The Lord of the Rings Expert Answers Tolkien Questions From Twitter | Tech Support

The Lord of the Rings Expert Answers Tolkien Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED

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The Tolkien Professor, Cory Olsen, uses the power of Twitter to answer the internet's burning questions about J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, and all the associated lore. Does Sauron use any weapons? Do compasses exist in Middle-Earth? Is there a Tolkien book about the Goblin and Dwarf Great War? Cory answers all these questions and much more.
Corey Olsen, also known as The Tolkien Professor, is the Founder and President of Signum University, a nonprofit higher education institution dedicated to affordable and accessible online learning with a special focus on promoting the humanities. Through the Mythgard Academy, a Signum institution, Corey offers weekly explorations of The Lord of the Rings and other opportunities to discuss speculative literature and adaptations. Follow Corey on Twitter at / tolkienprof
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* Signum University: signumuniversity.org
* Exploring The Lord of the Rings: mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/
* The Tolkien Professor: tolkienprofessor.com
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@WIRED 2 жыл бұрын

Check out part 2 HERE: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mKlnls54zqnIY30.html

@pavlenikic9712 2 жыл бұрын

need part 3.

@RalphRoberts1 2 жыл бұрын

And part 4, 5 and 6

@pavlenikic9712 2 жыл бұрын

@@RalphRoberts1 morgan freeman meme: "he speeks the truth you know"

@cornelionsqween8028 2 жыл бұрын

I might be temporarily drunk, but at least I'm not as permanently mentally handicapped as you lot.

@melkorbelegurth3191 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making a part 2! Please consider making a part 3! I really like this guy.

@ig8842 3 жыл бұрын

This guy really knows what he’s tolkien about

@StarWarsomania 3 жыл бұрын

*sad trombone noises* 🎷

@toddkurzbard 3 жыл бұрын

I saw what you did there.

@Patrick-rm8jq 3 жыл бұрын

That comment deserves a like

@THAToneGUY594 3 жыл бұрын

Just....just take it. +1

@doomseeker 3 жыл бұрын

@@THAToneGUY594 + 2

@kyleanderson1135 3 жыл бұрын

Inject another 8 hours of this straight into my veins.

@tarnished_knight_ 3 жыл бұрын

Aye, check out "Exploring the Lord of the Rings" with Dr. Corey Olsen/ Mythgard academy. It's been a blast! If we're lucky, we'll finish the books by 2050 lmao

@Impresso3dBlogspot 3 жыл бұрын

I support that!

@NostalgiNorden 3 жыл бұрын

You can get the 10 year version of this by going trough his thousands of podcast episodes.

@aarona.aronson5779 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha 😂😂😂

@angelwings06 3 жыл бұрын

@@tarnished_knight_ Just subscribed! Can't wait!! 😊

@BlankCanvas88 3 жыл бұрын

To build a fictional world that is so intricate and complex that there are experts and professors on your material... Tolkien really was a genius and a one of a kind.

@lucas-xf7rc 2 жыл бұрын

You can say that again...

@user-cn4md3qk9m 2 жыл бұрын

Sanderson’s Cosmere is pretty close !

@engiethefriendlyengineer 2 жыл бұрын

Dude made an entire history text book for his universe

@RobinsMusic 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-cn4md3qk9m I’d say the stories are very in depth but the lore of the worlds is not that deep compared to Tolkien

@christianc.christian5025 2 жыл бұрын

And there’s nothing worse than when someone tries to do it wrong. Tolkien did it probably better than anyone else I’ve seen, but it can be awful to see someone try and miss ala the “Riddick” stories.

@ImpudentInfidel 2 жыл бұрын

Arwen: I abandon my immortality for my beloved. Legolas: Hey Gimli, wanna break into heaven?

@Hardcore_Drug_Abuse95 2 жыл бұрын

One does not simply walk into heaven

@ImpudentInfidel 2 жыл бұрын

@@Hardcore_Drug_Abuse95 It's in the appendices and completely canon.

@ultrabigfella 2 жыл бұрын

@@ImpudentInfidel did you just miss a LOTR reference while making one?

@ImpudentInfidel 2 жыл бұрын

@@ultrabigfella I noticed the reference, but also took it at face value. My bad!

@djaevlenselv 2 жыл бұрын

@@ImpudentInfidel If we're going ignore the joke and nerd over this, I want in too! Gimli actually *doesn't* go to heaven. Neither does Legolas nor any other elf. Because Aman _isn't_ heaven! It's a part of Arda. It'll be destroyed when the world ends. Heaven would be wherever Men go when they die, which IIRC isn't just outside of Arda, but outside of Ea itself.

@moq4463 3 жыл бұрын

He might be a LOTR expert, but does he know that Vigo Mortensen broke his toe in that one scene?

@magicmanscott40k 3 жыл бұрын

I remember that lol

@vsoestharm 3 жыл бұрын

😆

@-Patali- 3 жыл бұрын

every single reaction video lol

@user_name_redacted 3 жыл бұрын

What?? When did this happen?

@krankarvolund7771 3 жыл бұрын

@@user_name_redacted The scene in the Two Towers where Aragorn kick the helmet of an Uruk and scream. That scream was real, Viggo just broke his toe with this kick and they kept it ^^

@flamingstallion 3 жыл бұрын

“Of course, the Akallabeth is the story of the downfall of Numenor.” Yes, of course

@TheSpecialJ11 3 жыл бұрын

This dude's knowledge runs so deep. I read the books and Numenor is well explained in there, but dear lord the Silmarillion is basically the Bible. That's where I'm at my limit and he just knows it like the back of his hand.

@yan-amar 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheSpecialJ11 First part of the Silmarillion is like this, then it progressively becomes more like your usual stories. I mean, if you didn't get to that part maybe try to skip some.

@aliebrubaker7473 3 жыл бұрын

@@yan-amar Bingo. The Ainulindalë, which is the beginning portion of the book called "The Silmarillion," is a lot like reading scripture. It is very poetic and primordial and it took me several cracks at to absorb much of anything. Maybe just start at the portion of the book called the Silmarillion. It is more like a medieval epic rather than the Bible. It has more of a plot and an easier voice, though it is still a bit dense. Lots of names.

@donaldgrove2249 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheSpecialJ11 True. The Bible begins with a creation story, followed by a very long chronicle of the reigns of many highly charismatic and egotistical kings, warlords and clan leaders, some with more admirable motivations than others.

@goodcorwin627 3 жыл бұрын

@@aliebrubaker7473 "lots of names" - understatement of the year :) Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love the book, and it would lose so much if it was somehow made more "casual". But... So many names.

@owenb8636 3 жыл бұрын

So basically the Valar sacked an underperforming employee but instead of replacing him with someone new, they merged two jobs into one. Typical upper management

@brainkrieg1423 3 жыл бұрын

And do you think Gandalf got a raise? I'm afraid that just isn't in the budget right now.

@johnr797 3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure they told him it was just temporary until they reassess in the Fifth Fiscal Age.

@magnaviousyk3118 2 жыл бұрын

More like a fraud than underperformance. So they just push him out of the job by putting Gandalf in charge so they have two people in the same position but let one of them get the upper hand to put pressure on the other. Classic upper management move

@kaws8778 2 жыл бұрын

@@brainkrieg1423 a raise? You think he sewed those flowing white garbs himself? Where did he get that shiny new staff? That stuff is not cheap. He will be working that debt off for the next four and a half thousand years.

@benskywalker2351 2 жыл бұрын

The Valar are middle management. There is one higher than all in the Tolkien mythos

@GaunteroDimmm 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine writing a book thinking “heck yea I did it. I hope people will like it” and 80 years later EVERYONE reveres it and it is the basis of an entire genre throughout generations?

