| Sunday, December 22, 2002 |
17:38 - Rohirric Revisionism
http://bbaugh.blogspot.com/2002_12_22_bbaugh_archive.html#90081585
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Bruce Baugh has a thought about the portrayal of Gondor, the Ents, and other "political" entities in The Two Towers-- an observation which may explain the unkind treatment Faramir gets.
What we have here is the Rohanian version of Books 3 and 4.
Faramir loses his nobility because, well, he's Gondorian, and even the best of them isn't entirely right, is he?
The Ents are removed from Helm's Deep and reduced elsewhere to a reactive role because, well, having the battle decided by big walking trees would undercut the glory of the Rohirrim.
There's more, too, including stuff on Gimli as comic relief and how it fits into this model. Give it a look. (I'm going to need to write something on how comic relief should be used in stressful battle scenes-- something Peter Jackson has shown himself to understand quite well indeed, but that George Lucas seems to have completely lost track of.)
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