LotR vs GoT

Lord of the Rings VS. Game of Thrones. Who wins?

This includes both the books and the television/movie adaptions as well. I know, I know, comparing a TV Show to a Movie? That's really stupid, but judge it based on overall quality, I mean for both movies and TVs they both deliver a high amount of quality in each area. But which has the better overall quality in both it's books and adaptations for both movie and television? :?

Lord of the Rings beats out Game of Thrones in terms of books, although both are fantastic. Hate to admit that I haven't watched GoT yet, although I'm going to in the near future.chessmaster1989

Haven't seen it either. I've really been meaning to though :(

But eventually......one day...

Lord of the Rings beats out Game of Thrones in terms of books, although both are fantastic. Hate to admit that I haven't watched GoT yet, although I'm going to in the near future.chessmaster1989

In all honesty, I genuinely believe that the Game of Thrones books are better than LotR. I dislike Tolkien's style, the books for me were less enjoyable thanthe movies.

i bought the RR Martin collection, but im reading Art of War at teh moment.

Game of Thrones is good, but Lord of the Rings is classic and where my love of fantasy began. Lord of the Rings for me.

I like Lord of the Rings more but Game of Thrones is not far behind.

There are so many fantasy series that are better than A Song Of Ice And Fire, and Lord of the Rings is one of them.

Martin has this issue: he has far too many characters running around, and it's hard to relate to any of them because... there's too many of them.

For example: I could understand Tyrion Lannister if I could spend more time seeing the events from his perspective. Unfortunately, once you get invested in what he's trying to accomplish, you are thrown over to Sansa Stark... or Arya... or Danerys... etc.

Lord of the Rings keeps it to two or three different viewpoints, and only three divergent paths. The language may be tricky to get through (it was written in the mid-20th century, so some of the words are a bit archaic... which, to me, gives it flavor) but the journey is well-worth the effort.

Lord of the Rings VS. Game of Thrones. Who wins?

This includes both the books and the television/movie adaptions as well. I know, I know, comparing a TV Show to a Movie? That's really stupid, but judge it based on overall quality, I mean for both movies and TVs they both deliver a high amount of quality in each area. But which has the better overall quality in both it's books and adaptations for both movie and television? :?

Goyoshi12

I have not read any of the books from both sides. I thought LotR was a decent movie nothing great. But I love the GoT TV seires. So GoT gets my vote.

Lord of the Rings.

Probably LotR

LOTR. Never even heard of the other one.

Oh man. I rewatched LotR Extended Editions and I really enjoyed it, but I realised that the parts I hated the most in LotR were undoubtedly with Frodo/Sam/Gollum (Sam gets one of the most badass speeches at the end of TT though), and while Merry/Pippin are fun to watch, what I really sat up and paid attention to was the history and relations between the factions (Rohan and Gondor, for example). When Theoden was all like "WHERE WAS GONDOR WHEN..."

Ate that sh!t right up.

I like that so far in GoT, politics has taken the forefront to fantasy. The only problem is, in what I've spoiled of the series, there doesn't really seem to be satisfying conclusions. Stuff, crazy stuff, happens, but it seems to me it may be lacking some of the cathartic moments from LotR, but I hope this isn't the case. There's only so much I can take before I get frustrated.

I missed it when it was on tv. It's out on blu ray here in england soon which I shall purchase :) I don't expect it to be better than LotR though

I'd say the world and fiction of Middle Earth has more fantasy elements than GOT, thus Id say its better. Personally I think its better on every front as well.

Haven't seen or read Game of Thrones, so...do I read it or watch it first?Hexagon_777

GoT

It has ACTUAL killing, naked women, and sex :)

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]Haven't seen or read Game of Thrones, so...do I read it or watch it first?Moriarity_

GoT

It has ACTUAL killing, naked women, and sex :)

jesuschristmonk

GoT

It has ACTUAL killing, naked women, and sex :)

jesuschristmonk

[QUOTE="jesuschristmonk"]

GoT

It has ACTUAL killing, naked women, and sex :)

Hexagon_777

This. Actual killing? Last time I checked LOTR certainly had its fair share.

I can't make a decision like that. The LoTR movies are amazing while the GoT TV show wasn't the greatest. However, the LoTR books don't compare to the Song of Ice and Fire series.

So LoTR wins the movie department, GoT wins the book department.

Haven't seen or read Game of Thrones, so...do I read it or watch it first?Hexagon_777

Read Game of Thrones first, then watch the TV show.