tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post4527877067116433686..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Lord of the Rings 2016Assistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-24615394982043077152016-11-05T10:33:52.018-04:002016-11-05T10:33:52.018-04:00One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
...One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,<br />One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.<br /><br />You're not alone in noting parallels to LOTR. I can see HRC as Sméagol and Wormtongue as the Media. I came across a play on words for the above phrase, substituting email for ring. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02288007567973279023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-55260364262465758602016-11-04T17:28:25.429-04:002016-11-04T17:28:25.429-04:00Heroic fantasy, with the woodland humanish creatur...Heroic fantasy, with the woodland humanish creatures or beast-fable, are something people either like or they don't, I've found.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-14304475520486663492016-11-04T13:14:09.901-04:002016-11-04T13:14:09.901-04:00I read those books, but retain little.I read those books, but retain little.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-66630312089132941262016-11-03T21:08:57.074-04:002016-11-03T21:08:57.074-04:00Who is Trump, then? A Boromir? A man whose power...Who is Trump, then? A Boromir? A man whose power descends from his father(s), and who has never quite lived up to it in spite of his constant efforts? A man deeply invested in pride for his country, for his and its accomplishments, but aware that those things are mired in the past and sliding out of existence in the face of rising threats? A man who can give into temptation to try to overmaster the weak, even those under his protection, convinced that he knows better than they what they should want to do?<br /><br />Boromir was a very tragic character, but I remarked on the last re-reading how much time was spent on his funeral. He received very high honors from Aragorn, from Legolas, from the whole company. They took a lot of time with it, indeed, even though orcs were running off with some of their companions. It's an interesting moment in the story, one that says something about what Aragorn et al value in spite of a kind of betrayal.<br /><br />Or perhaps you favor another analogy for Trump? And what of McMullin? My best analog to him is one of those knights of Dol Amroth who would counsel Gandalf and Aragorn to stay behind the walls, defend what seems strongest even though we know now that it is not strong enough, for as long as possible. The deadly risk of the Morranon! It is too great a chance to take, on so forlorn a hope -- a kind of faith in guiding providence that must, at last, seem irrational. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-73087656027499864662016-11-03T18:48:26.218-04:002016-11-03T18:48:26.218-04:00You only recently realized this? Perhaps you'...You only recently realized this? Perhaps you've been too caught up in your work. It's been obvious for much longer.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-51976881348497053492016-11-02T23:39:08.728-04:002016-11-02T23:39:08.728-04:00Maybe Hillary is Wormtongue to Bill's Saruman?...Maybe Hillary is Wormtongue to Bill's Saruman? Bill was a king that turned into a grifter and I bet Hillary would love to slit his throat right about now.Boxtyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04371034064849356356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-49497973818961248972016-11-02T22:31:04.328-04:002016-11-02T22:31:04.328-04:00The same question has occurred to me.The same question has occurred to me.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-42313955550412230662016-11-02T22:07:36.570-04:002016-11-02T22:07:36.570-04:00I wonder if PJ O'Rouke still thinks she's ...I wonder if PJ O'Rouke still thinks she's "wrong within normal parameters".Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396671757183163171noreply@blogger.com