boinga1 Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 Well, there seems to be a lot of rivalry between these two here. Vote! I say SW despite my avatar. <-----------------------------------------< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediNyt Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 Star Wars. I just like it better. Simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hekx Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 LOTR & SW. LOTR has what SW doesn't have... and SW has LIGHTSABRES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teutonicknight Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 I'd say SW. Because of lightsabers, of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tie Guy Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 LOTR doesn't even come close to SW in terms of movies. LOTR would just be another decent action movie with lots of holes if everyone wasn't so up in the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notion Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 Star Wars has something LOTR can't grasp... A bigger, growing, and expanding universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katarn07 Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 Originally posted by Hèkx Nòxú LOTR & SW. LOTR has what SW doesn't have... and SW has LIGHTSABRES! lol. SW, I like sci-fi more than Fantasy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmjedi Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 Well it looks like everyone in here loves Star Wars. I have to say Star Wars because I was brought up with it. LOTR is new and I haven't been so into it as I have been with Star Wars. Also like Notion said it has a bigger, growing, and expanding universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonlancer Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 Ok, I voted lotr and I'll tell you why in a second. I was brought up with both star wars and lord of the rings. I think lord of the rings has a better written storyline, better actors and quite a few better things. Star Wars has lightsabers. That in itself is almost enough to tie with lord of the rings. The reason it may be slightly more popular is because of the gaps in star wars. J.R.R. Tolkien left no holes for people to wonder about in lord of the rings. Little left for speculation, everything was tied up. George lucas didn't exactly ever end it, he made the begining and there's so much room for speculation. You know, that one other jedi that survived the jedi purge that no one ever knew about. Stuff like that. When there was just the original trilogy, there was mystery surrounding the past. There is some of this in LOTR but not much. In short, I think they are both excellent works of art. George Lucas and all of those guys worked hard on Star Wars, and so did everyone who worked on Lord of the Rings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmjedi Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 Well GL didn't spend his whole life writing the story and all that stuff. You have to remember that Tolkien was trying to make a mythology for the UK and he wanted it to be very good. He made up everything including the languages and stuff. GL was just trying to make something like that. He was trying to make a epic like the Iliad and that's were he got his inspiration. Tolkien got his from all the mythology that was around the are. France, Germany, Italy and all that stuff. GL was also trying to make something that was new like the future and the stuff. It was stuff that was far ahead of our time and was suppose make people look ahead at the future. I realy like Star Wars because of the technology. It's Sci-Fi and that's what I love to watch and read. LOTR isn't Sci-Fi and is more mythological. I really don't like that kind of stuff cause I personally like to hear about the future and stuff like that. I do have to admit that LOTR is good though even for not being Sci-Fi. I like it and it is the only thing that I like that involves scorcers and magic and stuff like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murtaugh Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 it's so hard to choose.. my 6 favorite movie's in order.. 1. Return of the Jedi 1. LOTR: The 2 towers 1. Empire Strikes Back 1. Attack of the Clones 1. STAR TREK 2: THE WRATH OF KHAN! 1. LOTR: Fellowship OTR Yeah thats right! They are all tied for first!!!! I guess i'll just go with Star Wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 Star Wars is my preeeccciiiioooouuuusssss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 Originally posted by Tie Guy LOTR doesn't even come close to SW in terms of movies. LOTR would just be another decent action movie with lots of holes if everyone wasn't so up in the books. Shwa? Many many people saw the movie(s) without reading the book(s) and yet still think it was great. You shouldn't make such broad/blind assumptions such as that. When's the last time you sat back and really looked at the Star Wars movies? They have just as many problems as the lotr movies do, if not many many more. Why do we even have to choose? The movies aren't even remotely related to each other. I want a "I love both" option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 That can be arranged! