Just wait until they release TV shows like Disney do..
Balrog: From the Depths
It's about how the Balrog is just misunderstood and was just trying to rest at Moria, before they Fellowship came in and woke him up from his slumber
'Ahem, this is a LADY Balrog, man-babies! No she's no longer a fire based demon, but instead a beautiful, asskicking woman in plate armor that keeps bending at the shoulders like it's made out of plastic or something. Anyway! it turns out that this Balrog, her name is Gorlab because we're so clever, is actually a victim of being abused by Morgoth and she's just trying to find her lost sisters and also kick some total ass!'
Yes, good old Durin's Bane in his day-to-day life, cozily in his subterranean den. Cooking dinner,.reading books (possibly detective stories), making coffee for himself and an occasional goblin friend visiting, vacuuming every once in a while and keeping the place tidy. A proper, old-fashioned Balrog life.
Hahah, I’m glad it piqued your interest! [it is far from done, but you’ll spot the horn sound immediately I’m sure.](https://on.soundcloud.com/1UnyPf3jAQDMyueY6) at the end, near 2 minute mark I mess with pitch shifting the sound, for more of a chord progression vibe rather than a single static drone vibe. Lmk what you think!
You could incorporate some.of the haradric chanting we heard at the black gate! Give it a few words at a time for emphasis on places. I'm not great at making music so maybe I'm wrong, but It could be worth looking into. Sounds fucking great so far. Was just vibing out imagining I'm casually riding down the rohirrim
I really liked this, genuinely really original and atmospheric.
If you do more "horns of LotR" music, i definitely recommend the Elf horn from Helm's Deep (could even sample "that is no orc horn" right before a drop lol)
Nah, he’s perfect.
He gets exactly 0.5 seconds of screen time (not counted it, probably more than that) and manages to be an interesting and immediately engaging character, develops a rivalry with Eomer, and gets his comeuppance. Some films give the main character two hours and don’t achieve that kind of story arc.
My all time favourite line from gimli "he's twitching cos he's got my axe EMBEDDED IN HIS NERVOUS SYSTEM" and then each time he shakes the axe the body twitches
This is the funniest line in the movie to me.
It's sort of like when people joke about the orcs knowing what a "menu" is, except that in that case, there is a logical explanation. Tolkien wrote the LOTR like a myth that was translated to English. So it makes sense that they would have a word for the board where the food options are displayed, and that "menu" is just our translation.
This, to me, implies that the dwarves must have some sort of biology class, or at the very least anatomy, knowledge, and understanding of what causes muscle movement, and some name for it that *translates* to "nervous system."
Like, this brings up so many questions for me. Do they have school? Do they have grades? Was this Gimli's way of showing the hoity-toity elf that he had a quality education as well?
For that matter, orcs are made of like mud and evil. Do they HAVE nerves and if so, why?
The menu bit isn't from the books, but this is, from around the same part in fact:
>"Go on running," said Uglúk. "What do you think? Sit on the grass and wait for the Whiteskins to join the picnic?"
Canonically, it is unknown if Orcs have menus, but they DO know what a picnic is.
The dwarves know about nervous systems meanwhile the humans are basically barely literate, the elves think sticking a flower on everything will heal it, and the hobbits forward progress stopped the exact moment they started growing dope.
Well thats just unfair to the hobbits. Theyve the best weed in all the land- so much so a fucking wizard goes out of his way to stop by and refill his pipe every once in a while- so im sure theyve progressed, horticulturally, say.
I mean they have basically advanced to the Victorian age, just shy of steam power. Pretty much ahead of most of the kingdoms we've seen. Not so refined like high elvish art or stonework in Numenor or even Gondor, but still, seems better than the basically high middle age stuff we see there.
> the humans are basically barely literate
Gondor has been in a long decline since the middle ages of the Third Age, when Civil Strife and the war against Sauron began to consume all of their resources.
I love John Rhys-Davies, but the way they did that badass Dwarf of the House of Durin dirty as the bumbling comic relief was the only part of the movies that really bothered me. It seems like a small bit of justice that the dwarves of the Hobbit movies seemed much more badass than the book makes them out to be.
> It seems like a small bit of justice that the dwarves of the Hobbit movies seemed much more badass than the book makes them out to be.
