"One shortcut solves them all, sort of kind of Tolkienesque."
"My kids have become Tolkien fans as well... he looked me in the eyes very sincerely and he said, 'Dad, please don't f this up.'"
"If you like Tolkien, we have something in common. We have something we can share."
"Let's talk about Numenor. This is one of the most hardcore epic things that Tolkien ever wrote."
"No casual fan could possibly see it coming. What Tolkien actually wrote is insane."
"He opens up a great chasm in the ocean, he throws back the land, breaks the flat earth and makes it round."
"Tolkien is for everyone. His stories are about fictional races doing their best work when they leave the isolation of their cultures and come together."
"This might be the richest fantasy world outside of Mr. Tolkien."
"Tolkien has set the bar for the entire concept of world-building."
"The enjoyment comes from the fact that Tolkien is going to bring you through his world on a magnificent journey."
"Star Wars is a complex, well-built universe, but it's nowhere near as tight as Tolkien's Middle Earth."
"Tolkien's Silmarillion is the prequel to Lord of the Rings, providing the big picture surrounding it."
"Tolkien's works produce nostalgia in many ways, nostalgia of lands and peoples of high virtue and heraldry, and they fade over time until only the echoes of such places and peoples remain."
"The dialogue from those films was ripped straight from the pages of Tolkien, which is why it always sounded so elegant, eloquent, and almost poetic."
"The scouring of the shire is the penultimate chapter of The Lord of the Rings."
"This chapter, the scouring of the shire, is about making things whole again after everything that has happened before."
"The deeper they go in the game, the more they're learning about what happened when the balrog came, stories about the durins, the refugees from the destruction of Valinor."
"The hunt for Durin's ax is the central story and quest of the game."
"You can even see in the logo treatment that we're trying to hearken back to kind of the Ralph Bakshi adventures that we remember from the 70s and the early 80s."
"I feel like this is the game that you know, people who love the dwarves in Tolkien's world, like this is a game you've been waiting for all your life."
"Tolkien created a world that is so complete that very few other authors before or since can even argue at ever being truly close to challenging."
"Gurthang, the Black Sword: 'Hail, Gurthang, from no blood wilt thou shrink. Wilt thou slay me swiftly?'" - Melanine
"Evil could not create anything new; they could only corrupt and ruin good." - Tolkien 3.9
"A true Tolkien protagonist would not be acting out of Revenge or rise up to be a savior figure but would be one who acts out of humility."
"Evil's defeat is already set by Divine Providence, all the characters are required to do is play their part by acting in love."
"We always have Tolkien's books as they were intended to be read, and no matter what show comes along it will never destroy Tolkien's true works."
"Tolkien devoted a considerable amount of thought to the withertos and whyfors of everyday life in his world, a phenomenon just waiting to be explored."
"This mockery of wergild does not necessarily indicate a fully structured Orc economy, it does show us Orc's understood the value of currency."
"During times when Sauron was concealing himself, the Orcs became accustomed to independence and formed petty realms of their own."
"Tolkien's influence can be over and understated easily."
"Saruman's dark intentions and obsession with rings began long before his descent into villainy."
"The Lord of the Rings is the most beloved High fantasy setting and it is the perfect pairing with magic."
"I love it. Your vids are legit the best of any Tolkien tuber."
"The friendship that grew up between the people of Durin and the Elven Smiths of Eregion was the closest that there has ever been between the two races."
"The War of the Elves and Sauron begins, this will become the Great War Between the forces of Sauron and the Elves in Eriador along with all of their allies."
"Thanks in part to the work of the Blue Wizards in aiding the good men of Harad, Sauron’s operations in the South are hindered."
"The intersection of religion, science, and magic in Tolkien's world."
"Tolkien's magic: A power that beats at the heart of our imaginations."
"Honestly, this is work that rivals Tolkien's narratives."
"We're getting a new Lord of the Rings film: The War of the Rohirrim."
"Well Tolkien said it because he said in several letters but particularly in the letter he wrote to his uh friend and potential publisher he wasn't in there but Martin Waldman when he said that all stories are about a fall."
