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Nogrod · 03-26-2009, 10:19 AM

I guess I would have to stand with your professor on this. Correlation and causation are not the same thing and it would look like both LotR and the other fantasy/history movies have been spawn from the same cultural ethos of romantic escapism... which indeed began well in the nineties. So I'd say you would just have to accept that the Neverending Story, Braveheart and others (The last of the Mohawks, Robin Hood - Prince of thieves etc...) gave birth to this cultural phenomenon of which LotR is just one follower.

If you wish to make LotR outshine the other movies you can always say that it is based on a far greater original story than the other "competitors" in the field.

03-26-2009, 10:19 AM	#2
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	I guess I would have to stand with your professor on this. Correlation and causation are not the same thing and it would look like both LotR and the other fantasy/history movies have been spawn from the same cultural ethos of romantic escapism... which indeed began well in the nineties. So I'd say you would just have to accept that the Neverending Story, Braveheart and others (The last of the Mohawks, Robin Hood - Prince of thieves etc...) gave birth to this cultural phenomenon of which LotR is just one follower. If you wish to make LotR outshine the other movies you can always say that it is based on a far greater original story than the other "competitors" in the field. __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...