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Political Correctness - Lord of the rings
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| Dumonde Trancer |
nicked from another board ;)
some guy blatently taking the piss out of peopel too politically correct, as peopel were complaining coz lord of the rings, the two towers title was similar to the twin towers :rolleyes:
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here have been a lot of discussion about changing the title because of 11th sept. and I know all of you are against it, but I don't. Can't you think about how some people can be hurted because of that title? I know lotr was written years ago, but nowadays this title is politically incorrect. Besides there are some things in the fellowship of the ring which really are not politically correct, and they should have been changed in order to not hurt some people.
here are the changes:
- All the characters in FotR are white and straight. It can hurt some minor groups, so some characters should have been black (for example Aragorn and Merry), some latinos (arwen and Elrond) and some gays (Legolas and Gimli).
- Hobbits are really short, that surely hurts short people, so they should have been taller, or at least every 20 minutes some member of the fellowship should have said: You are not short, you are low-heighted people, but we love you.
- Sam is quite fat. That can hurt fat people, so he should have been thinner.
- Elves are really thin. That can provide a bad example to teenagers who would become anorexic. So they should be fatter.
- Elves have also long blonde hair. That can hurt bald people, who would feel jealous. So some elves should have been bald, for example Legolas and Celeborn.
- Saruman is an evil wizard. That would hurt David Copperfield, so Saruman should have changed his job. He could have been president of USA instead of wizard.
- Orcs have a really crooked-horrible teeth. That can hurt dentists. They should have had a perfect smile.
- A ring contains the evil power. That would be bad for jewelers. So instead of a ring, the evil would be contained in a small box. So it would be called, 'the lord of the small box'
- There isn't any kind of church, that would hurt catholic people. So every sunday, the fellowship should go to the church, except the people who belong to other religions, for example Sam would be budist and Boromir islamic.
I haven't seen TTT already so I can't say a word about it. but I'm afraid that ents, oliphants and wargs would hurt ecologists.
If all this changes had taken place, fotr would have been a more politically correct movie. |
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| Kimmi |
| Whhat the hell is this? Who the F*CK is that guy? Obivously, he can't be too bright (look at his spelling). Geez...people these days :rolleyes: Get a life, trailor trash, politically-correct dude. Lol |
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| trite |
| quote: | Originally posted by Kimmi
Whhat the hell is this? Who the F*CK is that guy? Obivously, he can't be too bright (look at his spelling). Geez...people these days :rolleyes: Get a life, trailor trash, politically-correct dude. Lol |
Whoa there hoss, it's a joke.
A good one too :D |
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| InsomnEac |
| quote: | | - Hobbits are really short, that surely hurts short people, so they should have been taller, or at least every 20 minutes some member of the fellowship should have said: You are not short, you are low-heighted people, but we love you. |
ahahahah... thats class! :D |
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| Dark Apostle |
I am willing to state the I, Dark Apostle, member of this forum is and will be having a emotional reaction know as laughing.
Was that political correct enough?
;) :tongue2 |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dark Apostle
I am willing to state the I, Dark Apostle, member of this forum is and will be having a emotional reaction know as laughing.
Was that political correct enough?
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No, you also have to state that the reaction was not caused by anyone or anything but the article discussed in this thread. You should also mention that you do not mean any disrespect to the people who are unable to laugh for any reason.
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| Dark Apostle |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
No, you also have to state that the reaction was not caused by anyone or anything but the article discussed in this thread. You should also mention that you do not mean any disrespect to the people who are unable to laugh for any reason.
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I'll have to work on my political correctness
thank you person ;) |
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| Dark Apostle |
We believe that Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema's actions are in fact hate speech. The movie is intentionally being named The Two Towers in order to capitalize on the tragedy of September 11. Clearly, you cannot deny the fact that this falls under hate speech. We believe that if they will not willingly change the name, the government should step in to stop the movie's production or to force a name change.
erm......ok...... |
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| TiestoInTheMix |
political correctness? political corectness my ass. all i hear these days, is political correctness this, political corectness that. it's all bull.
i apologize for not-so-politically-correct post, and if you were in any way offended by it, you can type a valid response on a sheet of expensive business paper or whatever, stick it in an envelope, seal it, roll it into a tube, and STICK IT IN YOUR ASS
p.s. Ste, your post is ROTFLMFAO |
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| Maaz |
| Is Bush the lord of the rings then? :D |
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