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[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I dont remember about the rivalry between Legolas and Gimli, but the army of the dead is straight from the books. There ate several points in the narrative where Tolkien seems to hint that divine intervention is at work, most notably the role of gollum biting off frodo's finger and then falling into the volcano. Its not just a convenient plot point; its Tolkien's worldview that God ( or Iru) directs all that happens.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago

I don't remeber the movies, but didn't the dead finish the battle around Minas Tirith? In books, they defeated the fleet of bad guys near the mouth of Anduin, freeing significant army, which then takes the ships anf goes to Minas Tirith. The rest of the battle there is not unusually supernatural, if I remember correctly. I remeber not likig this part of the film. I understand it, but I think this part in particular felt very abrupt.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Fwiw, deus ex machina (God in the machine) is fairly appropriate for exactly that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

TIL that this phrase is "deus" for God, not "deux" for two.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

"shit from the machine" is what we should call ai slop

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

deuces ex machina lmao, that's a great idea.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

There's no more fitting depiction than the one in Mirai Nikki/ The Future Diary".