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Lady Snickerdoodle · 06-25-2004, 03:50 PM

Recently, I FINALLY got one of my friends to watch all the LOTRs with me. She hadn't seen them before

OR read the books. Except for the Hobbit, which is a good start. Anyway, here's what happened during ROTK.
"FRODO YOU JERK I HOPE YOU DIE!!!"

"Wait wait, is this Rondor?" (me) "No... close... Gondor *runs off to get aspirin*"
"aren't they.. elephants?." "No, here they're called Oliphaunts." "THats the stupidest thing i ever..."

"OMG so, Gollum's gone for good right? Hes not gonna sneak around and pop up unexpectedly, right? (this was after the fight on the slopes of Mount Doom) PLEASE tell me! and you have to pinky promise!"

(when gollum suddenly apparates over Sam's shoulder in Mt. Doom) well, we both screamed our heads off, me having forgotten about it and she not having known, obviously. She got REALLY mad at me for breaking our pinky promise, even though I hadn't really said anything, I just silently stuck my pinky out without agreeing to any terms. So really, I hadn't broken anything....

And then the electricity went off in the storm. Right as Gollum had the ring.

When it came back somewhere around midnight, we continued watching. anyway, she laughed at all the tearjerkers, got half of the names right, and so on. But now, she's a HUUGE Aragorn fan, and understands the whole plot. So there is hope for her!

I just wanted to hear about your attempts (sucessful or not) to convert people!

Elennar Starfire · 06-25-2004, 07:38 PM

I managed to convert my friend who was an obsessive Harry Potter fan to LotR...First I had to convince her to at least watch the movies, then I got her to read the books, and next thing I know she's wearing a ring on a chain, taking down her HP posters and putting up LotR ones, and RandomMovieQuoting with me!

dancing spawn of ungoliant · 06-26-2004, 07:07 AM

I made my big sister to promise to watch all the movies with me (she read FotR a long time ago but said that it sucked and she never even started with tTT). We finnished FotR EE today (she didn't want to watch the both discs on one day) and it was quite a horrible experience. She yawned every now and then, kept sending text messages to her friends and when Sam and Frodo started to walk down Emyn Muil, she asked if the film had ended and when I nodded, she bounced right up and walked away. I'm looking forward tomorrow when we are supposed to watch tTT...

Lady Snickerdoodle · 06-26-2004, 08:29 AM

ack, Dancing Spawn, i really sympathize for you...

i'm planning to buy lots of aragorn paraphernalia for the above mentioned convertite in hopes that she will turn obsessive.

also i've made another friend promise to watch TTT and ROTK with me sometime this week, so I'll let you know how that turns out...

i think that we should write a LOTR for Dummies book. Like, written by fans about fans for future fans. because i seriously hate spending 3 and a half hours explaining everything on the screen.

dancing spawn of ungoliant · 06-26-2004, 09:07 AM

Thanks and good luck with TTT and RotK for you Lady Snickerdoodle! My sister has "a crush" on Legolas and she calls him ´the cute boy´ so I keep telling her that there'll be more Legolas soon and she remains satisfied for a while.

Personally I'd be happy to clear up the plot to the person I'm watching the film with. If she asks questions it means that she hasn't fallen asleep (like it sometimes seems in my sisters case).

Lady Snickerdoodle · 06-26-2004, 10:45 AM

well, yes, i love explaining LOTR, but only when they understand. If they don't get it after the fifth time or totally disdain the whole thing and laugh it off, then i start to get impatient.

luckily my friend understood it all and (i think) liked it.

which is definitely the best reaction i've gotten from any of my friends.

EDIT: I must admit I'm a bit of a Leggybopper myself... Just a little bit though. hehe...

THE Ka · 06-26-2004, 12:54 PM

I not long ago finally sat down at my mum's house and watched all three of the movies... in order. My mother got them but, she waited until i came over. she said i was going to be her "guide"... I never knew that this was going to take two more days than expected

... Especially during the first and third movies i had to explain major parts of the movies and what actually happened in the book. After the second day i gave up and just let her watch the movies and then later talk to me... What a trial that was! Some of the questions she asked me were quiet strange from my father's. Actuallly, my father just sat there. And QUIETLY watched the movie. Here's some of what she asked, or asumed.

" Okay, frodo has the ring but, where did he get it from?"

