"The Lord of the Rings Sucks Thread" :P

Post by **CovenantJr** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 11:05 pm

kevinswatch wrote:I've been wanted to join the class just so I can walk in with a t-shirt that says "JRR Tolkien - The poor reader's Stephen R. Donaldson"

Post by **kevinswatch** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 12:15 am

Hm...maybe I should make that shirt for the shop at Kevin's Watch.

"J.R.R. Tolkien:
The poor reader's
Stephen R. Donaldon"

Hehe.-jay

Post by **CovenantJr** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 12:21 am

Hey, Jay - I just noticed the "heh" in your Edgetar

Post by **The Dreaming** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 12:26 am

I have always been a fast reader. I don't think I have been able to put off any Donaldson series for more than a week or two. (The Gap took me about 3 days) I think that once I got into runes I finished it that day.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 12:37 am

As I've mentioned elsewhere, I rushed to finish Runes and still took two weeks over it. The First and Second Chronicles combined took me almost a year of pretty much constant reading in the evenings and at weekends.

Post by **Alynna Lis Eachann** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:24 pm

I would so buy that shirt, Jay. LOL, you know my objections to LOTR.... boy, don't get me started.

Post by **dlbpharmd** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:12 pm

I'd buy that shirt too. Reminds me of the line from A River Runs Through It, when the narrator says "Methodists are just Baptists who can read."

Post by **Loredoctor** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:38 am

CovenantJr wrote:Lord of the Rings is a pain to read. Fellowship nearly killed me.

Same. I almost gave up at the Tom Bombadil chapter; it is just stupid and childish.

Post by **Furls Fire** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:54 am

Post by **Loredoctor** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:38 am

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:09 am

Enough Rings bashing, Jesus. Probably wouldn't even be a TCTC if it hadn't been published.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:12 am

Freedom of opinion. I dont have to like it, and many people dont.

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:15 am

Oh wow, I so said you had to like it. Real perceptive, Ur-Vile.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:24 am

But you are acting like it's a sin to criticise it. Why are you getting so worked up over criticism of the book? God, you did the same when I criticsed buffy.

What's the "enough ring bashing"? It's not your call on what we can and cant criticise. My freedom of opinion is to use this forum to say what I want, you seem to want criticism to end. That's what I was referring to (lack of perception???) I just agreed to what Cov Jr wrote.

As for the statement regarding TCTC not being in existence if LOTR was never written; what is your point exactly? That I said it should never been published?

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:26 am

Loremaster wrote:But you are acting like it's a sin to criticise it. Why are you getting so worked up over criticism of the book?

You call "it's stupid and childish" a criticism? My friends could make more structured and reasoned critiques after a few beers.

Loremaster wrote:What's the "enough ring bashing"?

It pisses me off, and I'd rather see people talk about TCTC in here when I click on this thread, not continuing the Tolkien bashing. I don't care if I'm not being nice or hurting your "freedom"--that's how I honestly feel. Don't make this into a thing about me taking away your right to an opinion, because us having this argument is expressing opinions right now. I'm just saying "stifle"--if you don't want to stifle, fine, I don't have to click on the thread if I don't want to.

Loremaster wrote:As for the statement regarding TCTC not being in existence if LOTR was never written; what is your point exactly? That I said it should never been published?

My point is appreciation can exist without liking something.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:29 am

I called the CHAPTER stupid and childish. And that's how it reads: silly songs and hobbits splashing in baths. Tom Bombadil sounds childish. If I wanted to spend a page criticising the books in depth I could have, but I chose not to. Absence of that is not evidence of my inability to critique a book.

Besides, most of your criticisms of the 80s use the same hyperbole I had used, only instead of you flooding this forum with thread after thread, I just posted.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:33 am

Lord Foul wrote:
Loremaster wrote:What's the "enough ring bashing"?
It pisses me off, and I'd rather see people talk about TCTC in here when I click on this thread, not continuing the Tolkien bashing. I don't care if I'm not being nice or hurting your "freedom"--that's how I honestly feel. Don't make this into a thing about me taking away your right to an opinion, because us having this argument is expressing opinions right now. I'm just saying "stifle"--if you don't want to stifle, fine, I don't have to click on the thread if I don't want to.

Okay, yes it is off topic. But I posted my criticism and that is that. I dont like the books.

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:37 am

Loremaster wrote:Besides, most of your criticisms of the 80s use the same hyperbole I had used, only instead of you flooding this forum with thread after thread, I just posted.

I'm sorry for attacking your opinion of the Tom Bombadil chapter. In passing, I'll say most of my 80s ramblings are in jest; I like a lot of 80s stuff, have some 80s CDs.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:38 am

Hey, that's cool. Sorry for getting worked up. I

Post by **Worm of Despite** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:41 am

Nah, no biggie. I thought you were very self-controlled!