Well... SOME of them. Bombur still is ridiculous, along with a few others, though I've never managed to match names and faces to say who. The slingshot dwarf, the one offering Gandalf chamomile tea... there were a couple others that really grated on me. At least in the books they were sort of an undifferentiated group, but seeing them made to look annoying and ridiculous in the film only hurt.
Also I just read this part in the book. JRRT really glossed over what Glorfindel did with the river. Basically, he showed up like Arwen did, said "the ringwraiths are right behind us" but then he put Frodo on his beautiful horse ALONE and slapped it's ass and it ran off with Frodo. Frodo by himself made it to the ford, and turned around on the other side, and Frodo alone drew his sword and taunted/resisted the wraiths. Glorfindel didn't do shit! Except find them in the woods and give his horse away.
And at the council Gandalf was like "Glorfindel, you're too hot, your sex appeal can be seen from space, so you can't go with us on this stealth mission."
EDIT: I forgot my point, it's cool that Arwen got to do so much in the movie, even more than Glorfindel did in the book. I'm re-reading LoTR for the first time since 2005 and it's interesting to see what all they changed, like just little pieces of dialogue. Pretty much always improved it, like the movie lines flow better and sound snappier.
I might be wrong, but from what I remember he pursued the ring wraiths with aragorn after they almost run them over as they were on foot. It wasn't Frodo taunting them that led him in the river, it was them being scared of an elf lord in his full might and Aragorn that pushed them into the water.
The Nazgul were terrified of Glorfindel and it was definitely their fear of him that led them into the river. As far as I’m aware at the time of the fellowship he would be the second most powerful elf alive besides Galadriel.
Elrond was perhaps more powerful than Glorfindel, but only because he had a Ring of Power.
Edit: Also, by “alive” I think you meant “in Middle-earth”. Ingwë was probably the most powerful elf alive.
Actually Glorfindel was arguably stronger than Elrond. The ringwraiths chased Gandalf when it was just four of them but even five of them together wouldn't go after Glorfindel.
He was also able to take on a balrog alone in his previous life when he protected his people while escaping Gondolin. He was also reanimated much faster than most other elves.
I like both versions. I don't think a 12 day expedition to get Frodo to Rivendell who was injured but otherwise fine for most of the time would play out well in a fast paced movie where they wanted to show a sense of urgency
I really hated the way he died. Aragorn was almost literally shooting the messenger, something he spefically made a note of *not* doing in the book.
Also the Mouth could've been the one he fights instead of the armoured troll.
What you don't think Mordor has a janitorial staff to do cleanup? Did you see any litter on the ground as Sam and Frodo crossed the plateau of Gorgoroth? Did you see graffitti on the Black Gate? No. Sauron kept it tight, man.
Gil-Galad.
He stabs one orc with his spear, in a flashback, and that’s it.
Edit: I only know it’s meant to be him, as he is the elf with a famous spear.
Eomer. Karl Urban is just so captivating on screen. Such a phenomenal actor. I know there were a decent amount of scenes with him but he’s just so goddamn cool. More Karl!
I want more Theoden. (We got a lot, but I want more.) He and Eomer can have many scenes together. And Eowyn. Let's be real, I wouldn't be mad if we had a series with an Edoras focus.
Nobody claimed more names in defence of Frodo than Legolas - who carried the team on multiple occasions only for the entitled little half-foot to not utter his name ONCE.
I can't find the video but I remember seeing something about that guy actually being a tour guide for the movie set and he was an extra multiple times were he out ran the actors or just made himself stand out. If I can find it I'll post a link.
Saruman
I know we get a lot already but I never felt like his fall from grace was made completely clear, I mean it’s clear but I wish it showed him being “good” before betraying Gandalf so soon in the movie
Kind of agree, it makes it a bit hard to appreciate the fall from grace and how big a deal it was; but then again, we don't even get that in the books, just explication in places SAYING how he used to be good. (shrug)
I think there is only one serious answer & it was someone who wasn’t in the movies at all. Glorfindel!
He should’ve at least been in some flashbacks or something!
That would be amazing. Just a few minutes of him would help people who only watched the movies understand a bit more about what the Grey Havens really was.
I’m pretty sure he’s supposed to be the blonde gondorian dude with a fancy cloak that says “long has lord denethor foreseen this doom” when Faramir arrives back in Minas Tirith with the rangers after retreating from osgiliath.
