On Fairy Stories: Eucatastrophe
In my previous video about Tolkien's lecture/essay, "On Fairy Stories" (here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnMG5HhKK50), I focused on the theme of sub-creation. Here, I want to discuss another concept, "eucatastrophe," which is a word Tolkien coined to describe it. Here's the video where I discussed the them of sub-creation in the Silmarillion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOpbrkRe3Q
21 Maj 202121min
On Fairy Stories
"On Fairy Stories" is a lecture delivered by Tolkien in which he goes over some of his thoughts on the fantasy genre, its purposes, proper audience, and value as an art form. It's full of gems, so I only have time to cover one theme of the essay.
21 Maj 202123min
How to Enjoy Peter Jackson's LOTR Trilogy as a Purist
I'm a purist, but I love the Lord of the Rings movies even though they have tons of flaws. How do I manage it? This is how I approach a viewing of Peter Jackson's trilogy.
21 Maj 202120min
Peter Jackson's 5 LOTR Best Scenes
As I mentioned in my previous video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMN60djLaek), as a purist I find a lot of things about Peter Jackson's movie adaptation that I find...lacking. This list is about the opposite of that. These are, in my view, the highest notes Jackson managed to hit.
21 Maj 202120min
5 Worst Scenes in Peter Jackson's LOTR Movies
Two weeks ago I talked about the really good stuff in Peter Jackson's movies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXxGQ0tsWII Last week I talked about the scenes that could have been much better with just a little tweaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlQLmwRv5mU This week, the world ends and ruination falls upon us because I'm discussing the most irredeemably bad scenes in Peter Jackson's trilogy. Not for the faint of heart.
21 Maj 202126min
5 Missed Opportunities in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Movies
Last week (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXxGQ0tsWII) I discussed what I think are the best scenes in Peter Jackson's movie trilogy. In this video, I want to discuss the scenes that were pretty good, but could have been much better, even phenomenal, and how that could have been done.
21 Maj 202136min
Adding More Arwen to LOTR: A Response to Men of the West
Yoystan at the Men of the West channel recently proposed an idea for how Arwen could have been more involved in Lord of the Rings. Here are my thoughts on his idea. Yoystan's original video on the topic is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcK7b0YR7Is You can support my channel by visiting my Patreon page: www.patreon.com/tolkiengeek.
17 Maj 202128min
Are Orcs a Manifestation of Tolkien's Racism?
A response to a fairly thoughtless article insinuating Orcs are a racialist stand-in.
10 Maj 202113min
