The Lord of the Rings Expert Answers Tolkien Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED
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3 роки томуThe 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 роки тому
Check out part 2 HERE: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/mnNol6F-oHmVlH0.html
@pavlenikic9712 2 роки тому
need part 3.
@RalphRoberts1 2 роки тому
And part 4, 5 and 6
@pavlenikic9712 2 роки тому
@@RalphRoberts1 morgan freeman meme: "he speeks the truth you know"
@cornelionsqween8028 2 роки тому
I might be temporarily drunk, but at least I'm not as permanently mentally handicapped as you lot.
@melkorbelegurth3191 2 роки тому
Thanks for making a part 2! Please consider making a part 3! I really like this guy.
@morgan14366 3 роки тому
Why did my high school counselor not tell me that “Lord of the Rings Expert” was a potential career?
@Woodshadow 3 роки тому
It’s like president. Not enough roles.
@JaySP83 3 роки тому
Hahaha!
@lucas-xf7rc 3 роки тому
Ikr , wtf
@endlessfreedomful 3 роки тому
should have a Tolkienology
@troyounce3295 3 роки тому
Cause it's not.
@ig8842 3 роки тому
This guy really knows what he’s tolkien about
@StarWarsomania 3 роки тому
*sad trombone noises* 🎷
@toddkurzbard 3 роки тому
I saw what you did there.
@Patrick-rm8jq 3 роки тому
That comment deserves a like
@THAToneGUY594 3 роки тому
Just....just take it. +1
@doomseeker 3 роки тому
@@THAToneGUY594 + 2
@ImpudentInfidel 2 роки тому
Arwen: I abandon my immortality for my beloved. Legolas: Hey Gimli, wanna break into heaven?
@NotHardcore95 2 роки тому
One does not simply walk into heaven
@ImpudentInfidel 2 роки тому
@@NotHardcore95 It's in the appendices and completely canon.
@ultrabigfella 2 роки тому
@@ImpudentInfidel did you just miss a LOTR reference while making one?
@ImpudentInfidel 2 роки тому
@@ultrabigfella I noticed the reference, but also took it at face value. My bad!
@djaevlenselv 2 роки тому
@@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.
@BlankCanvas88 2 роки тому
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 роки тому
You can say that again...
@user-cn4md3qk9m 2 роки тому
Sanderson’s Cosmere is pretty close !
@engiethefriendlyengineer 2 роки тому
Dude made an entire history text book for his universe
@RobinsMusic 2 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
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.
@moq4463 3 роки тому
He might be a LOTR expert, but does he know that Vigo Mortensen broke his toe in that one scene?
@magicmanscott40k 3 роки тому
I remember that lol
@vsoestharm 3 роки тому
😆
@-Patali- 3 роки тому
every single reaction video lol
@user_name_redacted 3 роки тому
What?? When did this happen?
@krankarvolund7771 3 роки тому
@@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 ^^
@kyleanderson1135 3 роки тому
Inject another 8 hours of this straight into my veins.
@tarnished_knight_ 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
I support that!
@NostalgiNorden 3 роки тому
You can get the 10 year version of this by going trough his thousands of podcast episodes.
@aarona.aronson5779 3 роки тому
Hahahaha 😂😂😂
@angelwings06 3 роки тому
@@tarnished_knight_ Just subscribed! Can't wait!! 😊
@owenb8636 2 роки тому
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 2 роки тому
And do you think Gandalf got a raise? I'm afraid that just isn't in the budget right now.
@johnr797 2 роки тому
I'm sure they told him it was just temporary until they reassess in the Fifth Fiscal Age.
@magnaviousyk3118 2 роки тому
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 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
The Valar are middle management. There is one higher than all in the Tolkien mythos
@GaunteroDimmm 2 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 Рік тому
Tolkein certainly didnt think "heck yeah" about anything, he was a professor when he wrote lotr
@autumn702 Рік тому
@@thomasel9171 It's called paraphrasing, party pooper.
@iremiabliss Рік тому
@@thomasel9171 its just fun to imagine it like that
@flamingstallion 3 роки тому
“Of course, the Akallabeth is the story of the downfall of Numenor.” Yes, of course
@TheSpecialJ11 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
@@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.
@mariellouise1 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
That is so cool
@halloween42 3 роки тому
WOAH!!
