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littlemanpoet · 01-04-2008, 11:15 PM

There was choice all over the place in LotR.

That was even true in Matrix. There may have been a veneer of determinism, but it could be interrupted; otherwise there would have been no suspense in the movie.

01-04-2008, 11:15 PM	#2
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	There was choice all over the place in LotR. That was even true in Matrix. There may have been a veneer of determinism, but it could be interrupted; otherwise there would have been no suspense in the movie.