As a huge fan of the movies and books I love this series! Most of these I’ve noticed myself, but some I realize I’d either forgotten about the difference or just never noticed it.

22:00 - This is just my head canon, but it's possible that Aragorn, while not fluent in the Dwarf language, at least recognizes their insults/profane expressions, and that anyone who spends even a little bit of time around an ill-tempered Dwarf will likely hear such an expression. I know several people who aren't fluent in Spanish but know all the swear words just from being around others.

Minor nitpicks: 1. The cave troll does appear in the book a bit: As the troll is trying to force its way in, Frodo stabs it in the foot and it flees, without entering the room. 2. Also, the orc-chieftain doesn't throw his spear, but thrusts it at Frodo. Sam's strike breaks the shaft afterwards, and as the orc-chieftain is drawing his scimitar, Anduril cleaves through his helmet.

Very good, melon Geek. As I recall, the Watcher didn't raise Frodo up in the air. However, when they fled into the entrance, it reached out of the water and swung the doors so that they crashed and seemingly brought down part of the masonry. They could hear the beast uprooting the great holly trees on either side of the doors as well. We never saw in the story the grotesque creature that Jackson used in the movie. Tolkien kept it all mysterious and therefore even more sinister. But the strength of the monster was definitely great. Namarie.

I think in Moria Sam also got a wound on his head but killed the orc who gave it to him

I wondered why Legolas identifies the Crebain and later Shadowfax as one of the Mearas since it is doubtful he would know about either. I guess the screenwriters wanted to give him more lines. The Watcher in the Water must have been incredibly strong given he smashed the doors to bits and uprooted the huge Holly trees. Thanks for the Superfan content looking forward to more.

7:24: while not as ominous as it was in the book, wolves can be heard howling as the Fellowship are trying to get into the doors of Durin. They can be heard when the moon shines, and as Aragorn and Sam are unloading Bill, you can faintly hear wolf howls. Not as ominous or pressing as in the book, but present.

10:49 I think Aragorn is also acting out of intuition and his dialogue and body language communicate the fact that he doesn't like the look of the pool so he doesn't really have to explain why he would want them to stop in my opinion.

It's also sort of possible that the Ring was partly why Frodo could sense the evil in the water?

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There's one more thing in Moria I picked up. In the movie, right before the fight against the goblins, Gimli is standing on the Balin's tomb. Maybe I'm overreacting, but it looks like a huge disrespect to me, especially since in the book "Gimli hewed the legs from under another [orc] that had sprung up on Balin's tomb".

It's a matter of interpretation, but I wouldn't call the troll fight an easy one for the Fellowship.

I've always had a theory about the orc chieftain that attempted to skewer Frodo during the fight in the Chamber of Mazarbul, that he was an emissary from Mordor, and knew that the ring bearer was a halfling and so specifically targeted Frodo.

I thought it was implied that the Watcher was very large and strong when it uprooted trees and barricaded the door.

7:24 Though the wolves aren't actually mentioned in the movie, If you listen carefully to the music, there is the sound of wolves howling throughout the whole Moria scene. 11:32 Also as you said, in the film Aragorn and Boromir perform great courage and prowess when fighting the Watcher. This is vastly different from the book where only Sam comes to help Frodo. The others are actually all terrified. " ‘Into the gateway! Up the stairs! Quick!’ shouted Gandalf leaping back. Rousing them from the horror that seemed to have rooted all but Sam to the ground where they stood, he drove them forward." Keep it up mate! Love your content:))

There is a way that Aragorn understanding Gimli's curses made sense. Elrond could speak Khuzdûl - being the greatest loremaster in all Middle-earth (we also see him reading the dwarvish map in The Hobbit). And Aragorn was raised in Rivendell by Elrond. We know that Aragorn could speak Westron, Sindarin, Quenya and Rohirric, so he was well-educated and well-travelled. But he could also have learnt Khuzdûl during his studies at Rivendell. I think this scene in the film is partly meant to show the viewer how much of the world and its lore and languages Aragorn knows (he's not just a "mere Ranger"). Apparently, in the film Gimli says: "Ishkhaqwi ai durugnul!" meaning "I spit upon your grave!" (not to be confused with Thorin's curse in The Hobbit movies of "îsh kakhfê ai-‘d-dûr-rugnul" - "May I urinate upon the naked-jawed [unbearded Elves]"). But the thing is, Tolkien never revealed much about Khuzdûl, so I'm not sure how a linguistic consultant like David Salo (who was brought in by Peter Jackson for the franchise) could even have come up with such full sentences in Dwarvish without making up a lot of the vocab and grammar himself.

The halflings are called like that by Boromir maybe not because of old Gondorian fairy tales (Boromir doesn't seem to be the person to listen to those) but from his prophetic dream. "And the halfling forth shall stand".

Hm, you talk about the passage I referred to in our little argument on when flying nazgul first appear. It was back in the age of the lamps though so I do not expect you to remember.

In the movie Aragorn is knocked unconscious when Frodo gets stabbbed yet when Frodo wakes up he gives that comment about wild boar as if he saw what happened.

Actually I’m pretty sure Sam does cut off the tentacle that first grabs Frodo by the foot, and then all the others come out and another one grabs Frodo and then Aragorn chops that second one off

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I think the most important thing about changing the orc to troll is the fact a troll would definitely kill Frodo, because a mail shirt does not protect you from being crush. In the book he was a little crushed just by the orc.

I like at how the terminology of a "superfan" just entered into the lexicon now without a second thought, Just in time for second season of The Abomination.

I like this series and am looking forward to more.

I always assumed Gimli knew enough Elvish to curse in it and that is what he was doing it.

I think the whole thing about Bill the pony is a little bit silly, since in the movie there is no payoff. So it doesn't really matter what they do with him. If you have only ever seen the film then Bill is just something that makes Sam sad

I would think Legolas would be very familiar with death being present at the fall of Gondolin.

Haven't read the books in years and don't speak elvish so I thought gimli was insulting him IN elvish lol

Question: Why would the Nazgul already be flying around the Misty Mountains? I thought Sauron ordered them to stay east of the river until he was ready for his main assault.

I honestly thought in Moria with Gandalf you were going to say that he was intentionally lost for a time in regards to Gollum, and chose to go down because it "smelled better" IE opposite direction of Gollum

ok so two points on the whole khuzdul thing. 1. I always just assumed Aragorn is using context clues like the tone of Gimli's voice to understand he is insulting Haldir 2. There is a version of the movie with the subs I think, I'm almost certain I've seen the subs of what he is saying before and I think it's something like "I spit on your grave" or something

In the movie Sam does save Frodo from the tentacle that first grabs him and begins to drag him. It's just followed up with an action scene worth of more tentacles.

Can somebody remind me if the guard chamber next to the three path ways were they spend the night is in the movies? and if yes, does Pippin throw a rock and hear hammers?

Corey Olson makes the case that the object moving faster than the wind is in actuality the eye of sauron, Rather than a nazgul. I think he may be right

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