Watch Party: Lord of the Rings

Watch Party: Lord of the Rings

Welcome to “Watch Party: Lord of the Rings”! If you‘ve just wandered in, don‘t worry, you‘re not lost! Join Jen and Michael as they delve too greedily and too deep into Middle Earth in anticipation of the upcoming Lord of the Rings series on Amazon Prime. Stay up to date on casting announcements and set leaks, speculate about the plot, all while rekindling your love of all things Tolkien. If you want to join the conversation, please email us at WatchPartyLOTR@gmail.com. We‘d love to hear from you! Hopefully Barliman Butterbur remembers to give us the message.

Episodes

October 18, 2024 70 mins

Season 2 ended on a strong note, with a Balrog, Sauron's final confrontation with Celebrimbor, a duel with Galadriel, and much more. Michael and Jen discuss Episode 8, "Shadow and Flame."

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Episode 7 of Season 2, "Doomed to Die," was an incredible action-packed episode. It also had...a kiss. Jen and Michael discuss.

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September 25, 2024 69 mins

The Rings of Power continues its run of strong episodes with another solid installment, albeit one marred by a few major lore and thematic errors. Jen and Michael discuss episode 6 of The Rings of Power, "Where is He?"

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September 18, 2024 64 mins

The Rings of Power hits a home run with its strongest episode yet! Jen and Michael discuss episode 5 of The Rings of Power, "Halls of Stone."

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September 11, 2024 58 mins

Galadriel and Elrond get a bit testy. Arondir and Isildur meet the ents. Nori and Poppy learn about their past. And the Stranger meets a certain someone that is older than the hills. Jen and Michael discuss episode 4 of The Rings of Power, "Eldest."

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Jen and Michael give their hot takes for episodes 1-3 of The Rings of Power. 

Episode 1: Elven Kings Under the Sky

Episode 2: Where the Stars are Strange

Episode 3: The Eagle and the Sceptre

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Jen is back! Jen is back! We reconvene to rehash Season One and to grade how it fared as an adaptation. It's good to have the gang together. 

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August 24, 2024 13 mins

Ciarán Hinds joins the cast of The Rings of Power, bringing with him hope for those of us who want the Stranger to be a Blue Wizard. But the Stranger wants to be good, whereas Hinds' Wizard appears to be anything but, foreshadowing a clash between the former friends. What version, or versions, of Tolkien's lore might Amazon be drawing from? Michael smells tragedy on the horizon.

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Today I bring you the biggest scoop ever - I know how the The Rings of Power series will end, down to the last shot and the last line! This ending was shared with me by the highest authority of all, so today's ramblings are touched by the divine. Shoot me an email to let me know what you think!

FYI, eagle-eared listeners will notice that at the end of this episode I misquoted the text of Lord of the Rings in an embarrassing face-pa...

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Amazon goes three for three and hits another home run with it's final trailer for Season 2 of The Rings of Power. We get the sounds of Cirdan, a potential Adar and Galadriel team up, and Charles Edwards (Celebrimbor) showing us what acting is all about.

FYI, I accidentally didn't plug in my microphone, so the audio is a little lower quality than usual today, but there's no way I'm setting my brain on fire again to re-record my thou...

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August 12, 2024 25 mins

Rings of Power released a whopper of a trailer at San Diego Comic-Con, and Michael discusses all the highlights. 

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Wights, Worms, and Spiders, oh my! Amazon's "Call to Adventure" Featurette for Season 2 of Rings of Power brings us a number of new creatures. Some belong, some don't. Tune in to find out which.  

Want to watch the featurette? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJHNc8Ht7QE  

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August 7, 2024 13 mins

Celebrimbor is desperate. The Dwarves assemble. Galadriel continues to miss the mark. And John Howe soothes us all. Check out this episode for discussion of Amazon's "Forging the Rings" Featurette for Season 2 of Rings of Power.

Want to watch the featurette? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WYJKfMHX7s  

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Rings of Power is worming its way into your mind, and when it does the rest of our podcast slithers in! Check out this episode for our reactions to the first teaser trailer for Season 2 of Rings of Power.

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Rings of Power is back and so are we! Lots to discuss, but today the focus is on the surprising addition of a certain merry fellow to the Rings of Power. How will Tom Bombadil's blue jacket and yellow boots fit into the fashions of the Second Age? We shall see.

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We may be on a podcasting hiatus, but we had to take a break from our sojourn to celebrate the greatest holiday of the year - Tolkien Reading Day! This year's theme is Travel and Adventure, and we both took the opportunity to fondly reminisce about our childhood travels. We hope you spent the day curled up with your favorite Tolkien tale!

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Michael and Jen are joined by Fellowship of Fans and several panelists for their Episode 8 After Party! As always, we broke the stream into two podcast episodes. This episode contains the discussion by our lore panel, Strider, Lakhitia, and Dave and Johnny from the Council of Elrond podcast. 

Thank you all for hanging with us these past 8 weeks. Making food, mixing cocktails, answering trivia, and chatting during our streams. It ha...

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    Michael and Jen break down the season finale of the season one of The Rings of Power, "Alloyed." This episode includes spoilers.

    See you all on October 16th for our livestream with Fellowship of Fans for a more in-depth analysis, art raffle, featured cosplay, and more! https://www.youtube.com/c/FellowshipofFans/featured 

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    Michael and Jen are joined by Fellowship of Fans and several other panelists for their Episode 7 After Party! As always, we broke the stream into two podcast episodes. This episode contains the discussion by our lore panel, Fellowship of Fans himself, Strider, Chen, and special guest James Tauber of Digital Tolkien fame. 

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