@ominouslybakedart1974 3 роки тому
Which book? :D I wanna find this!
@wooshbait36 2 роки тому
Yea I totally believe you.
@elijahdschultz 2 роки тому
@@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.
@MyWayofEverything Рік тому
Can we take a second to appreciate that these are real questions and not just “what about the eagles?” questions.
@thegirlwhoreadstoomuch9339 Рік тому
And that all the people who asked these questions actually took the time to type them all out properly.
@thehandleisuseless Рік тому
@@rich925cal1 exactly, i might even start calling him Gonzalez
@hazyshade9648 Рік тому
*Spoiler alert* Part 2 of this this q&a will disappoint then.
@blissfuldj7627 9 місяців тому
Those are in part 2 actually
@TACROYALTYFREEMUSIC 7 місяців тому
But what about the eagles?
@ectana9428 2 роки тому
Tolkien was like "I helped write the dictionary, don't tell me Dwarves is wrong."
@tylersaurusakro 2 роки тому
"I was there when it was written" Tolkien
@imperiodopleisousemallinio6449 2 місяці тому
@@tylersaurusakro "I wrote" Tolkien
@ree4184 3 роки тому
There's nothing better than a dude whos truly passionate about a subject.
@abyssshriek7631 3 роки тому
@Kyle Lost, Nah but even then it’s definitely respectable
@ilarious5729 3 роки тому
@@abyssshriek7631 even when it's eugenics or something like that?
@kingleech16 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
Until it devolves into hatred, then it just becomes annoying.
@SchruteFarms 3 роки тому
New Grey Wizard: So what is my role exactly? White Wizard: Just...be positive.
@FutBoy281 3 роки тому
You pass butter
@ottovonbismarck7646 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
*Proceeds to smoke bong with the Hobbits and talk to the trees*
@hairyputter5363 3 роки тому
You are supposed to contribute to memes
@randomshit308 3 роки тому
@@ottovonbismarck7646 far east, yeah
@WideMouth 2 роки тому
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 2 роки тому
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 роки тому
All colors together produce black. I’m more with that one,
@vidboy7 2 роки тому
"I am now Saruman of Many Colours!" And thus began the march of the LGBT army across Mordor
@rikk319 2 роки тому
@@KoriEmerson No, all colors of light produce white. All colors of pigment produce brown. Black is the absence of light.
@rikk319 2 роки тому
@@vidboy7 Hopefully to pull down the dull, confining, terrible conformity that was the Dark Lord.
@TheRhetoricGamer 2 роки тому
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 роки тому
Basically also the story of any Faust book (or at least the Goethe one)
@scaryguppy1071 Рік тому
It's a Christian perspective on Satan vs gods plan.
@kristenbartosz2236 Рік тому
If you find this beautiful, look into Catholic Christianity. It's true
@JeffStevens Рік тому
This is literally Catholic cosmology. And has been since the fourth century (Augustin of Hippo)
@DanielGrovePhoto Рік тому
It's Roman's 8:28 and Genesis 50:20 all over! Beautiful theology.
@jamiemckelvie342 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
That’s how you know someone fully understands what they’re talking about.
@brooksboy78 3 роки тому
r/tolkienfans is also mostly nice, at least in my personal experience.
@post-leftluddite 3 роки тому
Yeah, you're right, all Tolkien fans should cater specifically to your fragile ego and be nice to you
@poctordepper4269 3 роки тому
@@JoshuaCurey you mean what they're tolkien about
@mitch-ur1ip 3 роки тому
@@post-leftluddite Yup, you’re one of the ones he was talking about. lmao
@austindrawhorn2141 3 роки тому
Can we get a 90-minute version of this?
@tarnished_knight_ 3 роки тому
Check out his "Exploring the Lord of the Rings" series on UKposts, 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 роки тому
Also search Signum university on youtube
@Icedragon803 3 роки тому
Tempted to down vote as 90 minutes would still be too short.
@PhilBoswell 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
You can get the 10 year version of this by going trough his thousands of podcast episodes.
@ScarlettOcean92 2 роки тому
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 2 місяці тому
I'm doing the same thing in a story by adding incorrect colloquialisms in the dialogue, like 'comfterble'.
