Re: LotR - sigh

From: Nick Brooke <Nick_at_n3ql2W2LYZH7b4GXaGfnUOwLOPAiLc866PaS93QA5rYqe3ze2iMGOvBK4ht8QmJ41VVCTur>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 00:20:37 -0000

Jeff Richard wrote:

>> Errr ... you guys do realise, of course, that the Fremen *as
>> originally written* have much in common with Al Qaida and the
>> Taliban ?

> Yep. Some of that comes over in the miniseries, with Paul getting
> loopier and loopier, what with his looming megalomania and spice
> addiction. Junky prophet.

There's also that superb scene in series 1 episode III with the Hitler Youth Fedaykin urging Paul to kill Stilgar. (Anyone who's seen the fine miniseries knows what I mean). (Moah wouldn't have enjoyed it, though).

Not to mention the execution of prisoners in series 2 episode I. Those Bastard Atreides: unbelievable atrocities, eh?

Cheers, Nick