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Julia Petersson
June 25, 2020 at 8:53 pm
This was incredible
Laurel Cooper
June 25, 2020 at 9:03 pm
Excuse me as I watch this 50 more times to have it cemented in my memory.
This is a video I didn’t know I needed!! So fascinating!
skeptile
June 25, 2020 at 9:11 pm
I wish I was as passionate about anything as this guy is about Tolkein.
The Rambunctious Riolu
June 26, 2020 at 12:25 am
He’s so passionate about anything to do with Tolkien lore that he will spend hours talking about random temples in LOTRO (the lord of the rings online)
I should know since he’s my dad
Hmingthansanga Vangchhia
June 25, 2020 at 9:13 pm
I wish there is more of this movie
s3cr3tpassword
June 25, 2020 at 9:17 pm
The eagles are straight up demigods. Ainur as he said. The ainur sent to help the world was the wizards, the eagles could not care less to what happens to the world. They did it as a favor for Gandalf.
I am Alucard
June 25, 2020 at 9:17 pm
silmarillion … was one hard book to read.
FixSpark
June 25, 2020 at 9:17 pm
I love this video! Thank you!!
Automata язык
June 25, 2020 at 9:37 pm
what about Tom Bombadil ?
Jared Lind
June 25, 2020 at 9:46 pm
Woot! Corey’s getting the audience he rightly deserves. Long time fan of Corey and Signum University.
Alex Bennet
June 25, 2020 at 9:54 pm
*humans
Emma Hughes
June 25, 2020 at 9:56 pm
This is my favourite video on YouTube
Tyler Jordan MacDonald
June 25, 2020 at 10:18 pm
Subtitles: battle of Hans Deep
VermilionLotus
June 25, 2020 at 10:46 pm
I love this! I was such a huge LOTR nerd in high school, taught myself a bit of Quenya (Elvish) and everything. Don’t remember any of it now, but man, I was so into this series. I had no idea Tom Bombadil was an Ainur! When you explained more about the character of course it makes sense but wow! I love how passionate about the mythology this guy is. Thank you for the lesson, Professor Olsen!
Víctor Gauto
June 25, 2020 at 10:50 pm
Excelente video, super claro y muy entretenido.
Dave W.
June 25, 2020 at 11:04 pm
Man I’m tryna cook some chicken thighs for dinner and this dude has got me INTO this story
Martin Tierney
June 25, 2020 at 11:11 pm
“Tom Bombadil is clearly one of the Ainur.” Don’t remember that ever being clear!
JimmyKip
June 26, 2020 at 1:14 am
Its more by process of elimination; there’s little else he could be. (although I think i’ve read others speculate he may be Iluvatar).
Woah
June 25, 2020 at 11:13 pm
What about the ’stone giants’ which we see in the first Hobbit movie?
Sarah Walker
June 25, 2020 at 11:15 pm
I know it was just released, but could this please become a series? This is absolutely phenomenal and he did a brilliant job discussing the intricate mythology Tolkien created.
Elizabeth Black
June 25, 2020 at 11:25 pm
That was great
Nolan Friedline
June 25, 2020 at 11:38 pm
A few things you didn’t mention; The Hobbit is inspired by Beowulf which Tolkien himself translated. And the Dwarves were made before the elves, and stored away until the elves could be properly created (according to the Silmarillion).
Ace5002
June 26, 2020 at 12:03 am
What about the witch king?
Brody Krafka
June 26, 2020 at 12:37 am
Somebody show this to Stephen Colbert. @lateshow @stephencolbert
lowlander04
June 26, 2020 at 12:51 am
I love this guy, he’s so passionate. But I kinda hoped for Stephen Colbert to show up. Just for a small guest part at least.
Michael Mosseri
June 26, 2020 at 1:01 am
I(have)nor Idea what you were talking about
C K
June 26, 2020 at 1:21 am
I need a mind map…
mexicano soy
June 26, 2020 at 9:39 am
It’s human human human race
Fajar Setiawan
June 26, 2020 at 10:01 am
*cries in nerd*
DerSonntagsHeld
June 26, 2020 at 10:18 am
Please, make a video about the peoples of man too. 🙂
Arkaid D
June 26, 2020 at 10:40 am
I can almost hear Stephen Colbert climaxing to this video
Asher Werner
June 26, 2020 at 11:07 am
Why’d you skip over how Tolkien’s view of Jewish people influenced the Dwarves
Tomorrow We Live
June 26, 2020 at 12:43 pm
Did it? I know he mentioned Khuzdul is Semitic in construction, but as far as I’m aware that’s it.
Mateo
June 26, 2020 at 11:55 pm
Cause PC babies would cry.
Rainy Day
June 26, 2020 at 11:13 am
What an awesome video. Thanks Wired.
Tomas Langhout
June 26, 2020 at 11:21 am
His comment regarding Tom Bombadil being a Ainur is not completely justified. It is never confirmed he is one or belongs to that race and there are multiple theories about what he is.
dorcolka011
June 26, 2020 at 11:40 am
Thank you professor, it was splendid… now there’s only one thing left to do… 🙂 Popcorns, movies and we shall not go out untill it’s all finished!
Mochammad Isa
June 26, 2020 at 11:47 am
Thank you for making this, this is awesome.
Kadeeja Fredankey
June 26, 2020 at 1:05 pm
I’ve never seen these movies but his storytelling made it seem like a must watch/read.
Gianluca Scerri
June 26, 2020 at 1:28 pm
Everything was fantastic until the last few statements at the end of the video. The Army of the Dead did not participate at the battle of the Pelennor fields.
Bob Ross
June 26, 2020 at 1:29 pm
Note that Sindarin, the most common Elvish language in LOTR is based on Welsh and even the map of Middle Earth looks like Wales on a tilt
devilpupbear09
June 26, 2020 at 1:44 pm
Why couldn’t they just fly the eagle’s to Mordor?
Mateo
June 26, 2020 at 11:55 pm
Cause the eye would have saw them. Its just the dumbest coincidences that the army showed up at the gate to distract Sauron. The plan shouldhave been, Gandolph on eagle, everyone shows up at the door, distract while gandolph flies in.
Of course they’d have to fight their way there first. But its kind of whack that the 1 thing the enemy can do is ruin the ring, and they dont guard the volcano. Like not even 1 ring wraith to watch over, just assume some spider would stop anyone getting throuhh the passage.
Of course it is the cockiness of them and underestimating the weak hobbits.
Alpha Crew Studios
June 26, 2020 at 2:13 pm
Drew Spencer Penrose
June 26, 2020 at 2:17 pm
The boldness.
The sheer audacity.
To say that Tom Bombadil is “clearly one of the Ainur.”
Red Ashura
June 27, 2020 at 12:57 pm
just like Ungoliant
raumgehll
June 26, 2020 at 2:42 pm
Wired making content for Tolkien-stuff and casting calls in NZ for funny looking people? Silmarillion movie to be soon teased, calling it now.
Palz Gaming
June 27, 2020 at 5:25 am
Check out this guy’s YouTube channel “Signum University”. We’ve been working on the Silmarillion Film Project for years.
1i1wayne1
June 26, 2020 at 3:35 pm
Is this the guy that trained Stephen Colbert?