@isabellaw.6330 2 жыл бұрын

I was hiking a random path in the blackforest in Germany and found a random tree with "Frodo and Sam" carved into it. Imagine your book being THAT popular

@ozzmen4494 2 жыл бұрын

I mean in a way Tolkien realy preserved the epic prose literature with the fantasy genre. When you look at Beowulf which Tolkien being one of the first to translate it into modern english and analyzing, you see realy many similarities.

@thomasel9171 Жыл бұрын

Tolkein certainly didnt think "heck yeah" about anything, he was a professor when he wrote lotr

@autumn702 Жыл бұрын

@@thomasel9171 It's called paraphrasing, party pooper.

@iremiabliss Жыл бұрын

@@thomasel9171 its just fun to imagine it like that

@jamiemckelvie342 3 жыл бұрын

If only all Tolkien fans were like him, Tolkien books are heavy complicated and hard to understand everything; he explains everything without insulting anybody’s intelligence and that’s cool

@JoshuaCurey 3 жыл бұрын

That’s how you know someone fully understands what they’re talking about.

@brooksboy78 3 жыл бұрын

r/tolkienfans is also mostly nice, at least in my personal experience.

@post-leftluddite 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you're right, all Tolkien fans should cater specifically to your fragile ego and be nice to you

@poctordepper4269 3 жыл бұрын

@@JoshuaCurey you mean what they're tolkien about

@mitch-ur1ip 3 жыл бұрын

@@post-leftluddite Yup, you’re one of the ones he was talking about. lmao

@ree4184 3 жыл бұрын

There's nothing better than a dude whos truly passionate about a subject.

@abyssshriek7631 3 жыл бұрын

@Kyle Lost, Nah but even then it’s definitely respectable

@ilarious5729 3 жыл бұрын

@@abyssshriek7631 even when it's eugenics or something like that?

@kingleech16 3 жыл бұрын

Especially when they can do so without being gnarly about it (the number of folks who take the fact they are very knowledgeable about something is carte-blanche to be an absolutely miserable reprobate to people about it is staggering).

@jamesamick2945 3 жыл бұрын

That's a teacher you love in high school, is a teacher that helps you love what they teach, like this guy here.

@commandercaptain4664 3 жыл бұрын

Until it devolves into hatred, then it just becomes annoying.

@WideMouth 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: after announcing his treason in the books, Saruman denounced his role as the white wizard and began calling himself “Saruman of Many Colors.” I think this represented how Saruman no longer wanted to be restricted by his assigned role, and desired the power to do whatever he pleased.

@rin_okami 3 жыл бұрын

And as much as I liked that bit in the books, I'm sort of glad it wasn't in the movies. I don't think Saruman and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat would've translated well. XD

@KoriEmerson 2 жыл бұрын

All colors together produce black. I’m more with that one,

@vidboy7 2 жыл бұрын

"I am now Saruman of Many Colours!" And thus began the march of the LGBT army across Mordor

@rikk319 2 жыл бұрын

@@KoriEmerson No, all colors of light produce white. All colors of pigment produce brown. Black is the absence of light.

@rikk319 2 жыл бұрын

@@vidboy7 Hopefully to pull down the dull, confining, terrible conformity that was the Dark Lord.

@MyWayofEverything Жыл бұрын

Can we take a second to appreciate that these are real questions and not just “what about the eagles?” questions.

@thegirlwhoreadstoomuch9339 Жыл бұрын

And that all the people who asked these questions actually took the time to type them all out properly.

@thehandleisuseless Жыл бұрын

@@rich925cal1 exactly, i might even start calling him Gonzalez

@hazyshade9648 Жыл бұрын

*Spoiler alert* Part 2 of this this q&a will disappoint then.

@blissfuldj7627 10 ай бұрын

Those are in part 2 actually

@Munchonmushies 8 ай бұрын

But what about the eagles?

@mariellouise1 3 жыл бұрын

A small family memory : Tolkien was my grandfather’s tutor at Oxford. My mother’s name was Mariel Elizabeth and my grandfather called her Malbeth. Tolkien collected names he liked and my mother became “ Malbeth the Seer”.

@Mr_Doogz 3 жыл бұрын

That is so cool

@halloween42 3 жыл бұрын

WOAH!!

@ominouslybakedart1974 3 жыл бұрын

Which book? :D I wanna find this!

@wooshbait36 3 жыл бұрын

Yea I totally believe you.

@elijahdschultz 3 жыл бұрын

@@ominouslybakedart1974 He is referred to in the appendices to the Return of the King. He predicts that one of Aragorn’s ancestors would either unite Gondor and Arnor as one kingdom again or die as the last king of Arnor, with many generations needing to pass before reunification. Obviously the second one happened and we saw Aragorn restore the unified kingdom.

@SchruteFarms 3 жыл бұрын

New Grey Wizard: So what is my role exactly? White Wizard: Just...be positive.

@FutBoy281 3 жыл бұрын

You pass butter

@ottovonbismarck7646 3 жыл бұрын

The blues: to get lost helping the Rhûn or whoever they were helping. (Its been a fat minute since I've updated my LOTR lore)

@angelurbina8158 3 жыл бұрын

*Proceeds to smoke bong with the Hobbits and talk to the trees*

@hairyputter5363 3 жыл бұрын

You are supposed to contribute to memes

@randomshit308 3 жыл бұрын

@@ottovonbismarck7646 far east, yeah

@ectana9428 2 жыл бұрын

Tolkien was like "I helped write the dictionary, don't tell me Dwarves is wrong."

@tylersaurusakro 2 жыл бұрын

"I was there when it was written" Tolkien

@imperiodopleisousemallinio6449 3 ай бұрын

@@tylersaurusakro "I wrote" Tolkien

@TheRhetoricGamer 2 жыл бұрын

14:55 "You cannot mess up my plan for the world and you will find that everything you do will ultimately contribute to the beauty of my creation." That is incredibly beautiful.

@Omnilatent 2 жыл бұрын

Basically also the story of any Faust book (or at least the Goethe one)

@scaryguppy1071 Жыл бұрын

It's a Christian perspective on Satan vs gods plan.

@kristenbartosz2236 Жыл бұрын

If you find this beautiful, look into Catholic Christianity. It's true

@JeffStevens Жыл бұрын

This is literally Catholic cosmology. And has been since the fourth century (Augustin of Hippo)

@DanielGrovePhoto Жыл бұрын

It's Roman's 8:28 and Genesis 50:20 all over! Beautiful theology.

@austindrawhorn2141 3 жыл бұрын

Can we get a 90-minute version of this?

@tarnished_knight_ 3 жыл бұрын

Check out his "Exploring the Lord of the Rings" series on KZfaq, Twitch, or as podcast! Exploring the books weekly, paragraph by paragraph. It's wonderful! If we're lucky, we will finish by 2050 methinks! Lmao.

@jlshorthorns 3 жыл бұрын

Also search Signum university on youtube

@Icedragon803 3 жыл бұрын

Tempted to down vote as 90 minutes would still be too short.

@PhilBoswell 3 жыл бұрын

You can also join his weekly stream on twitch.tv/lotrostream wherein he is taking a Hobbit Burglar through LOTRO and expounding on Lore in the process.

@NostalgiNorden 3 жыл бұрын

You can get the 10 year version of this by going trough his thousands of podcast episodes.

@Massivecarcrash 3 жыл бұрын

Tolkien seemed like he took great pleasure in acting like he was a professor in Middleearthology, not the creator of it.

@donerzombie1349 3 жыл бұрын

Ardology*

@donaldgrove2249 3 жыл бұрын

Almost as though he were a student of his own imagination. You've got a point.

