Let's try to leave the politics to other sites, eh?
I'm actually also in favor of keeping politics out, and in a forum like this, that's also necessary overall.
Of course, if we want to discuss the series, that can't always work completely, because the main problem with the series is that it's full of current politics, which is now proven not only by the trailer, but also by the "superfan" video.
But I'd also say that this guy Nerdrotic should not be discussed here. I was really only interested in the more or less funny montage at the beginning of the video.
Yes, it may be political too, but I think you can agree here, no matter which political side you personally favor, that it was a lousy and extremely embarrassing propaganda action by Amazon that discredits and mocks all of us
Tolkien fans.
Even though I don't really like Peter Jackson's film adaptations, I have to give him credit for his attitude:
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We made a promise to ourselves at the beginning of the process that we weren't going to put any of our own politics, our own messages or our own themes into these movies. ... In a way, we were trying to make these films for him, not for ourselves." - Peter Jackson
It's a pity that such a neutral and faithful ambition is apparently no longer possible in modern productions...
What is good though, and to an extent I've never seen before, is that fans around the world are joining together to express their disappointment.
The US teaser currently has 103k upvotes and 143k downvotes.
The UK teaser currently has 23k upvotes and 54k downvotes.
That's pretty extreme and should actually set off an alarm at Amazon. However, it's probably already too late now. All they can really do now is try to limit the damage. I wouldn't be surprised if they try everything in the next trailer to appease the book connoisseurs.
But maybe I'm wrong and this is all already factored in and the book connoisseurs or even the Jackson movie fans aren't important enough to make profit? Or - attention, conspiracy theory 😜 - it's not about making profit at all.