Maybe you and all who are criticizing "the series" need to be reminded that it premieres on 02 September of this year.
No, I noticed that this series deliberately starts on the anniversary of
Tolkien's
death.
So perhaps you're not a right-wing extremist (or racist). Point is, many who are ceaselessly braying on such topics are.
How do you know? Have you ever considered that maybe most of them aren't really like that (although the mainstream media likes to claim they are) and maybe even criticize these points for entirely different, even very plausible, reasons?
You'd complain just the same when anyone who defends this Amazon nonsense is labeled as a left-wing extremist. Maybe you're right that we, as Tolkien connoisseurs, are actually not that far apart and that this only escalates to the extreme in the course of the discussion. However, no matter what your political leanings, the series contributes to divisiveness simply because it's also quite obviously politically motivated. Anyone who denies this is living in their own bubble. And although I criticize Peter Jackson in many ways, at least his films were not political.
For me, two of the most important requirements for Tolkien film adaptations are a) to be as faithful as possible to the
books (if it makes sense dramaturgically due to the time constraints - and that is, for example, the reason why I have not yet commented too negatively on the topic of time compression, which will be very important in the future - and b) to keep contemporary politics out of it so that the immersion is preserved.
Especially immersion is very important. So, for example, I get equally upset when the naming is sloppy and not Tolkien-worthy, even though everyone knows how immensely important language and names were to Tolkien.
So why can't we discuss it here? Instead, it was unfairly reduced to the topic of "wokeism" by alleged Tolkien connoisseurs. I honestly find it outrageous.
I'm still waiting for a factual answer.
This seems to be your main problem, contradictions.
Well, you're extremely German, since irony is probably a foreign concept to you (and what you are quoting here was definitely meant ironically). It seems that you smell a Nazi in anyone who expresses the slightest criticism of wokeism and the series in general. You have been very well conditioned there by our mainstream media. Of course, this also fits your hatred of Trump. We already had an exchange via PM on this, and we probably won't get any further there either. But please turn your brain back on when it comes to other topics.
But actually I didn't want to end in such a negative way. I'm fed up with these political discussions.
The problem is that the series is very political. But well, we now know our attitude towards it and should now try to avoid the subject if possible, although it is also clear that it will at least occasionally come up again and again. And it was of course very important to examine this aspect in detail. (I'm also sure there will be more heated discussions on other platforms in general in the future.)
I would wish for mutual tolerance here, so that we can deal with other important issues. Like in this case, for example, the mentioned, strange naming, which suggests that the
authors had not dealt intensively with Tolkien (while the prop designers apparently did). So I offer this as a bridge to find a way back to rationality.
Edit: Nearly all my posts are "ennobled" by a "LOL reaction" from that sick stalker dude named Halasian, who has obviously lost all contact with reality. Others would see it as notorious bullying. What's wrong with you, guy? 😹 Hope he's getting some professional help. In any case, it has become a kind of seal of approval for me, so please continue.