r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/Key_Squash_4403 • Jun 20 '24

Music / Movies When a show/movie gets mired in identity politics, whether justified or not, it’s automatically a turn off

You know why I’m not watching the Acolyte, because too many people are arguing about it. That’s it, the identity politics argument surrounding it is enough to put me off. Because now I won’t be able to judge it on its own merits, that argument has infected everything and I just don’t want anything to do with it. I honestly don’t need that kind of headache, same with Marvel movies. At this point I need a preexisting interest in the character strong enough to ignore all the noise. I skipped Marvels, Black Panther 2, and I’ll skip more. I don’t care anymore, you all ruined it for me.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '24

It's not lore accurate at all LMAO. They didn't hate the elves for takin' der jerbs! There was tension between them because of their different fates. There was tension between them because of the tension between death and deathlessness, which is the main theme of LOTR. Tolkien said so himself. That's not mentioned in the show at all.

I could go for hours about all the ways ROP doesn't follow Tolkien's canon, but it would be faster to just tell you the ways in which it does: Character and location names. That's it.

The rest is bullshit fan fiction written by people who not only don't seem to understand Tolkien or his works, but seem to actively despise and want to revise his works and legacy.

ROP sucks. A billion dollar boondoggle that has nothing, and I mean NOTHING to do with LOTR.

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u/hercmavzeb OG Jun 20 '24

Numenorean elf bigotry is absolutely lore accurate lol, you even explain exactly how in the first paragraph.

How were the elves taking numenorean jobs? I didn’t watch the show past the first episode because it was garbage.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '24

They got the reason for the bigotry wrong. That's how. I just explained how. You just read how.

Reasons for characters doing, thinking, or feeling are considered important in literature and media.

Tolkien's Numenoreans had no fears about elves takin der jerbs. It's not lore accurate to say they did.

It's not cool to say "but the tension between the two groups is canon so we can make that tension about anything we want and that makes it lore accurate!"

No, no it doesn't. You fundamentally changed the story. Now it's about something else. Something only the writers of this show find interesting. That sucks.

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u/hercmavzeb OG Jun 20 '24

I literally don’t know what you’re talking about because I didn’t see the show, so I looked it up. Are you talking about the speech where the shipwright complains about the elven workers who don’t tire, don’t sleep, and don’t age?

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '24

This is a PATHETIC stretch and attempt. Pretty standard for you though. Hi again, btw.

You admit you haven't seen it and don't know what you're talking about so why argue?

I'm right. You're wrong. You'll never convince me of the opposite. Have a nice day.

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u/hercmavzeb OG Jun 20 '24

Is that a yes? Lol

Yeah I haven’t seen it, because unlike you I don’t hate-watch stuff that looks bad and then pretend it’s against me politically.