Tolkien's Abandoned Lord of the Rings Epilogue
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@valentinkambushev4968 22 дні тому
Sam deserves everything he got at the end. He went through terrible hardships and challenges, fought beasts and monsters, and went to one of the most dangerous places in the world. He deserves nothing but a loving family and a warm home.
@oneoflokis 22 дні тому
🙂👍
@oneoflokis 22 дні тому
He ends up Mayor of Hobbiton too! 🙂👍
@paulsarnik8506 22 дні тому
And taters! Prescious! 🤓😎✌🏻🇬🇧
@alexcrockett5665 22 дні тому
@@oneoflokis a well earned title by all means.
@5764rich 22 дні тому
Sam gets as many f’ing breakfasts Sam wants for the rest of time.
@sophdog1678 19 днів тому
The Lord of the Rings was the first time I felt nostalgia for a time and a place that never was.
@robhart6042 15 днів тому
The books set - or the moo-vee ??
@sophdog1678 15 днів тому
@@robhart6042 The books first, then the movies captured it well too.
@charleshardy2252 22 дні тому
That mentioning of Sam hearing the sound of the sea at the end is so beautiful
@Enerdhil 22 дні тому
Yeah... Hopefully, he wasn't severely seasick for the whole trip.😅
@Annielee825 22 дні тому
It is so bittersweet. Knowing that he'd have to choose between leaving his family - or forever-abandoning his friend. At the same time always an unspoken promise of a future and new adventure to come, yet acknowledging that the quiet yearning for the waves might never fully allow him to live in the now. I both love and hate it.
@GameAnGrog 22 дні тому
Something about the "Well, I'm back." line always felt so strangely humble and final. It also always felt like a wonderful reference to "There and Back Again: A Hobbits Tale". Coming back, and bringing an end to another hobbits tale.
@JDgq3yj 21 день тому
Sean Astin delivered it very nicely in the film.
@loganv0410 22 дні тому
As a soldier returned from war I find the simplest family time and connections to be the richest healing of the scars of war. Much, I feel, as Prof Tolkien must have found.
@Chris-cf2kp 22 дні тому
Tolkien served in WW1 trenches and saw combat, I'm certain he felt the same.
@retriever19golden55 День тому
What Tolkien went through in WWI was horrific...much as what you went through, I expect. Thank you to both of you, for what it's worth.
@monsieurbennett 22 дні тому
I’m a grown man and this I made me cry like a lass. Such is the power of Tolkien’s writings and this supremely well crafted saga that I feel these are real people I have a deep emotional bond with.
@oldoneeye7516 21 день тому
so I am not alone it seems
@cohort075 21 день тому
Aye, such Enchantment is hard to find.
@monsieurbennett 19 днів тому
@@oldoneeye7516 not alone!
@jolyonfolkett2677 6 днів тому
My eyes too are afflicted with the mist of emotions
@nhmooytis7058 21 день тому
When the last elves finally left Lorien did someone say Elvish has left the building?
@tessierashpoolmg7776 15 днів тому
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@TheGeneralGrievous19 22 дні тому
"Well, I'm back". An ending that hits you in the feels & makes you reflect. And an wnding to one of the greatest stories ever told. Thank You Professor Tolkien! 🙌🏻
@martinxvidxb 22 дні тому
There and back again. :)
@myriadmediamusings 22 дні тому
All of Tolkien’s epilogues to his universe are very bittersweet now that I think about it, between this abandoned epilogue, the state of the world in The New Shadow, and the Dagor Daggorath.
@istari0 22 дні тому
Don't forget that there would eventually be the Second Music of the Ainur when Arda would be remade as it should have been before Melkor got his hands on it.
@Rellana1 21 день тому
@@istari0 I wanted to see the world remade as Melkor and later Sauron corrupted it to the point where it'd have to be remade as you could see things gradually falling apart.
