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Post by simon darkshade on Mar 29, 2024 15:25:20 GMT
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Post by stevep on Mar 30, 2024 1:15:52 GMT
Damn you Simon. I wanted to get an early night and you spring this on us. Fascinating look at the mechanics ass well as operational. tactical and leadership aspects and looking at both film and book. It shows that Tolkien put a lot more detail in the campaign than I had realised.
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Post by 575 on Apr 4, 2024 18:40:25 GMT
Link from the interesting reading for more interesting reading link
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Post by stevep on Apr 4, 2024 23:05:56 GMT
Link from the interesting reading for more interesting reading link
Yes read that as well. He shows Sauraman as far less capable than often viewed. Also while he points out there were restrictions on Jackson due to both the nature of films and also health and safety issues his films were far inferior in terms of accuracy of operation & logistics, the types of weapons and tactics that would be used and how he handled the characters compared to the books with a lot of misrepresentation and trivialization in the latter case.
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Post by Max Sinister on Apr 24, 2024 21:56:16 GMT
Some thought about sth. completely different but on-topic: Many people have pointed out the similarity of the events in the Hobbit and LOTR with the one or other world war. Now I'm wondering... if there was an ATL where the Allies lost WW2 or WW1, what kind of story would Tolkien write then? A story where the bad guys win as well, so the good folks have to flee to the west? Admit it, it does make sense. (And readers in this ATL might state "If we hadn't lost the war, Tolkien's stories would be about elves and hobbits etc. living forever in peace and harmony in Middle-Earth...)
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