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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 8763733" data-attributes="member: 18182">Shows and movies being review-bombed by toxic fans is the new normal. Those of us who are a bit more rational, need to adapt in order to continue enjoying our fandoms.I expected the hate and vitriol, and it bothers me not a whit. I decided to simply watch the first few episodes and make up my own mind . . . . and so far I'm loving it!Not to say that everyone who dislikes the new series is a toxic review-bombing troll . . . the next level down is fans-with-unrealistic-expectations, based on books very few have actually read. If one is a big Tolkien apocrypha fan, and is disappointed that the new series isn't adhering slavishly to the "History of Middle-Earth" books . . . that's a fair enough point-of-view, but it is incredibly unrealistic to think this show (or one like it) would have ended up any other way.The only issue I've had so far is watching a show very visually and tonally reminiscent of the Jackson films, but with the pacing of a television series . . . but I'm adapting. I'm also irritated at the licensing situation, that Amazon could only land the appendices and can't pull from the Silmarillion or the history volumes . . . . the Tolkien estate needs to get their house in order. But I never expected an adaptation that didn't change the source material, and I'm enjoying the show so far.</blockquote>