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On geek girls and Lord of the RingsAs such, so-called &#8220;loose&#8221; interpretations of the Book and sweeping omissions were utterly intolerable. For example, those familiar with Tolkien&#8217;s greatest work know both Bakshi and Jackson declined to include Tom Bombadil (aka Iarwain Ben-adar) in their respective films. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tgdaily.com\/games-and-entertainment-features\/57126-on-geek-girls-and-lord-of-the-rings\">More..<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starr Keshet writes: I once knew this really cool geek girl who adamantly refused to watch Peter Jackson&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[197,35,149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fans","category-lotr-books","category-lotr"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Starr Keshet writes: I once knew this really cool geek girl who adamantly refused to watch Peter Jackson&#039;s Lord of the Rings. 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