Palz Gaming
June 27, 2020 at 5:20 am
Not exactly, but Colbert does listen to his Exploring Lord of the Rings series here on YouTube.
alec lightwood
June 26, 2020 at 4:35 pm
I disagree. The Ainur are not actual Gods…. That’s kind of the whole point, they can’t create, they don’t have the creation power, which is why nothing they conceive can come to life, truly, unless actual God, Ilúvatar, breathes life into them. The Ainur represent Archangels, They are the children of Ilúvatar, just as the angels are the first children of God, that were supposed to put to use God’s plan, build what God had conceived, and what God would then breathe life into, and watch over God’s live creations (men and elves). Which is even more explicitly told by the very clear parallel between Manwe and Morgoth and Michael and Lúcifer.
Red Ashura
June 27, 2020 at 1:39 pm
in Mortal’s view they are Gods (mentioned in The Silmarillion). they rule the nature and have nigh-omnipotence. however, they are not omniscience and can’t create anything without Ilúvatar’s power.
dirty pure
June 26, 2020 at 4:37 pm
This was really great!
alec lightwood
June 26, 2020 at 4:38 pm
It’s actually very easy to understand the scale of power if you see Valar as the Archangels, because then Maiar are Seraphin and so on, and so on… That’s how it’s structured.
Peter Trast
June 26, 2020 at 6:36 pm
If you liked this, read the Silmarillion by Tolkien.
eastshore carp
June 26, 2020 at 7:19 pm
And now I have to re-read LOTR again …. thanks for a wonderful reminder
Joshua Flynn
June 26, 2020 at 9:33 pm
Wow! The professor!
Victor Acatrinei
June 26, 2020 at 10:49 pm
One of the most boring things ever seen by me on yt.
yungjoemighty
June 27, 2020 at 12:18 am
*and here we have the easterlings, who are… a racist stereotype*
asmith1022
June 27, 2020 at 4:41 am
Have you read any stories about the Easterlings? Like Bor and his sons during the Nirnaeth?
Ray
June 27, 2020 at 3:04 am
Chills, goosebumps, and tears.
LOTR is the best lore ever
MySerpentine
June 27, 2020 at 10:43 am
‘And deep in their dark hearts the Orcs loathed the Master whom they served in fear, the maker only of their misery.’
Niamh Keane
June 27, 2020 at 10:45 am
I always wondered why there was no mention of goblins in LOTR and no mentions of Orcs in The Hobbit
Terpsi
June 27, 2020 at 11:43 am
mumakil?
Red Ashura
June 27, 2020 at 1:30 pm
Oliphaunt is ordinary animal, not a Sentient Race.
Sid
June 27, 2020 at 12:04 pm
You make me want to reread the books…
Nils Beckmann
June 27, 2020 at 2:40 pm
Saroman is the mangaka of goblin slayers. Change me mind.
adraiana22
June 27, 2020 at 5:47 pm
“Morgoth’s research and development department”, I-
Juan Suarez
June 27, 2020 at 6:35 pm
I sense Stephen Colbert has been here.
MovieBuff
June 27, 2020 at 6:54 pm
Please bring him back I WANT TO KNOW MORE
wuhoo life
June 27, 2020 at 8:28 pm
Whatever… He’s racist for not including colour..
Don Kikon
June 27, 2020 at 9:04 pm
There is at least one race missing there friend!
Denis Shamray
June 27, 2020 at 9:20 pm
This is much more than every race in Middle-Earth explained. This is history of Middle-Earth.
Renesa Devi
June 28, 2020 at 11:23 am
The sound was a little low
Can't Words
June 28, 2020 at 11:39 am
If no one but the main god can create sentient creatures, how were the dragons created? And thinking about it how were the trolls and ents created too?
BIZWA KALI
June 28, 2020 at 11:42 am
Occult knowledge of world history and religion allowed him to design this, middle earth is simply Agartha
Idell Laschius
June 28, 2020 at 11:45 am
With Tolkien’s creations, I’m worried I’ll loose the grasp of what’s real and what’s not
Kenneth James
June 28, 2020 at 12:44 pm
And he hated the book being into a movie. Its only his greedy kids that let it happen
Zach McNamara
June 28, 2020 at 12:45 pm
Tolkien has better handwriting in a language *he made up* then I do in English
Niko Peña
June 28, 2020 at 2:05 pm
I’m only 2mins and 35seconds in and I’m falling in love with middle-earth all over again. Thank you Professor Olsen and Wired for bringing us this treasure.
Meeds
June 28, 2020 at 3:08 pm
Can we get some credits for the paintings used? I’m interested in seeing them full-size
Ivan Santana
June 28, 2020 at 3:11 pm
Put Tolkien’s mythology in your story and you will have the best story on the internet.
The Value of n
June 28, 2020 at 3:34 pm
I appreciate this explanation so much. I’ve tried reading the book but couldn’t get passed the Council of Elrond. This explains so much.
Jack Richard
June 28, 2020 at 4:02 pm
In ten years this is one of the best videos I’ve watched on YouTube.
Elyse Lewis
June 28, 2020 at 4:19 pm
omg wow more of this!!!!! more on the rings!!! the history!! everything and anything!!
Christopher
June 28, 2020 at 5:06 pm
I want the next Clueless Gamer to be about the Gollum game and to watch Conan completely break down while Aaron tells him this entire backstory of Middle-Earth, complete with two names for every character and all 😂
Antonio Vitor
June 28, 2020 at 5:29 pm
that was amazing
Shaun Nguyen
June 28, 2020 at 5:30 pm
i wish he talked about how aule hit the dwarves with a hammer as a punishment sent by illuvatar for aule’s secret unapproved creations. Thats why they are all short :))))
I dont remember where i heard this, but i remember it distinctly
mitchyuk
June 28, 2020 at 5:55 pm
Fascinating but please, Wired, lose the background music. It’s distracting as heck and doesn’t contribute anything. Let the man talk!
jonathan foster
June 28, 2020 at 6:11 pm
Every race in middle earth explained: white
Colin Marble
June 28, 2020 at 8:22 pm
You were doing okay intill you got to ents. I don’t remember Tolkien ever writing that ents were hostile to hobbits in particular. They don’t seem too pleased with humans or dwarves either.
You also hop around too much. Do all the good then all the evil or god and their evil counterparts.
You don’t mention Sméagol, but that doesn’t surprise me.
Messy!
Plekhanov
June 28, 2020 at 8:49 pm
When I see the Ents attack, I always think, “Run Forest, run.”
Dave
June 28, 2020 at 9:09 pm
What are these landscape shots ?!
England ?
New Zealand ?!
Minenhle Longwe
June 29, 2020 at 12:07 am
New Zealand
Dave
June 29, 2020 at 12:23 am
@Minenhle Longwe The starfort too ?
Minenhle Longwe
June 29, 2020 at 12:32 am
@Dave Yes and other scenes were put together digitally
Thomas Byrne
June 28, 2020 at 9:23 pm
Theres a book called “An Atlas of Tolkien” by David Day that I would highly recommend for anyone who likes this video
Violet and Vervain
June 28, 2020 at 10:13 pm
This title isn’t true to how complex and complete the video is. 🙂
Neve Alexa
June 28, 2020 at 10:32 pm
this seriously made me cry multiple times : ) I cANT. I don’t even know whyyyy I cried. just a mixture of the grandeur of the history of middle-earth and Tolkien’s mythology. But also how well it was all explained. WOW. Tolkien’s imagination and depth of thought is seriously unparalleled. How could anyone watch this and know the huge amount of complexities in his books and not agree?
thechannelitrollwith
June 28, 2020 at 11:43 pm
when I was in 6th grade, I wrote a book report on The Two Towers. It was such a long book but “luckily” I’d just watched the movies. I wrote a report on the movie lol. It was so wrong, and ended with the movie ending. my teacher called me in and asked me all kinds of questions. apparently she didn’t know the movies existed because I got off without a warning. looking back, it must’ve been an atrocious book report that should’ve made it obvious that I didn’t have enough time to finish half the book, let alone understand it. i’ve made up for that many time over by becoming obsessed with fantasy worlds. tolkien’s world is so deep and rich and has wonderful adaptations. hope the tv series gets finished soon. there are just so many great stories littered in the canon. I need more!
