I read the rings trilogy preceded by the Hobbit as a teenager. Then did it again in my late 20s. I hate the movies. They drag on. The effects are lackluster. The acting is mediocre and not believable. That said I have no patience for cinema. My favorite movie is Big Trouble in Little China. I am not the target demographic for the rings movies. Someone likes 'em, and that's fine.
If we glass them Russia or China might pop off. That's curtains for the human race. One man with a 308 is a better solution, but we don't do that sort of thing, right?
Republicans have been rolling back child labor regulations and protections in multiple states claiming it will save us from the labor shortage. I'm surprised it has taken me this long to see a story about the predictably disastrous results of this exploitative behavior. In the US capitalism is winning and the citizens of this country are losing.
That's great but my imagination does it better. I was particularly disappointed by the Ents.