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The Two Towers [Extended Edition] FULL Reaction (Patreon)

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2024-12-20 07:17:01
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2024-12-20 15:44:15
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Just a heads up that I had audio issues in this so there are two times that you will need to pause your movie while I sort them out! I give a heads up on screen before it happens, but just be prepared! The on-screen timer is still accurate though, so once it plays again you'll know where to pick it back up!

So sorry about that!!! Here are the times as a heads up: 1:09:00 and again at 02:02:00

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Lukas

Yessssss. Thank you so much

Clay F

Yay. No worries about the two pauses.

Neville

Yey, Christmas has come early!

Dave Olden

Awesome! About to watch right after I post this comment 😎

Tim C

Personally, I don't mind pauses at all - especially if you've got something to say! We're watching to hear your thoughts at you go. So I'd prefer to pause for a moment anytime you'd like to speak for a bit!

Robert Foxx

Thank the Valar for this

Robert Foxx

Also I would watch then read the Hobbit before LOTR but isnt essential

Clay F

That "Prancing Pony" shirt is awesome. Yeah, they should have jailed or killed Grima. He fed info to Saruman. "No parent should have to bury their child." Agree, big shout out to Faramir. The way you specified the exact movie time (1:09:00 and again at 02:02:00) to start after the pauses was a nice touch -- big help -- made it easy to be in or near sync right away.

Dan M

Dang it! I was going to take off from work today because it’s been a slow week. But I didn’t…I should have gone with my first instinct. So, it will be a late night trip into Middle Earth for me tonight. It’s all good…I’ll have the Christmas tree lit up and a hot cup of Earl Grey in my hands. Can’t wait! The battle for Middle Earth begins! No worries about the audio issues and the pauses. Tech issues are bound to happen from time to time. Just gotta roll with it. It won’t take away from how much I’m going to enjoy this. Thank you!

E

IM SO EXCITED AHHHH. WHAT A COZY FRIDAY LETS GOOOOOOO 🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️

Alex Gorell

Is this the extended version or theatrical version?

Armand Tamzarian

It's funny you say that there look to be some women among the riders of Rohan. Other than Karl Urban, all of the riders are female. As I understand it, Peter Jackson recruited a riding club in New Zealand to play the Rohirrim, all of whom were female, and so they were all fitted with false beards so it would be in keeping with the story. As for Edoras, the city on the hill and capital of Rohan, was, in fact, real. They spent 6 months building it on Mount Sunday in the Rangitata Valley just for these films.

Joel P

All of Tolkien's characters are changed to one degree or another for this film adaptation--it's just an inevitable consequence of adapting one medium to another. That said, Faramir's character is changed so much that he's almost unrecognizable, which is a shame as he's one of my favorites in the books. The way Tolkien writes him, he's much more of a Gandalf-ian figure, whereas with the Peter Jackson version (at least here in The Two Towers) he's little more than Boromir Part II.

Joel P

They weren't all women, but a good many of them were.

LiteWeight Gaming / Reacting

Hey all! Been a busy day, I’m going to get to all of your comments soon! Hope you’re all enjoying this!

Neville

It was great, thanks! P.S The 2 pauses were not an issue at all.

RabidMango

Spoiler funko pop!!!! Let's all be upset about..... j/k. Love seeing the collection. Too cool. :]

Dan M

I’m sitting at my desk in my office listening to the clock tick like someone pounding on a metal door with their fist. This day is DRAGGING! The anticipation of seeing your reaction to this movie is killing me.

Dan M

Yes, I read that Jackson didn’t have enough male extras for the Riders of Rohan, so many of them are women disguised as men. Dominic Monaghan even teased Viggo Mortensen about having a crush on one of the “bearded” women.

Jonny Moonsliver

Gandalf was the only one of the wizards (Istari) that stayed true to the mission: help the free people against Sauron, but do so without ruling them. So when Eru sent him back, he allowed Gandalf to retain more of his spiritual power this time around because he had proved he could handle the responsibility.

