Lord of The Rings v Star Wars

which Breakfast Club member were you in High School?

answer: Princess

Yeah yeah laugh it up funny girl.

definitely not a geek though.

hehe..

perhaps a cross breed?

That's what I like about you Simon, you're so decisive!

Kinda silly to compare the two really - I mean, we're talking the 'broad brush stroke' versus the visual translation of a book, err, big on minutiae.
I'm not quite sure why George Lucus seems to believe that anyone really gives a monkeys about a story (ie: the current prequels) which practically everyone in the civilised world already knows, in great detail, the ending to (ie: Episodes IV, V & VI). That said, it was amazing to see the 'original' Star Wars trilogy unfold during that period at the end of the 70s and into the 1980s. LOTR is a completely different animal - the whole sheebang shot back-to-back over a couple of years supported by more CG than NASA. Actually, I saw the 'Two Towers' this afternoon ... extraordinary film, and, on balance, far more rivetting than SWs Episodes I & II.

Question: Is, as posted earlier, Christopher Lee in both SW & LOTR ? Or are we actually talking about Christopher Lee in LOTR and Peter Cushing (Lee's fellow Hammer House of Horror colleague) in SW (Episode IV) ?

May the force etc, etc ...

Because you apparently never visited Star Wars dedicated sites and/or forums. Otherwise you would have noticed that lots of people love and care for that story.

I've been collared many a time by SW-philes over the years, so I do have some idea about people's feeling for 'the story' and for the most part, I take your point, but sorry, three prequels ? The whole idea just doesn't do it for me (and, judging by some critical reaction I've heard and read, a number of others too). Do I give a rats about 'Young Indiana Jones' ? What lead Ellen Ripley towards a career in space mining/transportation ? James Bond - The Teen Years ? I don't really care - I'm drawn to what's happening next. If all a story can do is point me to a place that I've already been to, all of the preamble in the world will not save it. Before SW became an intrenched global merchandising and print-publishable entity, it was only really a story about a boy finding out about who he was (by way of an amazing intergalactic adventure). What's followed now is just froth and bubble - which leads me to the end of Episode III - Skywalker Sr turns to the 'dark side', Palpatine becomes an even bigger prick and Obi Wan discovers a love for dune-buggying. I know I'm being glib, but we do know where this is going; just not 'how' exactly. And the 'how' just ain't that important to me.

But they're just sad losers, surely?

"To you", exactly.

I suppose you are not going to read The Hobbit after The Lord Of The Rings for the same odd reasons.

Of course.

I don't know about that. If you've ever had a conversation with Mark or one who shares his passion for all things Star Wars, it would become apparent that there is still a plethora of detail within the Star Wars series.

Sure LOTR goes into MORE detail; and was filmed / realeased in a different manner to Star Wars; and was based on a book. Isn't that the point of comparison?

The point I was making is that they are both large scale fantasy movie series that, it would appear, will be left sharing a pedestal once the entire LOTR series has been released. So which of the two giants will go down as being the greater?

I suppose a part of that discussion will be "but they're not on the same pedestal...they're totally different movies". That...for mine...is nonsense. They each cater to the same part of my imagination.

LOTR beats seven shades of shite out of Star Wars any day!

Amen