@dangerjoe8911 3 жыл бұрын

But it makes sense. Any fantasy/scifi author or otherwise worldbuilder can tell you, the more coherent you try to make your lore, the more questions appear where you can approximate an answer, but not certainly know it.

@nickprado7952 3 жыл бұрын

Great observation

@Serai3 3 жыл бұрын

He wasn't putting on airs. Not all storytellers see themselves as the source of their tales. He believed he wasn't inventing his stories, but that they were _given_ to him. That's why he always said he would "have to find out" whenever someone asked him something he hadn't thought about.

@ScarlettOcean92 2 жыл бұрын

I love so much that Tolkien, the great linguist, who created tons of written and oral languages, even got fired up over a linguistic rule like 'dwarfs' that he considered stupid and just decided to do whatever tf he wanted 😂 Our professors' motto in film school was always "know the rules well so that you know how, why, and when to break them." That's just like what Tolkien did!

@Mr12Relic 3 ай бұрын

I'm doing the same thing in a story by adding incorrect colloquialisms in the dialogue, like 'comfterble'.

@Melqhii 2 жыл бұрын

"Catch these hands" - Sauron

@planetofthegames2843 3 ай бұрын

"Tickle tickle"

@naturalone6529 3 жыл бұрын

Props to the guy who actually has figured out the Silmarillion. That stuff is *dense.*

@szabok1999 3 жыл бұрын

Give it a second read. It gets easier to understand.

@angelwings06 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I'm on my second attempt at reading it. It's taking a lot of brain power. 😅

@naturalone6529 3 жыл бұрын

@@angelwings06 Kudos to you for giving it another shot! I finished it, put the book down, and proceeded to question what I had just read.

@ufc990 3 жыл бұрын

@@szabok1999 1 reread is not enough...

@anatypicallyhumanperson7200 3 жыл бұрын

It made more sense to me after listening to an audiobook of it with my wife on a road trip. I found that listening to it read to me help seat the story in my understanding.

@halinasarapata5611 3 жыл бұрын

Is it just me, or should they devote an entire big series to this guy talking Tolkien stuff?

@tarnished_knight_ 3 жыл бұрын

Check out his "exploring the lord of the rings" podcast! It's been a joy.

@alexdevitry7842 3 жыл бұрын

We spend a couple hours talking about Tolkien stuff on discord every tuesday!!! Google Exploring the Lord of The Rings!

@NostalgiNorden 3 жыл бұрын

You can get the 10 year version of this by going trough his thousands of podcast episodes.

@alejandrogarza7505 3 жыл бұрын

Is it on spotify?

@halinasarapata5611 3 жыл бұрын

@@NostalgiNorden you guys just made my day :D

@baileysircy9888 Жыл бұрын

I love how Tolkien responds to questions like he is discovering the answers through study and not that he’s making it up lol

@marcusrelicus728 Жыл бұрын

As far as he was concerned he was. He felt that the story he was writing already existed and that he was finding it - telling this sort of hidden history if you will

@Nerobyrne 10 ай бұрын

@@marcusrelicus728 Reminds me of a quote by a stone mason: "I don't carve a statue, I reveal it."

@tylerphilco 2 жыл бұрын

Even Gandalf doesn’t remember his former role. He died. His gray self was killed. His gray role. I like that description of the different colors. He basically became a whole new wizard with vague backups of his previous life. He knows his goal and the people Important in that goal.

@magicmanscott40k 2 жыл бұрын

I'm watching the movie when I saw this and yes he admits he died. This is like the 6th time he died.

@fezii9043 2 жыл бұрын

No, he remembers his past life just fine. He remembers his friendships with the fellowship, with Bilbo, he remembers middle earth, all that jazz Edit: me idiot

@QualityPen 2 жыл бұрын

To Gandalf the White his former life is a distant memory, like remembering something which happened to you many years ago.

@PDBisht Жыл бұрын

It's like upgrading the software for new, more hard jobs.

@scallie6462 10 ай бұрын

@@fezii9043 in the books while he speaking to Aragorn Legolas and Gimli and fangorn Forest they call him Gandalf and he sits there for a second recollecting that name and then says "yes, that was my name." As if he did not immedietley know it.

@sammulhall 3 жыл бұрын

A few fun facts for those who are curious: Merry and Pippin were buried at Gondor, and Aragorn was buried alongside them when he died at the age of 210 (after being king for over a century). Following his death, Legolas and Gimli built a ship and sailed off to Valinor together.

@maggiezhao9056 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe we don’t know about gimli

@sianavassileva403 3 жыл бұрын

Wait how do you know that

@sammulhall 3 жыл бұрын

@@sianavassileva403 appendix D in Return of the King: “In this year on March 1st came at last the Passing of King Elessar. It is said that the beds of Meriadoc and Peregrin were set beside the bed of the great king. Then Legolas built a grey ship in Ithilien, and sailed down Anduin and so over Sea; and with him, it is said, went Gimli the Dwarf. And when that ship passed an end was come in the Middle-earth of the Fellowship of the Ring.”

@sianavassileva403 3 жыл бұрын

@@sammulhall i love that, thank you!

@nicholascroixet8089 3 жыл бұрын

U a mega nerd

@alexandersmith7061 3 жыл бұрын

I love how this guy makes Tolkien’s world so comprehensible and easy to understand

@beasmith3386 3 жыл бұрын

It sounds so real, like it materialistically exists, right? 🙂

@alexandersmith7061 3 жыл бұрын

Bea Smith yes

@MensHominis 3 жыл бұрын

I think it's a bit of an issue of whether you are a book person. I haven't done more than reading & listening to LotR multiple times and (only) listening to both the Silmarillion and the elongated "The Children of Húrin" multiple times, and I could have answered most of these questions without checking, too. Tolkien's language isn't as easy as modern fantasy novels written for us young folks, sure, but it's absolutely worth it! I wouldn't necessarily call it complicated, it's just awfully *much.* :D Still, I loved to see this man elaborate on it!

@Dorderhan 3 жыл бұрын

Tolkien's mythos isn't especially that hard to understand, it's just sooooo dense. It can really put you off if you're not ready for it! I personally love it

@SpXPtwn 3 жыл бұрын

Great name/ avatar btw 👍🏻✌🏼🤙🏼

@j3011 2 жыл бұрын

The Rohirrim be like: this is our king; King, son of King

@waynemarvin5661 2 жыл бұрын

Way too many children in this comment section. "Be like"? Learn to speak the language if you want to be understood.

@j3011 2 жыл бұрын

@@waynemarvin5661 no. I can speak english "properly" but why do that here? If people understand what I mean and it's not a formal setting I dont see why I should write like it's an essay.

@TherealDanielleNelson 2 жыл бұрын

@@j3011 I understood what you ment!

@j3011 2 жыл бұрын

@@TherealDanielleNelson nice

@TayDoesStuff 2 жыл бұрын

@@waynemarvin5661 we all understood what was said. Screw off.

@steelwarrior105 2 жыл бұрын

"I am Saruman, or Saruman as he should have been." One of my favorite quotes

@Tar-Numendil 3 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised no one asked about the biggest enigma and mystery in Tolkien's Legendarium: Tom Bombadil.

@hunterg24 3 жыл бұрын

He will be the last, as he was the first

@JesusFriedChrist 3 жыл бұрын

He may perhaps be the anthropomorphic manifestation of Arda itself. There are many theories, nothing is made quite clear.

@Tar-Numendil 3 жыл бұрын

@@JesusFriedChrist My theory is that he is a part of Eru, that would explain why the Ring has no effect on him and why he is referred to as the Master and the Eldest by himself and Goldberry.

