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"Liberals and Goblins"

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#1
homicidal_squirrel
Oct 20, 2012 20:36:44 io9.com/5953481/liberals-and-goblins-bew...
#2
homicidal_squirrel
Oct 21, 2012 0:48:39
They should both be hit with multiple fireballs.

(Didn't bother being bored with reading the article, just going off the thread title)
Still...
;)

Well, that's why you generally come off as an idiot. ;)
#3
The_Silversword
Oct 21, 2012 4:47:52 If he was really a fan, would he really want to be in Jackson's butchery of it?
#4
Escef
Oct 21, 2012 16:10:08
If he was really a fan, would he really want to be in Jackson's butchery of it?

I dunno, Jackson did a decent job making LotR into movies. Anyone who expects a movie to be 100% faithful to the book it is based upon is an idiot.
#5
grehnhewe
Oct 21, 2012 21:07:29
If he was really a fan, would he really want to be in Jackson's butchery of it?

i admit, I like the LotR adaptations. Silver, do you think it will be different with the Hobbit since a lot of non-narrative material will be used?

#6
The_Silversword
Oct 21, 2012 23:57:07 To be perfectly honest i havnt read much of the books, I read most of The Fellowship of the Ring, but it didnt really draw me in so I never bothered with any of the others, and that was so long ago that I cant really remember what was changed in the movie. I was more or less making a joke, I know alot of harcore fans and they all bemoaned about the movie changing this or leaving this out or whatever. Didnt really bother me, and for the most part I enjoyed the movies, although I never did watch the speacial extended cut or whatever, I dont think I liked it enough to sit through all that.

But yeah turning the Hobbit into 3 movies, I dunno about that, I just dont see the need for that unless hes planning on adding in a bunch of stuff that was not in the book, maybe hes gonna add some stuff from the Silmarillion, never made it through that one either, reads to much like a college text book or something, ugh!
#7
Escef
Oct 22, 2012 7:44:45
... the Silmarillion, never made it through that one either, reads to much like a college text book or something, ugh!

Yeah, the Silmarillion is an exceptionally dry read. But I liked it.
#8
zombie_babies
Oct 22, 2012 9:12:59 If he can make The Hobbit as watchable as the LoTR stuff was, he'll have proven himself a genius. The Hobbit is so boring it's unreadable. Making that into something that can hold peoples' interest for a couple of hours three times over? That's an impossible task. So yeah, if he can pull it off he's a genius. And way more a talent than Tolkein.
#9
draco1119
Oct 22, 2012 17:37:09
If he can make The Hobbit as watchable as the LoTR stuff was, he'll have proven himself a genius. The Hobbit is so boring it's unreadable. Making that into something that can hold peoples' interest for a couple of hours three times over? That's an impossible task. So yeah, if he can pull it off he's a genius. And way more a talent than Tolkein.

I actually like The Hobbit better than any ME book other than The Two Towers. To each their own.
#10
zombie_babies
Oct 23, 2012 9:07:50 I think I got 20 pages in ... while I was waiting for Jury Duty selection. That's how bad it was. I quit reading it when there was literally nothing else to do.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 homicidal_squirrel Oct 20, 2012 20:36:44	io9.com/5953481/liberals-and-goblins-bew...
#2 homicidal_squirrel Oct 21, 2012 0:48:39	They should both be hit with multiple fireballs. (Didn't bother being bored with reading the article, just going off the thread title) Still... ;) Well, that's why you generally come off as an idiot. ;)
#3 The_Silversword Oct 21, 2012 4:47:52	If he was really a fan, would he really want to be in Jackson's butchery of it?
#4 Escef Oct 21, 2012 16:10:08	If he was really a fan, would he really want to be in Jackson's butchery of it? I dunno, Jackson did a decent job making LotR into movies. Anyone who expects a movie to be 100% faithful to the book it is based upon is an idiot.
#5 grehnhewe Oct 21, 2012 21:07:29	If he was really a fan, would he really want to be in Jackson's butchery of it? i admit, I like the LotR adaptations. Silver, do you think it will be different with the Hobbit since a lot of non-narrative material will be used?
#6 The_Silversword Oct 21, 2012 23:57:07	To be perfectly honest i havnt read much of the books, I read most of The Fellowship of the Ring, but it didnt really draw me in so I never bothered with any of the others, and that was so long ago that I cant really remember what was changed in the movie. I was more or less making a joke, I know alot of harcore fans and they all bemoaned about the movie changing this or leaving this out or whatever. Didnt really bother me, and for the most part I enjoyed the movies, although I never did watch the speacial extended cut or whatever, I dont think I liked it enough to sit through all that. But yeah turning the Hobbit into 3 movies, I dunno about that, I just dont see the need for that unless hes planning on adding in a bunch of stuff that was not in the book, maybe hes gonna add some stuff from the Silmarillion, never made it through that one either, reads to much like a college text book or something, ugh!
#7 Escef Oct 22, 2012 7:44:45	... the Silmarillion, never made it through that one either, reads to much like a college text book or something, ugh! Yeah, the Silmarillion is an exceptionally dry read. But I liked it.
#8 zombie_babies Oct 22, 2012 9:12:59	If he can make The Hobbit as watchable as the LoTR stuff was, he'll have proven himself a genius. The Hobbit is so boring it's unreadable. Making that into something that can hold peoples' interest for a couple of hours three times over? That's an impossible task. So yeah, if he can pull it off he's a genius. And way more a talent than Tolkein.
#9 draco1119 Oct 22, 2012 17:37:09	If he can make The Hobbit as watchable as the LoTR stuff was, he'll have proven himself a genius. The Hobbit is so boring it's unreadable. Making that into something that can hold peoples' interest for a couple of hours three times over? That's an impossible task. So yeah, if he can pull it off he's a genius. And way more a talent than Tolkein. I actually like The Hobbit better than any ME book other than The Two Towers. To each their own.
#10 zombie_babies Oct 23, 2012 9:07:50	I think I got 20 pages in ... while I was waiting for Jury Duty selection. That's how bad it was. I quit reading it when there was literally nothing else to do.