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Lord of the Rings and Hype

Posted by Hemos on from the beliee-or-don't-believe-the-hype dept.

tenchiken writes "Lord of the Rings finished principle shooting this last week - trailer is online . It is supposed to be be shown in theatres in two weeks before Thirteen Days, which starts Jan 12th. By most reports, PJ's (Peter Jackson) direction of Tolkien's masterpiece should truly be amazing. Also, Tolkien recently won the Amazon.com's "Best of the Millennium" award. (Which I have to admit is a crock, given every single book in the top ten was writen this century). The online trailer has already blown away TPM's records for most downloads. It seems to be getting a fair amount of international press as well. USAToday recently ran a good report on it Here. ."

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  1. Best 10 of Millennium happen to be in 20th Century by Sloppy · · Score: 4

    Which I have to admit is a crock, given every single book in the top ten was writen this century

    I'm sure much more has been written this century than all previous centuries combined. If you take a random sample of ten written works, from all the written works to date, they will likely have been written in the 20th Century. We had typewriters and computers back then.

    So, whether you agree with their choices or not, it's not necessarily a crock that their favorite 10 of the millennium are all from a single century.


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  2. Bored of the Rings - it's really a book by SpiceWare · · Score: 4

    I read this parody Bored of the Rings back in the early 80s. Hadn't thought about it until I read your post's title! Very funny stuff!