[HPFGU-OTChatter] HP and LOTR

[Tina Nelson]

Amber said:

>I've a friend who is a HUGE Lord of the Rings fan and
>not a Harry Potter fan at all (of course, she hasn't
>read the books, but I digress). She groused a bit
over >how HP has broke the opening weekend records but
>claimed quickly that LOTR will break THAT record.

>Does anyone think that the first movie 
>will break HP's record? I believe that it won't, but
I >really have no idea how big the LOTR community is
or >how fanatical.

Being one of those annoying people who can quote large
portions of text from LOTR, and anticipating the movie
as much as anyone I know, I still think that LOTR will
not come close to breaking the HP record. But this has
much more to do with marketing than with the depth of
devotion of Middle Earthers. I mean, what is 20 years
of obsession on JRR Tolkein when faced with the
advertising geniuses at Coke?

Readalie



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