Ali Salamey
June 29, 2020 at 12:28 am
Great video!!
Were all the the men that were given rings actually Kings of men? I know a few were but i don’t think they all were
Zoe Cox
June 29, 2020 at 6:01 pm
for my dads fathers day gift we are watching all of the lord of the rings movies with him we are only on the second movie
Zoe Cox
June 29, 2020 at 6:02 pm
honestly if i was with legolas and aragorn id be the dwarf who keeps falling and who cant ride a horse
alarmedllama
June 29, 2020 at 6:47 pm
Tom bombadil isn’t a regular being following the rules of Tolkien as the major and minor spirits do. He has power but it is outside of the construct of the majority. Great video overall
Deus Costa
June 29, 2020 at 6:48 pm
this man needs to challenge stephen colbert
Jaimeheartbeat
June 29, 2020 at 7:06 pm
Seriously wonderful, please make this a series. Thank you.
Lau Fiu
June 29, 2020 at 7:28 pm
Someone seriously needed to do an animated timeline. 😂😂🤦♂️ he lost me in the first minute hahah,
felixccaa
June 29, 2020 at 7:36 pm
22:40 I was so fascinated when I learned the first time that orcs are actually broken elves. Everybody can become really evil after going through torture, pain and hatered. To me this was a call for healing the old wounds to let return orcs to the elves realm again. =)
Does this Prof have a channel? I would love so much to get more of his research on LotR!
Djinn-1
June 29, 2020 at 7:53 pm
The thumbnail made me LOL. Apparently WIRED thinks Tolkien’s “Race of Men” are actually “Green Men” ;P Of all the pics, what a terrible one to choose!
Bro Jacob
June 29, 2020 at 7:58 pm
24:05
Sily ‘umie. Da orks was made by da brain boyz an’ da orks was made for WAAAGH!
ResidentEvil302 Ricancuban215usa
June 29, 2020 at 8:39 pm
I feel like im ready 2 take a lord of the rings test and pass with 100%
D A
June 29, 2020 at 8:55 pm
Been watching a bit. Not one mention that he was very Catholic and converted CS Lewis. They often met at a pub and discussed their stories. His mythology was based on the Catholic narrative and was a brilliant display of how to share the truths within the doctrines to a wide audience. How is this NOT part of this video?
C W
June 29, 2020 at 8:58 pm
NO CURSED RACES POG
Leah H
June 29, 2020 at 9:23 pm
How can I get paid to talk about Lord of the Rings?
CrazyProf
June 29, 2020 at 10:01 pm
“MEN??!?! YOU MEAN HUMAN?!?!” Angry feminist crybabys
Melanie Szelong
June 29, 2020 at 10:24 pm
Pukel men and Gan-Buri-Gan?! (Hope I got name right off top of my head, Tolkien brothers and sisters help me out)
D Bishop
June 29, 2020 at 10:52 pm
I have read LOTR, the Hobbit, & the Silmarillion more times than I can count. I have listened to all of the Corey Olsen’s podcasts as well as the Prancing Pony twice over. I have read most of Tolkien’s middle earth works and most of his other fiction. I love Tolkien and this community so much, but it just sounds so nerdy when it is explained like this haha.
Francosteiner
June 29, 2020 at 11:01 pm
YOU FORGOT HORSES
Francosteiner
June 29, 2020 at 11:03 pm
Also the Oliphants
Shauday Smith
June 29, 2020 at 11:07 pm
Audio change for the spider bit so you don’t miss it.
JohnnyZenith
June 29, 2020 at 11:11 pm
Men are the children of the sun and woke to this new phenomenon. The Elves are the children of the stars before the sun and moon existed. There’s a lot more than he explains here but that is understandable. He can’t fit it all in. The Dwarves were put to sleep and placed in Middle Earth until awakened later. Elves are known as the first born. Men are the 2nd born. There are other forms of men and other races not mentioned here.
Marc Abelha
June 29, 2020 at 11:19 pm
Tolkien created a magnificent world. It is vast and so rich in detail.
This is a nice presentation, but bare in mind that this is a limited summary. The basic explanation is in fact a small book called The Silmarillion.
I call it basic explanation because all Tolkien wrote about Middle Earth and Arda takes about 12-14 books! LotR is condensed in a few pages inside Silmarillion.
JohnnyZenith
June 29, 2020 at 11:26 pm
I’m sorry but you didn’t mention every race.
Dunhamb
June 29, 2020 at 11:28 pm
Get this man back to talk about specific characters in the books.
Mirtheous
June 29, 2020 at 11:33 pm
PHD of LOTR
Red Apple
June 30, 2020 at 12:46 am
I feel like this should have been done by Stephen Colbert.
apinchofpuffin
June 30, 2020 at 1:03 am
Loved this! Please make more!
jhogrute
June 30, 2020 at 8:49 am
species… not race… there is a difference… within “men” there might be race… but men, dwarves, elves these are different species in that world
WW Suwannee
June 30, 2020 at 8:58 am
Dwarves were bad guys originally? The Silmarillion does not say this. It says Aule created them even before the Elves awoke, but they were like golems…no free will. Illuvatar did not like this so Aule was going to destroy them but Illuvatar intervened, and instead put them into deep sleep in the mountains, and he had pity for Aule so he gave them divine spark. They awoke only after the Elves, the first children of Iluvatar awoke. I don’t recall the Dwarves ever being “bad guys” that served Melkor. With the exception of the conflicts over the Silmarils, the Dwarves were great allies and friends of the Elves durring the Ages of the Stars and Trees, way before the First Age of the Sun and the awakening of Men. Some Dwarves did in fact fight for Sauron, though I don’t think any fought for Melkor. One thing is certain, they didn’t all of a sudden change to “good guys” when Tolkien wrote The Hobbit. The title of this video is misleading. the guy spent 39 minutes giving a brief history of Arda and barley touching on “Every Race In Middle-Earth Explained” A subject like this can’t be done in 39 minutes, also anyone who introduces themselves as “doctor” is automatically suspect, stick to telling your grand children stories and spare the rest of us….I call BS Clikbait on this one.
István Sipos
June 30, 2020 at 9:26 am
why does Gandalf cast so few spells? thank you, any LotR prof
– no matter what comes through that gate, you’ll stand your ground!
– uhmmm… you mean, no matter what comes throgh that gate, you’ll roast it with some bada$$ magic. Right? RIGHT?? (oh, we are so f*ed)
D A
June 30, 2020 at 10:28 am
Just wanted to add that the Professor does a disservice to Tolkien and his readers by ignoring the massive influence Catholicism had on LOTR. Why is this important? Because Tolkien believed the Catholic narrative. He really believed in angels (elves), he really believed in fallen angels (orcs). He really believed in Priests (Frodo), Prophets (Gandalf), and Kings (Aragorn). All three of these characters are found in Jesus Christ, Priest, Prophet and King. So Tolkien didn’t just make up a story, he was sharing what he believed was really unfolding. A very real adventure all around us. WE are currently in a scenario similar to LOTR. What character will you play? This was Tolkien’s objective, not just creating a fantasy world. He was introducing us to the real world.
