The hobbit and lotr were the only books from middle earth lore published in his lifetime.
His son Christopher gathered and curated his notes and published The Silmarillion after Tolkien passed. Lots of other stories have been published based on JRRs notes.
I’m not going to address the entire article. Just the point that Galadriel was made into some warrior maiden since the writers think that the only power one can have is strength.
Tolkien’s work had many (Elven) women in it. They were quite powerful but not from twitter physical strength. Their powers came from illusion and protection magic, as well as healing. Melian, a Maia turned elven queen protected an entire kingdom for hundreds of years. This protection Morgoth could not penetrate with his armies. Luthien was able to weave illusions to walk right up to the heart of Angband. She could charm and subdue the fell creatures and even Sauron himself (maybe even Morgoth I can’t recall).
Many of the Elven queens and maids were exceptionally beautiful. Believe it or not that is quite powerful.
Many could also foresee the future or read intent in the minds of others. These are all amazing powers which could have profound realization in a proper adaptation.
But no. It looks like she elf just gets to club orcs like any other man. It’s just poor writing and a cop out.
You know how many child porn and sex trafficking rings were busted up under Trumps administration? Now you don’t hear about it anymore.
People know it’s evil. But the elites participate in it so want it all hush hush.
This is why the left can’t meme. The entire point was that Twitter is accusing Musk of becoming right wing and his point was that he hasn’t budged. The left has swung dramatically left.
Their little meme shows him left wing still. Precisely the opposite of what they accuse him of.
I can’t even comprehend the stupidity they display.
This exploits the availability heuristic. A cognitive bias to make it appear that, in this case, whites are more prone to commit violence than blacks.
The media is REALLY good at doing this.
It’s so blatantly obvious but the normies are just clueless.
I can concur. My gf is a very prolific reader and has noticed a huge trend in LGBT wokism in books from the past 4-5 years.
It’s reached a point where she just doesn’t want to read anything recent because there’s bound to be lesbians or gays or whatever else shoehorned into the book somewhere.
Remember when we used to make fun of the fact that shows used to have a token black character? Hell, South Park even named the kid Token.
Now we have token white male characters. Andnyou are lucky if they aren’t stupid or the villain.
Disagree about the visuals. Lens flare ruins any sci fi show and the ships in nu trek look like they have too many lights and shiny surfaces.
Bring back the TNG aesthetic. Or even Enterprise where the ship looks like a naval ship. In space.
Whoa whoa whoa. Just whoa. Let’s not be so hasty to discount the likes of The Critical Drinker. Truly a Scotsman if there has ever been one.