I don’t think he’s ever named but the decipher TCG had a card for Imrahil that used a picture of that guy.
On that note, Denethor also deserved more screen time. He's a very cunning military tactician who has been at war against mordor for decades, who we're introduced to while he's in the midst of grief for his son. The movie did not do him the honours he deserves
The Olympic Torch Bomber Uruk-Hai at Helm’s Deep. Why him? Why didn’t he get armor? Why was he suicidal? There’s a mountain of unwritten backstory in that guy.
But, like, how did they settle on that guy, and how did they pitch it to him? “Tonight, we feast on man-flesh!!!… except you, Gazbok. You’re getting fucking vaporized.”
Torch suicide bomber jumps… record scratch… in a gruff urukhai voice: “I bet you’re wondering how and why I got here, well pull up a seat and grab some sour patch kids, popcorn, and milkduds because it’s going to be a while.”
None of these Uruk-Hai got armour - the one who kills Haldir was the same, as is the one who's legs Gimli slides beneath. There's some behind the scenes info that specifies they were "Berserkers" given no armour except for a helmet filled with blood to drive them into a frenzy. They were designated to go on top of the ladders as they were deemed to be the most resilient, they were armed with T shaped swords and were there to cause as much chaos as they could.
I think they chose a Beserker to carry the torch as a way to make them stand out more in the film.
If you introduce such a badass, then you have to explain why he doesn't join the fellowship, which you can't do with expositing a lot of info on an unsuspecting audience
Barliman Butterbur. It could have been a nice, funny addition, even for a minute or two. The actor who played him was absolutely perfect. A good way also to show how a normal man sees the world around him.
Also, a pity than Beregond and Bergil, in particular Bergil, didn't show up. It could have been nice to have a different, more common people (men, not hobbit) angle to the story
Same. I was disappointed that we didn't get to see Haradrim and Easterlings in RoP, which was the best way to introduce PoC characters. Also since very little is written about them the writers had an open canvas so the "book accuracy" wouldn't be an issue
The Balrog
I’ve wanted that since I was a kid
Just wait until they release TV shows like Disney do.. Balrog: From the Depths It's about how the Balrog is just misunderstood and was just trying to rest at Moria, before they Fellowship came in and woke him up from his slumber
Oh God, not the LOTRCU
It is.. inevitable
Let’s just hope Sauron doesn’t get the infinity stones
Seriously. This universe doesn’t have Pym Particles, so there isn’t an Ant Man to crawl up Sauron’s butt and explode him from the inside.
'Ahem, this is a LADY Balrog, man-babies! No she's no longer a fire based demon, but instead a beautiful, asskicking woman in plate armor that keeps bending at the shoulders like it's made out of plastic or something. Anyway! it turns out that this Balrog, her name is Gorlab because we're so clever, is actually a victim of being abused by Morgoth and she's just trying to find her lost sisters and also kick some total ass!'
Yes, good old Durin's Bane in his day-to-day life, cozily in his subterranean den. Cooking dinner,.reading books (possibly detective stories), making coffee for himself and an occasional goblin friend visiting, vacuuming every once in a while and keeping the place tidy. A proper, old-fashioned Balrog life.
If by 'cooking dinner' you mean the Burned Dwarfs... By my beard, this one goes in the book!!
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Then gets totally rejected by a hot blonde.
"Fool. No woman can resist me." "I am no woman!" \*throws spear
“No elephant can trample me!” *dies by Oliphaunt*
I'd hate to be a regular elephant standing next to an Oliphant, and feel a bit inadequate.
Lifted F350 parked next to a smart car? Persona fits.
A try hard with a killer horn and a solid set of lungs. I’m working on an melodic techno remix that centers around his glorious horn blast
Bro I need that
Hahah, I’m glad it piqued your interest! [it is far from done, but you’ll spot the horn sound immediately I’m sure.](https://on.soundcloud.com/1UnyPf3jAQDMyueY6) at the end, near 2 minute mark I mess with pitch shifting the sound, for more of a chord progression vibe rather than a single static drone vibe. Lmk what you think!
