The Rings of Power: D.O.A. | Criticizing Amazon's DISASTER Is a Threat to Our Democracy?

Amazon's ABOMINATION known as The Rings of Power has been a MASSIVE loss for the corporation. How much? Time will tell. It has also been the frontlines of the Pop Culture War of late. Delivering a catastrophic loss to the activist Access Media. The damage control and cope has just begun. The good news is we won't see a season 2 for over 2 years. By then, this show will be lost in the void. In this video we cover the single worst defense of this show since it was announced.
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[mustbetheSUN]

Amazon: "It's impossible to know what Tolkien would have thought"

Tolkien: "I despise allegory and want my characters as they are"

Amazon: "Impossible to know"

[bradolson]

Not being allowed to criticize Amazon is the DEATH of democracy.

[lachazASMR]

"If it was a good show none of this would matter." 100% facts.

[GeraltofRivia]

So glad the Tolkien fandom actually has the balls to stand up against this cultural vandalism that has consumed so many franchises before.

[dudeguy]

Critical thinking threatens democracy?
Well, that explains our education system nicely.

[professorsponge]

I love the part about how we as fans 'shut down conversation' and 'reject all other interpretations' when that is what they've been doing this entire time. classic projection.

[stormcore]

If Tolkien's work empowers racist far-right power structures, why are they so desperate to have their ideas associated with his name? They wear Tolkien's works like a crown jewel, hoping his brilliance will blind others to their greed. Instead the light has revealed what twisted and pathetic creatures they are.

Also, I loved all the Tom Shippey clips.

[MrLolguy]

About time a fandom stood their ground and showed these activists what they think about them

[tskwerl]

This is the Second Age. How much of this did we see in RoP?

Celeborn and Galadriel traveled first to Lindon, where they ruled over a group of Elves as a fiefdom under Gil-galad, the High King of the Ñoldor. Sometime later, they had a daughter, Celebrían. They moved eastward and established the realm of Eregion, or Hollin, which they ruled under Gil-galad. Eregion, to the west of the Misty Mountains near Khazad-dûm, was a prosperous kingdom during this time, and had open trade with the Dwarves. Also, during this time, they made contact with a Nandorin settlement in the valley of the Anduin, later to be known as Lothlórien. Subsequently, when Celebrimbor took over the rule of Eregion, Galadriel left by way of the mines of Khazad-dûm. After the death of King Amdír, in the War of the Last Alliance, and the departure his son Amroth, Celeborn and Galadriel became the Lord and Lady of Lothlórien.

In the Second Age, the Maia Annatar, "Lord of Gifts", guided Celebrimbor and the other Ñoldor of Eregion in the creation of the Rings of Power. *Galadriel had immediate distrust in Annatar, which was later justified when he was revealed to be Sauron* Galadriel counseled Celebrimbor in the hiding of the rings, and when Eregion was attacked, she was entrusted with one of the Three Rings of the Elves. Her ring was Nenya, the Ring of Water.

Conscious of Sauron's power, and wishing to thwart it, she did not use the powers of her ring as long as the One Ring was in Sauron's hands. However, during the Third Age, when the One Ring was lost, she put it to good use protecting the borders of her realm, for the powers of her ring were protection, preservation, and concealment from evil.

[learning]

"We want to write the story Tolkien never told."
Yes, because he knew better. That comes with talent.

[minithin]

Now explain why all the Asian, Black, Hispanic & albinos folks hate this show.

[yohef]

Only a threat to our democracy would tout that its a threat to our democracy to criticize them

[jhke]

I have a friend who finished episode one of ROP and she was worried about not knowing the story as she hasn’t read The Silmarillion. Told her “Neither has Amazon so don’t worry about it.”

[yourvenparianen]

The fact alone that house of dragons is getting massive praise while rings of poop is getting slammed should be proof that its not just "trolls" but people finally having enough of garbage entertainment

[waynesworld]

According to the showrunners, "We start every day in the writers’ room with a Tolkien quote, and we’re always reading it, constantly. And then, we go in all kinds of different directions to figure out how we’re gonna connect the dots of these different stories that Tolkien gave us." More appropriately they should have started the day with something like. "You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig."

[narcissus.poeticus]

A bad workman blames his tools.
A bad show blames its audience.

[PeteMacmovies]

Professor Tolkien was a genius. ROP is the exact opposite. It is a turd that will disappear down the great Anduin of oblivion.

[justinwhite]

"every retelling is an adaptation and you can't make them word for word faithful"
We know that. There is amount of that that's acceptable.
However you can't do things like killing off Arwen's grandfather before her mother was ever born so that you can create romantic tension between Galadriel and Sauron.

[malannn]

As a college professor in STEM, I can tell from my personal experience that some of my colleagues in the department of literature, history, gender study, etc are some of the most stupid or evil people that I have ever seen.

[gokaury]

The fact that they saw this coming during production, even before people started to criticise it, proves that they knew what they were doing from the get-go. They're all raging sociopaths.