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Fun Fact: When Tolkien visited africa he got Bit by a Baboon tarantula thats where he get his inspiration for the Mirkwood spiders Edit:

I love how at 22:45 he just casually passes Saruman like, 'Hey, bro. How's it going?'

When the free peoples won the war of the rings they probably plundered all this mythril, let's hope it wasnt like the battle of the five armies then

Very kool !!! Thanks for sharing 👍

Good video

I just want to know if it didn't have wings how did it survive the long fall in moria? Hey im just curious I know what the book says but because of the fall I always felt it had to be wings. Thanks again I appreciate the video

"You shall not pass!"

BattleDuck!

It could also take place before The Hobbit. If you recall, Bilbo remembers Gandalf from his childhood.

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Balrogs didn’t have wings. Morgoth raised dragons in secret so that in the battle of tears he unveiled his “Air Force”

Mushrooms 🍄

So frodo is still alive.

Can you do an episode going over the armor of LOTR

How long do dwarves live?

From the middle 1800s (our time😊😊) villages built on stilts on the shores of lakes were first discovered in Switzerland, and then all across central Europe. They dated back to perhistoric times, and excited great interest. I would think Tolkien would have them in mind when conceiving of Laketown.

It was pity stayed his hand .... "It's a pity I'm out of bullets".... (Bored of the Rings)

The Dunlendings weren't the ancestors of the people who came into conflict with the Númenóreans - they were their DESCENDANTS.

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Is that a Rune symbol on his head??🤔 Also...I had a dream as a child that THAT Balrog devoured me!😱🤯

The biggest reason for liking “You shall not pass” over cannot pass is McKellen. The way he says it is epic!

awesome!!

So bittersweet for Legolas and Gimli to wait till after the rest of the Fellowship passed before they set off on their last adventure.

the original balrog maquette that they made in 1999 that they scanned to make cgi balrog in fotr, does it still exist?

“Swords will be no more use here!” Such an amazing statue. You can never go wrong with Weta. You know what you were saying about the invention of digital fire makes me think of how technology improves when we’re trying to develop things in higher forms. This reminds me of the Race for Space. So much was invented in that time for the benefit of humanity by trying to reach higher levels for humanity. Peter Jackson and Weta did the same. They didn’t just make a movie for the movie’s sake. They were making a higher form of cinema and in the process made an epic that forever changed the world of cinema. George Lucas is one of those too. They’re the reason why things moved forward and why movie from then were so good.

Wait, the model comes with a ME map hidden under the statue, covered up? Can you remove the bottom to get the map?

"Then something came into the chamber - I felt it through the door, and the Orcs themselves were afraid and fell silent. It laid hold of the iron ring, then it perceived me and my spell." -- The Lord of the Rings, "The Bridge of Khazad-dum"

Balrog needs more cowbell.

You shall not pass is more powerful in my opinion.

Here's my two unsolicited sourpuss cents before even watching the video: I feel like hobbits were forcefully inserted into an otherwise stoic mythology as a clumsily egoic homage to Tolkien's (mostly) English upbringing. Which isn't to say that it didn't work in the end, but he definitely had to do a noticeable amount of creative gymnastics to integrate the world and story of The Hobbit into the Arda canon. But even beyond the silliness that Hobbits add to the Tolkien universe, their inclusion in the ring gifting scheme would serve as much purpose to Sauron or even themselves as would North Sentinel Island being represented at the U.N.

So awesome! I love your nerdness, I share it with youuuu. Keep on keeping on. -JRoot

I read the title as "What if the Balrog got in the ring". Was picturing him with boxing gloves on and Sauron handing him water haha.

Unfortunately, it’s Gandalf. You give them too much credit. Middle earth has no other adaptation, middle earth needs no other adaptation. LET US USE IT AGAINST THEM. why not be toxic? Long have I endured this awful show while amazons lands kept safe.

You shall not pass is better

That thing is freaking amazing, Matt!!! Thanks for sharing! Great video!

Awesome statue. Free League’s The One Ring RPG has their Moria supplement in draft, and they stat’ed out Durin’s Bane _and have information for creating Nameless Things_

What if Ideas What if Smaug got the ring What if Deagol became gollum instead of Sméagol What if Bilbo never got the ring from gollum

I'm really into collecting toys now.

I think we have to be very careful as we know Tolkien hated allegory.

It’s an amazing piece but like all, terribly expensive.

You can post the video link to the what if the Balrog took the ring video...

make a sequel

Dark fire will not avail you flame of udun

Balrog wings are best served BBQed

The movies make Elrond look really bitter and jealous. It's one of the many things that pisses me off about them.

Nah they fell for his sarussy

Great video. It’s a heavy piece for its size. All polystone. :)

Oh man that is a fantastic T-shirt. Where’d you snag that 👀

I quite like the movie version of the quote, where he starts out by saying "you cannot pass", and he ends the speech with "you *shall* not pass". It feels like an increasing level of intensity as the speech goes on, which works really well in the arc of the scene.

Ya, ok, Balrogs are scary, but I think the scariest monster is Grishnak! Balrogs, Nameless things and Nazgul got nothing on him! 🤣🤣. Great sculpture! 🤘😎🖖🇨🇦