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Tolkien on the creation of Orcs perfectly sums up my aversion to AI.

“The Shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make: not real new things of its own.”

AI cannot create something new, it relies on what is already there and bastardizes it into a cheap sum lesser than its parts. It wreaks havoc on the environment and weakens the spirit of humanity. The parallels are striking.

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u/cakepanpancake — 1 day ago
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[OTHER] New IPs of the studio

Yeeeeassss!

Boys, KCD will still be there and an Tolkien based rpg.

Audentes Fortuna Iuvat! The future looks bright!

u/OIDIS7T — 2 days ago

Kingdome Come Developers Confirm New Middle-Earth Game

Warhorse Studios, the acclaimed developer behind Kingdom Come: Deliverance and its recent sequel, has officially confirmed it is developing a massive, open-world Lord of the Rings game.

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u/copi_um — 1 day ago

Which movie should I watch when building Lego Rivendell?

I recently got the Lego Rivendell set and I wanted to watch one of the extended trilogies with it, but I can't decide. Should I watch the extended Hobbits or extended LOTR?

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u/Unbridled_snail — 1 day ago
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Sauron Called, He Wants His Ring Back

Admit it, your ego ended us

Shoed me out, a speck of dust

Longing for that one last touch

We hugged it out, it meant so much

 

I weep for days

Attempt to fade

My heart, my soul, my longing

 

Could you not see

You meant to me

Everything. My Love. Belonging.

 

I wasn’t with another guy

I’m flattered that you think I’d try

My Try, 🎶to keep you off my mind🎶

Was just another night

Of drinks and pool and nibling

 

And now, I have to wonder why

You said those things to me and lie

I called it out in real-time

All the tactics: deny, deny, deny

 

I see you say you say you cry

I hear you say I said goodbye

Is it even fair for you to wonder why?

When you’re the one that said goodbye

 

Why have I never seen you cry

Belief is hard for me to try

When I poured out and left to dry

You’re the one that said goodbye

 

So much disdain, so disrespectful

You stabbed my soul, you were so resentful

With no “I’m sorry” - Nothing left

But on here your pride is kept

From remorse and true reflection

No accountability - All projection

 

So many lies I saw from you

In disbelief I saw it through

That one day soon you’d tell the truth

Abandoned me instead – you knew

 

My biggest fear was used against me

Wrapped around my heart so gently

Then ripped apart and said forget me

 

This love I knew so well before

From other monsters with pusty sores

Brought back to life in mine in yours

I give up. Defeat. No more.

 

Now you say you want me back

You didn’t think that I’d keep track?

You run to win, but gold you lack

My heart is metal, yours is black

 

You won the fight but now you lose

All the right to me, abuse

Do you understand the words I chose?

I hope you see it; I hope you do

 

Now listen please, to Socrates

And just know that I can be forgiving

You must go deep inside and see

“The unexamined life is not worth living”

 

The journey’s long, maybe five years in fact

But Sauron called, he wants his ring back

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u/EmoPath — 1 day ago

Tom Bombadilllllllllll

“Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots are yellow! He was a merry felllloooooow.”

I read the fellowship 25years ago and largely ignored his presence, but I’m just listening to the audiobooks and Andy Serkis does such an incredible job of chewing through all the singing narrative with flair.

Did anyone listen to the audiobooks and it give them a different perspective on a character or side quest? Although I didn’t mind his casting in Rings of power either.

u/ms_kenobi — 2 days ago

If you thought the animated film was a bad dream, no it wasn’t

I saw these figurines for sale, what a jumpscare!

u/Able-Light-890 — 2 days ago
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Lord of the Rings 7-Up Throw Blanket

One of the weirdest and most awesome Christmas gifts I ever got as a kid was this throw blanket for The Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers with a giant 7-Up logo on it 😂

My uncle worked for Canada Dry for almost 50 years and got it from work for some reason. Had some friends over a few weeks ago and they were gobsmacked at how out of left field this thing is.

I'll never part with it ❤️

u/SHRIVES1993 — 2 days ago
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LORD OF THE RINGS Cast Reunion Q&As hosted by Stephen Colbert for Alamo Drafthouse in 2021

These were so much fun to put together back in the day, and I realized yesterday that we'd never shared them online in full (I think WB used them on the 4K BluRay release).

Anyway, with it being five years later (!!) and this being Stephen's final week on The Late Show, it felt like a good time to share. They're up on our YouTube and over at the drafthouse.com blog.

u/JohnWSmith — 2 days ago
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The Elder Days Tolkien Quiz: How Deep Does Your Lore Go? - Quizzodrome

I made this quiz, but now I’m wondering if 50 questions might be too much. 🤔 Would it work better as separate quizzes —one for each Age?

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u/Suitable_Disaster_73 — 3 days ago

Smaug the Terrible, King Under the Mountain

A wreath of Elanor flowers and Mallorn leaves; Smaugs skull inspired by the model released by Weta Workshop. All hand embroidered, my original design :)

See more of my LOTR based work on my IG, 20SomethingArt

u/Individual-Elk-4273 — 3 days ago