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Lord of the Rings>>>>Star Wars

Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:59 pm
Posted by CaptainPanic
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 2:59 pm
The only reason people get so worked up over Star Wars is because it was an exciting film in the lack luster era of film. Why is LOTR better than Star Wars? Here's why:

1). No incestual love triangles
2). No attempts to cast N'Sync for publicity
3). LOTR did the entire, "Crazy wizard gives young and unskilled boy a powerful item and dies to save young boy" thing first.
4). LOTR trilogy was made all at once
5). Arwen>>>>>Amidala
6). Gandalf's friend and ally who owed him a life debt was Gwahir Windlord, the noble king of the giant eagles. Qui Gon had Jar Jar.
7). Furry movie characters don't break into song
8). Pete can't tease us with the promise of a new episode for 25 years and then make up something as lame as midichlorians.
9). It's more satisfying to see an Orc get beheaded then a Stormtrooper fall down.
10). Han Solo is a filthy rogue who turns out to be, er, a slightly cleaner rogue, while in LOTR Strider, the filthy rogue, becomes Aragorn, king of mankind.
11). Peter Jackson simply cannot make shite up as he goes along.
12). LotR is better because I know that Peter Jackson isn't going to rerelease The Two Towers just so some uruk-hai can shoot first in the Battle of Helm's Deep.

The list goes on.
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:00 pm to
Posted by CaptainPanic
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:02 pm to
There is only one return. And it's of the King, not the Jedi
Posted by craigbiggio
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:05 pm to
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Gandalf's friend and ally who owed him a life debt was Gwahir Windlord, the noble king of the giant eagles.


Why didn't the eagles just fly the ring to Mordor?
Posted by Rebel Land Shark
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:06 pm to
I agree
Posted by Captain Fantasy
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:06 pm to
Because the Nazgul would have fricked them up
Posted by Rebel Land Shark
Member since Jul 2013
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:07 pm to
quote:

Why didn't the eagles just fly the ring to Mordor?


This pissed me off so much in The Hobbit like why the frick didn't they just fly them to the lonely mountain
Posted by Das Jackal
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:07 pm to
They're both great trilogies, why bother comparing them?
Posted by Captain Fantasy
Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:07 pm to
Because Smaug would have fricked them up
This post was edited on 6/3/15 at 3:08 pm
Posted by Brosef Stalin
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:07 pm to
True. I was never a huge Star Wars fan as a kid and the prequels brought my interest in the franchise down to almost zero. Fellowship had me hooked the first time I saw it.
Posted by MasCervezas
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:08 pm to
nah, Lord of the Rings can GTFO
Posted by The Egg
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:08 pm to
quote:

This pissed me off so much in The Hobbit like why the frick didn't they just fly them to the lonely mountain
everything...just about everything could have been prevented if the eagles would have been unleashed on the nazgul, the orcs, mordor, the lonely mountain, etc. etc. etc.

when the eagles came in the last Hobbit, i was like...okay, wtf man, this is how they're bailed out...again?
Posted by Rebel Land Shark
Member since Jul 2013
30162 posts
Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:10 pm to
Smaug was in the mountain I can understand the nazgûl but not Smaug
Posted by Rebel Land Shark
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:11 pm to
quote:

when the eagles came in the last Hobbit, i was like...okay, wtf man, this is how they're bailed out...again?


Peter Jackson couldn't think of anything else to bail them out
Posted by Captain Fantasy
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:13 pm to
He would have woken up if a bunch of Eagles came flying in. Regardless, they weren't going to risk their extinction.
Posted by Bluefin
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:16 pm to
quote:

Lord of the Rings>>>>Star Wars

Posted by blueboy
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:17 pm to
Looks like you spent a lot of time on this troll thread. Good luck, buddy.
Posted by CaptainPanic
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:18 pm to
Because life is about competition.
Posted by DirtyMikeandtheBoys
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:20 pm to
Posted by DestrehanTiger
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Member since Nov 2005
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Posted on 6/3/15 at 3:20 pm to
quote:

Peter Jackson couldn't think of anything else to bail them out


It's been a while since I read the Hobbit, but I think I remember Tolkien being the one that came up with the way to bail them out.
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