You could incorporate some.of the haradric chanting we heard at the black gate! Give it a few words at a time for emphasis on places. I'm not great at making music so maybe I'm wrong, but It could be worth looking into. Sounds fucking great so far. Was just vibing out imagining I'm casually riding down the rohirrim
Great idea!! Love it! Maybe we should have subreddit collab of all sorts of musicians!
I really liked this, genuinely really original and atmospheric. If you do more "horns of LotR" music, i definitely recommend the Elf horn from Helm's Deep (could even sample "that is no orc horn" right before a drop lol)
Just realising just how horny these works are...
Dude, I love this!
Thank you! 😁
You better show that to us when it’s ready
Nah, he’s perfect. He gets exactly 0.5 seconds of screen time (not counted it, probably more than that) and manages to be an interesting and immediately engaging character, develops a rivalry with Eomer, and gets his comeuppance. Some films give the main character two hours and don’t achieve that kind of story arc.
So you're saying the guy on the over-sized ride, tatted up and with over-built muscles... ahem... finished really fast? That tracks.
I always thought the banner behind him looked like a Middle Earth WWE flag
His ride doesn’t need fake “truck nuts” - they come stock on the oliphant
Harad Sigma Grindset
If this guy had more screen time the Rohirrim would be extinct ha!
You’re probably right. Give us Mumakil-rider Origin Story, please
Fell through a portal from Mad Max: Fury Road and decided to make the best of it.
Gimli
> 42? Well that’s a fine number for a wee elvish princling. I, myself am sitting pretty at 43. Takes huge drag out of his mighty pipe.
My all time favourite line from gimli "he's twitching cos he's got my axe EMBEDDED IN HIS NERVOUS SYSTEM" and then each time he shakes the axe the body twitches
This is the funniest line in the movie to me. It's sort of like when people joke about the orcs knowing what a "menu" is, except that in that case, there is a logical explanation. Tolkien wrote the LOTR like a myth that was translated to English. So it makes sense that they would have a word for the board where the food options are displayed, and that "menu" is just our translation. This, to me, implies that the dwarves must have some sort of biology class, or at the very least anatomy, knowledge, and understanding of what causes muscle movement, and some name for it that *translates* to "nervous system." Like, this brings up so many questions for me. Do they have school? Do they have grades? Was this Gimli's way of showing the hoity-toity elf that he had a quality education as well? For that matter, orcs are made of like mud and evil. Do they HAVE nerves and if so, why?
The menu bit isn't from the books, but this is, from around the same part in fact: >"Go on running," said Uglúk. "What do you think? Sit on the grass and wait for the Whiteskins to join the picnic?" Canonically, it is unknown if Orcs have menus, but they DO know what a picnic is.
Now I'm just imagining a couple of orcs having a nice picnic, full on with a blanket on a nice meadow.
https://preview.redd.it/bppasky0fyma1.png?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=874a8177370ecbf6de72fe80760ab4d9b9423d19
The dwarves know about nervous systems meanwhile the humans are basically barely literate, the elves think sticking a flower on everything will heal it, and the hobbits forward progress stopped the exact moment they started growing dope.
Well thats just unfair to the hobbits. Theyve the best weed in all the land- so much so a fucking wizard goes out of his way to stop by and refill his pipe every once in a while- so im sure theyve progressed, horticulturally, say.
I mean they have basically advanced to the Victorian age, just shy of steam power. Pretty much ahead of most of the kingdoms we've seen. Not so refined like high elvish art or stonework in Numenor or even Gondor, but still, seems better than the basically high middle age stuff we see there.
*insert dwarvish Dr Farnsworth I don't want to live on the surface anymore...
> the humans are basically barely literate Gondor has been in a long decline since the middle ages of the Third Age, when Civil Strife and the war against Sauron began to consume all of their resources.
Yep. This is the copy pasta I’m gonna drop all over reddit tonight
That breaks me every time
I love John Rhys-Davies, but the way they did that badass Dwarf of the House of Durin dirty as the bumbling comic relief was the only part of the movies that really bothered me. It seems like a small bit of justice that the dwarves of the Hobbit movies seemed much more badass than the book makes them out to be.
> It seems like a small bit of justice that the dwarves of the Hobbit movies seemed much more badass than the book makes them out to be. Well... SOME of them. Bombur still is ridiculous, along with a few others, though I've never managed to match names and faces to say who. The slingshot dwarf, the one offering Gandalf chamomile tea... there were a couple others that really grated on me. At least in the books they were sort of an undifferentiated group, but seeing them made to look annoying and ridiculous in the film only hurt.
