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If you ignore skin color, The Rings of Power is actually very good

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mildly autistic stimulating telephone library
  09/03/22
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cocky galvanic school
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Serious q, is Tolkien even interesting or compelling anymore...
Bisexual Stock Car Boiling Water
  09/03/22
That’s interesting. I think the original LOTR univers...
soul-stirring henna corner patrolman
  09/03/22
You're scum
bateful menage
  09/06/22
I don’t get the skin color obsession. Man played ...
Bearded Boyish Chapel Fanboi
  09/03/22
Yes, it’s a slap in the face reminder of the scourge o...
soul-stirring henna corner patrolman
  09/03/22
Okay but why aren’t they the best for the role? None o...
Bearded Boyish Chapel Fanboi
  09/03/22
It's the black doctor issue. That black doctor may be great ...
iridescent naked gas station elastic band
  09/03/22
Also isn’t it only like 1 dwarf and 1 elf that is blac...
Bearded Boyish Chapel Fanboi
  09/03/22
It’s not half the cast. It’s 2 characters who do...
slimy filthpig
  09/03/22
i don't watch TV anymore, but i imagine it's supposed to be ...
massive water buffalo
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iridescent naked gas station elastic band
  09/03/22
Anything to get people watching less tv is fine with me
slimy filthpig
  09/03/22
Men were playing women as women and in the minstrel shows th...
Exhilarant rebellious cumskin
  09/03/22
With opera though, usually they are cast because they have b...
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  09/03/22
It offends mise-en-scene. Whites played blacks in minstrel s...
comical generalized bond
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Cr. It makes middle earth feel like america
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mildly autistic stimulating telephone library
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Is it all girl warriors? Things like dragon show don't just ...
Irradiated meetinghouse
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but i can't ignore skin color (xo poa
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  09/06/22
if you ignore the taste, shit is pretty good too
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Date: September 3rd, 2022 8:47 AM
Author: mildly autistic stimulating telephone library



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Date: August 2nd, 2025 5:38 PM
Author: cocky galvanic school

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Date: September 3rd, 2022 8:51 AM
Author: Bisexual Stock Car Boiling Water

Serious q, is Tolkien even interesting or compelling anymore after we’ve had more dark and nuanced intrigue with Game of Thrones and HotD? The Rings story has been told ad nauseum and it is standard “Good vs Evil” boilerplate at its core.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5185160&forum_id=2E#45113843)



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Date: September 3rd, 2022 8:56 AM
Author: soul-stirring henna corner patrolman

That’s interesting. I think the original LOTR universe and story are the greater masterpiece, but GOT is more compelling for spin-offs and exploration

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5185160&forum_id=2E#45113849)



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Date: September 6th, 2022 8:07 PM
Author: bateful menage

You're scum

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Date: September 3rd, 2022 8:56 AM
Author: Bearded Boyish Chapel Fanboi

I don’t get the skin color obsession.

Man played female roles in Shakespearen plays. Hell, whites even played black peoples in monstrel shoes. But Black people aren’t allowed to play as elves or dwarfs?! Because it offends your racial realism sensibilities?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5185160&forum_id=2E#45113848)



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Date: September 3rd, 2022 8:57 AM
Author: soul-stirring henna corner patrolman

Yes, it’s a slap in the face reminder of the scourge of DEI. They aren’t being cast because they are the best for the role, but because Amazon needs to say that 50% of actors are BIPOC

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Date: September 3rd, 2022 8:59 AM
Author: Bearded Boyish Chapel Fanboi

Okay but why aren’t they the best for the role? None of the black elves or black dwarfs or black Targarians are bad…

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Date: September 3rd, 2022 9:04 AM
Author: iridescent naked gas station elastic band

It's the black doctor issue. That black doctor may be great at his job, but due to AA you have your doubts. This bullshit where studios, etc. agree to have a certain percentage of BIPOCs takes you out of it. Would they be cast without this shit?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5185160&forum_id=2E#45113870)



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Date: September 3rd, 2022 9:04 AM
Author: Bearded Boyish Chapel Fanboi

Also isn’t it only like 1 dwarf and 1 elf that is black and rest are all white?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5185160&forum_id=2E#45113869)



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Date: September 3rd, 2022 11:13 AM
Author: slimy filthpig

It’s not half the cast. It’s 2 characters who don’t get nearly as much screen time as the main white cast. The cast is still 80%+ white.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5185160&forum_id=2E#45114170)



