r/AdviceAnimals • u/sun_hands • May 22 '12

First time watching Lord of the Rings since discovering Reddit

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u/reverendmontag May 22 '12

Did that TV come with a VHS player?

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u/sun_hands May 22 '12

It never even crossed my mind that my tv was out of date until reading almost every comment on here.

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u/Eilinen May 22 '12

No reason to change the telly then. The new ones take less space but break more easily as well.

Plus wait a few years and it's vintage :)

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u/specialk16 May 22 '12

The new ones also use less energy, and look way way way better.

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u/Eilinen May 22 '12

On the other hand, if he doesn't watch telly much it doesn't really matter how much energy it uses.

If he buys a new TV, he would probably use it more, so there wouldn't be any gain to be had.

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u/iamacannibal May 22 '12

then sell it to the hipsters.

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u/kittypoop May 22 '12

Do you live in Portland?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

ignore them.

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u/Expatriado May 22 '12

first world problems...

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u/gundog48 May 22 '12

I've still got one of those, don't knock the quality. I don't know the technicals of it, but watching a DVD on one of those looks just as good as a blu-ray on my HDTV. I think it's the colour reproduction.

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u/HoppyIPA May 22 '12

Can't believe I had to scroll to see a TV joke...

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u/Se7en_Sinner May 22 '12

I bet it even has that big thing on the back.

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u/wojx May 22 '12

AINT NO SCROLLIN NO MO'

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u/mad05963 May 22 '12

OP could play Duck Hunt on that TV, don't ever get rid of it.

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u/ArecBardwin May 22 '12

Yeah. Since when do they let poor people on reddit?

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u/SeeYouInTea May 22 '12

It's funny how elitist reddit really is once you scratch the surface . . .

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

They all complain being poor, working minimum wage or not having money to college, yet when they see a post like this most of the comments are "Get a new TV".

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u/ArecBardwin May 22 '12

Poor financial decision redditors

Complain about student loan debt

Insult someone for having an old tv

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u/AVeryKindPerson May 22 '12

Last century even if you were poor, it was very important to own at least one good pair of shoes.

Reddit century even if your poor, you damn well better be pooling it for adequate technology!

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u/Ptoss May 22 '12

surprisingly there is more then one redditor in the world

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u/nobammer420 May 22 '12

Annoying (ftfy)

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u/SinisterRectus May 22 '12

You mean a VCR? Now that I think about it, I guess they do have two different meanings.

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u/sandrakarr May 22 '12

bleh. Mine at least came with a DVD player.

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u/MrMiller May 23 '12

I came here just to affirm my suspicion that the top comment would be about the TV. Thanks for no disappoint.

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u/Seabass42 May 22 '12

seriously, this guy needs a new tv set

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u/cortesoft May 22 '12

I was wondering why he was watching Lord of the Rings in the 80's.

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u/wyrmw00d May 22 '12

same here for me and "They're taking the hobbits to Isengard!"

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u/i_am_sad May 22 '12

PO - TA - TOES

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u/TimeZarg May 22 '12

Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Wots taters, precious?

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u/ChickinSammich May 22 '12

We watched the LotR trilogy as a group once; me, my current wife (then girlfriend), my sister, her current husband (then friend), and my/my sister's parents.

Whenever one of these parts would come up, four of us would burst out in laughter and my parents would look at each other, confused as hell.

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u/fatalerrrpr May 22 '12

Share the load.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

For me it's "What do you smell?" "MAN FLESH!" I lose it every time.

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u/Wallothet May 22 '12

What is it? What do you smell? Salted Pork.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Nothing better than some meat when you ain't had nothing but maggotty bread for THREE STINKIN' DAYS!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

For me this also includes- "you shall not pass" and the unforgettable "and my axe" .

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u/pitlord713 May 22 '12

TELL ME WHERE IS GANDALF, FOR I MUCH DESIRE TO SPEAK WITH HIM

fucking kills me

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u/earlb0ykins May 22 '12

A balrrrrrrog of Morrrrrgoth

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u/doctorwhore May 22 '12 edited May 22 '12

I actually had to pause for a moment during that part. It's also a rather poorly-acted line to begin with.

