February 20, 2002

Re: Questions That Need Answers
Razors

In response to question 4:

It is a little silly to accuse FOTR of racism - Middle-Earth seems to be a mostly European-type culture, so it seems logical that everyone would be white. But if people think it's racist now,just wait until TTT comes out and we see Faramir leading his fellow Aryans from Gondor into battle against the "swarthy" Men of Harad, who are flocking to join up with Sauron...

Mind you, in the book Sam takes a moment to wonder if the Southrons are really evil or have just been led astray, and whether they'd rather have just stayed at home and lived in peace...

On another point - Christopher Lee not charasmatic enough? Are you kidding me? The guy played Count Dracula, for god's sake! And Saruman is supposed to have a powerful and commanding voice, so you couldn't do much better than Lee.