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- rebotfc, on 02/22/2008, -1/+88I put on my robe and wizard hat....
- ChicagoDS, on 02/22/2008, -4/+82Where's Tom Cruise in this list?
- Skar101, on 02/22/2008, -0/+48In response to this Gandalf stuff you gota read more of the J.R.R. books, with out spoiling, Gandalf is not a worldly entity, he is much more. He is bound by complicated laws to not use his powers and to not interfere. He follows those rules much closer then Sauramon, who is also an entity bound to the world by the gods. Some of the quotes in the LOTR series hint to their true nature of being much more then mortals. Look it up, its in a book, Reading Rainbow!!!
- braincrust, on 02/22/2008, -2/+46Cracked: ...and the 6th most underrated wizard is...
Digg: Go on... - ICanRead, on 02/22/2008, -1/+31You just quoted Spiderman to explain the Tolkien universe...
- bjs3171, on 02/22/2008, -1/+27so he did those movies because....?
- felixchapel, on 02/22/2008, -2/+28Why bookmark Cracked? All you have to do is wait for the new stories to be on Digg.
- aranyx, on 02/22/2008, -2/+24I have to admit, I'm a bit sad about the exclusion of Rincewind. It seems like he would have been perfect for this list.
- inactive, on 02/22/2008, -0/+19I'm really going to regret this but:
The movie version of Saruman and Gandalf were both wildly inaccurate. Peter Jackson externalized the magic in LotR so that we could see it on th screen but in the books magic was mostly a quite subtle imposition of will. Other times we see magic used is for simple tricks like fireworks, creating light and augury. Even then, the effects aren't incredibly dramatic or useful in offense.
The one time we do see Gandalf let loose with some fireworks is during the nighttime Warg attacks and there was fire handy for him to work with. - logicalnoise, on 02/22/2008, -3/+21decent list but ignores some known explanations. Any harry potter fan knows that JK didn't even have a very good excuse for albus' keeness on testing harry and waiting till the very last minute to swoop in. Yes yes harry was the only person who could defeat voldermort but albus could've helped a bit more.
As for gandalf's magical retardation in the movies that was explained by PJ himself in the commentary. Simply Jackson doesn't get magic. As he explained it he had trouble with seriously doing a wizard battle and he always found the idea of magic silly(paraphrasing). With that said gandalf was still pretty badass and his duel with saruman was done pretty well. No excuse for teh rest of the list. - deuceswilde, on 02/22/2008, -1/+19Rincewind doesn't apply because he is technically a Wizzard.
I think Rincewind loses out on the "Powerful" part of it. He doesn't use his powers, but that's mostly because he doesn't have any, but that doesn't prevent him from being one of the best Wizarding characters in all of literature. - Thuktun, on 02/22/2008, -2/+19Bloodninja FTW
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http://bash.org/?642195 - MarkDykeman, on 02/22/2008, -1/+17Gandalf never really did kick @ss like I always thought he could.
Time to send in Dr. Fate. - dunnylovehun, on 02/22/2008, -1/+16I will not claim this as my own, but one of the Cracked comments points out that Mr. Wizard should have been number one. The article was funny as hell but if I had scrolled down and scene that old man sewing a banana closed I would have had a heart attack.
- inactive, on 02/22/2008, -0/+15A Dwarf Fighting Orcs is Awesome.
- bjs3171, on 02/22/2008, -2/+16it was more than a reference, it was a whole section.
- roneewong, on 02/22/2008, -1/+13so what? you couldn't make a list of 10?!?!?! that's against the rules ya know!
- yohnstoppable, on 02/22/2008, -1/+12Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high
Take a look, it's in a book - Reading Rainbow.
I can go anywhere!
Friends to know and ways to grow - Reading Rainbow.
I can be anything!
Take a look, it's in a book - Reading Rainbow.
Reading Rainbow, Reading Rainbow, Reading Rainbow, Reading Rainbow! - ElBeh, on 02/22/2008, -1/+12Skeletor should be number one. But once again, Cracked is unmatched.
- edwartica, on 02/22/2008, -1/+12Who wants to be my friend?
Who wants to be my ***** friend!?!? - runep, on 02/22/2008, -2/+13Welcome to the intertubes. We also have porn.
- humboldt79, on 02/22/2008, -1/+11Ragast the Brown = Fail
- bjs3171, on 02/22/2008, -2/+10there are He-Man comics???????????
- nickerbocker, on 02/22/2008, -0/+8Thanks Gordi LaForge!
- ICanRead, on 02/22/2008, -0/+8Nerd...
I agree. - firetoad, on 02/22/2008, -6/+14dugg for the gargamel reference
- Whackly, on 02/22/2008, -0/+8It amazes me how people get so annoyed about this stuff. The 2nd comment in the article is hilarious. He probably typed so hard he knocked over his pewter figurines.
- josegutz, on 02/22/2008, -0/+8How about Azreal? That Damned cat was just as evil as Gargamel, even more so at times.
- Scira, on 02/22/2008, -1/+9The more you know...
- Balanced, on 02/22/2008, -0/+7Not a wizard, though.
Gandalf did quite a lot, really. He sets everything in motion: He (accidentally) was there when the ring was put back 'in play' (Had Gollum kept it, it would have stayed under the mountain for untold years, possibly been found by an Orc or Goblin who would've taken it straight to Sauron!) while trying to firm up one nation fo the 'good guys.'
