J.R.R Tolkien was an absolute genius.
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Mr. Tolkien was many things, but today we look at why I for one see him as a true badass. His work is known throughout the world, and its impact is as relevant today as it ever was.
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What about Tolkien stands out to you the most in the category of "badass"?
Also, I realized I didn't pronounce his name right, which will likely drive real fans to the brink of insanity. It's the common pronunciation I knew growing up, and would have come off as a little Martha Steward pretentious to pronounce it properly.
Toal-keen is how it’s pronounced.
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If you love Tolkien and Manhood I think you'll love this podcast I just watched!
Yess finally.. The great JRR Tolkien.. its about damn time i know
Are you an ex team guy? I saw Willink there and I’m assuming you talk with Andy? Just wondering, I watch his Cleared Hot podcast sometimes
Drank , smoked , went to Mass every Sunday and responded in Latin , dressed sharply , knew dozens of languages and invented some 11 or something for his fictional world , was a good friend , lead Men in combat in the horror and tragedy of the Great War and was a great Husband and Father .I wish I was a quarter of what he was .
Perfectly said!
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No
based on that list I am about a 10th of what he was, since I drink...
@@JenksAnro as long as you are not dead, you can change things...
"If you've never heard of J.R.R. Tolkien, you're a loser."
Straight facts.
WW1 combat veteran, just like his fellow Inkling, CS Lewis.
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"It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations if you live near him." - J.R.R Tolkien
Tolkien was also a devout Catholic and Veteran of World War 1. Total badass. I'm rereading The Hobbit and LotR for Saint Michael's Lent as we speak.
Yes, and his faith is very crucial to his character.
he was truly a pagan at heart
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Daily communicant and devoted to theLatin Mass. He would continue to respond in Latin after the new Mass came out. A great defender of the best of Western Civilization in so many ways.
@@redbeardedberserkerall good Europeans are pagans at heart it's all natural programming
Thank you! When I think of my divorce, regrets, and do on I often wish that it never happened or that I had done things differently. However the past cannot be undone and things are as they are today. I walk this road and can't go back to walk a different one. What I can do is decide what to do with the time given to me and take courage in that. Thank you Mr Tolkien for your wisdom!
I've read Tolkien's work for many years and am a great admirer of him. Words I would use to describe him are virtuous, heroic, medieval , wise, prescient. I am smiling now as I imagine his response to being described by the vulgar slang term "badass". Of all of Tolkien's characters, who would use a term like "badass"? Bill Ferny perhaps.
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So glad I subscribed to your channel man almost every time I smoke a cigar in my front yard it brings comfort watching some of your videos because I couldn’t agree more. Definitely in some scary times and what the world needs is for men to stand up real men True men. Watching your channel makes me feel like I’m not alone in these beliefs
What a POWERFUL & emotional video. Love this channel
I love what your channel has become. Keep up the good work!
So where was your point here? All I got from this video is that you appear to think in a very simplistic way about the world, or that you can only portray your thoughts very simplisticly. Using basic phrases like "Grow a pair", calling people losers for not knowing of an author's work, and calling yourself a "little pussy boy" are insulting next to the messages and literary work of Tolkien. You meandered and wandered blindly in your words with a string of stock, dramatic music and vaguely connected clips of "masculine" things mixed with art from Tolkein's work as though it had some meaning to it. And vague is the perfect word to describe your message. What storm on the horizon are you so afraid to name outright? Why do you need to insist that I need to "hang in there" with you because your point will "all make sense and tie back in at the end."? If you had actual convictions against a form of evil in the world, and wanted the men of this world to know it, you would say it. Instead, you flash random snippets of video involving what appear to be queer in one way or another and then never address why they are there, and you show a clip of the American flag burning to garner sympathy for whatever it is you're trying to say. If you are so afraid to speak your mind plainly for all to judge it as they see fit, then you should reasses what you're trying to say, and speak it forthrightly because you see it as needed to be said. Don't ever use the name of a great man to justify your inability to articulate a flawed belief. I'm not for indoctrination, or brainwashing, or the softening of the world, I respect strong willed individuals. You have proven yourself to be subversive, indirect, and weak to deceive people searching for genuine purpose, and if that isn't in line with Tolkein's idea of evil, I don't know what is. You're like Wormtongue, poisoning the mind of the great king Theodin to bring the downfall of his kingdom, Rohan. Don't use Tolkein's name and greatness to portray your flawed movement as good or just, when you can't even articulate what you believe plainly. It's insulting, and deserves to be squashed in contempt for being so tonedeaf in its message. You can have your beliefs, I can't take them from you, but have the decency to not disguise them when convincing others to believe them too. It's cowardly, and nothing like what a strong willed man who you seem to think you are would do. Go back to the shadow, such ugly behavior only belongs in the dark, where evil things skulk and hide from the light of truth, and honesty. You are only one of millions of repulsive fools in this world for such behavior
So, wait what was your point here? Kidding. Actually I liked your comment. Most of it. I’d normally ignore comments like this, but I actually think there’s a lot of truth in your reply. I do think you come on a little strong, but I do appreciate the well thought out response, and the directness of it, although it does feel like you wanted to highlight your passion and clear skill in writing maybe more than the meaning behind the message itself, but either way, i think you’re probably right.
