Brief Notes on Rings of Power

[caitri]

Okay, so the Elves are concluding their wartime occupation of Harad clearly prematurely. I belatedly thought about the connection of how the cinematic adaptations of LOTR are concurrent to America's forever wars--like sure, FotR was 2001, but thinking about the Harad plot in 2022... Although again they have Europeanized that setting so who knows. Messy thoughts!!

Also how they Europeanized Harad, I assume to negate the racism of the original texts. I like that, but by removing the Eastern elements they are monoculturalizing ME, and that's less fun to me.

The series does demonstrate, beautifully, how fucking EASY it is to have a medieval-ish fantasy without abusing, brutalizing, or demeaning women characters. JUST SAYIN'.

Also:

Scott: OMG all the Elves look alike WHY?!
 

Me: Because the Elves, much like the British, have a very small gene pool that's been inbred for centuries. That's why Galadriel can be Elrond's closest friend AND ALSO his future mother-in-law.

Comments

[minoanmiss]

Also how they Europeanized Harad, I assume to negate the racism of the original texts. I like that, but by removing the Eastern elements they are monoculturalizing ME, and that's less fun to me.


Awww, lazy (of them).

[caitri]

I have such mixed feelings about it? Like on the one hand if it's a thing to demonstrate that an evil force can morally corrupt an entire people, I'd rather it be white people than brown people. On the other hand, monoculture.

On the other, other hand they might complicate this later on? Look I just want to see some mumakil again, is that so wrong!!!!