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.
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
In other words, they’re pushing a Woke Agenda.
I watched Episodes One and Two and see two main problems,
On one hand they are very average. Lazy even.
On the other hand, the series is not actual Tolkien but more of a reboot. And not a very good one.
Tolkein is part of European culture. What Amazon has done is cultural appropriation that serves to dilute or erase European culture. Those of us with European roots are apparently not allowed to have a unique culture.
The ads sure look woke. I won’t watch Tolkein be ruined. The Hobbit movies were as horrifc as I ever want to see and as bad as the LoTR movie trilogy was bad. I love the book The Hobbit and I was really looking forward seeing it completely done well in a 6 hour movie trilogy. Instead I got a mindless CGI video game.
Hollywood can’t make a good movie today.
Yeah it is - the actors and writers SAID that was their intent!
Who is lazy? The characters in the show or the creators?
When a reviewer has to claim they are *not* pushing woke, they are clearly pushing woke.
Forbes now is NOT the Forbes of a decade ago. The family sold it and I think its ownership is now Chinese.
Raz0rfist has a great rant on it (language warning)
https://youtu.be/zHuk_1Kf6Fg
He was a devout Catholic. He got CS Lewis to become a Christian.
how much did amazon pay for this article?
After many a disappointment over the years, I now have an unbreakable rule: if I liked a book, I’ll never see the movie or TV show. Period. No exceptions.
In other words, a time before us "normals" noticed the garbage being shoved in our faces.
It has a young adult vibe to it, which is utterly wrong for Tolkien.
Woke didn’t exist then.
That is a solid plan.
I am speaking in metaphorical terma. Woke didn’t exist, but its negative energy did,
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