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Posted on 09/02/2022 5:34:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
One of the more tiresome complaints I’ve heard online about Amazon’s Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power show is that it’s pushing a woke agenda—cramming said agenda down our collective throats in an attempt to push some leftist identity politics on the masses.
This is a silly critique for the most part, driven by idle speculation and a fandom that has been utterly overwhelmed by culture wars and endless politics. There used to be a time, not so long ago, when we could enjoy movies and TV shows and video games without a constant barrage of politically charged opinions, angry click-hungry YouTube videos and massive, charged debates on social media and forums.
Or maybe I’m looking at the past with rosy-tinted glasses. All I know is that when I went to school in the 90s’ most of my classmates and I didn’t really care who was president, didn’t really talk about the election and never argued about the political messaging in Beavis and Butthead or Seinfeld.
Now, I understand that this cuts both ways. There has been a concerted effort by those peddling identity politics to get that message—or ‘The Message’ as it’s come to be known in some circles—into games and shows and movies, often at the expense of quality.
Recently, I talked about She-Hulk, which is a charming enough Disney+ MCU show—other than its heavy-handed approach to its protagonist. The show is so concerned with making Jessica Walters (aka She-Hulk) a Strong Female Protagonist that it mangles the script. Instead of making the character strong on her own merits, it does so by making the men around her creepy and sexist. Pro-tip: You should probably not make Hulk look bad when making a spinoff about She-Hulk.
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One of the execs truly hates me. I was the sole reason why he didnt get the line producer job from Breaking Bad because the execs asked me about him, and told them he’s an asshole and not to have him on the 3rd season. He didnt get it. He’s been bitching about me for 5 years now..
I’ve enjoyed you Fighting The Good Conservative Fight from afar, all these years. :)
Agreed...plus it is evil amazon and I stopped buying from that company years ago.
I find the whole thing hard to follow after I figured out how easy it would be to kill Sauron. Just give him a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. He’ll shoot his eye out.
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Excellent points about Vulcans and hobbits.
People of European heritage need to stand up for the integrity of European heritage.
The writers are lazy.
Galadriel’s backstory was too rushed to get viewers invested in it.
The elves look foppish and effete.
The hobbits look like the horribly-mistreated and cast-adrift unloved cousins of the hobbits who lived in Bilbo’s Shire.
That would be a good scene.
Elrond seems to just want to tell Galadriel about his fabulous hairdo.
A gorgeous woman offered to take a long walk with him.
He told her to go back because he wanted to climb into a muddy hole.
ACTUAL PLOT.
The direction was poor too.
Lol.
I love Wick movies, not for the plot, but the outrageous fight scenes.
Constant action. I like #2 the best.
They are already declaring Elrond gay now, despite him being married with 3 kids.
Me as well, but the German Shepards in the third was so much fun to watch, plus “They shot my dog!”
Laughed my ass off..
Number 4 releases on my birthday, I will be seeing it.
When is that?
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