The Hall of Fire

The episode was quite enjoyable... especially the Númenórean parts. We have 'Queen-regent' Míriel and 'Chancellor' Pharazôn, so they are bumping Tar palantír's reign and only calling Míriel 'regent'. I'm trying to visualize how Pharazôn 'forces' marriage on Míriel here because as portrayed, it look...

RoseMorninStar wrote: ↑Fri Sep 09, 2022 6:32 pm Did Heliona post? I don't see anything.

Her name is the 'newest member' at the bottom of the forum.

People were being mods for free and people would still do so again. I think Helen (Heliona on TORC) was one of the last active mods on the old board and she was a bit pissed at Jon for just shutting things on the old board down without a word to them and starting the new (shortlived) messageboard i...

I have to say that my expectations of something decent has come a long way since 2017. I'm looking forward to watching this! Don't have any spoliers to add, but will post a tweet from Neil Gaiman (who has bene labeled a 'paid amazon schill' along with anyone else who said something remotely positive...

One of the most-exciting aspects of this announcement for Tolkien fans is Embracer’s suggestion that it will explore “additional movies based on iconic characters such as Gandalf, Aragorn, Gollum, Galadriel, Éowyn and other characters from Tolkien’s literary works.” At this point, I'm all for it. W...

Alatar wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 10:22 pm Well Sandman is amazing. Drop everything and go watch it.

My wife Kaz (Elora) made sure we were watching it. Finished the series today. Excellent TV!

Some, but I suspect that many will be locked into their views long before the show is released. There is a segment of self-appointed "true Tolkien Fans" gatekeeper that have made their minds up and will not change. They hate it, period. The only thing to be determined is their level of ha...

Having been absent from Tolkien messageboards for ten years, but having been a member of TORC since the late 90s(?)), I was saddened to see that TORC seems to have become…an orc pit, for lack of a better term. And I don’t think Tolkien would have been pleased with that discourse - especially that o...

The more I think about it, the more I realize that the whole "Galadriel goes to Númenor and founds a fellowship" is the biggest change from the lore that we have seen, and potentially the most disconcerting, much as I am liking Morfydd Clark in the role. I am really having a heard time se...

I get the best U.S. election coverage right here on House of Fire! As a U.S. Citizen I still vote in my home state elections even though I haven't been residing there in some time. Fortunately, Washington State is pretty good at assuring a citizen's right to vote, and has a pretty solid electrol in...

Being a bit of a streaming slut, I have bee really enjoying the Disney show 'The Old Man' starring Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow. Jeff plays an aged ex CIA agent who went off-grid in Afghanistan when the Soviets were occupying the country. John Lithgow was his handler when he went rogue, and in 202...

I've never had an account on The Tolkien Forums, but it's one of many sites where I've intermittently lurked over the years, and it's been depressing even from a distance seeing the state of recent discourse there. I applaud your tenacity in actually engaging with them! :P I registered on Tolkien F...

I can believe there are people who object to the casting of actors of color strictly on Lore fidelity grounds—though I don't agree with them that Lore fidelity should be solely determinative of casting decisions—but in my experience reading and participating in ROP discussions since 2017, both on T...

I see that Many Paths To Tread is offline. Sad.

I have watched this a few times now, and I have to say I'm more optimistic about this series than I was in February, and then I got more optimistic that I was a year or two ago. The trailer clearly says that it is "based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien" which is quite true. It has the appr...

Wow! One can actually talk about it here without being mobbed by the 'woke BS' crowd! I was just on Tolkien Forums and they are still carrying on about black actors and 'woke' Amazon sux and stuff. I quite enjoyed this trailer, and am confident enough that the show will be entertaining. Is there thi...

I believe Alito is the majority vote needed to overturn Roe v Wade. I believe it will happen, sooner rather than later. I have mixed feelings about this. I love children, and would rejoice in a world where every child was wanted and welcomed. But... I also know that young women (and men) make mista...

Has anyone explored the hypothesis that athelas is cannabis? "Grows but in waste places, and at roadsides, and along hedges. The very best medicine for healing." It's possible that Tolkien did know of it as the English were aware of cannabis from their vast colonial lands. They even had a...

Maria wrote: ↑Fri Apr 01, 2022 6:53 pm That article leave out the part about it being filmed on Mars once there's a colony there.

I'm pretty sure that is the Middle-Mars franchise...