"The battle actually ends not on the plains of Morgoth, the battle not in front of the black Gates, it actually ends on the doorstep of Bag End."
"Gandalf did not move. And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the city, a cock crowed."
"Their peril is almost entirely due to the unreasoning fear which they inspire," wrote J.R.R. Tolkien.
"Gil-galad was an Elven-king. Of him the harpers sadly sing: the last whose realm was fair and free between the mountains and the sea."
"J.R.R. Tolkien, he's a genius, you know."
"It really is just another example, if you need one, of how great an author J.R.R. Tolkien truly was."
"Tolkien went to great depths to explain the traumatizing past of the elves."
"The battle begins, and it is one of the greatest battle scenes in film history."
"The immense details of Tolkien's world would be impossible to depict fully in the screenplay, the details done by the costumes armor and props went a long way to help communicate that depth and vividness visually."
"The site of the Shire seemed to match the description Tolkien had written perfectly."
"It’s one of the greatest hypothetical questions in all of Tolkien’s works."
"I feel like Tolkien was the best creator of lore and language and characters that I've ever read in the fantasy genre."
"Tolkien revolutionized the genre. Middle Earth wasn't a world that a character entered and left by the end of the story."
"Faramir represents a new heroic ideal born out of Tolkien's own life experiences in war." - Jess
"In the books, Denethor is presented as a legitimately good and wise leader." - Jess
"Welcome to the first video in this playlist totally untangling one of Tolkien's most cherished tales."
"And perhaps, this explains, the perceived memory loss that’s alluded to in Fangorn forest, when Gandalf says: 'Gandalf,' as if recalling from old memory a long disused word. 'Yes, that was the name. I was Gandalf.'"
"...perhaps the most iconic unveilings of Gandalf the White’s true power can be found in the Siege of Gondor chapter, when Gandalf rides out from Minas Tirith to defy the Nazgul and to save Faramir from the hosts of Morgul, twice."
"...many of the Eldar still dwelt there lingering unwilling yet to forsake Beleriand where they had fought and labored long..."
"The ruling ring passed out of the knowledge even of the wise in that age yet it was not unmade for a seal door would not surrender it to elron and kydan who stood by."
"Tolkien admitting that the mythical and historical tale of his work really can be applied to present times – the story being about death and the desire for deathlessness."
"Tolkien does not let us see Saruman as he was before, we are told of his greatness, the respect he once held, and we now witness a fallen figure."
"Legolas, son of Thranduil, was bestowed with the bow of the Galadrim by none other than Lady Galadriel herself."
"This remarkable bow, longer and thicker than the standard Mirkwood bows Legolas was accustomed to, was strung with a string of elf hair symbolizing the deep connection between the elves and their craftsmanship."
"In a world where most legendary bows are named and celebrated, Aram's unnamed bow stands apart, a reminder of the untold stories and unexplored depths in the rich tapestry that is Middle Earth's history."
"Elves, revered as the first race to develop and master bow making, crafted flawless longbows, a symbol of their elegance and deadly precision."
"Numenoreans took archery to another level with their steel bows made of hollow steel and renowned for their strength and fear-inducing reputation."
"Along with Curumo in this role was another maia, who would come to be known as Sauron."
"Varda says that though Gandalf goes as the third of the Istari, he was not truly the third - implying he is the most important of them all."
"As Gandalf arrives in Middle-earth, Cirdan gifts him Narya - the elven Ring of Fire."
"Even at this time, Saruman has begun to desire power like Sauron’s - specifically, The One Ring."
"In his studies, Saruman learns one of the palantiri is likely still in the tower of Orthanc."
"These seeing stones could not only communicate with one another, but also be used by the powerful to see across the world."
"Tolkien created something incredibly special in the Shire."
"Feanor is definitely one of the most fascinating and morally grey characters in Tolkien's works."
"He was also the first to realize that Durin's Bane in Moria was actually one of the Balrogs, which is something even Gandalf was not aware of to start with."
"The letter dated 1957 contains references to Tolkien's iconic works including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy."
"The worst amongst us can find redemption and that this may be the last yet the greatest lesson taught to us by the late professor JRR Tolkien."