Dan M

6pm! The work day is over. I’m out the door! FREEEE-DOM!!!! Ooops…wrong movie.

samcro92

Fun fact the actor who plays gimli also does the voice for treebeard

EQ38

Another great reaction. So glad that I found your channel! :)

Skywhale

Baked a pizza, prepped a yummy drink, brought out my blankie and pillow to my recliner for this. Cozy Friday night and three and a half great hours of adventure.

Patrick Toscano

You need to get yourself a copy of The Silmarillion to learn about Middle-earth's history.

MoulinNoir

what a great reaction! I would love to answer a couple of your questions and pass along some spoiler-free information that could enhance your viewing pleasure during the next movie background - in this universe, there was a creator and a bunch of, like, angelic beings, and one of them, Morgoth, was a fallen angel type who was basically satan Morgoth's right-hand angel was Sauron. When the fallen angel satan guy Morgoth was defeated, Sauron stepped up and became the new Dark Lord, and decided to rule the earth instead of heaven. So there was a sort of War In Heaven situation, two sides, and there were, like, archangels (Morgoth and Sauron were these) and there were also minor angels. The minor angels that joined Morgoth's cause became twisted and monstrous and turned into Balrogs (that bull-headed fire demon in the mines of Moria, idk if you recall but Legolas calls it "a Balrog of Morgoth" to Galadriel) And remember those minor angels i mentioned? Importantly, a well-ordered group of five of these minor angels on the side of good came down to middle earth. And the peoples of middle earth sometimes referred to those five beings as wizards, each with an associated color. That's what Gandalf is, baaaaaaaasically a minor angel. So the "wizards" aren't classic spell-casting wizards quite so much as they are holy beings. And that's why Gandalf's fight with the Balrog is such a big deal. Both Gandalf and the Balrog can each basically only be actually slain by another angel, and this is one of Morgoth's ancient fallen angel soldiers, probably a war hero from the battles in heaven. (None of this is spoilers by the way. Most of what I'm telling you is in the sort of extra-credit reading you can do in the lore books outside the trilogy. But more of it is alluded to in the books- the movies do a good job of including just enough for people who've read the books to see that it was included) Now, you did real good catching on that Gollum has a problem with all the elf-made stuff, and it's because of his long association with the Ring. The elf stuff is basically holy, and Gollum is basically possessed by evil. (but also, yeah, i think he hams it up a little; i'm not even sure he means to, he's just such a drama queen at his core) So! The elves were basically the First Beings created for the wold once the world was created, which is why they are immortal and sort of imbued with holy magic. As, like, the first earthlings created by god, everything about them is sort of mystical and holy, when an elf gardens they do it by communicating with the plants and acting on them like a minor force of nature. Y'know, like maybe they'll evolve some trees into thinking talking creatures why not. That's why the elf rope holds tight until it needs to be loose, that's why Bilbo's elvish blade he gives Frodo is a "magic" blade, and that's why elvish cloaks hide the hobbits so well (altho i personally think the elf holiness is enhancing an existing hobbit trait when it comes to the cloaks; of all beings on middle earth, hobbits are some of the stealthiest, if you look for it everyone is constantly low-key amazed at how they can sneak around unnoticed. Like when they all sneak into an Elf Lord's Secret Military Meeting To Save The World. The hobbits are just, there, listening in on probably the most top secret meeting there has been in thousands of years. Elrond's face is priceless, great job by Hugo) Okay, so, something else you touched on: Smeagol as a hobbit? yes and no As i remember it from the books, there was a sort of proto-hobbit species that separated out into two or more kinds of being. One became a Hill Folk, the hobbits, interested in quiet sameness and gentle green growing things, and one group became River Folk, who were just a bit more chaotic and fickle, naturally. The River Folk have all died off by Bilbo's time, but back in the day, Smeagol was one of the River Folk. Hobbits have two things going for them when it comes to the Ring. For one thing they are just, in general very resilient beings, and there are hints that they are especially resistant to poisons and magic . But the main thing is, hobbits are gentle simple folk with gentle simple wants. The Ring essentially corrupts people with promises of unlimited power to accomplish their personal goals, but offer a hobbit unlimited power and they are likely to use it to bake The Best Cake Ever, or have The Most Beautiful Garden... Frodo especially is just, so small of ambition and pure of heart, the ring has very little purchase on his soul and has to resort to a sort of long term addiction play. Whereas Gandalf with more power would want to Make The World A Better Place, which is really only like two steps away from Take Over The World. But the River Folk were not the gentle gardeners the Hobbits are. All Smeagol has going for him is, i suspect, a similar resilience (i think most beings would have been all used up by the Ring in the time he had it, but where others would have been consumed by the fires of evil, Gollum remains; twisted, broken, but continuing on) oh no. This has become so long! I'm so sorry. Now the palanthirs are worth mentioning. That's that dark crystal ball that Saruman had in his tower. Gandalf covers it saying "they have not all been accounted for, we don't know who else may be watching" The palanthirs are sort of magic relics, that function for visions and communication sort of the way Galadriel's mirrored pool does, and ... i don't want to say too much, but Sauron has corrupted them into having a sort of similar effect as the Ring on people. Anyway, something the books mention that the movies do not, but I wish like hell they put in the movies: Borimir's father has a palanthir. That's the closest thing to a spoiler i'll say in this whole thing, and it's really just something that's in the books but they left out of the movie. Speaking of evil, there are two kinds of orcs: Original Flavor Mordor Orcs, and Spicy New Flavor Isengard Orcs. The Dark Lord tells Saruman the minor angel to make him more army, which he does, but not only does Saruman make enough to both send to Mordor and have his own large army, he goes out of his way to make sure the orcs he creates are A: bigger and stronger than the Mordor orcs, and B: more loyal to Isengard than to Mordor. He wants total power just as much as the Dark Lord does and sort of plans to stab him in the back once everyone else is defeated. These two groups of orcs can read the writing on the wall and don't really trust or like each other much. It's all there in the movies if you know it already, but it's easy to miss if you've never read the books. I think that has to be enough (too much, probably) .. oh! And at some point in the third movie, there's going to be a huge green light. It's because the Ring is near it. That's all I'll say, the book explains it better but I can't say much else without spoiling things but it happens for NO reason in the movie and i've seen it confuse so many people, so I will at least tell you the big green light is because the ring is near, which can mean things to various parties depending on who they think has the Ring. Thanks for the great reaction content, looking forward to the next one, happy holidays!

