These are the correct JRR Tolkien quotes concerning evil’s lack of ability to create anything, for the record. The #Tolkien “quote” that is quite aptly being used everywhere in response to the abhorrent Amazon abortion is actually a paraphrase from TV Tropes.
“The Shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make: not real new things of its own. I don’t think it gave life to the orcs, it only ruined them and twisted them; and if they are to live at all, they have to live like other living creatures.”
– THE RETURN OF THE KING
“For the Orcs had life and multiplied after the manner of the Children of Ilúvatar; and naught that had life of its own, nor the semblance of life, could ever Melkor make since his rebellion in the Ainulindalë before the Beginning: so say the wise.”
– THE SILMARILLION
But quote or paraphrase, the criticism of Amazon’s twisted perversion of The Lord of the Rings is legitimate and the sentiment it expresses is 100 percent correct.
The Rings Of Power Character Images – First Full Pictures & Story Analysis!
Vanity Fair shares Amazon Prime’s Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power Character images from the Second Age of Middle Earth.
They share the story concept and the arrogance Amazon empowered two untested showrunners to replicate J.R. R. Tolkien’s masterpiece, talent and experience. In theirs words: “Can we come up with the novel Tolkien never wrote and do it as the mega-event series that could only happen now?”
This is called Hubris!
Big shock, it’s not about Lord of the Rings.
It couldn’t be more obvious what happened. The production company had its own 2022 fantasy story they wanted to tell. Basically, nothing but a rip-off of Game of Thrones.
But it is 2022. They have to make it Woke AF because everyone in Hollywood is terrified of being seen as not Woke. At the moment it’s an instant career ender especially if you are white.
And they knew that their story would never sell in 10,000 years.
Not under it’s own name anyway.
So they followed the standard procedure and bought up a name they could slap on it even though that franchise didn’t resemble the story they wanted to tell in the least. They knew perfectly well there is always a ton of middle-aged Gamma Males that will sell out the thing they loved at the drop of a hat for just a little ego inflation. Throw in some Twitter Stans that are happy to work for free and few d-list journos at (lol)Kotaku and they are in business.
It won’t do well but they already know that. Their objective at this point is to blame their inevitable failure on white supremacists which they have already done.
The important thing to remember about this POS is that it was never meant to be Tolkein. They are just stealing his name for their Game of Thrones fan fiction.
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