" Why is elrond having a fit with Arwen? Are they related?"

" Why is it called the Two towers? Did the director try to make it in reference to the Twin towers? If he did then he would have to have Both towers fall down..."

" No, no Shawn (shawn's the ka's father) , Aragorn is supposed to be the king but, boromir is the "false king" so that's why they don't like each other..."

" Why doesn't Sam just kill gollum? He isn't very helpful."

Yeah. I know. I'm going to try to get my mother to read the books. VERY, VERY SOON. Besides this, my father understood the whole story quiet wonderfully without saying anything, except a few mirthful comments, like these:

When frodo was standing in Mt.Doom with gollum sneaking up on him. The frodo fighting with him.

" Don't stand there just push him in!"

" Heh. Wrestling in slow motion..."

Okay. That 's all i have to say for now.

Blessed Be, THE Ka

Hama Of The Riddermark · 06-26-2004, 12:59 PM

I feel so sorry for all of you...I can honestly say I gave up trying to convert people a long time ago...although I am hideously ashamed to say that I fell alseep in TTT, it was late, and despite drinking coffee and red bull the couch got the better of me...oh the shame...

Lady Snickerdoodle · 06-26-2004, 01:09 PM

Quote:

" Why is elrond having a fit with Arwen? Are they related?"

that made me giggle a lot.

now you've gone and made me all hyper...

I just remembered something else my friend said, which totally obliterated the Arwen/Aragorn reuinion scene. As I was sniffling quietly during their kiss, she goes, "Ew, slow down! So he just kind of charges in there, huh?"

Sleepy Ranger · 06-26-2004, 04:08 PM

Like I succesfully converted my dad and he like wants to read the books and is waiting for the RoTK:EE. He wants to see it more badly than me.

Imagine all this only because of the clean sweep at the Oscars.

Elennar Starfire · 06-26-2004, 07:39 PM

I had the one amazingly successful conversion, then I had a complete failure.

She rode my bus. She had never read the books, or seen any of the movies except for a bit of TTT, and she thought the whole thing was about talking trees. I managed to explain that the talking trees were NOT the entire plot...But she still wouldn't watch the movies. She said she might, after she'd read The Call of the Wild, but she couldn't find it at the library, so I gave her my copy (I don't particularly like that book). I don't even know if she's read it yet...And since she was a Senior, I won't be able to ask her next year.

THE Ka · 06-26-2004, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Hama Of The Riddermark

I feel so sorry for all of you...I can honestly say I gave up trying to convert people a long time ago...although I am hideously ashamed to say that I fell alseep in TTT, it was late, and despite drinking coffee and red bull the couch got the better of me...oh the shame...

Convert... Hmmm. Now that jusr makes me feel like a religious order...

Lady Snickerdoodle · 06-27-2004, 04:01 PM

My other friend, who said she'd watch the movies with me this week, is avoiding me now...

responding to an email invite to come over:
"I'm booked for camp counseling all week and I have a karate test on Friday."

does this look deliberate to you?

Also, I sent out an email to the people i know who haven't read LOTR, begging them at their feet (well, virtually) to follow along with that chapter-by-chapter book club in the Books section... None of them have answered either... maybe they're hoping I will soon go away and rave quietly to myself in the corner. which wont happen, d'ya hear me??? IT WONT!!! *calms down and eats a teddy bear*

Morai · 06-27-2004, 04:18 PM

Quote:

" Why is it called the Two towers? Did the director try to make it in reference to the Twin towers? If he did then he would have to have Both towers fall down..."
" No, no Shawn (shawn's the ka's father) , Aragorn is supposed to be the king but, boromir is the "false king" so that's why they don't like each other..."

Ah...you gotta love normal people. That reminds me of when I invited a friend from across the street over. We watched FOTR, and any time Frodo got injured (which seems to happen A LOT!) she would say "poor little guy" Though I don't think I turned her into a diehard either.

Then there's my History teacher. She kept remarking all 9 months of our school year on how LOTR was only a parody of WWII. Oh well....

