Why are there Black people in Brigerton? That ends the "suspension of disbelief" so I am unable to enjoy the show.
Posted on 02/11/2022 2:21:17 PM PST by Drew68
In a first-look profile of Amazon’s eagerly anticipated The Lord of the Rings TV series, The Rings of Power, the project’s creative team had some words about online trolls who have been outraged that the show will feature a far more diverse cast than Peter Jackson’s trilogy of films.
“It felt only natural to us that an adaptation of [author J.R.R.] Tolkien’s work would reflect what the world actually looks like,” executive producer Lindsey Weber told Vanity Fair, which also published several new photos from the series. “Tolkien is for everyone. His stories are about his fictional races doing their best work when they leave the isolation of their own cultures and come together.”
Added Tolkien scholar Mariana Rios Maldonado, “Who are these people that feel so threatened or disgusted by the idea that an elf is Black or Latino or Asian?”
The story follows the Second Age of Middle-earth’s history and includes storylines about an elf named Arondir, played by Ismael Cruz Córdova — the first person of color to play a Tolkien elf onscreen — and a dwarven princess named Disa, played by Sophia Nomvete — the franchise’s first female dwarf, as well as the first Black woman to play a LOTR dwarf. In addition, there are familiar characters such as younger versions of elven favorites Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) and Elrond (Robert Aramayo).
Two types of beloved characters have been restricted from the series, however: Wizards and hobbits, “who weren’t major players in the Second Age.” The production will still have hobbits, of a sort, by including hobbit ancestors called harfoots, but they will have a peripheral story “in the margins of the bigger quests.”
Major settings in the show include the dwarf mines of the Misty Mountains (at the height of its glory before it fell into darkness and ruin), the elven kingdom of Lindon, and the island of Númenor. There are more new details about the series in the VF profile.
The news comes as Amazon prepares to unleash its teaser trailer for The Rings of Power during Sunday’s telecast of Super Bowl LVI.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power follows the forging of the original rings of power that allowed the Dark Lord Sauron to spread darkness across Middle-earth.
According to Amazon, the show “brings to screens for the very first time the heroic legends of the fabled Second Age of Middle-earth’s history. This epic drama is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and the greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to cover all the world in darkness. Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared reemergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of the elf-capital of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the furthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.”
The production was mainly filmed in New Zealand. Then last fall, it was announced production was moving to the U.K.
The ensemble cast includes Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Robert Aramayo, Owain Arthur, Maxim Baldry, Nazanin Boniadi, Morfydd Clark, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Charles Edwards, Trystan Gravelle, Sir Lenny Henry, Ema Horvath, Markella Kavenagh, Joseph Mawle, Tyroe Muhafidin, Sophia Nomvete, Lloyd Owen, Megan Richards, Dylan Smith, Charlie Vickers, Leon Wadham, Benjamin Walker, Daniel Weyman and Sara Zwangobani.
The debut season of LOTR will premiere Friday, Sept. 2, on Prime Video and will air in 240 territories around the world. New episodes will be rolled out on a weekly basis.
Just like with game of thrones, far more people watching than just book readers, in fact the majority haven’t read the books.
I almost bailed on Netflix's Ozark when dudes started kissing each other. I cringed and powered through it. Turned out the two gay male characters wound up being scumbags and much to my surprise, met unfortunate ends early in the series.
The funny thing about streaming television is that they are able to measure audience metrics better than Nielsen could've possibly imagined.
They know what shows we watch and what shows we don't. They know when we watch a show and when we click on the next episode. They also know what shows we give up on and exactly what episode, or even what scene we gave up on it. And they know the scenes we fast-forward through. All that stuff is logged.
And you better believe, they've got someone employed tabulating all of this.
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I wound up reading the books AFTER I watched the show, because I loved the show so much.
The books are fantastic! I really hope George R.R. Martin can finish them before he leaves this mortal coil.
Meanwhile, every dwarf in Hollywood is like, "F- You Tyrion! You made your millions!"
You guys are made of sterner stuff than I am: I made it through about 30 mins of ep 1
I honestly don’t care about the race of the actors. I care about the story.
-SB
He won’t. It’s been 12 years since book 5. he has at least 2, maybe 3 to go. And his story in book 4-5 is so different than the show. Him and Patrick ruth fuss are huge disappointments. Try Brandon Sanderson or Will Wight.
What’s with these libtards who think that every time you criticize something stupid they’ve done it must be because you’re “afraid” of the way they’ve done it???
Why are there Black people in Brigerton? That ends the "suspension of disbelief" so I am unable to enjoy the show.
Cause dwarfs, elves,Hobbits or orks aren’t part of what the world looks like today.
Who said they were “threatened” or “disgusted”?
Thanks, I will.
I really loved Martin's prose and world-building and am looking for other authors who can fill that void. He set the bar pretty high, though.
DINKLAGE is an unfortunate name for someone who’s peevish about being a dwarf.
Cause in reality of this fantasy, Middle Earth has plastic surgeons, Macy’s and Target to accommodate those men who need to look at someone face instead of their own pot belly. Soap, makeup and a hair salons on every corner…. Forget this is to take place in a war torn world with no sanitation or convenience store and evil always knocking at the door.
Can’t wait to see an elf version of George Floyd getting curb stomped by a racist human knight in this upcoming show. Then the trans-hobbits will stage demonstrations and riots that overthrow middle earth and establish a woke communist country with an Orc with big floppy ears like Obama as President.
Serfs were mostly white, anyone to explain the difference between an American slave and a European serf?
#22 it is not just that show. I have been noticing this on many shows. Look at the actresses today and you will not find a beauty. They were all over tv shows back in the “old” days.
“Who are these people that feel so threatened or disgusted by the idea that an elf is Black or Latino or Asian?” they ask....
Even in fantasyland there are borders, and cultures.....in specified areas.
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