> novel to film. I know that LOTR is widely hated among serious leftist,
> being dismissed as something for reactionaries and hippie types.
Hmm, I always loved the LOTR multiverse. The contradiction is that Tolkien was a Rightwing Tory, but his text is a complete and total slam on British colonialism.
Let's put it this way: the hobbits are really...
[...drum roll...]
...Bengalis!
-- DRR