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Post by PointyEars on Apr 22, 2004 18:42:05 GMT -5
Yeah...it's OK if they have their own opinion about something, but most of the time the critics don't have anything with which to back their opinions up. I've read a couple articles by LOTR haters on the Internet who hate LOTR merely because they hate the people who do like it (sorry really bad sentence). They stereotype LOTR fans as nerdy high school boys from the 70s who sit around playing "dungeons and dragons" all day. Sorry, that doesn't exactly sound like me... You gave a very good argument...I wish some LOTR haters could come here and read your post!! <>Diamond<> i totally agree with you. not that i know what dungeons and dragons is... personally, i think THEY should get a life, stop bashing lotr, and do something useful. you can at least learn something from reading lotr, you don't get anything out of making fun of it. |
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Post by MirkwoodArcher on Apr 24, 2004 17:34:06 GMT -5
People who say LotR sucks suck. No but seriously, some people haven`t even seen the movie or read the books and they already make up their minds about it. Well, Its their problem cuz they don`t know what they`re missing. We should all go on a big LotR haters site and bombard them with e-mails saying that they`re the ones that suck and have nothing to do exept for sitting around your computer and wasting your time writing about something you hate. They better be careful. E-mail bombardment coming their way!
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Post by Jenny on Apr 25, 2004 19:27:32 GMT -5
If you do do something like that, just make sure you sound intelligent. Dont stoop to their level by swearing at them or using excessive punctuation or using excessive amounts of web lingo such as "u, ppl, w/e, 4ever, l8er" etc etc. I use that stuff when I am talking to people online, but if you want to make an argument against someone its best not to give them a reason to make fun of you.
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Post by PointyEars on Apr 29, 2004 18:03:33 GMT -5
if they want to make fun of lotr, that's their problems. they just think it will be cool for them to make fun of something that is so well liked. if they want to miss out on a really good book/movie, it's their loss.
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Post by SpanishEvenstar on Jul 1, 2004 17:54:10 GMT -5
Actually, Aredhel, I can see what your mom means. Gandalf "died" and came back for a short time to help them through the dark time. Aragorn was this normal, pretty unknown guy, the last person you would expect to be king. And Frodo... I cant see that one as well, but the entire idea that there is only ONE WAY for Middle Earth to be saved is thru the Ring being destroyed- only one., there are no alternate solutions- that theme is incredibly Biblical. Tolkien was a Christian, so it makes complete sense that he would put Biblical references and parallels in his books. This is true, and being a Christian myself I see many parallels btw LotR and the Bible, but the thing is there are too many parallels. If it was supposed to be a real parallel, then there would only be one "Christ Figure". LotR is definitely used among Christian circles to convince people that it's really not as bad as some people might think (i.e. the Christians who say that all fantasy is bad). Back on topic, my brother is a LotR hater because he can't understand what's going on and hates witchcraft and anything dealing with magic (as do I but there is a major difference between the "magic" of LotR and the magic used today by witches)...besides the fact that he hates to read and adores "brainless" movies like Weird Al's UHF. I don't hold it against him because he doesn't hate it because I love it, he hates it for his own legitimate reasons, and I can respect that. |
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