Nah. Hopping on a soapbox about wokeness is unambiguously political.
Alright, a final reply then, I'm sorry if I can't just mindlessly fawn over a CGI picture. Feel free to hand out a reply ban if you deem it necessary.
I fail to realize how a Tolkin scholar parting ways, key actors leaving the show and the producer's guidelines are "political" and not tightly linked to the discussion of this show.
Wokeness transcends politics as it is injected into our entertainment.
As it becomes more and more encompassing, it's hard to keep avoiding it.
Speaking of which, I think there's a "gay Transformers" thread that requires your attention...
edit: nvm it got closed already
You've been on a crusade lately. GAF is not the place for it.
I've contributed enough to this forum, from insightful and lengthy threads, to give-aways and book reviews to silly memes and gifs for you to know that this is certainly not true. Is that how you see my contributions over the years? If so, it is duly noted the next time I might want to take an afternoon to make silly memes and shoops for this place. I know, you don't owe us, but such rhetoric is always mutual and seldom constructive so it's best to avoid it.
I think you're attributing an importance to my comments that just isn't there. I've participated in many threads and I just want to share my impressions and criticism, that's a far cry from "being on a crusade". Criticism of entertainment can hardly be considered as world changing rhetoric anyway. So describing it as a "crusade" is really not appropriate and needlessly hyperbolic.
I always thought this was a place for hobbyists to share their views, positive
and negative ones. If this is now a forum solely for consumer drones and social media product advertisers, then be upfront about it. If you prefer astroturfers sharing twitter links instead of members producing their own content, just say so.
Is GAF now just there to mindlessly promote things and gush over Hollywood products?
I've accepted your drastic policy changes so far, but don't take things too far.
Don't want to be a pain but LOTR is and was inherently political, it's kinda hard to be after Tolkien wrote this in response to his experiences in the two world wars.
Indeed. Tolkien was a soldier in the first World War and was sent to the front shortly after his marriage.
I can highly recommend this book as it draws many parallels between Tolkien's experiences and LOTR.
The Dead Marshes of Mordor for example are an allusion to trench warfare. The themes of companionship are derived from his brothers of war, many of which left their lives in the trenches.