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Some movie fans are blasting the next “Lord of the Rings” flick, charging that it exploits the World Trade Center tragedy. The next installment in the sequel is called “The Two Towers,” and a group calling itself Those Affected by September 11 is petitioning director Peter Jackson and studio New Line Cinema to change the name “to something less offensive.”
“THE TITLE IS clearly meant to refer to the attacks on The World Trade Center,” notes the petition posted at petitiononline.com and signed by more than 1,200 people. “It is unforgivable that this should be allowed to happen.”
The title is actually the name of the second book in the J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy on which the films are based, but even when this was pointed out to the petitioners, they maintained that the title of the film should still be changed.
Some people, however, left comments on the petition suggesting that they believe the petitioners are overreacting. “I think they should rename New York too, because every time I hear “New York” it makes me think of that day and it makes me cry,” noted one. “That and the words ‘world,’ ‘trade,’ and ‘center’ should be removed from our language as well.” ”
New Line didn’t respond to requests for comment, but Jackson has said that after the Sept. 11 attacks, he considered changing the name of the second film, but decided against it, saying, “Tolkien fans would kill us.” | |
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Hmm well if it is the name of the book I say keep it
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This once again proves that the masses can be cows.
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it just shows they dont know their books....
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Stupid people that don't know tolkien.
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Stupid stupid people... wow.
Tolkien is awesome... and I would be one of those seriously peeved if the title were changed.
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*drapes arm around Sir*
Yea damnit! It'd loose all consisity. It'd be Wrong i tell ya, Wrong! Its all a part of the book! hmmm....
what if we passed out the books, kind of like the gedians pass out bibles?
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what a crock of shit. i love it when the soccer moms of america decide to get together and protest something that they don't have a fucking clue about. i bet if one of danielle steel's novels was called 'the twin towers' they wouldn't give a shit about it...
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never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups...
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Quote: Originally posted by FAAIP DE OIAD
never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups... | LoL that is sadly true
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situations like this always sadden me...just because some person becomes oversensitive, the world is wrong...it's literature, but they are probably the same people who support book burnings and censorship 
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They're right. I for one would definitely kill them if they changed the title.
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Time to tell the sensitivity police to go take a hike.
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Yah, it would be desecrative if they changed it. *puts in her worthless two cents*
something clever so people will think I'm cool...
naw, just kidding...
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I would join DM in killing them if they did. If they even took the fucking time to look at the book's title and the time it was printed they might just find out that sept 11 was oh..... at least 50 years AFTER the book came out. these people should really get the fucking over sensitive sticks out oft heir asses because honestly, everything will remind you of something, god.....can't they just get over the fact that everything does not revolve around one person or event...i swear that fucking pisses me the hell off being a tolkien fan..and that i'm in a bad mood today...really bad...moon..so just ignore me.. | |
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yeah i think that..
look the book was written about 20 years ago... and i dont think that bin laden used that book to get the attack idea...
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I believe the Wednesday before December 25th again; that'd make sense.
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