"The Lord of the Rings, a must-read in the fantasy genre, was created by Tolkien, the grandfather of modern fantasy."
"Do not weep, not all tears are an evil."
"Tolkien is one of Martin’s greatest influences - take it from the man himself."
"Tolkien created his world with such detail that his fantasy places took on a tangible life in our imaginations and live there still."
"You know a lot about Tolkien, can you explain something to me?"
"In the thousands of years that followed, Galadriel really seems to have picked up her brother's baton and become one of the chief movers and shakers in Middle-earth."
"Galadriel gave to Frodo the gift that allowed him to bring about Sauron's ruin and in doing so she took down the guy who killed her brother six and a half thousand years ago."
"The Istari were ordered not to dominate the people of Middle Earth and never to use the full breadth of their magical power."
"Tolkien, who described his political beliefs as leaning towards anarchism, a left-wing ideology that aims to abolish hierarchy and oppression."
"Tolkien wanted his world to have meaning and impact, striving for consistency down to the most minute detail."
"Tolkien turned the tables on them. He showed them up, he proved they were wrong."
"Tolkien attack was so successful that after it, his Battalion was paraded and congratulated again and again and again and again."
"As much as I can fully appreciate Tolkien's thoughts and what he believed, I feel like many other people would have loved to hear what happened next."
"It was very satisfying and heartwarming to note that the genesis for this book actually lay in Tolkien's relationship with his own children."
"What's really wonderful about Tolkien embracing song and the verses of these songs in the books is that you get some really deep rich history about the importance of song in folklore and storytelling."
"There's very few modern fantasy authors who can come close to what Tolkien achieved."
"Unless God existed, The Lord of the Rings would make no sense at all. It would be a wonderful thing for Sauron to play God. If God isn't God, let Sauron be God."
"The idea of patriotism versus nationalism is a helpful conceptual distinction... for Tolkien, this is a very good model for understanding many of the conflicts within Middle Earth."
"Tolkien is not a pacifist... however, he is a great advocate of mercy and a Christian conception of mercy."
"Tolkien's elves of Middle Earth echo that crucible. That's why it feels so real because messiness and complexity such as that that Tolkien created with his elves are part of personal identity, a reflection of where we come from and where we stand now."
"Your inability to comprehend such a painfully basic premise is not the dunk on Tolkien that you think it is."
"Tolkien's Universe magic stems from wisdom and inherent power."
"There's a reason Tolkien spent so much time in the Shire before having the hobbits venture forth into the dangerous world beyond."
"Tolkien was deeply concerned from his early childhood about the process of industrialization, in large part because he saw it as a reflection of human corruption."
"Tolkien does a fantastic job at giving us closure."
"I kind of think that a lot of the cast are more preoccupied with themselves and their own desires than that of actually Tolkien and what he would have wanted."
"Tolkien's sub-creation, his literary works, are so astoundingly rich and full of life."
"One of tolken's inspirations, the enemies of the Gods of Asgard are called the Yar."
"This beautifully demonstrates the way that Tolkien writes allegory."
"Tolkien's readers often feel as if they've been to these places."
"Consciously choosing to take an in-universe approach, mining for meanings that Tolkien may not have consciously intended because it's fun and leads to insights of merit."
"The rights to The Hobbit if completely unused by June 30th 1967 would return to the hands of the Tolkien estate who already had people offering them tons and tons of money in order to purchase the rights from them."
"Breathing life into old languages, stories, and heroes, well, Tolkien actually thought that life hadn't gone away, it was just that we were not aware of it."
"For Tolkien, subcreation is an inherently collaborative act."
"It is difficult to talk about sources for Tolkien's narrative in the technical sense of the word. The story is almost wholly his own invention."
"If Tolkien is a nostalgia monger, it's a very special and empowering, and I would say precious, guided nostalgia that we could use a lot more of in this world."
"This series is designed to look at all of those recent publications that Christopher Tolkien and others have been coming out with lately, sort of filling in some of the gaps that we've had for a long time in the Tolkien corpus."
"And since everyone loves Tolkien and almost everybody almost everybody loves Tolkien."
