re: Rings Of Power 3 casts Simon Pegg as voice of Balrog

Exactly. Dragons speak, Balrogs don't.

But RoP doesn't give 2 flips about Tolkien's work so who cares?

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I think this is more of a “watch our show, we have Simon Pegg” move than anything else.

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Simon Pegg? Guy seems alright but he's not going to turn around ROP. Henry Cavill couldn't resurrect that shite-show.

Does the Balrog get a wig to wear so he can fool the elves?

So Lord of the Rings, tick.

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FFS.


Who wants to tell him that he still hasn’t been in Lord of the rings.

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Friday, it was revealed that Simon Pegg will voice the Balrog, a hulking magma monster that will help Sauron forge the One Ring.

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Your expectations have been subverted.

Some of yall are getting worked up over the wrong things...

So the balrogs dont have any dialog in the books. So what, that doesn't mean they are mute or unintelligent. They are Maiar, per the legendarium. Same as the Istari, Melian, and Sauron. They were Morgoth's field generals in the First Age, so they can clearly communicate. How do you command armies without communication?

The issue is, they weren't skilled craftsmen. Sauron was.
Oppenheimer doesn't need Patton or MacArthur to help build the bomb.

I have reservations on whether Pegg can convey the cold malice and power required for a balrog, and it would have been far more interesting to explore Sauron possibly recruiting the balrog to lead his army, and maybe be rebuffed;
1) I knew Morgoth. You aren't Morgoth, you're a wannabe desk jockey.

2) No thanks, the Valar kicked our asses and blew Thangorodrim (and everything within 500 miles of it) off the map. Have fun with that, I'm staying under the mountain and off their radar

I’ll see your Simon Pegg as The Balrog and raise you Marnukh, the Orc who will be Galadriel’s sidekick in season 3. Yes, we now have a good guy Orc as one of the 3 travelers hunting Saron as he heads for Mt. Doom.

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watched by hundreds. . .defended by thousands

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It's so bad it appears to be deliberate. "What's the point of having money to burn if you don't occasionally burn some" seems to be the thought process.

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And every character is the most effeminate version of that character

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Nah, that's not true...

Galadriel was more feminine in the movies than this show

But honestly, it's just such a wasted opportunity. They did do some things right- they got the orcs (visually, with practical makeup and prosthetics) correct.
Same with Durin and the (male) Dwarves; and I'm not really even worried about the female dwarf. She's stumpy enough
The Elves in theory, you just need good-looking people with Spock ears.

Galadriel- NOT her writing or portrayal; but the actual actress looks close enough to Kate Blanchett.

I mean, that's 95% of the battle, finding someone fans would accept. It should have been a slam-dunk, all you needed to do was give her the appropriate role and dialog

I think they found a good Elendil, too.


You have Bear McCreary putting fantastic music out.

The problem is, the creative team has the skill of a high school drama club, and they're intentionally not sticking to canon. Their excuse is that so much isn't available due to rights, but what they came up with is stupid and doesn't fit.
That, and for some dumb reason, they think we "want" hobbits to be a major part of the tale. Which is retarded, nobody HAS to have hobbits, we loved the fantasy of LOTR. And Tolkien even explicitly stated that hobbits were never a part of the big picture until Bilbo found the Ring; so it's pointless to include them in this.

Oh, and about the Elves, again- good looking (ageless) people, pointy ears and long hair. We don't need short-haired Elves, or middle-aged (Celebrimbor) Elves. The hair is public perception, and the age is part of Tolkien's stated description.