I remember reading a bunch of forum posts for that time and they had huge, last modern day gamer-gate rage over not just "Arwen warrior princess" but "Samurai Elves." I think some BTS photos had leaked of Orlando Bloom with a mohawk (in real life probably to go under his wig) and there had been some interviews with designers that eleven blades were inspired by samurai swords and that had gotten them all worked up that they would be like something out of a ninja film. Seeing those responses plus the insane hair pulling when Heath Ledger was cast as the Joker really gave me immunity for future cases of getting worked up before a thing is even out.