@Terezar 21 день тому
I think that's because life itself is bittersweet. All meetings must part, all friends must pass, and all happy moments must end eventually. We get many great joys in life, with the foreknowledge that at some point, inevitably, it all ends and goes away forever
@redomega24 20 днів тому
@@Terezar Very well said. I just lost my dog who I rescued almost 18 years ago now and bittersweet seems an appropriate term because I gave him the best life I could and although I knew his life was coming to an end I wasn't ready to accept it and his passing will vividly stay with me for the rest of my life.
@BrianEthridge-wg6ko 17 днів тому
That was well put. Bittersweet It's right on the money. Nice comment
@TolkienGeek. 21 день тому
Can't stand when people tell me that they don't like Lord of the Rings because it's a happily ever after story. It just goes to show that either they hadn't read the book or didn't pay attention. The whole book, you believe that if Frodo survives, he will be happy to return and retire to the Shire. But then, when Frodo announces that he plans to travel to Valinor due to his traumatic experiences, it's a punch in the gut.
@necron99.aka-sammyboy92 13 днів тому
There was a pseudo curenin Lorien to for his Stab wound that was making him miserable in middle earth
@baystated 22 дні тому
"night-folded" I love Tolkien's vocabularies.
@higginswalsan 22 дні тому
There are so many small details in this epilogue that are great: Frodo Lad liking the parts with Sam the most (fulfilling his namesake’s prediction of readers in the future wishing to hear of Sam’s exploits as well as his master’s), Elanor inheriting Sam’s longing to see the elves, and Pippin being referenced as a prince as the men of Minas Tirith did
@katie7308 22 дні тому
I live in Evesham, UK. Where Tolkien’s mother was from and where his brother had a horticultural garden and is buried in the graveyard next to the river. Nearby is his aunts farm called Bag End. Looming over Evesham is Breedon Hill, which for all the world matches the description of Weathertop. 10 miles away is The Bell in Morton in Marsh otherwise known as the Prancing Pony. I’m from Oxford, LOTR was seeped in our bones. The Bird and Baby (Eagle & Child) pub was unchanged until it recently closed (how did that happen). Tolkien lore was just, well ‘normal’ when I was growing up. Peter Jackson films…brilliant. Sad that Amazon have mangled it all beyond recognition but I guess so long as the books are in print it really doesn’t matter. But seriously how did they turn Galadriel from the Queen of the Elves into the Gnome Queen.
@istari0 22 дні тому
In his earlier writings the Noldor were called Gnomes.
@bobo577 21 день тому
@@istari0Indeed. Gnome had more to do with knowledge if I recall rather than a dwarf with a cap on its head in a garden.
@Wooster23 20 днів тому
The eagle and child pub closed??
@katie7308 14 днів тому
@@Wooster23 it did ☹️
@katie7308 14 днів тому
@@istari0 I think the version of Galadriel in the Rings of Power is more like the Queen of the Gnomes than the Elves
@adpirtle 22 дні тому
I love the epilogue, but I'm glad it was cut. The book closes on Sam without taking the focus off of Frodo's departure.
@Amaya-ct7777 22 дні тому
I can imagine that Sam is very happy with his wife and his family and children
@KC-py5vq 22 дні тому
He was "fuckin" happy alright
@qwertyTRiG 22 дні тому
The idea that they get a spell of good weather every spring, and every spring people say that it's surprising and unseasonal, is a classic touch of Tolkien's humour.
@Enerdhil 21 день тому
Great point!😁👍
@scooterdtx 22 дні тому
I love both versions of the epilogue. Tolkien shows so much love and warmth in Sam's family. Also appreciate the glimpses of Elanor as a child and teenager that round out her mentions as an adult in the appendix. Lovely and moving. Thank you for the narration!💛
@ketanhein 22 дні тому
I would love it if they published this epilogue as a short story along with tales about Merry and Pippin as well as the rest of the characters in more depth than what we got in the appendicies.
@Enerdhil 21 день тому
Well, then you'd be reading mostly fanfic.
@thomasrichardson7543 22 дні тому
Honestly when you build an entire world with in-depth history, lore, and a cast of characters as varied as these, I can see how coming up with an ending would be excruciating. Seriously, how can you write any sort of epilogue? The way Tolkien ended it was probably the only option and leaving it open to let others follow was best.
