{"id":1635151,"date":"2022-09-07T09:18:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T13:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1635151"},"modified":"2022-09-07T09:23:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T13:23:22","slug":"elon-musk-roasts-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-tolkien-is-turning-in-his-grave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-roasts-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-tolkien-is-turning-in-his-grave\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Roasts &#8220;The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power&#8221;: \u201cTolkien Is Turning In His Grave\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-roasts-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-tolkien-is-turning-in-his-grave%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1635151&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Billionaire Elon Musk recently roasted Prime Video\u2019s <em>The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power<\/em> specifically taking issue with how the show portrays male characters.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_178933\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-178933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morfydd Clark as Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Musk took to Twitter where he first wrote, \u201cTolkien is turning in his grave.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_179532\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179532\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.18-boundingintocomics-63174895dd90d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"743\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.18-boundingintocomics-63174895dd90d.png 743w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.18-boundingintocomics-63174895dd90d-300x106.png 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-179532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elon Musk Twitter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He followed that up writing, \u201cAlmost every male character so far is a coward, a jerk or both. Only Galadriel is brave, smart and nice.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_179531\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179531\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179531\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.18-boundingintocomics-631748928a220.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"753\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.18-boundingintocomics-631748928a220.png 753w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.18-boundingintocomics-631748928a220-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.18-boundingintocomics-631748928a220-750x300-1.png 750w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-179531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elon Musk Twitter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Musk would also respond to a Twitter user sharing a Daily Wire asserting that those criticizing the Rings of Power are racists.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote, \u201cThose who claim any criticism of Rings of Power means you\u2019re racist are outing themselves as closet racists.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_179601\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179601\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-09.49-boundingintocomics-6317c05907a96.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-09.49-boundingintocomics-6317c05907a96.png 563w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-09.49-boundingintocomics-6317c05907a96-237x300-1.png 237w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-179601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elon Musk Twitter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/09\/02\/the-rings-of-power-star-lenny-henry-implies-critics-of-amazons-race-swapping-are-racist-they-have-no-trouble-believing-in-a-dragon-but-cant-accept-that-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018The Rings of Power\u2019 Star Lenny Henry Implies Critics Of Amazon\u2019s Race-Swapping Are Racist: \u201cThey Have No Trouble Believing In A Dragon But Can\u2019t Accept That A Black Person Could Be A Hobbit Or An Elf\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Musk isn\u2019t alone in his criticism of the show. It currently has an abysmal 39% average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. The average rating is 2.4 out of 5 from 20,083 ratings.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_179533\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179533\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.20-boundingintocomics-6317490e715b8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"954\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.20-boundingintocomics-6317490e715b8.png 954w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.20-boundingintocomics-6317490e715b8-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.20-boundingintocomics-6317490e715b8-768x250-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-179533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Rotten Tomatoes Score<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The show has a significantly higher user rating on IMDb with a weighted average of 6.8 from 108,024 users. The arithmetic mean is 6.3 with a median of 8.<\/p>\n<p>The scores are wildly polarizing with 34,924 users giving the show a perfect 10 out of 10 and 26,505 users giving it the worst possible score of 1 out of 10.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_179534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179534\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.24-boundingintocomics-63174a18d179b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"823\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.24-boundingintocomics-63174a18d179b.png 823w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.24-boundingintocomics-63174a18d179b-300x272-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.24-boundingintocomics-63174a18d179b-768x697-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-179534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power IMDb Score<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The demographic data shows that males are giving the show worse reviews compared to females with the average score for male a 6.6 while females are giving it a 7.4.<\/p>\n<p>There isn\u2019t much disparity among age. However, individuals under the age of 18 gave it a 7.3 compared to those 18-29 giving it a 6.9 and the two age groups above 30 both giving the show an average of 6.5.