Wouldn't a LOTR Series Been Nice?

[Aganzir]

Originally Posted by Uruk's Bane

I didn't just mean the sex part, I meant the making Frodo/Sam or Gimli/Legolas relationships gay.

The line between homosociality and homosexuality is just as vague as the one between sociality and sexuality. I don't see why that should be any worse than adding straight sex scenes.

Besides, we're talking about a TV series here. We can't get the ~10% homosexual minority to watch it if they don't have anyone to relate to. (And we won't be having any black audience either because the only black people in the books are villains.)

[Uruk's Bane]

Originally Posted by Aganzir

The line between homosociality and homosexuality is just as vague as the one between sociality and sexuality. I don't see why that should be any worse than adding straight sex scenes.

Besides, we're talking about a TV series here. We can't get the ~10% homosexual minority to watch it if they don't have anyone to relate to. (And we won't be having any black audience either because the only black people in the books are villains.)

Well, I'd say that if the only way people would watch a LotR tv show is if we added in sex and changed the relationships between the main characters, then it isn't worth it.