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Date: September 3rd, 2022 9:07 AM
Author: massive water buffalo

i don't watch TV anymore, but i imagine it's supposed to be an escape from everyday life. if you want a story that was written by an englishman in a very different, old world before DEI, this is going to disrupt that. it would be like redoing the andy griffith show with similar casting - it's not the same small town you're trying to escape to after you're tired from work.

there were native blacks in GoT, but they weren't pretending northmen were suddenly black. that wasn't grating.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5185160&forum_id=2E#45113876)



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Date: September 3rd, 2022 9:09 AM
Author: iridescent naked gas station elastic band



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Date: September 3rd, 2022 1:08 PM
Author: slimy filthpig

Anything to get people watching less tv is fine with me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5185160&forum_id=2E#45114631)



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Date: September 3rd, 2022 9:19 AM
Author: Exhilarant rebellious cumskin

Men were playing women as women and in the minstrel shows the white players were playing black characters by putting on blackface.

Opera has always been color blind and Shakespearean plays have long been color blind and fantasy is fantasy so who cares what the skin colors are. At the same time the deliberately diverse casting is part of a significant shift in film productions. You can't do a movie about Tudor or Medieval or Victorian Europe without shoehorning in a bunch of sassy black characters. But no one is going around pretending there were whites in Zulu tribes in 1500. To do so would be seen as distinctly racist and whitesplaining.

So I can see why many feel history and culture is being deliberately distorted for ideological reasons - westerners aren't allowed to own their culture but other cultures have to be treated with hyersensitivity. And it's also affecting how the stupid woke masses believe "real history" to be, I've come across a few instances of woke warriors insisting there really were lots of black people in Regency Britain.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5185160&forum_id=2E#45113902)



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Date: September 3rd, 2022 12:19 PM
Author: Pearl Wrinkle Tanning Salon

With opera though, usually they are cast because they have beautiful voices, not (at least back then) to fulfill some diversity quota.

This seems to be force memed. Reading the Sandman comics just now and surprised how many of the OG characters were white and turned black on Netflix for no good reason.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5185160&forum_id=2E#45114424)



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Date: September 3rd, 2022 10:24 AM
Author: comical generalized bond

It offends mise-en-scene. Whites played blacks in minstrel shows since it was grotesque and hence comedic. This is inappropriate for, and ruins, any piece meant as serious. All the more if it's a work of fantasy that depends on suspension of disbelief. The fact that it brings to mind our current racial Maoism amplifies the issue.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5185160&forum_id=2E#45114054)



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Date: September 3rd, 2022 1:34 PM
Author: confused sneaky criminal

Cr. It makes middle earth feel like america

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Date: September 3rd, 2022 1:48 PM
Author: comical generalized bond



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Date: August 2nd, 2025 5:25 PM
Author: Thriller Locale Friendly Grandma

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Date: September 3rd, 2022 11:15 AM
Author: demanding flickering affirmative action

lol

it just looks bad aside from the over the top forced diversity

it's not cheesy camp either this cost hundreds of millions

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5185160&forum_id=2E#45114179)



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Date: September 3rd, 2022 1:10 PM
Author: angry mustard depressive church building



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Date: September 6th, 2022 8:07 PM
Author: mildly autistic stimulating telephone library



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Date: September 3rd, 2022 2:25 PM
Author: Irradiated meetinghouse

Is it all girl warriors? Things like dragon show don't just suck because of the diversity, but you can use the diversity rules to figure out the plot within the first 5 mins of the episode.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5185160&forum_id=2E#45114971)



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Date: September 6th, 2022 8:09 PM
Author: Wine Laughsome House Hunting Ground

but i can't ignore skin color (xo poa

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5185160&forum_id=2E#45128591)



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Date: August 2nd, 2025 5:19 PM
Author: angry mustard depressive church building

if you ignore the taste, shit is pretty good too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5185160&forum_id=2E#49151332)



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Date: August 11th, 2025 8:58 PM
Author: ....,,....,,...



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Date: August 11th, 2025 9:07 PM
Author: .,.,.;.,..,..,.,:.,:,..,..,::,..,:,.,.:,..:.,:.:,


I tried to watch the second season, and within a few minutes Sauron got killed by some orcs? wtf

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5185160&forum_id=2E#49176524)



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Date: August 15th, 2025 12:44 PM
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