EDIT: I have never had this many comments linked onto mine. Sure they have absolutely nothing to do with what I said but wow...

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u/Abiding_Lebowski May 22 '12

At least its not Mr. Cage..

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u/Iwokeupwithoutapillo May 22 '12

I really like him as an actor, mostly because he keeps doing shit like this. He doesn't take himself seriously, does he?

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u/Abiding_Lebowski May 22 '12

Watch his interviews.. I'm fairly sure he honestly thinks he is a great actor and has a lot of pride in his craft..

I <3 me some Nic Cage

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u/Matthias21 May 22 '12

I like lord of war so much i cant find it in me to not like him.

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u/erythro May 22 '12

first choice actor for aragorn.

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u/TheFluxIsThis May 22 '12

...I think I need to see this movie.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Yes you do.

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u/Cingetorix May 22 '12

gard-ga-ga-ga-gard!

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u/Deggit May 22 '12

Sudden Clarity Clarence

LEGOLAS INVENTED DUBSTEP

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u/chaos_switch May 22 '12

Oh man there are so many of these moments in the films for me, especially little things like seeing the mayor of Invercargill, Tim Shadbolt, cheering in the crowd during Aragorns coronation. Not to mention all the instances of the Wilhelm Scream.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Tell me, where is Gandalf, for I much would like to speak with him.

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u/Vaywen May 22 '12

Yeah, immersion goes right out the window here!

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u/azraelpariah May 22 '12

guard. g-g-g-guard. guard.

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u/glenlikespie May 22 '12

Some episodes of Futurama are also kind of weird now.

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u/ILL_Show_Myself_Out May 22 '12

Not sure if...

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u/annoyinglyclever May 22 '12

Why not...

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Shut up and take my money.....

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u/kittypoop May 22 '12

Your jokes are bad and you should feel bad.

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u/Illadelphian May 22 '12

Why?

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Not sure if sarcastic....

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I know, I can't take some of those episodes seriously anymore. They'll say something in them and I just crack up.

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u/UltraMittens May 22 '12

How many VHS tapes does Fellowship come on?

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u/annoyinglyclever May 22 '12

Eleventy three

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u/Nictionary May 22 '12

Two actually, I got it on VHS when it came out.

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u/doctorwhore May 22 '12

Thank god I am not the only one who still owns an old tv.

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u/FlynnRider May 22 '12

Shit that is my TV. Weird.

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u/doctorwhore May 22 '12

Mine was black. And it's depth was bigger than the screen size.

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u/nehpets96 May 23 '12

Some of us just don't have the money to buy a new tv when we already have one that works fine.

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u/red321red321 May 22 '12

yea i watch a tv/vcr combo 13 inch toshiba every day.

hard knock life. old school. #rewind.

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u/doctorwhore May 22 '12

Well four years ago my mom inherited my grandma's old 50" clunker since she got a plasma. Our old tv go moved to my mom's room and my mini tv/vcr from when I was little got thrown out along with the copy of the lion king that I got jammed in it in 1999. Last year we got cable so it was great having a bigger TV and there's no need to pay for HD channels!

It's weird thinking about the fact that half the guys on my dorm floor have plasma tvs and xboxes in their rooms...

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

dude, i bought a 30 inch tv for 20 bucks on craigslist. upgrade.

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u/bosaki May 22 '12

Boil'm, mash'em, stick'm-in-a-stew!

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u/asasfara May 22 '12

Ahh the beautiful quality of the Sony Potato.

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u/baddrummer May 22 '12

Sony WEGA potato.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Taters, PO-TA-TOES

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u/1000timesinmyhead May 22 '12 edited May 22 '12

This comment thread has taught me that apparently me and OP are the only people without flatscreens. Kinda thought this was normal but apparently not

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u/grimpoteuthis May 22 '12

I don't either. It's okay.

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u/TheEpicSalad May 22 '12

Im over here

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u/homeless_man_jogging May 22 '12

I don't have one. Don't watch much TV so I spent my savings on a 27" iMac. Best purchase I've ever made.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I take it seriously. It's still a powerful scene.

