Two Towers Protest

Two Towers Protest: This group is protesting the fact that the second installment of The Lord of the Rings trilogy is named The Two Towers (despite the fact that Tolkein came up with this name some fifty years ago). They feel this might cause emotional discomfort to people following the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. I'm almost positive this was meant to be satirical. But its companion in spirit, The Return of the King Protest site, was definitely a satire. This second group argued that the name of the third installment of the trilogy would cause discomfort to fans of Elvis. The Return of the King Protest site no longer exists, but it can still be partially viewed via the Wayback Machine.

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Posted on Wed Sep 24, 2003


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The Return of the King Protest site belonged to me actually. Interesting to find it still mentioned online after all this time. 😊
Posted by datter  on  Tue Oct 18, 2005  at  07:52 PM
That's why this is called a Museum of Hoaxes. All those hoaxes, parodies, satires, etc. that people would otherwise forget get stored away here for future reference.
Posted by The Curator  in  San Diego  on  Tue Oct 25, 2005  at  12:14 PM
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