@audrinaparshall3294 3 жыл бұрын

Yeeeessssss

@LeoSienna 3 жыл бұрын

Oh come on, we all know that he doesn't have an answer for that. Nobody does, except Tolkien himself

@mattpeterson3574 3 жыл бұрын

Can we get maybe two more parts of this? And then maybe idk make like “extended” versions of each part???

@mattyrose8937 3 жыл бұрын

I would watch that, then watch them again with the professor explaining how he came to his answers as an additional voiceover 😂

@beasmith3386 3 жыл бұрын

😄😄😄😄😄 I'd watch!

@avikpram 3 жыл бұрын

Director's cut and the blue ray and finally in 4K. we want all ...

@fictionnation 3 жыл бұрын

Patience

@rachelhayes3376 3 жыл бұрын

Look up Signum University. Dr. Corey Olsen teaches multiple courses, some you can find for free on YT.

@mailthatstrash 2 жыл бұрын

The response to the Denethor/Theoden questions warmed my heart

@johns1625 2 жыл бұрын

In the chapter "Of the Maiar" it says that Olorin (Gandalf) walked unseen for many years with the Elves and even took up Elven form among them. There are then many "mysterious Elf Lords" taking part in very important missions without any title given to them. For example when the Silmaril set in the Nauglamir returns to the Elves after the death of Beren and Luthien, it was taken to them by a single Elf lord, which seems an extremely risky mission to take alone unless you are actually Olorin? What do you think?

@VindictiveDesign Жыл бұрын

yes

@johns1625 Жыл бұрын

I've thought about this for six more months and about eight more audiobook completions (lol) and the more I think about it the more I think it's just coincidence. But it is amazing how Tolkiens works seem to have their own built in mysteries like this! Reading more of his own letters it seems he himself saw these mysteries as very fascinating. It's the only Mythos I've found that is capable of doing this and retaining consistency.

@Nerobyrne 10 ай бұрын

That's the most Gandalf thing ever ^^ "Oh wow thanks for doing this basically impossible task for us!" "Oh don't mention it. EVER!"

@brainkrieg1423 9 ай бұрын

@@Nerobyrneand then he just dipped out and didn't come back for a few hundred years

@g-wagon_starbucks_run 3 жыл бұрын

man, gandalf's main job was to go around & support folks. what a guy :')

@AleehFM94 3 жыл бұрын

And smoke pipeweed. Chillest job on Middle-Earth

@Vesdus 3 жыл бұрын

His entire job was to ride around everywhere in order to poke and prod people intellectually.

@derpynerdy6294 3 жыл бұрын

he’s looking for that WeeD which could easily currupt anyone

@saniwa655 2 жыл бұрын

Gandalf is basically the equivalent of a tired, underpaid social worker.

@magik4t 2 жыл бұрын

And by that, part of his job was to let the other guys in the party take full exp

@AraAra-zc2eb 3 жыл бұрын

Amazon should hire this guy as a consultant for their LOTR project instead of making it GoT with elves.

@tarkus2455 3 жыл бұрын

Good taste in books AND artists.

@drunken_corsar 2 ай бұрын

5:23 If Torin & Co had compases, it would definetely help them to find a right direction in the Mirkwood. The fact that Bilbo needed to climb the tree to determine where is East says that they navigated mostly by sun and some mountain peaks.

@muhaiminzulkarnain5628 2 жыл бұрын

I want this dude to sit down, watch the extended version of the trilogy, and give his commentary. And not just comment on stuff. But pause and give an entire explanation. Thank you very much.

@yonigle8553 Жыл бұрын

annotated audiobook

@Inkal321 3 жыл бұрын

This is such pure non toxic top level geekness it makes me feel warm and safe inside and I didn't know I missed that.

@patrickripleyiii134 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's way better when people can be excited about something without gatekeeping

@LordVader1094 2 жыл бұрын

@@patrickripleyiii134 Gatekeeping good

@MichaelB_93 2 жыл бұрын

Starting an answer with "thats a great question" does such a lot and rekindles my love for learning.

@fawnieee 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly the Tolkien fandom are some of the most welcoming and kind people I have ever met.

@NMN_CP 2 жыл бұрын

best comment ever!

@abby7772 3 жыл бұрын

I adore hearing about Tolkien's mythologies in a casual or straightforward way like this.

@infallibleblue 3 жыл бұрын

Sam. This real world in 2020 and 2021 is depressing.

@reggaedublover 3 жыл бұрын

same! never find answers as straightforward as these on reddit and quora forums.

@miragemirage3670 3 жыл бұрын

It did- that’s the whole point with Tolkien; he hid it in his stories and wanted to guide us...

@loretta2539 3 жыл бұрын

I was honestly thinking he was gonna say "come guys... read the books! / whaaat?! How do you not know this??!" But no. He explains and goes "good question!". I could honestly watch his yt channel if he has one.

@tarasadowski7467 2 жыл бұрын

Check out Signum University

@Amp661 2 жыл бұрын

Well yeah, read the books. No one needs a Tolkien professors experience to help someone along the way.

@hannahobbensiefken6856 2 жыл бұрын

I haven't listened to it yet but his podcast is supposed to be really good. Or the Prancing Pony Podcast which also works through all of Tolkiens texts. I have been listening to them over the past year and they are amazing! They also have an interview with Corey and other experts on Tolkien.

@Awkwardtunity 2 жыл бұрын

Just watched the first movie again after a few years, and I still don’t think anybody could have done it better. Not only did they translate the story well for the screen, but they also managed to replicate the FEELING of the book. That’s what I ask of movies based on books. Give me the sane feeling I get when I read it, even if some events are changed to better fit a 2-3 hour experience.

@captaincrash9002 2 жыл бұрын

to bad the other two movies don't acchieve that...

@thegirlwhoreadstoomuch9339 Жыл бұрын

Except they didn't add Tom Bombadil in the movies. I was really, really looking forward to seeing Tom Bombadil, and they didn't have him. Which was disappointing.

@thegirlwhoreadstoomuch9339 11 ай бұрын

Looking at Disney's Black Cauldron movie. It's my favorite book, and they trashed it.

@BungeeGum_ 3 жыл бұрын

This guy needs a YT channel. He actually knows and he’s not a Wikipedia YT like most of Tolkien YT creators.

@musigalglo 3 жыл бұрын

He has one! kzfaq.info

@TheSpecialJ11 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah he sounds like the guy who writes the Wiki, not reads it.

@logan7882 3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Most youtube creators are fundamentally entertainers, not scholars. Whether that is a bad thing or not is up for interpretation

@drunkduck9854 3 жыл бұрын

hxh fan?

@Serai3 3 жыл бұрын

I wish Tom Shippey would do a YT series on Tolkien. His books on the subject are masterful.

@MarkelleRayneeSheree 3 жыл бұрын

I like how writers like JK Rowling just comes up with additions to the story and pretends like it was always there. She always acts like there are no mysteries to her or things she didn't think about. And then there's Tolkien, who's like "yea I don't know what happened to the Entwives. I think they might be dead. Not sure." 😂

@raineeace 3 жыл бұрын

Facts. I mean at least he admits he didn’t think about that and leaves it for his readers’ interpretation. Wholesome enough.

@Flash4ML 3 жыл бұрын

That’s because Middle Earth is a world. The world of Harry Potter is a franchise, no comparison to Tolkien’s invention, creation, whatever you want to call it

@frozenweevil4022 3 жыл бұрын

@@Flash4ML I call it his MASTERPIECE

@maidenchick1307 3 жыл бұрын

I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT and yeah that just shows how tolkien RESPECTS the world he created, he doesn’t know it all and he’s not just gonna come up with random stuff

@TrenceA 3 жыл бұрын

@@raineeace oh, he thought about it. He just couldn’t find an answer that would fit his standards.

