Actors Still Bullying Tolkien Fans Into Supporting Amazon's Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power

[@WelcometoTheFoxhole]

Ever notice how this nonsense never happens when the show is good? Almost like the show can speak for itself.

[@PDYork]

Like... The Peripheral and The Expanse... seems Amazon should stick to just buying up Sci-Fi properties...

[@rockhopper01]

Precisely right. You don’t see Tom Cruise constantly defending himself or Top Gun Maverick in every entertainment web site, podcast, review site, etc.

[@PFC_Vasquez]

Mysterious

[@Adam-sd2ow]

The casting would still be inaccurate pandering.

[@staticcharm3808]

You haven't heard much about House of the Dragon because it was considered a good show. You don't see the actors of that show attacking their audience. You also don't see fans still complaining about any Black Targaryens cause they didn't feel out of place, and again, the show was good and fans were focusing on that

[@Draconisrex1]

Calling me a racist isn't going to get me to watch your program. Calling me a sexist isn't going to get me to watch your program. What would get me to watch your program is a full apology, firing everyone and starting over again with a show that holds true to the LotR lore.

[@edmontonboy99]

The Lore of the Rings we need.

[@evenindeathistillserve760]

Nothing less!💯

[@fallenatreus]

👏🏾literally! Less goo

[@angelphoenix7784]

Indeed, that is why I kicked star wars to the curb. They all but said they don't want people like me as fans.

[@Zan_Jayna]

They don't want you to watch it. They want your kids to feel empowered from hearing about it and then get them to call the military to come take your alt-right ass to a concentration camp.

[@isaacmartinez6904]

Even when we say, “I just don’t like it”, the actors will still label it as racist and misogynistic. This is just crazy.

[@freakrx2349]

Why do actors always assume that people are racist just because they don’t like something?

[@IllemDaFunk]

They live in a bubble of perfected narcissism. They see how people worship them as the false idols they are and they feed on it. Many of them have no meaning in life, so they resort to the ignorant masses to validate their existence. Unfortunately, validation of the useless typically draws immeasurably disgusting hatred and projection. We live in a time where constructive criticism is equated to unrestrained hatred, and a disagreement is somehow worse than the Holocaust. It's pure filth.

[@Crimzon_Nova]

@@freakrx2349 self-entitled, participation trophy, egomaniacs. They think everything they touch turns to gold. They think they are Gods/Goddesses and no one should dare speak anything against them.

[@adamaccountname]

@@freakrx2349 because they're trying to play up that you must like it to polarize identities. "Rich people think this"

[@boomingbob1579]

They’ve been brainwashed to think about race the entire Tine everything is backlash

[@zacmeadows2294]

"It's taken air time from the depths of who we are as artists." No, no it hasn't. Artists make art, you're professional activists.

[@joehasskamp5523]

The one thing that this show has absolutely highlighted is that the actor's talentlessness is only exceeded by their arrogance.

[@angelphoenix7784]

They are all no bodies, and after this "show" ends, they will all still be no bodies.

[@draxxgecko2635]

@@angelphoenix7784 while i do not like this show at all, in my opinion it is not fair to blame the actors. A brilliant actor can lift up a bad movie. But the incompetence of the writers in this series is at a level where even brilliant actors would look pathetic. Remember the stone/ship seqoence. I dare say, that there is no possible way to deliver that scene without looking stupid as an actor.

[@angelphoenix7784]

@@draxxgecko2635 You might have had a point. It's the actors/resses that is going out of their way to attack the fans.

[@denkerbosu3551]

@@draxxgecko2635 Dunno man, I think with this one, a good actor could've fooled people into thinking it's good. Like how the Tom-something guy that plays Loki made people think his series was good (it wasn't) The story would still suck, but the more easily distracted people would have had a harder time catching up.

[@jasonpratt5126]

Rings of Amazon producers: LOOK AT THE RACES OF OUR ACTORS AND CHARACTERS! Rings of Amazon actors: People keep paying attention to our races, taking attention away from our acting, story, and silkscreened underarmor costumes. This shows how far we still have to go.

[@chaosinfusion8127]

“Manufactured division” spot on, Melonie!

[@spiderjump]

The thought of a large corporation humbled by a fandom warms my heart.