Dan M

Teegan, that was probably the most excited I’ve gotten over a reaction video since I started watching reaction videos. And I know I’ve said this ad nauseum, but your ability to pick up on details that no other reactor can pick up on is just incredible. Your comment about how, at the end, Frodo used the name Smiegel and Sam used the name Gollum, and how that indicated how each one of them viewed that character, was brilliant. I never picked up on that, and I’ve never heard anyone else pick up on that. Simply amazing. Anyway, there’s so much more I want to say about your reaction, but I just saw that you posted your reaction to BoB Ep 7, so I’m going to get wrecked with you there. I’ll pick it back up again here tomorrow (or later, actually…it already is tomorrow).

Marc Post Jr

It was indeed actually hurting Gollum. It's been a while since I've read the books so someone can correct me if I'm wrong but I believe it had to do with the fact it was Elvish, which was too pure for an evil creature like Gollum. Someone else can probably explain this way better but to answer your initial question, yes, he wasn't being dramatic.

Dan M

I looked into the archery shot on horseback that you were referring to with the Riders of Rohan. The Parthian Shot is simialr to another military maneuver called the Cantabrian Circle. It was developed on the Iberian Peninsula, but was later adopted by Rome after the Cantabrian Wars. It basically involved archers on horseback riding in a single file circle and each man turning and shooting their arrow as they came upon the target. This allowed for a continuous stream of arrows firing upon the enemy. Not sure if that was what you were relating that scene to.

