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Yeah, the writing is the issue. I have no problem with ethnicity or even gender swaps. Honestly, a gender swap of a male character would have been better than c
by chaostheory 4y ago
Yeah, the writing is the issue. I have no problem with ethnicity or even gender swaps. Honestly, a gender swap of a male character would have been better than changing Galadriel
The problem is that they’re more focused on tying the series to Peter Jackson’s work and ensuring that children can watch it. The original stories were better.
- swayvil 4y agoFunny how these people have 500 zillion to invest then hire shit writers. We have an old and well-established culture of writers and system for rating those writers. You'd think they'd consult that.
- chaostheory 4y agoApparently, the bigger problem is that Amazon didn’t pay for the rights to the Silmarillion which explains a lot
- nobodyandproud 4y agoMaybe the casting shouldn’t be a problem, but the kids asked what happened to all of the black hobbits and elves in LotR. I had to sidestep that landmine very fast.
- chaostheory 4y agoI’m not saying that you don’t have a valid critique, but you’ve played into their trap just by publicly posting this online. Now instead of having a valid discussion as to how they’ve butchered the actual story, now they can just lean on how most critics of the show are “racist”, which will garner ratings