the lord of the rings
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Elden Ring Player Does A Perfect Lord Of The Rings Impersonation
It may have had some writing done by an old white guy, and have magic and swords and monsters and the word “Ring” in the title, but Elden Ring is not Lord of the Rings. Not even close. Unless….
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The Fellowship Of The Rings’ Introduction To The Shire Is Perfect
Today (by Shire-reckoning, international timezones or otherwise), marks the twin birthdays of two of the finest halflings in all of fantasy fiction: Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, ringbearers, heroes of Middle-earth, and lovers of food, ale, pipeweed, and books. But while their journeys there and back again are much beloved, one of their greatest highs together…
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Revisiting the Weird Legacy of Lord of the Rings: The Third Age
The Lord of the Rings movies came out at arguably the height of video game movie tie-ins. The series got everything from traditional hack-and-slash action games to strategy titles, but one of the weirdest and most interesting of them all was 2004’s The Third Age. Part Final Fantasy knock-off, part movie retelling, it asked a…
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The Lord Of The Rings Studio Wanted To Kill Off One Of The Hobbits
Although Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings saga makes many tweaks in bringing J.R.R. Tolkien’s world to the big screen, it is by and large a faithful adaptation. But pressure from the studio in one weird way would’ve taken it down a very different path: a bit of halfling havoc.