Army of Darkness v.s. Lord of the Rings

Epic Hero AOD• Ash: Brave, tough, and

wicked smart. He built a robot hand in the Middle Ages. “Groovy.”

Epic Hero LOTR

• Aragorn: Brave, Tactical, and Long Living. He’s 83 at the start of the film.

Quest AOD• Ash travels from modern times to 1300 AD, and rides

halfway across England to retrieve the Necronomicon. Then he has to stop an evil duplicate of himself, and an army of Deadites, from taking the book from him. “For God's sake how do you stop it?”- Ash

Quest LOTR

• Frodo travels from the Shire across Middle Earth, to destroy the One Ring. Along the way, he encounters a Balrog, Shelob the giant spider, Gollum, and an army of Orcs, who all try to take the ring from him.

Valorous Deeds AOD• Ash fights his way out of a demon infested pit,

fights evil mini-Ashes, and fights an army of Deadites.

Valorous Deeds LOTRAragorn gains the allegiance of the dead, fight an

army of Orcs, and goes one-on-one with a troll.

Supernatural Powers AOD• The Evil Necronomicon, future technology,

and an army of the Dead.

Supernatural Powers LOTR

• Sauron, Gandalf, Saruman, The Witch King, Orcs, Uruk-hai, Elves and an army of the Dead.

Guide AOD

• The Wiseman, who sent Ash toward the graveyard where the Necronomicon was kept.

Guide LOTR

• Sam, who traveled with Frodo to Mordor• Gandalf, who pointed the way.

Romantic Interest AOD

• ShielaLinda

Romantic Interest LOTR

• Arwen Eowyn

In Medias Res AOD• The film starts with a flashback to the Cabin in

the Woods, where Ash sawed off his own hand, and replaced it with his chainsaw.

In Medias Res LOTR

The film starts with a flashback to The War of the Ring, The Hobbit, and the origin of Gollum.

Lord of the Rings vs The Army of Darkness

• I’m really partial to Army of Darkness. It’s one of the most fun films I’ve ever seen. I would definitely recommend it.

• Thanks for paying attention, YOU SLACKERS!!!

Alright you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This... is my boomstick!- Ash