.

I'm also someone who believes that the message of Tolkien is that evil must be confronted.

Maybe they bonded over their love of the Lord of the Rings.

JD is a big fan. His favorite author is Tolkien.

Teal named his company Palantir, which we all know is the crystal ball used by Saruman.

He should come up with a way to reanimate Tolkien so he can rip his nuts off.

The right wing has an idiotic obsession with Tolkien.

Basically, he's like Gollum in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, not someone you'd call a hero, yet crucial to the epic mission's success.

When you said the Ring of Gaijes, I was like, is this from The Hobbit?

I had never seen anything like it and I didn't it it sort of you know as a as a kid I was very imaginative.

I had never seen anything like it...and I didn't it it sort of you know as a as a kid I was very imaginative. I I I would I could really keep myself entertained for hours and hours just playing by myself Creating words, I'm fine We know But I had no I didn't really know much about the fantasy genre

I had never seen anything like it...I had never seen anything like it and I didn't it it sort of you know as a as a kid I was very imaginative. I I I would I could really keep myself entertained for hours and hours just playing by myself Creating words, I'm fine We know But I had no I didn't really know much about the fantasy genre Like I feel like I read or had read to me the one of the books of the Chronicles of Narnia or something and loved it, but it wasn't it was not a facet of my Passion that it was that facet was was asleep.

Went back read The Hobbit in its entirety Read the books read the Lord of the Rings books.

I went back read The Hobbit in its entirety Read the books read the Lord of the Rings books. Like I I just really was like, oh my god. There's this whole There's this whole world that was just created and you in that you don't have to like You can I can like live in that world.

I don't think so Galadriel showing up in a Lord of the Rings movie to talk down to those hobbits like they don't know that the ring is Already a big deal

Lord of the Rings you would never read. I would never be on board with Lord of the Rings. Bores me to tears.

They are too long, honey. They're so long there's no reason for a ring. What? Can you believe there's three movies and they're all 18 hours long each?

Could you not learn to condense? That's on you. Like that's on Tolkien.

Lord of the Rings you would never read.

Bores me to tears. Yeah, it's so boring.

And I watched the first movie and I was like this is ridiculous. It's boring.

They are too long, honey. They're so long there's no reason for a ring.

Can you believe there's three movies and they're all 18 hours long each? Could you not learn to condense? That's on you. Like that's on Tolkien.

Next on History Daily, July 29, 1954. After years of struggle, J.R.R. Tolkien publishes the first installment of The Lord of the Rings.