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***EARLY ACCESS*** THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (EXTENDED EDITION) - PART 1 (Patreon)

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Still not succeeding in getting The Two Towers un-blocked, so I'll upload this through Patreon (don't know why I didn't think of it last night) for the meantime think of this as the Extended Edition or Directors Cut 🤣

Once I've got it sorted on YouTube I'll have to change the link over. But I couldn't have you all waiting any longer. Hope you enjoy and sorry again for the delay.

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (2002) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION | PART 1

Thank you for joining me for my first time watching The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition). I hope you enjoy the video and my reaction! Watch full, un-edited reactions or get one week early access on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DawnMarieAnderson Links: https://linktr.ee/dawnmariex --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A big shoutout and thanks to the following patrons: Eric Bonham Lee Pitman Mark Witcher akumak Andrew Are95k Bent Ehresmann Bert bjardkr Bob Brennan Hill Catherine LW Chris Illsley Cian Darrell Palmer David David Patterson Devin Decoteau Edmund Dantes Filipe Santos Fritz Gary Mackley-Smith Henri Rasco Hypnobob Ian Burdon Ido Gordin James Miller Jeremy Vickers John Kevin Kean Lee Rum Matt Bowman matt burton Mr B Mr Phil Donnelly Roger Freeman Othorious Owen Butters PaulChristopher resinmonkey Richard Burden Richard Robert Hagan Rick DeBaan Robert B Durant Sam Spade Saulty Sebastian Stuart M --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Video Contents 0:00 Intro 3:32 Reaction 25:42 Outro --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #thelordoftheringsthetwotowers #firsttimewatching #moviereaction *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. All rights belong to their respective owners.

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maninthewilderness

Gollum questions - answered in the movie. The orcs are ripping down trees to supply wood for the forges to make armor and weapons. No idea why the Uruk-Hai come from the ground. I never thought to research it. Now I'm on it. Smeagol is called Gollum because of the sound he makes when he does that disgusting cough.

Catherine LW

I think the Uruk Hai emerge from mud as an allusion to the Biblical creation of Adam, “God formed man from the dust of the ground” - Genesis. It’s a perverse twist of the creation story. Tolkien was a devout Christian. Also, the Hebrew legend of the “golem” is an artificial man made from mud, comes to mind.

Matt O'Keefe

Saurman, the Wizard who turns evil, his name is kind of pronounced like Sour-man. He has turned sour so the name fits.

Gary Mackley-Smith

Hi Dawn. I've noticed with other reaction chanels when they have a problem with YouTube they are referring people to either Vimeo or Rumble. Just a thought for the future if you have further problems.

Simon

Keep in mind Tolkien started writing this while in Hospital in WWI. A lot of the imagery is derived from his experiences. He wrote what eventually became the Silmarillion which fills out the lore of the world in previous ages. Orcs and the Uruk-Hai are the product of Sauron’s “dark arts”, which he learned from his former master Melkor. Melkor was a fallen Valar (sort of archangel) who “bred” orcs, balrogs (like the one that fought Gandalf), dragons, goblins, and other nasties. Melkor could not create life, and the specifics are vague, but orcs are generally described as being a corruption of elves and men. That they come from the ground has more I think to do with grappling with the horrors of trench warfare, and less to do with establishing a coherent origin myth. This is a bit unusual for Tolkien, since every every word, symbol, name or passing comment has rich lore behind it. You notice more on the 23rd viewing than you do on the 22nd. When Aragorn appears at the prancing pony, it’s not explained in the film, but Gandalf actually tasks him with protecting Frodo. Aragorn is Dunedein, descended from kings of Numenor (long story) with close ties to the elves. Some of the wraiths were also men from Numenor, who worked for Sauron over 1000 years before his defeat at the beginning of the first film, when they vanished with Sauron. The Hobbit trilogy is not as well loved as these, but the good bits will answer some of your questions. The wraiths aren’t riding dragons, but “fell beast”. Dragons are much worse.

Catherine LW
>>97280057

Tolkien did not start writing this during WWI. He started writing it in 1937, after the success of The Hobbit and under the urging of his publisher, Stanley Unwin. He wrote the first sentence of The Hobbit in 1930. https://www.tolkiensociety.org/author/timeline/ “I have begun again the sequel to the Hobbit - The Lord of the Ring. It is flowing along and getting quite out of hand. It has reached chapter VII and progresses quite thoroughly towards unforeseen goals” - Letter from Tolkien to his publisher 31 August, 1938 https://www.tolkienestate.com/writing/the-lord-of-the-rings/

Simon
>>97280057

When I say “this”, I mean the whole world. The first version of the Fall of Gondolin was finished in 1916.

Catherine LW
>>97280057

Tolkien studied myths and legends. He would have been acutely aware of the Hebrew golem. As a devout Christian who wrote: ‘Evil labours with vast power and perpetual success, but in vain, preparing always only the SOIL (sic) for unexpected good to sprout in.’ In LOTR, he has Frodo tell Sam: “The Shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make: not real new things of its own. I don’t think it gave life to the orcs, it only ruined them and twisted them; and if they are to live at all, they have to live like other living creatures. Foul waters and foul meats they’ll take, if they can get no better, but not poison.” The birthing of the Uruk Hai from mud “mocks” the creation of man in Genesis. I doubt something as prosaic as trench warfare influenced how they were created. Tolkien was a very literate man.

Simon
>>97280057

I have no doubt that that is one influence. The references to the creation of the orcs though are inconsistent since they were in unpublished works. Some talk about coming from “stone”, while others don’t. What Gandalf tells Frodo is what the elves believed, but not what they learned first hand. “But of those unhappy ones [elves] who were ensnared by Melkor little is known of a certainty. For who of the living has descended into the pits of Utumno, or has explored the darkness of the counsels of Melkor?”. As for the influence of war… https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/articles-posts/5502-war-not-allegory-wwi-tolkien-and-the-lord-of-the-rings.html

Roger Freeman

Really enjoyed this. Thanks Dawn

MertzRocks
>>97238360

Andy Serkis made it a disgusting cough. Tolkien intended it to be more of a gulping sound made in the back of the throat. But yes, he's called Gollum because of the noise he makes.

MertzRocks
>>97280057

One correction. Balrogs were not bred by Melkor. They were of the Maiar, just as Sauron was and Gandalf and Saruman and Radagast were also Maia. The Balrogs were Maia of Fire (now say that with a New York accent lol) shrouded in shadow.