Sorry man, but thats a complete BS, they are obviously fans, as well as basically most of the crew... Watch the
SDCC creators panel for the show for example (unless you already have) and many other stuff available
Why would anyone take such a lifetime project if they werent fans
... the creater duo pitched the project themselves, to Amazon, as well as to Tolkien Estate, it was their idea to do Second Age in the first place... Amazon didnt even have an idea there is enough material for that, they were considering worse things, like prequel/spin off from LOTR, like Aragorn or Gimli....
Maybe they have other idea on how to adapt the source material than you and lots of fans have... but they definitely want do it justice and are devoting their life it... so ppl should at least show a little respect and not make such hostile and nonsenical accusations ... the level of toxicity and hostility everywhere is disgusting (and I thoght SW fans are the most toxic...) ... after all, whatever this show does, it doesnt change the source material... and one way or other, more people are going to read the books (they already are), which is what matters... (I dont usually participate in discussions like this, but the amount of fan toxicity and disinformation is really starting to annoy me
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Production value is definitely top notch, cinematography, lot of attention to detail, 5 different lore languages being used on the set, linguists, calligraphists, tolkien experts, Bear spent 8 months compiling the soundtrack, etc and etc... not sure what else do you guys want, to, at the very least, not call it a complete trash, fan fiction, or whatever. Maybe the end product will be bad, but some unprecedented effort went into this...
Feelings? If you want to use direct citations, then provide some sources please...
Either way, tbh, I couldnt care less, if some elves have short hair
There are thousands and thousands of elves, in many different nations, houses and regions of Arda. I guess not everyone is the same. Some also have beards, like Cķrdan. Tolkien didnt describe physical appearances of every single elf or nation... if I remember correctly, the skin colour also wasnt frequently mentioned...
The most important is whether they get the Tolkien themes, worldbuilding, characters, message, etc right (simply whether they get the Tolkien right when creating the Second age)... and for determining that, there is close to zero information until we actually see the show...
Anyways, you guys sure, that you are actually comparing this to the source material, and not to the PJ's movies (they were good, but also pretty far from "perfect" adaptation)... lot of people seem to confuse these two things together apparently..