Gary 88
June 30, 2020 at 11:01 am
Cool ❄️
BON3S McCOY
June 30, 2020 at 11:10 am
Why is Stephen Colbert not in this video?
Emulator93
June 30, 2020 at 11:43 am
Your voice voulme is to low in comparisson to the music that plays in your video.
Tomas Rocha Martins
June 30, 2020 at 1:38 pm
13:55, is that Monserrate?
David Franz
June 30, 2020 at 1:55 pm
what about those Tarzan dudes that helped Theoden navigate through forest?
Andrew Moorhead
June 30, 2020 at 2:02 pm
I think you missed the Shapeshifters like Beorn, the thunder giants and easterlings etc. loved this explanation though
Paulo Henrique Sica
June 30, 2020 at 4:06 pm
awesome video!
John Moses Chua
June 30, 2020 at 5:11 pm
For the next 1000 years, Tolkien would be talked about alongside Homer.
TheMrMayoyo
June 30, 2020 at 5:16 pm
As I understood it Tom Bombadil is no Valar or Mayar, but either like an easter egg cameo of the author himself, or Illuvatar himself just f**king about in middle earth.
zenitrulit2
June 30, 2020 at 5:33 pm
How come Morgoth couldn’t create the orcs but created the dragons?
Tampa Blush
June 30, 2020 at 6:10 pm
King Arthur may have been partly written by an Italian a scribe in the 1400s but King Arthur is a big part of our mythology and Celtic mythology there’s also welsh mythology and Cornish. It’s like you guys didn’t do any research. Oh wait you’re journalists you don’t do research do you?
Егор Башмак
June 30, 2020 at 6:28 pm
You forgot to mention that Sauron is still just a Maiar.
Natalie Yuan
June 30, 2020 at 7:15 pm
Love this!!! <3
antony tye
June 30, 2020 at 8:10 pm
Petty Dwarfs, Fell beasts, shape shifters, vampires, animals, stone giants, watcher in the water, different varieties of troll, horses are mythical and unmentioned but wolves are, again with birds like thrushes, does not mention all the men peoples but does some and does elves, Black numenoreans? so a good presentation but flawed, and it was only in the movie that the undead went to gondor, Tolkien did not write that crap that made the whole battle redundant, he is not that stupid.
Hw Liebenberg
June 30, 2020 at 8:16 pm
you forgot the nameless ones…. or the creature in deep
HafdirTasare
June 30, 2020 at 8:22 pm
Noone ever talks about the five Dwarf rings…
kbc02021
June 30, 2020 at 8:23 pm
Amazing! Thank you
Sam A
June 30, 2020 at 9:08 pm
Also the Haradreem, Khand, Easterlings & Southrons (all men) who were basically stereotyped, racist interpretations of Asians & Middle Easterners
nickwille16
June 30, 2020 at 9:22 pm
is it possible to watch this without reading it first? I don’t want it spoiled
Moodown
June 30, 2020 at 9:28 pm
The writer of the subtitles is clearly not a fan of Lord of the Rings
Moodown
June 30, 2020 at 9:32 pm
What is a Calibrium Bore for Eru’s sake… It’s Celebrimbor
SDFlick619
June 30, 2020 at 11:01 pm
It’s so weird that something can be so interesting yet so not interesting at the same time. So much substance for something that needs no substance. Still love it
Haprilona
July 1, 2020 at 9:59 am
He keeps calling the wizards ainur. But they were maiar. In terms of hierarchy Eru > ainur > valar > maiar. Ainur were the gods that never entered Arda (= planet Earth), valar are the gods that did and maiar are the servants of the valar. For a Tolkien professor, he doesn’t seem to remember/know the most basic stuff.
Dúnedain doesn’t mean the descendants of Númenor, it is the collective name for the rangers (who are descendants of Númenor).
Rose Ban
July 1, 2020 at 10:38 am
I love everything about this. I need more
SnowToad
July 1, 2020 at 11:27 am
Hi Steven Colbert
Bahar Güngör
July 1, 2020 at 1:20 pm
humans not men
dyu
July 1, 2020 at 4:58 pm
MAN NOT MEN, look up the definition etymology and then research what “man” means.
Ricky H
July 1, 2020 at 1:56 pm
when you think Tolkien is the peak of a storywriter, a superhuman among writers, he see the whole Middle Earth in day one, he actually writing all his book like a normal person, he also struggle and progressively perfecting his world.
keep writing
William Henderson
July 1, 2020 at 2:27 pm
Can someone smarter than myself explain why elves show up to help men fight Sauraman/Sauron but Dwarfs just send Gmili to participate in the Fellowship? Is this because the Dwarves were never part of the last alliance of Elves and Men? Where are all the Dwarves during the Fellowship period?
Radioactive Applesauce
July 1, 2020 at 2:47 pm
I’m totally nerding out on this … thank you
Major Zero
July 1, 2020 at 2:59 pm
I can just imagine how Amazon will butcher the new Lord of the Rings primes series with their pc correctness and identity politcs…it will be a total shitshow.
Biswadeep Mandal
July 1, 2020 at 3:56 pm
this is epic!!
Kajkanit Sakdisubha
July 1, 2020 at 4:00 pm
This guy vs colbert would be fun
No Peace Just War
July 1, 2020 at 4:59 pm
Really neat video, put together wonderfully. Thanks!
M Betty
July 1, 2020 at 5:46 pm
This was AMAZING! I didn’t know you could be a “professor of Tolkien”! Please do at least one more video!!!
Joe L
July 1, 2020 at 6:00 pm
‘products of Morgoth’s research & development department’ lmao
Pleun
July 1, 2020 at 6:05 pm
Every race in Middle Earth explained: 3 white dudes: one shorter, one hot and one old with a wig.
DONE. 38 minutes saved.
Vercingetorix Avernian
July 1, 2020 at 6:20 pm
Thank you Wired!! Yes yes yes yes finally
Ariel Hunt
July 1, 2020 at 6:35 pm
I already knew all of this but I watched it anyway because I love anything Tolkien related.
D Ambition
July 1, 2020 at 6:43 pm
“And how much he was influenced by early mytologi”
Dagasan
July 1, 2020 at 8:32 pm
I wish this was longer, moar pls
Kasper Rasch
July 1, 2020 at 8:54 pm
Cave Trolls, they can withstand sunlight. What about the Wyverns?
MrNailbrain
July 1, 2020 at 8:55 pm
He forgot about dogs and cats. Dogs are sort of on par with dwarves while cats are made by Morgoth in mockery of dogs, just like elves/orks and ents/trolls.
Professor Existential
July 1, 2020 at 9:25 pm
Valar…. Morghulis
Charis Leigh
July 1, 2020 at 9:36 pm
I didn’t know I needed this.
Caleb Mufford
July 1, 2020 at 11:15 pm
what about the stone giants of the misty mountains which the dwarves find themselves upon?
Randy Bobandy
July 1, 2020 at 11:15 pm
This is racist
DSweeney
July 1, 2020 at 11:50 pm
No, reddit and twitter told me elves are white people and orcs are black
GingerL012
July 2, 2020 at 4:06 am
This was amazing! I started listening to the Silmarillion not too long ago and this really helped clarify some of the early parts of the mythology for me! 😁👏🏻
Body Politic Media
July 2, 2020 at 6:02 am
Wonderful job. Great video
yeya
July 2, 2020 at 6:22 am
Cool
Apis Baini
July 2, 2020 at 8:49 am
I just spent 38 minutes on this video,without even noticing😍and i dont regret every second of it😍😍i love this kinda video
Galaxis
July 2, 2020 at 9:51 am
The problem with this explanation of the uruk-hai is that, as shown in this video, in the movie they are clearly being grown in mud. Maybe one could say that a “person” is put there and changed in the mud, but it really gives the impression that they are constructs, grown, but not birthed.
