Lord of the rings and star trek have their entire structure underpinned by ethics and integrity of spirit...is

Question

...that why they are so popular.. in an age of vacuous tail-chasing consumerism?

and do you think those who belittle the above and repond to them in a condescending way, are like smeagol choking on lembas....

['You try to choke poor Smeagol. Dust and ashes, he can't eat that']....

because the warping of his nature that he's endured [from the ring/selfishness moral decay lust for power] has made him incapable of stomaching the wholesomeness and spiritually fortifying quality of the lembas?

Answer 1

Go Read Nietzsche.

Answer 2

eh?

Answer 3

Lembas?  Smeagols?  WTF?

No offense though.

I believe those TV series are underpinned by what you proposed, but only because basically everything in life is.

Answer 4

Never liked elven bicks myself..gave me severe indign8ion. Think u should get out more..Gollum was a victim and a sacrificial figure in Tolkien's book much like Judas in the Christian mythos. Without Gollum's finger feeding frenzy, Frodo would never have thrown the cursed ring in2 the fires of Mount Doom himself and the prophecy would have been unfulfilled and there would have been no salv8ion/redemption.