Dan M

And the results are in! The award for the best, and most unusual, analogy of the year goes to…Liteweight Reacting!! For her comparison of the Elven army to a group of beautiful, colorful, and deadly to the touch…frogs???? 🤣

JDP11

Goes out and gets a "Mouth of Sauron" Funko Pop before even seeing him in the film. Respect

Beat Conductor

They did build some of Edoras for real. The Golden Hall and some of the buildings on the top of the hill and the gate and a few buildings at the bottom. It's a place called Mt. Sunday on the south island of New Zealand. You can check it out on google earth, stunning place, incredibly windy. The indoor scenes in the Golden Hall were filmed on a set in a sound stage, while the outdoor scenes were filmed at Mt. Sunday. They used the Golden Hall on Mt. Sunday as their lunchroom during production. Pretty epic. A detail to note in the movies. Every time the Ring is doing it's thing, it gets much more shiny, and it turns a much deeper golden color as well.

JDP11

Why did you just assume that wasnt Sarumon in the forest when Treebeard threw the hobbits down in front of him? The whole point of that scene from a filmmaking perspective is to make the audience think it is him. It almost like someone spoiled it for you

FantasyHawkeye

I have a Christmas sweater that says "Taters, Potatoes! Boil em Mash em stick em in a stew!"

Guy

most of the Riders of Rohan were played by women wearing beards

Saiyan Sweet

There was a few things that happened that were not scripted that ended up making it in the final cut. The flag that was torn off its post when our Companions made arrival was not scripted. "Peter Jackson claims that the flag gag wasn't intentional, but rather a well-timed accident that resulted from high winds on set." So the reactions from the actor's was authentic. You made comments on the man with one eye 'Wayne Phillips'. This man when Peter wanted Wayne to have a close up shot in the film originally turned it down. Wayne Phillips has had lots of insecurities with his one eye over the years, but Peter was resilient in his request, and eventually Wayne Phillips agreed to the shot. After the films release, his appearance was so well received it actually helped Wayne recover from his trauma, and embrace his affliction post movie. To answer your question with Merry re-routing Tree Beard, it was intentional with the hope that if Tree Beard saw the destruction to his forest, it would commit the Ent's to fight. hope this helps!

Kaleb Barker

Hard to put how I feel after this into words, so I think I'll let the facts speak for themselves: I watched this twice today. Hopefully that complement speaks for itself. I don't know how you find the time to do all the recording you manage to do on top of raising a daughter. This was recorded after 8, so after you put her to bed perhaps, but it still cannot be easy, and certainly not without support. So I want to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Lite as well as anyone else that works behind the scenes to make what you do possible. And I would like to thank you as well. I recognize the sacrifices you are making to share these moments with your community and I appreciate them. You could easily build your brand and a following with a single video each week (or even once a month, like several other YouTubers I follow), but you want to give us more. For you it isn't, how can I put the least amount of work into something and get the result I want, its what more can I do to make this even more valuable to them? Sincerely and from the bottom of my heart, thank you for that. So, the Two Towers. So much to love about this movie, and so much to love about your reaction to it, even with the technical difficulties (which by the way, I've had the same issue with some HBO Max videos on both my XBOX as well as other platforms in the past and have had to resort to the same solution to fix it). The first time I watched this today, I had family interrupt me multiple times, and thus I had to pause, resume, and resync several different times on top of the two that resulted from your audio issues. Not sure if I'm getting better at it, you used a different blurring setting, the lighting in this film is more distinctive, or a combination of the above, but I didn't ever have any issues getting back on track. You hit the nail on the head regarding the tension in this movie. It was a rollercoaster for sure. A masterclass in editing and stitching multiple different narratives into a cohesive whole that keeps you engaged and on the edge of your seat (often, literally, in your case), with enough light hearted or funny moments to break it up and keep it from becoming overwhelming. I really enjoyed this. I hope you have a Merry Christmas and look forward to watching this again once it is up on YouTube!

Kaleb Barker

Well, it kind of doesn't follow logically. Treebeard had just finished ranting about all the harm the orcs had done to nature and the forest. So why would he put the fate of the hobbits, who he thinks might be a funny kind of orc, in the hands of the person responsible for those orcs?

celilmandir

The flag was meant to rip off its pole, but they didn't expect the wind to carry it this far. So the scene where it falls next to Aragorn just outside the wall was added.

Blackeyedlily

Gollum seems to have an aversion to anything made by the elves, including the rope and the bread. I think of it as the elves are associated with the light. And nothing about that agrees with Gollum.