As a side thought, one area I think you didn’t think about was why I created the video, and the strategy behind it. I’ll admit, I don’t have much of a strategy, but I do have reasons for not pushing too hard into what I see as the evil, mainly RUclips algorithm. I think most people watching understand where I’m pointing.
I love Tolkien. His best friend C.S. Lewis was also a badass!
I am very familiar with the work of both Tolkien and Lewis. I can't really imagine either of them using the contemporary American slang "badass". Virtuous , agrarian , medieval ,heroic, wise, prescient are the words I would use to describe them.
I am glad I found this video. It's absolutely amazing and I will like to thank you for that. You have all my respect!
Actually it started much earlier than the 1930's. Tolkien said in leter 131 to his publisher something like "I can't recall a time when I was not working on it." Even at age 6 he began tinkering with the invention of new languages, and it was that work that led him to the creation of histories behind those languages. It was truly a lifelong passion for him, and The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings are his gifts to us as a result.
Great video! I was intrigued enough to check out your website but it's not working....
Great video Jason. Well done!
Dude…you are on to something. Please keep going. You are stirring something in me I have been longing to find!
Hey I'd like to open your website, it seems really interesting, but I can't seem to open it. Google can find it but I can't contact the server.. do you have any location restrictions? I'm in Europe
J.R.R Tolkien, the one author to rule them all
Really remarkable video, Jason; well-done and congratulations! Your many skills were admirably on display. The video is so seamless, almost breath-taking because it emphasized the dialogue. Yet the story you wove, the words you chose and carefully ordered rivaled the visual. I encourage you in your mission to improve yourself and encourage others as they do the same. I am reminded of Bill McCartney's Promise Keeper movement of 25-30 years ago. I think that it was successful at the time, but it is a message that bears repeating frequently and in the parlance of the time. I am proud to see you doing just that. Enjoy the house. Come and see us one of these days; I won't even put you to work. We can sit on the front porch and rock and talk for a while.
Sounds like a nice day to me. Thanks as always Neal.
There are only a few in history that can singlehandedly change the whole world for so many, and by their very selves can make vast impacts for the forces of good without armies. Tolkien was one of these precious few.
I just wanted to learn about tolkien man
Interesting video, can you name some of the music used?
Great video. I'm checking out your new website. Looks great and intriguing so far. Thanks for all you are doing brother. It's all about taking a stand to be a better man and better human being to make things better for our families and the world.
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I've always urged my children to simply THINK, and to think for THEMSELVES. Not to follow blindly some mob, but to think enough to understand WHY they believe as they do, and to be sure they are doing that for good reasons. By and large I believe this urging has resulted in success - I'm very proud of my children and the way they manage their opinions. And they don't all agree across the board, but that is ok. I would use Tolkien's quote here too - it's not for me to DEFINE my children's minds, but to teach them and mold them into people who are capable of defining their own minds in ways that are worthy of the title "human." My job here was not to crank out five carbon copies of myself. That would be me trying to control the future weather. The mantle passes to them in time.
i recommend the book, The Art of War by Sun Tzu - it ofc old styled with real life war strategy back in around 500 BC, but also very useful for character growth if you can dig out the words and find applications in it for this age which is very possible
Tolkien’s letter’s and arguments by a means of Gods Grace was a key influencing aid in the Conversion of CS Lewis.
