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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cthulhu's Librarian" data-source="post: 1669667" data-attributes="member: 11064">This is a tough call between Star Wars & LotR.   Star Wars had a huge influence on who I am today. I saw SW when I was 5, and I can say without hesitation it was the first defining moment of my life. It turned me on to science fiction, which in turn lead to my (short) career in publishing. It was pretty much my obsession as a child, reading the SW picture books, playing with the toys, waiting endlessly for the next issue of Bantha Tracks to find out any new news about the films, and after RotJ I felt like a lone SW fan when everyone else didn't seem to care about the films.   Lord of the Rings was also a major point in my life, but for different reasons. I first read The Hobbit at age 8, and LotR at age 12 or 13. It had a big impact on me then, and even more as I reread it every 5 or 6 years. I always hoped that there would be a movie besides the animated Hobbit, LotR, and RotK, but never thought it would happen. So I kept on reading the books, playing RPGs, and talking with friends about how cool it would be if someone decided to make a movie, never expecting it to actually happen. Then, in the late 90s, I started to hear through word of mouth in the SF industry and online that Peter Jackson was in talks with a couple studios to make a film. I got excited,  but not too excited. Then it happened. The deal was signed, and things started to roll. I followed with great anticipation, hoping that things would turn out right, but not wanting to get too excited in case it was a flop. Opening day, I drove to a distant theater with a friend to see it in the best theater we could find. There were trivia questions before the movie, and we won prizes. The movie came on, we watched with our jaws on the floor, and I felt like that little kid I had been when I was 5 years old seing Star Wars. For the LotR to bring back that magic feeling I had thought lost forever was unbelievable.   So, I have to give the nod to LotR, because it gave me back something that I thought lost forever, a sense of wonder through the eyes of a child.</blockquote>

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