It is a judgement upon me that my first reaction was The actual appearance of Tulkas in the narrative is more complicated than that and my second was You left out the part about the Ents.
I’m not entirely proud of that reaction. But it’s good, really! Three minutes is pretty impressive, considering.
RT @GuyKawasaki: Tolkien’s “Silmarillion” summarized in 3 minutes http://t.co/KC7vUsIkHD pic.twitter.com/ka8sqfFayy
— Melissa Clouthier (@MelissaTweets) November 30, 2014
So, something like 2/3 of the book is summarized in the sentence “And they do (die trying, that is).”
The reoccurring theme of the Valar trying to bring light to the world, which dominates the first third of the book, isn’t even really mentioned. (There’s a bit about the two trees, but not why they were important.)
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I don’t mind them simplfying Tulkas or ommitting the Ents. But how could Beren and Luthien, Turin Turambar, or Earendil not even be touched upon?
yep. I mean, it was a good video and did indeed get a lot into 3 minutes, but yep.
This is the history. This is what would be taught in history books.
It’s not the story, about the people.