Geralt (Netflix) vs. Sauron (LoTR)

[Sharpandpointies]

*glances around* Are we derailed? We're derailed.

[Cthulhu_of_R'lyeh]

...although, going by MOVIE times rather than the in-world timeline, that could be the seizure-inducing manifestation from The Hobbit.

You mean the WhatTheHeck!romancer fight?

[The Arbiter]

*glances around* Are we derailed? We're derailed.

I'll allow it! ^_^

Very entertaining

[Sharpandpointies]

You mean the WhatTheHeck!romancer fight?

Yeah, that.

I'll allow it! ^_^

Very entertaining

Hooray! Best Movie Lord of the Rings thread ever!

.....

Granted, the bar is pretty low.

[Sharpandpointies]

...then I went back, watched the fight and it ruined everything.

I hate this thread. -_-

[Cthulhu_of_R'lyeh]

That is movie Sauron's true power.

[Sharpandpointies]

That is movie Sauron's true power.

Dude ruins EVERYTHING, no wonder he never got invites to parties.

...which explains the Rings.

[The Arbiter]

Dude ruins EVERYTHING, no wonder he never got invites to parties.

...which explains the Rings.

It is now my primary head canon that he forged the Rings as petty vengeance for getting snubbed by the popular kids.

[Sharpandpointies]

It is now my primary head canon that he forged the Rings as petty vengeance for getting snubbed by the popular kids.

Remember we're talking about Movie Sauron, here.

Book Sauron actually had big plans; he wasn't all 'It is the Age of the Orc, bwahaha'.

[Slade1]

In that case, given that Sauron loses that war because of a broken sword held out in a prayer defense swing by "just a guy" with no other real feats to speak of, the vastly faster, vastly stronger, wielding sufficient magic to not get knocked away Geralt should be able to replicate the situation.

I would say the ring situation, given the time period, is very much common knowledge.

I'm not very informed on LOTR lore but didn't the sword Isildor (sp?) used to lop off Sauron's hand have magical properties? It was also used to block a ghost's intangible sword.

[Cthulhu_of_R'lyeh]

I'm not very informed on LOTR lore but didn't the sword Isildor (sp?) used to lop off Sauron's hand have magical properties? It was also used to block a ghost's intangible sword.

As yes, the Snot King's sword.

[big_adventure]

No, no. Seizure-inducing for the audience, not the people Sauron faced.

Seriously, go back and watch that scene again, it's...well, it's followed up by the Return of Radioactive Galadriel, so I'm hard-pressed to make a decision on which is worse.

That sounds very, very painful.

[big_adventure]

Yeah, that.



Hooray! Best Movie Lord of the Rings thread ever!

.....

Granted, the bar is pretty low.

It's even too low for me, and I'm still the reigning Rumbles Limbo Champion.

...then I went back, watched the fight and it ruined everything.

I hate this thread. -_-

It had to happen. If it wasn't going back for that fight, it was going to be something else. "Snot King's Sword" is mentioned below.

That is movie Sauron's true power.

For Sharp, I don't even think that Sauron is a candidate for a top 5 worst things list for LotR.

Dude ruins EVERYTHING, no wonder he never got invites to parties.

...which explains the Rings.

Indeed it does.

It is now my primary head canon that he forged the Rings as petty vengeance for getting snubbed by the popular kids.

Honestly, both movie and book Sauron's main motivation WAS getting snubbed by the cool kids. "You don't wanna play with me (and my boss), fine, imma be a rebel."

Remember we're talking about Movie Sauron, here.

Book Sauron actually had big plans; he wasn't all 'It is the Age of the Orc, bwahaha'.

I'm not very informed on LOTR lore but didn't the sword Isildor (sp?) used to lop off Sauron's hand have magical properties? It was also used to block a ghost's intangible sword.

Wise people don't speak of such things...

As yes, the Snot King's sword.

...ruining it even more. The only way you could have made this worse for Sharp is by implying it also knocked a nosebone into a brain.

[big_adventure]

Oh my days, I just went watched the fight. That didn't ruin the thread for me. It ruined my year. I'm going to just bookmark that video and send it to anyone who bothers me forever. Screw them. Serves them right.

[Sharpandpointies]

I'm not very informed on LOTR lore but didn't the sword Isildor (sp?) used to lop off Sauron's hand have magical properties? It was also used to block a ghost's intangible sword.

As yes, the Snot King's sword.

Yeah, that one.

Okay, so I don't know about the movie. Magical? Probably.

Books, Isildur's sword wasn't HIS sword, it was daddy's, and it got busted up when Sauron squooshed/incinerated dad while dying. And Isildur didn't win the fight, he used the shard to chop the Ring off Sauron's hopefully cooling body after Sauron face-planted.

Elendil(dad)'s sword was passed down to him from the First Age, made by a Dwarf (that's right, not an Elf) what goes by Telchar of the Dwarf colony of Nogrod (one of two featured in the Simarillion out of the seven).

Was it 'magical'?

Yeah, probably as humans would think of it. Stuff made back it the First Age kind of had magical properties. I mean, Telchar didn't throw spells into it or anything, but just by nature of the art of him forging it with mind-blowingly stupendous skill, and the various metals used, it was so awesome humans would consider it 'magic' and Dwarves and Elves would consider it 'Yeah, that's a damn good sword'.

Granted, Telchar made other stuff that found its way into the stories, including the Angrist, a knife so freaking good that one of the better smiths of the First Age decided to keep it, rather than use one of his own weapons (Curufin, aka 'The only one of Fëanor's kids potentially more shitty than their dad').

The fact that Telchar made not one, but two of the named weapons in Tolkien's works is rather impressive.

It had to happen. If it wasn't going back for that fight, it was going to be something else. "Snot King's Sword" is mentioned below.

For Sharp, I don't even think that Sauron is a candidate for a top 5 worst things list for LotR.

Tidal snot army is probably one of those top five, I'm thinking. But putting that much thought into what I hated most hurts my brain.

Honestly, both movie and book Sauron's main motivation WAS getting snubbed by the cool kids. "You don't wanna play with me (and my boss), fine, imma be a rebel."

Being fair, Book Sauron was more of the 'I have really good ideas to increase efficiency. Why won't anyone listen?' motivation. Basically, he wanted to make all of the trains run on time, if you get my drift.

Morgoth was the 'I want everything, and if I can't have it I'll pee all over it, hahaha' kind of villain.

...ruining it even more. The only way you could have made this worse for Sharp is by implying it also knocked a nosebone into a brain.

Ah, CoR knows my feelings on that. ^_^

Oh my days, I just went watched the fight. That didn't ruin the thread for me. It ruined my year. I'm going to just bookmark that video and send it to anyone who bothers me forever. Screw them. Serves them right.

You didn't like Galadriel going plutonium before Sauron did his 'endlessly repeating' meme disappearance?