Tom Wylde
July 2, 2020 at 11:11 am
The coolest thing, that made me see how much language inspired Tolkein, is that, because I’m a Welsh speaker, when I heard Legolas and Aragorn talking in Elvish to each other, it SOUNDED like I should understand it, almost like the sounds were sounds I understood, but the sentences were all mixed up and made no sense. Very cool stuff
CLIPS
July 2, 2020 at 12:02 pm
This confusing af
Marcus Nielsen
July 2, 2020 at 1:49 pm
What about dragons? Did I miss the dragons?
Dave Lewis
July 2, 2020 at 1:58 pm
If anyone would like to see the connection between The Lord of the Rings and Studio Ghibli, click here:
navry01
July 2, 2020 at 2:00 pm
New here, but this is the clearest summary of the lore I have ever encountered.
The Radioactive Player
July 2, 2020 at 2:23 pm
YES! YOU PRONOUNCED SAURON RIGHT!
Dimon White
July 2, 2020 at 4:44 pm
It said he’s a Tolkien professor, is that a job? Where do I sign up
Ozan Akyıldız
July 2, 2020 at 5:10 pm
This would have been an amazing find if it approached the races of ~Middle-Earth~ Arda with a traditional history approach
M. Doe
July 2, 2020 at 5:34 pm
Great Video
Ethan Obenauer
July 2, 2020 at 5:40 pm
Wouldn’t dragons be considered sentient? If sentience can only be imbued by Iluvatar, how did Morgoth up and create them, then? Or are dragons considered somehow divine beings that transcend the other races?
Luke Gray
July 2, 2020 at 6:13 pm
What about the bear human druid?
david dave
July 2, 2020 at 6:22 pm
awesome
first name
July 2, 2020 at 6:30 pm
they are not gods rather powerful beings God gave them the powers. jeez dude stop putting your athiesm into the theology of tolkien
THANOStheGIMP
July 2, 2020 at 6:37 pm
But which race is the one that the guards kill.
SYL Ben
July 2, 2020 at 7:46 pm
No mention of Olog-Hai?
Chris Viggiano
July 2, 2020 at 8:18 pm
Tom bomadale said by Tolkien is symbolic of the English country side
And he also never said he was a maiar
He actually enjoyed some mystery too
J P
July 2, 2020 at 9:26 pm
Tom Segura is such a nerd.
Naughty Dog take my money
July 2, 2020 at 11:15 pm
If I remember correctly the oathbreakers didn’t help in the Pelennor fields battle, they just helped the Gray company in the port of Pelagir, other than that I hope this becomes a series of Tolkien’s legendarium
Neida E. Rodriguez
July 3, 2020 at 1:44 am
This makes me want to see lord the rings extended version
Simon Garcia
July 3, 2020 at 2:07 am
What the stone giants and ogres
Chugga Nutts
July 3, 2020 at 3:37 am
Is it me or is LOTR really relevant right now?
JohnnyArt Pavlou
July 3, 2020 at 6:00 am
Wonderful. Thank you! 🌞
Lorenzo Gheorghe
July 3, 2020 at 6:27 am
just wow, what a good listen. thank you.
Reuben Simpson
July 3, 2020 at 8:43 am
Excellent. Thank you so much.
WITE FOX
July 3, 2020 at 9:42 am
Banging an elven chick would be legendary
Anthony ofWindsor
July 3, 2020 at 10:54 am
Cory Olsen best man to do such a video.
Anthony ofWindsor
July 3, 2020 at 10:55 am
I hope Corey Olsen or any other respected Tolkien Prof is consulted by amazon for the new tLotR series.
J Ing
July 3, 2020 at 11:38 am
Awesome. Could watch stuff on Tolkien’s writings all day
Kat Kat
July 3, 2020 at 1:16 pm
Thank you for the thoroughly enjoyable explanation ♡
aleph mage
July 3, 2020 at 3:39 pm
Short white, Normal white, Pretty white
Pauvel Jétha
July 3, 2020 at 5:07 pm
I always thought the initial Ainulindale was inspired more by Christianity & Judaism. Iluvatar creating the world, Ainur as the arch angels, and even the fall of Morgoth resembles the fall of Lucifer
DCfromtheV
July 3, 2020 at 5:33 pm
In the real world, race refers to variations within the same species that are still capable of reproducing. Can elves and hobbits reproduce? Could a man and golem successfully breed?
dick_kickem 420
July 3, 2020 at 6:42 pm
When your so much of a nerd you do the little Yiddish throat thing for dwarfish 🤦♂️
MeTa BAN
July 3, 2020 at 7:36 pm
Please help. What is the music @ 32:30 called?
MotherAce
July 3, 2020 at 10:29 pm
I need to see this guy and Stephen Colbert talk together on a stage for 3-4 hours straight please. Make it happen!
Tim Scarbrough
July 4, 2020 at 3:54 am
Thank you!
Dmytro Danylov
July 4, 2020 at 6:22 am
What about haradrim and Gollum?
Ionescu Ioana
July 4, 2020 at 6:55 am
this is so great! waiting for more!
Ciaran Humphreys
July 4, 2020 at 8:26 am
This makes me want to read everything again
jjdude00
July 4, 2020 at 8:38 am
Most writers: Maybe I should make some mythology for my story.
Tolkien: Maybe I should make some story for my mythology.
Caelan Mitchell
July 4, 2020 at 10:54 am
Anyone know what/where that castle is at 1:49 ?
Jonatan Lindgren
July 4, 2020 at 12:14 pm
Those beautiful John Bauer paintings <3
Asterius
July 4, 2020 at 12:53 pm
If Morgoth can’t create life how did he create Dragons
Denis Levochkin
July 4, 2020 at 3:31 pm
I’m a big fan of LOTR, thanks for this wonderful video
Maekar I Targaryen
July 4, 2020 at 4:52 pm
The frickin eagles. Could of just rode them to Mt Doom. Always bugged me.
June Sanimarco
July 4, 2020 at 4:57 pm
Great way to start the morning learning something new! Thank you, always love listening to all you share with us
Reina Algabri
July 4, 2020 at 5:31 pm
How come there’s no black people??
avenderiel
July 5, 2020 at 10:00 am
Geography.
Digital Gorilla
July 4, 2020 at 8:11 pm
I never tire of hearing and talking of all things Middle Earth. Please, do continue. All ears 🙂
Bio Bryson213
July 4, 2020 at 8:57 pm
So how are the dragons created?
Sean Lewis
July 4, 2020 at 9:29 pm
What about the bear-man?
Lucas Fernandes
July 4, 2020 at 10:23 pm
Great video. Pretty sure this guy is insane, but great video
Carl Grosse
July 4, 2020 at 10:32 pm
I think I need more of this guy just talking lotr lore without end
Redleg Gunner
July 5, 2020 at 4:09 am
I am 53, and to some degree, i am often made fun of, but i have ALWAYS loved the Elves of Tolkien. I will soak up any and every thing you share about the Elves. Thank you.
Jasjot Heer
July 5, 2020 at 6:14 am
The Dwarves will forever be my favorite part of Tolkien’s mythology, their expert craftsmanship and brave warrior status resonates with me for some reason, i dont know why, i also love the style of there armor.
xHUSKYx117
July 5, 2020 at 7:59 am
man was a better world builder than a story teller. and my man is a bloody good story teller.
