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Gin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-03 11:49 AM Original message |
Just watched "Lord of the Rings" and "the Two Towers".....does anyone |
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Jack_Dawson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-03 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-03 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. No. It's fantasy, and Tolkien himself didn't like parallels being drawn. |
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KensPen (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-03 12:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I thought..... |
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rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-03 12:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Yes, but if the shoe fits |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-03 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. Not an allegory |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-03 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wingnuts have tried to compare it |
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Cannikin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-03 12:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Rush likes to use it against liberals.... |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-03 12:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. OK, it's not allegory, but Rush would make a great Grima Wormtongue n/t |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-03 12:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Or Ashcroft |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-03 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. Just took my son and a friend to see the new LoTR |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-03 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. Don't read the last two Harry Potter books... |
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R3dD0g (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-03 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. Tolkien |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-03 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yes, |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-03 12:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. ...And I am the big dragon thingy. |
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Frangible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-03 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
13. Tolkein hated allegory |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-03 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. it is good versus evil |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-29-03 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. Tolkien's own take on it... |
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