Tolkien
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Popular movies and TV shows are not merely forms of entertainment, they come into being at a particular time in the history of a civilization, and often mirror its preoccupations. Be it technological advances, visions of the future, or power politics, they need to trigger some familiar sentiment in the popular awareness, to become hallmarks…
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The purpose of this reflection on Faramir and Chani, as they are portrayed in J.R.R. Tolkien’s and Frank Herbert’s novels, and how their role is changed in the films made by Peter Jackson and Denis Villeneuve, is not to lament over those changes. It is to show how they reflect different languages of a novel…
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In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring the Fellowship is stranded at the Redhorn Gate, trying to defeat Caradhras, as depicted in Peter Jackson’s 2001 movie. The hobbits started freezing due to a heavy snow storm, the situations was dire: ‘Give them this.’ said Gandalf, searching in his pack…
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In The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Valinor, the Blessed Realm is shown before the light of the Two Trees was dimmed, the eternal light shone on the land of the gods. The destruction of the Two Trees and its Light is briefly surmised by Galadriel: “We thought our light would never…