@tiger_3723 2 жыл бұрын

I distinctly remember in part of the wrap up, Tolkien said that after Aragorn died Arwen kissed her children, went to Lothlorien and laid down in the leaves. Not that she died, but that she laid down and went to sleep. That doesn't say she gave up her immortality, just that she gave up on life and slept for the rest of the world because she was sad. Which is a serious bummer, if you ask me

@derpyvillager2606 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, too bad she couldn’t go to the undying land or something other

@tiger_3723 2 жыл бұрын

@@derpyvillager2606 I refuse to believe she didn't. I firmly believe that her dad waited and then sent a ship to go get her. I refuse to believe that her family just abandoned her forever

@rgallitan 2 жыл бұрын

Sad thought, but no. Tolkien may not have made it clear regarding Arwen herself, but it's made perfectly clear elsewhere what happens to half-elves who choose to be counted among mortals (which Arwen does in marrying Aragorn): they die. They do apparently have some power to choose *when* they die. Elrond's twin brother Elros chose mortality, but also chose to live to like 500. But eventually die they must. Taken in that context, it's pretty clear what Arwen does in Lothlorien is choose her time to die, and lays down to do so. For what it's worth, her spirit may then have been immediately reunited with Aragorn's, wherever it is that mortal spirits go, beyond the circles of the world.

@tar-elenionmaranwe1275 Жыл бұрын

@@tiger_3723 Her family was Aragorn and her children.

@beebyboy777 3 жыл бұрын

Biggest lord of the ring question of all time. Do the Orcs have restaurants. Is that why they knew “meat was back on the menu?”

@TheJosep70 3 жыл бұрын

Right, they should be careful with modern expressions which are out of place. I watched the trilogy recently and I caught some but I don't remember them now.

@SimoExMachina2 3 жыл бұрын

Orc is what a normal person turns into when a vegetarian gets to dictate his cuisine. The animal brain needs them proteins and if I don't get my stake, I'm going berserk too.

@doppelbanger5797 3 жыл бұрын

Surely the orcs trade goods with one another some level, meat is on a menu somewhere

@KamikazeCommie501 3 жыл бұрын

Orcs are French-Canadians

@yods03 3 жыл бұрын

There are a lot of inns in Middle-earth. They must have encountered them during raids and made fun (and food) of the innkeepers and guests, as well as human customs, hence the menus. lol

@mazayashah213 3 жыл бұрын

He's so nice and welcoming to people who aren't as knowledgable about Tolkien and his works!

@Asagarui 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he's not a gatekeeper. He's a good tour guide.

@natewelsh6623 3 жыл бұрын

He’s amazing! I messaged him on FB maybe 8 years ago with a Silmarillion themed question and a few weeks later he got back to me and we had a great back and forth!

@IdkWhateverPs 2 жыл бұрын

@@awesomeferret How? Most people including me can't see that at all

@jonsnowight9510 2 жыл бұрын

"A suburb of Mordor" That's a rough neighborhood.

@username12342 2 жыл бұрын

This guy seems to have so much fun while talking about Tolkien. I'm having a lot of fun listening. I'm super glad he's doing this!

@heidic5404 3 жыл бұрын

Sauron to his enemies: "You're about to catch these hands!"

@harpreetuppal1179 3 жыл бұрын

Talk to the hand 🤚

@nathandust 3 жыл бұрын

🎵 Do you want to fight me Do you want to catch these hands 🎵

@julianbueno699 3 жыл бұрын

Sauron should have gone full Bud Spencer

@jayluck8047 3 жыл бұрын

“They look like big, strong hands, don’t they?”

@Ehrmann_Gregsson 3 жыл бұрын

"Why did you kill 20 people?" "Ah, ya know...Melkor..."

@Ismael-kc3ry 3 жыл бұрын

That’s right Your Honor

@WideMouth 3 жыл бұрын

In Arda that would technically be true, at least indirectly

@falseking989 2 жыл бұрын

I have limited Tolkien knowledge, but Cory did such a great job articulating Tolkien I was able to understand him.

@Suho1004 2 жыл бұрын

Found this by way of part 2. As a Tolkien nerd, I love this! Also, my allergies started acting up when he was talking about Arwen's choice. Gets me every time.

@nicolebee3283 3 жыл бұрын

Sauron using his hands to fight makes it make way more sense how he lost his finger

@corruptangel6793 3 жыл бұрын

I can imagine him rushing into the Alliance's army lines, literally ripping through them, rending armor and shattering them with slaps and punches.

@janedunsworth8728 2 жыл бұрын

Well, except that Isildur cut his ring finger off after he was "killed," or whatever word you want to use for his permanent disembodiment at the hands of Elendil and Gil-galad. His body was already lying there inert when Isildur did that.

@thebandit0256 2 жыл бұрын

He used a golden gun and a red fencing lightsaber

@aaronruf8421 2 жыл бұрын

@@corruptangel6793 Madara during the war style?

@corruptangel6793 2 жыл бұрын

@@aaronruf8421 more or less

@VikingerOnYT 3 жыл бұрын

The video any Tolkien fan has been waiting for 🤩

@BrothersuKnow 3 жыл бұрын

Hey there old friend, we meet again

@probablynotmyname8521 3 жыл бұрын

To be fair most of us (who have read the books a few times) already knew this anyway.

@WhatDemocracy 3 жыл бұрын

@@probablynotmyname8521 to be fair just as many people haven't read the books.... I just started reading hobbit last week

@thesponge836 3 жыл бұрын

*Hobbit-heads

@sillwullivan83 3 жыл бұрын

Fancy seeing you here

@tholgrimstonebeard5943 Жыл бұрын

The question and answer at 840 are just amazing. Describing Sauron as being unable to create beauty... that's exactly the kind of thing that C.S Lewis would write. Could this be the influence of his friend on Tolkein's theology.

@Saimeren 3 күн бұрын

I like this guy. He actually explains things and doesn't just expect that you've read all the material. He makes things make sense.

@Watergrovey 3 жыл бұрын

Saruman promoted himself to “Saruman of Many Colors”.

@louielefou 3 жыл бұрын

Which makes way more sense now thank you

@Orcsimer 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@taloob493 3 жыл бұрын

And it was at that point when gandalf realized that saruman had completely lost it

@yunaru3643 3 жыл бұрын

Saruman the Rainbow haha

@MarkFilipAnthony 3 жыл бұрын

Saruman the LGBT: S: "Gandalf! I will have all the genders!!" G: "When did saruman the wise, abandon reason for madness?!" S: *rainbow attacks!*

@thepaper888 3 жыл бұрын

I like this theatrical release but I need the extended edition.

@TennyConductor 2 жыл бұрын

People with this much energy and passion are such a treat to listen to

@alexporter7379 3 жыл бұрын

Man he really underplayed the influence of Christianity on Tolkien. When humans die, their souls join Eru Iluvatar, which is very reminiscent of the faithful joining the Kingdom of Heaven when they die.

@mapfield13 3 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't trust a Tolkien "scholar" who doesn't acknowledge the influence of Tolkien's faith on his stories

@randumgaming 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Not to mention, the "difference" he mentioned between the marring of the world by the Satan figure, and the curse placed on the world by God after the seduction of Adam and Eve by Satan in the Garden are exactly the same, not different at all.

@tilltronje1623 3 жыл бұрын

@@mapfield13 except he does

@felipecavalheiro7971 2 жыл бұрын

@@mapfield13 i say the same.

@lucaswinsor4469 2 жыл бұрын

@@tilltronje1623 He does downplay it quite a bit, though that could be the fault of him being unfamiliar with The Old Testament as a whole.

