Which also explains why they've felt it necessary to butcher the hell out of canon.
Skin color and lack of beards aside, there's just so very much in this show that's directly opposite what was established by Tolkein. It's fanfiction.
I can understand the bitter disappointment felt by those who were hoping to see more of Middle-Earth brought to the screen.
That said, as a story, it's leagues beyond the abomination that calls itself the Wheel of Time.