Is Tolkien's ‘Two Towers’ title insensitive?

[karde]

Oh my god, people are so fucking stupid. Didn't these people realize the book was written 40 years ago?

May 9 — 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.”

http://www.msnbc.com/news/749507.asp

 

[The Shadow]

People are just fucking idiots....

 

[bwood]

i would love to hunt these idiots
down with dogs.

non-reading, half-wit mfers

 

[big perm]

Too many ignorant people in the world today.....and most of them are here in the U.S.

 

[karde]

Too many ignorant people in the world today.....and most of them are here in the U.S.

Unfortunatly......I think you may be right.

 

[THeMaCHinE]

disturbing. truly.

 

[karde]

I have a feeling we will be hearing more dumb shit from groups like this for years to come.

 

[2 ton hoss]

HOLY FUCK THESE PEOPLE ARE STUPID.

THAT IS STUPID WITH A CAPITAL S.

HOLY SHIT.

I CAN NOT BELIEVE MY EYES. THIS HAS TO BE A JOKE.

 

[Burning_Inside]

Must...Contr-olll...Fist of...DEATH!!!

 

[Prometheus]

"That and the words ‘world,’ ‘trade,’ and ‘center’ should be removed from our language as well.” ”

 

[aurelius]

This is so ridiculous I doubt it´s a true article... then again we are talking about Americans.

 

[karde]

It's a real article, click on the link in the first post.


"That and the words ‘world,’ ‘trade,’ and ‘center’ should be removed from our language as well.” ”
That quote was from somebody, who posted on this group's sight, who was showing how ridiculous they were being.

 

[big perm]

This makes me wonder what they'll think of for Return of the King. Elvis' Comeback?

 

[bwood]

the real travesty is that
afghanistan doesn't fuckin'
glow bright enough to be seen
from the damn moon.

we slaughtered the japanese
for pearl harbor..

wtf is the difference?

don't give me that "we are more
civilized now" bullshit either

 

[Norman Bates]

Pseudo political correctness like that gives environmental protection a bad name.
I can hardly believe that was meant serious.

 

[Wynn]

Utter nonsense.

 

[BoneCruncher]

the real travesty is that
afghanistan doesn't fuckin'
glow bright enough to be seen
from the damn moon.

we slaughtered the japanese
for pearl harbor..

wtf is the difference?

don't give me that "we are more
civilized now" bullshit either

 

[Rex]

I hate fucking people like that. They're the same cunts who think we should not be allowed to play "Tuesday's Gone", and anything else that has something to do with September 11th.