ndirish1978

Anyone watching 1923?

Right, you're saying that was the main portion of people criticizing the show, I'm telling you it's not and offered some reasons why the show kind of stinks for tolkien nerds. The people who are complaining about race are not tolkien nerds, they are morons who like to whine about anything.

I'm a Tolkien fan. The backlash you are referring to from people who actually read the books isn't the racial component, it comes from the fact that they completed changed the timelines of a well-established universe and just made up new events using the names of characters, which is something Tolkien was pretty severely opposed to. Tolkien went out of his way to establish a painstaking timeline for his universe, he took it very seriously as his life's work and was famous for doing things like rejecting the Beatles' attempt, at the height of their fame, to buy the movie rights for the books because he didn't want his work bastardized. The criticism is valid. The criticism about race is a small minority of just racist non-book fans that the showrunners have attempted to generalize as all of their detractors so as to avoid criticism by just calling everyone who doesn't like the show bigots. Pretty common tactic Hollywood uses to deal with critics. Long story short - Hobbits and wizards didn't exist during the timeline of the show and Galadriel was never a warrior who led armies, but a powerful magic user. Amazon did the same thing to the Wheel of Time, just arbitrarily changing huge things and mostly for the worse. As someone who read all 15 books of that series, it sucks to have something you invested time in and enjoy trampled on and just made crappy.

It's her. She is a retired reporter, not a doctor and IMO incredibly misguided in posting some study with conditions completely unlike what happened to Hamlin.

Understandable pov, sometimes people just need a way to express themselves while grieving.

You're right. Forgot about that. Agreed, it may not be the best move, but I think everyone is just worried and upset right now. IMO it's best not to speculate on motives and choose to show a little grace, but I'm by no means criticizing you for having an opinion.

Last time I saw an ambulance on the field was Kevin Everett, this is absolutely terrible. Just been praying for him for the last hour, simply awful.

Kickoff is at 830 right? I'm staring at a screen that says coverage starts 10 mins before kickoff... It's 8:23

You can push, you cannot pull

Basham was a waste of a pick, he was supposed to be pro-ready with a relatively low ceiling / high floor. He has been a jag since being drafted.

that should mean the visitors's sideline is at around 70 right?

Molto grazie. Buon natale.

Tackling does suck

He doesn't have a monster leg, he's a good directional punter and is aiming for the sidelines

The Oline os doing a great job, if by a great job you mean acting as speed bumps for the entire Dline as they sprint unmolested to the QB.

Even if we could run our offense behind this putrid Oline we have an OC who can't call a complete game. Our Defense appears to have stopped playing for the season. This game is garbage.

This D is garbage

We're screwed if Morse has a concussion. I could see him retiring.

So we're just gonna fall apart instead of trying to compete now? Ok.

OC with more idiotic playcalls.

Hamlin shouldn't be playing. He can't tackle to save his life.

Thanks. I live abroad and consume almost all my news through written media. Seems pretty big that a national media outlet would cover a small local story.

Sorry to ask, but what is Gutfeld?

I'd say it's an indicator that we don't have an OC who can adjust his scheme to his personnel. He's not putting people in positions to succeed.

Does it make bubble screens impossible, cause we don't run those either. The offense we run does not preclude those.