@Melqhii 2 роки тому
"Catch these hands" - Sauron
@planetofthegames2843 2 місяці тому
"Tickle tickle"
@sammulhall 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
Maybe we don’t know about gimli
@sianavassileva403 3 роки тому
Wait how do you know that
@sammulhall 3 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
@@sammulhall i love that, thank you!
@nicholascroixet8089 2 роки тому
U a mega nerd
@naturalone6529 3 роки тому
Props to the guy who actually has figured out the Silmarillion. That stuff is *dense.*
@szabok1999 3 роки тому
Give it a second read. It gets easier to understand.
@angelwings06 3 роки тому
Yes! I'm on my second attempt at reading it. It's taking a lot of brain power. 😅
@naturalone6529 3 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
@@szabok1999 1 reread is not enough...
@anatypicallyhumanperson7200 3 роки тому
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.
@baileysircy9888 Рік тому
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 11 місяців тому
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 9 місяців тому
@@marcusrelicus728 Reminds me of a quote by a stone mason: "I don't carve a statue, I reveal it."
@tylerphilco 2 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
To Gandalf the White his former life is a distant memory, like remembering something which happened to you many years ago.
@PDBisht Рік тому
It's like upgrading the software for new, more hard jobs.
@scallie6462 9 місяців тому
@@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.
@Massivecarcrash 3 роки тому
Tolkien seemed like he took great pleasure in acting like he was a professor in Middleearthology, not the creator of it.
@donerzombie1349 3 роки тому
Ardology*
@donaldgrove2249 3 роки тому
Almost as though he were a student of his own imagination. You've got a point.
@dangerjoe8911 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
Great observation
@Serai3 3 роки тому
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.
@alexandersmith7061 3 роки тому
I love how this guy makes Tolkien’s world so comprehensible and easy to understand
@beasmith3386 3 роки тому
It sounds so real, like it materialistically exists, right? 🙂
@alexandersmith7061 3 роки тому
Bea Smith yes
@MensHominis 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
Great name/ avatar btw 👍🏻✌🏼🤙🏼
@steelwarrior105 2 роки тому
"I am Saruman, or Saruman as he should have been." One of my favorite quotes
@mailthatstrash 2 роки тому
The response to the Denethor/Theoden questions warmed my heart
@mattpeterson3574 3 роки тому
Can we get maybe two more parts of this? And then maybe idk make like “extended” versions of each part???
@mattyrose8937 3 роки тому
I would watch that, then watch them again with the professor explaining how he came to his answers as an additional voiceover 😂
@beasmith3386 3 роки тому
😄😄😄😄😄 I'd watch!
@avikpram 3 роки тому
Director's cut and the blue ray and finally in 4K. we want all ...
@fictionnation 3 роки тому
Patience
@rachelhayes3376 3 роки тому
Look up Signum University. Dr. Corey Olsen teaches multiple courses, some you can find for free on YT.
@Tar-Numendil 3 роки тому
I'm surprised no one asked about the biggest enigma and mystery in Tolkien's Legendarium: Tom Bombadil.
@hunterg24 3 роки тому
He will be the last, as he was the first
@JesusFriedChrist 3 роки тому
He may perhaps be the anthropomorphic manifestation of Arda itself. There are many theories, nothing is made quite clear.
@Tar-Numendil 3 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
Yeeeessssss
@LeoSienna 3 роки тому
Oh come on, we all know that he doesn't have an answer for that. Nobody does, except Tolkien himself
@johns1625 Рік тому
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 Рік тому
yes
@johns1625 Рік тому
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 9 місяців тому
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 8 місяців тому
@@Nerobyrneand then he just dipped out and didn't come back for a few hundred years
@j3011 2 роки тому
The Rohirrim be like: this is our king; King, son of King
@waynemarvin5661 2 роки тому
Way too many children in this comment section. "Be like"? Learn to speak the language if you want to be understood.
@j3011 2 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
@@j3011 I understood what you ment!
@j3011 2 роки тому
@@TherealDanielleNelson nice
@TayDoesStuff 2 роки тому
@@waynemarvin5661 we all understood what was said. Screw off.
@halinasarapata5611 3 роки тому
Is it just me, or should they devote an entire big series to this guy talking Tolkien stuff?
@tarnished_knight_ 3 роки тому
Check out his "exploring the lord of the rings" podcast! It's been a joy.
