BerenVonRictoffen wrote:If big-budget production distracts you from the shield-surfing, dwarf-tossing and the Living Dead, while the steward of Gondor becames the Human Torch and a pinata, as well as joining Aragorn in taking up cliff-diving, and Brego becomes Hidalgo.
siddharth wrote:Was generally speaking of people who actually enjoy cinema there, so that isn't a surprise.
Shadowman82 wrote:I doubt it , it's been popular since it was released and that was in the 50s so I see no reason why the books should become less popular in the future .
BerenVonRictoffen wrote:Shadowman82 wrote:I doubt it , it's been popular since it was released and that was in the 50s so I see no reason why the books should become less popular in the future .
Because of the Jackson film giving it a bad name about shield-surfing Elves, an ambiguously gay couple's wedding ring, and Dwarf-tossing, all under some Illuminati-symbol.
PunkMaister wrote:Duh Sauron's eye is clearly the symbolical one eye of God that the illuminati, the Freemasons and may other organizations use and is even the U.S dollar too.
Hardly news at all.
Lysandros wrote:I think the books are likely to remain quite popular given that the movies, love or hate em, gave the works a tremendous boost.
BerenVonRictoffen wrote:So when people think of Lord of the Rings, they'll think of it's a silly swords-and-sorcery "quest" story, rather than a classic novel.
BerenVonRictoffen wrote: that "boost" will be short-term by being based on the bizarre vs. the familiar, anti-hero vs. heroic, silly vs. serious, preachy vs. profound, etc-- thus leading to long-term drop in popularity. This isn't preserving, it's pimping; i.e. debasing something for sale to the lowest common demoninator,
BerenVonRictoffen wrote:So when people think of Lord of the Rings, they'll think of it's a silly swords-and-sorcery "quest" story, rather than a classic novel.
Billobob wrote:unless LOTR is required reading in schools or if parents tell their children about the books, middle earth will fade away from the minds of us.
Billobob wrote:I believe the books will turn into what other classics are beloved but no longer talked about all the time and just a fixture of society. But it will be sad when not as many people love middle earth anymore
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