So funny – allow me to go painfully-postmodern for a moment and read more meaning into this than there probably is. In hindsight that hilarious scene is rich with relevant symbolism: the Uruk-hai is a synthetic "gain-of-function" cyborg of sorts, carrying a torch in obvious allusion to the Olympics, a perhaps once-genuine but now overtly…
So funny – allow me to go painfully-postmodern for a moment and read more meaning into this than there probably is. In hindsight that hilarious scene is rich with relevant symbolism: the Uruk-hai is a synthetic "gain-of-function" cyborg of sorts, carrying a torch in obvious allusion to the Olympics, a perhaps once-genuine but now overtly-captured globalist charade. Davos is analogous to Orthanc too – hubristic wizards scheming their domination in high places. Alright, enough.
So funny – allow me to go painfully-postmodern for a moment and read more meaning into this than there probably is. In hindsight that hilarious scene is rich with relevant symbolism: the Uruk-hai is a synthetic "gain-of-function" cyborg of sorts, carrying a torch in obvious allusion to the Olympics, a perhaps once-genuine but now overtly-captured globalist charade. Davos is analogous to Orthanc too – hubristic wizards scheming their domination in high places. Alright, enough.
Spot on insight... You definitely read way more into anything I had intended but I am glad you did. The connections you made are loony but there.
That scene felt surreal, as if it were directed by Sam Raimi rather than Peter Jackson.
Thank goodness Substack does not allow for inline images and GIFs as this thread would no doubt be clogged full of LOTR-memes by now.