@alexdevitry7842 3 роки тому
We spend a couple hours talking about Tolkien stuff on discord every tuesday!!! Google Exploring the Lord of The Rings!
@NostalgiNorden 3 роки тому
You can get the 10 year version of this by going trough his thousands of podcast episodes.
@alejandrogarza7505 3 роки тому
Is it on spotify?
@halinasarapata5611 3 роки тому
@@NostalgiNorden you guys just made my day :D
@abby7772 3 роки тому
I adore hearing about Tolkien's mythologies in a casual or straightforward way like this.
@infallibleblue 3 роки тому
Sam. This real world in 2020 and 2021 is depressing.
@reggaedublover 3 роки тому
same! never find answers as straightforward as these on reddit and quora forums.
@miragemirage3670 2 роки тому
It did- that’s the whole point with Tolkien; he hid it in his stories and wanted to guide us...
@drunken_corsar Місяць тому
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.
@jonsnowight9510 2 роки тому
"A suburb of Mordor" That's a rough neighborhood.
@g-wagon_starbucks_run 3 роки тому
man, gandalf's main job was to go around & support folks. what a guy :')
@AleehFM94 2 роки тому
And smoke pipeweed. Chillest job on Middle-Earth
@Vesdus 2 роки тому
His entire job was to ride around everywhere in order to poke and prod people intellectually.
@derpynerdy6294 2 роки тому
he’s looking for that WeeD which could easily currupt anyone
@saniwa655 2 роки тому
Gandalf is basically the equivalent of a tired, underpaid social worker.
@magik4t 2 роки тому
And by that, part of his job was to let the other guys in the party take full exp
@AraAra-zc2eb 3 роки тому
Amazon should hire this guy as a consultant for their LOTR project instead of making it GoT with elves.
@tarkus2455 2 роки тому
Good taste in books AND artists.
@muhaiminzulkarnain5628 2 роки тому
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 Рік тому
annotated audiobook
@Awkwardtunity 2 роки тому
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 роки тому
to bad the other two movies don't acchieve that...
@thegirlwhoreadstoomuch9339 Рік тому
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 10 місяців тому
Looking at Disney's Black Cauldron movie. It's my favorite book, and they trashed it.
@BungeeGum_ 3 роки тому
This guy needs a YT channel. He actually knows and he’s not a Wikipedia YT like most of Tolkien YT creators.
@musigalglo 3 роки тому
He has one! ukposts.info
@TheSpecialJ11 3 роки тому
Yeah he sounds like the guy who writes the Wiki, not reads it.
@logan7882 3 роки тому
Yep. Most youtube creators are fundamentally entertainers, not scholars. Whether that is a bad thing or not is up for interpretation
@drunkduck9854 3 роки тому
hxh fan?
@Serai3 3 роки тому
I wish Tom Shippey would do a YT series on Tolkien. His books on the subject are masterful.
@mazayashah213 3 роки тому
He's so nice and welcoming to people who aren't as knowledgable about Tolkien and his works!
@Asagarui 3 роки тому
Yeah, he's not a gatekeeper. He's a good tour guide.
@natewelsh6623 3 роки тому
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!
@depressedfuck5588 2 роки тому
@@awesomeferret How? Most people including me can't see that at all
@loretta2539 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
Check out Signum University
@Amp661 2 роки тому
Well yeah, read the books. No one needs a Tolkien professors experience to help someone along the way.
@hannahobbensiefken6856 2 роки тому
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.
@tiger_3723 2 роки тому
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 роки тому
Yeah, too bad she couldn’t go to the undying land or something other
@tiger_3723 2 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
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 Рік тому
@@tiger_3723 Her family was Aragorn and her children.
@heidic5404 3 роки тому
Sauron to his enemies: "You're about to catch these hands!"
@harpreetuppal1179 3 роки тому
Talk to the hand 🤚
@nathandust 3 роки тому
🎵 Do you want to fight me Do you want to catch these hands 🎵
@julianbueno699 3 роки тому
Sauron should have gone full Bud Spencer
@jayluck8047 3 роки тому
“They look like big, strong hands, don’t they?”
@joshuakramer9059 3 роки тому
Very cool to see Corey Olsen getting more recognition. The dude is a hero for making deep Tolkien scholarship accessible to everyone.
