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16 [lbo-talk] Reading the Ring -- rank: 711

... Wed, 9 Jun 2004 at 5:00pm Todd Archer wrote: > >> LOTR has lots of Biblical and Christian references. > > duh. > > like i ... them. > > why read the knockoff when the original is available? LOTR isn't Christian. In terms of theology, the books come ... era capitalism. It's not about personal taste, though. The LOTR epic is hugely popular and touches some deep-seated geopolitical ...

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Author:	dredmond at efn.org
Date:	Wed Jun 9 18:49:59 PDT 2004

17 [lbo-talk] release from mordor, please? -- rank: 1000

... and later, in the same post, regarding the perfidy of LotR fandom on LBO... it is so cloyingly offensive. it is ... s only one person on the list who consistently uses LotR stuff in his posts and even he does it only ...

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Author:	Dwayne Monroe
Date:	Wed Jun 9 16:33:26 PDT 2004

18 [lbo-talk] Fw: Greg Palast: Bye-Bye Ronnie Reagan and Hobbit references -- rank: 561

... our society that are > >well explained by the stories in LOTR; it just isn't that > >universal. > > LOTR has lots of Biblical and Christian references. duh. like i ...

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Author:	budge
Date:	Wed Jun 9 14:24:55 PDT 2004

19 [lbo-talk] release from mordor, please? -- rank: 355

... I love discussions that are, in some way, animated by > LotR. The battle lines are always predictably drawn. > Someone praises the ...

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Author:	budge
Date:	Wed Jun 9 14:19:08 PDT 2004

20 [lbo-talk] Fw: Greg Palast: Bye-Bye Ronnie Reagan and Hobbit references -- rank: 711

... the Bible have been around, what, over two thousand years? LOTR's been here for less than a century. You're ... our society that are >well explained by the stories in LOTR; it just isn't that >universal. LOTR has lots of Biblical and Christian references. Todd _________________________________________________________________ Add photos ...

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Author:	Todd Archer
Date:	Wed Jun 9 14:00:34 PDT 2004

21 [lbo-talk] Fw: Greg Palast: Bye-Bye Ronnie Reagan and Hobbit references -- rank: 711

... 2004 at 11:28am Miles Jackson wrote: > > Hmm. I consider LOTR one of the most important works of > fiction in the ... of people in the US that have read *any* of LOTR is pretty small, like less tahn 10%. except for people ...

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Author:	budge
Date:	Wed Jun 9 13:34:31 PDT 2004

22 [lbo-talk] release from mordor, please? -- rank: 561

... I love discussions that are, in some way, animated by LotR. The battle lines are always predictably drawn. Someone praises the ... BBC I think it was – sparked by the announcement that LotR had been named the “best book” of the 20th century ...

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Author:	Dwayne Monroe
Date:	Wed Jun 9 11:29:12 PDT 2004

23 [lbo-talk] Fw: Greg Palast: Bye-Bye Ronnie Reagan and Hobbit references -- rank: 355

... the Rings. I'd rather stay ignorant. Hmm. I consider LOTR one of the most important works of fiction in the ...

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Author:	Miles Jackson
Date:	Wed Jun 9 11:28:37 PDT 2004

24 [lbo-talk] Fw: Greg Palast: Bye-Bye Ronnie Reagan and Hobbit references -- rank: 355

... is what the metaphors were before. Even if you read LotR, next year it'll be metaphors about something else you ...

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Author:	snit snat
Date:	Wed Jun 9 09:47:26 PDT 2004

25 [lbo-talk] Re: Film Notes -- rank: 561

... Office on Monday, October 27th. http://www.filmlinc.com/specials/lotr/lotr.htm 2) Also on October 27th there will be a ...

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Author:	BklynMagus
Date:	Tue Oct 21 10:09:57 PDT 2003

26 [lbo-talk] A November to Remember -- rank: 355

... be (I hope) a vast improvement over "Reloaded." As for "LOTR," again, I just don't get it, but I did ...

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Author:	Dennis Perrin
Date:	Wed Oct 1 06:56:17 PDT 2003