Alan Moore is one of the most influential comic book writers in history, having penned such popular stories as Watchmen, V de Vendetta o From Hell. He has always been very critical of other modern superhero fiction and now explains why The Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones also fail.
In a recent interview with Alan Moore via Screen Rant, the V for Vendetta writer admitted that the Lord of the Rings books were not for him as JRR Tolkien “was not an author that I particularly admired.” ”.
Reasons why Alan Moore rejects The Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones
Las Fantasy history’s written by J.R.R. Tolkien last century have become outdated if we read them today with “imperialism, racism, class snobbery [y] the air of misogyny”, as explained Alan Moore.
George R.R. Martin he wrote the Game of Thrones books more recently, and a few years ago they were brought to the small screen thanks to HBO Max, but despite being more current, they do not get rid of the sharp Alan Moore reviews.
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“I want something that really changes my view of reality while I’m immersed in that book, that allows me all kinds of different possibilities that I hadn’t considered. That’s what I tend to want from fantasy…”, clarified the comic book writer.
“Having seen only a few episodes of Game of Thronesand this is not a criticism, I have not seen more than that, but it seemed to me that it was the sopranos set in the fifth century in Dorset. Alan Moore was not pleased with those early episodes of Game of Thrones, with “a family saga with bloody betrayals and everything in between” that he already seemed to know.
