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Originally Posted by accord1999
I think the hate is way over-stated. The available Second Age material is relatively sparse and it was bound to require some creative adaptation and interpretation to work on TV but won't be what some fans have imagined it would. But I like most of the plot-lines. And finally seeing the things that were just hinted at in the LotR movies and books/appendices; Sauron in person driving the major events, the Elven states still a significant force, Numenor at its peak, the Rings of Power being used, etc
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A lot of the hate is political at this point. Too much humanizing of the orcs for some. In some of the negative reviews I see absurd comparisons of foreigners moving to the UK. That orc with the baby scene seemed to particularly rub some people the wrong way.
Could also be that Fellowship is a hard act to follow. This is miles above that Hobbit trilogy though.