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Started watching Ken Burns 'The War' tonite, seemed appropo considering what's happening in Europe right now.
Sorry for the threadcrap Barney.
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Started watching Ken Burns 'The War' tonite, seemed appropo considering what's happening in Europe right now.
Sorry, for the thread crap Barney.
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Another great offering from Mr Burns.
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09-04-2022, 11:18 PM
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Speaking of TV, an interesting campaign in the Culture War is unfolding now. The massive "The Rings of Power" prequel to "The Lord of the Rings" has premiered on Prime. It's good, as a LOTR fan going back to my teens, I like it. But is has become the target of right wing review-bombing. Rising up like hordes of orcs, legions of trolls and bots are seeking to cancel the series with bad ratings on Prime and IMDB.
The reason: the series features a diverse cast, so, (horrors!) we see black and brown elves, hobbits, dwarves, and men! It is pitiable and ridiculous, if you can accept an elf in the first place, it seems a smaller ask to take in a black elf. But this is the fight they are making. This has happened before; Amazon had to screen the ratings of 'A League of Their Own' because of a similar review-bombing effort.
If you are so inclined, you might drop by IMDB and fight back the Shadow by giving 'The Rings of Power' a 10.
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09-05-2022, 06:43 AM
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We watches episode one a few days back.
Yes well done and interesting.
Been many years since reading the novels. So needing to work on the remembering the history. Story and names....
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09-05-2022, 07:50 AM
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Speaking of TV, an interesting campaign in the Culture War is unfolding now. The massive "The Rings of Power" prequel to "The Lord of the Rings" has premiered on Prime. It's good, as a LOTR fan going back to my teens, I like it. But is has become the target of right wing review-bombing. Rising up like hordes of orcs, legions of trolls and bots are seeking to cancel the series with bad ratings on Prime and IMDB.
The reason: the series features a diverse cast, so, (horrors!) we see black and brown elves, hobbits, dwarves, and men! It is pitiable and ridiculous, if you can accept an elf in the first place, it seems a smaller ask to take in a black elf. But this is the fight they are making. This has happened before; Amazon had to screen the ratings of 'A League of Their Own' because of a similar review-bombing effort.
If you are so inclined, you might drop by IMDB and fight back the Shadow by giving 'The Rings of Power' a 10.
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If the Reich-Wingers are against it, then it has just become must see Tee Vee.
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09-05-2022, 08:36 AM
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The Rings of Power story is the story of Tolkien's 2nd age, only alluded to in the LOTR novels. It's over 3000 years long, so it's being compressed a lot in the series. Plus the writers are inventing storylines that Tolkien did not, such as the stranger landing in a meteor. About the only thing a reader of LOTR is going to remember is the names of a couple of immortal elves, Elrond and Galadriel. But if you've been a serious student of Tolkien's other writings, you are likely as not upset about things the show is doing 'wrong.' All of which matters not to the review bombers, they are triggered by race issues.
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09-05-2022, 11:07 AM
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It's a shame that some folks can't enjoy entertainment just for entertainment's sake.
I've tried before but never gotten into the LOTR story line. If one has never read/watched LOTR previously, would they be at a disadvantage watching the Amazon series?
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09-05-2022, 08:58 PM
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Must see TV!
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It's a shame that some folks can't enjoy entertainment just for entertainment's sake.
I've tried before but never gotten into the LOTR story line. If one has never read/watched LOTR previously, would they be at a disadvantage watching the Amazon series?
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Dunno, but the books are fabulous. I am lukewarm about the movies though.
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