@warriorcatskid003 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite things to explain to people who hasn’t read the Silm is “The world is flat but only if you’re an elf”

@Nicolas-lg6ys 3 жыл бұрын

Explain for us casuals please

@warriorcatskid003 3 жыл бұрын

@@Nicolas-lg6ys it’s the thing about the “straight road” that he goes over in the video, but phrased funnier

@juusovuolle8251 3 жыл бұрын

@@Nicolas-lg6ys mortals cannot pass to the west to the holy land of the elves and the guardians of the world the valar and their servants maiar who dwell in there. But to elves there excists a path through the sea. But only Cirdan the shipwright knows how to make a ship that can make the extremely long journey that one must make to reach it.

@francesatty7022 3 жыл бұрын

"Legolas! What do your elf-eyes see?" Legolas can see further because he's an elf and ignores the fact that the world is round

@juusovuolle8251 3 жыл бұрын

@@francesatty7022 "someone has keener eyesight that means the world isn't round" yeah solid argument there buddy. Now go lie down so those two peas in your head don't accidentally fall off.

@johnnyringo5777 3 жыл бұрын

Melkor: I have corrupted and killed all across creation. How hurt you must be Iluvatar: literally nothing you do has any consequence Melkor:😐

@feanor1488 3 жыл бұрын

"And deep in their dark hearts the Orcs loathed the Master whom they served in fear, the maker only of their misery. This it may be was the vilest deed of Melkor, and the most hateful to Illuvatar" Illuvatar must have been a little hurt about this.

@aliebrubaker7473 3 жыл бұрын

I mean... I don't think the Elves and Men of Beleriand would agree with the big boss on this point. Ask Hurin and his kids about it...

@coyotepeyote 3 жыл бұрын

@@feanor1488 i don't think so, because on a long enough timeline Iluvatar knew it would sort itself out.

@selonianth 3 жыл бұрын

@@aliebrubaker7473 I'm pretty sure the Elves know it just as well as Eru does. The men might disagree, but that's not really the point or... relevant as cold as it might sound. What happens to them may be horrible, but it also won't change anything in the grand scheme of things. It happened, but the ripples of it's happening only echo so far.

@mont9150 3 жыл бұрын

god : THIS IS ALL MY PLAN ALL ALONG!

@togofar 3 жыл бұрын

Love how much fun he's having answering those questions. A true nerd in his element.

@fleezybaby 2 жыл бұрын

i like the role idea. it makes sense of the "sarumon as he should have been" line, and it's makes sense why Gandalf was given the Ring of Power he has.

@joshuakramer9059 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool to see Corey Olsen getting more recognition. The dude is a hero for making deep Tolkien scholarship accessible to everyone.

@asmith1022 3 жыл бұрын

10000x this.

@Amp661 2 жыл бұрын

It isn't really hard. Just read and study the material. It's not hard to be like him.

@masamune2984 3 жыл бұрын

Saruman: originally intended to help lead the strong. Gandalf: originally intended to help encourage those who wrongly think they are weak. Blue Wizards: intended to help the “already fallen” see the light, which is why they sent two.😊 Radagast: intended to help encourage animals and nature.

@stephenbarrett8861 3 жыл бұрын

They represented the interests of the particular Valar to whose peoples they belonged. Eg. Radagast represents in interests of Yavanna. Saurman and Sauron were both of the peoples of Aule and both fell to corruption. Gandalf/Olorin was sent by Manwe and Varda and remained faithful. Tolkien describes Aule and Melkor as being the most similar in terms of skills. Although I believe Gandalf was of the people of of Irmo.

@theblackbabygoat6876 3 жыл бұрын

I need Gandalf and the blue wizards right now :")

@Somehowstillkicking 3 жыл бұрын

so now that Gandalf took over as white, did the job become a mix? like- 'Intended lead and guide those in time of need'??

@martinxvidxb 3 жыл бұрын

@@theblackbabygoat6876 If possible talk to your friends about it. If it would be too difficult, reach out for some professional help, e.g. coach or therapist via video call. I hope you will be OK. May the light of Valinor shines on your path. Whey I need to cheer up, I remember alarm clock that indicates upon ringing: If Frodo could get to Mordor, you can get up. :-)

@theblackbabygoat6876 3 жыл бұрын

@@martinxvidxb Thank you, kind ser :)) Your words send encouragements I didn't know I needed.

@frozenweevil4022 3 жыл бұрын

It’s so funny how JK Rowling is putting answers to everything to make a “well thought world” while running it into the ground, yet JRR’s masterpiece, for what happens to the Blue Wizards, he’s just like IDK. It shows that having an answer doesn’t make it good, it’s the thought and care.

@michaelvedal1907 3 жыл бұрын

Tolkien knew that explanations would tear down mysteries. So every time he did, he alluded to more mysteries and stories. That is why this is so good, because there isnt answers to every single thing.

@CharterForGaming 2 жыл бұрын

It also kept open avenues that he could expand upon if he ever thought of a way that worked well in the overal story of middle-earth

@svea-rikehenningsen835 2 жыл бұрын

It also leaves Readers to find their own Answers that they want to believe in, or that they see as plausible. It makes us more invested in Middleearth.

@jeffreygao3956 2 жыл бұрын

Plus, all Just Kidding/Joanne Karen Rowling does with her retcons is raising more questions.

@thegirlwhoreadstoomuch9339 Жыл бұрын

I wish she would just stick to putting answers to everything in her Harry Potter world. There are many more plotholes in Harry Potter than in any of J.R.R.Tolkien's books.

@thefallcor1 2 жыл бұрын

i like to think this guy doesn't stop and check any notes and just has stuff like "appendix a in return of the king" off the top of his head

@dismasthepenitent569 3 жыл бұрын

"Are there any other towns in the Shire except Hobbiton?" Me, as a LotRO player: My time is now

@fredriks5090 3 жыл бұрын

TLDR; Tolkien is a historian, with artistic alterations.

@Diomedene 3 жыл бұрын

Say, I have this funny tasting pie...

@dismasthepenitent569 3 жыл бұрын

@@Diomedene Nopenopenopenope PTSD activated

@gardengrovespin 3 жыл бұрын

Learned those places while delivering so much post

@jp3109 3 жыл бұрын

Was thinking this as well! Haha

@freakymoejoe2 3 жыл бұрын

I agree with Tolkien. The pluralization of dwarf is stupid. And at this point I feel like Tolkien kinda deserves to be the authority on this matter

@loka7783 3 жыл бұрын

I am a long time role player (D&D and the like) and I agree with you. Dwarfs just seems like something a child might say.

@huonsmith 3 жыл бұрын

I literally thought it was dwarves until I saw this video.

@ruairimusic2747 3 жыл бұрын

I play Warhammer and I always refer to my Dwarves as DwarVES - for me it sounds less child fairy-tale (snow white and the seven dwarfs)

@SugarfreeYT 3 жыл бұрын

One half, many halves. One calf, many calves. One wharf, many wharves. One dwarf, many dwarves. Seems obvious to me. Tolkien was, lets face it, kinda kooky.

@freakymoejoe2 3 жыл бұрын

@@SugarfreeYT you're calling Tolkien kooky despite agreeing with him?

@whitepaint7870 3 жыл бұрын

Never seen anything remotely related to lord of rings, you have no idea how confused i am

@BlueMit11 3 жыл бұрын

It's like Fast and the Furious except with wizards, dwarfs, elves, hobbits, rings, dragons, magic, swords, horses, made up languages, and mushrooms...instead of cars.

@MimiYuYu 3 жыл бұрын

@@BlueMit11 😂😂🤣🤣🤣

@kirstymca 2 жыл бұрын

@@BlueMit11 Mushrooms?

