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Re: LOTR is like The 13th Warrior? No:The 13th Warrior is be Ok, that makes sense. Beowulf is kinda the basis for a lot of things, LOTR is infinitely more complex (Beowulfs linear and Tolkiens a genius)
> Well it has more influencing than being directly based on it.
> Take the dragon in Beowulf for example. Someone steals a golden flagon so
> he goes and attacks people. In The Hobbit, Bilbo steals a golden flagon (I
> believe) and Smaug goes wacky and attacks the water town.
> And especially since Tolkien taught about topics in the Anglo-Saxon
> period, as well as delivering an essay on Beowulf in 1936 shortly before
> publishing The Hobbit.
> And Im drabbling on now..*holds head in hands crazy like*
> Qui
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- • LOTR is like The 13th Warrior? No:The 13th Warrior is better. *NM* (9263 views)
Levente Benedek - Monday, January 7, 2002, at 12:43 p.m.
- Definitely (9138 views)
Timmy B. - Saturday, January 12, 2002, at 8:38 p.m.
- Re: Definitely (9066 views)
Qui-Gon Gandalf - Monday, January 14, 2002, at 5:02 p.m.
- Re: LOTR is like The 13th Warrior? No:The 13th Warrior is be (9147 views)
Qui-Gon Gandalf - Thursday, January 10, 2002, at 3:21 p.m.
- Than tell me your opinion. *NM* (9174 views)
Levente Benedek - Tuesday, January 8, 2002, at 10:48 a.m.
- Yeah, right! This gets my vote for best joke of January 2002 *NM* (9145 views)
Christian Kühn - Tuesday, January 8, 2002, at 3:43 a.m.
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