Understanding THRANDUIL | Middle-Earth Lore

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Today we are celebrating one of our favourite characters from Tolkiens world. Thranduil. Hope you enjoy!
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@TheBrokenSword Жыл бұрын

We are trialling a bit of re-branding with our thumbnails, any feedback? 😁

@DenizenoftheAges Жыл бұрын

I was in love with the old style, but I do not dislike the new style.

@mukkeshmckenzie7386 Жыл бұрын

Prefer the old! Made your channel unique

@annaroselarsen4218 Жыл бұрын

I didn't notice it at first but it fits perfectly

@BlackMoonHowls Жыл бұрын

I am indifferent. Magic is dying in OUR world just the same as it was in theirs. Tolkien was just the intermediary between our world and theirs. Blending Saxon and Norse lore in such a way that it not corrupted, but beautiful, like Muggles and Wizards breeding. HOW do you expect to keep the line going with ONLY Blue and True, ya can't that's the answer. The Daleks will show you, their worst of inbreeding. That only lead to their downfall. The preservation of their own was their undoing, outright. Magic should be absolutely preserved until it cannot be. If we could just figure out a way to combine Technology and Magic in such a way we WILL have The Eternity Cube, or even the LEPRecons. (If you get it, you get it.)

@sicknote1558 Жыл бұрын

This character was well over due

@jordanmince7613 Жыл бұрын

the actor for him in the hobbit was easily one of the best things about the hobbit

@capthappy8884 Жыл бұрын

Yup! Brought a sense of gravitas. Not all the best writing, but he did what he could and did it well.

@bradfromthewell Жыл бұрын

Extremely well cast.

@banthaexplosion Жыл бұрын

I agree Jordan. Just arrogant and powerful enough for some intrigue, but you end up feeling sympathetic for him when he flashes his scars under the glamour spell.

@ahouseofpomegranates4338 Жыл бұрын

lee pace is such an expressive actor and i love him so much, even my autistic ass is able to read his expressions very well. i've seen him in a lot of different media and he's one of the most talented actors i've ever seen

@patricklacey4946 Жыл бұрын

Crushed it

@KitOfTheWeirdWoods Жыл бұрын

Honestly Lee Pace as Thranduil made the Hobbit movies worth it

@grandadmiralzaarin4962 Жыл бұрын

I did like some of what they did with the Hobbit film version of Thranduil, especially when he reveals he has faced 'the great fire drakes' and has been horrifically burned. I know that's not exactly supported in lore, but it was a nice addition of depth to his character.

@emperorfloch Жыл бұрын

Thranduil is so cool and his mount is almost even cooler! 🦌🧝🏻‍♂️👑

@PrincessVelaryon Жыл бұрын

And his cloak looks amazing ❤ it's like a waterfall down his back

@pattywestside9708 Жыл бұрын

I always imagined Sauron as Annatar looking like Thranduil in the hobbit films tbh. I loved him in the films, but I cannot stop think about how awesome he could have been as Annatar :D Sad theres not so much written about this character, his name alone is so damn cool and mighty.

@filip3148 Жыл бұрын

„Mom, can we get an Annatar?“ „You already have an Annatar at home“ Annatar at home: Halbrand.

@Jayjay-qe6um Жыл бұрын

"Those gems were not all your wife left you my friend... she left you a son. Tell me which would she have you to value more..." -- Gandalf to Thranduil, Battle of the Five Armies Deleted Scenes

@CormacM96A Жыл бұрын

He’s definitely someone I’d like to watch a series on before LOTR and the hobbit

@STARK1LL3R21 Жыл бұрын

Despite playing Legolas' father, ironically Lee Pace is 2 years younger than Orlando Bloom

@live22morrow Жыл бұрын

Talking about the age of of elvish actors in general is a bit silly, considering canonically, all of them are supposed to look like they're in their 20s.

@kotarojujo2737 Жыл бұрын

Lee Pace Potrayal really reminds of Thingol.

@vanessah.4120 Жыл бұрын

What is it with everyone? He didn't say Thranduil IS the oldest being in Middle-earth. He said he has the "potential", meaning, he's possibly among the oldest (which is true). Also, he's talking about elves since those are the other examples he uses. Use context clues. Great video, by the way.

@Azulakayes Жыл бұрын

Agreed. With Celeborn and Cindar sailing off with the last ship into Valinor, he would be the oldest elf since we can assume he stayed back in his woodland realm. I added 'elf' in my edit too.