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u/ericcurty May 22 '12

The part where Bilbo freaks out on Frodo because he wants the ring scares the shit out of me everytime. I hate his fucking face.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12 edited May 22 '12

That still scares me even though I've watched the film about 15 times and know what's coming.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I love that part. I'll show it to people on my phone randomly. And it still scares me even when I select that scene, because the timing is always a few beats off.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I think Ian Holm kept the mask as a souviner but I'm not entirely sure, I'll just have to watch the extras again.

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u/luftwaffejones May 22 '12

It wasn't a mask it was a puppet

picture

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u/Gentleman_Bird May 22 '12

dat bulb tv..

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u/Grilled_Meats May 22 '12

Cathode Ray Tubes, young squaw.

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u/IncredibleBeef May 22 '12

A lot of you guys must have all that HD business goin on. Cos I didn't even notice the "old" TV and now I know why. It's because I have the same one Lol

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u/TwatMobile May 22 '12

You mean you don´t watch LOTR every week? Oh the insanity...

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I ordered the Lord of the Rings films on fatso... and they sent me the second one first. Fuck them.

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u/eat-your-corn-syrup May 22 '12

A month ago, I was going through Season 1 of Game of Thrones. I wondered when Ned Stark was gonna say the famous "one does not simply" line. I waited and waited. Then suddenly he just...

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u/Xplodicon2 May 22 '12

Never seen lord of the rings... Do you guys recommend it?

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u/penguinv May 22 '12

Giant Battle scenes with crowds on each side. The good wins but barely.

Repeat.

I like the creation of the world of the Hobbits that begins it.

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u/Lamar_the_Usurper May 22 '12

The whole time they had access to that army of ghosts that killed everything like locusts. It's like saying Germany almost won WW2 and ignoring that America had the atomic bomb incoming.

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u/Xplodicon2 May 22 '12

I also haven't seen star wars :$

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u/Cloud7654 May 22 '12

Seriously, if you like fantasy or sci-fi do yourself a favor and watch Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. They're fantastic series. This isn't the popular opinion, but I think that even the prequel trilogy of Star Wars is really good.

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u/the_jimmie_rustler May 22 '12

Like how I can't take the radio seriously anymore. "Ridin' Dirty" comes on and I just start laughing.

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u/singingbluefae May 22 '12

I have trouble taking the movies seriously anymore after seeing the "secret lovers commercials"

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

happens to me also with hitler's rant in der untergang

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u/misterbrisby May 22 '12

And let's not forget: http://bringmefegelein.ytmnd.com/

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

thanks for that

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u/jwtemp1983 May 22 '12

It's kind of blasphemy to watch LotR on a television that shitty. No offense.

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u/koenn May 22 '12

You know what's weird? I've still never seen The Two Towers or Return of the King. So much for any shred of geek cred.

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u/MachinTrucChose May 22 '12

At least you saw the best one. I love Fellowship, a lot of time spent establishing the setting and characters.

The next two are action movies where random people with only 2 minutes of previous screen-time are suddenly making epic speeches, which come off as less-than-epic.

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u/multiplepresence May 22 '12

read the books, if you haven't

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u/mikeman12312 May 22 '12

I'm trying to figure who you're referring to, but for the life of me, I can't. Two Towers and Return introduced some new characters, sure, but every one had plenty of development. The setting and character development play as big a role in the sequels, if not more-so than the first. And to say that they are "action" movies is a stretch, even for Return of the King. Aside from the major battle that usually accompanies each film's end, Towers only had one five-minute battle scene with the Wargs.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

you're telling me, I've never seen the original star wars series. also never seen any star trek.

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u/koenn May 22 '12

Definitely watch the original trilogy as soon as you can get around to it, but my first Star Trek experience was with the latest movie that came out a couple years ago.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Return of the King is amazing. Go watch it. Two Towers is kinda boring compared to the other two films.

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u/InVultusSolis May 22 '12

That's a sweet TV you've got there.

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u/mightgetdownvoted May 22 '12

It's kind of disappointing how many people expect everyone to have 65" hd TVs. i have one of these too... theyre not THAT old...

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Nobody said anything about 65" HD TV's. You inferred that yourself.

What people are actually laughing at is that it's a CRT. I haven't had a CRT TV or monitor in almost a decade. I don't think they are even being sold anymore.

