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The Lord of the Rings
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The unprecidented, three volume work
languished for twenty years. Then a
new generation cast off the plastic
sameness of the their mass culture and
embraced myth, magic, and chemical
madness.
They also rejected the official
definitions of Good and Evil being
played out in a jungle far away. The
Lord of the Rings became a sort of
alternative scripture, describing
truth that was deeper than ideologies.
The story begins in bucolic Hobbit
Town, where life is safe and simple.
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But isolation is not enough. Dark and
terrible things were rising on the far
horizon.
The new generation grew too old for
college loans. They cut their hair,
bought conservative suits, got
married, found jobs. Had children.
If only someone could turn the saga
into a motion picture!
Dark Riders were searching for the
Ring. Not just a magic ring that made
the wearer invisible, but the
One Ring to Rule Them All
One Ring to Find Them
One Ring to Bring Them All
And In the Darkness Bind Them.
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"I wish I had never come to possess
this Ring." Frodo, Bilbo's nephew
laments.
Gandalf the Wizard replies, "Do not
think that the only power at work in
the world is Evil. In some way, you
were meant to be the Ring Bearer."
But in the real world, no amount of
animation magic could bring the story
to life. All attempts were sadly
childish or woefully underfunded.
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The fateful quest is on, and a band of
happless hobbits make for Rivendale
and help in disposing of the Ring.
The problem for filmmaking was that
pen and paint could not capture the
wholeness and texture of Tolkein's
Middle Earth.
Meanwhile, a new genre developed --
role playing games. And dungeon
masters took small bands of wizards,
dwarves, thieves, elves, and knights
into imaginary worlds of beasts and
booty.
Frodo's pursuers have wounded him and
are on his heels. Fortunately, the
magic of the Elves of Rivendale send
rushing stallions of water to wash the
Black Riders into oblivion.
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