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To: MarkWar
HEY -- it's a kid's story about monsters and magic, people!

Ummm, have you actually read the books?

Its about good vs. evil, and not the cheesy Hollywood version of good vs. evil either. The setting is almost besides the point.

I'm sorry but from your comments it sounds like all you know about LOTR is what you've seen on those Burger King comercials. This ain't Willow on a grander scale.

78 posted on 12/10/2001 11:23:23 AM PST by ICU812
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To: ICU812
>...Its about good vs. evil, and not the cheesy Hollywood version of good vs. evil either.

Ummm, it's tempting to say that ANY TIME you have characters who are intrinsically evil (i.e., monsters of any kind) -- as opposed to people who are evil by choice -- then you're talking about cheesy Hollywood stuff or one-dimensional kid's stuff. I wouldn't offer that as a hard & fast rule -- Dracula isn't really kid's stuff and it's not cheesy, yet he's a monster -- but it's a good guideline and, in the case of LoTR, I think it holds up.

Mark W.

80 posted on 12/10/2001 11:33:10 AM PST by MarkWar
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To: ICU812
Ummm, have you actually read the books?

Its about good vs. evil, and not the cheesy Hollywood version of good vs. evil either. The setting is almost besides the point.

Ah, but the setting is precisely the point to MarkWar...unless it could happen in the real world, it should be held in contempt by real "adults".

81 posted on 12/10/2001 11:35:03 AM PST by RosieCotton
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To: ICU812
This ain't Willow on a grander scale.

Hey - I like Willow! All right, it's cheesy and derivative and completely predicatable - but it's funny, too, and the little French pixies were hilarious.

But no, LOTR has nothing in common with Willow except some bits that Willow (and every other fantasy book/movie/game) has stolen from Rings.

87 posted on 12/10/2001 12:12:08 PM PST by JenB
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