# More proof that LOTR fanboys have no grasp on reality **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 28, 2002, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-lotr-fanboys-have-no-grasp-on-reality/125969 "2002-08-28T18:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-lotr-fanboys-have-no-grasp-on-reality/125969/41 "2002-08-30T09:22:43Z")
When it comes to unlimited public nudity on state sponsored television, only one country can be the best. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-lotr-fanboys-have-no-grasp-on-reality/125969/42 "2002-08-30T09:25:33Z")
France? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-lotr-fanboys-have-no-grasp-on-reality/125969/43 "2002-08-30T09:30:46Z")
Pffffft. France. No. Hint: the country where everything that’s considered immoral or dangerous by the rest of the world, is legal. 🙂 Well, except _speeding_ of course. I mean, speeding’s worse than killing someone, right? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-lotr-fanboys-have-no-grasp-on-reality/125969/44 "2002-08-30T09:48:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Hint: the country where everything that’s considered immoral or dangerous by the rest of the world, is legal. Aha! Mexico! ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-lotr-fanboys-have-no-grasp-on-reality/125969/45 "2002-08-30T09:49:20Z")
Hmm. You couldn’t possibly be referring to Holland? Nahh. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-lotr-fanboys-have-no-grasp-on-reality/125969/46 "2002-08-30T12:26:53Z")
OK, here’s the lowdown on the score for _The Exorcist_: There isn’t one. There _was_ one, an amazing one composed by Lalo Schifrin, but William Friedkin rejected it. He thought it lacked the subtlety and tension that the movie needed, so he decided to assemble the score from existing works. The bulk of it ended up being work from Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, and is simply amazing. If you buy the CD that accompanied the reissue of the movie two years ago, you can hear pieces of Schifrin’s score. Funny story about the _Jurassic Park_ score: My dad and I were at a movie earlier this year, and before the movie there was an ad for the upcoming Oscar broadcast. I recognized the music in the ad immediately – it was the main theme from _JP_. Pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-lotr-fanboys-have-no-grasp-on-reality/125969/47 "2002-08-30T16:16:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duck Duck Goose \* > **Great, now I’ve pissed off all the music majors, they’re gonna come after me with their flute cases** Shows what you know. I don’t even _have_ a flute case. But I do have a baton case. Full of sharp pointy sticks. Great for poking out eyes. Hey, how else am I going to get anyone to look them? ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-lotr-fanboys-have-no-grasp-on-reality/125969/48 "2002-08-31T01:30:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*They’re big enough, they should have their own names! > > So, what should they be? Thelma and Louise? Betty and Veronica? The Gold Dust Twins? Let’s have a little help, here! 😃 \*\* I knew this girl in high school who, no foolin’, referred to hers as ‘pride’ and ‘joy’. Hell, that’s what she made **me** call them. And really, who was I to say no? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-lotr-fanboys-have-no-grasp-on-reality/125969/49 "2002-08-31T03:53:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duck Duck Goose \* > And one pic-a-choor of large-pec’d male-type person, with HUMONGOUS monkey wrench, and if you don’t like the Plumber, there’s a larger (!) selection on the right. > [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2001290023-2002371274,00.html](http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2001290023-2002371274,00.html) Am I spoiled, or are none of those guys particularly impressive in the muscle department? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-lotr-fanboys-have-no-grasp-on-reality/125969/50 "2002-08-31T05:19:30Z")
I guess you’re spoiled, 'Punny… I thought that the “toned-but-not-hugely-buff” look was what was preferable. Then again, my Hetero Shields prevent me from having an accurate grasp on the subjects. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-lotr-fanboys-have-no-grasp-on-reality/125969/51 "2002-08-31T16:42:07Z")
ED WOOD ---
**Author:** ![Kang\_and\_Kodos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8baadc/32.png) [@Kang\_and\_Kodos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kang_and_Kodos)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-lotr-fanboys-have-no-grasp-on-reality/125969/52 "2002-09-01T02:31:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pldennison \* > \*\*OK, here’s the lowdown on the score for _The Exorcist_: There isn’t one. There _was_ one, an amazing one composed by Lalo Schifrin, but William Friedkin rejected it. He thought it lacked the subtlety and tension that the movie needed, so he decided to assemble the score from existing works. The bulk of it ended up being work from Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, and is simply amazing. If you buy the CD that accompanied the reissue of the movie two years ago, you can hear pieces of Schifrin’s score. > \*\* Didn’t Schifrin’s score for THE EXORCIST become the score for THE AMITYVILLE HORROR? ---
**Author:** ![Kang\_and\_Kodos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8baadc/32.png) [@Kang\_and\_Kodos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kang_and_Kodos)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-lotr-fanboys-have-no-grasp-on-reality/125969/53 "2002-09-01T02:36:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\* > Personally, I liked the FOTR soundtrack. > > So, kindly eat out my asshole and call it candy, you smattering of cum-laden hobbit vomit. \*\* What’s a hobbit? ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2002, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-lotr-fanboys-have-no-grasp-on-reality/125969/54 "2002-09-01T02:37:57Z")
Don’t worry about it. Only geeky fanboys with no grasp on reality know what a hobbit is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-lotr-fanboys-have-no-grasp-on-reality/125969.md?page=2)