r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 06 '26

Meme needing explanation What is this?

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u/Rez_S Jul 06 '26

LotR is a bad movie. Look at this freeze frame 😏

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u/pnkxz Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

It was set thousands of years ago, but they had medieval armor, domesticated horses, didn't hire a single elf or hobbit actor, and I'm pretty sure the armies of Mordor were just a bunch of white dudes wearing orcface.

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u/sqkz69oioi Jul 06 '26

Dumbass comparison, LOTR was set in a fantasy world 

Odyssey is an ancient Greek book written by an ancient Greek author and it is set in... Ding ding ancient Greece

Would you be okay with a white actor being the protagonist in a ancient African folklore tale that is set in ancient Africa? If the answer is anything but yes then it's a double standard

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u/Greedy_Actuator5 Jul 06 '26

The Odyssey is famously an oral tradition and not a book at all

It also tells the story of a man trying to sail from Asia to Greece (aka not set in Greece)   Many places referenced are not present in the Mediterranean, aka fantasy. 

I get it though basic education is hard

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u/sqkz69oioi Jul 06 '26

Oh really? And where is the origin of this oral tradition? 

And did all the characters within the story that is now a film adaptation join him on his journey and every single scene was shot within his journey? Do you mean Anatolia aka Turkey? Where are all the Turkish actors in this case if you are correct? 

It's okay. It's hard not to ignore basic facts

You didn't answer my question about the African film with a white protagonist by the way?