Starlord
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Starlord reacted to death tribble in Coronavirus
My mother has had her first dose of vaccine. This has been a long running saga as some people maybe aware of. Next jab will be on June 12. There were some people being given the usual dose and some like my mother who had to have more care or problems.
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Starlord reacted to Lord Liaden in DC Movies- if at first you don't succeed...
I have a little experience adapting stories from novels into a performance medium. IMO most of the elements from the books that Jackson excised -- not all, but most -- were not necessary to advance the plot or clarify what the audience needed to know, so could be sacrificed in the interests of time.
OTOH one of the most frequent criticisms of the novels over many years is that the romance between Aragorn and Arwen is underplayed over the course of the story. She essentially just shows up near the end to wed Aragorn and become queen. When contrasted with the longer and more vibrant presence of Eowyn, many readers felt that Aragorn picked the wrong consort. Of course Arwen's backstory is covered in an appendix, but one shouldn't need an appendix to appreciate their relationship. Jackson put their love story front and center, showed why Arwen was worthy of Aragorn, and why her choice to remain with him is so profound and bittersweet. It greatly enhances the emotional payoff of their eventual union.
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Starlord got a reaction from Iuz the Evil in DC Movies- if at first you don't succeed...
I'm just saying that the first 2 movies were each 3 hours long already. I know what I'm getting into with the third. By that point if you're sitting in a theater for ROTK, then complaining about the length is like complaining that water is wet.
At the risk of thread derail, but I couldn't help myself.
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