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tie Guy Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 Originally posted by Boba Rhett Shwa? Many many people saw the movie(s) without reading the book(s) and yet still think it was great. You shouldn't make such broad/blind assumptions such as that. My opinion, Rhett, of course. I would say that the reason the vast majority of people like it is because of the books. I've read some of the books, but not too much, and i think it was a decent movie, certainly not anything very special. Think about it. If the books never happened, and LOTR the movie was just made out of the blue, like SW, i very highly doubt it would be the even remotely close to what it is in terms of popularity. I just don't see how you can say it would have the exact same popularity etc. without the books. And the last time i really watched the SW movies, which was last week, i can't see any visible holes. Holes and mistakes are not te same however. LOTR has large gaps in the storyline that SW doesn't have, and i assume that they aren't there in the books, but that speaks nothing for movie itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted January 21, 2003 Share Posted January 21, 2003 Actually, I think that it may have been even more popular if there was never a book behind it all. There owuldn't have been any squabbles about things being left out and other things being stuck in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple_Tentacle Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 how popular do you think starwars episode 1 would have been without the original trilogy behind it ? hmmm..come to think of it, it would probably fair pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jatt13 Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 well, i voted LotR. LOTR is new uh, LotR came out way before star wars did. just fyi. you can't really compare Star Wars and LotR, because they're in 2 eperate genres: SW in Sci-Fi and LotR in Fantasy. but i like LotR better b/c there is so much history in it. tolkien, as has been said, spent his life creating the history, languages, and people of his stories, and he still didn't complete it. that's how much detail he put in it. he created an ENTIRE FRICKEN LANGUAGE BY HIMSELF, for cryin' out loud. and he didn't just write the LotR, he has a lot of other books a/b middle earth out there. now, if you compare the movies and the books, you can see that the movies suck. they leave out and put stuff in, and there are tons of holes. but i'd have gone and seen it if i hadn't ever read the books, or if they hadn't been written. now, don't get me wrong, i like SW a lot, too. i just like LotR better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tie Guy Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 Jatt, read your post. You're comparing LOTR the books to SW the movies, and thats not the topic. We're comparing the movies, and thats all. Thanks for proving my point, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Glorfindel Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 They BOTH ROCK!!! LOTR has great visuals and scenery, and SW has Technology and THE FORCE. Their both have great movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecks_Gecar Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 LOTR is new and I haven't been so into it as I have been with Star Wars. Also like Notion said it has a bigger, growing, and expanding universe. LOTR is not NEW turst me the books have been around for ages. StarWars is just plain better! Sure LOTR has its good moments but SW is a classic and always will be. Look at the video games for example whats better? StarWars Galaxies or the Two Towers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecks_Gecar Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 LOTR is new and I haven't been so into it as I have been with Star Wars. Also like Notion said it has a bigger, growing, and expanding universe. LOTR is not NEW turst me the books have been around for ages. StarWars is just plain better! Sure LOTR has its good moments but SW is a classic and always will be. Look at the video games for example whats better? StarWars Galaxies or the Two Towers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediNyt Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 Whoa hold up there, what happened pal? Did the forum malfunction when you replied or did you just keep reposting? I suggest you errase those extra 14 posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraith 8 Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 well i already did. i gave you 2 posts... just because im nice... but you lost those posts and points there. be patient with the reply button. click it only once. and if you are not sure your post makes it.. just Ctrl a in the text screen and ctrl C.. then you can post the same thing next time. My opinion. I LOVED THE LOTR. both movies Rocked. but i like star wars a bit better. i grew up in the 1980's and 90's with both Star Wars and Star Trek.. first i loved star trek better.. cause i thought they had better agreements.. but then i stubled acroiss the EU.. and loved it. so since then im a GREAT fan. i never read the Lotr. i wasnt planning to either...im a big freak with SW already... i dont know if my family can handle Lotr with combination of SW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Doll Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 I agree with that I Prefer SW movies, cause you can see how much they spend making the movie, and i don´t talk about money, it´s a better movie and it has a good end!!!!!! I really like LOTR but I hate to see the end of the movie and don´t think anything good about that, they can make it like harry potter, SW or any other movie with a second or third part, you can make something to end the book and not just to say to be continued... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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