To engage evil and fight it then we must define- what is evil?
Very good point.
Actually evil is already defined. It is in you as it is in me. The 10 commandments are a codified instruction if you need. The first five deal with man’s response to the Creator. The second five deal with man’s response to man. CS Lewis’s Mere Christianity explains it better. But be ready to be challenged.
@@usfaaartillerist exactly my point, the scripture is the base which everything is measured against. Christ says to Pilate I have come to testify to the truth. Pilate responds what is truth. He had Him standing in front of him. The God man. He missed everything.
The moral laws intent is to point man’s need to a savior it’s, not meant to save anyone, it shows how depraved man really is and how Perfect and Holy God is.
Just finishing Return of the King this week
great video
C.S. Lewis and Tolkien were great friends. You’d do yourself a favor reading Lewis as well.
Was expecting an interesting video on Tolkien and got some fear-mongering, culture-war nonsense. You clearly don't understand Tolkien.
Some sort of ploy to lure Tolkien and fantasy fans into this group.
Second half swooping in with an air of veiled homophobia.
What a shitty video lol
Men don't need to "be" anything. Be who you are. Live your own fucking life.
Pretending like you are fighting for something noble while simultaneously using quotes to call others the "evil" in your own land is actually disgusting.
Better yourself by standing up for everyone. Not just your weird view of masculinity.
You forgot Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Smith of Wooton Major, Tree and Leaf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo, The Father Christmas Letters, The Silmarillion, and with Donald Swann The Road Goes Ever on. 📖
Don’t forget Leaf by Niggle and Mythopoeia.
Came expecting an actually interesting video about Tolkien to find this weird piece of propaganda made by someone who tries to justify his own views by twisting Prof. Tolkien's words in a way that is downright insulting. What an absolute shame of a video.
Absolutely. This guy is disgusting.
Would you be interested in being a guest on a podcast I recently started? So far I’ve only had like minded guys on, but I think it would interesting and more beneficial to have someone with an opposing, or at least a different view on. It wouldn’t be a debate as much as trying to better understand each other’s views. Just a thought. If you’re interested let me know and I’ll get you the details.
>comes in
>attacks the video without explaining their POV
>leaves
Yep, sounds like a likely (p)redditor
@@abooga8 >comes in
>Attacks vid
>immediately applies sock puppet support to seem legit
definitely smells like they should go back.
Dude wtf . I was here for Tolkien not your Other stuff
Ditto! WTF????
This says a whole lot of nothing. It's click bait. You're using a great man as a marketing tool. Gross
Came to find out about Tolkiens life all I got was this propaganda piece with strong anti gay connotations and shameless plugging of this dudes totally moronic business.
This guy doesn't know the first thing about masculinity and if he did actually start to dissect it, he would soon realise that the idea of masculinity is redundant because the traits parallel exactly with what makes a good person. This dude is actively trying to bring more power to the patriarchy and twisting Tolkiens words to do so is downright shameful. Hey Jason, as you clearly highlight in this video; you've lived in a bubble for far too long and have such a surface level interpretation of what you try your hardest to sound informed on. Get out of you ideological echochamber, educate yourself and delete this video that is a downright insult to Tolkien.
For shame mate.
hear, hear! Tolkein's idea of masculinity would be kindness, nuturing, and what makes Aragorn great as his ideal hero is his ability to conects all people and make every race, every tribes, and every being of the free people be included. What a shameless twist of Tolkien's words. Tolkien wrote about war, he never glorified them. Gay people are also not trying to start war, they're trying to live. This guy just sees war in everything. He's delusional.
@@PimsriYotube wonderfully said
I'm glad someone said it. I love Tolkien, his word, his definition of good, his love for kindness and kindness for love. This video is twisting everything that I find in Tolkien's words.