JDP11

At this point in time Treebeard doesnt have any knowledge of what Sarumon has done to the forest or that he has an army of orcs

Randolph Tirazona

I utterly agree with you @Kaleb Barker! I go a different route and actually record lol Just last night I was watching FotR my wife said: "I don't recognize her. She new?" Yup. "Your possy's getting bigger." lol

LiteWeight Gaming / Reacting

I’m not sure if it was just one thing, but multiple playing together: the color didn’t match (Saruman was more…dirty(?) white and Gandalf’s re-intro was bright pure white), the hobbits reaction didn’t fit for what it would be for Saruman, I didn’t think Treebeard would like him, timing felt off for him to be their, and it just didn’t look like him overall I guess? Maybe posture, hair? Not sure what specific thing wasn’t right, but I just knew it wasn’t him 🤷🏼‍♀️ sorry that’s not a very helpful explanation hahah but the pieces didn’t fit for my brain with it being Saruman!

Tim C

Since you noted the relationship between Aragorn and Brego, you might find it interesting to learn that after filming was complete Viggo bought Brego, along with a few other horses from the movies. They stayed together in a stable owned by Arwen's stunt double and her husband (who is a veterinarian).

gobmob2000

Saruman is frightened of Sauron, and said fear makes him mad, he thinks he can influence or defeat Sauron at his own game, he is trying to gain the ring for that purpose but its not going to work. What Tolkien was trying to do with the Two Towers was show two different versions of evil, Sauron being just pure evil, but Saruman being a different kind of evil, one born out of fear and a desire to do good (That which Gandalf managed to resist, but Saruman failed to do so). Saruman honestly believes by commiting this war he is doing everyone a favor and it will lead to better outcomes.

Steven Poe

I check back here every day to see if you have uploaded Return of the King yet. I know it's a monstrously long movie and you have other things on your plate, but my anticipation for your reaction grows day by day. No rush though.

Aranforge Gaming

yeah me too! It's really nice to see someone have such a touching respectful reaction to them, can't wait for ROTK.

Aranforge Gaming

My mom and I just watched this the other day for Christmas. We saw it in the theater 20 some years ago. She had never seen the extended editions though. This one is my favorite of all three movies by far.

Ziro the Hutt

Yeah the music is phenomenal. My favourite piece here is when King Theoden and Aragorn ride out together and unto "Forth Eorlingas"- the name of the song. My favourite pieces of the saga though are The White Tree, the full version of the Rohinnian theme, and The End Of All Things, all heard in Return Of The King. Howard Shore really composed a phenomenal score, the equal of John Williams scores for the original Star Wars trilogy, its that good. Viggo Mortensen is tremendous as Aragorn; he is a leader and person you wouldn't hesitate to follow, he just needs to believe that he is stronger than the supposed weakness in his blood, and he'd make a terrific King. And he's so damn cool. You can't blame the mighty Eowyn for being smitten by him. I'm straight, and I am too! :D Gollum is indeed a truly pitiful being. You feel sorry and hate for him as the two sides of his personality work with and against Frodo and Sam. He has been that corrupted by the Ring though, thats all he has, is his desire to get it back, even if he also hate it as much as he hates himself. During Sam's speech at the end, we see him looking down, lost in thought, probably in self-disgust at himself, as he has no hope, and feels betrayed by Frodo so will now do his utmost, to kill the hobbits and get back the Ring for himself. Yes, I believe Gollum has been the longest Ringbearer, at 500 years, and though its prolonged his life, he lives a cursed life. Good point about Sam and Frodo calling Gollum by both his known names and what that suggests. We hear at the start of the film, how Frodo wants to hope that Smeagol can come back, as he feels he is on the verge of succumbing to the darkness the Ring is forcing upon him - but by the end of the film, its taking a lot more support from Sam, to keep Frodo from falling completely into corruption, as he spends more and more time with it, and it somehow knows they want to destroy it, so its working extra hard on Frodo. On the horseback move, it might be originally a Mongolian technique, as they conquered Asia such was their mastery with horses. Sam is so humble, a true hero who doesn't recognise it in himself and feels ashamed when Faramir and Frodo call him one. That serendipity of Sam "eavesdropping" on Gandalf and Frodo's conversation, changes the outcome of Middle Earth, as Gandalf having Sam look out for Frodo, helps so many times. He is the one that gets me the most emotional in the Return Of The King, he is the perfect companion for this perilous journey. Bernard Hill was perfect as Theoden, especially in that moment he breaks down as his son, and heir, is killed and he didn't get to say goodbye to him, due to Saruman's machinations. I struggled originally with the introduction of the extended cast, but Miranda Otto as Eowyn, Brad Dourif (who is always excellent) as the slimey Wormtongue, and Hill, really bring you on board to them and their plight. Karl Urban less so, I think he's a bit of a prima donna personally, but whatever. Also Faramir becomes a bigger part of the story too, and I liked in the extended edition, we see his bond with Boromir, and how he just wants to make his terrible father proud of him, and is why he for so long tries to get the Ring back to Gondor, before seeing just what its doing to Frodo, and hearing what it did to Boromir. And on the penalty of death, he disobeys his git of a father, and sends Frodo and Sam on their way to end this. Nice comparison with Icarus and Gandalf. It also happened to Lucifer as well, but thats probably more of a comparison to Sauron, since he and the Wizards, are essentially the same type of beings before coming to Middle Earth.

