{"id":95913,"date":"2014-12-20T06:39:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T11:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=95913"},"modified":"2014-12-20T06:46:23","modified_gmt":"2014-12-20T11:46:23","slug":"95913","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/12\/20\/95913-95913\/","title":{"rendered":"The mythology of Middle-earth explained in four short minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">Making the complex simple and easy to digest has great value.  A fellow on YouTube has been doing this for a while and now he has picked the mythology of Middle-earth to break down in a four-minute video. (And yes, we immediately wondered why we didn&#8217;t do this!) He uses spoken words, simple illustrations and iconic figures to blow through J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s mythology. The big overview ads value to the movie-going experience \u2014 like if you went to see &#8220;The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,&#8221; for example \u2014 or any of the various Middle-earth movies and gives viewers some idea of what all the ruins sitting around might be from. Finally, it might encourage somebody to go pick up a book!<\/p>\n<p>Here it is, the broad view of old Middle-earth in four minutes:<br \/>\n<BR><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"710\" height=\"399\" data-src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YxgsxaFWWHQ?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<h4>Join us in Los Angeles in February at The One Last Party<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/the-one-last-party-there-and-back-again\/x\/326973#home\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/one-last-party-logo-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"one last party logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-94754 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/one-last-party-logo-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/one-last-party-logo.jpg 587w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> We&#8217;re hosting a Party of Special Magnificence next February &#8212; a final toast to all SIX movies, both The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit trilogy.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re inviting you to join us and make it happen through our Indiegogo campaign &#8212; so we can all celebrate Peter Jackson\u2019s Middle-earth movies together! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/the-one-last-party-there-and-back-again\/x\/326973#home\" target=\"_blank\">Visit our campaign page and find out how you can help!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making the complex simple and easy to digest has great value. 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