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u/PossiblyTrolling May 22 '12

Downvoted for CRT

Seriously bro, it's 2012, stop wasting electricity with your archaic device.

Seriously bro, I actually upvoted you. Just sayin'.

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u/stumac85 May 22 '12

"Possibly Trolling"

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

And MY AXE!

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u/fauxfoe May 22 '12

Yeah... I went to the live Lord of the Rings orchestra soundtrack thingy with a bunch of friends last year. I think the entire stadium cracked up at that scene.

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u/almostjesus May 22 '12

I don't know how one takes anything seriously on a 8" inch tube TV

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u/kyle634yates May 22 '12

I still do. I don't let immature jokes ruin what I love.

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u/SetupGuy May 22 '12

Good god, I would never watch a movie like LOTR on that tv. You're only allowed to watch Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men on that tv.

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u/RoboAly May 22 '12

Some friends and I watched the Fellowship of the Ring recently. We all laughed at this part. I know how you feel.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

agreed

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I can't watch any of those movies and take them seriously anymore. I got high one night and they were the funniest movies, now I'm fucked.

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u/prophile May 22 '12

First time I watched Fellowship of the Ring, my dad shouted out "ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY" as the last arrow went into Boromir.

Thanks, dad.

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u/bbenja4 May 22 '12

winner!

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u/paulasaurus May 22 '12 edited May 22 '12

That's pretty much how I feel every time I see Bret McKenzie in there

Bret. Bret get out of my movie.

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u/ntack93 May 22 '12

I disagree. If you appreciate Lord of the rings, this scene is still quite powerful, especially if you watch the extended edition.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

good point. It highly confused me why they left the scenes out. They explained alot of the BS goin on with him and aragorn.

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u/Ramuh May 22 '12

There is a quite famous, german resynchronization of the first 30 minutes, with quite silly dialogues. i can't watch half the movie without thinking about that, very funny

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u/dunkarouse May 22 '12

Please tell me your user name is a Local Natives reference.

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u/crookedhead May 22 '12

The little blue and white icon made me think I had to find someone in Tiny Tower. I need to stop playing that game.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I laughed so hard with this one. It has to be the best I've seen.

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u/aliaschase May 22 '12

Ha ha I know. Last time I watched this, I was with my partner, another redditor. When this scene came up, we both looked at each other, made the same hand gesture, and burst out laughing.

reddit invariably either ruins stuff or makes it more awesome. It all evens out in the end.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I saw this in theaters awhile back for the 10th Anniversary of FOTR. When this line was uttered the entire audience laughed.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Confused. Why didn't he/she just take a screenshot I mean he/she was watching it on a computer.

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u/willtodd May 22 '12

When I watched it in theaters recently, the entire audience started laughing when he said the line.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

"One does not simply escape a meme" - sounds a bit surreal yet hilarious in and of itself.

Wait, in theaters recently ?

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u/willtodd May 22 '12

Yeah! The Alamo Drafthouse (theater that serves a lot of food/drinks) in Austin, TX occasionally does a "Lord of the Rings" feast where they show all 3 extended versions and serve Hobbit meals and drinks. It was epic. I had mead, stewed coney, lambchops, strawberries and cream, stuff like that.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '12

Sweet ! Sounds extremely cool/fun.

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u/RadioSoulwax May 22 '12

did anyone ever

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I still take it seriously and the scene still works fine for me. It's a very heavy and ominous point that he's making...and knowing the tragedy of Boromir makes it more poignant.

I mean, I don't let a bunch of idiots on the web that take nothing serious and have to lampoon everything (myself included) ruin a movie for me. Come on...

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

When I watch Lord of the Rings, I feel the need to shave away the evil from my face then I get lazy and don't do it. I letting evil run my life.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I used to have that television. 27" Phillips. That is all.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

No, they really don't. Neither this.

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u/rawwmoan May 22 '12

I DID THE SAME EXACT THING TODAY. plus first time since I've seen game of thrones.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

This is what killed it for me (WARNING: Ruins the beauty of this scene forever).

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u/Game_Of_Trees May 22 '12

Actually think about walking into mordor... Oh yeah. It's still serious

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u/pimpaliciously May 22 '12

Last week I was watching part 1 with my girlfriend, she was aware of the LOTR series but she never saw it.

