Tag Archives: Tolkien

In a recent commentary for CNN, Lewis Beale laments "How ‘Star Wars’ ruined sci-fi." Here's why he's wrong.

"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" is entertaining enough and an improvement over the previous film that fixes many problems from the original. Still, someone desperately needs to teach Jackson the importance of leaving some things off screen or unspoken.

Whether it's 'Star Wars,' 'Star Trek' or Tolkien, young people need to see the original, historical meanings in reboots and remakes – context, without which history, literature and art cannot be properly taught.

The Hobbit is a greater technical achievement than its predecessors (or successors really), but nowhere near matching their depth of story.