"If you had to say, um, there is a metaphysical thing going on at all times with Tolkien, and I would say maybe Galadriel might automatically win that one because of her spiritual closeness to Valinor and the Two Trees having been there firsthand."
"There is a metaphysical thing going on at all times with Tolkien, and I would say maybe Galadriel might automatically win that one because of her spiritual closeness to Valinor and the Two Trees having been there firsthand."
"Imagine if Tolkien had stopped halfway through writing The Two Towers to give Legolas and Gimli's entire backstory."
"And she wrote, 'Dear Mr. Sibley, Professor J.R.R. Tolkien has asked me to return your copy of 'The Adventures of Tom Bombadil' which he has autographed on the title page.'"
"I couldn't do what I've been doing on TheOneRing.net for 20 years without having access to Tolkien's letters."
"Tolkien pretty much single-handedly created the fantasy genre as we know it today, and the list of writers who are happily indebted and gleefully influenced by Professor Tolkien's work is so enormous that it's not even worth beginning."
"Tolkien explains this lack of religion in letter 142 written in 1953: 'The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work...'"
"Tolkien's life work has essentially been a cornerstone of fantasy fiction revered still by many to this day."
"The tolkien community is still digesting these pictures, but we're excited about what they might reveal."
"This is my favorite fantasy series of all time, and that will not change until I go to the Grey Havens myself, hopefully."
"You should read Tolkien because he's the best. That's it."
"Do I think that this is worth 40 bucks? I would say yes, absolutely. This is definitely worth forty dollars if you're somebody who is into collecting different editions of Tolkien books, guilty or if you know somebody who is, this is a great gift."
"Legolas and Gimli - surely all of you must have expected these guys to make the list. Legolas and Gimli have one of the most iconic friendships anywhere in all of Tolkien's writings."
"Maedhros and Fingon - this has got to be one of my all-time favorite First Age friendships. But I guess in many ways, it kind of represents the opposite of Legolas and Gimli's friendship."
"Samwise Gamji and Bill the Pony - these two legends have one of the most feel-good stories in all of Tolkien's legendarium."
"Calibrimbor and Narvi - their friendship is both a wonderful part of their respective characterization and also represents a much wider and further-reaching friendship that shapes two of the greatest realms in the Second Age, Eregion and Khazad-dûm."
"Eomer and Gimli - this is such a big deal, not just for these two individuals, but also for all of their respective peoples."
"Upon the graves of JRR Tolkien and his wife Edith are written the names Beren and Lúthien."
"Tolkien did intend it to be a standalone volume with no further threads going beyond it"
"It's a bit like Oaths when you have a prophecy, it's gonna come true in Tolkien."
"It's the most faithful adaptation of Tolkien's works."
"Tolkien was different than all of this, for Tolkien it was the Aesthetics of language, it was the fitness of exactly what word you should use to name this villain or that villain."
"Tolkien hit on a new way of using language and in using fantasy in literature for the Aesthetics of sound."
"Tolkien was inventing not only artificial languages but artificial histories of artificial languages."
"I am joined by a very special guest Mr. Brian Sibley."
"I'm really proud that the Tolkien Society has got itself to a point where we're now ready to get to the next level."
"I think it's really important now, more than ever, that there are people out there educating about what Tolkien is and isn't."
"...it's a very realistic and very accurate depiction on purpose by Tolkien of the way Providence works in this fallen world of shadows."
"The Noldor, who are probably my favorite people in all of Tolkien."
"That would be my conclusion of Tolkien's description of the awakening and then the clans forming."
"Names very often do in Tolkien, like literally."
"He gives all the Númenórean kings the names of what will happen to them."
"Manwë and Melkor are supposed to be the kin brothers in the thought of Eru."
"It is Tolkien who tied these two strands together and popularized dragons as we know them today."
"Tolkien has just kind of nailed the epic side of things."
"It's like a tree out of Tolkien, isn't it? Absolutely wow."
"Tolkien was truly a literary genius when it comes to character development."
"The most sorrowful of tales within Tolkien's legendarium."
