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Re: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars

Postby sdsichero » Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:01 pm

Greg wrote:Any time two guys are seen as really close friends nowadays in art, they're considered gay.


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Re: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars

Postby sdsichero » Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:03 pm

Doc Spider wrote:Dude, Legolas on the oliphant was Academy Award level effects compared to some of the CGI in the prequels.


Some yes. But that scene was baaaddd.
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Re: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars

Postby Spidey-Man » Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:07 pm

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Well, when you consider the Force is now basically an STD, sure...


Not an STD. I dont think you could physically tell what happened to the people vader force choked either.

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Re: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars

Postby oogy » Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:10 pm

Movies/Story: LoTR > SW
Characters: SW > LoTR (more diverse character types in SW)
Universe: SW > LoTR (there's not as much expanded universe stuff for LoTR)
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Re: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars

Postby bkthomson » Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:10 pm

Lord of the Rings, mostly because Jackson knows how to direct people and get the most out of them to tell a great story. Where as Lucas does not know how to direct people and just assumes he can replace them in post.
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Re: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars

Postby Zechs » Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:04 pm

Doc Spider wrote:Here's the one about them sitting on couches. Pretty funny.

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Re: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars

Postby Zechs » Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:08 pm

Greg wrote:Any time two guys are seen as really close friends nowadays in art, they're considered gay.


Dude.. Sam and Frodo crossed the really close friend line in RoTK. They where good friends until freaking movie 3. That's what stays in Mordor never leaves Mordor.
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Re: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars

Postby PDH » Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:52 pm

US Agent wrote:LOTR - extended editions. I can watch them over and over and can't wait to add the Hobbit movies to that viewing pleasure.

I can't even leave Spike on for 5 minutes when they're constantly replaying the Star Wars movie.

For me the height of the original Star Wars movies was when Vader reveals he's Luke's father. One of the best scenes ever and the prequels took a huge dump on it. No longer will any new viewer to the series find that scene to be as powerful now that they have to watch little orphan Annie through the first three movies. Nope. I can't stand Star Wars.


Yeah, that's something that bothers me, as well.

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Re: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars

Postby Keb » Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:20 pm

Has anyone ever read the biblical story of David and Jonathan?

If they made a movie about it, people would probably say those two were gay. That'a just the current trend in psychoanalysis of male bonds. If you're that close to your male friend, you have to be gay. Pretty soon we'll be saying that Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer were boning each other or that Butch and Sundance were having secret gay sex.

For those who fail to understand the bond between Frodo and Sam (or Pippen and Merry), understand they had an objective to achieve and in terms of Sam, he was supposed to see Frodo's quest through to the end as per Gandalf's instruction. The idea that through all of this despair, two people could stick together and get shit done is hardly gay. It's just what male relationships were like at the time. There have been a lot of characters written that way throughout history. Get over it. If you think it's REALLY gay, you really need to get out of the house more.

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Re: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars

Postby Spidey-Man » Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:24 pm

what gay is his direction of them, not the characters.

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Re: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars

Postby habitual » Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:17 pm

Lord of the Rings, no contest.

The only good thing to really come out Star Wars wise lately was Tartakovsky's Clone Wars, everything else was tripe.

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Re: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars

Postby Doc Jon » Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:53 pm

Nice to see the Rings getting so much love.

They really can be long films, but I do think there's craft there. It also makes the build up and the drama leading to the battles better.
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Re: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars

Postby DeadFett » Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:02 pm

Star Wars for me. Not even close.
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Re: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars

Postby xaraan » Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:07 pm

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