Collection of essays about J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, covering its history, the upcoming Peter Jackson movies, and esoteric subjects such as whether Balrogs have wings, the nature of magic, etc.
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Word has it that we won't see much of Bree in Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" movies. Bree is the little village east of the Shire where Frodo and his companions meet up with Aragorn (who is known there as Strider). I expect most of the Bree scenes will deal with how the Hobbits come to travel with the Ranger, and the movie will just move on. Will we even see Bree in the third movie? It's too early to say.
It seems a shame that Bree will be given so little screen time, but I suppose if someone ever creates a television series based on the movies there is a good chance they'll base it on Bree. The 1980s mini-series "Anne of Green Gables", starring Megan Follows, led to a sequel mini-series and finally a television series which lacked both Anne and Megan and that really had nothing to do with the Anne/Green Gables stories. It was just set in the town where Anne eventually grew up.
Democratic Dilemmas and Divine Inspiration examines the significance or relevance of the idea that the U.S. Constitution was, as many believe, divinely inspired. How much did that belief matter to founders of the nation and how much does it matter no
