[HPforGrownups] Re: Evil Parallels

[Denise]

No: HPFGUIDX 935

Now, one good example of a "pic" of WW2 is the movie WIZARDS, and I am not spelling Ralph's last name--same man who did the Hobbit--for fear of murdering it terribly.  I have his COOL WORLD, but am still hoping to grab up a copy of his WIZARDS.  It's a rather interesting rental, if you locate it.  I can see similarities between Dumbledore and the lead good wizard (ack, I NEED THAT COPY!  I can recall Eleanor (prolly due to the lack of clothing) but A~~~ is all I grab from my head for the wizard.  And of course "Fritz!  They killed Fritz!" years before anyone had even dreamt of the certain show on the Comedy Central for adults only on Wed at 10...  Yes, I know the name, but the show has degraded to the fact that only one decent part remains, Salty Chocolate Balls!)

I also have the RPG series created that is based on the Movie.  It's an interesting read, trust me!

;D
Dee
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Steve Bates 
  To: HPforGrownups at egroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 8:54 PM
  Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Evil Parallels



       
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  As a big Lord of the Rings fan I have to correct you here; I 
  apologize if it seems pedantic.  First of all, LOTR is a trilogy, not 
  a tetralogy.  The Hobbit is a prequel to LOTR and is not part of the 
  series.  If you want to get even more technical, the "trilogy" should 
  really be considered one long work divided into three volumes, but 
  still separate from The Hobbit.
  More importantly though, Tolkien repeatedly denied that LOTR is a 
  fantasy version of WWII.  And of course, there have been millions of 
  people who don't believe that at all.  But I really don't think 
  Tolkien intended to be writing about World War II: he started writing 
  LOTR well before the War started and had a pretty good idea even then 
  of where he was going with it.  Just because he wrote about *a* war 
  doesn't mean he was writing about *that* war.  Nothing annoyed him 
  more than people who continued to insist otherwise.

  --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Jim Hohman" <jickndim at g...> wrote:
  > I don't know about Harry Potter but certainly the 'Lord of the 
  Rings" 
  > tetrology was a reference to WWII.   
  > 
  > Jim
  > 
  > 
  > --- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Alicia/Sue Spinnet" 
  > <AliciaSpinnet at h...> wrote:
  > > Hello:
  > > 
  > > I think I've seen this topic somewhere-- probably here-- but when 
  I 
  > > was reading the last line of a post on McCarthyism in the 50's 
  > > ("...the true Dark Wizards of our times..."), something in my 
  brain 
  > > jarred.
  > > 
  > > Voldemort strives for world domination, attracts a following 
  based 
  > on 
  > > promises of wealth and power (and fear on the part of those who
  > join 
  > > his ranks), and possesses a disgusting prejudice towards those 
  who 
  > > aren't pureblooded, going as far to kill half-bloods and Muggle-
  > > borns.  Adolf Hitler almost took over Europe, built up the 
  > popularity 
  > > of the Third Reich through promises and fear, and was the evil 
  > > mastermind behind the concentration camps.
  > > 
  > > Is this merely a comparison between the fictional and
  > non-fictional, 
  > > or a portrayal of evil villains throughout history in general?
  > > 
  > > Knowing J.K.'s propensity for social messages, I wouldn't be all 
  > that 
  > > surprised if it was the former, but what do you all (who are 
  > probably 
  > > better educated than I am in the area of history) think?
  > > 
  > > Just my two Knuts--
  > > 
  > > *
  > > --Alicia/Sue "Distressed Panda" Spinnet
  > > 
  > > "Is this something I'll regret?  Why do I want what I can't 
  get?" --
  > > Blink-182, "Wendy Clear"
  > > 
  > > Last Movie Seen: "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
  > > Discman's Spinning: "Pack Up the Cats", Local H
  > > Current Book: "A Long Fatal Love Chase", Louisa May Alcott
  > > *


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