Lord of the Rings TV Series Purchased by Amazon

[Specialka]

Ah, the resident racist wants to go another round. Planting that foot straight in your mouth every time you post, huh?

Looks like New York City? Apparently unaware that there is diversity in Europe and almost every cast member is British.

Hair color and skin color variations are both simply genetic mutations that affect melanin, but I doubt you'd throw a bitch fit about dwarves or hobbits with a range of hair colors. See one with darker skin though and now an explanation is necessary.

More slandering and still no reasonable explanation. Are not the showrunners american ? Hence it would not be surprising that they would want to emulate american society in their production. That is what americans do.

[Adamas102]

More slandering and still no reasonable explanation. Are not the showrunners american ? Hence it would not be surprising that they would want to emulate american society in their production. That is what americans do.

Well, by hiring a bunch of Brits they succeeded in emulating British society. So yeah, guess you're wrong on that one, too.

No explanation is needed. Different hair colors, different skin colors. Neither detracts from the story for anyone other than people who are obsessed with racial purity (something Tolkien explicitly was against).

[Specialka]

Well, by hiring a bunch of Brits they succeeded in emulating British society. So yeah, guess you're wrong on that one, too.

No explanation is needed. Different hair colors, different skin colors. Neither detracts from the story for anyone other than people who are obsessed with racial purity (something Tolkien explicitly was against).

Obviously. Always the easier way. No need for thinking, logic or reasoning that way Keep up the good work

[Adamas102]

Obviously. Always the easier way. No need for thinking, logic or reasoning that way Keep up the good work

Says the guy whose simple little mind can't wrap itself around dark skinned people appearing in a fantasy world

[Specialka]

Says the guy whose simple little mind can't wrap itself around dark skinned people appearing in a fantasy world

Says the guy whose simple little mind can't wrap itself around dark skinned people appearing in a fantasy world without any good reason (because the people they are inserted into are white) nor explaination. Fixed.

[Adamas102]

Says the guy whose simple little mind can't wrap itself around dark skinned people appearing in a fantasy world without any good reason (because the people they are inserted into are white) nor explaination. Fixed.

I appreciate you admitting you have a simple little mind, but again the "good reason" is that Tolkien left the world he created vague enough for that diversity to exist (while also being specific about it not being all white).

When interviewed for the Daily Telegraph Magazine in 1968 he was specifically asked if Middle-earth corresponded to Nordic Europe. Nordic Europe being the Northwestern and Northern parts of Europe, encompassing peoples such as Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, Scandinavian, Northern French, and Celts, and Nordicism being the idea that these peoples, and by extension the white race, was superior and sacred. Tolkien wholeheartedly denied these ideas and his response was as follows:

Not Nordic, please! A word I personally dislike; it is associated, though of French origin, with racialist theories. Geographically Northern is usually better. But examination will show that even this is inapplicable (geographically or spiritually) to 'Middle-earth'. This is an old word, not invented by me, as reference to a dictionary such as the Shorter Oxford will show. It meant the habitable lands of our world, set amid the surrounding Ocean. The action of the story takes place in the North-west of 'Middle-earth', equivalent in latitude to the coastlands of Europe and the north shores of the Mediterranean. But this is not a purely 'Nordic' area in any sense.

Not only did Tolkien reject the idea that the North-west of Middle-earth (where all these stories take place) was equivalent to white Northern Europe, he also didn't specify the skin color of dwarves (at all), the only reference he made to hobbit skin tone was that Harfoots (the most common type of hobbit) were "browner of skin" than Stoors and Fallohides, and Numenorians were culturally most similar to ancient Egyptians (a people that encompassed a variety of skin tones).

The idea that all these races and peoples were white is purely assumption based on Tolkien's descriptions of specific people ONLY. There were a lot of people and subgroups of people that Tolkien never gave detailed descriptions of, and he made it crystal clear that Middle-earth (from Hobbiton to the Mouth of Anduin) was not spiritually, geographically, or culturally the equivalent of white Northern Europe.

