Protesting “Return of the King” title
A group of Elvis fans at King Protest are taking issue with the “Return of the King” title for the third movie in the trilogy. They say the the title shows a complete lack of sensitivity for all those who were so greatly affected by his death- Is this a real protest or a joke?- you decide!
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*bursts out in laughter* YEAH RIGHT! You already know how much people freaked when PJ added Elves to the Battle of Helms Deep, but that anger would be ten times worse if they accually changed the TITLE. Yeesh. Sure, Elvis was cool, but get over it already!
(Besides, they considered renaming the Two Towers becaus of the 9/11 attack on NY, but it still is The Two Towers! I seriously doubt anybody will even consider changing the title)
Okay, I could understand when people wanted to change Two Towers title ’cause of 9/11, but I mean, come on! This is just silly!
Pppffttt!
The King is dead, long live Elessar!
Just to let you all know – this is actually a parody made of a site which campaigned for the title of TTT to be changed for reasons that I’m sure you all know. It was a ridiculous suggestion indeed, and this site was made about a year ago, I think, to make fun of the people who suggested the name change of TTT. The similarities in design and wording are obviously intentional, but it is just a joke, and the humour is subtly placed throughout the site. Just to reiterate – this isn’t the same people, it’s just a parody. Cleverly done, indeed!
Dude, the book was given the name long before Elvis died.
These people need to get a life! The Return of the King is about Aragorn resume the throne of Gondor and Arnor, not Elvis Presley. Some people need to read real books such as Tolkien, less on following popular culture. Don’t get me wrong, I like Elvis and his music but people have gone overboard over this.
thats dumb! dude! thye shudn’t even protest over that matter!
Honestly! These people just want attention! They had a little bit of an argument about the two towers, (even though it’s still different than the two towers) but seriously! It’s talking about a different king anyway! (By the way, Aragorn soooooo beats Elvis anyway! 🙂 ) But that they were trying to do the same thing for the Two Towers tells you one thing – they’re looking for stupid stuff to argue about.
Ridiculous. Though I don’t believe it’s legitimate…
OH PLEASE!!! come on.. i mean Elvis was known as Elvis..& yeah yeah sometimes the king! but i mean what abou ALL the other movies made with "KING" in their tiles.. for example "The King & I" or"Kingpin" erm.. well not that one! but you know what i mean .. this is some publicity stunt for these people so then the film does arrive in December you’ll have thies crazy Elvis fans waving banners in the actors faces at the opening of the film! they just want thier five mins of fame & then leave!
And another thing, if those Elvis fans get in the faces of my LOTR actors, their gonna hear from me!
It’s a joke. These people just don’t get it, do they?
I see the sensitivity to TTT and the title, but the book was written before the event happened, so a change in title is absurd. Not to put Elvis’s death on a par with 9/11, but frankly, so is this. Sue whomever owns the title “Return of the King” if you must. Don’t bother Peter Jackson or New Line. It just goes to show how deperate Elvis fans are for attention that they devote effort to this….
Egads! Give me a break! *sigh*
lol, this is funny indeed. I thought it weren’t real. How stupid it will be if it was serious (this is just my personal opinion and does not intend to offend anyone)
Oh well. I guess some people have alot of time on their hands
Just to be clear. If you go to the TT protest page in the above link, then got to the “Who we are” link- an then- at the bottom of the page – if you click the “support the two towers protest organization’ box- you’ll end up at the ROTK protest page.
this suggeste that they are both bogus
IT’S A JOKE….obviously. I can’t understand you people who get all whipped up about stuff like this. It was probably made by LOTR fans.
elvis is DEAD and rotk is NOT about elvis, same with ttt about 9/11 attacks, they are names of books, so i don’tknow why people are over-reacting about it!!!!
I’ve read many stupid thins but this COME ON!
I mean if that’s not a joke…
I have a lot of respect for Elvis Preasly but I don’t think there are so many ppl that would refear the title “the return of the king” to elvis preasly…
Why is everyone taking this so seriously?? This is a JOKE – a PARODY of a serious site wanting the name of TTT to be changed (that site is here: http://www.twotowersprotest.org/). Obviously, that’s been forgotten about now that the film has been released, but this RotK site was set up last year as far as I can remember by completely DIFFERENT people, as a joke. It’s not meant to be taken seriously. Just calm down and don’t get worked up about it!!
*sigh* first the Two Towers issue, now they’re resurrecting a parody of it with Return of the King. when will people learn? i wish stupidity were a crime punishable by law…
Elvis, was a great singer in his time, but please, the King is dead. This thing about having to change Tolkien’s Book title *Return of the King*, because people think it’s showing lack of sensitivity. Give me a brake. This is going to far. I enjoyed hearing Elvis sing when he was alive and even today, but the title for Tokien thired book was way before Elvie was even known, and the title for the movie should not be changed eather. This is so out in left feld, I can’t believe that someone would even think the title should be change. Return Of The King has nothing to do with Elvis or the lack of sensitivity for those that are stell greatly affected by his death. So let it be.
Besides, I didn’t even notice “The Return of the King” sounds like Elvis, until they pointed it out! If they don’t want to “stir emotions”, then don’t say anything! Yeesh.
They’re freaking retarded!!!!!
“The movie is intentionally being named The Return of the King in order to capitalize on the death of Elvis Presley.”
How funny! it’s obviously a fake site meant as a joke.
What kind of a crazy loon came up with this. It’s nothing against Elvis or anyone close to him, it has nothing to do with him. It was the name of the books for gosh sakes. how crazy can some people get. they don’t even have a feedback section on their website. they know their crazy, but don’t want to hear the other side.
“How funny! it’s obviously a fake site meant as a joke.”
Yeah, well I’m not laughing.
*cracks up laughing* That is THE FUNNIEST thing I have seen in a LONG time! I can’t believe anyone who either a) actually be that sad, so as to care.
or b) have THAT much time on their hands.
It had better be a joke. It IS a joke, RIGHT!!!!!!!!