Exploring Tolkien

77. Men Want Power, Isildur Didn’t Kill Sauron, and the Ring’s Mind – with The Tolkien Road!

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This week we’re looking at the prologue of Fellowship of the Ring with John Carswell from the Tolkien Road podcast. Listen in as we discuss:

  • Men Want Power, not Immortality
  • Elendil’s Battle and Elrond’s Pleading
  • The Ring’s Got a Mind of its Own

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    • Could Sauron have made the ring with one of his eyeballs?! 😜
    • Why didn’t Elrond take the ring from Isildur (in the movie) when he had the chance?
    • Did Elrond know he couldn’t take the Ring himself (when he was with Isildur)?
    • How would we have changed the final battle between Elendil/Gil-galad and Sauron?

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      🔗 Episode Links

      Letters of JRR Tolkien (Revised and Expanded)
      Tolkien Road on X
      Tolkien Road on Apple Podcasts
      Tolkien Road on Spotify
      Submit a LOTR Film Change
      Make Tolkien Great Again – Tengwar Hat

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      Letters of JRR Tolkien (Revised and Expanded)
      Make Tolkien Great Again – Tengwar Hat
      The Silmarillion
      The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

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