Quote Originally Posted by LagunaD2 View Post
There is nothing flawed about Elrond in what we've seen
Not "flawed" in a way that you could point out his rude behavior or bad sword fighting skills. But the way he is immediately put into the position when he (and Gil-galad) try to get rid of Galadriel, don't believe her/ignore her... That's a flaw and being put in the negative light (sure sure, they have Elrond say she is his friend and all that, but how they frame the entire situation, with Galadriel's quest which was needless and is pretty ridiculous anyway, speak for itself). Granted, this negative impression of them doesn't work that well when Galadriel herself comes across SOOOO badly and insufferable whenever she is on screen, but make no mistake, some flawed impression when compared with Galadriel is certainly what they were going for with these males here.


Quote Originally Posted by LagunaD2 View Post
So when women appear favorably (if you squint and ignore their less perfect aspects) it proves the show is "feminist", and when they're obviously evil and threatening, that proves it too? OK...
Radh has already said it but you don't get. It's not about some semantics, it's about the entire balance and the balance is obviously very skewed here. Common, who are you kidding - they made female versions of Frodo and Sam, and these females will have their own wizard type. Can't get more obvious than that what the intentions are. Or that scene with Bronwyn slaying an orc? (orcs that haven't been seen for ages, and this one was some weird mole type cave-clork creature at that). There is no taking a breath here, developing the characters, Bronwyn rushing to embrace her son maybe, show some trauma after the fight, let them take a breath and exchange a few words, oh and maybe let us see the body of this orc because the scene was so shaky and I haven't seen a thing. NO. There is just... an abrupt awful cut and transition so she can immediately display the head before the stupid males and "take charge". You can't make this sh*t up how awful it feels while watching. So it's not even too subtle with many of these things, just in your face and the entire thing - apparently - is constructed around this silly premise and signaling... while good cinematography, development and lore are taking a backseat here. Briidie Sisson will be just another ingredient in this equation, no doubt. Oh and there are also rumors she (and the others) are actually elven zealots, not men, so I don't even know what to expect of THAT if that's accurate...