@amanda.7125 Жыл бұрын

I think that the Hobbit movie depicted Thranduil as (almost) a villain and made him arrogant and greedy, thats not ho he was in the beginning when his wife Legolas mother still lived, i think they should had shown how good he was before and un korrupted by sorrow for the loss of his wife, they should had done a flashback when you see him happy and playing with Legolas when he was a child and hugging his wife, that would make you have more sympathy for him and Legolas later in the movie!!🤔😊

@nerdanel7592 Жыл бұрын

Cirdan and Celeborn are older than Thranduil. But of course, he is the oldest remaining there after their departure in the fourth age.

@boondocksaint253 Жыл бұрын

Thranduil is the outright oldest being in Middle Earth. Tom Bombadil: “am I a joke to you?”

@jonathonfrazier6622 Жыл бұрын

Cirdan,Tom Bombadil and most if not all the ents are older than Thranduil.

@firebreathingmoonbeam3961 Жыл бұрын

How do you know that? I thought set didn't actually know Thranduils age.

@jonathonfrazier6622 Жыл бұрын

@@firebreathingmoonbeam3961 Well Cirdan is the oldest elf still in Middle earth. He has no father, he was one of the very first elves to wake up fully fashioned. Tom Bombadil is older than everything, including the very trees. The ents, like Tom Bombadil are older than any of the peoples of Middle earth and their lives are so slow that even the younger ents like Quickbeam are likely unimaginably old. While we do not know Theanduil's age except that he is indeed quite old, it is safe to say he was born sometime between the Years of the Trees and some time in the First Age. If he were one of the first generational elves such as Cirdan or Thingol this would certainly have been mentioned as it would be very significant and at best make him equal with Cirdan but still far younger than Tom or the ents.

@Huskytabby Жыл бұрын

What-if video idea for you to do: What if Gandalf never fell at the Bridge of Khazad-dum and continued with the Fellowship to Lothlorien and forward?

@herr_der_spiele Жыл бұрын

One of my favorite Charakters as well... and a great actor in the Hobbit films.

@daniel-1976 Жыл бұрын

Always found it odd in the book that Legolas is not name checked as a prince when Gandalf is introducing them at the front gate on their way to the Golden Hall.

@celestejohnston6613 Жыл бұрын

😄Guys, this was wonderful! Jake I think I love Thranduil as much as you do! Very informative. Thank you!

@MJC1891 Жыл бұрын

I love your lore vids. Greatness

@KleinKore Жыл бұрын

Thank you These days i emjoy the old films again and returned to reading all of Tolkien i can get and yes, Thranduil is a very interesting character

@williampmusic Жыл бұрын

Excellent one!!

@johanabigasova6770 Жыл бұрын

My favorite elvenking.

@ironbrutesrage Жыл бұрын

My top three for movie characters for sure

@SindaLiving7 Жыл бұрын

This is great I find mirkwood intriguing.

@iogd2692 Жыл бұрын

That actor would have been an amazing Sauron in the ROP.

@stevendepauw3742 Жыл бұрын

I believe Fangorn aka Treebeard, would be older than Thranduil. And what about good old Tom Bombadil and Goldberry?

@orangeblossom27 Жыл бұрын

I long to know more about him, alas we will never know and it just kills me 😭

@davidryan7386 Жыл бұрын

in UT we find out he was a conservative anti-noldorin. this was why lorien and the mirkwood elves drifted apart. lorien had accepted noldorin overlordship with galadriel.

@AJ-fg4ll Жыл бұрын

I would love a video made on Melian

@christonngoveni8438 Жыл бұрын

His suppose to appear in the Rings of Power even though the wooden elves realm has not been introduced yet

@PrincessVelaryon Жыл бұрын

Wow I may just watch it for that alone 😅

@ottozander-wennerholm2743 Жыл бұрын

He is not older than tom bombadill right?

@rolbaker Жыл бұрын

Tom Bombadil immortal? Proclaimed to be "the oldest in existence," Tom Bombadil was apparently immortal. This would make Tom the oldest would it not?

@casual96 Жыл бұрын

Do you have Any video on harandil? Dont remember exactly the name but the elve WHO die in helms deep attack from uruk hai

@jorgenschroen5440 Жыл бұрын

Haldir

@amanda.7125 Жыл бұрын

What if: Thranduil had helped the dwarfs when Smaug attacked!?🤔

@tokyotreesmusic3559 Жыл бұрын

They didn't deserve,their king was rude to Thranduil over some jewl,it's just shows how much dwarfs can be greedy

@amanda.7125 Жыл бұрын

@@tokyotreesmusic3559 Perhaps but werent they under the influence of dragon sickness and the dwarf king had the ring on that Sauron gave him so he was a bit messed upp in that time!?🤨

@tokyotreesmusic3559 Жыл бұрын

@@amanda.7125 Not at that point,dwarf king was still on his best health at that moment,later he became influenced by "dragon sickness"

@amanda.7125 Жыл бұрын

@@tokyotreesmusic3559 Ok,i see the Hobbit movie isnt so Lore friendly so it can be a bit confucing! 😊

@martyadams3172 Жыл бұрын

@@amanda.7125 Also, the ring was lost when Thorin's father Thrain was captured by Sauron at Dol Guldur. That is actually in the movie, all Gandalf could retrieve was the map and the key. Sauron did in fact retrieve all of the the rings of men and dwarves. Only the elven rings were left, and that is because they were hidden from Sauron by the elves magic.