Once the ring was in Bilbo's hands Gandalf is the one who recognized it and researched it. While doing this there's references in the books that he wasn't sitting around... He's one of the primary reasons the 'good guys' had anything at all ready when Mordor marched.
Anyway, he finally sets things in motion by sending the ring (with a Hobbit bearer... Hobbits display a remarkable ability to resist the ring's influence, so the choice made a lot of sense) to Rivendell, then forming the Fellowship. At the same time, he's working on another project, which is getting lazy-ass Aragorn to step up to his birthright and unite humanity.
Once the fellowship starts off he does a few 'minor' chores like kamakazeeing a Balrog, convincing the King of Rohan to do the right thing, and kicking that traitor Saruman's ass (Oh, yeah, and he took Saruman's job, too).
So, yeah, he's busy. Just not flashy. Not everyone needs a lot of bling. - nikkilai, on 02/22/2008, -0/+7You're on digg. Come on now.
- ICanRead, on 02/22/2008, -0/+7In my mind Gargamel won.
He created a nagging female smurf and only one amongst thousands of normal male smurfs.
Years later the Communist empire fell apart. - inactive, on 02/22/2008, -3/+10Comment of the day.
- Balanced, on 02/22/2008, -2/+8Supergeek is right, though. Gandalf is, effectively, smart enough that he doesn't use his magic unless it's necessary.
- dafragsta, on 02/22/2008, -0/+6Uuuh... did anyone actually WATCH the Dungeons and Dragons movie? I "acquired" it on the interwebs and deleted it within 20 minutes of hitting play.
- reddfox321, on 02/23/2008, -0/+51. Hes not a wizard
2. He shoots lightning from his fingers
3. He took over a galaxy and decimated most of his enemies with scheming and power moves that made Machiavelli look like a slacker
4. He shoots lightning from his fingers
I'd say he was quite effective and powerful. Did I mention he shot lighting from his fingers? - capecodcarl, on 02/22/2008, -1/+6Raistlin killed all the Gods of Krynn and entire story arcs revolved around him furthering his own power by tapping deeper and deeper into his symbiotic relationship with Fistandantilus, that hardly seems like he was lazy to me. Plus he was a powerful wizard (again, with a little help from Fistandantilus's spirit) in a wrecked body so he often had to rest.
- inactive, on 02/22/2008, -1/+6Ok, i wiki'd Rincewind, is Discworld any good? I haven't read it.
- inactive, on 02/22/2008, -0/+5If I recall correctly most or all of Gargamel's spells required smurfs.
Gargamel could never catch a smurf (and keep one).
True he perhaps could've tried harder... but it's not like he had magical powers. Not the perfect fit for this list, aside of being damned funny. - purzzzell, on 02/22/2008, -0/+5As much as you and I, being readers of WoT can appreciate this, most of the Digg community (which is heavily nerd-driven) wouldn't get it, let alone the rest of the audience of cracked.
But yes, any of the foresaken could balefire the ***** out of anyone on this list if they weren't too busy playing Daes Damar, which they would be. (and google will correct the spelling of Daes damar if you misspell it in the search! FTW!) - feacesface, on 02/22/2008, -1/+6No one beats Gargamel:
http://bluebuddies.com/Smurf_Search.htm?db=&search ... - purzzzell, on 02/22/2008, -0/+5saw it in the theatre - if you look at it as a movie, you're goig to get let down - if you visualize it as sitting in on someone else's D&D campaign, it makes more sense overall and is more satisfying.
I'll acknowledge though, that it wasn't a very good movie. - Supergeek, on 02/22/2008, -6/+11Tolkien's philosophy is that power should only be used when absolutely necessary. Also, every time Gandalf used his powers, he lit up like a neon sign to every other magic user in Middle Earth, including the bad guys. "With great power comes great responsibility." One of the teaching points of LotR and most literature is that even the great have their limits, and never use an axe when a knife will work; never use a nuclear bomb when a flashbang will work just as well. Don't envy the powerful; power is a heavy weight to bear (the ring).
- ndsizemore, on 02/22/2008, -0/+4Quite, especially if you enjoy authors such as Douglas Adams. I highly recommend the Discworld novels, particularly the ones centering on Death or the Witches.
All the info you'd like about the series at
http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/ - thecrazyd, on 02/23/2008, -0/+4That doesn't make your statement less stupid, or more relevant.
- kingcam, on 02/22/2008, -0/+4WTF, no one from The Wheel of Time; give me a break, any of the forsaken could annihilate anyone on this stupid list.
- ICanRead, on 02/22/2008, -0/+4The list is flawed, b/c #1 should be MacGyver. If he can stop a nuclear war with some gum and a paperclip in the last 5 minutes of every episode, then he can do anything whenever he wants.
- reddfox321, on 02/23/2008, -0/+3same with the blue wizards which never get mention
- ivanxivann, on 02/22/2008, -1/+4Dumbledore FTW.
- theodenking, on 02/23/2008, -0/+3The mission given to Gandalf and the other Wizards by the Valar also precludes them from intervening too directly against Sauron. They're mean to guide and advice the inhabitants of Middle-earth, not become powers in their own right. Hence why Saruman falls.
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