One Ring To Rule Them All: That Classic Doomsday Machine

Ah, the infamous doomsday machine: a machine that has the potential to destroy the world if it falls into the wrong hands. Of course, there's one that stands out as the "classic": the Ring To Rule Them All, that infamous ring from the series Lord of the Rings, written some time last century by JRR Tolkien.

Long story short, (if you haven't read the books, shame on you. If you haven't seen the movies, have you been living under a rock?) it's the  Quest To Rule Them All, where said ring has to be destroyed in a volcano that lies right in the heart of enemy territory. Nooo, it's not just any of the many volcanoes that (presumably) dot Middle Earth (including Lonely Mountain, starring mountain of The Hobbit), but it just has to be that one: Mt. Doom. Strangely exclusive - what's so special about that mountain? Extra-hot lava? Oh well, it makes perfect sense in terms of actually writing a decent story. Story is all-important, but when it starts requiring appendices and other miscallenous crap... now may be a good time to step back just a little and... yeah.

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