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A thread: Amazon is very desperate to make #RingsOfPowerOnPrime a success, even though it is trending towards being a complete flop.
We've all seen the ridiculous "activism" and faux outrage from the cast at the fictitious notion that people don't like the show because they (the audience) are 'racist'. However, I believe a more sinister aspect of Amazons PR has gone widely unnoticed.
First I would like to point out to all of you that Amazon changed the time at which episodes will premiere after the show debuted. This was done to inflate premiere viewership numbers.
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1/ #RingsOfPowerOnPrime episode 1 rewatch liveblog begins nowđŸ§”

a.i "Nothing is evil in the beginning" is the first line of this series, and I couldn't wish for a better one. In LotR this line is about Sauron and how far it is possible to fall when starting with good intentions. A photo of page 332 of The ...
2/ a.ii How the show intends to use this line is unclear. It's possible it could be as simple as describing life in Valinor: what was (or seemed like) an Eden—the rest of the monologue describes the world in terms of youth and innocence. But of note is the first montage we see: Image
3/ a.iii A group of children in white play a variation on Blind Man's Bluff, where each except the "blind man" appears to be making noise, some by tapping sticks on stones, to lead (or mislead) him. It feels idyllic and possibly is a metaphor for what will be Galadriel's quest Image
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#thread et rĂ©ponses aux nombreux commentaires sur la prĂ©sence de noirs dans #RingsOfPower (sois-disant adaptĂ©) de #tolkien. Je prĂ©cise dĂšs le dĂ©but que je suis noir et connait assez bien le lore de Tolkien, sans ĂȘtre un mega spĂ©cialiste.
DĂ©jĂ , il faut remonter aux origines : John Ronald Reuel Tolkien est nĂ© en 1892. Sa famille est principalement saxonne. DĂšs l'enfance, il manifeste un grand intĂ©rĂȘt pour la littĂ©rature et la poĂ©sie. Les paysages de la campagne anglaise seront d'ailleurs une base essentielle pour
ses futures créations. Ses "randonnées" lui inspirent plusieurs poÚmes.
Durant la 1ere guerre mondiale, il est réquisitionné à plusieurs postes, mais fini blessé. Et c'est pendant sa convalescence qu'il commence à rédiger les Comtes perdus.
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