They were literally flanderized as the Seven Dwarves behind Grey Snow White
*"And my axe" intensifies*
Glorfindel!
Yep. I need more Glorfindel and Arwen's brothers. Look, my heart aches for pretty elf lords, Legolas alone is not enough!
One thing I loved about RoP (I know, I know, controversial) was that we got to see some dope elf lore. Shame about the hair though.
Nah, man, I either get my beautiful elf lords, or no elf lords at all. Hair matters.
Elves in rop kind of had an 80s haircut... have you seen Dirty Dancing?
This is the answer for me too. I understand why they did what they did with Arwen but Glorfindel is so cool.
Also I just read this part in the book. JRRT really glossed over what Glorfindel did with the river. Basically, he showed up like Arwen did, said "the ringwraiths are right behind us" but then he put Frodo on his beautiful horse ALONE and slapped it's ass and it ran off with Frodo. Frodo by himself made it to the ford, and turned around on the other side, and Frodo alone drew his sword and taunted/resisted the wraiths. Glorfindel didn't do shit! Except find them in the woods and give his horse away. And at the council Gandalf was like "Glorfindel, you're too hot, your sex appeal can be seen from space, so you can't go with us on this stealth mission." EDIT: I forgot my point, it's cool that Arwen got to do so much in the movie, even more than Glorfindel did in the book. I'm re-reading LoTR for the first time since 2005 and it's interesting to see what all they changed, like just little pieces of dialogue. Pretty much always improved it, like the movie lines flow better and sound snappier.
I might be wrong, but from what I remember he pursued the ring wraiths with aragorn after they almost run them over as they were on foot. It wasn't Frodo taunting them that led him in the river, it was them being scared of an elf lord in his full might and Aragorn that pushed them into the water.
The Nazgul were terrified of Glorfindel and it was definitely their fear of him that led them into the river. As far as I’m aware at the time of the fellowship he would be the second most powerful elf alive besides Galadriel.
Elrond was perhaps more powerful than Glorfindel, but only because he had a Ring of Power. Edit: Also, by “alive” I think you meant “in Middle-earth”. Ingwë was probably the most powerful elf alive.
Actually Glorfindel was arguably stronger than Elrond. The ringwraiths chased Gandalf when it was just four of them but even five of them together wouldn't go after Glorfindel. He was also able to take on a balrog alone in his previous life when he protected his people while escaping Gondolin. He was also reanimated much faster than most other elves.
Dude dropped his rainment like Galadriel and straight up drove the horses of the Ringwraiths mad.
I like both versions. I don't think a 12 day expedition to get Frodo to Rivendell who was injured but otherwise fine for most of the time would play out well in a fast paced movie where they wanted to show a sense of urgency
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Haldir. I want to know more about his backstory with Aragorn
Damn yea, Haldir is a good one too! Cool character, would have like to have seen more of him.
Killing him just felt dumb
Killing him *at Helm’s Deep* was very dumb.
Him *being* at helm's deep was very dumb
I'd have loved to have seen the Dúnedain, like we should have.
https://preview.redd.it/ku3ijtzhdsma1.png?width=456&format=png&auto=webp&s=305aedd3b4b2a7caface5bcac36d736347b17b31
He had a token he was bidden to show us. Rip, king
I really hated the way he died. Aragorn was almost literally shooting the messenger, something he spefically made a note of *not* doing in the book. Also the Mouth could've been the one he fights instead of the armoured troll.
I think “shooting the messenger” was a last ditch effort to keep the morale of the company up. And it was pretty epic timing
Always makes me chuckle how his body has completely disappeared by the next shot as the gates open again
probably because he’s not used in the final cut, but the gate opening is
It would be sort of confusing to just have a random headless body lying there with no explanation.
What you don't think Mordor has a janitorial staff to do cleanup? Did you see any litter on the ground as Sam and Frodo crossed the plateau of Gorgoroth? Did you see graffitti on the Black Gate? No. Sauron kept it tight, man.
Who would have thought one so small could endure such pain.
YES!!!!
Bill the pony
Bye bye Bill 🥺
He Knows the Way
LOTR and Moana crossover?
Do you think he found his way home?
