From: private@gmx.liechtenstein   
      
   On Sat, 25 Mar 2017 23:59:30 -0700 (PDT), seanqbiker@gmail.com wrote:   
   > What's even worse, the movies brought *distorted* renditions   
   > of Tolkien to that wider audience. And I have this queasy   
   > feeling that these wrong versions are the ones that will   
   > establish themselves in the popular culture.   
      
   The movies are to the books as the orcs are to elves, ie an   
   irredeemable but virulent corruption of the original. A couple   
   generations may need to pass before the films pass out of the public   
   consciousness and the books are rediscovered by new readers.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)