@asmith1022 3 роки тому
10000x this.
@Amp661 2 роки тому
It isn't really hard. Just read and study the material. It's not hard to be like him.
@username12342 2 роки тому
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!
@falseking989 2 роки тому
I have limited Tolkien knowledge, but Cory did such a great job articulating Tolkien I was able to understand him.
@Ehrmann_Gregsson 3 роки тому
"Why did you kill 20 people?" "Ah, ya know...Melkor..."
@Ismael-kc3ry 3 роки тому
That’s right Your Honor
@WideMouth 2 роки тому
In Arda that would technically be true, at least indirectly
@thepaper888 3 роки тому
I like this theatrical release but I need the extended edition.
@TennyConductor 2 роки тому
People with this much energy and passion are such a treat to listen to
@togofar 2 роки тому
Love how much fun he's having answering those questions. A true nerd in his element.
@nicolebee3283 3 роки тому
Sauron using his hands to fight makes it make way more sense how he lost his finger
@corruptangel6793 2 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
He used a golden gun and a red fencing lightsaber
@aaronruf8421 2 роки тому
@@corruptangel6793 Madara during the war style?
@corruptangel6793 2 роки тому
@@aaronruf8421 more or less
@Watergrovey 3 роки тому
Saruman promoted himself to “Saruman of Many Colors”.
@louielefou 3 роки тому
Which makes way more sense now thank you
@Orcsimer 3 роки тому
😂😂😂
@taloob493 3 роки тому
And it was at that point when gandalf realized that saruman had completely lost it
@yunaru3643 3 роки тому
Saruman the Rainbow haha
@MarkFilipAnthony 3 роки тому
Saruman the LGBT: S: "Gandalf! I will have all the genders!!" G: "When did saruman the wise, abandon reason for madness?!" S: *rainbow attacks!*
@Suho1004 2 роки тому
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.
@thefallcor1 2 роки тому
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
@Inkal321 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
Yeah it's way better when people can be excited about something without gatekeeping
@LordVader1094 2 роки тому
@@patrickripleyiii134 Gatekeeping good
@MichaelB_93 2 роки тому
Starting an answer with "thats a great question" does such a lot and rekindles my love for learning.
@fawnieee 2 роки тому
Honestly the Tolkien fandom are some of the most welcoming and kind people I have ever met.
@NMN_CP 2 роки тому
best comment ever!
@warriorcatskid003 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
Explain for us casuals please
@warriorcatskid003 3 роки тому
@@Nicolas-lg6ys it’s the thing about the “straight road” that he goes over in the video, but phrased funnier
@juusovuolle8251 3 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
"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 роки тому
@@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.
@johnskrabut7235 2 роки тому
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.
@tholgrimstonebeard5943 Рік тому
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.
@dismasthepenitent569 3 роки тому
"Are there any other towns in the Shire except Hobbiton?" Me, as a LotRO player: My time is now
@fredriks5090 3 роки тому
TLDR; Tolkien is a historian, with artistic alterations.
@Diomedene 3 роки тому
Say, I have this funny tasting pie...
@dismasthepenitent569 3 роки тому
@@Diomedene Nopenopenopenope PTSD activated
@gardengrovespin 3 роки тому
Learned those places while delivering so much post
@jp3109 3 роки тому
Was thinking this as well! Haha
@sol5759 3 роки тому
-"this video i like it" *smashes video on the floor* -"ANOTHER!!"
@fleezybaby 2 роки тому
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.
@shojodraws3399 2 роки тому
I was today years old when I realized that there is such thing as a Tolkien scholar.
@johnnyringo5777 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
"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 роки тому
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 роки тому
@@feanor1488 i don't think so, because on a long enough timeline Iluvatar knew it would sort itself out.
@selonianth 3 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
god : THIS IS ALL MY PLAN ALL ALONG!
@MarkelleRayneeSheree 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
Facts. I mean at least he admits he didn’t think about that and leaves it for his readers’ interpretation. Wholesome enough.
@Flash4ML 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
@@Flash4ML I call it his MASTERPIECE
@maidenchick1307 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
@@raineeace oh, he thought about it. He just couldn’t find an answer that would fit his standards.
