Better Trilogy: Lord of the Rings or Star Wars?

[CelticPredator]

Everything is better then Darth Maul.

Pippin is better then Darth Maul.

 

[DiFabio]

Saruman > Count Dookie aka Darth Tyrannosaurus

 

[CelticPredator]

Truth.......

 

[thenammagazine]

Saruman = Count Dookie aka Darth Tyrannosaurus

Fixed for accuracy.

 

[DiFabio]

I just watched a few scenes and I forgot how nasty Saruman is, especially to Wormtongue. He has some great lines.


"You stink of horse."

"What is the house of Eorl but a thatched barn where brigands drink in the reek, and their brats roll on the floor among the dogs?"

"Get down cur!" *pimp slaps Grima down to the ground*

 

[Adolfo]

Given they were able to fight off the Nazgûl, what other means did Sauron have to fight them?

What if the ring started to possess the eagle named Smeagle...what if the possessed eagle Smeagle put the ring on its talon and just ate Frodo...it would be pretty tough catching an invisible eagle dude

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

because there would be no movie.


Why didn't someone just catch James Bond taking a dump, and kill him then?

Why didn't Darth Vader just stab Luke in his stupid face?

Why didn't Anakin just commit suicide?

Why didn't Loki just blow up the world?

Why didn't Ripley just stay home and not die?


Does no one want a movie any more?

I understand and totally agree, but you can explain each of your examples. I mean, just think about it. Aragorn goes in the cave and asks Mr. Ghost King to fight for him and win his freedom. Ghost King takes his swarm-like ghost army and just demolishes every enemy in a matter of seconds. And the ghosts can't be hurt/killed either. It seems like that would have saved them all a lot of trouble.

It's never been a big deal to me, probably my only complaint. Maybe there's a reason why.


And when did it become cool to hate on Maul? He's without a doubt the coolest thing in all of the PT.

 

[Niltusk]

I understand and totally agree, but you can explain each of your examples. I mean, just think about it. Aragorn goes in the cave and asks Mr. Ghost King to fight for him and win his freedom. Ghost King takes his swarm-like ghost army and just demolishes every enemy in a matter of seconds. And the ghosts can't be hurt/killed either. It seems like that would have saved them all a lot of trouble.

It's never been a big deal to me, probably my only complaint. Maybe there's a reason why.


And when did it become cool to hate on Maul? He's without a doubt the coolest thing in all of the PT.

Best guess was when they decided to jump the shark with Maul...

Excuse me, I mean Darth Reindeer the cyborg chicken.

 

[IronFingaz]

WTF?
Why is this even close?
The STAR WARS Trilogy is 100 times better than LOTR!
I don't care how many Oscars were won,blah blah blah!
Better story in STAR WARS and it was told better!
Why didn't the eagles just fly the ring to Modor and let Frodo drop it in?

[ame]https://youtu.be/GorLBm35ZkE[/ame]

 

[DiFabio]

Star Wars > Crappy Kevin Smith movies

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

Best guess was when they decided to jump the shark with Maul...
Excuse me, I mean Darth Reindeer the cyborg chicken.

Never saw an issue with Cyborg Maul. I've always loved him in the Visionaries comic and that's the only Star Wars statue I own actually.

He didn't have mechanical legs in the PT though so that can't be the reason people seem to hate him now.

 

[Niltusk]

Never saw an issue with Cyborg Maul. I've always loved him in the Visionaries comic and that's the only Star Wars statue I own actually.

He didn't have mechanical legs in the PT though so that can't be the reason people seem to hate him now.

You ask why people hate on him NOW, not THEN.

Whats the difference in him between then and now?

Clean some of that stupid out of your ears.

 

[EnShinNoi]

I prefer Middle-earth over Star Wars and PJ is the better director so LotR trilogy all the way.

As a story, it's far more moving. It does a good job at exploring every facet of Middle-earth, the lands, friends and foes so when there's evil, I genuinely feel concerned for everything.

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

You ask why people hate on him NOW, not THEN.

Whats the difference in him between then and now?

Clean some of that stupid out of your ears.

No, I'm asking why people never used to hate on TPM Maul back in 99, but hate on TPM Maul today.
His portrayal in TPM hasn't magically changed in the past twelve years from VHS to DVD to blu-ray.
I'm not talking about the cyborg version of him, although that's constantly bashed as well.

And you and your random, unnecessary insults can go stand in front of a train for all I care.

 

[CelticPredator]

They liked him up until George killed him. Then he sucked.

 

[Niltusk]

No, I'm asking why people never used to hate on TPM Maul back in 99, but hate on TPM Maul today.
His portrayal in TPM hasn't magically changed in the past twelve years from VHS to DVD to blu-ray.
I'm not talking about the cyborg version of him, although that's constantly bashed as well.

And you and your random, unnecessary insults can go stand in front of a train for all I care.

 

[abake]

While I like Star Wars better, I think LOTR is overall simply superior film-making and story-telling.
Having said that, there are moments throughout LOTR where I just wanted to punch PJ in the face for being so over the top melodramatic.

 

[marker2037]

Too tough to decide on which I love more. So I voted for which were better overall movies. As a whole LOTR wins so it got my vote.

 

[crows]

Read the books, read the RPGs, watched the movies... World is still empty!

What I mean is that in a real society, people reproduce and then spread once their supply area becomes too crowded! That's what the human race did from the great rift and spread through Asia and Europe, little by little, with villages pretty close from one another!

In LOTR, you don't have a very realistic demographic! Take the fortified cities for instance. No villages around, no farmers in the fields, so much so that I wonder how they manage to feed their population!

As far as fantasy world are concerned, Howard got it right, Tolkien? Not so much...

That said, I repeat, these were great movies...

that ends up happening in any type of movie of that kind, I mean even Conan or even stupid Narnia or Eragon ends up having that emptiness situation. I don't see it as a problem because having more villages wouldn't really do anything for the plot. They go where they need to go and talk to the people they need to talk. I don't really need to see every inch of land populated. Just happens.

Given they were able to fight off the Nazgûl, what other means did Sauron have to fight them?

Wasn't that after the witch king, their leader, was killed? Pretty sure it was. Plus their main army had been wiped out, and it seemed like they were only using what they had left behind the black gate.

I don't think the eagles would have been able to make it all the way over there alone without being killed.

The only thing that bothers me is the ghost army. Why not just have them fight the entire battle FFS...they took the whole army out in a matter of seconds.

I agree that the ghost army could have been used for the end battle but I guess he didn't want to piss off a bunch of angry killing ghosts lol. He gave his word.

What if the ring started to possess the eagle named Smeagle...what if the possessed eagle Smeagle put the ring on its talon and just ate Frodo...it would be pretty tough catching an invisible eagle dude

that whole "eagle dropping the ring" argument is so completely retarded. I cannot believe anyone with half a brain would even try to argue for that.
it is like the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
The whole point of Frodo taking the ring was not being noticed. At All... that was the whole point of that. Imagine a gigantic eagle flying the ring.... I mean, really there is no way an eagle could have try to fly there and not get killed....

 

[Darth Snoopy]

Star Wars.