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_179535\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179535\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.27-boundingintocomics-63174ac26571a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.27-boundingintocomics-63174ac26571a.png 820w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.27-boundingintocomics-63174ac26571a-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.27-boundingintocomics-63174ac26571a-768x470-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-179535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power IMDb Score<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/09\/01\/morfydd-clark-attempts-to-defend-radical-changes-to-j-r-r-tolkiens-work-in-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Morfydd Clark Attempts To Defend Radical Changes To J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s Work In \u2018The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IMDb, which is an Amazon-owned website, appears to be the diamond in the rough when it comes to Rings of Power reviews albeit even a weighted average score of 6.8 isn\u2019t the shiniest of diamonds.<\/p>\n<p>The Metacritic User Score is an abysmal 2.5 from 2085 ratings. There are 398 positive reviews, 88 mixed reviews, and 1,599 negative reviews.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_179536\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179536\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.29-boundingintocomics-63174b563858d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1036\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.29-boundingintocomics-63174b563858d.png 1036w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.29-boundingintocomics-63174b563858d-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.29-boundingintocomics-63174b563858d-768x252-1.png 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-179536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Metacritic Score<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Not only does Musk\u2019s opinion appear to align with most individuals on these review sites, but it also aligns with die hard The Lord of the Rings and J.R.R. Tolkien fans.<\/p>\n<p>The One Ring described the series\u2019 first episode saying, \u201cIt\u2019s like popping a pimple. There\u2019s something under there somewhere and you got to squeeze hard to get it out, but it\u2019s painful until it finally comes out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He would also state, \u201cI don\u2019t think I can find anything that is remotely Tolkien in this. Galadriel is a completely different character. She\u2019s out for revenge; vengeance for her brother. Gil-galad and Elrond apparently are plotting against her in order to get her out of the way. She\u2019s no longer necessary here. Who needs Galadriel? She\u2019s only been hunting Sauron for hundreds of years like get her out of the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The YouTuber then noted, \u201cSo what does this show mostly suffer from? Well, I think it suffers from \u2014 one major part of writing is that it\u2019s doing a lot of telling and not showing. It has statements that explain the entire story without ever any real conflict. I think the only conflict we got in the whole show was the manufactured snow troll in the beginning, but she takes out the snow troll without any difficult at al whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe second conflict is actually with the bar fight,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe almost bar fight between Arondir and a couple humans down there in Tirharad, but it doesn\u2019t come to anything. There is no conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_179537\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179537\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.57-boundingintocomics-631751d03803b-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.57-boundingintocomics-631751d03803b-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.57-boundingintocomics-631751d03803b-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.57-boundingintocomics-631751d03803b-1340x555-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.57-boundingintocomics-631751d03803b-768x318-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.09.06-01.57-boundingintocomics-631751d03803b-600x250-1.jpg 600w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-179537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A snow troll, as seen in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"cb-post-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/08\/31\/grace-randolph-savages-galadriel-in-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-claims-elrond-is-gay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grace Randolph Savages Galadriel In \u2018The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power,\u2019 Claims Elrond Is Gay<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>YouTuber George the Giant Slayer bluntly stated, \u201cDo you know why so many people are criticizing Amazon Prime\u2019s <em>Rings of Power<\/em>? Because there\u2019s nothing in it for the fans to point to the screen and go, \u2018Wow! Look at that! That\u2019s from the books!\u2019 That\u2019s it. It\u2019s simple there\u2019s no Tolkien in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The amount of negative reviews might be a concern for Amazon given the outlet announced via a press release that the show was the biggest premiere in the history of Prime Video with the show attracting \u201cmore than 25 million global viewers on its first day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A lot of people might have watched the show, but they were thoroughly unimpressed and did not like it. It\u2019ll be interesting to see if that dissatisfaction turns into people actually tuning out or if they will continue to watch what they seemingly view as a train wreck.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_173651\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173651\" class=\"size-full wp-image-173651\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.07.25-09.05-boundingintocomics-62df05a17a06e-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.07.25-09.05-boundingintocomics-62df05a17a06e-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022.07.25-09.05-boundingintocomics-62df05a17a06e-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.07.25-09.05-boundingintocomics-62df05a17a06e-1340x875-1.jpg 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2022.07.25-09.05-boundingintocomics-62df05a17a06e-768x501-1.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-173651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maxim Baldry as Isildur and Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Queen Regent M\u00edriel in Prime Video\u2019s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>What do you make of Musk\u2019s blunt and brief roast of Prime Video\u2019s <em>The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/boundingintocomics.com\/2022\/09\/02\/amazon-confirms-new-review-system-preventing-users-from-leaving-feedback-on-the-rings-of-power-until-72-hours-after-its-premiere-claims-waiting-period-introduced-to-stop-review-bombing-from-troll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon Confirms New Review System Preventing Users From Leaving Feedback On \u2018The Rings of Power\u2019 Until 72 Hours After Its Premiere, Claims Waiting Period Introduced To Stop Review Bombing From Trolls<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire Elon Musk recently roasted Prime Video\u2019s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power specifically taking issue with how the show portrays male characters. 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