All movies that resonated with me too. Discovered Heinlein and Alan Dean Foster then, and read the Pier’s Anthony Xanth series like it was dogma. Now we’re left with the ruination of Star wars and comics presented as sci Fi, while the last good fantasy stories from Tolkien have been woke. Depressing
Those aren't Tolkien's stories. Amazon bought the rights to some characters from some of Tolkien's works, (basically an index of characters) but none of his writing or plots.
They are vomiting up this new "Woke" garbage themselves. Tolkien had nothing to do with any of their stories other than to create the Character names they are now abusing to make their worthless shows.
And yeah, Heinlein was awesome till about the early 1980s when he lost his d@mn mind. Same thing with Piers Anthony, who was also a fantastic writer until he lost his d@mn mind.
Caution, don't read "Firefly" by Piers Anthony. You won't like him ever again.
His "Incarnations of Immortality" were flirting with the abnormal, and his Proton/Phaze series moved him closer to the edge. "Firefly" showed he went over it.
Star Wars only had two good movies, and the second was much weaker than the fist. Everything starting with the Teddy Bear movie was just trash, with increasing levels of suckage with each new iteration.
There is a video on Youtube that makes a very good argument that the real creative genius behind Star Wars was Lucas's wife.
After seeing what he created once she left, I fully believe that.
Another great writer that lost his d@mn mind was Keith Laumer. One who kept his all the way to the end was Jerry Pournelle.