@zubakx4961 2 жыл бұрын

@@kirstymca See Chapter 4 of the first book: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Short Cut to Mushrooms"

@kirstymca 2 жыл бұрын

@@zubakx4961 Of course, yes! :-D

@CaroleWillett 2 жыл бұрын

The way you described the theology of Eru vs. Melkor is actually EXACTLY like God vs. Satan of Christianity. Pretty cool really ^_^

@pablotorres4674 2 жыл бұрын

Tolkien was Catholic. So He based his mithology on the Bible and christian beliefs...

@tropictom5996 3 жыл бұрын

So the Entwives lived in the suburbs of Mordor. I smell a reality TV show: Suburban Entwives of Mordor

@alicewyan 3 жыл бұрын

Shush, you'll wake up the Entkaren!

@JustPlayTheGame76 3 жыл бұрын

O M G! Did you see the color of her leaves? What was she thinking?

@TheMangArtist 3 жыл бұрын

Desperate Entwives.

@zlinedavid 3 жыл бұрын

The Real Entwives Of The Morgul Vale

@theaterofsouls 3 жыл бұрын

hahahaha

@sol5759 3 жыл бұрын

-"this video i like it" *smashes video on the floor* -"ANOTHER!!"

@killthefoozle 2 жыл бұрын

Other Shire locations: Brockenborings Frogmorton Needlehole Scary (Yes. Scary) Waymoot Willowbuttom Also Buckland is technically outside of The Shire, being beyond the Brandywine river, a natural border. A hobbit-independent country as you will.

@rich925cal1 Жыл бұрын

The reason we all love and respect Tolkien’s works for seemingly all time is simply because he created a throughly thought out, beautiful fantasy world that parallels our own in the constant struggle of evil trying to overtake the good, and even at moments of pure despair and suffering, everyone pulls together and puts aside their differences to overcome the evil and they’re successful at it! Who wouldn’t love that? It’s just beautiful.

@whoknows8264 3 жыл бұрын

"Where are the entwives?" Tolkien: "I don't know? Dead maybe?" : o

@Brave_Aviator 3 жыл бұрын

Lol yes Tolkien himself doesn’t know

@erynlasgalen1949 3 жыл бұрын

Well, there was that tree seen walking through the Shire. I like to think there's one Entwife left.

@natsinthebelfry 3 жыл бұрын

For anyone interested in reading The Silmarillion, the Tolkien Professor's "Silmarillion Seminar" podcast adds incredible context, insight, and enjoyment to the experience! I couldn't recommend it more highly.

@MadKatBoss 3 жыл бұрын

Should I listen to the podcast before or after reading the book?

@natsinthebelfry 3 жыл бұрын

@@MadKatBoss There's one episode per chapter, so I'd suggest reading a chapter and then listening to the corresponding episode afterward. Keep your book handy while you listen, just in case you want to revisit something they're discussing.

@smeagolmazurenko5238 3 жыл бұрын

Holy crap that guy has so many hours of talk on it

@Mare_Man 2 жыл бұрын

@@smeagolmazurenko5238 iirc, the entire War of the Ring takes up about a page and a half of the Silmarillion. There's a lot to go through.

@robertofulton 2 жыл бұрын

I keep trying to read the silmarillion. It’s way to heavy

@johnskrabut7235 2 жыл бұрын

What an awesome and well done video. Super entertaining and lively Q & A. Tolkien was one of a kind, but sometimes can be a bit long in the tooth when it comes to the letters and appendices. This guy is able to make even these more grindy aspects palatable and fun.

@music8419 2 жыл бұрын

Okay.. now is a good time to call this guy and ask about black elf, And black dwarf and the amazon lotr trailer

@unpopularopinion5022 2 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hZuVp8SJ3Jixl4U.html&ab_channel=IGN

@joshuampayne 3 жыл бұрын

people who keep saying that Stephen Colbert should "battle" him or should replace this guy: Colbert has been a fan of Cory Olsen for many years and has openly talked about listening to The Tolkien Professor podcast before. EDIT: Also what I mean is that they shouldn't "challenge" each other to see who knows more, to see who can stump who... but rather Stephen should DEFINITELY have Cory on to chat Tolkien stuff and I think that's REALLY what the people want!

@DreamGallery 3 жыл бұрын

The Lord of the Rings Cast Now (2020) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hNWFg6xk1ra5qok.html

@nicholasmapes 3 жыл бұрын

Colbert is a hack... this guy is way better

@theblackbabygoat6876 3 жыл бұрын

HE'S GOT A PODCAST???

@rahilario 3 жыл бұрын

@@nicholasmapes Right? Colbert keeps mispronouncing names and it genuinely feels like the show is playing up his knowledge of the stuff. He always sounds like he's just reading lines in recent years when it's Tolkien-related.

@MasterBombadillo 3 жыл бұрын

@@rahilario You are attacking Colbert for mispronouncing names while this guy does that too? I don't care about their mispronunciations unless they act as if they are correct, but at least try to make sound arguments please. Dunno about that last part because I don't watch him that often, but to me he seemed like the guy that's a little obsessed with Tolkien and has fun talking about LotR. Of course, prone to make mistakes, and less obsessed compared to many of us.

@SpirusOfH 3 жыл бұрын

The orcs are a mockery of elves just as the Black Speech is a mockery of Elven.

@AbrahamArthemius 3 жыл бұрын

So does the Trolls which is kind of a mockery of the Ents.

@lcflngn 3 жыл бұрын

@Darren Fred wtf, what on earth are you on about?

@matthewreese7710 3 жыл бұрын

@@AbrahamArthemius well, every one of Morgoth’s forces was, like the dragons: eagles, goblins: dwarves, the trolls and orcs like previously stated, and even the balrogs are to Maiar, though they weren’t really of Morgoth’s making, they chose to join him themselves, though he got them to through deception.

@Mister.Weatherbee 3 жыл бұрын

@Darren Fred no, they are not.

@PhoenixRiseinFlame 3 жыл бұрын

Evil as the corruption of the good

@commandrogyne 2 жыл бұрын

I think the most interesting entwives theory ive seen is that theyre giant bees, playing into the concept of pollination of trees and the line treebeard had about not remembering much, if anything about them. I dont know how much its texually supported, but i enjoy it, i like the idea of big bees in the world (and yes, there are already bees in middle earth, they have mead!)

@ct4888 Жыл бұрын

Hey I know this is late, but in The Hobbit, Beorn is said to have giant bees on his property. I don't know if there are any other explanations for them, or exactly how big they were, but it is food for thought.

@commandrogyne Жыл бұрын

@@ct4888 ooh interesting!! I dont think this is what you were suggesting, but the idea that the entwives all went to beorn's house and just chilled there for ages is kinda funny im not gonna lie

@shojodraws3399 2 жыл бұрын

I was today years old when I realized that there is such thing as a Tolkien scholar.

@bryanolsen8714 3 жыл бұрын

The Tolkien universe is endless. Hopefully they can do another episode!

@emryswalton1802 3 жыл бұрын

It's a paracosm!

@FoulPet 3 жыл бұрын

Silmarillion

@katherineneville5304 3 жыл бұрын

scarf-scarves : dwarf-dwarves

@Neceros 3 жыл бұрын

Tolkien must have been some sort of savant. The way he can remember the details of each character, species, class, politics, geography, etc is astounding to me. I'm great at coming up with plot and twists, but I'm horrible at remembering it. He was quite a genius.

@shaggyfeng9110 3 жыл бұрын

next episode: former orc solder finds his true self as a trans-dwarf and join the free people of the middle earth.

@ledfloyd9035 3 жыл бұрын

As great as the movies are, it doesn't even scratch the surface of how deep Tolkiens world was

@incanusolorin2607 3 жыл бұрын

There were dozens of movies made based on Tolkien’s works. Which ones are you talking about?

