Every Race From Middle-Earth Explained | WIRED

The story of “The Lord of the Rings” grew over the entirety of J.R.R. Tolkien’s life. The Tolkien Professor, Cory Olsen, examines every race in Middle-Earth, mapping Tolkien’s creative process over time. Watch as we learn about the origins of Hobbits, Men, Ents, Elves, Dwarves, Dragons and much more.

Dr. Corey Olsen, President of Signum University, http://www.signumuniversity.org

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Every Race From Middle-Earth Explained | WIRED


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  1. Hi,
    I just watched the video about the different races of middle earth, and I found it very informative and truthful, unlike some other videos out there.
    One thing though that I find to be a very big mistake for such a well-informed video is all the way at the end when the Dead are mentioned- the ones that Isildur cursed. They did NOT come to the battle of the pelennor fields, like Peter Jackson erroneously shows in the movie. They followed Aragorn to the Anduin and there fought for him to capture the black fleet coming to aid Sauron, and thus they fulfilled their oath. To the Pelennor came Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and the Northern Dunedain, along with the released slaves of the ships. (The big question is why did Aragorn release them then when they could have been such a big help, as shown in the movie…)
    Again, I thank you for a very well-done and well-researched video.

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