Arondir finds himself a captive. Galadriel and Halbrand explore a legendary kingdom. Elendil is given a new assignment. Nori faces the consequences.Arondir finds himself a captive. Galadriel and Halbrand explore a legendary kingdom. Elendil is given a new assignment. Nori faces the consequences.Arondir finds himself a captive. Galadriel and Halbrand explore a legendary kingdom. Elendil is given a new assignment. Nori faces the consequences.
- Arondir
- (as Ismael Cruz Córdova)
- Sadoc Burrows
- (as Sir Lenny Henry)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe painting Galadriel examines in the Númenórean Hall of Lore appears to depict Elrond's brother Elros, the first King of Númenor, with a beard, perhaps as a visual indicator of his choice to live as a Man. In J.R.R. Tolkien's writings, all human males with Elven ancestry, no matter how remote, are beardless. This means that Tolkien even imagined Elendil, Aragorn, Boromir and Faramir as beardless.
- GoofsTwo actors credited in this episode's scroll are incorrectly listed. Robert Strange is miscredited as "Other Orc," but actually played the role of "Lurka." Edward Clendon, who actually played the role of "Other Orc" is miscredited as "Lurka."
- Quotes
Poppy Proudfellow: What sense is it sticking your neck out for him any more than you already have?
Nori Brandyfoot: There's head-sense, Poppy, and there's heart-sense.
Poppy Proudfellow: There's common sense and nonsense. And if you're all out of the first, then you can borrow some of mine.
Nori Brandyfoot: Rather borrow some star charts out of that book instead. And you're gonna help me. Or would you rather I let slip to Malva it was you who put fireweed in her toe cream?
- Crazy credits"This production contains dialogue, characters, and places that were inspired by, though not contained in, the original source material."
- ConnectionsReferenced in Pop Culture Crisis: Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power 'Adar' Review (2022)
The characters are all still stiff and only few of them stand out. Halbrand is the stand out here, he plays a street smart rogue and the actor does a pretty good job. Everyone else.... not so much. Galadriel is still dull main character as is Arondir. Although the parts with the orcs were good moments. I was glad to see the orcs in full make-up and costume.
I'm not fully knowledgeable of Tolkien's works, but I know some of it and a lot of the story and characters don't add up, which is my biggest issue with this series as a whole. I know you can't critise the series without being named all sorts of insults, but the Elves are the weakest part about this episode and the series. They just don't work at all. The elves are supposed to be elegant and stunning and should never look old. There are several old looking elves and it is just weird.
That aside for the bad, the best thing about this episode were the scenes in Númenor. The visuals and sets built for this place were astounding, even if it didn't make a lot of sense.
Ep3 was a better episode but it still isn't great. The story is still poor, the characters bland and is carried mainly by it's visuals (apart from that warg, that looked horrific).
- Dannyboi94
- Sep 9, 2022
Details
- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1