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else !L6xabslN96 Mon Mar 29 18:22:42 2010 No.491851 [Reply] [Original]

it's time we settle this debate once and for all.

lord of the rings is a children's bedtime story taken too far. amusing at most.

dune is an insightful exploration of humanity and its self-imposed constructs: politics, myth, human condition itself. heck, Dune Messiah (2nd book) is probably one of the most compelling character studies of all time.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 18:24:42 2010 No.491864 This was never in fucking debate.

>>	else !L6xabslN96 Mon Mar 29 18:25:42 2010 No.491868 >>491851 PS: tolkien's writing is way too pedantic and lacks impetus.

>>	OP Mon Mar 29 18:27:42 2010 No.491886 File: 56 KB, 486x431, 1266168803121.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] One vote for The Lord of the Rings

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 18:29:42 2010 No.491896 ok original dune = the hobbit both rock, the sequels suck ass end of discussion

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 18:30:42 2010 No.491899 File: 12 KB, 220x187, gurney halleck.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Who would win in a fight - Aragorn or Gurney Halleck?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 18:30:42 2010 No.491902 >>491868 Indeed. Shallow and pedantic.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 18:31:42 2010 No.491911 File: 22 KB, 285x285, 1268098196318.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] itt: trolls trolling trolls

>>	else !L6xabslN96 Mon Mar 29 18:36:42 2010 No.491933 File: 22 KB, 316x440, baliset.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>491899 gurney is ten times the man aragorn could ever be. he kills sardaukar, plays the fucking baliset and doesnt afraid of anything.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 18:40:42 2010 No.491944 a thousand points for Dune! Since I hate fantasy as a genre. Fucking swords and gay elves and shit. To quote my favorite show: "This isn't us, Roy! It takes place in the past!"

>>	Mon Mar 29 18:42:42 2010 No.491948 I would have to go with Dune. However, after Dune Messiah, Herbert should have stopped.

>>	Arcueid Brunestud !ARCIkc4cG6 Mon Mar 29 18:45:42 2010 No.491958 LOTR Dune is cool but not LOTR brand of cool. Aragorn takes a huge shit all over Paul, man.

Anonymous Mon Mar 29 18:47:42 2010 No.491972

Dune...lol. Yup, I'm the chosen one and me and a bunch of guys I found in the desert brought the greatest empire in the universe to its knees in quite possibly the most contrived battle sequence ever. The whole premise of Dune is laughable and it's hard to tell any of the characters apart from each other.

Anonymous Mon Mar 29 18:49:42 2010 No.491991

As much as I hate to say this words, but the LOTR movies were much better than the books. The "people walking" description is very fitting. Even Silmarillion, with its hundreds of characters and few or no protagonists was more interesting.

Dune is cool.

Anonymous Mon Mar 29 18:50:42 2010 No.491995

I absolutely ADORED Dune when I first read it.
Haven't read any of the sequels or seen any film adaptions of it because I am sure that they will never (and cannot) live up to it.

I'd still vote for LoTR, though.
Those books were my childhood.
Dad gave them to me when I was little (come to think about it, he gave my Dune too). ;~;

I miss reading like I did when I was a kid, /lit/.

Anonymous Mon Mar 29 18:50:42 2010 No.491997

>>491972
Star Wars...lol. Yup, I'm the chosen one and me and a bunch of guys I found in the desert brought the greatest empire in the universe to its knees in quite possibly the most contrived battle sequence ever. The whole premise of Star Wars is laughable and it's hard to tell any of the characters apart from each other.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 18:51:42 2010 No.492004 File: 3 KB, 126x126, 1265768176973s.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>491997 >implying that it's dune vs star wars and that any word of that was true

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 18:52:53 2010 No.492007 >>491997 >hard to tell any of the characters apart from each other Without any other context, "Star Wars" means only the IX-XI trilogy.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 18:54:42 2010 No.492019 File: 7 KB, 199x195, ghm.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Who would win in a fight - Princess Leia or a Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother?

else !L6xabslN96 Mon Mar 29 18:54:42 2010 No.492021

>>491972
>most contrived battle sequence ever.
all fictional battles are contrived.

