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Re:China using big data to detain people before crime is com... by dekhn on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @05:32PM (#16487794)
oh, yeah, sorry, I left that out, but that's a subtle issue, because it's not clear whether he is actually a creature, or an embodiment of nature.
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Re:China using big data to detain people before crime is com... by YeGoblynQueenne on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @06:02PM (#16488066)
That must be why he was left out of the movies.

/s

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Re:China using big data to detain people before crime is com... by dekhn on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @07:54PM (#16488769)
There's a lot of writing about the omission that I think explains Jackson's thinking (and it's clear he thought about this).

Personally I think Tom is one of the most important moments of the book, but not as part of the plot; rather, it's fascinating to somebody who considers the LoTR as an archetypal myth, because Tom's identity is intentionally kept mysterious, even when his powers are not.

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