Please do not read this! (Battles of The Lord of the Rings magazine ad)

[eleanor_niphredil]

no no no, you dont understand. [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img]


When I say tolkien, i do not mean him as a person. I mean Tolkien as a collective term for his works, and you cannot say that commersialism like this does the reputation of his books, his life work, any good. Think of the term "Trekkies". Is this what you want to happen to Tolkien, or, as I have to spell everything out here, Tolkiens Books? Should I say it slower?

Anyway. I would like to know why you so passionatly defend this magazine. Why are you so eager to defend something that so clearly is lowering LOTR to the level of Harry potter? no offence to any HP fans out there, but it does lack the depth of LOTR.

I saw some more of these type of magazines yesterday. The Angelina ballerina is one and Winnie the Pooh one can now be added to the collection.

By the way.

Am I harming Tolkien's reputation by posting this?

i did not bring this up, but yes you are so ha. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

contributing to a landfill somewhere

Do NOT get me started on the enviromental issues that this presents. The results are not pretty.

[ February 10, 2003: Message edited by: eleanor_niphredil ]