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The new teaser, just a minute and forty seconds long, was met with immediate hostility. It promised to revisit evil forces reemerging in Middle-earth, with visuals that many fans felt looked unfaithful to Tolkien’s lore. Characters like Sauron, depicted as an almost trivial figure with questionable CGI quality, and other elements such as overly-diverse casting choices—like aBlack elf and dwarf—were criticized heavily. Fans argued that these decisions seemed driven more by 'tokenism' than narrative needs, further alienating the core Tolkien audience.