Lady Snickerdoodle · 06-27-2004, 04:16 PM

OMG! YAY! i tell a lie, one of my friends has just told me that she will read the books! oh happy day... *springle ring*

06-25-2004, 03:50 PM	#1
Lady Snickerdoodle Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: in the cookie jar Posts: 256	Triumph!!! Recently, I FINALLY got one of my friends to watch all the LOTRs with me. She hadn't seen them before OR read the books. Except for the Hobbit, which is a good start. Anyway, here's what happened during ROTK. "FRODO YOU JERK I HOPE YOU DIE!!!" "Wait wait, is this Rondor?" (me) "No... close... Gondor runs off to get aspirin" "aren't they.. elephants?." "No, here they're called Oliphaunts." "THats the stupidest thing i ever..." "OMG so, Gollum's gone for good right? Hes not gonna sneak around and pop up unexpectedly, right? (this was after the fight on the slopes of Mount Doom) PLEASE tell me! and you have to pinky promise!" (when gollum suddenly apparates over Sam's shoulder in Mt. Doom) well, we both screamed our heads off, me having forgotten about it and she not having known, obviously. She got REALLY mad at me for breaking our pinky promise, even though I hadn't really said anything, I just silently stuck my pinky out without agreeing to any terms. So really, I hadn't broken anything.... And then the electricity went off in the storm. Right as Gollum had the ring. When it came back somewhere around midnight, we continued watching. anyway, she laughed at all the tearjerkers, got half of the names right, and so on. But now, she's a HUUGE Aragorn fan, and understands the whole plot. So there is hope for her! I just wanted to hear about your attempts (sucessful or not) to convert people! __________________ "Let me handle this, I'm British." ~hitchhikers guide Last edited by Lady Snickerdoodle; 06-26-2004 at 01:14 PM.

06-25-2004, 07:38 PM	#2
Elennar Starfire Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nowhere...now here Posts: 952	A succesful conversion! I managed to convert my friend who was an obsessive Harry Potter fan to LotR...First I had to convince her to at least watch the movies, then I got her to read the books, and next thing I know she's wearing a ring on a chain, taking down her HP posters and putting up LotR ones, and RandomMovieQuoting with me! __________________ Don't let me die!

06-26-2004, 07:07 AM	#3
dancing spawn of ungoliant Mischievous Candle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: So near to Russia, so far from Japan, quite a long way from Cairo, lots of miles from Vietnam. Posts: 1,234	I made my big sister to promise to watch all the movies with me (she read FotR a long time ago but said that it sucked and she never even started with tTT). We finnished FotR EE today (she didn't want to watch the both discs on one day) and it was quite a horrible experience. She yawned every now and then, kept sending text messages to her friends and when Sam and Frodo started to walk down Emyn Muil, she asked if the film had ended and when I nodded, she bounced right up and walked away. I'm looking forward tomorrow when we are supposed to watch tTT... __________________ Fenris Wolf

06-26-2004, 08:29 AM	#4
Lady Snickerdoodle Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: in the cookie jar Posts: 256	ack, Dancing Spawn, i really sympathize for you... i'm planning to buy lots of aragorn paraphernalia for the above mentioned convertite in hopes that she will turn obsessive. also i've made another friend promise to watch TTT and ROTK with me sometime this week, so I'll let you know how that turns out... i think that we should write a LOTR for Dummies book. Like, written by fans about fans for future fans. because i seriously hate spending 3 and a half hours explaining everything on the screen. __________________ "Let me handle this, I'm British." ~hitchhikers guide Last edited by Lady Snickerdoodle; 06-26-2004 at 10:51 AM.

06-26-2004, 09:07 AM	#5
dancing spawn of ungoliant Mischievous Candle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: So near to Russia, so far from Japan, quite a long way from Cairo, lots of miles from Vietnam. Posts: 1,234	Thanks and good luck with TTT and RotK for you Lady Snickerdoodle! My sister has "a crush" on Legolas and she calls him ´the cute boy´ so I keep telling her that there'll be more Legolas soon and she remains satisfied for a while. Personally I'd be happy to clear up the plot to the person I'm watching the film with. If she asks questions it means that she hasn't fallen asleep (like it sometimes seems in my sisters case). __________________ Fenris Wolf

06-26-2004, 10:45 AM	#6
Lady Snickerdoodle Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: in the cookie jar Posts: 256	well, yes, i love explaining LOTR, but only when they understand. If they don't get it after the fifth time or totally disdain the whole thing and laugh it off, then i start to get impatient. luckily my friend understood it all and (i think) liked it. which is definitely the best reaction i've gotten from any of my friends. EDIT: I must admit I'm a bit of a Leggybopper myself... Just a little bit though. hehe... __________________ "Let me handle this, I'm British." ~hitchhikers guide Last edited by Lady Snickerdoodle; 06-26-2004 at 10:55 AM.

