Star Wars vs Lord of the Rings - Democratic Underground

biscodawg

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Sat Mar-26-05 08:20 PM
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Poll question: Star Wars vs Lord of the Rings

which do you prefer?

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AntiCoup2K4

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Sat Mar-26-05 08:22 PM
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1. Original Star Wars Trilogy over all

Then LOTR trilogy. Even if the new Star Wars kicks ass, it can't possibly be good enough to average out the last two to elevate the rating of the trilogy.

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Sandpiper

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Sat Mar-26-05 08:23 PM
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2. Star Wars was the greater cinematic achievement, But...

Star Wars owes its existence to the Lord of the Rings literary trilogy.

LOTR was where George Lucas got the trilogy idea.

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biscodawg

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Sat Mar-26-05 08:26 PM
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4. and from watching the DVD extras

LOTR was a trilogy because post war publishers didn't want to print it all as one book (limited resources and stuff). funny the way that all works out

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davidinalameda

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Sat Mar-26-05 08:25 PM
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3. LOTR

less geeks in line to see movies

and the cast is way hotter than Star Wars

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Midnight Rambler

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Sat Mar-26-05 08:34 PM
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5. Lord of the Rings

I recently went back and watched the Star Wars trilogy, and it just seemed kind of silly. I dunno, probably because I hadn't watched it in years, and it had lost some of that magic that grabbed me when I was a kid. Who knows, maybe as time goes on I'll say the same thing about LOTR

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tjdee

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Sat Mar-26-05 08:36 PM
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6. LOTR is Star Wars' daddy in every conceivable way.

There is not one area where Star Wars dominates.

Star Wars promises a lot, but doesn't deliver very well. I think they could have been much better out of George Lucas' hands.

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Dudley_DUright

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Sat Mar-26-05 08:46 PM
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7. LOTR by far

Of course I would have to say that considering I am watching all three films on DVD consecutively in one day today. :headbang:

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imenja

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Sat Mar-26-05 08:49 PM
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8. this is tough

Lord of the Rings are better films, but Star Wars conjures up childhood nostalgia for me. I had to vote for Star Wars.

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Placebo

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Sat Mar-26-05 08:51 PM
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9. STAR WARS

I mean...c'mon. Will people be having LORD OF THE RINGS conventions, and huge huge huge websites and such going all over the place 30 years from now? Pssh.

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Anarcho-Socialist

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Sat Mar-26-05 09:30 PM
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11. I believe that there will be LotR conventions in 30 years time

For the record, I voted for Star Wars.

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nonconformist

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Sat Mar-26-05 09:03 PM
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10. Star Wars!

LOTR = too many battle scenes, not enough Hobbiton.

I'm a dork, I get chills just thinking about Episode 3. The circle is complete! *sniff*

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