1. So, I’m gonna pass on The Hobbit

    sourcedumal:

    It’s another white man’s fantasy about white people doing things in a world where people of color miraculously don’t exist.

    I don’t see how this is supposed to appeal to me as both a reader and a movie watcher….

    Is that racist Rhys-Davies gonna be in this one too?

    5 months ago  /  195 notes  /  Source: sourcedumal

    1. itssochaotic reblogged this from karnythia
    2. unit-cell reblogged this from sourcedumal and added:
      Is that racist Rhys-Davies gonna be
    3. masteradept reblogged this from sourcedumal and added:
      Hey White People! Its damn near 2012 and we want to see more of people like us in shit that we like. Maybe when you and...
    4. shewalkslikethunder reblogged this from sourcedumal and added:
      Fuck you, readsthequibbler. I give major props to source for even dignifying that ignorant ass trash with an eloquent...
    5. sourcedumal reblogged this from skadisdottir and added:
      Those stories already exist dear. There are plenty of stories that should have been made into movies. But white people’s...
    6. skadisdottir reblogged this from runicbasso and added:
      Newsflash: The fantasy genre emerged from white man’s mythology. Tolkien’s “Middle Earth” is the Midgard of Norse lore,...
    7. runicbasso reblogged this from adamangasaurus and added:
      I, personally, am very excited. Don’t know about yous guise, but I’m too busy shamelessly, blindly, nerding out. I’d...
    8. impromptuonedykedanceparty reblogged this from twinmachines
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    11. intergalactic-hussy reblogged this from goddessofcheese and added:
      Isn’t assuming that you won’t be interested in a movie JUST because it has white actors JUST as racist as if I were to...
    12. thegoddamazon reblogged this from talldarkbishoujo and added:
      I was just fuming about this earlier in regards to “Warrior Rising” by P.C. Cast. One of the protagonists was a Black...
    13. talldarkbishoujo reblogged this from goddessofcheese and added:
      If there is but one thing I’ve learned in abut 20+ years of reading fantasy/sci-fi/speculative fiction and interacting...
    14. goddessofcheese reblogged this from yukidama and added:
      Ditto with Yuki. The Hobbit is pretty much my favorite fantasy book, I’m incredibly attached to it, but that doesn’t...
    15. akishepard reblogged this from twinmachines and added:
      also tolkein himself described the orcs...looking mongoloid
    16. queennubian reblogged this from talldarkbishoujo
    17. yukidama reblogged this from nova-bright and added:
      Yep. And I actually like Tolkien’s work but damn. The fantasy genre can suck a butt. I won’t even begin to touch ASOIAF,...
    18. morawintersoul reblogged this from skeletalroses and added:
      Also bear in mind that Tolkien had...mind to write up
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    21. nova-bright reblogged this from ginger-gal-is-in-hiding and added:
      If the idea of a land of elves and wizards is ok to you, but adding non-white, characters on the side of the good guys...
    22. gingerberrycat reblogged this from masteradept
    23. theburgerkhaleesi reblogged this from thempress and added:
      for as much as i rage about how great tolkien is, they ain’t lyin. it’s kinda hard to imagine yourself in a fantasy...
    24. stitchmedown reblogged this from scar-lip and added:
      I’m just reblogging this to add that although I love the Tolkien movies and Tolkien is a huge part of my childhood (I’m...
    25. rumbelleandstark reblogged this from thempress and added:
      Ok for real? Don’t reblog this shit on my dash again. I don’t want to see it. I’m so sick of people make a big deal out...
    26. thempress reblogged this from karnythia
    27. brainstatic reblogged this from labratintraining and added:
      I’m gonna go with: everyone in this thread is a dick. Avoiding the Hobbit because of too many white people? Dick move....
    28. kitzykid reblogged this from bookling-stormborn and added:
      YES! I read The Hobbit when I was pretty young, and I loved it, and read LotR not long after. Shit, I read C.S. Lewis...