@Enerdhil 21 день тому
You mean let others follow their own headcanon, right?
@WasabiSniffer 22 дні тому
there's something very special about an epilogue for sam. while the other members of the fellowship went on, establishing realms and kingdoms, ruling with a just and kind heart, sam lived out his days in the calm and peaceful beauty among those he loved in a place he loved. after seeing so much horror and enduring so much evil, this was as much a happy ending as any war-weary soul could hope for: a quiet place to settle into and call home and sigh, setting down the burdens of his journey.
@Enerdhil 21 день тому
I don't think Sam had an easy life when he got back. I believe that he had a very hard, busy life, only retiring when he was around 96 years old. First of all, he had to repair the damage done by the Scouring by taking his gardening skills throughout all the land. Of course he planted the seed of a mallorn tree, but he also used some of the "dust" Galadriel gave him to replenish all that was green and blooming, to give the Shire a landscape makeover, so to say. Also, I am sure that being the Mayor of Hobbiton for so many decades was not easy for Sam. He had to deal with a lot of stressful problems and angry Hobbits, many of whom were probably business owners.
@seanthorntonmd3908 22 дні тому
Thanks for including the image at the end showing the view from Bag End SSE-ward to Hobbiton and Bywater. Looks very accurate. I've never seen that image before. Love it!
@SamuIise 21 день тому
Beautifully told and (as lots of comments have also said) the epilogue is very bittersweet but really heartwarming to hear still with Sam and his children
@KingJamesDisciple 22 дні тому
All of Matt's vids are amazing but this one was extra special. Thank You!
@kirbymarchbarcena 22 дні тому
I gotta say, the father-son tandem of J.R.R. Tolkien and Christopher was very lovingly close. Too bad the grandchildren didn't got the memo and sold out to Amazon.
@Enerdhil 21 день тому
Yes. Simon sucks!
@simonster-9094 16 днів тому
@@Enerdhil Yes, keep trashing on people, see where that gets you in life.
@Enerdhil 16 днів тому
@@simonster-9094 I said "Simon" not Simonster.😂🤣😆
@joseantoniobatac6322 22 дні тому
Sometimes I wonder if Sam's children wept for their father when it was time for him to go to the Undying Lands. And then Sam still remembers what Gandalf once said to him, Merry and Pippin when Frodo left where "not all tears are an evil" to comfort his children. 🥺
@Enerdhil 21 день тому
I think Sam's children were in their 40s, 50s and 60s, so they probably handled his leaving better than they would have if he had left when they were all kids.
@mikevincent8728 22 дні тому
What has the world come to when a dude making videos on the internet can bring a tear to my eye in 26 seconds! Great video, as always :'D
@Etlelele 22 дні тому
Just realized they used this epilogue as the frame story for the video game Aragorn's Quest.
@ghostlyfieldclub2930 22 дні тому
I'm glad to not be the only one who remembers!
@GrosvnerMcaffrey 22 дні тому
That's a name I've not heard in a long time
@Enerdhil 21 день тому
I think Sam's statement, "Well, I'm back" tells us that he is back to stay and will never again leave Rosie or Elanor. He also leaves behind his old life to do so. That is a happy ending.😁👍
@TrekBeatTK 21 день тому
Except that he eventually does leave.
@Enerdhil 21 день тому
@@TrekBeatTK Yes he does leave, but at that time he wasn't thinking about leaving his family.
@afolsom685 15 днів тому
Ah Matt...this is wonderful! Of all your great videos, this has to be one of my favorites. Thanks so much.
@lipingrahman6648 22 дні тому
I always liked to think that Elenor, in her old age, gave a copy of the red book of west-march to the kings of Gondor. Who in turn gave a copy of it to the last elves leaving middle earth. From whom the Anglo-Saxon sailors learned of those days.
@12classics39 22 дні тому
When Pippin and Merry left the Shire for good two years after Sam sailed West, Pippin took a copy of the Red Book with him to give to Aragorn in Gondor, at the King’s request. I wouldn’t be surprised if Elanor created this copy herself. My headcanon is that Legolas created his own copy in Sindarin and brought it with him when he sailed West with Gimli, where it was translated into Quenya so the population of Valinor would know of the Fellowship’s story.
