Seeing Through the Spartan Mirage

Re:Seeing Through the Spartan Mirage by Glyptodon on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @02:08PM (#43106056)

I think I noted that the Shire is different, if not wildly different, from most other locales in LOTR. In general the Shire is much more realistic than other LOTR Locales (IMO). Though there's for sure an element of just ignoring things that don't matter too much - like how Lothlórien works economically.

But I'll look at the article, I've read other ACOUP stuff and enjoyed.

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Re:Seeing Through the Spartan Mirage by the_af on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @03:35PM (#43107310)

There's also that Peter Jackson's movies botch (intentionally, for dramatic purposes) some things that are present in the books.

For example, the city of Gondor seems like a giant fortress without any fields or farmers working outside its walls to sustain it. This even before any siege. So what do they eat?

Tolkien wouldn't have made this mistake, it's likely Jackson's. And I understand why: people want to see epic battles, farmers doing their thing are a low cinematic priority.

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