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**Affolfembonge** · 03-12-2007, 08:03 AM

Sounds like one big East vs. West killfest. Which is very similar to what we saw in the original Lord of the Rings book; the Arab-influenced Harad fighting alongside Sauron's army, as well as the slant eyed orcs which Tolkien confirmed in Letter 210. :P One of the monsters on the Persian side shown in the primary commercial even looks like a cave troll from the LOTR movies.

I wish my grandfather had told me more Persian ninja stories ...

There is no question that the allies of Sauron were swarthy heathen. This never bothered me much since they were not the major subject of the book. LOTR always read more like a travel log of a real place to me. Where you travel through a series of fallen and corrupted societies that are no longer capable of watching for and guarding against the darkness.

03-12-2007, 08:03 AM	#35
Affolfembonge Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 455 Senior Member	Sounds like one big East vs. West killfest. Which is very similar to what we saw in the original Lord of the Rings book; the Arab-influenced Harad fighting alongside Sauron's army, as well as the slant eyed orcs which Tolkien confirmed in Letter 210. :P One of the monsters on the Persian side shown in the primary commercial even looks like a cave troll from the LOTR movies. I wish my grandfather had told me more Persian ninja stories ... There is no question that the allies of Sauron were swarthy heathen. This never bothered me much since they were not the major subject of the book. LOTR always read more like a travel log of a real place to me. Where you travel through a series of fallen and corrupted societies that are no longer capable of watching for and guarding against the darkness.
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