@tolkienzone This is also illustrated in the scene where Aragorn makes the Dead Men of Dunharrow carry out their oath. In the films, he asks. In the book, he commands.
@tolkienzone As much as I respect Viggo Mortenson and the films, Jackson and company seem so desperate to make him a reluctant hero that his Aragorn never, in my opinion, achieves the kingly bearing of the character in the book.
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This is what celebration looks like in Paris today.
Notice something. No progressive politician would tell their daughter to walk alone into this crowd. No feminist would feel comfortable here. No Jewish person would feel particularly welcome. And yet we are constantly told that this is the future of diversity and inclusion.
While European cities become increasingly hostile to women, Jews, and gays, Western politicians like AOC put on the hijab and celebrate the very ideology driving much of this regression.
They chant "my body, my choice" while defending cultures that deny women the most basic freedoms.
These pseudo-feminists are among the dumbest people in modern politics. They condemn patriarchy in the West while making excuses for societies built upon it.
@Gift0fGod723@JordanMuse_ I wouldn’t say domination. Drexler’s numbers mirror his playoff averages that year. Jordan finals stats almost exactly match his playoff average that season. So neither one slowed the other down. But Jordan’s the GOAT.
@joefilm@JordanMuse_ Those Bulls teams had no answer for Olajuwon. Center was a huge weakness.
Centers they faced in the finals:
Vlade Divac
Kevin Duckworth
Mark West
Ervin Johnson
Greg Ostertag