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weaver
Half-elven
Oct 1 2012, 10:53pm
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yep, group therapy can be a good thing!
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When the LOTR films came out, I had some very long and ongoing discussions with some folks who have since faded away (anyone remember merryk?) who very much needed and wanted to process things in the films that did not work for them for one reason or another. While she never was "converted" into views that were contrary to her own, I think it did help her to talk about it and it made me really think harder and deeper about why the things that did not work for her worked for me. Those kinds of discussions I readily engage in and am looking forward to doing that once we have an actual Hobbit film out there to talk about. Overall, I do have a lot of empathy for folks who just were not satisfied, for whatever reason, with Jackson's approach to the Tale. I saw Bakshi's LOTR in theaters and remember to this day how profoundly disappointing that experience was for me. I am sure had the Internet been around then that I would have gone looking for someplace to talk about how I felt, and what I would have rather seen, and that would have really helped. I have less sympathy, though, when expressing disappointment is couched in a way that seems to infer (to me, anyway, and whether the attempt was deliberate or not on the part of the poster) that I am somehow missing the point or settling for less because the Jackson films worked for me. Preferring a different film style or approach is one thing, but that does not equate, in my book, to the films we got being bad or the film makers who made them being terrible, and it's harder for me to want to talk to someone about their troubles with the films when the debate evokes that kind of response from me. My wish for those, like you, who did not get the LOTR film they wanted is that one day you do -- if you love Tolkien, that's an experience that is most definitely worth having. And I also think it would be great for Peter Jackson and company to have another film version some day to which the current films can be compared, so that they could be seen in some kind of perspective. Right now, he's the only game in town, and that's a hard spot sometimes, I think. My two cents, anyway!
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What Specifically...
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elevorn
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Oct 1 2012, 2:58pm
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It could be even more interesting to hold a separate discussion posing the flip side of your question
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Magpie
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Oct 1 2012, 3:07pm
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Good point!
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elevorn
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Oct 1 2012, 3:18pm
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Wait a second
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Oct 1 2012, 10:30pm
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Yes I did
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elevorn
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Oct 2 2012, 1:31pm
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Where is that *mods up* button???
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Loresilme
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Oct 1 2012, 5:00pm
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Understood
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Oct 1 2012, 10:26pm
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This reminds me of some advice about whether or not to marry a guy
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Escapist
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Oct 1 2012, 10:33pm
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Thanks
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Oct 1 2012, 10:45pm
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yep, group therapy can be a good thing!
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weaver
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Oct 1 2012, 10:53pm
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I'm going to give you a really mundane answer, sorry...
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DanielLB
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Oct 1 2012, 3:26pm
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quite alright
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elevorn
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Oct 1 2012, 3:37pm
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I think you just have to try and ignore the negativity
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DanielLB
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Oct 1 2012, 3:44pm
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picking up threads from both of your responses
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Magpie
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Oct 1 2012, 5:07pm
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Dead on right!
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elevorn
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Oct 1 2012, 9:20pm
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just remember...
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Magpie
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Oct 1 2012, 9:49pm
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wise words Magpie
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Elenorflower
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Oct 2 2012, 1:19pm
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IMO, that's a tad unfair
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Oct 1 2012, 10:42pm
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It's just different personalities of course
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Lacrimae Rerum
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Oct 1 2012, 11:04pm
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The key difference is
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Oct 1 2012, 11:12pm
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Well no I understand that
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Lacrimae Rerum
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Oct 1 2012, 11:22pm
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Got it - one point of clarification, though
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Oct 1 2012, 11:28pm
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That's a book I would defintely buy and read!
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Oct 1 2012, 10:54pm
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how shocked would you be...
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Magpie
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Oct 1 2012, 11:52pm
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Given that
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Oct 2 2012, 12:28am
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lol...
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Magpie
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Oct 2 2012, 12:32am
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On the contrary
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Oct 2 2012, 1:04am
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This is an excellent way to put it, Magpie
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Oct 1 2012, 11:11pm
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apologies
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elevorn
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Oct 2 2012, 1:42pm
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No worries at all, elevorn!
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Oct 2 2012, 4:50pm
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My thoughts (short to semi-short)
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Elessar
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Oct 2 2012, 6:46pm
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Agreed
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Oct 5 2012, 5:06am
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Yup
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Elessar
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Oct 5 2012, 11:05am
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a visit to one of these places is a good cure for negativity!
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weaver
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Oct 1 2012, 9:21pm
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"...if you hated the first set from PJ, please don't go see this next set because you will only hate it more..."
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Macfeast
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Oct 1 2012, 10:01pm
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opportunity cost
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Escapist
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Oct 1 2012, 10:10pm
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True; No one can have everything and see every movie.
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Macfeast
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Oct 1 2012, 10:50pm
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Editing time went out.
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Macfeast
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Oct 1 2012, 11:23pm
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Agreed
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Oct 1 2012, 11:29pm
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oh I know
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elevorn
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Oct 2 2012, 1:25pm
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The LOTR films did a lot to rekindle my interest in Tolkien...
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weaver
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Oct 1 2012, 4:27pm
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hmmm
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elostirion74
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Oct 1 2012, 8:37pm
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Specifically? That would be Aragorn's personality.
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Plurmo
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Oct 2 2012, 2:12am
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