Heroes: LOTR vs Rocky Balboa - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Imladris · 01-13-2007, 02:44 PM

I don't really understand why we need to draw parallels between two obviously different genres of story.

Rocky is human and people, in general, can relate to him.

Aragorn is not. We are not meant to relate to him.

Rocky is frosting, LotR is cake.

Two different types of heroes, both equally fulfilling a need that the people felt at the time.

01-13-2007, 02:44 PM	#15
Imladris Tears of the Phoenix Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Putting dimes in the jukebox baby. Posts: 1,453	I don't really understand why we need to draw parallels between two obviously different genres of story. Rocky is human and people, in general, can relate to him. Aragorn is not. We are not meant to relate to him. Rocky is frosting, LotR is cake. Two different types of heroes, both equally fulfilling a need that the people felt at the time. __________________ I'm sorry it wasn't a unicorn. It would have been nice to have unicorns. I'm your huckleberry.

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