"We do have a story from Tolkien about what Aragorn was doing before the Lord of the Rings."
"The years of the lamps, the years of the trees, and the years of the Sun."
"Tolkien's understanding of his world shifted over time."
"The story is told in a Tolkienian way."
"For fans of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth we just released a two-hour documentary on the economy of his universe."
"It was our collective passion and fidelity to Tolkien that really won the day."
"The camera panned up, and you get the two trees of Valinor; this is the heart of Tolkien's world."
"It's sort of an intriguing because this is Tolkien just doing something out of the deeper Mythos of his legendarium."
"Sauron originally belonged to the Maiar of Aule the Smith and he remained mighty in the lore of that people."
"In many ways, Tolkien used the Hobbits to introduce the modern reader into this ancient world."
"Throughout his work, Tolkien represents forests as places of renewed hope."
"Hi everyone, I'm working on a collage of the masterful dialogue from Tolkien's work."
"The Green Dragon Inn located in the picturesque countryside of Matamata in New Zealand offers visitors an immersive experience in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth."
"The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, was written by famed fantasy novelist J.R.R. Tolkien and published in 1937."
"I would love to have my own hobbit hole in Rivendell."
"I want a story that is as true to Tolkien as humanly possible."
"Without The Lord of the Rings, the fantasy genre won't be where it is right now."
"It's an indispensable over-the-shoulder look into Tolkien's writing style and evolution, creation, and evolution of his mythology."
"What I consider sacred is Tolkien's text, and that's what we're talking about here, not the Peter Jackson films as great as they are."
"Because Tolkien is such an outrageously talented author and because he created such a consistent world with such consistent distances between locations and such thorough appendices, we can actually calculate exactly what day things happened."
"In 1937, Professor Tolkien published The Hobbit, a story about Bilbo and a group of dwarves."
"The world of The Lord of the Rings was clearly the heart of Tolkien's creative output over decades."
"Tolkien's breadth of work from learned academic tomes to children's stories really was impressive."
"Leaf by Niggle was exactly that, an allegory."
"The Children of Hurin is, in my opinion, the best book by J.R.R. Tolkien."
"The seminar aims to explore the possible applications of diversity within Tolkien's works, his adaptations, and his readership."
"You can put all the money you want into a production... but if you don't stay true to the story, to the foundation of Tolkien's work, it'll still just look like a cheap product in the end."
"It is necessary to remain Tolkienian."
"...the one god of Tolkien's world and... the Ainur, these great spiritual beings... sung into creation the world, the universe as we know it."
"Tolkien claimed young Galadriel could match strength with most male counterparts and in a 1973 letter wrote she was then of Amazon disposition."
"I don't necessarily consider the Silmarillion objectively difficult or challenging, but I do acknowledge that it can be hard to get through."
"From the oaths, dooms, and curses of Tolkien's works, we see how powerful loyalty and promises are, and that we must not be faithless."
"No thank you, in the end, I chose my Tolkien collection."
"According to Tolkien in his own diary, 'The name Inklings was transferred by C.S.L. to the undetermined, unelected circle of friends who gathered about C.S.L. in his rooms at Magdalen College.'"
"These beasts are more like the races that you find in things like Tolkien."
"That was Tolkien's it said that the most beautiful word was cellar door."
"The goal is a great story that feels true to Middle Earth."
"As lifelong fans of Professor Tolkien's vast mythology, we are proud to be working on another epic adventure."
"Studio leaders Mike Duca and Pam Abdi have brokered a deal to make multiple films based on the beloved J.R. Tolkien books."
"Oh my God, I'm so glad that two people who've got no screen credits to their name think that they could do a better job than Tolkien."
"Both names are taken from J.R.R. Tolkien's writings, sometimes referred to collectively as the Tolkien group."
"The three Elven rings were never touched by Sauron's corruption."
"The vast, complex, and dazzling universe dreamed up by J.R.R. Tolkien remains largely unexplored."
"It looks like something out of Tolkien; it is absolutely gorgeous."
"Tolkien himself said that he started writing languages at 13 or 14, which explains the level of magnificent detail on display in his Masterwork that is Middle Earth."