When they started "forging" the giant ring in the middle of the ceremony last night

[Ken Burch]

Did anybody ELSE immediately think "the precious...the precious..."?

[sibelian]

1. Yes! Lots of other online folk have said so also

It was the first thing I thought

[Avalux]

2. Yes.....and at the end.....

when all of the mini torches came together to form the 'bowl', it looked like the Eye of Sauron. People have commented on that as well.

[obamanut2012]

3. They piped in sulphur smoke

To make it more realistic.

[Larkspur]

4. Yes, I too thought that.

Tolkein was partly writing against the dark side of the Industrial Revolution.

[Ken Burch]

5. He was right to. It was bloody Mordor.

(sorry...but everybody else was thinking it...)

[fishwax]

6. "one ring to rule them all"

I think my wife and I both said it at the same time

[longship]

7. "You promised! You swore on the Precious."

"Romney lied!"

[eShirl]

8. George Takei captioned that Gollum photo

"Mary Poppinses!"