Elves are far from "demi-angels"... the entire plot of the Silmarillion is basically elves making a series of bad choices.

He’s supposed to be a Silvan Elf, though, isn’t he, not a Sindar?

I’m of the opinion that Theo won’t have any clear counterpart from the books.  I’m guessing he’ll just be a vessel used by Sauron to ensnare the people of the Southlands, since as noted, the Nazgul were kings, and the Mouth of Sauron was just some random Man.

Other than the fact that they’re migratory and speak in an undefined rural British Isle accent, is there anything else that makes them a Traveller caricature? I mean, if you’re going to have a rural pre-industrial migratory culture set in Tolkien’s world, how can you not make them look and speak the way they do in…

This is another example of something simple that they’ve been doing in Europe for at least twenty years without any particular problems that for some reason, we, the “greatest country in the world” have trouble managing.

Not exclusively. He described some of the elves and men who endured captivity under Morgoth or Sauron were both physically and emotionally scarred from the ordeal.  Hurin is the example that comes to mind.

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I would say “Who would blame an actor for the part they played in a movie”, but then again I learned yesterday that Malcolm McDowell received death threats, not from playing Alex Delarge, Caligula, or any of the other particularly nasty villain roles he’s assumed throughout his career, but for his character killing…

I’m pretty sure “football” was to distinguish it from games played with rackets, bats, clubs and sticks, not if the feet were on the ground or on a horse.

Or maybe someone mentioned Winnie the Pooh.

I'm pretty sure Nixon had already re-established relations with mainland China. As a kid, the biggest story about Nixon's trip was that he came back with two pandas for the National Zoo.

Well, it is separated by a road, and the actual entrance is a little bit of walk further away.

I live in Vermont, and I had to think hard about where the closest Starbucks is located. I think there’s one in the supermarket in Barre?

If you live in bear country, you should know never to leave food outside. As awesome as it is to see a bear in the wild, they’ll keep coming back to an area where they found food, and it will eventually lead to a confrontation that will likely result in the bear being culled. So, I can’t really view this video as…

Dunkin Donuts is really popular in New England.  It would be almost like a Canadian town losing their Tim Hortons.

Meh, they didn't add all that much to the original anyway. Now Lewis Black, on the other hand...

Are there versions of Spain on every alien civilization and somehow, the one on Earth is uniquely vulnerable? But what about Earth Portugal?

Didn't some French academic refer to Disneyland Paris by the same term? 

The entire film takes place during the Cold War. 

Well, at least he can now share part of the name with one of the sweetest dog breeds.