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Poll Question: Which epic tale is your favored?
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Star Wars is my favorite movie saga of all-time, with Revenge of the Sith being my favorite movie.  However, LOTR comes a very close second.
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Lord of the Rings easily, although I'm more of a sci-fi buff when it comes to literature.
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Lord of the Rings is one of my favourites.
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I know I'm going to get some crap for saying this, but only parts of The Lord of The Rings movies grabbed me. I actually found them to be somewhat boringEmbarrassed

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Wow, 11 to 11. I'm thinking this will be a close pollConfused

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Lord of the Rings by a VERY LONG MILE.
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LOTR if we're talking in general. If we have to go just by movies then Star Wars would unfortunately win out.
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LOTR - Having read the books twice through and seen the movies about the same amount, it still stands out in my opinion, as the best of the sci-fi genre of all time. I love Star Wars and Dune but the difference is that the latter two are definitely sci-fi, while LOTR is fantasy. Hence I would give equal rating to LOTR and Star Wars on that basis - makes it easy when it comes to a difficult decision! Wink

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Originally posted by Jimbo Jimbo wrote:

Lord of the Rings easily, although I'm more of a sci-fi buff when it comes to literature.


Seconded.

I prefer much more science fiction to the sword and sorcery genre, but LOTR is the best fantasy around, while Star Wars is just a space opera, although a good one.
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Originally posted by KoS KoS wrote:


I prefer the Song of Ice and Fire or the Dark Tower series.
 
 
As far as this poll goes, LOTR is the definite winner.  Morgoth beats out the emperor any day.
 
But I have to agree with Kos here, Ice And Fire is the best fantasy series going.  can't wait for the HBO series!
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You know what, they are different enough in nature that I really don't care.  i do have all the Rings but no Wars.  You should have tossed Matrix in there though. Tongue
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Originally posted by valravennz valravennz wrote:

LOTR - Having read the books twice through and seen the movies about the same amount, it still stands out in my opinion, as the best of the sci-fi genre of all time. I love Star Wars and Dune but the difference is that the latter two are definitely sci-fi, while LOTR is fantasy. Hence I would give equal rating to LOTR and Star Wars on that basis - makes it easy when it comes to a difficult decision! Wink


Actually, Star Wars isn't Scfi-Fi at all. It is Fantasy through-and-through. It just happens to take place is space, but that is where the ties to Sci-Fi begin and end. Wink
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

You know what, they are different enough in nature that I really don't care.  i do have all the Rings but no Wars.  You should have tossed Matrix in there though. Tongue


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Originally posted by p0mt3 p0mt3 wrote:

Originally posted by valravennz valravennz wrote:

LOTR - Having read the books twice through and seen the movies about the same amount, it still stands out in my opinion, as the best of the sci-fi genre of all time. I love Star Wars and Dune but the difference is that the latter two are definitely sci-fi, while LOTR is fantasy. Hence I would give equal rating to LOTR and Star Wars on that basis - makes it easy when it comes to a difficult decision! Wink


Actually, Star Wars isn't Scfi-Fi at all. It is Fantasy through-and-through. It just happens to take place is space, but that is where the ties to Sci-Fi begin and end. Wink
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Definitely Star Wars
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Star Wars but only just
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by p0mt3 p0mt3 wrote:

Originally posted by valravennz valravennz wrote:

LOTR - Having read the books twice through and seen the movies about the same amount, it still stands out in my opinion, as the best of the sci-fi genre of all time. I love Star Wars and Dune but the difference is that the latter two are definitely sci-fi, while LOTR is fantasy. Hence I would give equal rating to LOTR and Star Wars on that basis - makes it easy when it comes to a difficult decision! Wink


Actually, Star Wars isn't Scfi-Fi at all. It is Fantasy through-and-through. It just happens to take place is space, but that is where the ties to Sci-Fi begin and end. Wink
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Star Wars by a light year!!! Just episodes 4-6 though, I can't stand the new ones.
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