GMBCATASTROPHE
July 5, 2020 at 8:30 am
I’m hoping we get this Orc/Goblin confusion sorted out.
Mason Pitman
July 5, 2020 at 8:44 am
Amazing!
Vyzard
July 5, 2020 at 9:20 am
The First Age sounds like an interesting era for new movie/ tv shows to be based on, or even the earlier battles
TwinkleWinks2
July 5, 2020 at 9:35 am
Omg thank you so much for this. The Lord of the Ring is my all time favourite adventure story
TwinkleWinks2
July 5, 2020 at 9:42 am
The complexity of JRR Tolkien’s Middle Earth mythology blew my mind tbh. I think he is a genius.
And it is deserving a professor specialized in it
West Coast Swede
July 5, 2020 at 9:49 am
700
avenderiel
July 5, 2020 at 10:06 am
“But in the movies there was…” Yeah, go ask Peter Jackson. He is the only one that knows since he made it up out of thin air.
24fretsoffury
July 5, 2020 at 7:23 pm
Could we just get a series of LotR lore, please, Wired? This was fascinating!
Olatunde Fajimi
July 5, 2020 at 9:31 pm
Powerful storrytelling.
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July 5, 2020 at 10:32 pm
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hesigutjo
July 5, 2020 at 10:46 pm
Did he miss skinchangers?
ツ_iTzRiazPvP
July 5, 2020 at 11:20 pm
oh god its 40 minutes
ツ_iTzRiazPvP
July 5, 2020 at 11:22 pm
whats with all the middle-earth videos recently?
Ben Brennan
July 5, 2020 at 11:28 pm
Men : along with woman, have single handedly destroyed the world
Kyle Lockhart
July 5, 2020 at 11:30 pm
What about the Beornings?
Rollingo
July 6, 2020 at 12:53 am
In the shadow of Mordor games Shelob starts off as essentially a women with the ability to shapeshift into a giant spider but slowly becomes the spider while also loosing the ability to turn back to humanoid form
Raoni Oliveira
July 6, 2020 at 11:45 am
It sounds so good I had to stop midway and go read Silmarillion
Christine Cameron
July 6, 2020 at 11:50 am
Easy: Basic humans, humans with pointy ears, tiny humans with no beards, tiny humans with epic beards, and magic-spawned monsters.
TheChessPianist
July 6, 2020 at 4:01 pm
Loved this video hope you can make more like this. The lord of the rings and all of tolkiens world will always be my all time favourite books and movies. Thanks.
goldenrumble
July 6, 2020 at 4:14 pm
I was worried when I saw this video title that it would be clickbait – I’ve never been so happy to be baited in my life
Derek A. Kamal
July 6, 2020 at 5:25 pm
“The Eagles are coming!”
Me: 😭 😭😭
Rakesh Mohan
July 6, 2020 at 5:36 pm
An interesting fact you won’t hear on this video is that Orcs are about 13% of Middle Earth’s population but are responsible for 50% of…
kastus 376
July 6, 2020 at 7:08 pm
0:34 look s exactly like antiemetic depction of jews…
Rainbow Zeebra
July 6, 2020 at 7:58 pm
still want to know why there are no guards outside mount doom
thx1085
July 7, 2020 at 1:58 am
You’ve made things so clear for me
thelucianiancu EVL
July 7, 2020 at 4:37 am
This will be recommended in 2021
Matthew Reese
July 7, 2020 at 4:48 am
Yoystan: “The Tolkien professor?”
Cod Playz
July 7, 2020 at 12:04 pm
Part 2?🙏🙏
Vijay Joseph
July 7, 2020 at 12:40 pm
Is someone who studies race a racist?
Giulio Ricciardi
July 7, 2020 at 12:40 pm
…what?
Tartersauce101
July 7, 2020 at 12:58 pm
Wait. You deleted my comment? Why? It’s true and I see nothing wrong with it. Tolkien had a real world inspiration for the Dwarfs. Guess I’ll just leave it at that…
Difficultfuckhead
July 7, 2020 at 2:12 pm
Men = English
Elves = Welsh
Dwarves = Scottish
Wood Elves = Irish
Orcs?…You know who they are.
NIGGA COCK
July 7, 2020 at 3:50 pm
Brah he looks like stefan molyneux
NasserFeed
July 7, 2020 at 3:53 pm
wtf I watched the whole thing and didn’t realize it was 40 mins long, I thought I watched 12 mins video
swulabs
July 7, 2020 at 6:18 pm
AM I SO INVESTED IN THIS.
Tumbling Kernel
July 7, 2020 at 7:14 pm
You know he knows his Tolkien books when he looks like Sam’s dad
SamIsAPerson
July 7, 2020 at 8:06 pm
Xue hua piao piao bei feng xia xia
Andrea
July 7, 2020 at 9:04 pm
This was such an enjoyable watch! I’ve always loved the LOTR films and I read the book years ago, I’ve always wanted to delve deeper into the mythology but never really did. I’m happy to have learned stuff about the series that I didn’t know in such an entertaining way, this guy’s passion makes it even better to watch.
WZWZW
July 7, 2020 at 11:08 pm
anyone else bothered by the art not being credited?
Francisco Garza
July 8, 2020 at 12:57 am
One thing I like a lot that wasn’t mentioned is that Ents were created by Yavanna, after Aulë created the Dwarves.
Legumes
July 8, 2020 at 1:10 am
the movie did it best by adressing how the uruk-hai were literally “made”, by genetically combining rogue villagers that hated Rohan with mordor orcs, using saruman’s magic
they quite literally harvest the uruk-hai, and some are genetically failed
Karly Kolaja
July 8, 2020 at 1:33 am
Okay, between this and Bill Schindler–who at Wired used to go to Washington College?
A Humpier Rogue
July 8, 2020 at 1:52 am
Gandalf the Hype Man
Dangle Hams
July 8, 2020 at 2:38 am
Orc lives matter
Never more
July 8, 2020 at 8:04 am
Noldor dude, NOLDOR not some Hungarian frequent name Nandor…
modestfangirl
July 8, 2020 at 4:29 pm
GROND TO THAT MAGGOTS
Marinebattleships 1
July 8, 2020 at 4:36 pm
Next time make him do all the places
andrei pop
July 8, 2020 at 6:22 pm
Tom Bombadil is not an Ainur. Even Tolkien doesn’t know what he is. He was there before de world.
Katie Maher
July 8, 2020 at 7:17 pm
this is really interesting but the background music is way too loud, it’s distracting
Logan Wortman
July 8, 2020 at 7:55 pm
Video is great! But I’m confused. If Morgoth can’t create life and has to corrupt elves to make orcs, how does he create the dragons? Also, following that rule, how does Aule create dwarves and Eru adopt them? Wouldn’t it be the other way around? Since Aule can’t create life? Also, aren’t eagles sentient? And doesn’t Manwe create them? Not trying to find holes, just genuinely curious if there are answers to this or if I’ve got the wrong idea.
Uche Oji
July 8, 2020 at 9:29 pm
It’s not middle earth, it’s Middle-Elf.
Alex Hollinsworth
July 8, 2020 at 11:50 pm
Well that was disappointing, was absorbing the info and then he says the oruchi were a mix of men and orcs….that’s wrong.they werea mix of trolls and orcs. Just lost all credibility
Jay B
July 9, 2020 at 1:15 am
Great video! Thousands of pages and decades of mythology summed up in under 40 minutes!
