Lord of the Rings
Ya gotta understand — corporate assholes are like Sauron’s boss, Morgoth. They are incapable of creation. They can only appropriate and warp, like how Morgoth appropriated and warped Elves to create Orcs.
Read MoreIs it all, from here on out, to be about Daenerys v. John Snow for the Iron Throne?
Read MoreJournalist Ian Nathan presents Peter Jackson’s trials in bringing Tolkien’s books to film as if he was writing a spy thriller.
Read MoreDirector Peter Jackson in his film adaptation of The Hobbit abandons the intimate scale of the original wonder tale and mistakenly blows it up into mythic proportions.
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Arts Commentary: From the Editor’s Desk — By Popular Demand, 2025