I'm not saying it's a bad thing, I'm just say recognize that they were heavily inspired(Ie: rip off) from the Lotr movies, regardless if LOTR was released afterwards, it was still made before/during.
Be specific. Which original LOTR scenes did they rip off?
Never mind that LOTR (the book) ripped off European folklore wholesale. Tolkien didn't have an original thought in his life.
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our daily interactions with 'real' people are far more scripted than any game. Your behavior at work... every aspect of your life conforms to a social script we all agree to play by.