The National Lampoon Bored of the Rings parody was awesome.
----- Original Message ---- From: Gar Lipow <the.typo.boy at gmail.com> I know that LOTR is widely hated among serious leftist, being dismissed as something for reactionaries and hippie types. But I always found it one of those reactionary things that is still worth reading and enjoying. Tolkien was no Pound, but to me his prose sang. Also, I love the world building; it rings true somehow. Often friends who can get past the pastoral longing are driven away from LOTR by the endless travel description.,But, to me, the glimpses of a Middle Earth that Tolkien more than half believed existed more or less as described is one of the great pleasure of LOTR. Bottom line: I don't think either the book or the filmed LOTR were crap. Of course, your goat may vary. ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk