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<blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 9229827" data-attributes="member: 6799660"><p>I totally understand the desire to move on to talking about these and why they are a let-down* when discussing the <em>LotR </em>trilogy, but honestly do we have to? </p><p><span style="color: rgb(209, 213, 216)">*same with </span><em><span style="color: rgb(209, 213, 216)">Rings of Power</span></em></p><p></p><p>Look, I get it. We all get it (and pretty much everyone will have the same opinions): poorly thought-out cash-grab prequel series -- based on entirely too little actual written work to support the runtime; overusing digital effects; using actors with less chemistry that the original; all the time spending too much time making references to the other, beloved, works -- does not actually make a good movie (and that before the delays and production issues and changes in directors). We all get it, we all agree.</p><p></p><p>Mind you, finding something upon which we all agree (instead of our usual eternal pointless arguing) is generally a positive thing for this board. Thing is, the thread topic was about the <em>LotR </em>trilogy, not these. Yet people are already diverting to posts strictly about <em>the Hobbit</em> movies that don't mention the <em>LotR</em> movies at all. I feel like we never again get to have a full real conversation about <em>LotR</em>, the original <em>Star Wars</em> trilogy, or <em>Indiana Jones</em> I-III without it becoming a dogpile of relatively homogenous dislike of later works*.</p><p><span style="color: rgb(209, 213, 216)">*For whatever reason we can discuss the early good Alien, Terminator, Rambo, Rocky, and Godfather films with only tangential discussion of the lessor sequels. </span></p><p></p><p>Again, not disagreeing with anyone. Nor telling people what to do (merely advocating a course of action). Just bemoaning that we can't have nice things (a discussion about three influential movies).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Willie the Duck, post: 9229827, member: 6799660"] I totally understand the desire to move on to talking about these and why they are a let-down* when discussing the [I]LotR [/I]trilogy, but honestly do we have to? [COLOR=rgb(209, 213, 216)]*same with [/COLOR][I][COLOR=rgb(209, 213, 216)]Rings of Power[/COLOR][/I] Look, I get it. We all get it (and pretty much everyone will have the same opinions): poorly thought-out cash-grab prequel series -- based on entirely too little actual written work to support the runtime; overusing digital effects; using actors with less chemistry that the original; all the time spending too much time making references to the other, beloved, works -- does not actually make a good movie (and that before the delays and production issues and changes in directors). We all get it, we all agree. Mind you, finding something upon which we all agree (instead of our usual eternal pointless arguing) is generally a positive thing for this board. Thing is, the thread topic was about the [I]LotR [/I]trilogy, not these. Yet people are already diverting to posts strictly about [I]the Hobbit[/I] movies that don't mention the [I]LotR[/I] movies at all. I feel like we never again get to have a full real conversation about [I]LotR[/I], the original [I]Star Wars[/I] trilogy, or [I]Indiana Jones[/I] I-III without it becoming a dogpile of relatively homogenous dislike of later works*. [COLOR=rgb(209, 213, 216)]*For whatever reason we can discuss the early good Alien, Terminator, Rambo, Rocky, and Godfather films with only tangential discussion of the lessor sequels. [/COLOR] Again, not disagreeing with anyone. Nor telling people what to do (merely advocating a course of action). Just bemoaning that we can't have nice things (a discussion about three influential movies). [/QUOTE]
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