That's an asinine comparison. This is not Dungeons & Dragons. Treat it with respect, and treat the consumer with respect. There is nothing strange about the level of scrutiny, it has reached these heights because of all the stupid shit on this show. This doesn't seem to compute with you.
I'm not sure if you were there, but people mocked Legolas way back then. If there's anything that got negative attention it was that. But your power examples here are just eyeroll inducing when compared to the myriad complaints people have with this show.
I expect a show made for reasonably intelligent people that won't make the viewer constantly feel smarter than the creators. I prefer content made by people smarter than me. That is not unnecessarily elevated. Maybe you are fine with trash, I'm not.
How is this relevant? I'm pointing out stupid shit, whether or not someone does the same stupid shit elsewhere is irrelevant. I'll dislike it there too. Tolkien was one of the most meticulous world builders in literary history. The least Amazon could do is pay respect to that by trying to be better than some dumb action movie with continuity errors. If you aim for mediocrity, that's what you'll get.
Expecting basic physics to correspond to the world we know is not asking for a documentary. I'm not an idiot, so when a show treats me like one, I don't like it.
No, I do not.
All I'm getting from you is that if shit is present elsewhere I shouldn't complain. This tells me it's not worth engaging with you further. We want different things in life.