[@PaulLeach123]

The WGA just sent me the awards screener codes for Rings of Power, and I was like "awards push? You're out of your mind"

[@caseyallen6317]

Their narcissism is on full display.

[@TheIronTiger44]

It’s funny, because people initially complained about the race swaps for house of the dragon, and then the show came out and it was good, that complaint stopped. It turns out people are more concerned about whether or not you’re telling a good story. If you tell a good story people will hardly notice.

[@patrickhenry8425]

I notice. One whiffed that crap and I'm out. Didn't watch GoT. Haven't watched HotD. Don't plan to either.

[@isaiascanete6651]

In cowboy bebop a lot of people complained about Jet Black being race swapped... until they noticed that was the better casted of all the actors and enjoyed his performance, even when the rest of the show fell apart

[@verindictus3639]

It probably also helped that UNLIKE in RoP, HotD actually a legitimate reason that made sense in that fantasy world why those people were of those races.

[@WildZephyr]

It also helped that the race swap was an entire house, instead of just sprinkling random black people all through the setting. There are still some logical problems - the Valerians and Targeryns were supposed to be interbreeding extensively, and you sure can't see it - but it's still much easier to swallow then just random black extras in Westerous. Also, I'm probably spelling this stuff wrong, whatever.

[@verindictus3639]

@@WildZephyr , yeah whatever, but yeah, that helps too. Both things are evidence they made an attempt to make having dark-skinned people in the story MAKE SENSE in the world they built, instead of just throwing them in there just to crow about being "diverse".

[@xx-qv9tp]

I think it’s offensive that they would even call themselves ‘artists’

[@echoechoecho7142]

Soon as I read that, I was like my gosh. "Artist" not even close.

[@Adam-sd2ow]

Hackivist

[@KnightRonin0103]

Amazon is desperate like Disney releasing Andor on free television. Amazon Ring is not Lord of the Rings. Disney Star Wars is not Star Wars.

[@artemisentari9274]

Awesome video again. I'm reminded by a George Carlin bit where he said, "that's how the ruling class acts in any society, keep the lower classes fighting among themselves while they keep going to the bank." Keep up the great work Melonie!

[@hellfire5108]

At this point, who actually cares about Rings of Power anymore?

[@SuthanNagesu]

I am a brown guy from Canada. I never HAD to identify as a brown guy before... society made me to know that this needs to be known now a days. I just never really thought of being different from any other human being. When I was a kid and I got to read Superman comics. I thought of having super powers was cool and having a hero who fights crime was a cool concept. I never once thought... hmm... I wonder if he would be brown.. i just didn't care for representation.. a story when rewritten and talks about the show and what's the purposes or goal is what gets my attention... if a character in a show are busy chewing themselves out or has to come out due to their sexuality kind of makes the show die off because no one came to see that. ( well.. 1 percent of population only.. and it sucks that the world caters to them ) Everyone came to ENJOY a plot and how the story is carried and that is about it.

[@blockmasterscott]

Well that's like us white guys. When I was a kid, I grew up watching the Jefferson's, Sanford and Son, Family Matters, Fat Albert, Beverley Hills Cop, and later on Blade with Wesley Snipes, and so on, and I cannot ever once anyone talking about the skin color of any of those shows, and this was me in rural Louisiana. The show was either good or it sucked. Period. But man, today is just insane. Skin color is EVERYTHING.

[@AlexiaHoardwing]

Imagine the backlash if they got Danny DeVito to play Elektra. "I thought you wanted marginalized groups to get represented? Dwarfism is the most marginalized, just ask Peter Dinklage with Snow White."

[@Marshulartzz]

Mel Mel, I think it’s really weird when a company goes out of their way to reconstruct something that has already been established when it comes to telling that unique story. This means that they completely undo and eradicate what has been told before it, and do some thing that they think will work with a “modern audience”. I think it’s really funny when different companies have fall guys because they know that what they’re producing is crap, but they hope it catches on. It’s like going into a losing war with people that are expendable.🤦🏾‍♂️ regardless, great vid🙌🏾

[@mrcage231]

With you on that

[@boomingbob1579]

Defo

[@mrcage231]

@@boomingbob1579 had no clue what that meant and to look it up lol

[@verenamenzel8958]

they would never ever be a comparison to Peter Jacksons work. So I refuse to watch the bs. on amazon.

