Posted: February 07, 2000 at 22:08:35: by Beren
And don't forget about all the Technicolor films with Erol Flynn!!!This thread has given me a good laugh, and a welcome one at that. It also draws some nice distinctions (albeit sarcastically) between what kind of medievalism we are talking about here. Something that hasn't been done quite clearly enough. I brought up the treatment of swords in the LOTR in an earlier message and was practically accused of turning Tolkien into a Dungeon Master! It is hard to separate medieval cultural and material ideas from popular opinions of Hollywood medievalism, but I hope we can get somewhere with this. If not, we can all get a great laugh out of picturing Aragorn in green tights!
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