An online search of “Lord of the Rings memes” produces hundreds of articles chronicling the best and most known.
the rest is history, a symbiotic relationship that has kept the Peter Jackson trilogy front and center in online consciousness for two decades.įrom Éowyn’s iconic “I am no man” scene in The Return of the King, to a line about menus, uttered by an Uruk-hai in Two Towers, which has captivated and confused the internet for years, there are dozens upon dozens to choose from. The fun of making memes attracted people who hadn’t seen the movies, who watched the movies so they could make better memes, which attracted more people and. Lord of the Rings memes arrived in the digital space at a moment where dedicated fanbases were purposely trying to share as much content with as many people as possible.
At the same time, fandoms were thriving on websites and forums meant to connect members around the world.
They had been around for years - one of the first modern memes, a dancing CGI baby, became popular in 1996 - but the landscape was rapidly evolving. When the first film was released in 2001, memes were just beginning to find their footing online. A screencap of the scene, featuring Boromir making a circular hand gesture, overlaid with the famous line quickly became a popular meme, spreading across major social sites of the time. However, the contrast between his serious line reading and the fact that the quote comes after a brief pause and almost out of nowhere caught the attention of Lord of the Rings fans. Sean Bean, who plays Boromir, delivers the line with the gravitas necessary for the movie’s pivotal scene. So each Wednesday throughout the year, we'll go there and back again, examining how and why the films have endured as modern classics.
2021 marks The Lord of the Rings movies' 20th anniversary, and we couldn't imagine exploring the trilogy in just one story.
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