[@boomingbob1579]

@@mrcage231 the word Defo ???

[@MildraTheMonkVT]

I suppose folk like this never heard of catching flies with honey instead of vinegar.

[@allenniumfalcon]

I like this. Great comment.

[@Redman8086]

"I didn't like your story" "What are you racist?" That response is just a massive cope lol

[@aclevername7613]

I hate this constant lie that people and media push where people and society is just against poc leads, characters and so on. That having one is some sort of incredible ground breaking event when that is not reality at all in anyway. nobody cares or has issues with a poc lead or character in general its when lore, cannon and existing chars are changed that people have issues.

[@wumpusrat]

Will Smith movies? Almost always super popular and well-liked (though he's definitely got a few stinkers). Denzel Washington? Same. Morgan Freeman? Same. Samuel L. Jackson, Sidney Poitier, Eddy Murphy, Halle Berry, etc, etc, etc. Oh, but you don't like THIS movie/show that has a black character in it? Clearly you're just a racist! I can absolutely 100% guarantee that the people who are quick to point fingers and scream "*ist! *phobe!" don't always like every single thing that features a character of the race/sexuality/gender/whatever that they're claiming to defend that week. But to admit that would be to admit that it's just an act to them, and they aren't willing to do that.

[@denkerbosu3551]

@@wumpusrat Morgan Freeman, the man hated by the woke because of his commentaries on waicism. "Just don't talk about it" He made it, so other black men can as well, and they did.

[@revpembroke3082]

Wonder why they don't have any comment on House of the Dragon's race-swapped characters or Black Nick Fury...

[@therealstephentv]

Yay! New video. Good to see you Melonie. I hope you're doing well. Praying

[@mazinmalaikah2273]

Great video! The simple fact that amazon (and Hollywood in general) seem to forget is that we are not their slaves and are free to spend our time & money on what we like! Not what they want to us to consume.

[@andrewh3079]

Thank you ! You seriously give me a bit of hope for the younger generation

[@adamaccountname]

They haven't been relevant for over a month and their show is being ignored. They can't keep grifting forever that their vastly unpopular show is disliked for that reason whilst HotD has been vastly successful

[@kamion53]

it is just keeping the attention till the reward season is over as they think they deserve an Emmie for their turd.

[@mattcollins3591]

I know someone personally who works close to people at Amazon and well, it’s basically a disaster according to them (which we all knew) but it’s somewhat satisfying knowing the people “inside” know their show sucks and are currently trying to cover up the PR shit-storm. There’s a reason they won’t report on viewership numbers I’ll just say that lol

[@pavel7284]

This comment needs to be seen more

[@starfis20]

The problem is that the Amazon executives don't think the show sucks because of their decisions, they think the show sucks because of the people who did the show. And that won't change the way they think about book adaptations, that maybe they should try to stay a little bit more faithful to the source material and not trying to rewrite what has been written, what millions of fans love and then be angry about that the fans hate their adaptation which they butchered because of some modern agenda. For them it is the traditional case of Am I so out of touch? No. It's the racist fans who are wrong.

[@hafirenggayuda]

@@starfis20 honestly, I think they already know that there are mostly no racist aspect in audience criticism. They just make these narrative to pretend they don't make failed series. "Our show is not bad, but the racists make people not watching, it's their fault"

[@adbylsh2756]

@@starfis20 they blame the fans for being racist honestly idc about the race changes etc but the story and the lore breaking is terrible who would think changing the great already written story would be in need of change the rings of power sucked mainly bc of the writing and directing the actors are all fine but the script is just not it

[@joehockeyplayer8097]

@@adbylsh2756 They do, they have whole promos showing the changes they made and why they think it's better than Tolkien. If Tolkien was alive he would be pissed for sure.

[@ZephonOrion]

And with this, they'll be easily forgettable for their performance whom nobody would remember them in this show...... They were hoping to get the same accolades like how the whole Peter Jackson casts got.... Lol.

[@Danbearpig]

Thank you for this excellent essay on current race relations, you're echoing my own thoughts much better than I could ever state them. People aren't Pokemon, we don't need to collect them all. It makes as much sense to case a black actor as a Tolkien elf as it would to cast Elijah Wood as Black Panther. I've seen several black people react to these articles with a "wait, I wasn't supposed to be a Tolkien fan before?" It's all so disgusting. Keep fighting this fight!

