Hum. Dana (post #1720) already got part of this conversation, but I'm snerking enough I think it should all go in.
It's long, and I hope I've picked out all the right parts and attributed them correctly. There are many non-sequiters, as often found in the Ancient Writings of the Buffista.
Nutty:
I'd sort of suggest that anybody who wants to wear his own One Ring didn't pay attention to the plot of the book. Sort of like, if you were playing Dracula and wore a silver cross around your neck. The ring isn't something to admire, and there's just about no point in the books where it's, you know, cool.
I don't have a problem, e.g., with the wearing of elf-ears and/or all manner of weaponry (although security might).
It's shmucky not because it's fannish, but because it completely misses the point of the book.
Tom Scola:
Now I'm imagining Middle Earth PSAs:
Hi, Frodo here. I'm here to tell you that owning the One Ring is not cool. Just Say No to the One Ring.
This is your brain. This is your brain after looking into the Palantir. Any questions?
Holli:
My friend Shira has a One Ring. A bunch of her friends, myself included, have agreed to accompany her to Mordor should it become necessary. Though we do not know the way.
Cindy:
When you're leaving Rivendell, turn left.
Jess PMoon:
At the post-ring-destroying press conference...
Q: So Frodo, how did you find Mordor?
Frodo: Turn left at Rivendell.
Aimée:
Frodo and Sam pop out of a hole in the ground and consult a map whilst chewing on carrots. Sam points and says, "I knew we should have turned left at Rivendell, doc."
Okay, bad joke. Come back. I'll stop.
Cindy:
I just couldn't think of a snappy comeback, befitting the image.
Aimée:
I've also screwed myself because now I'm doing Lord of the Rings with WB characters in my head.
Frodo gets an anvil dropped on his head. The Nazgul leaving a pile of Hobbit Feed on the road.....
Pete Jackson at the end of RotK popping through the screen..
"buh-dee, buh-dee, buh-dee, That's all folks!"
Billytea:
The image of Frodo hooning up behind them and shouting "beep beep!" is going to be a serious impediment to my productivity today, I can tell.
Aimée:
It's the image of the Nazgul shooting straight up into the sky that is making me snort-laugh.
Betsy Hanes Perry:
Son--- ah say, Son-- bit of an empty hood here, don't you think -- you shall not pass!
Aimée:
Chicken Hawk is Saurman.
Holli:
Now I'm envisioning a whole troop of Uruk-Hai trundling off the edge of a cliff, all unawares, not noticing the abscence of ground beneath them until one unfotunate looks down and the whole bunch plummets, landing in a little puff of dust far, far below.
Billytea:
Y'know, now I think about it, the Nazgul do have that endearingly indestructible tenor of a WB baddie. I believe that if you look carefully in TTT, you'll notice that their winged mounts have "ACME" stamped on the side.
Anne W.:
"W-welcome to Ri-Rivendell, Mister B-b-b-Frodo."