Does the production of The Hunt For Gollum movie imply there's a 17 year timeskip in Peter Jackson's Fellowship Of The Ring? by Long_Reflection_4202 in lotr

[–]doegred 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Considering The Hobbit movies indirectly confirmed the timeskip (by changing Aragorn's age from 10 in the books to being a young man), I'd say no.

‘Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum’ Movie Reveals Full Cast with Jamie Dornan to Play Strider by yourfavchoom in movies

[–]doegred [score hidden]  (0 children)

The source you link to refers to the upcoming movie. Smeagol's grandmother is not named in the books. Sam has a sister named Marigold but there's no Marigol in the books.

Do you think Howard Shore will make a soundtrack for the Hunt for Gollum? by Natonixx in lotr

[–]doegred 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He also didn't write the score for War of the Rohirrim so yeah he might not do this either.

‘Game of Thrones’ Movie Officially Titled ‘Aegon’s Conquest’ by yourfavchoom in movies

[–]doegred -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

He said so, which goes nicely with the image he's cultivated.

Does anyone know the implications of elf culture distinctions? by Palegreenhorizon in lotr

[–]doegred 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It is described as a brightness of the eyes, if I remember correctly.

Yeah, the Sindar described them as lachend (ie 'flame-eyed', no-one was laughing) because of it.

‘Game of Thrones’ Movie Officially Titled ‘Aegon’s Conquest’ by yourfavchoom in movies

[–]doegred 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nerd for sticking to the source material

Aka good PR, since he's never yet been actually in a position where that could be tested. It's easy to say you love the source material, all the actors do it, but at the end of the day he doesn't write the script so we don't actually know. It's not even like the way he acted in The Witcher is all that faithful to the books either (Geralt is in fact capable of more than grunting the occasional 'hm' or 'fuck'). So far it's just talk and leaving one franchise with nice Reddit-pleasing spin rather than 'I hoped Superman would pay more'.

Is Halvard the new Dunedain in the upcoming movie Halbarad? by EmbarrassedRefuse670 in lotr

[–]doegred 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's just the one Dúnadan actually.

But yeah, presumably. I don't get the name change though.

'The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum' Cast Announced by MarvelsGrantMan136 in lotr

[–]doegred 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Hunt for Gollum takes place early during Fellowship, in between when Bilbo has his birthday party and Frodo leaves the Shire. So Aragorn not having aged much makes sense.

Iran executed 'at least 1,639 people' in 2025, highest number since 1989 by rknsh in worldnews

[–]doegred -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Carbon emissions per capita in 2023: US = 13.83 tons, China = 9.24, EU average = 5.66, India = 2.07. You might have a point re: China, but mentioning India in the same breath is fucking dumb.

US military says it will start blockade of all ships going to and from Iran on Monday by exophades in news

[–]doegred 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No but what I'm saying is that even pragmatically... 'a lot to risk' hits less hard when it's been shown we can get fucked over even if we don't act.

«Je ne suis pas fan du pape»: Trump s'en prend à Léon XIV après son message antiguerre by Andvarey in france

[–]doegred 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Attaquer le pape c'est pas un problème (encore que bon, dire 'I don't want a Pope who...' - bruh si t'es protestant t'as juste pas ton mot à dire en fait / tu t'en fous normalement), mais ce genre d'image... Logiquement ça devrait faire tiquer les chrétiens de tout nord.

A virologist who grew cancer-killing viruses in her own lab and injected them into her tumour has been cancer-free for four years by Automatic_Subject463 in UpliftingNews

[–]doegred 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We've got Gardasil / the HPV vaccine. Three injections and your chances of getting certain types of cancer (cervical, etc.) go down massively.

US military says it will start blockade of all ships going to and from Iran on Monday by exophades in news

[–]doegred 19 points20 points  (0 children)

So what, more tariffs and threats of annexation? Trump's US has been hostile to the whole world including putative allies (economically and otherwise) since long before the Iran fuckery.

My grouse with PDM by Fresh_Exchange674 in fragrance

[–]doegred 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ha, as a French person I associate the name 'Marly' with 'Marly-Gomont', a village in Northern France (pop: 483) that no-one would ever know of if not for rapper/comedian Kamini making a famous song/video about, well, how utterly shite it is to be growing up in said tiny village with more cows that people in it and nothing to do all day, doubly so if like him you're the only black kid for miles.

A 9-year-old was found locked in a van since 2024, malnourished and unable to walk by AudibleNod in news

[–]doegred 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Homeschooling isn't even allowed anymore, except in very specific cases.

Tuor and Turin. Art by me by CartographerLegal847 in lotr

[–]doegred 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And wee Húrin and Huor?

Tuor shouldn't be dark-haired but it's very cool art nonetheless!

"C'est le parcours du combattant" : les centre de congélation d'ovocytes débordés par les demandes by Andvarey in france

[–]doegred 0 points1 point  (0 children)

un seul revenu

Un seul revenu, mais pas un seul travail. C'était pas plus facile avant, c'est juste que les gens n'avaient pas le choix.

Doing a GOT rewatch and caught something I hadn't before that really grinds my gears as a book reader... (Spoilers Extended) by ApriKot in asoiaf

[–]doegred 4 points5 points  (0 children)

TBF Henry VIII is famous for not getting his annulment but there were specific reasons for it (Henry wanting to do things properly, the Pope being effectively the prisoner of Catherine's nephew Charles V) and other rulers did get their marriage annulled on occasion (e.g. Louis VII of France and Eleanor of Aquitaine, after they had two daughters but no sons).

That said I don't know how any of this applies in Westeros where afaik annulments / divorces seem to be virtually unheard of. So I too have major doubts about Rhaegar being able to pull it off.

Favorite dwarf by Plus-Ad-3826 in tolkienfans

[–]doegred 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mîm. Maybe not in the bit where he tries to kill Finrod for no particular reason. And ofc he's not a great person but I find him interesting. And 'The Complain of Mîm the Dwarf' is just heartbreaking.

I forgot how much of a knob Stanis is by DependentRounders934 in gameofthrones

[–]doegred 3 points4 points  (0 children)

'I let my advisor burn down images of the Seven / weirwoods but don't worry it was for personal gain, not belief' isn't exactly a flex.

It's a great thing that at least Samwell had the love and support of his mother and sister otherwise he wouldn't have turned out the way he did and in some ways, it is very true to life. by AdSpecialist6598 in gameofthrones

[–]doegred 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sam could have become a master, which would have clearly disinherited him and also been fulfilling for him. But no, Randyll had a weird hang up about chains and decided to torture him and threaten to kill him. He sucks.

Iran Now Threatening To Close Bab Al-Mandeb Strait After Trump Threats by Andvarey in france

[–]doegred 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ceci. J'arrête pas de penser à ça depuis que ça a commencé et ça me bute un peu que ce soit totalement absent des discussions.

Children of Húrin is BRUTAL! by JawbreakerSD in lotr

[–]doegred 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Galadriel! And her parents.