Star Wars and Lord of the Rings

POSTED BY: rockxwl
UPDATED: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 18:10
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ROCKXWL

Tuesday, July 11, 2006 2:35 PM

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Originally posted by embers:
the last battle of the LotR, the one that takes place in Hobbiton, meant a lot to me...
I was really looking forward to it

YES. The Scouring of the Shire is one of my favorite parts of the entire story just because it gives a clear picture as to how much Merry, Pippin, and Sam have grown during the journey. Frodo basically says "you guys take care of it" and tries not to get involved. I understand why Jackson thought he had to cut it from the movie but still it was dissapointing.

As far as the Silmarillion, I agree with whoever said it was a beautiful story and I have read it several times. However, Tolkien's son Christopher did a lot of the writing, for all the stuff that hadn't been completed, and in those parts the writing isn't as good. Plus it reads like a history book so it's a much tougher and slower read.

Finally, I agree with what everyone here has said about how the last three Star Wars movies (mostly episodes 1 and 2, 3 was an improvement over those two) left a bad taste in people's mouths. I hate that a lot of people can't look past those movies and just consider episodes IV - VI when talking about Star Wars because they were some of the most universally loved movies before those gorram prequels.

"What'd you all order a dead guy for?"

EMBERS

Tuesday, July 11, 2006 5:59 PM

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Originally posted by rockxwl:
YES. The Scouring of the Shire is one of my favorite parts of the entire story just because it gives a clear picture as to how much Merry, Pippin, and Sam have grown during the journey. Frodo basically says "you guys take care of it" and tries not to get involved. I understand why Jackson thought he had to cut it from the movie but still it was dissapointing.

I'm glad to know someone else felt that that was important too...
I loved the fact that no one escaped the war completely and the hobbits had to use the strength and skills they had developed to save their own home.

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Finally, I agree with what everyone here has said about how the last three Star Wars movies (mostly episodes 1 and 2, 3 was an improvement over those two) left a bad taste in people's mouths. I hate that a lot of people can't look past those movies and just consider episodes IV - VI when talking about Star Wars because they were some of the most universally loved movies before those gorram prequels.

I still love episodes IV-VI, but somehow the excitement got sucked out of the fandom...
actually 'Enterprise' did that a little to Star Trek too, the show was so flat and poorly written that I was kind of down on the movies that were coming out too...
but lately I've been rewatching all of 'Deep Space 9' and remembering everything I love about Star Trek.

So obviously I should just do a marathon of Star Wars IV-VI and forget about the prequels!

ONEMANSHORT

Tuesday, July 11, 2006 6:10 PM

As for the Battle in Hobbiton, i was equally pissed off this was cut out. It was the end of the book! And it just disappeared I still love Peter Jackson though for opening up the LotR world to a wider audience. As for the question of nerdiness, beign a fan of all things sci-fi, I get the most rolled eyes when I mention LotR. All of my friends tend to laugh at me incessantly, pass significant glances, and say they fell asleep about half way through the first movie. At least a few of them have seen the new Star Wars movies, and since quite a few of them didn't even know there were old ones they just go "Oh cool." The world isn;t a great place for us fans of sci-fi, and it's pretty much a risk when you mention your love for anything from the science fiction genre.

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