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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 8150124" data-attributes="member: 59082">Tolkien wasn't as much "commenting on" WWI (or II) as his writing was affected by his experience - which is always the case. There is a difference, and it relates to my point above. A writer such as Tolkien approaches the fantasy world as "true" in and of itself, which has its own story "speaks for itself," if you will. I'm not saying he didn't intentionally insert any socio-cultural-political commentary, but it was only minimally so.Of course that is aside from the point that I was responding to, and rehashes an old argument that has been bandied about before. I think the main point is that I was agreeing with someone's hope that the D&D movie isn't yet another vehicle for writers to message their stance on current socio-cultural dynamics, or at least minimally so. It breaks from the immersive experience, if one is constantly turned back on contemporary (and ever-changing) dynamics in our world. We already have tons of echo chambers to mirror back our beliefs and ideas about the world - why must we make a fantasy film yet another?</blockquote>