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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jfdlsjfd" data-source="post: 8808468" data-attributes="member: 42856">They might not be the best to center a story around on TV. Even in book form, Tolkien centered his stories on hobbit and had elves as awe-inspiring, not humans with pointy ears.That. And the Greek Gods are unrelatable because they are above, in any case. Even if they are jerks, and have failings on a larger scale, they are above humans and going to them telling that you're on their level will end badly in a cosmologically justified way. You can understand them, but not really relate to them. The scene where Elrond is surprised things have changed in as few as 20 years in a city and then apologizes for being 50 years late to Durin's wedding was great in showcasing a (small part of the) disconnect between the Elves and the other races. This scene was great because Durin points out the problem and Elrond just stay still, thinking, and then there is another shot where he thinks and stay silent, still in deep thoughts... as if he was making an effort to understand what the problem is, then he apologizes. Sure the scene can be read as Elrond, shrewd politician, trying to think a way to mellow Durin's heart by asking to apologize to his family, but I don't think it was the intent. It was great at showing the disconnect between the more static elves and their relation to time passing and other races (even if the dwarves are long-lived too).</blockquote>