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'A publicity stunt in the worst taste': Lord of the Rings fans up in arms over decision to change Aragorn's race to black for new collectible card game
UK Daily Mail ^ | May 30 2023 | EIRIN GRAY DESAI

Posted on 05/30/2023 2:43:43 PM PDT by knighthawk

A furious dispute has erupted among fans of The Lord of the Rings over a decision to make the fictional character Aragorn black in a new collectible card game.

The new Aragorn will feature on a collectible card which will make up part of a series of Lord of the Rings-themed cards by Magic: The Gathering.

Artwork featuring the character was unveiled in a tweet on Monday from an account run by the franchise, which was released in 1993 and is now a subsidiary of Hasbro.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: knighthawk

Since Aragorn is a mythic figure, yeah, sure, make him black. What the hell. Just don’t try it with real people, like Alexander Hamilton. That sucks.


21 posted on 05/30/2023 3:58:47 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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Maybe the books could be rewritten in Ebonics. A jive “Lay of Luthien”.


22 posted on 05/30/2023 4:58:15 PM PDT by rxh4n1
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To: No name given

More food for thought: In the movie “World Trade Center,” Oliver Stone cast a white actor for the part of a real-life Marine who’d helped to save people. That Marine was black. However, the Marine refused to speak negatively about the film: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna14350685

Ariel is a fictional character. With that said, why must Hollywood remake older movies and recast the ethnicity of the character(s)? Can’t Hollywood come up with new stories?


23 posted on 05/30/2023 6:37:27 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Tired of Taxes

Black Panther was fine. Original story, all-black cast, and a lot of white people went to see it.


24 posted on 05/30/2023 6:39:41 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Exactly. That’s a good example. (I didn’t see it, but I don’t watch superhero movies.)


25 posted on 05/30/2023 6:42:03 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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