Lord of the Rings Series -- Amazon

guidomerkinsrules said
As to the other thing
I’d love to see a Venn diagram of people upset about Elves of color who also believe in a white Jesus
I’m imagining pretty dang close to a circle

It's not hard. Elves were Caucasian in the Middle-Earth stories, and Jesus was Semitic in the Gospel stories, because the authors of those stories said so.

Taurus said
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.

That sums it up. Black elves are good in the Witcher. But they're not Tolkien. And pre-show, that (and a swashbuckling Galadriel) was all we had to go on. It was clear that we would not be getting Tolkien, thus the low expectations.

Now that it is out, Rings of Power exceeds expectations. It is a good show, like the Witcher. Both are imitating Tolkien, but not as great.

Kind of like The Godfather Part III.