re: 'Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' Ep 1 Negativity Thread. Enter at your own risk

OK.. totally buying these not - at - all - paid - for shill reviews.

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He’s a fricking woke loser.

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Says the guy crying about a show not being made the way he wanted.

If everything you said about me is true I got Exactly what I want while you cry on the internet.

It’s amazing that all of you lost but think insulting someone on the TV section of a LSU Message board can get you a W.

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You think Peter Jackson properly "did" The Hobbit? That man got too "big" for his britches. Had no one to tell him to take his hand off the CGI button. The Hobbit sucked.

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He only had a year to prepare for it unlike three that he had for the Lord of the Rings. No excuse for how Azog looked (he should have at least gotten that one right), but he didn’t have the time to make all the props, costumes, and masks like he did last time. Jackson is really the only thing that kept it from completely falling apart.

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It should also be noted that Henry is one of many black actors in the cast: a welcome update to the unfortunate racial optics of Jackson's trilogy).

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BBC reviewer. This can’t be real life

Cry harder loser.

Next time, maybe you should get a few million together and buy the rights to your favorite franchise.

Idk what living in your mothers basement pays these days.

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You have the opinion of a redditor. I'd chill with the insults.

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Compared to the opinions of Poli Board posters?

I’ll take that.

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Ok snowflake, if you say so.

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Please tell me how relevant they are. These stories that have never been written.

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You’re the one claiming now that nobody wants to see darker skinned people? Bold move Cotton.

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Wrong, no one wants to see stories that happen in a corner of the world unrelated to the main story line.

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Different regions have different looking people. That’s reality & also reflected in Tolkien’s works.

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We get that. We just don’t agree it’s so important to the works that changing that teaks the foundation.

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Don’t melt.

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He said in the 20th thread where he cries about a TV show he hasn’t seen.

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So you lack any curiosity or imagination? No wonder you’re a fan of this stuff .

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You can’t imagine a black dwarf. frick off.

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Not in Tolkien’s world, which is what this is based on

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Based on. So it’s not 100% the same.

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But do explain it, if the show you’ve not seen, how such things as black elves, dwarves hobbits exist, but then don’t exist before or after.

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In the shoes world they do exist before and after. This isn’t Peter Jackson’s world.

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You see, this is why you’re nothing but a troll. I’m working with in the world to show you what you claim you want & how it can exist, but you reject it out outright .

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How many times do I hbe Yo say this, I didnt Make the show. You’re not working with me you’re telling me your preference and I disagree With it.

I don’t have much interest in a show completely outside the main story.

Also, when have I ever Claimed to want any of this? My whole point is that either way it’s not that big a deal because there is a lot more to Tolkien. Like there is more to Shakespeare.

You’re the one limiting his works to descriptions of characters like the plot and themes don’t matter or somehow hinge on the skin color of the characters

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Seems like you're trying to cope because it's not looking good so far

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Yeah those mostly positive reviews look terrible.

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Not sure how anyone can make a determination that it's "not looking good so far" when the public hasn't even viewed it yet.

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Have you read Tolkien? I’m sorry, but just what has been shown so far is blasphemous. Galadriel being a warrior princess is completely out of character. Celebrimbor looks like fricking Liberace. I’m sorry, this show is not worth giving a chance. It’s dead on arrival.

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Have you read Tolkien? I’m sorry, but just what has been shown so far is blasphemous. Galadriel being a warrior princess is completely blasphemous. Celebrimbor looks like fricking Liberace. I’m sorry, this show is not worth giving a chance. It’s dead on arrival.

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Yes, I've read some Tolkien. But I also said in the other thread I'm not going to get upset if it's not a page-to-screen adaptation either.

There's an assumption that the only folks that are going to watch this are people who are Tolkien die-hards. I know lots of folks who loved Jackson's Lord of the Rings but never even picked up Tolkien that will also likely watch this.