“Tolkien must be rolling in his grave!” : Elon Musk takes on The Rings of Power on Prime Video

On September 2, The Rings of Power landed on Amazon Prime Video and broke the audience record for a series launch with 25 million viewers.

Fans on social media have had their say on this adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s stories. This is the case of a certain Elon Musk who is the media boss of Tesla and SpaceX.

The latter was not kind to the series! “Tolkien must be rolling in his grave”, he wrote in his first tweet. The businessman did not stop there, he published severe criticism about the treatment of male characters.

All the male characters are either cowards, jerks, or both.

“All the male characters are either cowardly or stubborn or both. Only Galadriel is brave, smart and kind.”, she chanted. These two predictions by the South African billionaire received more than 300,000 “likes” on Twitter, causing widespread buzz.

Was this piece by Elon Musk really aimed at The Lord of the Rings or more at his arch rival Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon?

Recently, the latter said that his son, a big fan of Tolkien, asked him not to do this. “spoiling”At the time of acquiring the rights to adapt The Lord of the Rings.

We’re unveiling the first two episodes in our podcast

Moreover, according to THR, Amazon is facing an army of “trolls” online. The latter rushed to review sites to slam the series when the first two episodes aired.

On the Prime Video platform, Amazon was also forced to adopt a new strategy to combat trolls (ironic for a fantasy series like The Rings). Now, a 72-hour delay is required after reviews are posted online before they are verified.

The series received an avalanche of rave reviews on other sites such as Rotten Tomatoes. At least 37% of reviews came from anonymous users whose profiles could not be verified. If Amazon can’t control all the ratings sites, Jeff Bezos’s firm can still keep an eye on its own.

Episode 3 of The Rings of Power airs Friday, September 9 on Prime Video.