>The whole premise of Dune is laughable and it's hard to tell any of the characters apart from each other.
lol, i'll let you get back to your tom bombadil and trolls...

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 18:55:42 2010 No.492027 >>492007 >IX-XI holy shit, George Lucas has been busy.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 18:56:42 2010 No.492032 So what else are all the cool kids doing this week besides ragging on Tolkien?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 18:56:42 2010 No.492035 >>492027 OH SH I swear I deleted it for other reasons without noticing my Roman numeral failure.

Anonymous Mon Mar 29 18:57:42 2010 No.492041

>>492021
There was no conflict in Dune's battles though. It was just the Sardaukar getting their asses handed to them left and right. I never once thought that Paul's faction would lose because it was established early on that Fremen are like super saiyan warriors that can fight toe to toe with Sardaukar with results as good as one dead Fremen for every 30 Sardaukar.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 18:59:42 2010 No.492051 >>491896 >the sequels suck ass I hope you aren't talking about God Emperor of Dune, son.

else !L6xabslN96 Mon Mar 29 19:02:42 2010 No.492062

>>492041
don't forget his prescience tells him he'll win.

i love how herbert manages to weave this intricate plot in which each actor accurately predicts each others' motives and actions yet they're still trapped within that course of action. and then he still manages to put some surprise or twist in there. it's fantastic.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 19:03:42 2010 No.492077 >>491997 The battles in LotR were contrived as fuck. Tolkein had this retarded idea that cavalry were better than pikemen.

>>	sage Mon Mar 29 19:04:42 2010 No.492083 >>492041 >implying that the fights in Dune were actually suppose to be the most engaging part of the story and not just plot tools.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 19:06:42 2010 No.492096 So Anti-Tolkiens the fashion now is it?

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 19:07:42 2010 No.492102 >>492096 It's anti-tolkien and pro-stupid chosen one bullshit with 2D telekinetic characters

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 19:07:42 2010 No.492103 >>492096 Yes, they make great hoodies.

Anonymous Mon Mar 29 19:07:42 2010 No.492108
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>>491851

OP is a stupid faggot and a fail troll. Not to mention the fact that he's an attention seeking whore tripfag.
I'll give OP a 1 out of 10 for his failed troll attempt.
Also sage.

>>	else !L6xabslN96 Mon Mar 29 19:09:42 2010 No.492119 >>492051 just read it. Leto II is one crazy, tormented motherfucker. some parts were impossible to understand... i liked Paul more, especially in Dune Messiah.

>>	sage sage Mon Mar 29 19:10:42 2010 No.492123 File: 57 KB, 261x267, 1258152776759.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] sage

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 19:10:42 2010 No.492122 File: 60 KB, 320x240, brad dourif.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>492108 If I press hard enough, I bet I can drill this finger right up through my soft palate into my brain...

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 19:11:42 2010 No.492125 ITS TOO HARD TO CHOOSE I MUST KILL MYSELF

>>	sage sage Mon Mar 29 19:12:42 2010 No.492130 File: 37 KB, 449x542, Sage_rosenfels.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] sage sage

>>	sage sage Mon Mar 29 19:13:42 2010 No.492136 File: 51 KB, 216x216, cancer.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] sage goes in all fields

>>	sage Mon Mar 29 19:13:42 2010 No.492137 Both works were genre defining pieces of literature. Can we stop this faggotry.

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 19:14:42 2010 No.492144 >>492137 sage goes in the email field. You dumb fuck.

>>	sage sage Mon Mar 29 19:15:42 2010 No.492149 File: 22 KB, 350x317, photo3.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] sage sage sage

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 19:16:42 2010 No.492155 Dune.

>>	OP IS A FAGGOT Mon Mar 29 19:16:42 2010 No.492156 File: 248 KB, 1021x747, Save_the_bearded_clam.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] have some gore

>>	Anonymous Mon Mar 29 19:17:42 2010 No.492158 File: 7 KB, 170x148, leto.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>492137 Agreed. And they are both enormously flawed, which one should not ignore, even if you unconditionally love them, which I do. ESPECIALLY if you unconditionally love them.

>>	sage sage Mon Mar 29 19:17:42 2010 No.492161 File: 57 KB, 594x388, jenin2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] sage sage sage sage sage

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