Just Some Guy is one them. Look it up.
WTF now you are projecting stuff into it, that isnt there, nor it wasnt meant to say that in any way. If there is people who see orks as black people, then those people have issues.I do see the problem with the brown people being mentally weak slaves of evil, the black people being "like half trolls" and the asian looking people being halforcs.
Exactly it is weird. I dont have an issue with them portraying Haradrim and such quite the contrary. The thing is, today they must reflect modern multicultural western society into a fictional work of art because its the PC thing to do. And its how corporations roll nowadays. Hence the black hobbits, and Elves and dwarfs etcI mean it is weird to have people randomly be of entirely different ethnicities than the majority but still be from the same geographic area. I don't think that is anything but objective fact. If you're gonna change ethnicities in a fantasy world, at least make it be mostly native to one area and not just pure tokenism that doesn't really make sense within the established world's ethnic mix
Come on now. Dark Elves not the same thing as African looking people. And you know it. As for what the Tolkien tried to do, that is very well documented, and even by his own words. I didnt said Lord of the rings are a Bible. Even though there is obvious christian themes in it. I said he created a English Mythology. A English Epic. Unless you are saying Rural England and the Shire are inconsequential?! For example.Who told you this? Google Svartalfar. They are alternately considered dwarves and elves and they are black.
I think Tolkien set out to write down the bedtime stories he told to his kids, based on his homebrew language set. He patched together the often very lovely ideas that were in his heart and sold it to a paying audience. This isn't the Bible. He didn't set out to create a British Anglo something something.
Edit: IIRC the first language he toyed with was Gothic or other Germanic related (no influence on Britain AFAIK) as the pre-Adunaic tongue of men, but this remains unpublished. The most famous creations are the Elvish tongues, one of which is chiefly inspired by Finnish/ the other is Welsh mostly with dashes of Norse etc.
I mean there is essays and books about it, its not me saying just because.
https://thehistoryvault.co.uk/tolkie...logy/#comments
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Movie industry is a business of course he tried to make money, because this things cost money. But if you know anything about Peter Jackson journey to make Lord of the rings, financial success was far from being guaranteed. Literally no one wanted to make his movies. Much less 3 of them. Which at the time was very very risky.I think he tried to make money. Occasionally he made a decent artistic decision (eg in the Hobbit the dwarves actually have a plan, unlike in the book) but there's heaps of unnecessary changes. The removal of Glorfindel and giving some of his role to Arwen were clumsy attempts to address the sexism of the original.
Again its a business, yet not only they are infusing it with nowadays social/political paradigms and trends of Hollywood, it also seems like a pet vanity project for Jeff Bezos i think. They already have the 5 seasons paid for. Regardless of critic, or financial success. As what is the most expensive TV series in history. They also chose two people with a no resumé at all to write it, and run it.disagree, they are trying to make money. If its a bunch of white guys speaking in Chris Tolkien's garbage semi old timey waffle it'll bomb.
I mean its in her name.. But im sure making Snow white black, and turning the seven dwarfs into the seven magical creatures. It so so much edgy, and relevant towards the dogma of social justice. So brave and stunning. Its funny you are crying. Im actually laughing at it.What have they done to snow white oh christ I prefer not to know.
Edit: ### I am crying. bastards!
That is bull . Tolkien is pretty specific about that. And about everything in the universe he created actually.Tolkien talks little of skin color. He simply describes elves as the fairest of all, yet, that doesn't really mean white within the context he uses. He pays a lot more attention to hair color. Yet, none of you would make the same fuss over that. I wonder why...
He uses the word fair to describe both skin color, and hair, and sometimes he uses it with a different meaning. And goes out of his way to specify what he means with the word fair each time actually.
For example "The Fallohides were fairer of skin and also of hair." ( the fallowhide hobbits) When he was talking about Luthien the meaning of Fair is beautiful ( fairest of all maidens). When he is talking about Vanyar he is talking about hair color. Like i said he specifies what the word means each time...
Tolkien used fairest to describe several Eldar and, I assume, not always as an adjective for their physical beauty, but also to their character or nobility. I think that is the case when he uses it to describe Ecthelion, in The Fall of Gondolin for example.
He also describes the elves having long dark hair (with the exception of a few who had blonde hair). Which makes the depiction of Elrond in the Rings of power already wrong, as well that Don lemon looking wood elf, they couldnt give him long hair i suppose?!!
But hey caring about this things is apparently racist.