@Enerdhil 22 дні тому
My guess is that when Legolas was transcribing The Hobbit portion of the book, he said: "Hey, wait a second! I'm not in this story, but I must have been in the Woodland Realm when the Dwarves were there!" 🧐
@sarahwright2680 22 дні тому
Lovely. Thank you so much @NerdoftheRings. And i like your ascent with Sam. Very Irish. Very sweet and calm just like 'the chief hero'.
@minikiller77 22 дні тому
Can I just say. I love how “and Debbie” ends all your vids 🤣
@fr.andygutierrez5356 22 дні тому
Absolutely beautiful… thank you for bringing this to our attention!
@ImagineMySurprise510 22 дні тому
Last year I wrote an Epilogue patterned somewhat on the second Epilogue written by Tolkien, but I included a visit by Merry and Pippin to give the reader characters with whom they are already familiar and comfortable with to round out the Epilogue, who answered some of the questions that were posed because they had been witnesses to some of the events. Then the discussion goes into Sam maybe going into the West, how Merry and Pippin felt about not seeing Frodo again and their lives eventually coming to an end, what they had achieved in 14 years and what might come, their plans to meet the King, and other matters. This is in a finished form, with a draft about actually meeting the King and Arwen and other things happening in Middle-earth. I've never put this, and other writings such as the expansion and completion of the Battle For The Fords Of The Isen and expanding the Battle Of Helm's Deep [drawing from Tolkien's other writings where I could], on any website because I know many people hate 'fan fiction' and I expect my writings would not be well received, though I've tried my best to emulate Tolkien's 'voice'. But at least I have them for myself. Call them a labour of love, if you will.
@RoseBaggins 22 дні тому
Oh, that sounds lovely!! Funny thing, that, I have seen Fanfiction that, um, shall we say, took more liberties than that? Like Frodo coming back from the Undying Lands to marry Pearl Took, after getting her pregnant before he left? You know, things like that. 😅 I am working on my own fanfic as well, but am putting it out on Wattpad to, shall we say, raise the level of fanfic out there.
@Enerdhil 21 день тому
Now you piqued my interest. I am always interested to read what serious lovers of Tolkien think happened in the Legendarium and beyond.😁👍
@Enerdhil 21 день тому
@@RoseBaggins That's still better than gay Frodo and Sam.😅😅
@martar.2085 22 дні тому
I had no idea about that epilogue. Wow. Lovely. ❤
@burninlightpresents 20 днів тому
Well this one made me cry! Thank you for all your hard work, I don't have time to read the histories books, but you pick out the important parts.
@erwindennijs6639 22 дні тому
Awesome, was looking forward to this!
@RYwoodview 22 дні тому
The ending of the books at Sam's return to Rosie was the perfect literary ending. But of course every additional bit of story is precious. The epilogue material probably belongs in an appendix. Yet it also confers the better end of the overall drama. After all, the whole point of opposing the darkness was to enable the continuation of ordinary life and joys in Middle Earth. I hope we all remember that.
@istari0 22 дні тому
Lovely. It's been so long since I looked into "Sauron Defeated" that I had forgotten all about this.
@tkinsey3 20 днів тому
Sam hearing the sea 💙 Also, small note - great job on the voices/accents for Sam and his family! You are a great reader.
@GRWelsh7 20 днів тому
That alternate epilogue was AWESOME! Thanks for the wonderful video!
@bdonaghu 13 днів тому
I have reread LOTR many times, and every time it is such a struggle to get through that final chapter... I never want it to end.
@bieuxyongson 19 днів тому
This was wonderful. Faithful wonderful Sam. I loved reading the epilogues. Tiny glimpses. ❤
@danielsilva-duarte571 22 дні тому
Oh boy. One of the best videos I have ever listen to. Thank you!
