Comments on: Fantasy Fundamentalism http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/04/14/fantasy-fundamentalism/ Politics and Culture from a Catholic perspective. Wed, 23 May 2012 15:58:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chris Burgwald http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/04/14/fantasy-fundamentalism/#comment-11472 Chris Burgwald Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:28:56 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=7285#comment-11472 Anyone watch the trailer for HBP last night? I've been generally happy with the film adaptations, and this one looks to be of the same quality. Anyone watch the trailer for HBP last night? I’ve been generally happy with the film adaptations, and this one looks to be of the same quality.

]]> By: cminor http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/04/14/fantasy-fundamentalism/#comment-11471 cminor Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:13:40 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=7285#comment-11471 Darwin: "Yes, Tolkien’s work is deeply Christian, but not because he has direct correlaries for the Virgin Mary and the Eucharist in his story, but rather because Middle Earth works in the way the way that Catholics see the real world as working in certain key ways." Thank you, thank you, thank you! Oh, and I'll cheerfully take up my husband's epee (hey, those things can leave some welts!) and help man the barricades against anti-Potterian prejudice. e: Ditto what Darwin said above: Tolkein denied that his work was Christian allegory. I prefer to think of it as implicitly rather than explicitly Christian. Donald: Why am I not surprised to learn you're an ex-RP gamer? Darwin:
“Yes, Tolkien’s work is deeply Christian, but not because he has direct correlaries for the Virgin Mary and the Eucharist in his story, but rather because Middle Earth works in the way the way that Catholics see the real world as working in certain key ways.”

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Oh, and I’ll cheerfully take up my husband’s epee (hey, those things can leave some welts!) and help man the barricades against anti-Potterian prejudice.

e:
Ditto what Darwin said above: Tolkein denied that his work was Christian allegory. I prefer to think of it as implicitly rather than explicitly Christian.

Donald:
Why am I not surprised to learn you’re an ex-RP gamer?

]]> By: Foxfier http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/04/14/fantasy-fundamentalism/#comment-11470 Foxfier Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:57:16 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=7285#comment-11470 Just wait until you get to the Ascended. Just wait until you get to the Ascended.

]]> By: Chris Burgwald http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/04/14/fantasy-fundamentalism/#comment-11469 Chris Burgwald Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:45:56 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=7285#comment-11469 FF, while I've seen episodes of SG1 here and there, I just watched the first season in order on Hulu... it's an enjoyable show (I'm waiting for additional seasons to be posted), but it definitely earns an occasional eyeroll for the various manifestations of the superficial materialism and faith in progress which informs its worldview. FF, while I’ve seen episodes of SG1 here and there, I just watched the first season in order on Hulu… it’s an enjoyable show (I’m waiting for additional seasons to be posted), but it definitely earns an occasional eyeroll for the various manifestations of the superficial materialism and faith in progress which informs its worldview.

]]> By: Foxfier http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/04/14/fantasy-fundamentalism/#comment-11468 Foxfier Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:39:40 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=7285#comment-11468 *big grin* Not quite analogous, but nice. It does bring up another point-- almost everyone does "world mythology" by fourth grade. For that matter, Stargate: SG1 has a lot of "gods" and powers. (Heck, I even named one of my cats after the worst bad guy!) SG1 is also in a similar situation as Harry Potter-- it's a hidden project. Additionally, there's a lot of rejection of authorty, generally without much of a result. *big grin* Not quite analogous, but nice.

It does bring up another point– almost everyone does “world mythology” by fourth grade. For that matter, Stargate: SG1 has a lot of “gods” and powers. (Heck, I even named one of my cats after the worst bad guy!)

SG1 is also in a similar situation as Harry Potter– it’s a hidden project. Additionally, there’s a lot of rejection of authorty, generally without much of a result.

]]> By: Eric Brown http://the-american-catholic.com/2009/04/14/fantasy-fundamentalism/#comment-11467 Eric Brown Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:34:53 +0000 http://the-american-catholic.com/?p=7285#comment-11467 Ah, sarcasm. Ah, sarcasm.

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