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Re:The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part I: Bargaining for Goods a... by bawolff on Saturday January 29, 2022 @06:44AM (#30125587)
If your definition of worthwhile entertainment is accurate medieval military operations... most books wouldn't make the cut either. LOTR is pretty unique in terms of the depth of its world building.
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Re:The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part I: Bargaining for Goods a... by bell-cot on Saturday January 29, 2022 @07:49AM (#30125863)
With the number of books, articles, movies, videos, etc. available these days...quickly ruling out most of them can be pretty darn useful. :)

(LOTR-style world building seems orthogonal to plausible portrayals of military operations. If a kitchen scene in a TV sitcom showed a stuffed turkey getting cooked faster than some breakfast cereal got mushy in milk...would you need any backstory to say "a stupid mistake, or a running gag, or satire"?)

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