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Arannir
Doriath
Sep 13 2022, 12:28pm
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Opening Titles
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Additional to the article in TORN, here is a Twitter thread with some cool musings about the opening titles.
https://twitter.com/...elZ7db9ETQw&s=19
I know some people are underwhelmed by them and while many people agree that RoP shouldn't try to be another GoT, it seems the same does not apply for the opening credits as GoT's seems to be the gold standard for many in that respect. I share the amazement of this Twitter user that it is kind of a little wonder that they got this artistic way of including the Ainulindale into the show when it would have been entirely possible to do a map montage of some sort and go the GoT and potentially more grand way.
"I am afraid it is only too likely to be true what you say about the critics and the public. I am dreading the publication for it will be impossible not to mind what is said. I have exposed my heart to be shot at." J.R.R. Tolkien
We all have our hearts and minds one way or another invested in these books and movies. So we all mind and should show the necessary respect.
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Narvi
Menegroth
Sep 13 2022, 12:41pm
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There are some beautiful references to the Silmarillion throughout the title sequence, some obvious and some more difficult to detect. The Nine circles transform into the two trees of Valinor, which turn into a sinister pattern with what might be an insectoid face in the center (Ungoliant), followed by abstracted versions of the sigils of the Noldor, which give way to a Numenorean triskele (the island itself appears for a brief moment before the triskele is fully formed). Later there is what looks to be a mountain of unclear significance: the Meneltarma? Caradhras? Orodruin? Melkor's corrupting grains infiltrate the media of creation as the music becomes more frenetic and the shapes less clearly formed. The final pattern is puzzling: the central ring appears almost as the event horizon of a black hole. Is this the One? Is it the Void?
I'm eager to see if further symbols appear as the season/seasons progress.
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Lieutenant of Dol Guldur
Mithlond
Sep 13 2022, 2:01pm
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Especially if you listen closely to Howard Shores music and all the little details in it like the use of different languages.
You can see many of Tolkien stories in there if you want to. But for the general audience it might be a little underwhelming after seeing it for the first time. At least that's what
I personally wouldn't mind if they had used that amazing practical title reveal teaser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhqGCPMfkNM
BTW: I just saw this teaser for the first time and it's not only hinting at Shores original LOTR score but also featured first hints of McCrearys own ROP score.
"There is only one Lord of the Ring, only one who can bend it to his will. And he does not share power."
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Hopefull Harfoot
Ossiriand
Sep 13 2022, 3:42pm
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They were a 'miss' for me but to be fair
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I habitually skip both opening and closing credits with everything I watch.
The exceptions seem to be related to the music, when it is so good I have to hear it thru.
The opening of Lotr was like that. Howard Shore's opening score was so intense and haunting, so full of foreboding, I was mesmerized. I also watched the closing credits of The Two Towers because of Gollum's song. The Gollum character was somewhat shocking to me, so pathetic and disturbing and real. The song beautifully reflected that.
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Noria
Hithlum
Sep 13 2022, 4:48pm
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I had noticed the dark infiltrating the pattern or song but had never heard of Chladni figures. I'll watch with greater attention henceforth instead of mostly listening to the music.
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Eldy
Dor-Lomin
Sep 13 2022, 6:06pm
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I was pretty underwhelmed by the titles at first view, and they're still not my favorite live-action fantasy opening in recent memory, but it's neat to hear about the intention behind it, which is pretty apt to this world.
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