But yeah, you keep fighting the good fight for the pure white, northern European Middle-earth that Tolkien expressly said was not a thing.

[Specialka]

I appreciate you admitting you have a simple little mind, but again the "good reason" is that Tolkien left the world he created vague enough for that diversity to exist (while also being specific about it not being all white).

When interviewed for the Daily Telegraph Magazine in 1968 he was specifically asked if Middle-earth corresponded to Nordic Europe. Nordic Europe being the Northwestern and Northern parts of Europe, encompassing peoples such as Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, Scandinavian, Northern French, and Celts, and Nordicism being the idea that these peoples, and by extension the white race, was superior and sacred. Tolkien wholeheartedly denied these ideas and his response was as follows:



Not only did Tolkien reject the idea that the North-west of Middle-earth (where all these stories take place) was equivalent to white Northern Europe, he also didn't specify the skin color of dwarves (at all), the only reference he made to hobbit skin tone was that Harfoots (the most common type of hobbit) were "browner of skin" than Stoors and Fallohides, and Numenorians were culturally most similar to ancient Egyptians (a people that encompassed a variety of skin tones).

The idea that all these races and peoples were white is purely assumption based on Tolkien's descriptions of specific people ONLY. There were a lot of people and subgroups of people that Tolkien never gave detailed descriptions of, and he made it crystal clear that Middle-earth (from Hobbiton to the Mouth of Anduin) was not spiritually, geographically, or culturally the equivalent of white Northern Europe.

But yeah, you keep fighting the good fight for the pure white, northern European Middle-earth that Tolkien expressly said was not a thing.

Not that I admit anything . Rather correcting thing so you do not pass for someone dishonest intellectualy. Which you obviously are .

[Celement]

Says the guy whose simple little mind can't wrap itself around dark skinned people appearing in a fantasy world without any good reason (because the people they are inserted into are white) nor explaination. Fixed.

I mean in existing fantasy with different cultures and beliefs it's rather jarring. This isn't a new IP but an already established story. It is weird to see mixed cultures in settings like this.

The warning sign isn't that they are doing this mind you. Rather it is because they are making a big deal about doing this and that has been the red flag something is gonna be shit for the past decade.

Woman and minorities being highlighted usually signals the production is going to be shit. There are some hard sought out exceptions to this but they are just that exceptions.

If amazon had faith in this they would be promoting the story behind it. Instead it looks like they are repeating the missteps from a wheel of time. I will give it s chance I work from a remote location and at times rely on amazon prime for groceries of all things. They have my money already but I doubt its gonna be good.

[Specialka]

I mean in existing fantasy with different cultures and beliefs it's rather jarring. This isn't a new IP but an already established story. It is weird to see mixed cultures in settings like this.

The warning sign isn't that they are doing this mind you. Rather it is because they are making a big deal about doing this and that has been the red flag something is gonna be shit for the past decade.

Woman and minorities being highlighted usually signals the production is going to be shit. There are some hard sought out exceptions to this but they are just that exceptions.

If amazon had faith in this they would be promoting the story behind it. Instead it looks like they are repeating the missteps from a wheel of time. I will give it s chance I work from a remote location and at times rely on amazon prime for groceries of all things. They have my money already but I doubt its gonna be good.

I am totally on board with that as well.

[Nask]

I am totally on board with that as well.

Not surprised that you are on board with the idea that women and minorities don't belong in media, and if they are everything "they" touch is going to be shit.

[Specialka]

Not surprised that you are on board with the idea that women and minorities don't belong in media, and if they are everything "they" touch is going to be shit.

Not surprising you do not understand what is being said.

[Nask]

Not surprising you do not understand what is being said.

I guess you are now going to say that highlighting means something other than what the meaning is? Like, highlighting main actor in adverts is not that? Or actors going to journalist for Q&A is not that?