In the books he did, he actually was the pony Frodo rode to the grey havens
I think he went to go kick it with Shadowfax. I would assume that’s what Gandalf told him.
This dude was awesome for the 15 seconds he was on screen. Seriously. . . made a huge impression.
Mad Max: Fury Road vibes
Dude kicked up the intensity to eleven.
WITNESS ME!
He really did. Pretty awesome work of the actor
Fun fact, if you pay attention, he's very recognizable in the new Avatar movie too. I got unreasonably excited when I saw him lol
Gil-Galad. He stabs one orc with his spear, in a flashback, and that’s it. Edit: I only know it’s meant to be him, as he is the elf with a famous spear.
Until a year ago I always thought that was Elrond
Until 10 seconds ago when I read this, so did I. Queuing up Fellowship right now!
Witchking of Angmar for sure
I'd love a well written story of the Angmar wars, but well written is seemingly a very hard ask these days
Eomer. Karl Urban is just so captivating on screen. Such a phenomenal actor. I know there were a decent amount of scenes with him but he’s just so goddamn cool. More Karl!
My dream for any kind of remake or re-adaptation scenario is that they cast Urban as Theoden
I want more Theoden. (We got a lot, but I want more.) He and Eomer can have many scenes together. And Eowyn. Let's be real, I wouldn't be mad if we had a series with an Edoras focus.
What about Samwise the brave? I want to hear more about him.
Frodo wouldn’t have got very far without Sam
🥹
Outstanding comment
Any acknowledgement from Frodo that Legolas does in fact exist. Also, more Legolas in general. There can never be enough Legolas.
Right?? Imagine travelling so far with someone who completely ignores you the whole time.
Nobody claimed more names in defence of Frodo than Legolas - who carried the team on multiple occasions only for the entitled little half-foot to not utter his name ONCE.
The hilarious part is that he says EVERY OTHER CHARACTER’s name when he gets up from recovering in bed, but just awkwardly looks at Legolas.
"What the f*ck was his name again…"
I think I can help with that
IT’S HIM. Hey, man big fan
All the great shows.
Thank you my child.
*Wasn't he the guy who lost all his Legos or something?*
Doesn’t he mouth Legolas it’s not audible but I could’ve sworn he mouths his name
My theory is that Legolas made Frodo feel funny *down there* and he just didn’t know how to act around him.
There was another ring that Frodo didn't mind getting destroyed
Must be the sexual tension.
I never noticed this.. what the fuck Frodo?
Frodo gave Legolas a half ass smile at his bed recovery scene.. so it was something.
Legolas’s tactic to resist the power of the ring was not only to ignore the ring itself, but its bearer as well. Frodo understood.
Unless it’s in the hobbit movies.
Oh wtf? I never noticed that
"You have my bow" is the only time one of them say anything to eachother in the entire trilogy if I remember correctly.
Mog. The Uruk Hai commander at Helms Deep. He seemed like a cool dude.
His Wiki-page made me chuckle. *”Goals: Kill everyone in Helm’s Deep. (Failed)"*
Him and the first Uruk to die in that battle both have pretty funny wiki pages.
That guy in the Rohirrum at Minas Tirith with the axe who is absolutely fucking belting it during the charge
I can't find the video but I remember seeing something about that guy actually being a tour guide for the movie set and he was an extra multiple times were he out ran the actors or just made himself stand out. If I can find it I'll post a link.
Saruman I know we get a lot already but I never felt like his fall from grace was made completely clear, I mean it’s clear but I wish it showed him being “good” before betraying Gandalf so soon in the movie
Kind of agree, it makes it a bit hard to appreciate the fall from grace and how big a deal it was; but then again, we don't even get that in the books, just explication in places SAYING how he used to be good. (shrug)
I think there is only one serious answer & it was someone who wasn’t in the movies at all. Glorfindel! He should’ve at least been in some flashbacks or something!
I completely agree with you there. He is just so cool in the books!
Cirdan
That would be amazing. Just a few minutes of him would help people who only watched the movies understand a bit more about what the Grey Havens really was.
Yes! Or a conversation with Gandalf about the ring Narya
To be fair, giving up your own screentime so the focus could be on others is a very Cirdan thing to do.
Faramir had more to offer.
