I just don’t get the hate towards Arondir (Ismael Cordova). What’s the big deal of he’s not white?? He’s a fantastic actor and plays a kickass elf soldier. Possibly my favorite character after Durin and his wife :)

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It’s a stupid show that’s only being made because they have a billion dollar IP and it’s sitting around not making any money.

Lotr fans can join Trek fans in being delusional that the actors/creators give half as much of a damn about the lore as they do.

This isn’t a Peter Jackson passion project, it’s a cash grab. Whoo caresssss if they actors that are just there to get paid are 👦👦🏻👦🏽👦🏿🤡

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OP no they have made so many mistakes. People even dorkier than me have written whole books analyzing the mistakes and incongruities

Would you feel the same way if a poc was cast white? I hated the live action avatar the last Airbender because all the characters that were meant to be Asian were white. I hated Percy Jackson because Annabeth was a Burnette when she was supposed to be blond. I like the characters to match their book descriptions. The only exception being Tuck Everlasting because in the book she was like 10 having young men proposition her and it was creepy happy movie aged her up to 16. Other than that I want it to match

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OP you can’t seriously sit here and pretend there hasn’t been large pushes from POC activists to condemn and stop Hollywood whitewashing minority characters.

Personally couldn’t care if the character traits aren’t core to the story then just cast good actors, but it’s not like this wasn’t a talking point from BLM and other major groups in the last 10 years.

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I like the actors in the RoP and the visually it is great. It is a beautifully shot show. But the writing is horrible, the dialogue and pacing was huge let down. It was painfully boring, maybe it will get better in future episodes. But as of now not even the best actors in the world could have improved it.

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It might been boring to me because I have a short attention and nothing grabbed my attention, other then the scenery and that can only hold it for so long. Again I am hoping it get better.

It’s been credibly documented that Tolkien held some pretty disgusting views (ethno-nationalistic bordering on straight-up Nazi), and if you read the books with that in mind some things just hit different. I haven’t watched RoP yet but I’m glad they’ve tweaked it.

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McKinsey with a braindead take as usual

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What’d I miss?

Oh that’s too bad. I’m loving it and appreciate that the cast makeup better reflects that of our current world (and the diversity celebrated in Tolkien’s work, generally).

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As for myself, I wouldn’t have cast him for the role. However, I don’t mind him that much and have quite enjoyed the show so far. The sets have been lovely and the writing not incredible but passable and generally Tolkienesque in tone. Best character is Elrond though.

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