@ledfloyd9035 3 жыл бұрын

@@incanusolorin2607 the title of this clip should help add context.

@ledfloyd9035 3 жыл бұрын

@@incanusolorin2607 regardless, I could be referring to all of them. Doesn't matter my point is still relevant.

@harley258 3 жыл бұрын

I don't agree at all. I find these hot-take postulates absolutely resentful.

@ethancoffey3491 3 жыл бұрын

@@BLINDCABBY amen. The superiority within fan bases can be infuriating

@Serveanthesia 2 жыл бұрын

Ahh, the “what is sauron?” Question. This is what sparked my deep dive into Tolkien’s other works on the late 90’s because it drove me crazy that it wasn’t explained in LotR

@DangeHD 2 жыл бұрын

Kinda same. After hearing the name Melkor and that he is more powerful than sauron i began my deep dive into the lore :D I watched hundreds of videos but i´m just understanding the basics of every age and what happened. It´s crazy how much lore there is to learn and how little the movies actually explain.

@Amp661 2 жыл бұрын

If it's not explained in LOTR. how does the professor know it?

@davidrenton Жыл бұрын

@@Amp661 i think he was referring to the movies

@thomashonjr 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! The best Tolkien content for my degree of understanding since forever. That was me gratuitously praising myself.

@poctordepper4269 3 жыл бұрын

I've studied Tolkien lore for over a full year and I'm just now finding out about this guy

@agasteenbrink 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the black hole that is the Tokienprofessor :D

@Himmyjewett 3 жыл бұрын

Yea a year not going get you anywhere

@delcorep 3 жыл бұрын

This guy not very impressive

@FilipeMiaoumiam 3 жыл бұрын

@Morgan Freeman you're the one who seems salty, you either know him well or you're just making assumptions 🤷🏽‍♂️

@Amp661 2 жыл бұрын

He makes mistakes in this video. Best to ignore him and just read for yourself.

@ML-HS 3 жыл бұрын

I could listen this guy talk about Tolkien for ten hours straight. He knows the stuff. * respectful bow *

@NothingPersonal77 3 жыл бұрын

You bow to no one.

@alexdevitry7842 3 жыл бұрын

You can!! We have about 400+ our of exactly this on his KZfaq channel. Look up Exploring Lord of the Rings Signum University

@jdmills123456789 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool, and amazingly Tolkien’s version of Melkor being ultimately unable to spoil the beauty of the “song” is almost exactly what Christianity claims about the universe.

@jeffreygao3956 2 жыл бұрын

3:44 That's what I thought! I admittedly made the mistake of assuming the wizards had "ranks" earlier. I remember Tolkien said that Gandalf was wiser and more powerful than Saruman and the latter was jealous because of it.

@RavenLotz 3 жыл бұрын

Sauron said “catch these hands” and I like that

@callianr6980 3 жыл бұрын

The History of Arda, Summarized: "Goddammit, Melkor."

@dlxmarks 3 жыл бұрын

That's why Christopher Tolkien chose _Morgoth's Ring_ as the title for the 10th volume of his father's History of Middle-earth series. Melkor invested his personal power into Arda like Sauron invested his in the Ring. That's how mighty Melkor was.

@Oloremo 3 жыл бұрын

Fëanáro entered the chat...

@AeneasGemini 3 жыл бұрын

Tbf, I'm pretty sure all of Morgoth's choices were a part of Eru's plan, so don't, he's doing what he was made to do

@feanor1488 3 жыл бұрын

@@Oloremo Yes I am here, but you are forgetting that I fell for the lies of Melkor and if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have taken the courses that I did.

@Oloremo 3 жыл бұрын

@@feanor1488 You did nothing wrong. ಠ_ಠ

@cameronash5492 3 жыл бұрын

I never realized the parallels between LOTR and Christianity quite interesting.

@balung 3 жыл бұрын

And now Bezos wants to destroy LOTR, that's his plan with his new Amazon TV series, he wants it to be like GOT.

@JainaSoloB312 2 жыл бұрын

@@balung Source?

@gamongames 2 жыл бұрын

The White and Grey Wizards' roles are basically each half of the Avatar's in the AtLA series. To guide, counsel and support, but also lead and deliver justice when needed. cool.

@stefandemerov8423 3 жыл бұрын

5:11 true, colours of the wizards actually mean job description. This is not portrayed in the movies, but in the books when Gandalf takes over the white wizard's job (i. e. to be the arch enemy of Sauron), Saruman LOSES his white wizard status, and actually becomes RAINBOW coloured, i.e. his robes start shifting colours constantly, which seems to mean he's totally lost his purpose. Funny that Saruman considers his new rainbow colour to mean he is universal and above all wizards, but in reality had become unlike any of them, simply purposeless, nothing at all.

@KairuHakubi 2 жыл бұрын

But while there's no automatic rank-up hierarchy, someone else COULD still become the grey wizard now that the position's open, right? It sounds like a pretty fun job to me, you are essentially a life coach.

@tomlienert882 2 жыл бұрын

@@KairuHakubi it’s also possible that the wizards’ cloak colors indicate the Vala they served. Saruman originally served Aule, the smith, and his cloak might symbolize the white heat of metal in a crucible. Gandalf served several Valar, including Nienna, whose province is grief and mercy. His grey cloak is like the ashes worn as a symbol of mourning in some cultures- and could also be camouflage for the fact that he is also a “Servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor”. Radagast served Yavanna, whose province is the “lesser” life, including trees. This would be symbolized by the earth tone of his cloak. The Blue Wizards served Orome the Hunter, who protected the world during the darkness between the destruction of the pillars of light and the blossoming of the Two Trees. The blue of their cloaks, if artists’ depictions are what Tolkien had in mind, could symbolize the night sky before Varda hung the stars as a challenge to Morgoth.

@KairuHakubi 2 жыл бұрын

@@tomlienert882 ahh I love that stuff, that is totally plausible.

@bitchface235 Жыл бұрын

@@tomlienert882 I remember reading that gandalf was a a Maia for lots of valar but in particular he was favored by manwe

@noahcamuso2562 3 жыл бұрын

There’s a part in lotr where Tolkien describes the entwives as becoming more organized and precise, I always read that as they left their wild nature behind to become farmland and orchards

@johnnythemachine6949 3 жыл бұрын

That's why Treebeard asks Merry and Pippin to look for the Entwives when they return to the Shire because that would be a region the Entwives would like

@krangitebacon5039 3 жыл бұрын

theres also a theory that the became enslaved by Sauron and thats how he feeds his massive orc armies, i forget the name of the region, but in Mordor theres an area of land which surrounds a lake and its very fertile, so its possible the entwives were captured and forced to tend to the land for the armies of Mordor

@Nick-ry4mk 3 жыл бұрын

@@krangitebacon5039 I believe you’re thinking of Nurn, which surrounds the sea of Nurnen

@mrperez3084 3 жыл бұрын

I believe if am not mistaken we meet a entwive in shadow of war

@novajohansson3194 3 жыл бұрын

I really like this take!

@bryanusagi1685 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting! I like the idea of “colors” representing roles each Istari took as they traveled to Middle-Earth. Seeing as how the “White” Council which consisted of the wisest and powerful people who were respected, led the fight against Sauron in Middle-Earth. “White” could represent great wisdom that Saruman had before his corruption with the One Ring. And with Gandalf I think he chose Grey as his raiment sort of like a testament or respect to his teacher Nienna, the Lady of Sorrow, whom was described being clothed in Grey. She taught the young Maia much about Pity and Compassion in all life. Then was chosen as one of the messengers to help the free people of Middle-Earth against the fight with Sauron, despite thinking himself weak. I think Grey could represent the role of Compassion and Understanding with the people of Middle-Earth