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This is an idea I've been tossing around in my head for quite some time, and I think it would be cool to get a big ol' group discussion on whether you'd rather be in the universe of-
Star Wars or Lord of the Rings!
I've had this discussion with quite a few people, and I've heard some interesting reactions, so if you decide to voice your opinion, please give the reason(s) why you came to that conclusion!
Lord of the Rings definitely. Arda is very well defined. The universe of Star Wars... less so.
Star Wars for me. It has lser swrdz and pew pew. What else do I need?!
I really love the idea of a fantasy universe which is the biggest reason why I keep watching and reading fantasy tales. However, the whole concept of magic in these universes really leave me with a sour taste in my mouth. If I could live in Middle Earth with out the wizardly... or if magic worked like it does in my mind... than I'll jump in with out a second thought.
And I didn't like the Lord of the Ring films.
Star Wars is interesting because its a science fiction universe that still has magic. So I have the same problems with it as I do with fantasy tales. I really don't like machinery to much. Much more in to nature, animals, and manpower. But... the Star Wars universe still has planets not to far advanced that that. So I wouldn't mind living in a Star Wars universe because I could get both my fix for primitive and futuristic tech.
I'll choose Lord of the Rings because I liked the creatures of fantasy better. But if I could choose a specific planet in the SW universe, than It'll be a much harder decision.
Definitely Lord of the Rings for me. I'd be an Elf who goes around knocking up women. Uh...women of Men? I don't know. Either way, I'd be awesome.
I'd be a hobbit in The Shire, smoking pipes and eating nth breakfasts all day.
Star Wars without a doubt. I could live on any number of planets with a variety of technology. While I might be weak in the ways of the force, technology pleases me in the way of life greatly. Over the years I have grown way more in terms of hating being around nature so I don't think I could really stand to survive in LOTR unless I was living in one of those bad ass mystic elf villages where everything seems to be in perfect condition XD
LOTR. It feels so magnificent. It feels more like a world and less like something fictional. Whatever that means.
See, for me, I would choose LOTR for any number of reasons. While I may have enjoyed the Star Wars movies more, I still think it would be a lot cooler and a lot more fun to fight with swords and bows than all these guns that would kill me in an instant. As for the magic part, I've always been more leaning toward wizard than warrior, although there wasn't as much magic in LOTR as I would think would be worth it to be a mage.
Lord of the Rings.
I'm been faithful to the books since I read them.
also elijah wood wut
I want to live in the Star Wars universe, so I can become a Sith lord or live among the Ewoks.
I'd want to be in the star wars universe except i would want to have really little connection with the force and like a really low midichlorian count but weild a light saber and become really awesome with it and become a Jedi version of Rock Lee, and the sith lords will be all like "super lightning powas" and i'll be like running really fast to dodge it. Then when im at a disadvantage i'll remove my special gravity increaser anklets and bracelets and be like 10 times faster. OH YEA!
Besides i didnt really 'get' Lord of the Rings. The main plot was pretty clear but all the side plots confused me.
Neither, they are both boring as.
star wars seem like more can happen so I'll pick that, gimme my red light saber.
Somebody's watched Clerks II one too many times...
Star Wars. In LoTR I always felt like, dang, main heroes are gonna get raped. Who wants that? In Star Wars there was always that "Well, I can always lightspeed away if it gets real bad". :P
Please tell me you did not just compare Star Wars to Naruto. :kaoupset:Quote:
Originally Posted by blackmage_nuke
Either way, I (quite specifically) pick the Star Wars universe. Even though I don't like Episodes I-III, I love IV-VI. All three of the LotR movies put me to sleep, and I cba to read the books. :p
Once is too many :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Cyric
Anyway, I can't choose. Both would be horrendous and awesome at the same time, for many different reasons. I can't decide if I'd want to be eaten by a rancor or whipped to death by a balrog.
Depends... Star Wars 1970's or Star War's 2000's?
Man, being a Hobbit is to be living the GOOD LIFE. Eat food, party with friends, sleep in cozy little hobbit homes. Have a wizard come by every once in awhile and put on a fireworks show.
And even if I weren't a hobbit, I could be an elf and live forever and all that jazz. Plus, elves eat super good food too.
I don't really know what people in Star Wars eat. And that's a pretty important thing to consider when deciding what Universe you wanna live in.
Plus, the Lord of the Rings universe has the actual presence of gods, demi-gods, angels, etc. That's pretty sweet in my opinion.
