As if we needed more proof that Amazon's LOTR series is going to be a disaster filled with diversity hires...
And all orcs would be polish white antisemites trying to kill good jewish elves.
As if we needed more proof that Amazon's LOTR series is going to be a disaster filled with diversity hires...
And all orcs would be polish white antisemites trying to kill good jewish elves.
This all but confirms a dumpster fire in the making, unless this story is based in Harad there shouldn't be any excuse as to why there are so many African American actors in this show. (Not to sound racist, I am speaking strictly on a story/narrative basis in light with The Lord Of The Rings lore.)As if we needed more proof that Amazon's LOTR series is going to be a disaster filled with diversity hires...
If you try to make something that appeals to everyone.... it will appeal to no one. Instead, think of the target audience and appeal to them.
In addition, remember the words of Walt Disney. You don't make a movie to make money. You make money to make a movie.
I guess we don't have a thread to discuss Tolkien and his works and influence and other fandom related things yet so... here we go.
And to start us off... what does His Dark Materials author Philip Pullman still think of Tolkien?
Why Do Women Have Such Small Parts in LOTR? asks Philip Pullman, Calls Tolkien's Iconic Book A 'Dead-end' - News18
In an interview with News18.com, British author Philip Pullman talks about religion, authoritarianism during the Trump Era, how libraries and books are fodders for human lives and souls.www.news18.com
Why of course he thinks Lord of the Rings is still shite... and misogynist as well!
Sexual power and mystery? If only Samwise had some sort of sexual awakening... like he starts the saga by trimming the bushes outside of Rose's window... before moving onto trimming her bushes and scouring her Shire in the climax of the third book. Also apparently Eowyn and Faramir, Aragorn and Arwen... their romances were clearly so chaste and innocent that they didn't actually have children via sex but actually they sprouted from the ground like some manner of Dwarf.
As for women playing a small part in the saga, Yes I actually agree with him. I can't think of any female characters by name from the Lord of the Rings. NOT... A... SINGLE... ONE!
To be fair to Pullman, a lot of the above article seems to be the Journalist, showing his evenhandedness, bringing up the generic, stale arguments against Tolkien (and CS Lewis) like how CS Lewis apparently loathes women and portrays them poorly based off an open ended two line statement made in one book (of the five or whatever books he actually wrote populated with all manner of female characters) but I digress.
I guess writing fanfiction about the real world is getting stale so might as well move into fantasy and make up Fake News.
They soooo not getting any of my money ...As if we needed more proof that Amazon's LOTR series is going to be a disaster filled with diversity hires...
They certainly won't be getting any of mine.They soooo not getting any of my money ...