Similarities between Potter and LOTR

[Caleb]

I was just thinking and it occured to me that Their are many similarities between Harry Potter and LOTR. such as

Butterbeer=Butterbur

Mirrior of Galadriel=That funky Mirror in the 1st movie

Nazgul=Dementors

Basically all the same creatures

Dark Lords that never seem to die no matter what you do

These are just off the top of my head, and it is my personal belief that J.K. Rowling is a big copycatin plagerisin 2nd rate writer.

[Radagast The Brown]

there is a thread about that in LOTR forums...

http://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4438&highlight=harry+potter

[SamwiseGamgeeOTS]

harry, frodo

[Radagast The Brown]

originally posted by SGOTS
harry, frodo ???

[Fimbrethil]

Originally posted by SamwiseGamgeeOTS
harry, frodo

Harry and Frodo? And what color is the sky in your world? I really don't think Harry was short with harry(hehe) feet and had to destroy an evil ring. But I was thinking...the magic thing was the same and then I had to smack myself for comparing the GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME to the second rate goofy one. They used REALLY big sticks in LOTR and short little ones in HP and the incantations they have to speak are WAY different!

[SamwiseGamgeeOTS]

they're both cute....umm. short main characters...who umm.......have stuff to do and have friends help them do it...ummm sure. yeah.

[IronParrot]

Use the other thread.

Personally, I think it's absolutely ridiculous to claim Harry Potter is a ripoff of LOTR for the aforementioned reasons, when a) it's less of an LOTR ripoff than 90% of the pseudo-fantasy crap on the shelves right now, and b) all those examples are either trivial or extreme stretches at best. But I digress.