Comments by "jorge luis barrios mur" (@jorgebarriosmur) on "Upper Echelon" channel.

@coltonowens2742 Exactly what I thought. They could have introduced black and hispanic actors as some Haradrim or half-Haradrim (refugees? merchants? errant ex-pows? diplomats? people who descend from the ones that oposed to Saurons influence in their land and had to flee?) and so achieved (human) ethnic diversity...... The same for asian actors, perhaps the loosers of some tribal struggle from Khand who had to seek refuge between their enemies to avoid their fate, or some families that were left behind when Saurons armies where defeated and the eastern tribes retreated in all haste........ It would have been a good oportunity to develop a story that could explain how people that are suposedly not corrupt or "bad" by definition, end up fighting for Sauron and their struggle to adapt to a world ruled by the "good guys"..... But no: better black dwarfs or elves........
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@Remixersoloman You sir, have no idea what you are talking about. In the tolken lore, elves, dwarfs, orks and other similar creatures, are effectively compeled by their nature to choose one the sides. No elf or dwarf will aid Sauron and no ork or troll the people of the west unless compeled by force or deception. BUT THIS IS NOT THE CASE OF HUMANS, and also not the case of other creatures. In the mith of their creation it already said that, together with the gift of death, they have the ablity to defy the path that has been determined for them. It also mentioned that Gondor, in its great and ancient times, ruled the northern parts of Harad and its people were under the influence of Gondor. So coexistence was clearly possible. Grima was a rohirrim, a man from the "good" people, who choose to serve Saruman (who made also the travel from the good side to the bad). Both were offered the posibility of redemption, and Grima was, at the end at the verge of succeeding. Also, the inner struggle of Smeagol/Gollum for his soul, is more in the grey zone than a story about absolut good and bad. Remeber the ambush to the haradrian reinforcement troops, where Sam witnessed a dead haradrian soldier and noticed that he seemed not particulary evil, and asked himself if he actually was a bad person, or just some recruit forced to go to war? Also after the battle of Helm, the mountain people were offered mercy (again, coexistence). The oathbreakers, who get redemption by holding their oath in death and serve Aragon (redemption) And Legolas and Gimpli talking about what powerfull master of darknes Aragorn could have been if he had choosen the dark side and claimed the ring..... In tolkiens lore, humans can choose wich side to join, so of course, there is space for a grey area. Again, you have no idea what you are talking about......
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