Ziro the Hutt

We understand Saruman's intentions better in the books, and how he falls. Its not really explored in the films, but then again they have so much to cover, some things had to be dropped.

Ziro the Hutt

I know he bought one of the white ones that played Shadowfax, for one of the stunt riders who loved the horse but couldn't afford to buy it. It really got me on the extra's hearing that beautiful story. Viggo is a beautiful soul.

Ziro the Hutt

Very true. He has kept himself in dark places and caves for centuries; that may have a lot to do with his aversion to anything Elvish.

Ziro the Hutt

I actually thought on the one-eyed fella, that he was originally the one to shoot the first arrow into the orc, to start the Battle Of Helm's Deep; and thought that the studio had CGI'd over it, which annoyed me. Having not seen the film in a few years, I was pleasantly surprised to see I was wrong about which part he appears, and glad he was still in it.

Ziro the Hutt

Be better just to have someone summate it. Its all over the place that book.

Samuek

Your assessment of Gollum is mostly accurate to my knowledge, I think Gandalf put it best "he loves and hates the ring, just as he loves and hates himself". The second assessment isn't really a difference in how they precive Gollum per say, Sam see's him for what he is, Frodo understands him and wants to believe that he can change because Frodo is afraid to end up exactly like him, that's why he chooses to treat him differently than others. Yes elvish things burn Gollum because of the corruption he sustained from the ring. Sam's monologue is taken straight from the book because it's such an important aspect to his character. Theoden's character is an old self doubting man who is struggling to find a reason to be worthy of his title KING. In the movies we see that confidence restored and his motivations purified as he lives up to his namesake. They weren't nessicarrally Ents in the first movie just trees but as Legolas said the Elves taught them to talk and sing, and Treebeard said he'd known them since nut and acorn. Faramair's interaction with the ring is much different in the book than the movie, but you'll see that when you go back to read the book. Tolkin was Catholic, so Gandalf's, Frodo's and Aragon's characters are all based around Jesus Christ, Gandalf sacrificed himself to fight evil, died and was resurrected to finish up his mission. So not really that he was a fallen angel or anything like that.

Gandalf@Quidditch

Would love to see a second-watch reaction to these, and some reflections as you read the books! Love how many of the subtle undertones and themes that you're picking up on a first watch. Every additional re-watch (or re-read) of the story is like peeling back another layer of profundity ! These are some of the richest, wisest, and most powerful stories ever written, in my opinion. Great stuff.

Red1Bangarang

Fallen angels are a bad thing, just saying

Stefan Au

The symbols on the book that are visible when it's closed, is the same inscription that the one ring has (that becomes visible when the ring is exposed to fire) ... it translates to: "one ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind then."

Mojo

Just watched this for the first time, and interestingly I had audio problems at the same points you did. I was also streaming on HBO.