[Melius]

i must admit that i find the touch of woke ideology rather disgusting in modern day cinema or tv shows. and since most of them usually crash and burn i must say i dont believe this one will have a better fate. so no, i am not interested in a ''modern day'' interpretation of tolkiens work but i wont fault anyone who doesnt think like me. kudos to you and have a pleasant watch

[Veggie50]

Telling nothing but in your sick head.

They do not travel as much as we do in the modern world. In the middle age, people rarely moved around their town.

And I perfectly accept a black elf if you give me a good reason why there is a black elf (or more) in a population of white elf. Same goes for the black princess of a white people. Good luck with that.

The elf fell under an enchantment that changed the colour of his skin. This is a painful memory and therefore not brought up tadaaaaaaaa

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i must admit that i find the touch of woke ideology rather disgusting in modern day cinema or tv shows. and since most of them usually crash and burn i must say i dont believe this one will have a better fate. so no, i am not interested in a ''modern day'' interpretation of tolkiens work but i wont fault anyone who doesnt think like me. kudos to you and have a pleasant watch

Thanks ^^ we'll let you know if it turns out shite

[Specialka]

I guess you are now going to say that highlighting means something other than what the meaning is? Like, highlighting main actor in adverts is not that? Or actors going to journalist for Q&A is not that?

Again ,you are wrong . When they spend , producers ,realisators and actors ,so much time speaking about inclusivity rather than the movie or serie itself , usually it means it will probably being shitty .

[Nask]

Again ,you are wrong . When they spend , producers ,realisators and actors ,so much time speaking about inclusivity rather than the movie or serie itself , usually it means it will probably being shitty .

So you just agreed to something, but you don't understand or care what the word "highlight" means? Can you tell me what the word means to you, and actions you deem fit for "highlight" then?

[Lorgar Aurelian]

So he is playing a black elf while being latino ? So that's acceptable ? Talk about double standards

I haven’t followed any of the advertising stuff but did they actually say any where that the elf was played by an African or caribbean actor or did you and others just see some one darker then a white guy and jump to him being African black?

[Veggie50]

Again ,you are wrong . When they spend , producers ,realisators and actors ,so much time speaking about inclusivity rather than the movie or serie itself , usually it means it will probably being shitty .

- Creators talk about Tolkien

- Black elf appears for 0.5 seconds

- Internet racists flood every social media channel with racist remarks around black elf appearance

- Creators respond to the turmoil

- Internet racists: "Look, all they wanna talk about is inclusivity"

[Mace]

I mean, like I said, the 'activism' has no real bearing on the quality or overall perception of whether a show is good or bad.
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What Iw as saying is that the activism is the reason why the writing is so poor - some of the ideologies some of these people hold to, just make for weirdsituations, lines, actions that generally spoil the movie - e.g. ithose who subscribe to the rule that a man can't tell a woman what to do, nor can he defend her - not every movie is like that off course, but WoT is a classic example.

Furthermore, when studios don't care about the writing anywhere near as much it allows activists to write scripts and no vetting or vetoing, especially if the studio bosses are that way inclined - the money people never are. What it means is that scripts that focus on the message and the ideology rather than writing a good story or sensible characters a just don't show up. And while these type of people are in control they never will.

If they are leading the major studios like Warner media (before it was sold), Amazon and Disney - then this is a large amount of our entertainment content and some of most popular brands that will have this type of thing show up reducing its quality.

The ideology actually affects quite a lot and is why many are blaming it for the poor quality of scripts.

the sad thing is that diversity is not the prolbem, it's the extreme the activists ghave adapted and the warped views that they are now inserting in their creative works that is oftne just awful. But then if you're writing a story to preach your message rather than writing a sotry about life, it's going to be different.

[Celement]

I haven’t followed any of the advertising stuff but did they actually say any where that the elf was played by an African or caribbean actor or did you and others just see some one darker then a white guy and jump to him being African black?

In every interview they take great pains to point out the diversity of the cast to the point they rarely if ever even touch on the actual plot. The few times they talk about anything else its them trying to explain away their rewrites and lore errors.