[@joehockeyplayer8097]

Exactly, Tolkien already stated that he wrote this to be the sort of official British Mythology to go along with the great empire much like all great civilizations have have before it like the Greeks and Egyptians. All peoples are welcome to enjoy, read, watch and be fans, there was never any segregation in that. Why feel the need to mess with that. Like all the millions of black people weren't already fans?

[@LindyLime]

I've noticed they like to erase previously existing black fans/actors/accomplishments so they can pretend they are the first ones.

[@RoseBaggins]

Not to mention, there are countries based on the Middle East and Africa in Middle-Earth, but do we get stories there? Nope. Guess it's too hard to actually learn about those cultures and building those up with their own stories. Plus, still haven't heard anyone rushing to remake the Earthsea series with the proper casting. That miniseries was whitewashed, supposed to be Polynesian and Native American peoples, but I guess they're at the bottom of the victim totem pole, only brought out to be paraded around from time to time.

[@denkerbosu3551]

@@RoseBaggins They recently tried, and the best they could do with The Woman King was to make slavers be the heroes lmao!

[@seanincredible04]

Black Person here 👋🏾...Never cared for Lord of the Rings, but I love good fantasy. House of the Dragon made the Velaryons black and a lot of people disliked this at first, UNTIL they saw saw how it affected the storyline and really showed how Rhaenyra's children didn't have Valeryon blood. (You can make the case for the white hair, but even in the lore the white hair wasn't always an absolute. Ask some of the Blackfires or Jon Snow) Plus the actor that plays Corlys is pretty good! That's how you diversify your cast. Give it a purpose or a meaning, but don't just plop black, gay, woman, etc. characters into your plot in an attempt to be woke. It actually does the opposite of it's intended purpose. As a black man, I hate to be coddled to or given what I don't deserve out of sympathy. Most African Americans don't want overcompensation, they want to be treated normally. So if you do a film about Russia, dont drop a black guy in there to show diversity, because WHY?? There have been several times where character race swapping has been done with grace. Idris Elba as Heimdall and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury in the MCU for instance, but that's more because those people can truly embody their characters. But changing race for the sake of appeasing PC culture is annoying AF! In the same breath let's not act like there aren't racist ass LOTR fans out there. But that's gonna happen, pieces of 💩 will always exist. I don't wanna justify their hate. At the same time, sprinkling black people into this show gives Nancy Pelosi kneeling in African atire vibes 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@leadzeppbelly]

Well said brother!

[@PhotriusPyrelus]

It honestly baffles me how these racists don't see their own racism... Like, even the K^3 knew they were racists - they were *proud* of it; but this is a whole 'nother wildebeest...

[@matthewfitzpatrick4290]

Just don't mention House of the Dragon, where there was also race swapping but because the show was good, no one cared about the race swap...no medals were needed

[@OutlawStar87]

They hate the source material yet use it's name to boost their fan fiction crap

[@19TheFallen]

The more they act like this, the less inclined I am to watch their show. Which is saying something, seeing as that inclination started at zero. It's gotta be in the negative billions by now!

[@Manco65]

Same here. Even if all the characters were snow white I'd not watch it. The plot makes no sense in relation to the books.

[@therealstephentv]

🤣Melonie the new Superman. I can see it now. This is such a good video. I love seeing Melonie smile and laugh. Always good to see. Great vidoe Melonie. Take care and have fun today.😁 💛

[@thatpatrickguy3446]

I'd watch Melonie as the new Superman. Especially if she gets to determine who the villains are. Watching Melonie giving Superman-strength flagpole-hanging wedgies to the Hollyweird oligarchs is a movie I'd watch at least twice at full price.

[@noneyabidness9644]

Clearly that is the only cards they have to play, because they sure have nothing of quality to get an audience with.

[@OppositeOfNinja]

Melonie Mac as Superman? I'd watch it :P

[@lumberjack9069]

You don’t reshape history. You make history!

[@812gingerable]

"Where did you get your medals, daddy? Ukraine?" "Amazon Prime."

[@skateboard_sandwich]

Amazon be all like, "Please clap."

[@xtremenerdpat]

Great vod, Mel! Continue to speak your mind! I hope you are not feeling stressed and overwhelmed anymore because of all the hate that has been going your way lately and I'm sorry about the endometriosis coming back, that sucks.

