The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers FULL Reaction!

[Non-Spoiler, as long as you've seen Fellowship] "No. He's not dead." Cass, you don't believe anyone is dead. lol, I love it. . . . Except Boromir. You never questioned that one. If your character is played by Sean Bean, yeah you're dead for real. Haha.

Boni

i bought your first tier just to watch this and i am truly succesfied, otherwise i will enjoy the b99 episodes too. If you are copsidenring reacting to Hobbit, do it, it's not as good as Lord but it's still warth watching, especially if you didn't read the books like me

I just subscribed last night after watching your reaction to Fellowship and saw that you had done the extended edition of the last two. I have never been able to sit down and watch the theatrical versions again for either these movies or The Hobbit films once the extended editions were released. I love the extra depth the added scenes give the movies, such as the flashback of Faramir’s to when Boromir was sent to Rivendell and learning that little tidbit about Aragorn being one of the Dunedain, as those are the only two that I can remember that were added since it’s been I think about 15 years since I last watched the theatrical. The few added scenes in the next one that I can remember were also quite profound. It’s so much fun watching along with someone who’s never seen these movies, since most people in my circle have many many times. These films, The Hobbit and Harry Potter are definitely some of my main go to movies when I need a good binge watch of something. Can’t wait to sit down and watch your reaction to the third one, though it still makes me cry after all these years.

Dawnie Haywood

If you liked the Gollum/Smeagol scenes, you might enjoy a Jim Carrey movie called "Me Myself and Irene" I know you already reacted to his movie "The Truman Show" so you may or may not love this movie, depending on your sense of humour..

Mister Lou

It's a syndrome maybe. MCSA, Major Character Safety Anxiety. Thanks, George.

Morning Featherheart

[non spoiler] Here's a little pointer for when you watch The Return of the King. When the ending credits start, stick around for a few minutes. Not only is there a great song about some deep Tolkien lore sung by Annie Lennox, but you'd be treated to some amazing pencil artwork of each of the characters as their actor is credited.

Morning Featherheart

I had always been on the fence about whether it was Pippin's plan to have Treebeard see the Desolation of Saruman, or if that was an unintended side-effect of him just wanting to get past Saruman so he and Merry can see what aid they can give to the Men of the South.

Morning Featherheart

Here's a list of all the new and extended scenes in The Two Towers. http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Two_Towers_(extended_edition)

Morning Featherheart

[possible spoilers] Oh! Okay that makes sense. I always felt that Denethor's madness was a little extreme. Actually I think I always guessed that he had one, "Do you think the eyes of the white tower are blind?" but I hadn't further figured that it would leave him vulnerable to Sauron's mindfuckery. I think a couple minutes-long scene to touch on that would've been perfectly at-home in the Return of the King Extended. Way more smoothly-done than all that Gimli blowing ghost hands or steping on skulls nonsense.

Morning Featherheart

Hey, long comment here so I'll break it up a bit. I hope you read the comments here. NO SPOILERS! Others have commented on the deleted scenes, so I won't go into it much. When the Urukhai march to Helm's Deep it is all open plains, but when they are running away after the battle the trees are there to finish them off. These are the trees of Fangorn which Treebeard sent. As for locations, Saruman says early in the movie that "the forest of Fangorn lies on our doorstep" when they need fuel for their forges. This is Treebeard's forest, and Pippin asks to go South so that Treebeard will see the devastation. The other thing I want to mention is a bit about Gandalf. This isn't a spoiler, they never go into his death and return more, and I think you would enjoy knowing this bit of lore. Wizards are not Humans in this story. The Wizards are powerful beings similar to Angels in Christian tradition, which have become Human-like beings. The wizards have been sent by the powers that be (I'm staying vague here because that's just too much to get into in this comment) to help guide the world in certain aspects. The Wizards are in fact incredibly powerful beings, but they restrict their power so they won't impact the world too directly. Saruman is the White Wizard, and leader of their order (of 5 in total). Saruman, however, betrays their mission when he sides with Sauron and seeks power for himself. Because of this, when Gandalf dies fighting the demon in Moria he is sent back by the powers that be in order to replace Saruman as the head of the Wizards. That's why he initially refers to himself as "Saruman, or Saruman as he should have been". Anyway there is a little taste of the lore that isn't explained in the movies. Loved your reaction and look forward to the final one. Also just want to commend you for tackling the extended edition. I know Two Towers extended has a very long middle act which is very bleak, but they payoff is so good at the end!

The Nazgul are actually the ring wraiths, the ghostly guys that fly the dragon things, like the one that stabbed Frodo. The dragon things they ride on are just called Fell Beasts. The high pitched screams you hear are the Nazgul, not the Fell Beasts.

FOTSnax

hai, had to join patreon for full reactions! Love your reactions

sindre paulsen

Eldrond the lead elf of Rivendell is famous for playing Mr Smith in Matrix movies

Sean Stuart

played a little of the into the west during my grandmas funeral slideshow

Sean Stuart

also an extended scene

Sean Stuart

Follow me........

My Ex Boyfriend

That's OK, Pippin or Pip's real name is Peregrin as Gandalf mentions when he catches Meriadoc (Merry) and Pip after the fireworks shenanigans :)

Jay Kawala

Cass, I never thought I'd say this, but you have been watching too much Game of Thrones if you keep thinking every character you love is gonna die.

