# Amazon Lord of the Rings series; The Rings of Power **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** middle-earth, amazon-prime, tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [March 3, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497 "2019-03-03T20:01:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497/61 "2022-02-11T17:20:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > A møøse once bit my huntsman-god… No realli! You beat me to it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497/62 "2022-02-11T20:34:41Z")
Apparently Thranduil [rode an Elk.](https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Thranduil%27s_elk?file=Thranduil_in_Elk.png) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497/63 "2022-02-12T09:24:22Z")
Sorry, just getting back to a couple earlier posts. > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > oddly erotic, considering that she is (or will be) his mother-in-law. I don’t know that it’s _that_ odd. Certainly no odder than the sexual charge between Gandalf and Galadriel in _The Hobbit_ movies. Just me? [Not really.](https://www.silverpetticoatreview.com/2018/02/10/romantic-moment-galadriel-gandalf/) > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Also, a teaser image has been released that appears to include the two trees. I pictured the trees as a _lot_ bigger than that. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497/64 "2022-02-12T12:41:57Z")
That article is weird. First: the “race of elves, men, dwarves and **harfoots** ”? And then they suggest that you can see the sword Narsil in one of them as if it’s well-hidden. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497/65 "2022-02-12T16:43:58Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I pictured the trees as a _lot_ bigger than that. I never could picture the trees. It seemed like a very odd concept for me, glowing trees that gave both sunlight and moonlight at the same time, unless you were standing behind a building or facing the wrong direction. Did the light get in your eyes? Could you see to read by them? And pity the poor fools who woke up in Middle Earth. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497/66 "2022-02-12T16:45:57Z")
Where in the link are you finding all this content? I mostly just found a lot of photos of hands. I’m looking forward to this. It could be horrible, but it could be a lot of fun. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497/67 "2022-02-12T18:31:50Z")
Not sure which, if any, poster is supposed to be Galadriel. Brian ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497/68 "2022-02-12T20:25:54Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I pictured the trees as a _lot_ bigger than that. Is it the Two Trees of Valinor, or the holly trees of Lindon? (Or perhaps a couple of mallorn trees that Galadriel will eventually plant in Lothlorien?) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497/69 "2022-02-12T20:36:39Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Where in the link are you finding all this content? I mostly just found a lot of photos of hands. That’s the TheOneRing link with all the hands (and one Elder Scroll 🙂 ), the Vanity Fair one is the one with the production stills, and the Radio Times one has the Trees image > [@mbh](#): > > Is it the Two Trees of Valinor, or the holly trees of Lindon? (Or perhaps a couple of mallorn trees that Galadriel will eventually plant in Lothlorien?) Only the Two Trees shone like that, AFAIK. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497/70 "2022-02-12T21:07:08Z")
I don’t know how big anyone pictured the Two Trees, but the Trees in that picture are friggin’ huge. Even in-frame, they’re two or three times taller than the forest trees in the foreground, and they’re way off on the horizon, many times further away than the forest trees. ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497/71 "2022-02-12T21:42:56Z")
These Trees appear to be far beyond the horizon, but even so the illumination would be something like a permanent sunset. Might make agriculture a bit challenging. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7zdJNXVkAIPchb?format=jpg&name=900x900) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7zdJNXVkAIPchb?format=jpg&name=900x900) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497/72 "2022-02-12T21:47:34Z")
In Tolkien’s universe, starlight apparently provides enough light for plants to grow. Tolkien was more interested in poetry than biology. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497/73 "2022-02-12T21:51:35Z")
Poster ids > **[Rings of Power in Vanity Fair – characters behind those posters UPDATED](https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2022/02/10/112104-rings-of-power-in-vanity-fair-characters-behind-those-posters/)** > > Here's what Vanity Fair's article reveals (or confirms, or in some cases, suggests...) about those 23 character posters we saw last week. (All quotations are from VF's 'First Look' article.) This is Owain Arthur as Prince Durin IV, 'prince of the... > **[Rings of Power – one more character poster identified](https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2022/02/11/112133-rings-of-power-one-more-character-poster-identified/)** > > Yesterday, following Vanity Fair's First Look article, we posted all the characters who have been confirmed from those 23 character posters we saw last week. Today, we can further confirm another character. This is Halbrand, played by Charlie Vickers... Brian ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497/74 "2022-02-12T22:11:54Z")
Thanks! I agree with @Chronos that the two trees are HUGE, they may be taller than the city in the foreground. I like the idea of Elrond as a politically ambitious young man. That fits him, imo. I am less comfortable with an unbearded dwarf. That just feels wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497/75 "2022-02-13T23:16:38Z")
Yeah, they even mentioned in one of the movies that female dwarves have beards. And Tolkien doesn’t tell us much about young Elrond, but young Galadriel was definitely a rebel without a cause. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497/76 "2022-02-13T23:41:11Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Yeah, they even mentioned in one of the movies that female dwarves have beards. In the movie, Aragorn said it to Eowyn, but it seemed (to me, at least) to have been a joke. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/d-PmAQ9Opu4/maxresdefault.jpg "Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers. The Dwarf-women") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-PmAQ9Opu4) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497/77 "2022-02-13T23:55:08Z")
It’s canon in the books. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497/78 "2022-02-14T03:28:29Z")
Will the wizards be in this? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497/79 "2022-02-14T03:31:16Z")
Probably not; they were sent to Middle-Earth, in the forms of men, by the Valar, in the Third Age, to help the people of Middle-Earth oppose Sauron. As this new series is set in the Second Age, if the Istari (the formal name of the Wizards) were to appear at all, it would be in their original forms as Maiar. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497/80 "2022-02-14T05:15:01Z")
We shall see. If they do write them in it will probably be one of the many things that create a massive nerd fight on the interwebs. I doubt we will see any of the faithful Valar or Maiar in physical form during this story. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-series-the-rings-of-power/830497.md?page=5)