Fairy tales are more than true–not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten. -G. K. Chesterton & Neil Gaiman
Amazon is probably happy YouTube stopped displaying dislike numbers.
Currently it's at 3.3 million views and only 37k likes.
Last edited by Corvus; 2022-02-14 at 07:14 AM.
Dwarf women with no facial hair what so ever and a fucking elf with a buzzcut.... Really? I guess elf have magic to trim hair like modern razor and not just blades like everyone else. People didnt have faded buzzcut, because electric clippers arent a fucking thing in medieval time, fantasy or not. People cut their fucking hair with blades. Theres no electric grooming.
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There is an Established world, I didn't see a single comment in here saying black people should not be in the series, every comment is about why we can't have the people that are actually supposed to be black, be black, instead of people that aren't supposed to be. I see plenty of you guys crying racist though, even when all the people are very supportive of black actors as long as we follow established lore.
Last edited by Sialina; 2022-02-14 at 07:58 AM.
Diversity in media is not a problem at all.
But when you change Source material and events, and characters to fit your agenda that just means you dont give a shit about what was there in the first place.
These people are too lazy to write their own plot and instead they vandalize the work of one of the most celebrated authors.
I can only agree that it really does look like generic clean (literally! Why is everyone so clean and model like???) fantasy 101 and elves simply are cosplayers, especially Galadriel. At this budget? Jesus...
P.S.
That comment section, oh boyAt least it is funny in a way.
This, do this. Don't sprinkle random black/asian people in and call it a day, make it believable.
So for someone who never read the books and only watched the movies.
The dark elfs are basically made by a different maya than the normal elfs and something happens/ they already leave for the eternal island before the hobbit plays time wise ?
or are they completly new and just a copy from dark elfs / drow from dnd added by amazon ?
Tale as old as time - see Robin Hood, King Arthur and the pantheon descending from the proto-Indoeuropean gods.
Heck, see Tolkien and the way he "vandalised" Germanic myths and legends.
Honestly I think he'd be fucking stoked to learn the stories he wrote for his made-up language had reached a point where future societies are adapting them to fit their sensibilities.
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All the elves are made by Illuvatar. The High Elves (eldar) went to dwell in Valinor and the Dark Elves (Moriqiendi) are those who stayed behind. There are also grey elves (Sindar) who set off on the journey to Valinor but settled in lands on the way to the coast.
Last edited by Dhrizzle; 2022-02-14 at 10:00 AM.
It keeps amazing me how all these massive budget productions manage to look visually so cheap outside of some sweeping exterior shots.
Modern gaming apologist: I once tasted diarrhea so shit is fine.
"People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an excercise of power, are barbarians" - George Lucas 1988
"But the YouTube comments! They confirm my prejudice and my hate! REEEEE"
No serious person ever used YouTube comments for anything except seeing the state of a typical YouTube commenter lol No one is this desperate to hate, guys, do better. It's getting a bit sad.
The comments on Facebook about the trailer… woah. They’re very upset and not holding anything back.
Fairy tales are more than true–not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten. -G. K. Chesterton & Neil Gaiman