Chris
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Rings of Power: Tolkien's Shambling Skinsuit
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
Gavinmad
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j00t
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i think it was somewhat ambiguous. the face value of it was that if frodo didn't destroy the ring, sauron's evil would extend even to the shire; i.e., no one is safe. but i think showing frodo the scouring of the shire could also be showing him that no matter WHAT happens, he can't go back to his old life. a lot of people don't really like the scouring because it feels kind of like an unnecessary kick in the gut to the hobbits (and the readers as well). there are all kinds of moments when they could have stopped saruman before the scouring happened, but they don't. gandalf and co meet up with wormtongue and saruman after he's stripped of power, and gandalf says to have mercy and let him go. that mercy directly leads to the scouring.
tolkien had his reasoning for the scouring... he went off to war to save people against tyranny, and he came back to his homeland being torn apart by industrialization. it's not a happy moment, so i completely understand why PJ wouldn't add it, but it's also poignant, so i believe that he understood enough of it to just have it happen off screen, with the exception of seeing it in galadriel's mirror.
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Tmac
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Speaking of Morgoth, this idiotic show had Sauron himself call him his former master "Morgoth", which was a slur.
In the books he always , ALWAYS referred to him as Melkor (Melko in the very early text). You know what separates a one in 1000 years writer from the trash that wrote rings of power? Attention to detail.
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Maybe he used the short "a" instead of the hard "r" and it was just hard to hear. You know, he took the M-word and decided to own it.
Chris
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He's trying to ingratiate himself with Galadriel so I can give them a pass for that, but it would be a nice detail that he always says Melkor that could be a clue to Galadriel to not trust him.
Gavinmad
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One subtext I somehow missed until now from that interview where they laughably compared their future plans for Sauron's villainy to Tony Soprano and Walter White is that they actually think their piece of shit show is worthy of being compared to Breaking Bad and The Sopranos, two of the most popular shows ever made. This after having indirectly compared themselves to Christopher Nolan, one of the most visionary directors to ever live (whether you like his movies or not).
The level of arrogance is just mind blowing.
The level of arrogance is just mind blowing.
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