[@thanglongnguyenvu3815]

Peter Jackson's movies will be the only adaptation of LOTR I know. ROP? What's that?

[@michellemiles9966]

Wow, what a great idea! They should remake The Color Purple with an all white cast. I mean, since skin color has no bearing upon a role or the portrayal of a character. I'm sure Jessica Chastain or Isla Fisher would be able to tell Celie's story just as effectively as Whoopi did, maybe better, since apparently I need to be able to "see myself" in a story in order to relate to it emotionally. And it would finally be appealing to that "wider audience" because not very many white folks saw it the first time around or had the opportunity to express how deeply we relate to our shared experiences with slavery and abuse. No, that's not insulting at all. I'm sure Whoopi will have nothing to say about it. She never speaks up like that.

[@Haruka_May]

Super hero movies are big, lets do Black Panther with a white lead. Break those boundries, I'm sure everyone would love that.

[@angelphoenix7784]

@@Haruka_May Well we do have to reflect how the world really is. So, I have no issue with this.

[@Zan_Jayna]

I'm still hoping for a remake of Jackie Chan's Drunken Master 2 but I'd prefer all Mexicans.

[@ajaxslamgoody9736]

I'm a new fan and subscriber...Appreciate you publicly stating you are a Christian

[@carrrandy]

Love your videos and speak your mind. The most realist content on KZbin.

[@mars___sumner]

If Amazon wants people to like Rangz of Power that badly, people do accept bribes. It would be a better use of all that advertising budget

[@Lonovavir]

My price is $10,000 (after tax) per episode. The Dark Lord Bezos has plenty of $$$$$ to toss around.

[@boomingbob1579]

I’ll take 10,000 dollars to be killed off painfully like the amount of time the Plot of Season 1 took

[@LindyLime]

I heard on another channel that in Brazil they were offering food coupons at the end of Rings of Pooper episodes to try and boost viewership.

[@boomingbob1579]

@@LindyLime wouldn’t be suprised for Brazil

[@NovRen19]

Negative promotion can get the word out for a show as much as positive promotion. Here is the reality RestoreTolkienVerse, or Get ready for a long 6 years or, ride out and meet them, the corporate machine theyocracy may have its skinny cow for now, but as we have defined on our channel in Exsurge Tolkien, now is the time to raise the beacons of Tolkien Orthodoxy and stand ready to reject any further support of ROP. To hold fast to the beautiful truth of Professor Tolkien's lore, legends and story, and to get educated and spread the joy of him through the Tolkien-verse awash in schism. Let us cross swords together and do this!.

[@SingularNinjular]

Remember how no one batted an eye at Djimon Honsou's role in Gladiator? That was because effort had been made to make a black guy's inclusion believable. Modern Hollywood could learn a thing or two.

[@johnnykeener3727]

TY Melonie for fighting the good fight!

[@Lonovavir]

Isn't it funny how these alleged racists like Cobra Kai, Top Gun: Maverick and The Expanse which have diversity to spare?

[@Adam-sd2ow]

None forced.

[@cyberleaderandy1]

Weird how they aren't attacking fans of the Game of Thrones prequel because thats actually good. These people know rings of powa is a turkey.

[@theaverageDon]

It's gonna make me sound like a dork, but when I hear these people talking about wanting "badges" I immediately imagine them being the Inquisitorial Squad under Umbridge from Harry Potter 😅 "Are we the baddies?" That meme even more so 🤣

[@knessing7681]

Amazon will have to buy me a 20 piece mcNuggies (per episode) in order to entice me to watch this show. 😁

[@tfurxrdftrxrdrdtf]

Do per minute to make it worth your time

[@DestroyTheBeast]

What we're looking at is an over-correction in the entertainment industry.

[@lancer737]

Thanks for the heads up, ps, you probably didn't intend this, but you kinda have a Tifa Lockhart look going on, you look great 👍

[@MelonieMacGoBoom]

Oh wow I love it haha. Thank you!

[@netwarrior1000]

The actors and actresses can say what they like - doesn't make their garbage show better.......

[@ColombianMusclePapi]

They're literally butthurt no one is talking about their "epic transformative life-changing show."

[@itsdeonlol]

The war will NEVER end...

