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Originally Posted by Mansun
Do you not forget the good behind the theme of Rocky IV? It is an indirect battle between USA & Russia over the Cold War, only in the ring.
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That wouldn't make a very good comparison with Tolkien's work at all I'm afraid. His work is about a definite good/evil fight - though he does invest this with many shades of grey and is not morally absolute (e.g. Gollum, baddies being 'forgiven' etc). Rocky IV though, presented the Cold War as a straight good/evil fight when it was not; it was more about two extreme political systems posturing against each other and putting the world in peril.