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I don't know what you are talking about since people literally still complain about that. Even if it is just a little. There is also the obvious thing that by the third movie LOTR had already proved itself to be a masterpiece of a trilogy and the fact that it was not in any trailer. TBH I don't think both situations are comparable.
I don't want solutions. I want to be mad. - PoorlyDrawnlines
Thats not what I meant. The idea was that its dumb to call someone an incel just because they dislike a female character. If the person were an incel their hatred would be spread out; it wouldnt be that they just hate Rey they'd hate all the females.
Its not just that they hate, say, the Elf woman in Hobbit, they would hate Eowyn too 'casue grrrr ladies.
World needs more Goblin Warriors https://i.imgur.com/WKs8aJA.jpg
Yeah, I get that. But let's face it the amount of vitriol and hatred that this series is taking is beyond justification.
Also, the Eowyn thing still angers a small amount of the people in the fandom. To be 100% honest with you I just think it is a shame that the entire fandom is just being so negative about this.
I don't want solutions. I want to be mad. - PoorlyDrawnlines
No I don't want random sprinkling of races. If you want to make a tribe of elves that live in an area that it makes sense for them to have darker skin that's fine in fact that's great. That's expanding on the world. However they still shouldn't have buzz cuts. Electric Razors aren't a thing in Tolkienland so that fade has gotta go but long haired tribe of elves that are black and helping the men of the east resist Sauron would be awesome. Expand on the previously established concepts don't tokenize them.
I don't want solutions. I want to be mad. - PoorlyDrawnlines
There is enough justification for the hate, though. Of course there is people who can't see a black or female actor and got angry, but there is a difference in being angry about someone being black or being angry about they changing things for token as a way for shielding the show from critics..
Some people do like things being close to faithful as possible, that is understandable, not the end of the world if not, cause even Lotr movies changed a lot, but if you are going to change, do it good. None of the elves look like elves, their characterization/make up is bad, and its not even the buzzcut thing, the dwarf lady by example not having a beard is a big problem
They(it seems, seeing by the trailer) didn't even bother to call that many black actors anyway, just one standing out, to me, becomes totally out of place, when it should be organic, if it was their idea of adaptation, to mimic the current world, i don't know where people live that everyone is pale white and you have one random black person.
That is what we were talking before, how it would work much better if there is different tribes of elves and dwarves with different predominant characteristics, it feels real and organic.
hell, i could even see, some elves as asian because the hair and pretty features, i remember wow movie did that and it was cool.
I don't know, that sounds pretty unlikely to me. Wheel of time flew below the radar for many people.
But I'm not gonna stand here and defend a multi BILLION dollar company either. I just think people are hating this series based on very little and have already decided not to watch it.
I don't want solutions. I want to be mad. - PoorlyDrawnlines
I still intend to watch it, I just have low expectations. Though if it doesnt hook me after 2 or so episodes I'll likely just stop. Nothing I've seen or heard from those working on it gives me hope. I've seen no indication that they actually care much about the source material: I just expect some name drops they pulled off of the lotr wiki.
World needs more Goblin Warriors https://i.imgur.com/WKs8aJA.jpg
Honestly so far the memes about the series are more promising than what i've seen of the series itself.
It's kinda funny how a claim to incorporate more perspectives and such just showcases how narrow the perspective of the ones making that claim are. I think it's that repeated mind boggling hypocrisy that sets off fans so much.
Doesn't help that it's often accompanied by dramatic degradations of quality, but that's yet too early to call in this case.
In short: I will be watching the watchers, rather than the show, unless evidence points to actual quality being present of course.
This is a signature of an ailing giant, boundless in pride, wit and strength.
Yet also as humble as health and humor permit.
Furthermore, I consider that Carthage Slam must be destroyed.
Tolkien never made Eowyn’s fighting skills comparable to the best men, similar to how he didn’t turn the hobbits into fantastic swordsmen. He noted how Eowyn was very small for a soldier (which is why her horse could handle her and Merry).
In the end she doesn’t stay a soldier either, she becomes a healer, while all the men continue fighting. She’s the exception that proves the rule. So no, there’s no basis for a female commanding an army and leading the fight into battles in LotR. There were a few strong female characters like Galadriel, Melian, and Luthien, but they generally used magic.
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Many of the biggest fans of LotR are also WoT fans. I’m absolutely jaded by seeing how that series went, from literally the first monologue which was jarringly discordant from the source material and set up a conflict between good women and bad men.
I’m hoping they’re seeing the backlash now and recutting some of the most obvious wokeness out of the series.
because it wasn't in the book? Surprise people want adaptations that are as faithful as possible, and when you throw in shit that is CLEARLY not trying to be faithful, they get upset. Literally just about everything that has been shown goes against the books (from skin tones, to beardless dwarf, to short haired elves, to xena warrior princess), not to mention the shit tier cosplay elf ears.
Better question why are you okay with d tier adaptation and garbage cosplay just because someone in the show has dark skin?