[@scottjackson1420]

Mel, I think you playing "Clarkette Kent" and Superman would be pretty interesting. Your love interest would be Lorne Lane, and your newspaper buddy could be Jane Olsen. Peggie White. This could be great.

[@robovader7625]

Last time I felt safe was when I saw the mutant from 300 on screen.

[@kennethmacalpin7655]

Amazon are using their black cast members as human shields to deflect all criticism, when most criticism is about other issues (dialogue, pacing, faithfulness, characterisation).

[@josephcrabtree3224]

New video!! Great to see you Melonie 😁

[@MrBladeDK]

A lot of people that play part of these shows often dont even know the real materials. Special Tolkiens works are VERY specific on how his char's looks like.

[@successful814]

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[@cyberwaste]

They easiest way to deflect legitimate criticism is to say that it is bigotry.

[@johnthomas2485]

Not a little bit arrogant, aren't they.

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

And as I have quoted many times before _"Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive."_ Meaning that *when you act dishonestly you are initiating problems, and a domino structure of complications, which will eventually run out of control.*

[@user-vg6sg7kh1q]

You would make a good Clark Kent , spending the 2h of the moview searching for a phone cabin to change 😄

[@NinaC]

To be honest I like the finale just for the Galadriel and Sauron bits) but yeah, the actors and actresses should just let their show speak for themselves. The fans will know if the show is made with heart. My concern here is mostly Amazon using their actors as puppets. It isnt a coincidence they low balled the actors salaries and they arent even in the opening credits. Im just hoping Charlie Vickers just stay quiet and just do his Tolkien research and just do Sauron the way Tolkien intended. And so true. Amazon went with a “message.” I truly hope they change showrunners come season 2.

[@aster4jaden]

Bullying Fans is one of the reasons ROP flopped and they have learned nothing, typical.

[@zackghost_1]

Man I just stumbled across this channel and started watching some of the vids. Melonie is incredibly beautiful and not about this woke nonsense we living in rn. I’m just shook I really thought everyone was about this new agenda crap. This gives me motivation to seek out more likeminded because I’m going crazy trying to talk to other people who are stuck in the matrix.

[@successful814]

Contact me for your reward 🎊❤️🎁

[@peterrants9634]

I'll be honest, I didn't like it. I want accurate Tolkien, I don't want the "Message" in my Tolkien entertainment. Just like I don't want Chuck Norris casted as Blade, although Twilight should have ended with Blade showing up and smoking the lot of them.

[@Han-rw9ev]

If they'd used Tolkien's ORIGINAL non-white races, it wouldn't have been an issue. If they'd adhered to the canon it wouldn't have been an issue. And if they'd given us the REAL 'Southlanders' of Middle-Earth, it wouldn't have been an issue (I mean, a few Oliphaunts could have come in handy against Adar's forces.). Instead, Amazon apparently wiped out ALL of Tolkien's non-white races, and made everyone white, except a few TOKEN darker skinned characters sprinkled here and there (even when it didn't make sense, which seems to have been most of the time) . And THEY call the fans racist.. Anyway, Tolkien's works exist. Peter Jackson's movies exist. And Amazon's Rings of Power exists. And people are free to compare them with each as much as they want. One of them definitely does not go with the others. And that is something Amazon's army of shills can't hide forever.

[@MikeTheD]

The irony is that the overwhelming consensus I’ve heard is that the black female dwarf was the best part of the show. People acknowledged that hey, even though it was a ridiculous childish woke insert, she did a good job in her role. She was even popping off the most woke bromides amongst the cast too, yet people gave her props.

[@WildZephyr]

Fantasy settings should follow the rules of ancient settings... so areas are racially homogenous. This isn't a high school play where the black kid wants to play Romeo, this is a billion dollar production. If you want to ignore the rules of reality and give every area the racial diversity of downtown New York, don't expect people to like it.

[@nully.emptier]

those woke manipulative actors are simply bad creatively

[@Ki11Th3mA11Kid]

Your in depth knowledge of what the government truly wants makes you so beautiful and amazing. Your on point. They want us week and to control us.

[@younger544]

The fact they actually think they deserve badges and plaques is funny at first... then it actually gets worrying because these people do actually have influence and are being given platforms to speak.