Marinebattleships 1
July 9, 2020 at 2:07 am
What about the beornings?
MrGlies
July 9, 2020 at 7:19 am
Tom Bombadil does not have a conclusive answer. Gandalf (a maiar) cannot explain his existence, and even Tolkien said that he was supposed to be an enigma. Theories include him being an avatar of Eru Ilúvater.
Benjamin Krawciw
July 11, 2020 at 12:11 am
One could say an “Eru Ill-avatar”.
nell bungay
July 9, 2020 at 11:36 am
aight , this made my day
Saia Zote
July 9, 2020 at 5:05 pm
This feels like the video is cut short!!! if it was ill be really sad!!
The Art School Rejects
July 9, 2020 at 8:11 pm
thank you for sharing, this was so interesting!
Mark N.
July 9, 2020 at 11:06 pm
No offense to this guy, his passion is obvious, but uh, yeah, I could have given this talk.
Floris Cramer
July 10, 2020 at 2:02 am
what about the wookies?
Floris Cramer
July 10, 2020 at 2:03 am
you didnt talk about the beornings or mearas
Roger Ramone
July 10, 2020 at 2:29 am
Númenor = Atlantis
gordon thomas
July 10, 2020 at 3:14 am
LOTR noob, here. If only Eru Iluvatar can bestow life, are dragons not really alive? Does Melkor get a muligan?
Shawn Bechard
July 10, 2020 at 1:04 pm
The Valar had the ability to create individual themes (verses in a song), which included the creation of humans, dwarves, elves, dragons…It is almost as if the creations are part of their own life-force. Except for Tom Bombadil (aka father time/father Christmas).
Sleeping Ninja quiet time
July 10, 2020 at 4:28 am
There is a lot of Tolkien lore on YouTube, but this was top notch. Thank you
Ali Alexandra
July 10, 2020 at 5:50 am
Could anyone help me please with this statement that Tom Bombadil is one of the Ainur? As far as I know, it’s still an unresolved debate and one of the greatest mysteries of the legendarium, so what might be the reasons he chose to present it as a fact? Is it completely arbitrary, or am I simply late to a party?
Requix
July 10, 2020 at 6:48 am
We need more LOTR video games. The Shadow of Mordor games are awesome but I want more.
Claudia LeFevre-Lowry
July 10, 2020 at 3:57 pm
This is excellent but I will quibble with using a phony Hobbit elf visual.
Dennzyl Vania
July 10, 2020 at 6:27 pm
i’ve heard that the eagles couldnt fly the ring to mordor because they are actually pretty powerful and the more power you have the easier the one ring corrupts you
thats also why a hobbit is tasked to bring the ring to mordor because they are mostly friendly in nature and not really mighty and this is also the reason why gandalf would never take the ring cuz he knows it will corrupt him!
Max Grozema
July 11, 2020 at 6:53 pm
But the eagles get into contact with the Ring in the Hobbit and are in its presence for a day I think
Alpha Centauri
July 10, 2020 at 6:29 pm
The best story. Ever.
Михаил Отрош
July 10, 2020 at 7:39 pm
I was so glad when i opened this video and realised this wasnt going to be yet another valley girl accent bimbo reading off a script while mundane cgi and techno music playing in the background
silver070
July 11, 2020 at 1:53 am
I think he and Stephen Colbert need to hang out. 🙂
Perendinator jones
July 11, 2020 at 2:23 am
kinda skipped right over stone giants
Zach Vanner
July 11, 2020 at 7:39 am
The Oathbreakers never come to the battle of the pelannor fields, they defeat the corsairs of Umbar at pelagir, the Aragorn releases them after that more minor battle. Aragorn arrives at the pelannor fields with the Rangers of the north instead. Also, it’s never said Tom Bombadil is one of the Ainur, theorist think he might but Tolkien wanted Tom to not be anything but his. Goldberry was a maiar, as she’s a ‘River spirit’.
Ploptart
July 11, 2020 at 8:29 am
I long for the days of Numenor.
Danna Colmenares
July 11, 2020 at 3:54 pm
This guy needs his own youtube channel!!
Audrey Sara
July 11, 2020 at 4:49 pm
who edited the sound of this video? cuz jeez it’s bad
Zane Dietlin
July 11, 2020 at 5:00 pm
this is great.
DξLΤΔ χ
July 11, 2020 at 5:03 pm
I thought the Uruk-Hai were elves that died in some battle long ago and saruman resurects their dead bodies?
Max Grozema
July 11, 2020 at 6:51 pm
Films are not book canon
Kaitlyn D
July 11, 2020 at 6:20 pm
Gandalf and the maiar: god’s night shift managers.
Dylan Stewart
July 11, 2020 at 6:32 pm
This isn’t EVERY “race” persay, but it certainly is everything you need to know about the major races.
Aashkaran Dhillon
July 11, 2020 at 7:25 pm
This is an absolutely perfect summary of Silmarillion, hobbit and lotr.
legoman716
July 11, 2020 at 9:20 pm
I loved the inclusion of John Bauer’s artwork in this video. The artist is actually born in my hometown of Jönköping, Sweden
Relax Boi
July 11, 2020 at 10:03 pm
hobbits are racist.
Carlos Laguardia
July 11, 2020 at 11:28 pm
40 minutes? I want more
a b
July 12, 2020 at 12:35 am
Could you source the images of castles and palaces?
Josh Masters
July 12, 2020 at 1:08 am
Although I love the content and it was great for the layman, you missed one essential creature…Gollum/Smeagol.
Stefanny Dvorak
July 12, 2020 at 3:33 am
He used to be a Hobbit, but the ring slowly destroyed him, both mentally and physically.
Hakurou Kurama
July 12, 2020 at 3:30 am
TELJES kép és hanganyag HEL YET TED -del forgattuk, és mégis.. megcsináltatta. VELEm.
camper in bush
July 12, 2020 at 7:03 am
You kinda know what youre talking about but there is so much lore and events and such that you left out making this entire vid half assed sounding. This video is basically for folks new to lotr. Watch somebody else that has the facts right and spends the appropriate time on each matter as they deserve.
Hannibal Solo
July 12, 2020 at 10:42 am
I am oddly confused and entertained at the same time
Naz Osman
July 12, 2020 at 11:00 am
This was waaaaayyy too short.
More more more
Build me a story worth of mordor.
DatSushi
July 12, 2020 at 1:30 pm
I would have liked a bit on Easterlings, haradrims, mûmakil, corsairs, but come to think of it I feel like these missed out races are more a testament to the expansiveness of Tolkien’s universe than they are to any incompetencies in the video. Nonetheless, great video ! !
Proxima Centaur1
July 12, 2020 at 2:41 pm
I’m glad Tom Bombadil got a mention
Lucile Coves
July 12, 2020 at 3:06 pm
At 1:49 , where is it ?
blues
July 12, 2020 at 5:34 pm
literally every race they could think of but everybody was white lmaoooo
Mythophrenicus The Kekistani Satyr of Mantique
July 12, 2020 at 7:30 pm
LOTR is NOT a normal fantasy novel it’s truly touched…. here’s why
R.S
July 12, 2020 at 8:40 pm
What about the dark elf witch? Everyone seems to miss that character, short as it was
Adam Caplan
July 12, 2020 at 10:45 pm
Great vid, but the oathbreakers are only present at Pelennor Fields in the movies, in the books Aragorn uses them to defeat the Corsair army at Pelargir.
