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re: How much of a joke is it that Star Wars was ever thought to be equal to Lord of the Rings?
Posted on 5/5/24 at 11:33 pm to WicKed WayZ
Posted on 5/5/24 at 11:33 pm to WicKed WayZ
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I just spent the day with my twin 12 year old nephews. I asked them about LOTR and they were like…wut. Granted, they’re more into sports than reading…
Yeah… they’re 12. Lord of the Rings requires an attention span. I was introduced to it at 13, although I read the Hobbit earlier. Ask them five years from now and they’ll know what you’re talking about. Hell ask them next year or two years from now and I bet it’s different. They’re right at that age where they’ll start loving Lord of the Rings.
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And considering most males hardly read anymore, I’d argue the impact from Star Wars is pretty close to the cultural and bibliographic impact of the Lord of the Rings, despite a damn near 30 year head start.
They’re definitely close in pop culture impact. I’d honestly say Star Wars is probably higher on this, but Lord of the Rings is more intellectually so. The themes in Lord of the Rings age better than Star Wars does.
300 years from now barring obvious nuclear apocalypse, I have no doubt people will still know Lord of the Rings. I doubt they’ll know Star Wars though.
This post was edited on 5/5/24 at 11:48 pm
Posted on 5/5/24 at 11:55 pm to OMLandshark
Baw. If you approached 100 random people on the street and asked them if they knew what book / movie Sauron, Gollum, and Frodo were in vs Luke , Vader, Leia, and Hans, you know that Star Wars would instantly be recognized by almost
Everyone. Not so much for
LOTR. Snap back to reality.
Everyone. Not so much for
LOTR. Snap back to reality.
This post was edited on 5/7/24 at 9:01 am
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