Martin Robertson

Similarly, since you are enjoying the Gimli-Legolas friendship -- look up the three hairs that Galadriel gave Gimli, to give more depth to the ways Legolas has seen past Gimli's admitted anti-elf sentiment to build the friendship. And once you've read it, circle back to rewatch the scene in Fellowship (abt. 2:52:30 in the extended version) where Gimli tells Legolas he was given the hairs. No movie spoilers, again, just canon back story.

Naomi Schoenfeld

Not a spoiler, but rather a bookverse reference. In the text, Boromir and Faramir's father was a good ruler, and a good man -- but got hold of a palantir (one of the orbs that Saruman had), and has been being mentally destroyed by Sauron through it for a while by the time the movies happen. Destroying the minds of the rulers of lands he intended to invade, before the invasion, is something of a theme for Sauron and his allies. I understand why they left it out -- too many Objects of Evil to manage plot-wise -- but I've always felt that was an important element, to reconcile the sons' allegiance and love for him in the first place.

Naomi Schoenfeld

Haha, still the doubts about Galadriel! Loved the reaction.

Marc Van de Klashorst

Someone has been drinking again!!

My Ex Boyfriend

Glad you enjoyed the extra history and lore. The LOTR geography and place names can be really confusing for new fans and even book readers. Extra bit of lore on the evil men. The ones that pledged themselves to Saruman were wild men, or Dundenlings, who lived nearby and fought Rohan for centuries. The men in the fancy armour at the black gate were from the east of middle earth and Mordor. They are called Easterlings, but they feature more prominently in the books. The last group with the giant elephants, or oliphants, are from the south of middle earth. They are called the Haradrim. The latter two people’s basically worship Sauron as a god, or were threatened, or were bought off, or simply hate Gondor due to a long history of fighting wars against each other.

Benny

Me: she really doesn't know Merry and Pippin's names? Oh well they'll say them soon and she'll have it. Merry: calls Pippin just "Pip" Me: Oh no...

Derik Knutson

I was waiting for the moment she'd recognize that. He has a much softer look and feel in this, so it is quite hard to tell, but some shots make it very obvious lol

Balkyne

And in addition to previous scenes spoken about in comment above, I'm fairly sure you don't find out Aragorn is 87 in the theatrical editions, which is a very interesting thing to learn. I also think the Boromir/Faramir flashback scene is so important to understanding Faramir as a character, and given him that context right away. It carries into the next film for sure, but in the theatrical edition you're just left thinking Faramir was kind of an asshole until way later as you don't see the relationship with his father coming into play Look forward to the next one

Balkyne

So Happy you enjoyed it and loved seeing your reactions. A few things you might like to know: - There seems to be some confusion as you called Mordor "Middle Earth" at the end, but "Middle Earth" is actually the whole world LotR is set in - Isengard is a loooong way away from Helms Deep

Balkyne

Surprised you didnt catch butcher from the boys in this one. Maybe youll notice him in return of yhe king

Its ame mario

So so glad you chose to do the extended versions. I was rewatching the films over christmas and thinking "Oh Cass would love that part" and then being slightly worried you wouldn't see them as I can't remember what was left out of the original cut.

Balkyne

I'm so excited to see this reaction! Work will have to wait till later I guess... Also, with respect to Cass' question about what's different in this release: From what I recall, extended sequences cut in the theatrical version are usually those that involve character development. For instance, the one in this movie where we see Faramir, Boromir, and their father Denethor establish their relationships when the two brothers were able to reclaim the city on the border of Mordor.

Jay Kawala

Great reaction! The main extended additions are the elven rope scene, the ones with guy cutting his hand for Saruman in the start and much of the village raiding, Eomer finding the King's son almost dead, the funeral, Merry & Pippin drinking the water and growing bigger, the Entwives talk, the tree's showing up at Helm's Deep to destroy the last orcs. And lastly the whole flashback scene with Boromir Faramir and their father. There's also lot of scenes that are just extended in really minor ways, but IMO it really improves Two Towers, as the original cut felt rushed to me in ways that Fellowship and Return never did. Oh, and if you didn't, please go back and listen to "Gollum's Song" which plays during the end credits. Always loved that one. There's another nice song by Annie Lennox in the end credits of Return of the King. Always hit's me after a trilogy rewatch.

AgentFalcon

Loved the boromir scene with his brother faramir so makes me happy you chose the extended version, I'm with you cass gollum is great so funny he cracks me up and you can't help but feel for him, look to my coming at first light on the fifth day, at dawn look to the east my favorite line of the whole film 🙂 hope you read the books one day cass faramir is probably my fav character in the books 👌 anyways great reaction once more just fab cass just fab

Ian

The attitude you're referring to in the LOTR community comes from the fact that virtually the entire fantasy genre can generally trace its literary lineage to LOTR, so anyone that's interested in fantasy is virtually expected to be fully engaged with it already. That having been said, we are always welcoming to newcomers, so welcome to Middle Earth :)

Sarah

OMG yes please! I've been waiting for this :D

Yes, these continue to get better and better. 🤗

Danny (Icarus)