I like star wars better but the life of a Hobbit looks pretty sweet.
future plz
Probably LoTR for me. I've always wanted to be an elf :)
I felt that Jedi Muggle wouldve been highly frowned upon.Quote:
Originally Posted by MomijiPlease tell me you did not just compare Star Wars to Naruto. :kaoupset:Quote:
Originally Posted by blackmage_nuke
Which one are you talking about because star wars happened "A long time ago in a Galaxy far far away"Quote:
Originally Posted by rubah
lol, i love how people like to say Star Wars is all in the future when the begining of each movie, book, teleplay, ect. basicaly states it's ancient history...
on topic i'd say Star Wars because of the sheer variety of locations which drasticaly dwarfs LotR's locations into almost nothing...
Star Wars. Absolutely and completely. LOTR bored the living hell out of me.
Star Wars. Less confined, even if less defined :bigsmile: I'd love LoTR though.
I just want to be a Jedi Knight/Sith Lord.
It was a long time ago because light has to travel a long time from their galaxy far far away! duh
Well it comes down to this:
In LoTR, you have a good chance of being pressed in to service for one of the big states, Gondor, Rohan or even Rivendell, the mirk (murk?) wood, (damn them elves) the grey mountains (dwarves) This sounds fine, but well what happens when you end up in battle with orcs, goblins and well the worse things which are left over from the age of the first dark lord? Heres another thing, yes the soldiers in the movies look very gallant going off to get stabbed by a goblin or eaten by a warg but hello, theres no running water, apart from that which runs naturally. It could be quite cool in some regards to be in there but it'd also be tough work if you were a farmer, deadly too since there was very little they would have been able to do about things we take for granted as curable.
Starwars universe: Well it seems in starwars everyone is out to kill each other, I mean man in bar picks fights with you, next thing you know blaster bolt to the eye! ouch! The empire and the rebels are going at one another and the empire isn't afraid to destroy planets to get at the rebels which means heck just living in the wrong place at the wrong time is bad. Also whilst in starwars they can work wonders of medical and cybernetic surgery people still die if shot with blasters. Heck even all that thick armour didn't protect the storm troopers shot by blaster bolts it hit them they died end of. Why wear such thick plated armour if all it'd do was stop a twig from leaving a bruise...lets remember vibro blades are almost as keen as a lightsaber is and designed to duel with lightsabers, so not like it's much use there. Also for the few who actually would end up able to control the force they're going to either need to go become a jedi under luke sywalker, perhaps the most inept jedi ever see how much he let palpatine kick his ass? yeah? none of it faked, he got whooped it was up to daddy to save his ass. I do not want to study under a man who got whooped so bad his daddy had to save his ass. Yoda, hell yeah, obi wan where do I sign? Qui Gon Jin...hmm ok but none of this getting a rats tail braid like you have going on. Luke? Daddy save me? HELL NO! On the other side, if you don't become a jedi they're likely to kill you to prevent you becomming a sith lord :S catch 22. Running water and medical advances don't make this all that much more attractive.
So in the end where would I go? Well I'd actually throw a spanner in the works and say I'd like to go in to the Warhammer 40,000 universe and live with the Eldar or become an Inquisitor. Sure it's eternal war, and sure, chaos is like ick and preys on the weak and humanity is little better than nazis but you know something? Atleast there yes everything can and will kill you but you wouldn't go in to a bar and forget your laspistol would you?
It's Mirkwood. Also, it and Rivendell are two separate entities. In the Third Age, Elves barely fought at all; in the First Age, you would have wanted to fight if you were a Noldorin Elf, because you got pwned by Melkor like, 19357032975 times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iceglow
LotR. Forgot impossible childbirths and emo fathers. How about a father that had seven sons and burst into flames by himself at his death, after what took a supernatural entity and a gang of his lesser, buddy supernatural entities to take him down, and for that same supernatural entity to die shortly thereafter of hypothermia? Yeah, Ecthelion, I'm lookin' at you. Don't tell me you didn't hypothermize Gothmog.
I always liked to imagine that he just headbutted Gothmog to dead. That's how hardcore he was.
One has lasers and robots and ships several miles long. One has cowardly elves.
I think the choice is obvious.
JIMMY STEWART: "Star Wars, as we all know, takes place in the future - "Quote:
Originally Posted by rubah
GALACTIC SENATE: "No, it's long long ago!"
JIMMY STEWART: "Aha, yeah, then why are there humans?!"
GALACTIC SENATE: "It's in a galaxy FAR FAR AWAY!"
I love Star Wars so so much. You don't know. LotR is alright but you can't just casually stroll between planets in that. I mean, how far away was Mt. Doom from the Shire? Probably like a three, four hour drive, but they walked so it took like ages. I gotta be able to get around fast.