Now there is a modern mythology called Lord of the Rings that you simply cannot make fun of. Now both spiderman and the Matrix have a huge fan following, but MTV could make fun of it. When they tried to make fun of the lord of the rings however, no one was laughing. There are many comic strips on the web that try and fail pathetically. The language and the story is too cast and brilliant for anyone to make fun of.
Harry Potter is like nothing but one millionth of LOTR photocopied on an old machine with kerosene ink.
Dungeons and dragons copies too many elements from LOTR, but is still pretty cool.
Eragon is one hundredth of that.
And the best part about the whole thing is, you cannot fit yourself into the story. For example, you canpretend you are a Jedi from Star Wars, you can pretend you are a wizard, and if you are really retarded, you can pretend that you are a dragon rider, but you simply cannot pretend to be maiar or a high elf. You cannot roleplay unless it is virtual.
You are a real fan of Tolkein if you know the answers to the following:
Q1: Who is the brother of Fingolfin?
Q2: What is the Elvish name for the Iron mountains?
Q3: Which were the only living creatures to reach the hidden vale of tumladen before Turgon?
Q4: Who made the rings of power (except, obviously, the one)?
Q5: Who was Tuor’s son? (Hint: Elrond’s father)
Q6: What does Gondolin mean?
Q7: Who perceived the ideas of Ar-Pharazon and decided to defy the ban, sail to the west, and warn the Valar? (Hint: Elendil’s father)
Q8: What did the fist men call King Felagund? And the elves? And the dwarves?
Q9: Easy one from the movie, and not the books: Apart from Frodo’s mail coat, where does Mithril appear in the return of the king?
Q10: Who was the lord of the Balrogs?
A1: Feanor
A2: Ered Engrin
A3: The eagles of Thorondor
A4: The smiths of Ost-in-Edhil
A5: Earendil
A6: The hidden stone
A7: Amandil
A8: Nom (means “wise”), Finrod and Felagund
A9: Aragorn’s crown
A10: Gothmog
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