Overall, I like Lord of the Rings. However, I do feel that Tolkien kind of rips off Harry Potter in many ways. There are several parallels, such as elves, dwarfs, wizards, goblins, trolls, magic (especially invisibility), etc. Sauron is referred to as ’Dark Lord’ just like Voldemort is. There is also the elder white-haired bearded wizard who serves as a mentor, Gandalf, who is reminiscent of Dumbledore. Some of the character names are similar, such as Wormtongue as opposed to Wormtail, too. There is even a gigantic spider (Shelob) at the end of ’The Two Towers’ that reminds one of Aragog from Chamber of Secrets. I even noticed that the plots of both series begin with the protagonists’ birthday. Now I see that Tolkien, this unoriginal bastard, is coming out with The Hobbit in December. This would be fine, but why didn’t he just write this book first to begin with? I still like Lord of the Rings, though’don’t get me wrong’but I wonder if Tolkien has ever said in interviews whether he borrowed elements from Harry Potter. I’ll be watching the extended DVDs later this week and I think he’s featured on the commentary track, so I look forward to that. I can't wait till he discovers 007 wasn't a historical character; he's

Hahaha, that made my day

LOL

Rowling is like 60 years younger than  Tolkien. Tolkien Finished his last  MAJOR book in 1977, posthumously. After that Rowling did her stinking pottter series, in the  late  90's. How the heck did Tolkien copy Rowling if he was already deceased? It is the other way around, Rowling copied Tolkien.!That guy can not tell time in centuries. Gosh, no wonder why i named this forum the Idiot.

 

Another complete buffoon and also all of you can tell a Harry Stinker fan. A moron and a Idiot like the name of the Forum.    but thanks to Mister Idiot we have humour in our Life,

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I Am with you Gandalf all the way. Knock out that clone that is trying to supplant you!

Well as funny as this is, I should clarify that this is fake and was made by what's known as a troll. Basically this one succeeded at their purpose in life...pissing off the internet. You can tell by the grammar. Anyone who writes with decent enough grammar will know good and well that LOTR came before Harry Potter. It is just illogical in every sense of the word...but is a perfect angle for a troll.

So when Tolkien fans encourage trolls like this just to call Harry Potter fans idiots...it doesn't make either party look good. And I have to say Tolkien fans are definitely a bit more...touchy.

Don't encourage internet trolls!! The only way to defeat them is to ignore them.

And yes I am a professional troll hunter, as was my father before me.

Sorry Amras, I didn't mean to imply it was you. We've interacted plenty of times on this forum! Plus you said it was from someone else. I think we all know you're not a troll.

I do agree it's funny, but I wouldn't be surprised if there's a Harry Potter forum that has a link to this thread talking about how sensitive and overdramatic Tolkien fans are, even over something fake intended to rile us up :P    Again I'm not saying that's you, because this is funny, but that wouldn't surprise me at all.

Just another book series to me, and I know some good people who like Harry Potter!

Twilight on the other hand....feel free to rip away at that one. I'd love to hear a comparison of Jacob/Bella and Beren/Luthien. Don't know anybody with even decent reading taste that enjoys Twilight...

Well there are certainly a lot of things for fans to memorize (stupid spells with too many consonants). The books have movies. Finally, they are rather good. Having not read the myself I can't make a reasonable comparison to ME, but I doubt the ability of any fantasy to compare favorably to Tolkien. However, people can like what they want (as long as we can kill them for it) 

You know I could never get into Eragon. Something about it just didn't resonate with me. However I did have a nice little Terry Brooks and R.A. Salvatore phase. I admit I read some of the Warcraft books as well, they were hit or miss but a few were actually pretty good. I also really liked the His Dark Materials books, though that's not very Middle Earthy, though the writing is familiar and it takes place at Oxford :X

With Harry Potter, the similarity between Rowling and Tolkien is the universe behind the story. The books are only a part of what's happening in a unique universe, and this is one that's actually right under our nose. It's an interesting concept, I like them overall and I can see the appeal, though I think in 30 years it won't be nearly as talked about, while LOTR still will!

But like Tolkien, it's the world that draws people in. Everything you read starts a different story in your mind about what else is happening. But other than that it's apples and oranges. They're both fruit (fantasy fiction), but taste very different...

Lol sorry for the long post, just my take on Harry Potter :P

Oh I get the magic trick now. hAHAHAHAHA

That is hilarious! Great one Glorfindel

Thanks Nirwen!!!1 I will do exactly that. They are controversial, but hilarious.

I still can't get over the "Saruman's Mind of Metal" meme, that seemed to rustle my beard... hahaha