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In that opening intro, I assume it was Galadriel speaking with an actual Irish accent. Well, accented, because when she says Mordor it sounded like she had an Irish accent or Gaelic, or whatever. I'm so used to Cate Blanchett doing it - her pitch is much deeper.

johnnysd

Yeah I assumed it was Galadriel too. Maybe I am alone, but I always thought it would be neat if the prologue had Galadriel sitting in like a modern pub in present times talking to someone about the story

Deftones

Trailer during the Super Bowl.

Josh-da-man

My local affiliate will probably run a mattress commercial over the trailer.

DJariya

I don't think the trailer is airing on NBC. It's way too expensive. $7M for like a 30 second spot.

I think Amazon will probably drop like a 90 second teaser on the Prime Video YouTube channel.

Deftones

They paid $250 million for the rights and reportedly spent $465 million to film the first season. Pretty sure $7 million won't bankrupt them.

DJariya

True. But, there is still an advertising budget for this and it's not airing for 7 more months.

Deftones

And? Maybe it gets people to subscribe now. Plenty of summer movies advertise in the SB that won't be out for 4-5 months.

Josh-da-man

I don't think this was posted here yet, but here are almost two dozen character posters for the upcoming series:

https://www.cbr.com/lord-of-rings-ri...acter-posters/

No faces, just a lot of hands holding things; quite a few swords and rings. Maybe they'll release uncropped versions some time between now and September.

I'm guessing that the last one is Annatar.

johnnysd

I am not a LOTR expert but isn't at least part of Numenor like really advanced with airplanes and things like that so sort of Sci Fi?

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Maybe.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LOTR_on_Pri...gy_of_numenor/

I don't see fancy spaceships or anything shiny like that, but they may do vehicles that are more "lo-tech" than anything, yet still advanced for the times.

Josh-da-man

I think that if they have the Numenorians driving around cars or flying in airplanes it would come off as really fucking stupid.

They were more advanced than other cultures of Middle Earth, and they will need to portray that, but they should still come off as a pre-industrial, medieval society. So no horseless carriages or electric lighting or rifles, or anything like that.

The advancement of Numenor probably shouldn't go too far beyond Europe during the Renaissance. They probably had a lot of Leonardo DaVincis, but no Thomas Edisons or Henry Fords yet.

It wouldn't be unrealistic or them to be using firearms at that point, but it would be weird aesthetically.

Xiroteus

Still wondering how they are going to make money on this after spending around a billion dollars. It will take so many deals with rights and ads to make money. I'm not saying it would have trouble making money just making THAT much money. Big blockbuster films don't want to spend this kind of cash.

chowderhead

that $20 increase on prime membership so Bezos can fly to outerspace also pays for some of this so netflix doesn’t get the rights to LOTR.

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This is better articulated.

Decker

First images :

Josh-da-man

I guess she’s a Man(?) and not an Elf. Can’t see her ears, but the armor looks sort of Elvish. Numenorian, maybe?

Why So Blu?

Looks fine. That article is really long, so bookmarked it to read later today. They did create new characters for the series, though.

Josh-da-man

Oh... read the article and that’s Galadriel in the photo Decker posted.

The background looks like Men in the background, and it’s weird to see her in armor.

Josh-da-man

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood...ies-first-look

Galadriel comes up for air:


Galadriel, Commander of the Northern Armies:


Owain Arthur as Prince Durin IV, prince of the bustling subterranean realm of Khazad-dûm:


The dwarven princess Disa, played by Sophia Nomvete, standing at Khazad-dûm’s entrance:


The silvan elf Arondir, played by Ismael Cruz Córdova, is a character who’s been created for the series:


Galadriel and Halbrand (Charlie Vickers) meet in dire circumstances:


Elrond (Robert Aramayo) is a politically ambitious young elven leader:


Bronwyn (played by Nazanin Boniadi) with her forbidden love, Arondir (Ismael Cruz Córdova), in the village of Tirharad:


Elrond and Galadriel are reunited in the majestic elven kingdom of Lindon:


Nazanin Boniadi’s Bronwyn is a single mother and healer, seen here in her apothecary in Middle-earth’s Southlands:


Director J.A. Bayona points the way for two nomadic hunters wandering the fields of Middle-earth:


Charlie Vickers as Halbrand, a new character who is a fugitive from his own past:

Artman

Nice Vanity Fair spread (as usual), but the pics probably aren't going to help sway fans who are anxious about this series. (I'll count myself as one of them) The recasting is fine, I just wish Elrond had some resemblance to a young Hugo - was that who Will Poulter was to play? (man he'd have been perfect)

johnnysd

Well looks like they are staying very Medieval and using the same feel as Jackson's movies. Not sure it is exactly the way I would go, there needs to be some continuity but it needs to stand on its own. Looking forward to it, but it is a monumentus task.

dex14

Trailer will be live at 8:15 eastern here:

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Why So Blu?

Looks great.