The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

[Jacob]

Why are the dwarves Scottish?

Because of this.

What's the connection between dwarves and the redcap?

None, as I understand it.

I think the Scottish thing is a stereotype from RPGs (table top and videogames) where Dwarves. Affecting a shitty Scottish accent for Dwarf characters has been a tabletop stereotype for decades.

[Josquius]

Why are the dwarves Scottish?

Because of this.

What's the connection between dwarves and the redcap?

None, as I understand it.

I think the Scottish thing is a stereotype from RPGs (table top and videogames) where Dwarves. Affecting a shitty Scottish accent for Dwarf characters has been a tabletop stereotype for decades.

Funnily whilst watching this yesterday I commented on this same thing. Why do dwarves always have to be Scottish. Really curious where it sprung from. Given a lack of early fantasy film I don't think we can blame a treasure island style one actor set the rule trope

Surely as industrial miner types geordie would be more suitable.
Or if they're singing dwarves, as they are in tolkein, Welsh. :p

[Valmy]

It is because they are greedy for gold like Andrew Carnegie and Scrooge McDuck. Oh and I guess a love of large two handed weapons.

And heavy drinking though I guess they kind of share that with all British people of any variety.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Why are the dwarves Scottish?

Because of this.

What's the connection between dwarves and the redcap?

None, as I understand it.

I think the Scottish thing is a stereotype from RPGs (table top and videogames) where Dwarves. Affecting a shitty Scottish accent for Dwarf characters has been a tabletop stereotype for decades.

In some D&D lite novel the Redcaps were Scottish.  Or had Scottish accents.

[Solmyr]

Tolkien dwarves should really be Jewish. Would love to hear them pepper their speech with Yiddish words and claim it's Khuzdul.

[Darth Wagtaros]

I think it was RA Salvatore who established Dwarves were Scottish.

[Valmy]

I think it was RA Salvatore who established Dwarves were Scottish.

Bruenor MacBattlehammer

[The Brain]

Do the people in the show speak the correct Tolkien languages at least? Tolkien spent decades designing languages, if the show doesn't use them then that's a big fuck you to the dude.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Humble Bundle has a collection of Tolkien related books for sale. The bundle includes Tolkien and the Great War, which I've been eyeing for a while and was the only reason I picked it up, but some of the others there looked interesting.

[Josquius]

Episode 3.

1: where did halbrand get all that money?

2: so many pointless gratuitous scenes to show off the budget.

[viper37]

What money? When? where?  Refresh my memory, please.

[Josquius]

What money? When? where?  Refresh my memory, please.

Rejected from a job at a short guys Smith he's in a pub and winds up some guild members then says sorry and announces drinks on me for the whole pub (as a ploy to steal a guild badge)

[celedhring]

What money? When? where?  Refresh my memory, please.

Rejected from a job at a short guys Smith he's in a pub and winds up some guild members then says sorry and announces drinks on me for the whole pub (as a ploy to steal a guild badge)

I presumed he'd stolen that money.

[viper37]

What money? When? where?  Refresh my memory, please.

Rejected from a job at a short guys Smith he's in a pub and winds up some guild members then says sorry and announces drinks on me for the whole pub (as a ploy to steal a guild badge)

Ah, yes, same as Celedh.

[mongers]

It's slowly growing on me.

If it had been trailed as "based on Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Rings' ", maybe some of the criticism wouldn't have happened?