[@successful814]

Contact me for your reward 🎁🎊🎉

[@IronFreee]

That reminds me the Sonic first trailer reaction. When the fans complained that the hedgehog didn't looked like what they expected... That studio didn't called them "racist" for that :D They did the right thing: acknowledged that the critics were legitimate and then explained that it wasn't their intention to destroy what the fans loved. After that they even did their best to take into account the critics and change what seemed to be the problem. Those Netflix, Disney and Amazon show are the opposite of that. They buy the rights to something with a lot of fans. Then they choose one of those idiots with very caricatural views on genders and races, who hates or doesn't care about the source material. That brilliant idiot comes up with some brilliant ideas like: "We are going to make black panther white" and puts some profound message like "all blacks are white haters". And when the inevitable backlash comes they just try to shame and insult the people who were the main reason why the thing was popular. They are not even trying to do something good. They just seem to care for that very vocal minority of idiots with caricatural views about society.

[@davidcoleman757]

When people just read Tolkien, none of this was an issue. The book fandom was the literal definition of diversity.

[@nukeyourhouse]

They can't write a story and have no moral compass.

[@AS-fu1kd]

The chef got our order wrong. That's it. We ordered s clubhouse, and they gave us stale bread with lettuce. A chef doesn't call you a racist bigot if they mess up your order.

[@jenniferrinaldi8808]

As someone who was in acting I can say that actors are NOT artists. You play pretend. You read words other people wrote. That's it. I detest this attitude that many have in that industry.

[@ivanafterfive]

This tells me one thing, there will no reboot of RoP. The second season, if it even airs, will be more of the same, perhaps even doubling down on THE MESSAGE just out of spite.

[@waitandhope]

I agree

[@mariussielcken]

The Shadow that bred that can only mock; it cannot make - not real things of its own!

[@TheLegend-gj6bw]

7:00 I have two quotes for this. "A nation divided is a nation easily conquered." "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we lose our freedoms it will be because we have destroyed ourselves from within."

[@adamwest8256]

As a life long Tolkien fan. I've read all the books and appendices. I love the Peter Jackson films even though they had to take creative liberty due to the length of the books. They would have been about 10 hours a piece if they portrayed it word for word. On the other hand, Ringworms of Power didn't even try. It's completely garbage from start to finish. It's the equivalent of Disney rebooting Mickey Mouse as Tom from Tom and Jerry. It's an all out insult to the true Tolkien supporters. It makes my heart hurt. Ps. Melonie Mac, marry me? Just got introduced to your channel and I love your content. Beautiful and based.

[@gavinhardy75]

Decide for yourself whether you like it or not. There’s too much “You’re wrong to like it/not like it” talk on social media and the wider press.

[@markscript5746]

The fame bubble is full of people who believe the only role of the fan is to give unconditional homage and fund their stellar lifestyle

[@sign1in]

Maybe Melonie Mac as Supergirl might work....

[@dewulfe9913]

"let's not have a double standard here"...couldn't have said it better!

[@cfarrell0272]

I watch one of Arch video and he was talking about Amazon was buying Views from Brazil using food coupons but you only got it if you watch one episode: ring of power.

[@AndreasSelzer]

It is not racist to want to keep characters and their peoples to how they are described in the CANON!

[@andrewfantome4020]

They hope they have normalized someone. Lol, destroying the franchise and people's interest in it?

[@sedah4562]

I can’t believe this point even has to be made wtf kinda world do we live in holy shit.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

I’ve never heard of someone doing before. “If you don’t watch my show you’re an asshole.” “OH NO!!!!” 😱

[@allenniumfalcon]

Dunno about Superman, you'd be a great Wonder Woman tho 😂

[@Stew-D1987]

When the show is good it speaks for itself if it sucks it needs a explanation why they think it’s good

[@dana7340]

Let them run their mouths. It gives us a working list of actors work to avoid. ✅

[@randycliff4045]

It's been 20yrs, so you should create and direct 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden White Girl' :)

[@allenniumfalcon]

LMAO

[@MelonieMacGoBoom]

BAHAHAHA 🤣

[@SquidGains]

Good point on how Galadriel has gotten the most critique from people and rightfully so. So bizarre they are sticking with the "well you're just prejudice" line when you dont like this show.. I grew up loving all kinds of characters from all genders, shapes and colors. This is all so bizarre.