Better Trilogy: Lord of the Rings or Star Wars?

[CelticPredator]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKr5R1VNPjI

This is what I got to see every time I watched "Star Wars." I never fast forwarded it. It's part of the movie to me. And seeing this again gives me warm fuzzy feelings of my childhood. I was part of that whole new generation who would experience it for the very first time. And so will my kids. I hope I raise them right and they don't think they're "boring." I don't own the prequels so it shouldn't be too hard.

This actually makes me hate Star Wars even more.

Everytime they say "One last time..." you think they're just trying to boost sales.

Nope. This was true. It really was the last chance to own the ORIGINAL version of Star Wars. (Not include those fake as **** bootleg esq DVD's)

 

[azurepred]

The villains are better in Lotr IMO , and that's enough for me.

 

[RIDDICK]

Both series are squarely on the shoulders of the main hero of each flick.

Nope......

 

[EVILFACE]

Yep .

 

[RIDDICK]

Well then I'm truly the only one who's never felt that way about characters from both series.

 

[EVILFACE]

In the end Frodo gave in to the the Ring. Luke rejected the Dark Side.

 

[Khev]

In the end Frodo gave in to the the Ring. Luke rejected the Dark Side.

Frodo resisted evil when it counted (sparing Gollum which led to the destruction of the Ring.) And the Emperor was easy to resist. He was a nasty evil dude. Duh. But the Ring was so shiny and precious....

 

[pixletwin]

In the end Frodo gave in to the the Ring. Luke rejected the Dark Side.

Yup. It was Gollum's greed that destroyed the ring. Frodo was just the delivery boy.

 

[RIDDICK]

In the end Frodo gave in to the the Ring. Luke rejected the Dark Side.

I mean I never felt the presence of a "hero".
All the main characters were important and had been given an almost equal amount of time.

 

[karamazov80]

Kinda fits the supposed religious undertones to LOTR for Tolkien to say that men (and Hobbits) are weak and prone to corruption. If Khev's theory is right, and Frodo succeeded in ways he couldn't have anticipated for doing things that don't initially seem to have some predictable long-term impact, then there may have been some higher power orchestrating things.

Lucas strikes me as more of a humanist--people do bad things, but ultimately people can overcome.

 

[Adolfo]

I mean I never felt the presence of a "hero".
All the main characters were important and had been given an almost equal amount of time.

Yup it was a team effort

 

[JRL]

This thread failed, it should have been titled, which franchise has creepier fans?

Carrie Fisher Episode VII?

 

[azurepred]

Kinda fits the supposed religious undertones to LOTR for Tolkien to say that men (and Hobbits) are weak and prone to corruption. If Khev's theory is right, and Frodo succeeded in ways he couldn't have anticipated for doing things that don't initially seem to have some predictable long-term impact, then there may have been some higher power orchestrating things.

Lucas strikes me as more of a humanist--people do bad things, but ultimately people can overcome.

More so in present day than I've ever felt in my whole life, I don't think most people can overcome greed. Just look at all our politicians, men are weak. As a species, we haven't progressed because of this, but any ways....If that is tolkiens view, I believe he is right.

 

[DiFabio]

In the end Frodo gave in to the the Ring. Luke rejected the Dark Side.

Frodo basically gave his life to save Middle Earth. Even returning home he's not the same. He withstood the Ring's corruption much longer than others.

Seems to me like the temptation of the Ring was more powerful than turning to the Dark side.



Though, losing a hand is more hardcore than losing a finger. Then again, Luke didn't get his hand bitten off . . .

 

[thenammagazine]

This chick is freakin' HOT!

Carrie Fisher Episode VII?

Nah, that's Quiggle cosplaying as Slave Leia.

 

[Reinhardt]

Lord of the Rings by a mile.

 

[Darkseed]

Better trilogy to watch: Star Wars. Better trilogy to bore one to sleep: LoTR

 

[The Josh]

Better trilogy to watch: Star Wars. Better trilogy to bore one to sleep: LoTR

I wouldn't say that. I watch SW when I don't want to think. I watch The Lord of the Rings when I want to watch how you bring a great written fictional universe to life.

 

[Sachiel]

Oh snap!

 

[Darkseed]

I wouldn't say that. I watch SW when I don't want to think. I watch The Lord of the Rings when I want to watch how you bring a great written fictional universe to life.

I'll be sure to bring some 5 hr energy next time I want to watch said universe come to life