Tag: Good Writing
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The Lord of the Rings Explained – Samwise the Strong
Welcome back to my series detailing how J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Lord of the Rings is vastly superior to its film adaptations. Did you know that Samwise Gamgee actually put on the One Ring several times? If you’ve only seen the films, the answer is likely no—just one of many reasons to read the book.
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The Lord of the Rings Explained – Faramir’s Wisdom
Welcome back to my series of posts exploring how J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Lord of the Rings differs from its film adaptations. Today’s an important one: perhaps one of the biggest and most detrimental changes of the film. I speak, of course, of the character of Faramir son of Denethor.
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The Lord of the Rings Explained – Isildur’s Secret
Welcome back to my series examining how J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Lord of the Rings differs from its film adaptations. Have you ever wondered why the One Ring wasn’t found in the Anduin river for two-and-a-half thousand years? And why does Faramir not immediately guess that it’s the One Ring, anyway? And, I mean, wouldn’t…
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The Lord of the Rings Explained – Three Is Company
Welcome back to my series of posts looking at how J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Lord of the Rings is different from its film adaptations. In the film, Frodo and Sam leave Hobbiton the morning after they find out about the One Ring. The movie therefore tells us about as much about Frodo’s cover story as…
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The Lord of the Rings Explained – Hamfast’s Gossip
Welcome back to my series of posts exploring how J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Lord of the Rings differs from its film adaptations. Today we’ll be examining how the book begins: specifically how Tolkien informs the reader of the current state of affairs in the Shire.
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The Lord of the Rings Explained – A Conspiracy Unmasked
Welcome to my series of posts exploring how J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Lord of the Rings differs from its film adaptations. As one might expect of such a long book, it is considerably more complex than even a twelve-hour movie could hope to get across. Movies are rarely as good as the book, and The…
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The Lord of the Rings Explained – What Moviegoers Missed
We’re all stuck inside hoping we don’t get the current plague, and to give myself something to do, I’ve decided to write a series of articles about my favourite book: The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. Because as great as the movies are, there’s so much to this story that people who’ve only…
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“Little Witch Academia” Review
When it comes to many of the most popular stories, I find one can usually expect that there’s an anime out there that executes the concept way better, whether it’s Code Geass absolutely destroying a certain slow-paced American show about ice-zombies or Little Witch Academia doing the same to everyone’s favourite lightning-scarred wizard. Having just…
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“The Dragon Prince” Review
Netflix’s The Dragon Prince is amazing, and you need to watch it. When I heard that Aaron Ehasz, one of the creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender—my favourite show of all time—was making another anime, I knew I could expect great things. If its first season is anything to go on, The Dragon Prince will…
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Fullmetal Alchemist: Top 10 Reasons the Manga Is Better
The 2003 anime Fullmetal Alchemist is a pretty good show, and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is a great show, but neither of them could beat the manga they’re both based on. Welcome to my list of reasons the manga is better. For this list I will focus mainly on why the manga is better than the…