@mazztothemax1888 Жыл бұрын

How do the valar communicate to the elves that they are invited to valinor?

@worker-wf2em Жыл бұрын

Question - how disappointed were you with the Rings of Power show and how did it stack up to established lore?

@TheBrokenSword Жыл бұрын

Check our review ;)

@jakemertz2660 Жыл бұрын

Most ancient, other than tom bombadil ;)

@TETASARAIVACS Жыл бұрын

Wasn’t Celeborn the last to leave Middle Earth?

@ianvincent5069 Жыл бұрын

He's not the oldest left in middle earth after galadriel and elrond that's still Tom bombadil

@PaTrick-cf6ev Жыл бұрын

He probably wanted to say eldest elf.

@ezrahendog5837 Жыл бұрын

I like to think that legolas is a bastard son. I don't know why I like to add flaws to the elves.

@annaroselarsen4218 Жыл бұрын

Because of the the hobbit sadly Thranduil is my least favorite character he is cold in the movies and in the book he is a little harsh but it's understandable he is protecting his people from the dwarfs

@martyadams3172 Жыл бұрын

Until nearly the end, he was cold. Then he showed his dismay at how his soldiers had died, and was very concerned about where his son might have been. That scene where he is walking through the Tower, he was searching for Legolas. As well as his tacit appology to Tauriel, at his doubting her love for Kili. I tend to think of him as a flawed charactor, not evil, but more likely suffering some form of PTSD after seeing his father killed and enduring 4 years of war, during the last Alliance of Elves and men, and yes, the loss of 2/3 of the Woodland army. And yes, he stepped up during the War of the Rings, and was the major reason the forest and it's people survived.

@eskeleto702 Жыл бұрын

To me, he looks like Anesterian Sunstrider.

@kennethknoppik5408 Жыл бұрын

Isn't Tom bombadil older than him

@BarkingMadLad Жыл бұрын

Older than all

@kennethknoppik5408 Жыл бұрын

@@BarkingMadLad then why does he say thranduil is the oldest living creature on Middle Earth.

@morgoth173 Жыл бұрын

Video 195

@ninsuhnrey Жыл бұрын

What's with the sped up narration? I made it exactly 40 seconds before my blood pressure rose like a Balrog. 😦

@Michael-ji3gw Жыл бұрын

He wasn't oldest after Elrond and Galadriel. Coleborn was.

@Azulakayes Жыл бұрын

Celeborn and Cindar sailed into Valinor in the fourth age with the last ship but Thranduil never did or at least we don't have a statement in the lore of that so he is indeed the oldest elf in middle earth.

@Michael-ji3gw Жыл бұрын

@@Azulakayes I understand that. But I was replying to a comment in the video that said that Thranduil was oldest after Elrond and Galadriel sailed west.

@The_Bashar Жыл бұрын

So, Thranduil never went West?

@jolash9242 Жыл бұрын

Thranduil, my favorite character, hope to see him in season (ring of powers)

@josephohara2457 Жыл бұрын

First one

@PrincessVelaryon Жыл бұрын

I miss these elves 😪. I don't like these new elves in RoP

@htowncl Жыл бұрын

I assumed he wanted jewels made of mithril, he never mentioned he wanted basic gold and silver or his piece of the mountain pie. Now that the rings of power showed us how important mithril was to the elves survival in middle earth it seemed to make sense to me why he wanted them so bad? 🥸.

@martyadams3172 Жыл бұрын

In the book it said he was very fond of "white jewels and silver". No mention of mithril. That is even hinted at in the movie, when Thorin is starting to go mad, and lifts the necklace made of diamonds and silver, ( the Jewels of Lathlacin) and say's "I know an Elf Lord who'd give a fortune for this".

@htowncl Жыл бұрын

@@martyadams3172 gotcha, you have paid way more close attention than I have, I just assumed that could have been it. Do you think the whole mithril story/angle will just go away or will the dig deeper into that?

@meganhuggins7494 Жыл бұрын

The elves didn’t need Mithril to survive . They loved it for its beauty and used it to make jewellery and clothing.