Lord of the Rings- what a crappy title! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Alfirin · 02-24-2008, 01:54 PM

The problem with a lot of the alternate titles posed is that they almost lead to confusion with existing titles. The Ringbearer sound a bit too much like it shold be a volume of the Neibelung cycle. The War of the Rings does sound a bit too much like a history lesson (maybe becuse it is so like the War of the Roses) The Quest of the Ring (mine)or The Journey of of the Ring (mine again) don't sound terrible but seem to suggest that the jorny was to obtain the Ring not destroy it. The Ring of Doom or The Ring of Darkness ((another one of mine) sound a bit to much like a trashy novel or B-movie. Tolkein own The Red Book of Westmarch just sounds dull. Maybe LOTR is a story so epic that no imaginalbe title is adequate.

02-24-2008, 01:54 PM	#31
Alfirin Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 435	The problem with a lot of the alternate titles posed is that they almost lead to confusion with existing titles. The Ringbearer sound a bit too much like it shold be a volume of the Neibelung cycle. The War of the Rings does sound a bit too much like a history lesson (maybe becuse it is so like the War of the Roses) The Quest of the Ring (mine)or The Journey of of the Ring (mine again) don't sound terrible but seem to suggest that the jorny was to obtain the Ring not destroy it. The Ring of Doom or The Ring of Darkness ((another one of mine) sound a bit to much like a trashy novel or B-movie. Tolkein own The Red Book of Westmarch just sounds dull. Maybe LOTR is a story so epic that no imaginalbe title is adequate.