@RoquenoLiraIluvatarva 20 днів тому
This is one of my favourite videos you've ever done, it's so beautiful. I'm not sure if it was intentional, but it sounded like Elanor had an Elvish accent, particularly the distinctive tapped R sounds. Very appropriate! As much as I love the humble and simple ending we got, I think this epilogue reminds us what the Fellowship were fighting for this whole time, and helps me feel in a more personal way that all the sacrifice was worth it.
@tsuchan 21 день тому
This is the most novel Tolkien video I have watched for many a season. Thank you.
@Transilvanian90 22 дні тому
I love this! Very beautiful epilogue, and wholesome. I wish this had been included, either at the end or just somewhere in the Appendices.
@rigistroni 21 день тому
I really enjoy your more outside the fourth wall type content, delving more into Tolkien's writing process or abandoned projects of his. As much as I love Middle Earth lore, a good chunk of it is stuff I already know so I find that these videos bring much needed variety to the channel and are much more likely to teach me something I didn't know. If I may offer a suggestion, I think delving into some of the things that inspired Tolkien and drawing connections between those stories and the books would be really interesting. I.e. the parallels between Beowulf and the smaug centric chapters of The Hobbit. Keep up the good work, love the channel.
@TheYellowshuttle 2 дні тому
The narration & artwork were beautiful, warm and comforting! ❤️
@WhoIsCalli 17 днів тому
So lovely, thanks for putting this vid together
@Libroerina 20 днів тому
Another great one. Thanks for the constant supply of fresh looks at middle earth!
@joeybox0rox649 16 годин тому
Thank you, Matt. This was very heartwarming.
@pastordc3702 19 днів тому
I have jusrt reread the trilogy and stumbled over this video today. Thank you, for creating it. It fills an emotional hole after being with the Lord of the Rings again for over 3 months. Well done, Sir!
@cbrettb 22 дні тому
One of your best videos. Thank you
@adrisan6296 21 день тому
This is one of your best productions. Loved it!
@Eowyn3Pride 22 дні тому
Well done! Great fan art! "I'm glad you're with me Sam...here at the end of all things!"😢❤🧝♂️🧝♀️🧙♂️🥔🥓🍻
@exiledscouser919 18 днів тому
Thank you for that moving episode as regards Sam and his family.
@markusrobinson3858 5 днів тому
Seriously cool that you present these extra tidbits of Middle-earth lore to us. The only suggestion that I'd really appreciate would be if you would reference WHERE in the additional Tolkien writings you find this stuff. I have most of the other books (Unfinished Tales etc.) and would really like to read those sections myself. PLEASE!!!
@lukasskywalberg4253 22 дні тому
This is just amazing! Thank you.
@marcelmariano3311 19 днів тому
Great video! Beautiful insights into the lore! Tolkien's work reaches such width and depth that one can forget the beauty of the stories crafted for each character. This insight into Sam's family life after the events of LOTR is a beautiful reminder that his work is also amazing when you look at the detail. Thank you for sharing it!
@petereldergill2942 21 день тому
Tolkien should have expanded on the last journey Sam takes with Elinor when he leaves the Shire for good. I tear up every time I read it in the appendices
@Enerdhil 21 день тому
Yes. Sam leaves her in the same year Rosie died. It's brutal to lose two parents in a single calendar year. It actually happened to me.😞😢
@kevinmoore4845 22 дні тому
You Mr. Nerd of the Rings, are a poet, as was Tolkien. Personally, I would have loved to hear Rosie beg Samwise to never leave Middle Earth while she lived. Such a statement would have heralded back to Beren and to Aragon's plight. Thanks again.
@luvmuzik4me 21 день тому
If you read the books, (Return of the King) you will note that Frodo takes Arwyn's place to go to the "undying" lands. It isn't mentioned who takes Sam's place.
@Enerdhil 21 день тому
I think it is symbolic that Frodo is going in place of Arwen, meaning he would've gone even if Arwen were going.
