early_riser@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agoIt's funny the only adaptation or derivative of LOTR that I'm aware of that keeps Tom Bombadil is the outrageous parody Bored of the Rings where he's a drug-tripping hippie named Tim Benzedrinemessage-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up179arrow-down1message-squareIt's funny the only adaptation or derivative of LOTR that I'm aware of that keeps Tom Bombadil is the outrageous parody Bored of the Rings where he's a drug-tripping hippie named Tim Benzedrineearly_riser@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareInfrapink@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 day agoTom’s incongruity is entirely deliberate. Tolkien worked out Middle Earth in meticulous detail, but thought that a truly believable mythology needed to have a few mysteries, hence Tom.
minus-squareXenny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 hours agoIronically cutting him out of the movies like this sort of adds to his mythology
Tom’s incongruity is entirely deliberate. Tolkien worked out Middle Earth in meticulous detail, but thought that a truly believable mythology needed to have a few mysteries, hence Tom.
Ironically cutting him out of the movies like this sort of adds to his mythology