Re:Any opinions of Harry Potter?

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Re: Re: Whoooooaaaaaaaaa

I think the similarities r good, ive read all the books, and enjoyed them as much as LOTR. The copying/tribute just adds a bit of fantasy to a very well written series. Also i know as many adults who love the books as children.
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[Mithrandir]

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Re: Re: Whoooooaaaaaaaaa

Welcome to the forum, Hogwarts!!!! We always love new people!!

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[Samwise of the shire]

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Re:Hullo there

keep on comin,you'll enjoy this place-unless you've come before under another name*how in the heck do you do winking I cant get to the emoticons page*-.
He he he he now that we've run out of argument we dont have nothin to talk about.Any suggestions?
Sam Gamgee
Ps.yuo I agree with Mith,like I said before keep on comin you'll always find somen'here arguin and debatin and always a warm welcome*winking*-well trying to-

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[Hannah 3]

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Re: Re:*in a dangerously sweet voice*Zoe guess what?

((OK. I just had to apologise for this - Lorien Wanderer - I know. I'm sorry. I know the religion doesn't really matter, if they twist it. It's just I've only come across Christian fanatics before. I know others do exist.))

~*Hannah*~
Day after day
Alone on the hill
The man with a foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him
They can see that he's just a fool
And he never gives an answer,
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning round... ~ The Beatles</p>

[enep]

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Re: Re:*in a dangerously sweet voice*Zoe guess what?

Wow...this thread *has* really depreciated. I'm sort of shocked...<img src=frown.gif ALT=""> Maybe you should close this thread BW? <img src=ohwell.gif ALT=":/">

Btw, Hannah 3, love the graphic, but it's seriously warping the position of the text i.e. narrows the page heaps...can you trim it down??? <img src=smile.gif ALT="">

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[the Lorien wanderer]

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Re: Re:*in a dangerously sweet voice*Zoe guess what?

Accepted Hannah. Truce. <img src=smile.gif ALT="">
Welcome Hogwarts! Hope to see lots of posts from you!
BW-I doubt if there's any need to close down the gd since everyone's kissed and made up, even if we haven't reached
one opinion. Maybe it taught everyone the value of tolerance-somewhat anyway.

What if - what if this is as good as it gets?</p>

[Samwise of the shire]

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Re:I dont think that BW should close this thread..

cause the only reason he would close it is if the fiesty mean attitude that went on on page six and part of pg.seven should leak out on to the other parts of the forum,and it's cooled down alot so I dont think that it's neccisary also I think that this has really opened new doors for friendships and all so please BW please dont close this thread,also it could serve as a warning to someone:Never ever post a harry potter thread on the Barrowdowns forum*winking*.
Sam
Ps welcome back Hannah

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[Grey Fool]

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G-ma

Dear Smawise, I never said you didn't like Harry Potter, I merely said that your comparisons were a load of rubbish. Which they quite clearly were. They were an excuse to get yourself on the forum.

You wound me up so I got you back.

What is a G-ma? Is it anything to do with weighing sheep?

PS I was foolishly watching Withnail and I for the eightieth time the other night and it suddenly struck me that it was a complete rip off of The Hobbit....

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[Samwise of the shire]

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Re:Nothin up here.

How can you be sure Grey Fool? You dont know what my intentions were, you dont know if it was to find friends with a common intrest,if it was to have a good descusion,or if it was to hack into other peoples computers,so you have no idea what my intentions were-okay prime opertunity to say &quot;follow your own words Sam&quot;but you probably did'nt read the&quot;off topic threads&quot;post in the announcements page please do-
well I gotta go
Sam G.


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[Samwise of the shire]

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Re: Sorry 'bout this if anyone gets back on

????

- enep</p>

[Samwise of the shire]

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The stupid image wont work for me

<img src=ohwell.gif ALT=":/"> I'm trying to get a picture of Sam next to my name but I cant figure out how to work the stinking thing,I mean I even enlargend my stinking posting area but did it work NOOOOOO!!!!!That's what the stinking white square with a stinking red x through it is,it's the stinking image that wont stinking work.Help me!!!
Sam

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[GaladrieloftheOlden]

Don't know if anyone said this- Wormtongue & Wormtail- any ideas? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

[The Only Real Estel]

Guys, if you disagree with this, fine. But I think Harry Potter sucks. Plain and simple. 'Nuff Said. [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

[Alassë Estel]

A key difference between Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings is that they are on entirely different scales.

For example, Sauron nearly took over the world twice and posed a threat to great kings and powerful immortals alike.

Whereas Voldemort tried to take over a highschool and failed.

[Galadriel55]

A very good friend of mine recently pointed out another crucial difference - that of genre. LOTR is true medieval fantasy, it's pretty much an archetype. But HP only masquerades as fantasy; it is, in fact, a mystery series. If you think about it, each book has its own primary and secondary mysteries which the reader solves along with the heroes, with some percolating threads linking up to the Grand Mystery. And everything else is built around solving those mysteries.

[Alassë Estel]

Yes, that is so.

As much fun as I might have lambasting Harry Potter as compared to The Lord of the Rings, it really isn't fair. They are not "peers".

Edit: I should also note that I have only seen the Harry Potter movies, and I have not read the books, making it even more unfair.