@lamdao1242 17 днів тому
Arwen would never sail to the grey havens after she chose Aragorn. Frodo then replaced her on that ship. Sam did not sail on the same ship. His time had not come. But Frodo had promised him that he too would sail to the grey havens when the time came because he too had been a bearer of the ring, albeit for a short time only. And in the meantime, he had a family to raise So no one was required to take Sam’s place or vice versa
@Enerdhil 16 днів тому
@@lamdao1242 I think Frodo was wishful thinking about Sam eventually joining him in the Undying Lands later. The truth is that we don't know if Bilbo and Sam even survived the long voyage by ship at their ages. The news of what happened to Frodo, Bilbo, Galadriel, Elrond, etc. never gets back to Cirdan or Sam, just as the news of Sam going to the Undying Lands never gets back to Elanor. We want the happy endings, but we never know for sure.
@kanealoha 22 дні тому
I didn’t know either of these epilogues. Amazing
@paulaunger3061 20 днів тому
This is beautiful. I wish JRRT had written it up as a collection of short stories. Then it would have been just a set of stories connected with the total myth instead of a sequel or epilogue.
@paulmcleod8370 22 дні тому
There’s only one word for this episode and that word is WOW !
@jomanclus108 22 дні тому
Excellent, as always. Thank you.
@estel-randir 22 дні тому
Before the Tolkien fandom ever could, Sam's children started the grand tradition of taking the piss out of Celeborn. =D
@Enerdhil 21 день тому
With Galadriel as his wife, Celeborn is an easy target.
@matthewarant377 22 дні тому
As amazing as this is and as much as it brings me to tears. I think the current end of LOTR is absolutely brilliant. Tolkien managed to capture all of these feelings and all of the contentment of this epilogue in the words "Well, I'm back." 😭
@Enerdhil 22 дні тому
11 kids later.... Samwise: Stop,Cirdan!!!! Wait for me!!!!!!🤪
@bennoe5715 22 дні тому
This was really great. Thanks!
@Enerdhil 22 дні тому
I think there may be some applicability between Sam handing off the Red Book to Elenor and JRR handing off his Legendarium to Christopher.🤔
@raymondlugo9960 13 днів тому
I've always seen it as Bilbo giving the book to Frodo as like Christopher taking control of the IP for his dad. Christopher is gone and now someone else has taken the figurative baton.
@Enerdhil 12 днів тому
@@raymondlugo9960 The problem is that Simon is more like the New Shadow than like his father. Look what he permitted Amazon to do with The Rings of Power.😞
@raymondlugo9960 12 днів тому
@@Enerdhil it will all right in the long run. Try to enjoy it for what it is instead of what it is not.
@Enerdhil 12 днів тому
@@raymondlugo9960 That's my plan. I watched Season 1. I will watch Season 2. I mostly credit Jeff Bezos for his decision NOT to get the rights for The Silmarillion or Unfinished Tales. That was genius. That meant if he had stuff in the series that came from something other than Appendix B of FotR, then he could be sued for breech of contract. It also allowed him to create stories that could infuse his DEI, ESG, LGBTQA, etc. ideology into the series. Brilliant!
@cohort075 21 день тому
Even at 63, the wonderment of these stories still fills me with a child’s curiosity, and enchantment. You have done well my young Hobbit! Keep it up, and one day you may even surpass the Greatest of Wizards……Gandalf.
@zoewarren2148 20 днів тому
Thank you so much, bro. You are a gift to us ❤
@MrElladion 14 днів тому
Thank you for the amazing video.
@TrekBeatTK 21 день тому
It’s clear to me the epilogue is the fulfillment of the title “the Return of the King”
@federicaesu8580 22 дні тому
The final words of The Lord of the Rings are perfect and any addition would sound redundant, this conversation between Sam and Elanor and between Sam and Rosie is so sweet , though. The final hint to the sea washing on the shore gives a bittersweet tone which is wonderful
@hbme1390 21 день тому
Beautiful artwork to accompany narration
@michaelwilliams949 22 дні тому
Gotta say, I have so much respect for the amount of writing he did. I can only imagine the feast he’d deliver if he had a laptop (I know he wasn’t happy with technology I’m just dreaming). Also may I pose a theory about the Entwives that only came to me while watching this. As tragic as it sounds what are the odds that they were drowned during the sinking of Beleriand 🤔 just a thought
@Enerdhil 22 дні тому
I think, based on what Matt said about Tolkien's thinking about the Entwives later on, they are at least alive somewhere.