06-26-2004, 12:54 PM	#7
THE Ka Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: As with the flygja Posts: 1,403	Your friend sounds like my mother... I not long ago finally sat down at my mum's house and watched all three of the movies... in order. My mother got them but, she waited until i came over. she said i was going to be her "guide"... I never knew that this was going to take two more days than expected ... Especially during the first and third movies i had to explain major parts of the movies and what actually happened in the book. After the second day i gave up and just let her watch the movies and then later talk to me... What a trial that was! Some of the questions she asked me were quiet strange from my father's. Actuallly, my father just sat there. And QUIETLY watched the movie. Here's some of what she asked, or asumed. " Okay, frodo has the ring but, where did he get it from?" " Why is elrond having a fit with Arwen? Are they related?" " Why is it called the Two towers? Did the director try to make it in reference to the Twin towers? If he did then he would have to have Both towers fall down..." " No, no Shawn (shawn's the ka's father) , Aragorn is supposed to be the king but, boromir is the "false king" so that's why they don't like each other..." " Why doesn't Sam just kill gollum? He isn't very helpful." Yeah. I know. I'm going to try to get my mother to read the books. VERY, VERY SOON. Besides this, my father understood the whole story quiet wonderfully without saying anything, except a few mirthful comments, like these: When frodo was standing in Mt.Doom with gollum sneaking up on him. The frodo fighting with him. " Don't stand there just push him in!" " Heh. Wrestling in slow motion..." Okay. That 's all i have to say for now. Blessed Be, THE Ka __________________ Vinur, vinur skilur tú meg? Veitst tú ongan loyniveg? Hevur tú reikað líka sum eg, í endaleysu tokuni?

06-26-2004, 12:59 PM	#8
Hama Of The Riddermark Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 282	I feel so sorry for all of you...I can honestly say I gave up trying to convert people a long time ago...although I am hideously ashamed to say that I fell alseep in TTT, it was late, and despite drinking coffee and red bull the couch got the better of me...oh the shame...

06-26-2004, 04:08 PM	#10
Sleepy Ranger Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: On the field, kissing the 'Downs crest Posts: 1,654	Like I succesfully converted my dad and he like wants to read the books and is waiting for the RoTK:EE. He wants to see it more badly than me. Imagine all this only because of the clean sweep at the Oscars. __________________ And tonight we can truly say, together we're invincible... Middle-Earth Football World Cup 2007

06-26-2004, 07:39 PM	#11
Elennar Starfire Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nowhere...now here Posts: 952	And the unsuccessful one... I had the one amazingly successful conversion, then I had a complete failure. She rode my bus. She had never read the books, or seen any of the movies except for a bit of TTT, and she thought the whole thing was about talking trees. I managed to explain that the talking trees were NOT the entire plot...But she still wouldn't watch the movies. She said she might, after she'd read The Call of the Wild, but she couldn't find it at the library, so I gave her my copy (I don't particularly like that book). I don't even know if she's read it yet...And since she was a Senior, I won't be able to ask her next year. __________________ Don't let me die!

06-27-2004, 04:01 PM	#13
Lady Snickerdoodle Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: in the cookie jar Posts: 256	My other friend, who said she'd watch the movies with me this week, is avoiding me now... responding to an email invite to come over: "I'm booked for camp counseling all week and I have a karate test on Friday." does this look deliberate to you? Also, I sent out an email to the people i know who haven't read LOTR, begging them at their feet (well, virtually) to follow along with that chapter-by-chapter book club in the Books section... None of them have answered either... maybe they're hoping I will soon go away and rave quietly to myself in the corner. which wont happen, d'ya hear me??? IT WONT!!! calms down and eats a teddy bear __________________ "Let me handle this, I'm British." ~hitchhikers guide Last edited by Lady Snickerdoodle; 06-27-2004 at 04:05 PM.

06-27-2004, 04:16 PM	#15
Lady Snickerdoodle Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: in the cookie jar Posts: 256	sorry to double-post... but.. OMG! YAY! i tell a lie, one of my friends has just told me that she will read the books! oh happy day... springle ring __________________ "Let me handle this, I'm British." ~hitchhikers guide