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fandomsecrets2013-02-06 06:52 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2013-02-06 06:52 pm
[ SECRET POST #2227 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2227 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
01.
[Roswell]
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02.
[Gyakuten Saiban/Ace Attorney]
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03.
[Pokemon]
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04.
[The Vampire Diaries]
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05.
[Teen Wolf]
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06.
[Les Miserables: Shojo Cosette]
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07.
[The Hobbit]
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08.
[Neil Gaiman, Mark Gatiss, Dan Handler]
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09.
[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)]
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10.
[Power Rangers]
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11.
[Star Wars: The Old Republic]
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12.
[Big Bang Theory]
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13.
[Breaking Bad]
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14.
[Troy Baker]
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15.
[Magi; Final Fantasy IX]
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16.
[Skyrim]
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17.
[Supernatural]
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18.
[Penn & Teller]
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19.
[Flight Facilities - With You]
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20.
[Neil Gaiman]
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Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 043 secrets from Secret Submission Post #318.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
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(Anonymous) 2013-02-07 05:29 am (UTC)(link)the shortest way I can describe it without devolving into a frothing rage is: general dislike of how every movie Peter Jackson makes seems to be full of empty melodrama. It feels like bad pacing and a cheap shortcut, like telling an audience to feel invested in a story or characters instead of making them interesting. IMO it didn't suit the tone of the book at all, and in some parts actually ruined what I loved about the book as a kid. Also it was SO LONG AND BORING so I had a lot of time to think about how much I wasn't enjoying it. Hopefully ayrt has something more coherent to say about it...
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(Anonymous) 2013-02-07 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)I do like Peter Jackson (though I think he needs a good editor sometimes), but in this case, I thought he got most everything wrong. The slo-mo hero-walks of Thorin (which happened far too often, to the point they almost became parody) put him in a place that he wasn't at the beginning of the story. The gross-out humor was completely different from the actual humor of the Hobbit. (And again, there was far too much of it.) The danger levels were weird in that impossible falls were survived, but knives could kill you. Like they couldn't decide between a silly kids movie or a more grounded film.
And the tone was completely and totally off. This is supposed to be Middle Earth in its Summer, with the elves very much there and not thinking of leaving, and life, while not utopian perfect, mainly good. Which is different from the LotR's series -- but I don't think Jackson got that. Which means we missed out on things like talking animals and so, so, so importantly -- the elves being merry and mischievous and coming up with silly songs to mock their guests with. Instead they had all the serious gloom of the original trilogy. Which made me sad and a little pissed off.
(I did really, really like the scene with Gollum, though. That was pretty awesome.)
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(Anonymous) 2013-02-08 06:45 am (UTC)(link)Yeah, I can see your point. Lovely Bones (or whatever it was called, I always think of Dr. McCoy) was especially high on the melodrama. But I'm one of the people too emotionally invested in the LOTR universe to be able to judge the films rationally (plus I've only seen them 1-2 times, so that helps keep them on the pedestal).