He's a very powerful celestial being, but in his wizard form on middle earth he's intentionally nerfed by his higher ups.
When's the remake of lord of the rings coming anyway.
Should be soonish. What's the earliest in terms of time frame Hollywood has taken and remade a movie?
So is saruman dead dead or was that just an avatar and he's back to chilling in heaven or whatever
Seriously. I'm rewatching Fellowship of the Ring after a decade or so and it still holds up quite well. I could only imagine what a more modern take might look like.Hopefully never, they still hold up incredibly well. At least it should not happen before a complete redo of the Hobbit in the 2020s, then maybe consider a new take of LOTR in the 2030s.
What is Tom Bombadil anyway? Like seriously, what is he?
Aye. And one of my favorite magical feats in the cinematic universe is Galadriel utterly vaporizing an orc(?) holding Gandalf captive.
Killing a fucking Balrog wasn't hint enough at how badass Gandalf the Grey was?
...and Gandalf the White is even more powerful.
The trilogy holds up much better than most films. To be honest, it'd be hard for me to imagine a better cast as I felt it was perfect. However, it's not unusual for Hollywood to remake 20 year old films which the first one will be in 2021.Hopefully never, they still hold up incredibly well. At least it should not happen before a complete redo of the Hobbit in the 2020s, then maybe consider a new take of LOTR in the 2030s.
The clip sounded badass, and it was, but from a gender perspective I feel everything about it got immediately invalidated since she saved Gandalf, but then you needed two men to rescue her. Only based on this clip, never saw the movie itself. She should just AOE pulsed the wraiths away IMO and everything would be awesome.
Should be soonish. What's the earliest in terms of time frame Hollywood has taken and remade a movie?
dude, he killed a balrog
Anyone who believes anything other than Gandalf being a damn s a v a g e is objectively wrong. And they should be banned.uh yeah. and even if he didn't, he single handedly fought him off and saved the fellowship, thus ensuring the entire world was saved. he put in so much effort that god himself resurrected gandalf and gave him saruman's job. that shit is CRAZY
After they fell down the hole, Gandalf and Durin's Bane found a passage leading back outside and then fought for two days straight on the peak of a mountain, to the extent that onlookers saw massive thunder and fire storms on the peak, and when Gandalf killed it the mountainside was actually damaged by the balrog's falling.Did Gandalf really beat a balrog? Or did he just make it fall down a deep ass hole because it was trying to walk on and extremely narrow platform that couldn't support its weight?
If Gandalf were on solid ground, could he really go toe-to-toe against a balrog?
Did Gandalf really beat a balrog? Or did he just make it fall down a deep ass hole because it was trying to walk on and extremely narrow platform that couldn't support its weight?
If Gandalf were on solid ground, could he really go toe-to-toe against a balrog?
After they fell down the hole, Gandalf and Durin's Bane found a passage leading back outside and then fought for two days straight on the peak of a mountain, to the extent that onlookers saw massive thunder and fire storms on the peak, and when Gandalf killed it the mountainside was actually damaged by the balrog's falling.
After they fell down the hole, Gandalf and Durin's Bane found a passage leading back outside and then fought for two days straight on the peak of a mountain, to the extent that onlookers saw massive thunder and fire storms on the peak, and when Gandalf killed it the mountainside was actually damaged by the balrog's falling.
Allegedly. Gandalf claims he did, but there's no witnesses to substantiate the claim.He made it fall, then they had a hell of a fight that took them back to the top of the mountain where Gandalf wrecked it.
Also Gandalf wrecked the balrog so hard it took half the mountain with it in the book
Might actually be safe to assume he's largely holding back for the sake of mortals. Once they're out of the picture entirely and it's another of his kind he's fighting he can go epic level rather than 5th level.After they fell down the hole, Gandalf and Durin's Bane found a passage leading back outside and then fought for two days straight on the peak of a mountain, to the extent that onlookers saw massive thunder and fire storms on the peak, and when Gandalf killed it the mountainside was actually damaged by the balrog's falling.
Jokes aside, he also has one of the three rings, forgot which one. I believe it's power was related to hope and perseverance.
No, but they were forged with his techniques, so that was kind of a backdoor for Sauron to use.One of the rings forged by Sauron?
Remember when Galadriel scared away Sauron's weakened form in that one Hobbit movie by unleashing her sorceress form or whatever? As a Maiar (or high angel), Gandalf is more powerful than Galadriel, who is merely an elf from the time when elves were all ridiculously badass. He's just not allowed to use his power directly. It's forbidden by the Valar, who are essentially minor gods who are subordinate to Eru, the great creator. (Eru might have been directly responsible for reviving Gandalf after his Balrog battle, btw).Might actually be safe to assume he's largely holding back for the sake of mortals. Once they're out of the picture entirely and it's another of his kind he's fighting he can go epic level rather than 5th level.
None of the movies touch on it.Is talking about Gandalf's ring considered spoilers? Because reading some of these replies it feels like spoilers
None of the movies touch on it.
But...He took on the optional super boss!Gandalf the type of guy to level up by grinding fetch-quests
He kicked Gandalf the Grey's ass but i always assumed that Gandalf got a big power upgrade when he returned as the white, even if he doesn't use it much.Isn't Saruman stronger?
Killing a Balrog isn't that impressive considering that in the Silmarillion, regular elves were slaying them left, right and centre. Fingolfin even got the better of Morgoth in single combat, despite being unable to kill him as he was immortal.
Right, so do we leave the movie watchers with the image that Gandalf was the great motivator? Or tell the truth and admithe just wore a magic ring he was given by an elf that did all that work for him?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_RingsIn the Third Age, Círdan, recognizing Gandalf's true nature as one of the Maiar from Valinor, gave him the ring to aid him in his labours. It is described as having the power to inspire others to resist tyranny, domination, and despair (in other words, evoking hope in others around the wielder), as well as giving resistance to the weariness of time
Killing a Balrog isn't that impressive considering that in the Silmarillion, regular elves were slaying them left, right and centre. Fingolfin even got the better of Morgoth in single combat, despite being unable to kill him as he was immortal.
You might be right as I also haven't read it in ages. I vaguely recall Glorfindel killing a few, but then its not even clear that that is the same Glorfindel as in Lotr, iirc.I'm pretty sure that there were only 3? people that actually managed to kill a Balrog, without the fight killing themselves too, and that's including what happened with Gandalf.
Memory might be a tad hazy though, its been quite some time since I've read any of the books.
Killing a Balrog isn't that impressive considering that in the Silmarillion, regular elves were slaying them left, right and centre. Fingolfin even got the better of Morgoth in single combat, despite being unable to kill him as he was immortal.
You might be right as I also haven't read it in ages. I vaguely recall Glorfindel killing a few, but then its not even clear that that is the same Glorfindel as in Lotr, iirc.
Why do that when you got Eagles?
Every Tolkien thread will inevitably go talk about the Eagles.
The Punisher (2004) and Punisher War Zone (2008) probably. Though I don't know if you would call the latter a "remake". Spider Man and Amazing Spider Man are only 10 years apart I think.
If you look at foreign movies that get remade by Hollywood (Let the Right One In, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), remakes can happen quite quickly. If you are talking about a situation where both the original and the remake have the exact same story and exact same characters AND are both Hollywood productions, I don't know. Most true remakes take at least a few decades (True Grit, Robocop, Ocean's Eleven, Dracula, Magnificent Seven).