Interesting comment. Would you be interested in being a guest n a podcast I recently started? So far I’ve only had like minded guys on, but I think it would interesting and more beneficial to have someone with an opposing, or at least a different view on. It wouldn’t be a debate as much as trying to better understand each other’s view. Just a thought. If you’re interested let me know and I’ll get you the details.
@@Jason-Calhoun I respect your offer, and appreciate your openness to have your views challenged or see a different perspective. I would very much like to but will decline the offer as I'm a filmmaker and worry that being associated with a channel that presents strong homophobic connotations would tarnish my reputation down the road.
However, i would very much like to encourage someone else who is familiar with true masculinity and true Tolkien to take up this offer and reinstate why this video is disrespectful to his legacy and name, not to mention ethically false.
Amazing. You can't pronounce the English you've written-about a great English writer.
Beautiful video. But I wanted to let you know your website got hacked. I tried clicking on the link, using my phone, and it redirected me to a scam claiming my phone got hacked. My husband said your website got hacked and you just need to contact your server to have them delete it, or you delete it yourself. Usually it only happens on IOS.
Pretty good.
This is fantastic. More of this, please.
lol, why did this video turn into a random larp?
Actually the Elves were doomed to fade right from the start - before their misdeeds. They were eternally bound to Arda - to the world. The didn't age, they didn't succumb to disease, and even if they were slain their spirits were not freed from Arda. They went to the Halls of Mados for a time and then were reembodied. They might then live in Valinor with the Valar, but in some cases were sent back to Middle Earth, as in the case of Glorfindel. There was no escape for them, ever.
However, along with they were doomed to be supplanted by Man - their role was to teach and nurture Men, and then "fade" as Men came to their full fruition. For Men, it was all different. Not immortal, and when a man died, their spirit also went to the Halls of Mados, but from there, after a period, they went... somewhere else. Even the Valar didn't know where. That was a mystery Eru Illuvatar kept entirely to himself. But the Elves envied this destiny and regarded it as "the Gift of Men." They simply couldn't understand the envy that men felt toward them because of their own immortality.
The Elves definitely committed misdeeds. And there were prices to pay for those. But none of it changed their eternal connection to Arda.
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He wrote a 15 hour story about about a group of people travelling from one end of England to the other to return some lost jewellery. Genius.
You make some awesome videos I push like on all of them so you can get the algorithm going for you
Appreciate it. Push away!
In short, time to stand up against woke BS. Did I get it right?
Woke BS is when people just wanna not be marginalized. Got it.
Such a good video…
What music is this? I love it?
Website doesn’t work
True mastery
Chad. Subscribed.
You did miss that he was a master leader and created groups of the like minded multiple times in his life of which the Inklings was just the most famous.
Good Stuff.
His traditional Catholicism and opposition to modernism, liberalism and Protestantism
I see opportunity here. Opportunity for other lessons and stories about true badasses.
Bravo!
Curious, what do you do if your child tells you they're gay once they are an adult? They are an adult and have been struggling with "coming out" because of hate. I knew from a young age 11-13? what I liked and that I was heterosexual (and a total bad ass lol). The above is my situation. I hugged her and told her I loved her.
At that point they have made their choice. Pray for the healing of their dysphoria and love them as I would hope you always have.
@@usfaaartillerist well there simply was no choice for me…..was never tempted…was just wired that way
Love that response. Can’t beat a hug and telling her you love her. To me, that love is there no matter what choices my kids make. They could never do anything, choose anything that could change that.
I'm glad some of you guys are finally waking up a little. This shit goes back to the 20s at the very least. Keep learning, keep paying attention.
I love tolkien but honestly this video was so much more than Tolkien, brilliant work
I think you might enjoy the Cinema Therapy video on toxic masculinity and how Aragorn has grown that pair you are looking for. ruclips.net/video/pv_KAnY5XNQ/видео.html
Do JFK
he is not the father of modern fantasy even when he was alive
I unsubscribed just so I could resubscibe to this video.
aahahahahahaha
Bro really missed the point of first quote in the video. Like how does that even happen?😭💀
What on earth are you blathering on about?