Brief Notes on Rings of Power
Sep. 5th, 2022 05:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caitriOkay, 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:
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.
