star wars vs LOTR

[ravenus]

Yoda was a dyslexic old bore...and green to boot.

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

Er, when you say you've read 40K novels, Eradius Lore, do you mean that you read very short books (40,000 words is just barely novel-length), or that you've read 40,000 books of whatever length?

 

[Winters_Sorrow]

Er, when you say you've read 40K novels, Eradius Lore, do you mean that you read very short books (40,000 words is just barely novel-length), or that you've read 40,000 books of whatever length?

40K refers to a series of books based on the Warhammer 40K table-top wargame which is moderately popular in the Uk & Europe.
It's a kind of gothic future sci-fi thing

*whisper mode on* its a set of books designed to sell metal minatures & role-playing games - similar to the Battletech books which were around about 6 years ago *whisper mode off*

 

[Teresa Edgerton]

Ah, I see ... the heavy intellectual stuff.

 

[Eradius Lore]

warhammer 40k is one of the biggest things in the uk, its also fairly big in parts of usa, europe and japan. come on, you never heard of space marines.
if you wana find out more go to

http://www.games-workshop.com

 

[Frey Slayer]

Thanks for the compliment Alia. Ive used this image in several online activities of mine including poker!
Its funny, this image is actually one of the stock Avatars provided by the forum!

 

[Tsujigiri]

One of the biggest things...compared to what?

Cot death.....AIDS.....road traffic accidents....the upcoming election.....

A bit of perspective please. 40k is an over rated wargame with tin soldiers that Games Workshop cashes in on massively
It's generally enjoyed massively by dweebs, the socially maladjusted and the profoundly smelly..

Average shop content, one or two staff who are generally uni dropouts, several millions school kids, a few college & uni kids and some older men with weight issues, no interpersonal skills and a severely disturbing lack of personal hygiene.

 

[Winters_Sorrow]

Ah, I see ... the heavy intellectual stuff.

well it helps you count...*shakes dice..rattle, rattle* two sixes....erm...10 + 2...12!

One of the biggest things...compared to what?

probably D&D or any of the other more traditional role-playing games
the megalith which is Games Workshop has forced a lot of the independant model makers out of business or into niche small scale hobby shops

Games Workshop lost any small (very small) amount of interest I had in them when they decided to completely revise, re-write, dumb down etc etc their own products to the level of 10 year old children (I'm being generous).

I'm not an old man by any means, but I remember when Games Workshop sold Citadel minatures for the Middle Earth RPG amongst many others - then it just bought out all its competitors, added a few decimal places to its mainly now plastic products (instead of metal as previously) and fleeced all its customers.

Glad I'm not a parent - some of GW's prices aren't much short of extortion

bah - traditional RPGs were 2 parts story-telling to 1 part imagination.
Now it's all "you need a 4+ to penetrate my heavy armour with your lasgun"

 

[Neon]

I too voted for LOTR. I simply enjoy fantasy works much more than sci-fi, altho both are great.

 

[Lacedaemonian]

Chili Jam Cheddar is the best cheese out there. That of course discludes Tintern and Cotswold.

I spent about £250 on my LOTR Games-Workshop collection. My girlfriend loves painting them and is very talented at it. However, we have not done anything with the collection since we moved house.

 

[LadyFel]

I just love the way you guys run intellectual rings around members who post questions and polls like these...

OT, I prefer straightforward cheddar cheese, but can't get my hands on any in Croatia, so I have to make do with lesser examples.

Oh, yeah...LOTR

 

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

Sheesh. They're basically the same thing - epic battles between polarized forces. For all its SFnal trappings, the Star Wars ethos is just as mediavel/fuedal and anti-rational in essential spirit as LotR. Even if a few good writers like Stover contribute to the SW franchise novels, I must say that they don't match up to a love-it or hate-it classic like Tolkien's trilogy. Still, it's pretty much all what Moorcock calls 'epic Pooh'. Your choice of stupefaction is purely subjective. I am editing this poll however, since the wording is needlessly offensive. Can't be bothered going through each post though, so be aware that if flags are raised, heads will roll.

 

[Tsujigiri]

I am reminded of a scene from Labyrinth.

knivesout.....will there be silly music and Jennifer Connely

 

[Rane Longfox]

Taking this back several pages

you are all CRAZY!


can't you see that star wars has so much more to offer than lord of the rings.
lord of the rings are a couple of books, star wars are like 50 or so books

star wars has the force, big starships and a whole universe for you to dream in.
lotr has golum. enough said

Don't be a fool The Star Wars books are not only all the same storyline, they're also all written by different authors, so the continuity is screwy...

 

[garreth Jacks]

Go easy on the language mate. Good to see that your friends have such well formed opinions and such deep and wonderful imaginations.

I don't think that I am wizard, I merely fantasize about being a Spartan Warrior.

I know this person and are one of his mates and yes i do have a very good imagination i think that both films are good, people should not get affended when some one says some thing bad about the film it not a attack at a one person

I have a dream that fans will every where join up and become one big union

 

[Lacedaemonian]

No offense taken.

 

[NSMike]

You're obviously a passionate youth, Eradius Lore, unable to see that there is merit in all things, truth in few, and total consensus on none.

You'll begin to look at Star Wars and LOTR later on and be able to form honest opinions rather than latch onto that which has more books, that which you've always liked, and therefore feel you must defend, or that which your friends support just because they support it. And eventually, you'll realize that just knowing something does not validate your position, and trying to change someone's opinion is as pointless an exercise as arguing over the color of the sky.

 

[Eradius Lore]

NSMike

are you some kind of precher?

whats with the phlosophical talk

 

[Lacedaemonian]

Can't you read? He's a Tsurani Great One. (Raymond E Feist)

 

[Eradius Lore]

im sorry if i live in the real world