Tolkien changed our lives.

9/28/12 4:08pm

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Doctor Geagle

October 5, 2012 - 2:32pm

That man INVENTED the fantasy world as we know it today. No Tolkien, no WOW or Skyrim or D&D.

Morgil

October 2, 2012 - 1:33pm

No shit he did. Where do you think i got my screen name from? Hell, i even got it in tengwar tattooed on my arm.

I agree. This book series sat as my all-time favorite book series for a looong time. I even read them after seeing the movies, and I still loved the books better. I got so into it that I forgot the ending at the battle of Minas Tirith.

Then Dark Tower came along...

Sidescroller Def

September 30, 2012 - 10:32pm

I never read the books, and the only thing I remember about the movie series is the soundtrack. Yeah, I loved it that much.

thatlazycritic

September 30, 2012 - 9:52pm

Has anyone else seen the 70's rotoskoped (probably spelled that wrong) version of LOTR ... no?... =(

NinjaRed64

September 30, 2012 - 7:37pm

i never read the books, saw the first one and thought it was good, saw only bits of the 2nd and 3rd films. in short, i'm not a fan of Lord of the Rings

solid_snake8403

September 30, 2012 - 11:08pm

Same here dude. Never understood what the hype was all about.

NinjaRed64

September 30, 2012 - 11:29pm

the only reason i saw the first one in theaters was because jimmy neutron: boy genius finished while my cousin was watching lord of the rings. it was still going so i went to watch it. it was good, but i wasn't exactly hooked.

RetroEternity

September 30, 2012 - 5:40pm

Never saw the 1st one. Fell asleep watching the other 2.

The Starlight King

September 30, 2012 - 5:28pm

I couldn't read LotR. To me they read like text books of Middle Earth. Though, I do love me some Hobbit.

Emblem

September 30, 2012 - 2:27pm

Read em all, and the Hobbit. Still nead to tread the Silmarillion someday...but yeah...good times.

LineBeckIV

September 30, 2012 - 11:58am

Mostly with the help of Peter Jackson. But seriously I salute anyone who actually read a full LotR book as a kid, though I did finish the Hobbit.

Nostalgic Nitpicker

September 30, 2012 - 11:04am

Never read (don't hurt me!).

werdman24

September 30, 2012 - 10:46am

YOU SHALL NOT PASS...until you reply. [=)]

Icipall

September 30, 2012 - 4:40am

Yes indeed.

Mr_Awesome

September 30, 2012 - 12:42am

Not video game related but more recently "A Song of Ice and Fire" gave us "Game of Thrones" (not really counting the mediocre at best game)

darkhyrulelord

September 29, 2012 - 11:36pm

YES

obiwattkenobi

September 29, 2012 - 10:50pm

Tru dat

TwistoFate

September 29, 2012 - 10:42pm

J.R.R. Tolkiens masterpiece! Only D&D has had more influence on the fantasy genre.

pat speed

September 30, 2012 - 10:45am

you can't really say that because d and d is basicly based off tolkien

TwistoFate

September 30, 2012 - 1:24pm

That is true, but D&D took elements of Tolkien and expanded them.

Lord of the Rings originated many iconic fantasy elements (like questing companions, the relationships between fantastical races, etc), but D&D expanded those ideas and added new ones like monsters not inspired by mythology and characters (both heroic and villainous) that have more depth to them.

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