It’s silly but often in life and in movies the real hero of any given story isn’t actually the character everyone focuses on. Take lord of the rings – it’s all about Frodo, and the burden of being the ring bearer – and on the film they make everyone empathize with Frodo because it’s so difficult having such a responsibility. Nobody gives a second thought for Sam Gamgee, who at one point carries the ring, saves Frodo then at the end of the movie carries not only the ring but also Frodo up the side of mount Doom,

Incidentally on the net there are several alternate endings for Lord of the rings – taking one of those eagles and just dropping the ring in the fires of mount doom would have been soo much easier. As Frodo’s limp body was scooped up but the eagle at the end of the film – he must have been thinking “doh”?

Bored of the rings, the adventure game on the BBC micro just popped into my head. It was fun!