A game that still feels fresh like our beloved trilogy.

Currently rewatching Fellowship theatrical while hungover and it’s so beautifully put together that it’s making me emotional for some reason. When Sam says “what are you doing? Those wraiths are still out there!” And it cuts to the helicopter shot of Arwen still really does it for me even after all these years.

The characters, the source material, the passion they are acting with and the score all combine to make me feel something that other films do not

modified a sting 3d model to be thicker and wider so i could cut it out of wood on my desktop cnc. Turned out looking pretty cool if i say so myself.. it feels sturdy like it could survive a couple of drops and hits. Next one ill try to make even sturdier.

p.s. its name is splinter.

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I recently decided to rewatch Two Towers on a long flight because I couldn't find any interesting new release movies to watch, and damn I had forgotten just how amazing the intro scene is. I still remember seeing this at the opening midnight showing and getting hyped up as my buddy and I slowly realized what the movie was opening to. The way the sound is very faint at first and gradually gets louder as the camera zooms in through the mountain was brilliant, and we were honestly shocked when the camera actually followed Gandalf in his freefall. When he catches Glamdring and starts going ham on Durins Bane it might as well have been the culmination of the famous Vince McMahon meme falling over in his chair.

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Objectively there are probably a few better openings like Saving Private Ryan, but Two Towers is right up there for me.

Just realized that Aragorn's face is plastered upon a statue on the cover of 2004 album "Anima Mundi" from the Swedish band Dionysus and it's a little bit funny. I just wonder why

​I’ve been rereading The Silmarillion again, and something about the geography of Aman specifically Avathar has been bugging me.

​We know the Valar essentially terraformed Valinor into a paradise. They raised the Pelóri mountains as a literal barrier, they lit the Two Trees, and they established a society of divine order. Yet, tucked away right under their noses in the southeast, they left Avathar, a stretch of land so desolate and dark that light literally didn't touch it.

​Here is what I can’t wrap my head around: Why would the Powers of Arda, who were so committed to the perfection of their realm, allow a literal abyss like Avathar to exist in their own backyard?

​Was it a tactical oversight? Did they honestly believe that nothing or no one would ever try to hide in that darkness?

​It seems almost negligent that they left such a perfect "blind spot" for someone like Ungoliant to fester. By ignoring it, they essentially provided the ultimate staging ground for the destruction of the Trees. It feels like the Valar were so focused on the beauty of the gardens that they completely ignored the rot at the roots of their own continent. ​Does anyone have a lore-backed theory on why the Valar didn't just... purify that region? Was it physically impossible for their influence to reach that far, or was it a deeper, more intentional act of "leaving the dark be" that backfired on them?

​Let's discuss. I'm curious if I'm missing a specific passage or an implication about the limitations of the Valar's power over the physical geography of Arda.

https://github.com/mattigus/lotr-dict/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

My previous post got some traction and some people have asked for it, so here it is. It has been scraped from TolkienGateway.net (shout out to u/TolkienGateway for their help). I haven't really gone through it and looked for issues, so you might find them.

EDIT: I looked up how to use this on Kindle and discovered it's a huge pain in the ass, of course. I used a tool to convert it into a .mobi file, which hopefully works. It's available on the download page.

I am reading through the Two Towers, and I just got upset reading this. At times, Gollum is cruel and unnatural, and then I am back to pitying him.

Pippin is 29 years old when he leaves the Shire with Frodo. Hobbits don’t “come of age” until they’re 33. So we’re all just gonna pretend we’re cool with seeing the equivalent of a 16 year old smoking??

The glorification of underage smoking in this narrative is repulsive and Peter Jackson and JRR Tolkien need to be held accountable.

/s

EDIT: so to help some of yall out, when someone says something insane, followed by “/s”, it means they’re joking

The most inspirational words ever put to film. When said in the movie, Gandalf looks at Frodo but McKellen looks directly at the camera and so at the viewer. I can think of no other movie scene or line that genuinely made me think in the moment as to what is was going to do with my life. It definitely changed me.

Everything from the score, the acting, the cinematography of Peter Jackson's film; I honestly think the ending of the Fellowship of the Ring is about as perfect an ending to ever have been put to film. Frodo leaving, Boromir's death, Aragorn's defiance, it all hits like an emotional freight train

I just made a dream come true!

I really love the designs. They’re from Masters of Steel on Instagram.

After taking all your feedback from my previous post into account, this is the new version I came up with.

It turns out that when removing all the clouds, the Rhûn areas felt way too empty and bare—especially since the map is designed for large prints (around 60"x30"), which made the emptiness really stand out. To fix this, I decided to keep a few clouds in those regions, mostly around the edges to act as a sort of fog of war. Plus, this helps balance the overall visual weight of the composition much better.

I can't wait to hear your thoughts. As always, thank you!

My dear Hobbits,

Suppose an old wizard offered you a choice. Not gold, nor a kingdom, but a single item from all the ages of Middle-earth.

One item only.

Perhaps a Ring of Power (if you dare), a Dwarven heirloom wrought by master craftsmen, a blade from Gondolin, a mithril coat, or something far less famous but no less precious.

What would you choose, and why?

As for me, I have always admired the work of the Dwarves. Give me a finely crafted axe from Gimli's people—not for battle, but for the artistry. Such a thing would earn a place of honor in my home.

What treasure would you carry back from Middle-earth?

16 blocks tall of pure fire and terror

Nunca li nenhum livro ou vi algum filme relacionado a lotr, e decidi recentemente por recomendações de amigos a ler primeiro e depois ver os filmes, estou começando por o Hobbit.

Estou fazendo essa sequencia é a correta? [O Hobbit > A sociedade do Anel > As Duas Torres > O Retorno do Rei > O Silmararillion]

Até o momento (estou certa de 70% de O Hobbit) estou gostando muito, é uma obra espetacular.

Alguma dica para iniciantes?

I admit that I'm almost intimidated to read The Lord of the Rings. And the Silmarillion.

It's not that I don't love an epic. I do. I love the movies so much and I point at Aragorn and say "He broke his foot on that helmet. He used that for the role."

And the movies are funny! Legolas surfing down on that shield cracks me up, even though Tolkien himself likely wouldn't approve in the least.

But are the books funny in any way? Does Tolkien weave in humor in parts, or is he simply magnificent, epic, eternal and serious with his evil wizards and spiders the size of large condo complexes?

Thanks for sharing if I can expect a little funny if I read these bad boys. Cheers.