Lindela, Ngaba uphakathi-emhlabeni: Umthunzi weMfazwe ngokunzulu ngokuSondo ngokuPhezulu… uShelob, isiGcawu esikhulu?

Akakhonzanga namnye ngaphandle kwakhe, esela igazi likaElves naLamadoda, edumbile kwaye etyebile ngokutya okungapheliyo kwimithendeleko yakhe, esusa iiwebhu zesithunzi; Ngokuba konke okuphilayo kwakukukudla kwakhe, nomhlanzo wakhe ubumnyama.

Owu… yenze loo nkcazo hayi wenza ukuba ucinge ngenenekazi elibhityileyo elinxibe ilokhwe emnyama ebhityileyo?

Entsha INkosi yeeRingi umdlalo ovela kuMonolith, Umhlaba ophakathi: Umthunzi weMfazwe , izakubonisa umanyano olungathandekiyo phakathi kwe-protagonist yayo, uTalion, kunye nesigcawu esikhulu uShelob, onokuthi umkhumbule ngokudibana kwakhe noFrodo noSam IiTowers ezimbini incwadi okanye Ukubuya koKumkani ifilimu. Kodwa uShelob uzakuthatha uhlobo lomfazi ohlekisayo kuninzi lonxibelelwano, oluyi… ukhetho.

NjengoJim Sterling Ukunyanzeliswa ubuza kule vidiyo ingezantsi, Ngaba yayininzi kakhulu into yokuba uShelob abe sisigcawu esibi esibi, kwaye ahlale enjalo?… Ngaba sinyanzelekile ukuba silale ngesigcawu esikhulu ukuze sizenze umdla? Ukuba zizigcawu ezinomtsalane wobufazi, impendulo ngokucacileyo ithi 'ewe.'

Andinako, ngokuqinisekileyo, ukuba ibe ndim ndedwa ofumana esebenza nge isigcawu esikhulu Okubangela umdla ngakumbi kunokusebenza nesigcawu 'esithatha uhlobo' lwenenekazi elimnyama lasefektri elimnyama, uSterling uyaqhubeka. Iyabethelela ekhayeni uluvo lokuba abalinganiswa ababhinqileyo abanakuba nomdla ngaphandle kokuba bayathandeka kubaphulaphuli, kwaye ndicinga ukuba ziintloni- kuba, ukuthatha indawo yokulingana apha, abantu basetyhini banokuba nemilenze esibhozo, bethimbe, bangaphenduki kububi arachnids, nazo.

Nantsi into: Ndiyasiqonda ngokupheleleyo ukuba kutheni Umthunzi weMfazwe Ngaba ufuna ukwandisa umhlaba weTolkien ukuba ubandakanye ubuqhetseba, ukusebenza komntu obhinqileyo. Kodwa olu luyilo lomlinganiswa lunje… luqhelekileyo. Njengokuba uSterling eshwankathele, ulwalathiso oluthathwe kunye noShelob lolona khokelo luncinci onokucinga ngalo ukuba ungaluthabatha… Zininzi izinto ezinomdla nezinomdla onokuthi uzenze ngesigcawu esikhulu, esinemvakalelo. UShelob oshushu ayinguye omnye wabo.

Ayifani nokhetho olu luyandicaphukisa, ngakumbi kuba longeza abafazi abaninzi kwihlabathi elinobunzima bendoda eTolkien. Iyafana nayo… iiphazili kwaye iyandikhathaza. Xa sithetha ngokubaleka isini kunye neembali zobuhlanga kwimidlalo yethu, okokuqala kwaye sixhalabile ngokunqanda ukwenzakala kwehlabathi lokwenyani kubantu abahlelelekileyo - kodwa lo ngumzekelo ogqibeleleyo wendlela esithetha ngayo ukwenza ubugcisa obuhle . I-Sexy Shelob ngokwenene ngumbono omfiliba ongavakaliyo kwisilo esincancayo esincamileyo sonke. Kwaye ukuba isitudiyo somdlalo besivumele ukuba bacinge ngaphandle kwebhokisi yesini, bebenokuza nento ebandakanyeke ngakumbi.

Owu, imidlalo yevidiyo.

(Ukuhamba Iliwa, iPhepha Shotgun kunye ne-The Jimquisition; umfanekiso nge-skrini)