@Wombatmetal 22 дні тому
But you know, Sam was one and whole, and all that was said when Rosie placed Elanor in his lap and he said I'm home. Really is a great place to end.
@Enerdhil 21 день тому
It was closer to a "beginning" than an ending.😁👍
@floridaprepper751 22 дні тому
This was a very good video, thank you sir.
@cellardoor5564 22 дні тому
Clicked on this faster than shadowfax 🐎 keep up the greatwork Notr
@HowardG117 22 дні тому
I wish kids my age were into lotr
@eowynabinadi 13 днів тому
this is so precious, I wish this would go on and on
@HighRiderSonoma 21 день тому
Epic story telling sir!!! I am a subscriber but I only occasionally watch your videos. Especially after the Amazon Prime fiasco. I just wanted to say…wow!!! I was immediately taken back in the Middle Earth. Keep up the great work sir!!
@darrenlong7385 22 дні тому
Thank you, a great topic.
@treybell4498 20 днів тому
great video. had me tearing up.
@seanelcock 22 дні тому
This is really beautiful
@raymondzellar5523 21 день тому
Man I love the more plain story telling in the shire. This has the same feeling that the beginning of the fellowship. This vibe, Tom bombadil and treebeard are my favorite
@D.Rivera-bh6xc 22 дні тому
Storytelling above any other level by Tolkien. Beautiful 💗
@traceyedson9652 22 дні тому
Folks often think of March 25 in “our time” as the day of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin, which it is. But in the ancient Church, it was the day of Christ’s Crucifixion. (In Antiquity, a great person’s birth/death were often reckoned the same, or conception, in this case.)
@Enerdhil 22 дні тому
I'm sure Amazon is glad to see that.🙄
@oldoneeye7516 21 день тому
Thank you for this
@stephaniecowans3646 21 день тому
This particular video was such a soothing balm to my soul, given all the hideous things going on. I feel much better, mentally, for watching it. Keep up the great work, Matt!
@Enerdhil 21 день тому
I hope God will help you through this difficult time in your life.🙏✝️
@stephaniecowans3646 20 днів тому
@@Enerdhil What I was referring to is more of the political crapola surrounding the news lately. Just didn't want to get political in such a non-political channel.
@Enerdhil 20 днів тому
@@stephaniecowans3646 I know what you mean.😅
@haddockpaddock 21 день тому
Very good content, thanks. Good job.
@deathmachine808 22 дні тому
Celeborn is the true soldier. Going down with the ship.
@Enerdhil 22 дні тому
Well, he DID have two grandsons, Elladan and Elrohir, who could keep him busy. He could also visit his granddaughter in Gondor.😁
@caolanod2261 22 дні тому
For somerhing else to discuss, I have often wondered why the ringwraiths at the ford of Rivendell say to Frodo, Come back, to Mordor we will take you. Mordor is not exactly a great place to try and talk up to convince someone to go with them.
@Enerdhil 22 дні тому
Frodo's shoulder was pierced by a Morgul blade and he was becoming a wraith. I think the Nazgul were appealing to that "wraith part" of him.
@LordTelperion 22 дні тому
The call of Valinor…
@johnopalko5223 22 дні тому
On the one hand, I'm disappointed that Tolkien never published the epilogue. On the other hand, I think he made the right decision.
@markroberts6322 17 днів тому
Thank you for posting this. Sam is and has always been my favorite LoTR character. If I could only have one friend in the world, it would be someone like Samwise Gamgee. Yes, Tolkien's writings are about good vs evil and triumphs over defeats. But most importantly, they're about true friendships.
@erikbender1967 22 дні тому
Yeah, I really like that ending, more so than the book just ending after Sam returned from the Gray Havens. I surely do miss Christopher Tolkien finding his dad's early writings and publishing them.
@chrisryan2313 22 дні тому
Congratulations boss good work, make more videos ❤
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