Lord of the Rings TV series gets multi-season order at Amazon - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Tar Elenion · 05-18-2022, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by William Cloud Hicklin

an offer of Rings of Power from the Lord of Gifts which I am afraid other, better people like Corey Olsen also stooped to accept)

'It's like some bizarre fan fascination. Tolkien never says female dwarves have beards.'

William Cloud Hicklin · 05-18-2022, 11:26 AM

Tar Elenion · 05-20-2022, 06:34 PM

Did you catch his latest episode of Other Minds and Hands (#10) where he gets all excited about the "Harfoots" and how maybe they could be further east in Rhun and migrate west and become Gollum's people in the lands around the Anduin?

William Cloud Hicklin · 05-21-2022, 06:46 PM

Errrrr- Smeagol was a Stoor.

Tar Elenion · 05-22-2022, 05:37 AM

What I thought immediately upon hearing that...
Unfortunately he has comments turned off on his videos.

I had been making time to respond* in some of his 'live chats' but missed this one.

* In #6 he doubled down on his beards claim, with a 'Tolkien stated dwarf women don't have beards' and I was able to (repeatedly) demand the quote, while his 'students' were jumping in defending him, trying to change the subject and the usual bullwub.
Olsen himself did not respond, but in #8 he seems to have tentatively walked back his absolute assertions by, sort of, acknowledging it to be his opinion.
I will be interested to see, if it comes up again, whether he continue with that or goes back to the 'Tolkien said'...

William Cloud Hicklin · 05-22-2022, 01:43 PM

Turning off comments is always a pregnant indication.

William Cloud Hicklin · 06-10-2022, 10:53 AM

Morfydd Clark (Galadriel):
"Rings of Power is more of a message to the patriarchy, and the old cultural guard. A message that says we are no longer going to play fiddle to a white man's vision. This uses elements of Tolkien and his story, but focuses on a sociopolitical statement of power and unity."

Discuss.

05-18-2022, 11:26 AM	#2
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,302	__________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.

05-20-2022, 06:34 PM	#3
Tar Elenion Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 359	Did you catch his latest episode of Other Minds and Hands (#10) where he gets all excited about the "Harfoots" and how maybe they could be further east in Rhun and migrate west and become Gollum's people in the lands around the Anduin? __________________ Tar-Elenion

05-21-2022, 06:46 PM	#4
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,302	Errrrr- Smeagol was a Stoor. __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.

05-22-2022, 05:37 AM	#5
Tar Elenion Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 359	What I thought immediately upon hearing that... Unfortunately he has comments turned off on his videos. I had been making time to respond* in some of his 'live chats' but missed this one. * In #6 he doubled down on his beards claim, with a 'Tolkien stated dwarf women don't have beards' and I was able to (repeatedly) demand the quote, while his 'students' were jumping in defending him, trying to change the subject and the usual bullwub. Olsen himself did not respond, but in #8 he seems to have tentatively walked back his absolute assertions by, sort of, acknowledging it to be his opinion. I will be interested to see, if it comes up again, whether he continue with that or goes back to the 'Tolkien said'... __________________ Tar-Elenion

06-10-2022, 10:53 AM	#7
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,302	Morfydd Clark (Galadriel): "Rings of Power is more of a message to the patriarchy, and the old cultural guard. A message that says we are no longer going to play fiddle to a white man's vision. This uses elements of Tolkien and his story, but focuses on a sociopolitical statement of power and unity." Discuss. __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.

05-22-2022, 01:43 PM	#6
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,302	Turning off comments is always a pregnant indication. __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.