Amazon's $1-billion LOTR flop currently has a lower audience approval than Joseph R. Biden

Not the Bee ^ | 2 Sep 2022 | Joel Abbott

[boxlunch]

I agree. Didnt see that at all.

[nutmeg]

Thanks for the info.

[nutmeg]

I have read that at least for UK film makers they can’t get funding unless there are roles for “minorities” even if they have to shoehorn them in, e.g. a black Anne Bolyen in the recent 99th remake of the story of Henry the 8th _ He done her wrong!

Wow, that explains why ALL of the UK-based TV shows (usually set in the 1800s or earlier) my husband and I watch have black and/or gay characters -- where it makes NO sense in the story to have them. Just ridiculous and annoying. They take great pains to make everything appear so historically accurate -- yet ruin the whole thing with race-based wokeism.

[combat_boots]

Someone from a seminary and someone else from a Christian university say that while Christianity isn’t specifically mentioned in LOTR, is a Christianity based fantasy. Boromir and Gandalf are examples.

https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/art/20-ways-the-lord-of-the-rings-is-both-christian-and-catholic.html

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sV9R5Z02GtE

However, the Amazon spin is not.

My interest in LOTR is that Tolkien invented an entire language, Elvish.

[SunkenCiv]

Sure, but that's because Brainless Joe's many political victories have caused his approval rating to rise by double digits! /rimshot

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[Rummyfan]

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power: No turkey, however bloated and stupid, could ever be big enough to convey the mesmerising awfulness of Amazon's billion dollar Tolkien epic

[Rummyfan]

And another slam here:

Rings of Power: The new hobbits are filthy, hungry simpletons with stage-Irish accents. That’s $1bn well spent

[NetAddicted]

I enjoyed the Bee’s spoof. My brother loves LOTR, books he’s read. I wonder if he’ll try to watch this garbage.

[Rummyfan]

[Enterprise]

"Scuttlebutt is that Elrond himself likes dudes."

My gaydar went off when Elrond first appeared.