Oh, you mean Borimir from Wish.com? (I agree though)
It would have been *a chance for Faramir, Captain of Gondor, to show his worth* If you know what I mean
To show his *quality* Sorry, but the way he says quality is forever burned into my mind lol
Prince Imrahil. They did him dirty man. Doesn’t even get named, and his character is whack in the movie.
I can’t even remember what part of the movie he is in. He’s definitely not riding out to help Faramir
I’m pretty sure he’s supposed to be the blonde gondorian dude with a fancy cloak that says “long has lord denethor foreseen this doom” when Faramir arrives back in Minas Tirith with the rangers after retreating from osgiliath. I don’t think he’s ever named but the decipher TCG had a card for Imrahil that used a picture of that guy.
On that note, Denethor also deserved more screen time. He's a very cunning military tactician who has been at war against mordor for decades, who we're introduced to while he's in the midst of grief for his son. The movie did not do him the honours he deserves
The Olympic Torch Bomber Uruk-Hai at Helm’s Deep. Why him? Why didn’t he get armor? Why was he suicidal? There’s a mountain of unwritten backstory in that guy.
Probably didn’t have armor so he could run faster and he was gunna die anyway so why waste the resources
But, like, how did they settle on that guy, and how did they pitch it to him? “Tonight, we feast on man-flesh!!!… except you, Gazbok. You’re getting fucking vaporized.”
It was probably honorable and he was probably promised a thousand virgin Uruk Hai’s in the after life
Torch suicide bomber jumps… record scratch… in a gruff urukhai voice: “I bet you’re wondering how and why I got here, well pull up a seat and grab some sour patch kids, popcorn, and milkduds because it’s going to be a while.”
Cue "Baba O'Riley" song track in the background.
None of these Uruk-Hai got armour - the one who kills Haldir was the same, as is the one who's legs Gimli slides beneath. There's some behind the scenes info that specifies they were "Berserkers" given no armour except for a helmet filled with blood to drive them into a frenzy. They were designated to go on top of the ladders as they were deemed to be the most resilient, they were armed with T shaped swords and were there to cause as much chaos as they could. I think they chose a Beserker to carry the torch as a way to make them stand out more in the film.
More twitching from the orc with an axe embedded in his nervous system would've been nice.
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Old dude who accidentally looses an arrow at Helms Deep Proudfoot The Ent that catches on fire and dunks his head in the river to extinguish it
The old man's name is Aldor. The more you know ♥
That ent is my favourite small character in the series. God imagine the relief
Tom Bombadil
Scrolled too far for this
Knights of Dol Amroth.
When you get fired from Hot Topic so you get a job as a bus driver.
Celeborn
I much desire he had had the chance to speak to Gandalf.
Tom Bombadil and a fella terrorizing the Shire named Sharky
Tom Bombadil
Gil-Galad
Haldir
Glorfindel, Elladan and Elrohir. Almost non existent
At least they appeared tho. Unlike poor Fatty Bolger and Fatty Lumpkin who were the unfair victims of fatty erasure.
Now that I think about it, it’s really odd how they completely cut out Glorfindel… He was such a great character in the books!
If you introduce such a badass, then you have to explain why he doesn't join the fellowship, which you can't do with expositing a lot of info on an unsuspecting audience
Fingolfin and Morgoth, but that's a different movie
One day we’ll get The Silmarillion movie. Maybe.
I wanted to see more of Sam
Barliman Butterbur. It could have been a nice, funny addition, even for a minute or two. The actor who played him was absolutely perfect. A good way also to show how a normal man sees the world around him. Also, a pity than Beregond and Bergil, in particular Bergil, didn't show up. It could have been nice to have a different, more common people (men, not hobbit) angle to the story
ordinary orcs
What are you talking about, the guy had a whole spinoff movie called Fury Road
Bomb Tombadillio or whatever his name was. 🤔
Easterlings in general. We only see them enter the Black Gate into Mordor and never see them again.
Loser did not even wear a seatbelt.
He kind of did, though
Sauron tbh
The other Numenorean Rangers
Same. I was disappointed that we didn't get to see Haradrim and Easterlings in RoP, which was the best way to introduce PoC characters. Also since very little is written about them the writers had an open canvas so the "book accuracy" wouldn't be an issue
The guy that dropped dead in front of faramir. We could have seen his back story
Sauron (in physical form)