@whitepaint7870 2 роки тому
Never seen anything remotely related to lord of rings, you have no idea how confused i am
@BlueMit11 2 роки тому
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 2 роки тому
@@BlueMit11 😂😂🤣🤣🤣
@kirstymca 2 роки тому
@@BlueMit11 Mushrooms?
@zubakx4961 2 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
@@zubakx4961 Of course, yes! :-D
@commandrogyne 2 роки тому
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 Рік тому
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 Рік тому
@@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
@RavenLotz 3 роки тому
Sauron said “catch these hands” and I like that
@beebyboy777 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
Surely the orcs trade goods with one another some level, meat is on a menu somewhere
@KamikazeCommie501 3 роки тому
Orcs are French-Canadians
@yods03 3 роки тому
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
@alexporter7379 2 роки тому
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 2 роки тому
I wouldn't trust a Tolkien "scholar" who doesn't acknowledge the influence of Tolkien's faith on his stories
@randumgaming 2 роки тому
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 2 роки тому
@@mapfield13 except he does
@felipecavalheiro7971 2 роки тому
@@mapfield13 i say the same.
@lucaswinsor4469 2 роки тому
@@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.
@mastermike890 3 роки тому
Man this really needs to be a series. Awesome!
@masamune2984 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
I need Gandalf and the blue wizards right now :")
@Somehowstillkicking 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
@@martinxvidxb Thank you, kind ser :)) Your words send encouragements I didn't know I needed.
@whoknows8264 3 роки тому
"Where are the entwives?" Tolkien: "I don't know? Dead maybe?" : o
@Brave_Aviator 3 роки тому
Lol yes Tolkien himself doesn’t know
@erynlasgalen1949 3 роки тому
Well, there was that tree seen walking through the Shire. I like to think there's one Entwife left.
@samueld8326 3 роки тому
2:22 - Elves are NOT mortal creatures. That is made very clear in The Silmarillion. To quote: "For Elves die not till the world dies...Neither does age subdue their strength." Great video!
@adamplentl5588 2 роки тому
Mortal in the sense that they were not divine beings like the Valar.
@samueld8326 2 роки тому
@@adamplentl5588 Ok, that makes more sense. He probably should have made it a little clear though.
@sweeperboy 2 роки тому
And to add to Adam's answer, "mortal" as in "killable".
@BlizzardofOze 2 роки тому
Really enjoying this. I know most of these answers but you go in depth a bit more than my understanding does. It's neat that there's still more to learn about Tolkien's legendarium.
@freakymoejoe2 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
I literally thought it was dwarves until I saw this video.
@ruairimusic2747 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
@@SugarfreeYT you're calling Tolkien kooky despite agreeing with him?
@SpirusOfH 3 роки тому
The orcs are a mockery of elves just as the Black Speech is a mockery of Elven.
@AbrahamArthemius 3 роки тому
So does the Trolls which is kind of a mockery of the Ents.
@lcflngn 3 роки тому
@Darren Fred wtf, what on earth are you on about?
@matthewreese7710 3 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
@Darren Fred no, they are not.
@PhoenixRiseinFlame 3 роки тому
Evil as the corruption of the good
@CasualGamerGameplay 2 роки тому
Please do thousands more of these videos, they're awesome and informative
@Amp661 2 роки тому
Why not just read the books?
@thomashonjr 2 роки тому
Thanks! The best Tolkien content for my degree of understanding since forever. That was me gratuitously praising myself.
@ML-HS 3 роки тому
I could listen this guy talk about Tolkien for ten hours straight. He knows the stuff. * respectful bow *
@NothingPersonal77 3 роки тому
You bow to no one.
@alexdevitry7842 3 роки тому
You can!! We have about 400+ our of exactly this on his UKposts channel. Look up Exploring Lord of the Rings Signum University
@natsinthebelfry 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
Should I listen to the podcast before or after reading the book?
@natsinthebelfry 3 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
Holy crap that guy has so many hours of talk on it
@Mare_Man 2 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
I keep trying to read the silmarillion. It’s way to heavy
@rich925cal1 Рік тому
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.
@frozenweevil4022 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
Plus, all Just Kidding/Joanne Karen Rowling does with her retcons is raising more questions.
@thegirlwhoreadstoomuch9339 Рік тому
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.
@tropictom5996 3 роки тому
So the Entwives lived in the suburbs of Mordor. I smell a reality TV show: Suburban Entwives of Mordor
@alicewyan 3 роки тому
Shush, you'll wake up the Entkaren!
