I'm not sure who it was, the director, producer, somebody, who gave an interview fairly recently in which they stated one of the central themes was "how far into evil will you go to do good?" Given that that is diametrically opposed to the central theme of Tolkien's work, which is that it is worth not using/doing evil in order to fight evil even though it is much harder and requires greater sacrifice, I elected not to view this show.
Perhaps after it is done someone will say to me "oh it wasn't like that at all" and I will enjoy it then.
Perhaps after it is done someone will say to me "oh it wasn't like that at all" and I will enjoy it then.