The Lord of the Rings The Rings of Power criticized by Elon Musk
Elon Musk has strongly criticized The Lord of the Rings The Rings of Power for the representation of male characters, according to him all negative. Neil Gaiman, questioned by a user, has decided to respond in kind about it.It all started with these tweets by Elon Musk dedicated to The Lord of the Rings the Rings of Power. Musk wrote: "Tolkien is turning in his grave. Almost every character is a coward, an asshole or both. Only Galadriel is brave, intelligent and kind."
A user then asked what Neil Gaiman thinks of Elon Musk's claims regarding The Lord of the Rings the Rings of Power. The author was not content and wrote: "Elon Musk does not come to ask me for advice on how to fail in the attempt to acquire Twitter and I do not ask him for critical advice on films, TV series or literature". Gaiman's response has garnered over 307,000 likes at the time of writing.
Do you agree with Elon Musk's criticisms of The Lord of the Rings The Rings of Power?
Finally, here is the review of the first 2 episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
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Elon Musk Is Wrong About ‘The Rings Of Power’
Elon Musk
Getty Images for The Met Museum/VogueElon Musk entered the pop culture war fray Monday with a pair of tweets about Amazon’s new Lord Of The Rings prequel The Rings Of Power.
“Tolkien is turning in his grave,” the Tesla CEO tweeted. “Almost every male character [in The Rings Of Power] so far is a coward, a jerk or both. Only Galadriel is brave, smart and nice.”
There are opinions and then there are facts. Musk is offering up an opinion that is not based on anything remotely like the facts of The Rings Of Power.
First of all, Galadriel is not the only brave or smart character. Nori the Harfoot is also very brave. Elrond has never acted like a coward. The elf soldier Arondir explores a terrifying tunnel dug out by some unknown monster because he’s courageous enough to go seek out danger to help protect a group of humans who despise him (other than Bronwyn, that is).
There is no indication that any of these male characters, from Durin the dwarven prince to Halbrand the human Galadriel meets—and is rescued from drowning by when she’s stranded out at sea—is a coward. Cowardly jerks don’t typically dive into a monster-infested ocean to save women they just met.
The bravery of Halbrand all by itself proves that Musk’s argument is objectively false. Have all the opinions you like about The Rings Of Power, but this one is simply not backed up by any evidence, and is directly contradicted by the facts.
MORE FROM FORBES'The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power' Is Bringing Out The Worst In Tolkien FandomBy Erik KainThat Galadriel's stubbornness, meanwhile, causes her own company of elven Sauron-hunters to mutiny when she insists they keep pressing north into the frozen wastes. Indeed, she very nearly leaves one of her companions behind, so relentless is she in her drive to find Sauron. Galadriel is certainly smart and brave (normal qualities for a being who has lived for thousands of years) but she’s not particularly nice at any given time.
And plenty of other characters, from the diplomatic Elrond to the regal Gil-Galad to the elder Durin come across as smart and cautious and sober-minded. Finrod, Galadriel’s older brother, the first grown adult male we encounter, is both brave and wise—which makes me even more confused by Musk’s tweet. Even if he only watched the first fifteen minutes of the show, Finrod would make his point moot.
In any case, it’s awfully trendy right now to hate on The Rings Of Power and it appears that Musk is simply catering to his vocal fanbase and massive social media following, telling them what they want to hear rather than offer up an honest assessment of the show.
The Rings Of Power is not above criticism. It's just a shame that so many of its detractors seem intent on making the worst arguments possible, focusing on manufactured notions of Amazon’s fantasy being overly-woke, anti-male or too diverse.
P.S. I have nothing against Musk personally. When people attacked him over his (admittedly strange) Elden Ring character build, I defended him, pointing out that this kind of criticism seemed an awful lot like gatekeeping. Not all criticism is created equal.
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