@JustPlayTheGame76 3 роки тому
O M G! Did you see the color of her leaves? What was she thinking?
@TheMangArtist 3 роки тому
Desperate Entwives.
@zlinedavid 3 роки тому
The Real Entwives Of The Morgul Vale
@theaterofsouls 3 роки тому
hahahaha
@poctordepper4269 3 роки тому
I've studied Tolkien lore for over a full year and I'm just now finding out about this guy
@agasteenbrink 3 роки тому
Welcome to the black hole that is the Tokienprofessor :D
@Himmyjewett 3 роки тому
Yea a year not going get you anywhere
@delcorep 3 роки тому
This guy not very impressive
@FilipeMiaoumiam 3 роки тому
@Morgan Freeman you're the one who seems salty, you either know him well or you're just making assumptions 🤷🏽♂️
@Amp661 2 роки тому
He makes mistakes in this video. Best to ignore him and just read for yourself.
@greatkingrat 2 роки тому
Do another one, do another one! This was fascinating.
@keethums Рік тому
These videos are terrific, kudos to Mr. Olsen for his enthusiasm and comprehensive deep-dives.
@VikingerOnYT 3 роки тому
The video any Tolkien fan has been waiting for 🤩
@BrothersuKnow 3 роки тому
Hey there old friend, we meet again
@probablynotmyname8521 3 роки тому
To be fair most of us (who have read the books a few times) already knew this anyway.
@WhatDemocracy 3 роки тому
@@probablynotmyname8521 to be fair just as many people haven't read the books.... I just started reading hobbit last week
@thesponge836 3 роки тому
*Hobbit-heads
@sillwullivan83 3 роки тому
Fancy seeing you here
@ledfloyd9035 3 роки тому
As great as the movies are, it doesn't even scratch the surface of how deep Tolkiens world was
@incanusolorin2607 3 роки тому
There were dozens of movies made based on Tolkien’s works. Which ones are you talking about?
@ledfloyd9035 3 роки тому
@@incanusolorin2607 the title of this clip should help add context.
@ledfloyd9035 3 роки тому
@@incanusolorin2607 regardless, I could be referring to all of them. Doesn't matter my point is still relevant.
@harley258 3 роки тому
I don't agree at all. I find these hot-take postulates absolutely resentful.
@ethancoffey3491 3 роки тому
@@BLINDCABBY amen. The superiority within fan bases can be infuriating
@Serveanthesia 2 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
If it's not explained in LOTR. how does the professor know it?
@davidrenton Рік тому
@@Amp661 i think he was referring to the movies
@duncansutherland47 6 днів тому
Wow, this answered so many questions I wondered about over the years, thank you!
@noahcamuso2562 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
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 роки тому
@@krangitebacon5039 I believe you’re thinking of Nurn, which surrounds the sea of Nurnen
@mrperez3084 3 роки тому
I believe if am not mistaken we meet a entwive in shadow of war
@novajohansson3194 3 роки тому
I really like this take!
@LaShoju 3 роки тому
Gandalf’s first job can be described as that of an ‘éminence grise’, which may explain why his title was ‘the grey’.
@soxfan19812 3 роки тому
Whoa I like that theory...
@killthefoozle 2 роки тому
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.
@EchoArlo 2 роки тому
This was awesome, upload some more!
@bryanolsen8714 3 роки тому
The Tolkien universe is endless. Hopefully they can do another episode!
@emryswalton1802 3 роки тому
It's a paracosm!
@FoulPet 3 роки тому
Silmarillion
@katherineneville5304 3 роки тому
scarf-scarves : dwarf-dwarves
@Neceros 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
next episode: former orc solder finds his true self as a trans-dwarf and join the free people of the middle earth.
@joshuampayne 3 роки тому
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 роки тому
The Lord of the Rings Cast Now (2020) ukposts.info/have/v-deo/hp-GhH9qqIaG24k.html
@nicholasmapes 3 роки тому
Colbert is a hack... this guy is way better
@theblackbabygoat6876 3 роки тому
HE'S GOT A PODCAST???
@rahilario 3 роки тому
@@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 роки тому
@@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.
@jeffreygao3956 2 роки тому
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.
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