We're not sure why anyone would care about Elon Musk's thoughts on The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, but the eccentric billionaire is making headlines today after taking aim at the show.
Some believe this is little more than an attempt to reignite his feud with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, while others are just wondering why he's drinking the same Kool-Aid as a certain sect of "fans." Regardless, he's clearly not a fan of the show as he'd kick off by saying that "Tolkien is turning in his grave."
The Tesla CEO would go on to note, "Almost every male character so far is a coward, a jerk or both. Only Galadriel is brave, smart and nice."
With that, Musk joins a toxic section of The Lord of the Rings fandom who have found fault with Galadriel being portrayed as a brave warrior. Despite a very vocal minority making their dislike of the show's creative decisions known, it's been a hit for Prime Video with positive reviews and a massive 25 million global viewers during its first 24 hours available to stream.
"I would say that her serenity is hard-earned," Clark previously said of how her character evolves between the events of this show and the movie trilogy. "I don’t think you get to that level of wisdom without going through things. She actually speaks about [how] with wisdom, there is a loss of innocence, which was a really good thing for me to find in the lore. Because, like, how young are you when you’re still thousands of years old? So it was thinking of what innocence she lost during this time."
As for Musk, he's been rivals with Bezos for years, with both attempting to enter the spaceflight business. Perhaps this was just a chance to take a cheap shot at his streaming service's newest series, but it doesn't paint the always controversial Bezos in the best of lights.
The third episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power arrives on Prime Video this Wednesday.
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