Lord of the Rings TV Series Purchased by Amazon

[Winter Blossom]

I honestly don't think they cared enough to put in the effort to cast actors that fit their roles. When you get a blank check you cut as many corners as you can for your own cashout.

I’m also bothered by the Dwarf Queen. Again, not because of the color of her skin—I don’t care about their skin color history—I just think she looks way too pretty to be a dwarf. We didn’t need to have a sexy dwarf just because sex sells.

[Corvus]

Amazon is probably happy YouTube stopped displaying dislike numbers.

Currently it's at 3.3 million views and only 37k likes.

[minteK917]

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.

[UnifiedDivide]

Currently it's at 3.3 million views and only 37k likes.

I know most of you are looking for anything and everything you can use to write the whole series off way before it even starts, but this literally means fucking nothing lol

[jonnysensible]

I’m also bothered by the Dwarf Queen. Again, not because of the color of her skin—I don’t care about their skin color history—I just think she looks way too pretty to be a dwarf. We didn’t need to have a sexy dwarf just because sex sells.

if i was the casting guy i would have got men to play the female dwarves.

[Askyl]

Amazon is probably happy YouTube stopped displaying dislike numbers.

Currently it's at 3.3 million views and only 37k likes.

That's because YouTube both update likes and views at a strange rate.

Only here on MMO-champ with all you crying kids (some of you in adult bodies) with your bigotry and hate seems to dislike this.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

[Winter Blossom]

if i was the casting guy i would have got men to play the female dwarves.

I would have too…

[Val the Moofia Boss]

Currently it's at 3.3 million views and only 37k likes.

You can use this chrome extension to see the dislikes. Currently sitting at 9k dislikes.

[Sialina]

That's because YouTube both update likes and views at a strange rate.

Only here on MMO-champ with all you crying kids (some of you in adult bodies) with your bigotry and hate seems to dislike this.

Customer: "A cup of coffee please, black"

Waiter: "Here you go, enjoy!"

Customer: "What the hell? This coffee isn't black, it has nuts sprinkled on top"

Askyl: "Who complains about free nuts? Stop crying you bigot!"

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.

[Yossarian]

That's because YouTube both update likes and views at a strange rate.

Only here on MMO-champ with all you crying kids (some of you in adult bodies) with your bigotry and hate seems to dislike this.

only here? did you check the comments on youtube?

[Aurgjelme]

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.

[Hansworst]

Don't care about skin color but the casting just seem off. All characters look like they came straight out of the shower

[Easo]

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 boy At least it is funny in a way.

To me, if they do this they had better commit to it. Dont let it be token. They are exploring, till this point, unexplored parts of middle earth. Dont make it the Princess who just happens to be black when no one else is. Have her whole ass kingdom of dwarves be black. Give them an identity. Dont make it that "Oh it just happens that one in every hundred dwarf births are black".

Making an entire tribe/clan of dwarves, or at least majority, being black/brown-skinned would be a good thing to do

This, do this. Don't sprinkle random black/asian people in and call it a day, make it believable.

[ArenaDk]

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 ?

[Dhrizzle]

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.

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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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 ?

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.

[Wilian]

It keeps amazing me how all these massive budget productions manage to look visually so cheap outside of some sweeping exterior shots.

[Dhrizzle]

It keeps amazing me how all these massive budget productions manage to look visually so cheap outside of some sweeping exterior shots.

It really doesn't look much better quality than Inhumans but at least we knew that was a Marvel side-project ABC were pumping out on a low budget. Also some of the CGI looked like video-game cut-scenes.

[UnifiedDivide]

"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.

[Winter Blossom]

The comments on Facebook about the trailer… woah. They’re very upset and not holding anything back.