Spoilers Lord of the Rings TV series

[The Nth Doctor]

Cool picture. Anybody have any idead what city that might be?

I guess you didn't read the article.

Speculation from the comments (and then added into the article itself shortly after its publication):

“This is Tirion, the city of the Noldor in the Undying Lands, and the picture is set in the First Age, as the Two Trees are clearly shining in the background.”

 

[Skywalker]

My guess is that we'll get a prelude narration explaining the backstory behind the Years of the Trees, the Noldor and the Edain through the First Age setting up the main story in the Second Age, ala the War of the Last Alliance sequence in LOTR. I wonder if that's Galadriel in the preview image.

 

[Saul]

Looks expensive, looks like something out of the movies, looks like we'll all need a bigger TV.

 

[saddestmoon]

Looks expensive

Somewhat expensive…

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/northamerica/2021-04/17/c_139885863.htm

 

[thribs]

So how long until Legolas shows up?

 

[TimeIsAPredator]

So how long until Legolas shows up?

Hopefully it happens early on and he arrives via 3D log ride and is accompanied by sexy dwarves

 

[Samurai8472]

Somewhat expensive…

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/northamerica/2021-04/17/c_139885863.htm

Prop Master- You wouldn't believe it but we borrowed extra Spock ears for the Elves

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Filming has officially wrapped.

 

[BK613]

Cool picture. Anybody have any idead what city that might be?

Some have speculated that it is a flashback of the Undying Lands before Melkor/Mortgoth and Ungoliant destroyed the Two Trees.

 

[thribs]

Some have speculated that it is a flashback of the Undying Lands before Melkor/Mortgoth and Ungoliant destroyed the Two Trees.

That’s the first age isn’t it? I don’t think they are allowed to cover anything from there

 

[Skywalker]

That’s the first age isn’t it? I don’t think they are allowed to cover anything from there

Before the First Age, actually. The First Age didn't start until the Sun and the Moon first rose in the sky.

And I'm pretty sure the Tolkien Estate are working with Amazon on this show, so they're not limited to just what's in the text of LOTR and The Hobbit like New Line/Warner Bros. were with their movies.

ETA: I could be wrong and the First Age also technically includes everything from the beginning of the world to the destruction of the Trees. But all of that together is a long, long time. I always thought the numbered ages referred specifically to those that took place under the Sun.

 

[FreezeC77]

So how long until Legolas shows up?

Well Tolkien never really said "when" Legolas was born... We just know his Father is Thranduil and Thranduil was alive in the First Age...

 

[JD]

I guess you didn't read the article.

Speculation from the comments (and then added into the article itself shortly after its publication):

“This is Tirion, the city of the Noldor in the Undying Lands, and the picture is set in the First Age, as the Two Trees are clearly shining in the background.”

I didn't see the comment, and when I read it said they hadn't heard anything about what the picture showed. I just thought people here might be moe willing to guess than IGN's writer was.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

The quote in my post was in the article when I shared it so...

 

[saddestmoon]

Well Tolkien never really said "when" Legolas was born... We just know his Father is Thranduil and Thranduil was alive in the First Age...

Also, Thranduil’s father was the Elven lord Oropher - who led an subsidiary army of elves in the Battle of the Last Alliance (right at the end of the second age) and from what I recall, Oropher advanced them too early into the fray, ignoring Gil-galad’s orders, and subsequently got himself killed - hence, his son Thranduil took up his fathers mantle after the battle.

So it stands to reason that Legolas could appear, Albeit quite young (for an elf that is).

 

[BK613]

That’s the first age isn’t it? I don’t think they are allowed to cover anything from there

Various articles I've read recently says that they can use some elements from the Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales...

 

[saddestmoon]

I’m soooo pumped for this!

 

[JD]

The quote in my post was in the article when I shared it so...

Oh, for some reason I was thinking the IGN article I read was the one you linked to.

 

[saddestmoon]

Oh noes - says me here in New Zealand…!

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainme...f-the-rings-production-to-uk-crew-member-says

Not the end of the proverbially world, but still somewhat disappointing, IMHO. (Then again, I am biased)

 

[StarMan]

Oh noes - says me here in New Zealand…!

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainme...f-the-rings-production-to-uk-crew-member-says

Not the end of the proverbially world, but still somewhat disappointing, IMHO. (Then again, I am biased)

They said on the news tonight it had injected 600 million into the economy and future seasons would have been as lucrative - not exactly chump change for our little corner of the world.

Looks like I missed yet another opportunity to be a background extra in a LOTR production - I fit the bill perfectly for an Uruk hai back in the day, but never bothered to go to the casting down the road.