Christopher Hutchinson
July 13, 2020 at 2:28 am
So much stinking imagination! 😀
13th Evergreen
July 13, 2020 at 5:36 am
Hobbit: the Bride
Human: the Choicen
Elv: Angles
It’s based off the Bible and Revolution. Nothing more or less, no matter how much the world tell’s you “there” truth.
That Millennial Vegan
July 13, 2020 at 7:34 am
What about the mountain giants that were fighting in the storm? On the way to the mines of Moria.
betabenja
July 13, 2020 at 7:49 am
3:50 what is this picture?
betabenja
July 13, 2020 at 8:10 am
slarti bartfast
July 13, 2020 at 11:23 am
Is he talking about England or Britain…you never know with North Americans. They never know the difference.
Anton Borg
July 13, 2020 at 4:37 pm
What about the Drúedain?
Jeremy Leon Jonas
July 13, 2020 at 5:33 pm
Awesome video, I love it xD
Nitoicking mode on: the war of wrath resulted in catastrophical loses for the host of Valinor; so a stomp might be far fetched to say.
RD63
July 13, 2020 at 7:11 pm
What about golem what is he
Euan Schmid
July 13, 2020 at 7:22 pm
You guys have any list of the artists/artwork used? I would love to look into more of the art used!
Craig Noneman
July 13, 2020 at 7:43 pm
I was not to prepared for how little I knew about this lore
Captain Deadpool
July 13, 2020 at 7:44 pm
I’m waiting to here LOTR is racist because black people blah blah blah 🙄
Dank The Gank
July 14, 2020 at 10:07 am
I still love em but when I was younger and addicted to DXM I was ubsesessed with em. I can still repeat all three movies.
geige
July 14, 2020 at 1:29 pm
This is like the friendly version of the Silmarillion, which I love but it’s definitely hard to read
Tyler Mace
July 14, 2020 at 2:17 pm
Lost interest as soon as we claimed Tom Bombadil was Ainur. Tolkien was quite adamant Tom Bombadil was to be a mystery. He was obviously different than Ainur since the ring literally had no affect on him. He was able to still see those who wore it and when worn he was still visible. The only definite thing Tolkien ever stated was that he was NOT Eru.
Sagacious Eagle
July 14, 2020 at 2:20 pm
Has anybody written a fictional story where the timeline spans millions of years that involves a noticeable evolution of species/race, cultural, language, technology and geological morphology?
om pawar
July 14, 2020 at 3:21 pm
Well looks like middle earth race video is back on the menu people’s…..you know to include everyone
Sindre Kristiansen
July 14, 2020 at 6:42 pm
Me at the beginning: Almost 40min? PAH! Yeah right.
Me at the end: Wait…why is it so short??
Strong Bear
July 14, 2020 at 6:43 pm
It’s a love letter to European history
BrokeN
July 14, 2020 at 7:27 pm
Will there be more things on LOTR lore ?
sülüman
July 14, 2020 at 8:20 pm
Aynur means moonlight(moon+divine light) in Turkish, and pronounced as Ainur in English. I wonder if he is inspired by that.
Asher Ashes
July 14, 2020 at 8:31 pm
This is the best video I’ve ever seen 🤓
BS15
July 14, 2020 at 8:53 pm
This was beautiful and very informative as well as fun, thank you 😀
Leon Silver
July 15, 2020 at 9:30 am
Wait. Did Morgoth created the dragons? I thought only Eru Illuvatar can infuse life into things.
Moriarti wolfgan
July 15, 2020 at 11:57 am
Valars are not gods Eru is only one god in Tolkien stories ,
who gave you a doctoral degree
Jeremiah Burns
July 15, 2020 at 12:18 pm
Poor Corey. Trying to cram all of that lore into a half hour video? Great job.
kasa
July 15, 2020 at 3:25 pm
Blarog and Gandalf are both Maiar, aka. spirits. Balrogs are just twisted by influence of Melkor. Like pretty much everything that is under Melkor’s influence.
Paul Sexton
July 15, 2020 at 4:04 pm
Great way you put everything together.
Zack Amor
July 15, 2020 at 5:58 pm
My god, you are a dam legend. Thanks for explaining all these races. Was wondering about them al ot
Samuel Coupland
July 15, 2020 at 6:49 pm
Such a great video, thank you
Matthieu Simard
July 16, 2020 at 1:43 am
“But they’re all white that’s racist!” Sorry, just making sarcasm.
Tobias Gregson
July 16, 2020 at 7:09 pm
Love this. Some of Tolkein’s stories just give me goosebumps
night sorcerer
July 16, 2020 at 7:26 pm
Wait what?! The tolkien professor??
Erusi0n RKO69
July 16, 2020 at 9:38 pm
Does he not know that peoples is very wrong 😂
the walkin dude
July 17, 2020 at 5:46 am
It’s a little known fact that the hobbits were given a dozen rings of power, unfortunately they promptly ate them.
esmann
July 17, 2020 at 9:06 pm
In the Tolkien books I have read, Morgoth could not create life. And Orcs were twisted and tortured Elves.
esmann
July 17, 2020 at 9:07 pm
Sorry. I didn’t watch the whole thing before my other comment.
Tomsen Taylor
July 18, 2020 at 2:28 am
Great podcast! 🙂
Cactus Tree
July 18, 2020 at 5:15 am
Just read the Silmarillion
Eduardo Lopez 3
July 18, 2020 at 6:55 am
“Even darkness must pass a new day will come and when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer”
Vytautas Grašys
July 18, 2020 at 12:48 pm
thank you!
Dayan Balevski
July 19, 2020 at 4:42 am
You missed the lore behind the giant moving/fighting mountain/rock spirits, I guess rock elementals?
Itamar Jr
July 19, 2020 at 11:59 am
There is a question on my mind with all the good explanation you did. Melkor could not create life. When you said that he created life, I was thinking: but Orcs are not Elves corrupted? Then you explain that Tolkien changed it. But then the problems come. What About Ents, Giants, Trolls and all the other races? Eru created them? Tolkien couldn’t finish his works or there is a explanation for that?
I loved this video, Tolkien’s creations are my thing and you explained some things so well that I had to rewatch the video just to pay attention on every single piece of information. The point of Tom Bombadil was a nice way to see what he is!
E L
July 19, 2020 at 5:07 pm
I’m so excited for the amazon series!!! I hope they don’t mess up this UNIVERSE
Butas
July 19, 2020 at 5:28 pm
The most racist of all video
MoonwalkerWorshiper
July 19, 2020 at 9:56 pm
Well done video mister.
Rice Rice
July 19, 2020 at 11:00 pm
Cool 🙂
Mir I
July 20, 2020 at 3:10 am
More like middle zealand
legitlogic1370
July 20, 2020 at 5:47 am
Anybody care to explain the nazgul for me?
evakkosiili
July 20, 2020 at 5:24 pm
I grew up reading Tolkien and Harry Potter and read still every day, fantasy being my favourite genre, and middle earth is the one world i keep returning most often. I love studying different mythologies also, hopefully they are still taught in school, atleast they still were when i was in school. We had to study about Kalevala (finnish national epos) around 8-10 years of age, i read the hobbit and lord of the rings around same time, didn’t realise the connection between those books then but afterwards it made me very proud to be finnish ^_^ even studied quenya, and didn’t even know it was very much based in finnish 😀
I love norse edda of our brothers also alot, and really wished one lifetime would be enough to learn about every folklore and mythology in the world.
SealStorm193
July 20, 2020 at 9:22 pm
Absolutely fantastic video man. I love the world of Middle Earth and everything to do with the works of J.R.R Tolkien.