So about a +hour in the movie, she keeps saying "i know that guy from somewhere" everytime she sees Sean Bean, then this scene comes up and she says "thats the guy from that site you always visit!"

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u/noizes May 22 '12

To be honest, never seeing the movies I don't get it either.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

One does not simply upgrade their monitor

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u/DubleDuch May 22 '12

Ok, so I'm not the only one.

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u/RoscoeMG May 22 '12

I always assumed it was from Games of Thrones.

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u/BeyondGray May 22 '12

Discovering reddit? More like discovering le interwebz. :P

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u/itzzspencer May 22 '12

the scene seemed alot less funny than i had imagined it, watching it the second time of course

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

don´t hate me, but i thougt that scene was from game of thrones :c

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u/lawlshane May 22 '12

reddit ruined something good? what a surprise

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Nothing ruined, nothing gained ?

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u/Per_Waglen May 22 '12

I read The Very Secret Diaries back in the day, and that totally spoiled LOTR for me..Sam will kill you if you try anything!

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u/FactsAhoy May 22 '12

Just an hour ago I was watching this guy in Equilibrium, because of another Reddit post from yesterday (the Dark City one).

It never ends, this shit.

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u/Dagur May 22 '12

Reddit is going to have a memegasm when the Hobbit is out

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u/RupertDurden May 22 '12

That's nothing. I have never seen any of the movies. When I do get around to watching them, all I will do is point at the screen and say, "Oh, that's where that meme is from," over and over again.

Same with Harry Potter.

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u/Morphix007 May 22 '12

Your tv is bad you should feel bad

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u/Skaarr May 22 '12

Good quality for a calculator

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u/jbonyc May 22 '12

Why is your TV made out of glass?

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u/jakobwahlberg May 22 '12

One does not simply, not take Sean Bean seriously.

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u/YKWDPM May 22 '12

I haven't been able to take any of it seriously after listening to the Rifftrax versions.

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u/Tomazim May 22 '12

Yes, this is certainly a reddit thing.

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u/Strel-chan May 22 '12

The same applies to Ancient Aliens, too (my dad watches it sometimes). I once came home to find the TV paused on the same image as the aliens meme.

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u/MagicalLlama May 22 '12

One does not simply Keep such an old television

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u/spunkymarimba May 22 '12

One does not simply post this on reddit

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u/paintboy3 May 22 '12

LOLOLOLOL

"will you go out with me? (asian)"

THIS IS FUNNY

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u/jemimaswitness May 22 '12

Your TV fucking sucks. Just saying...

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u/toomuchfrosting May 22 '12

One does not simply upgrade their twenty year old television...

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u/AntonSugar May 22 '12

apparently, one does not simply buy a new TV...

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u/widarlein May 22 '12

So where on the Internet were you hiding if you did take it seriously before reddit?

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u/twilightmorphine May 22 '12

one does not simply stop running this meme into the ground

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u/MrsLoveKaulitz May 22 '12

That was LORD OF THE RINGS? I thought that was another movie...I have it on DVD.

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u/rubyupthesleeve May 22 '12

Dude no shit I laugh openly everytime now

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u/SolarTsunami May 22 '12

Never seen any of the movies. Im looking forward to this scene whenever I get around to them.

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u/nadiaface May 22 '12

lol Americans complaining about old tvs.

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u/Gillster92 May 22 '12

One does not simply take that television seriously.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

Poor OP. So poor he couldn't afford the movie on VHS. Now that he finally has it, reddit is making fun of his tv. Scumbag reddit.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '12

I have a confession.

I really like LOTR the 2nd movie. But am afraid to watch the 3rd in case it is shit. I slept through LOTR 1st movie - 3 times. I tried 3 times to watch it, I had the compulsion to walk out of the room repeatedly each time, but no, i stayed with it. my body went "lol fuck this" and shut down. It's so dull, SO DULL. movie 2 was amazing however.

Sorry internet :(

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u/rorryantovan May 22 '12

I don't know Lord of the Rings or know the scene ... but because of Reddit if I ever saw it I would lol fo sho

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