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There was enough debate over a black elf in season 1 that there isn't really anything for the racists to say.
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The boat has already sailed there. Amazon are taking the approach of the actor's real life skin colour / ethnicity is not indicative of their role / race in the film. At the end of the day that is 'an approach' you can take in modern entertainment and it has its supporters and obviously its detractors. In some circumstances that approach can absolutely work and it has led to some amazing casting decisions throughout recent memory (for example Nick Fury was not traditionally black in canon pre the MCU, the Valeyrons casting in House of Dragons has been excellent, and there would be many other examples).There's an asian looking elf in it. Will cause debate
Correct, Amazon are set in their ways on this topic clearly and there's no point arguing over it again.There was enough debate over a black elf in season 1 that there isn't really anything for the racists to say.
The boat has already sailed there. Amazon are taking the approach of the actor's real life skin colour / ethnicity is not indicative of their role / race in the film. At the end of the day that is 'an approach' you can take in modern entertainment and it has its supporters and obviously its detractors. In some circumstances that approach can absolutely work and it has led to some amazing casting decisions throughout recent memory (for example Nick Fury was not traditionally black in canon pre the MCU, the Valeyrons casting in House of Dragons has been excellent, and there would be many other examples).
I don't think it works in the context of The Lord of the Rings which is a fantasy series founded on a deep, detailed internal history and mythology where race, family and bloodlines are clearly defined and deeply technical. It doesn't make sense for there to be one black or asian elf amongst hundred of white elves when they all come from the same mono-ethnic culture, likewise does it not make sense for there to be one black dwarf amongst a mono-ethnic culture famed for living underground away from sunlight.
People can support the casting for whatever real world social reasons they like, but it doesn't make sense in the context of the series. And that absence of sense is indicative of, and adds to, the errors of the show - being a lack of sense in plot, pacing and consistency with canon.
Show sucks anyway who cares about the casting.
that’s where you should of stopped.The Lord of the Rings which is a fantasy series
ah you're one of those... "Star Wars is just a story about space wizards"that’s where you should of stopped.
Zero reason for there not to be elves and dwarves of other colours.
What a load of rubbish this post is.ah you're one of those... "Star Wars is just a story about space wizards"
Fantasy does not mean s**t and inconsistent story telling. In fact it is actually the genre that requires the most internal consistency to allow you to develop suspension of disbelief.
As I said in my post, it's fine if you want to do a meta approach on the story telling ignoring casting in the context of internal consistency, that is a fine post-modernist approach to take in story-telling.
It's not my taste for Tolkein which is about as opposite to post-modern as one can get.
When people actually use race as their argument then that kind kills yours.The race issues is a convenient to people thinking it's a bad show. Some won't admit it cause they don't want to be lumped with racists. Others will dismiss negative opinions and assume they are racially motivated.
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OkWhat a load of rubbish this post is.
I loved it. What was everyones issue with it?
The casting is the least of its problems.
Me too, the haters will continue to watch, and then tell us how much they hate it.I loved it. What was everyones issue with it?
Me too, the haters will continue to watch, and then tell us how much they hate it.
Just don't watch mate!
Life's too short to watch a tv show you don't likeMe too, the haters will continue to watch, and then tell us how much they hate it.
Just don't watch mate!
Me too, the haters will continue to watch, and then tell us how much they hate it.
Just don't watch mate!
Does anyone else remember when the footy show was on, the first stanza when it was at its height. People also commented and advised how its shit, but continued to watch, and after told others its shit. I get it, back then there were 5 FTA channels and foxtel/optus. No streaming. So options were limited ergo may as well watch the footy show even though one does not like it. However now there's so many options, more ability to watch and connect with others (facetime, texting apps, forums). doing something else has never been easier.Life's too short to watch a tv show you don't like
It's been a long time since i've seen a finale to a show where i've just gone wow, that was incredibly uninspiring, jarring and mostly boring. The (to-be-) Mordor battle sequences where kind of cool from a visual perspective in the mid-to-last episodes albeit with some dumb story telling (why are they charging across the world to a place they don't know they're going to?) but the final scenes with Sauron forging the Ring and the Stranger conflict were incredibly dull.i finished it but it was a slog.