Peter Jackson's The Hobbit

Flint · 05-02-2011, 09:39 PM

I was thoroughly impressed that the movie adaptation of such a deeply ingrained part of our culture (a literary work so influential that it has inspired an entire genre, spanning decades, of almost entirely derivative work) was so successfully translated into the cinematic format that both people who were utterly ignorant of the original books, and people who were lifelong, perpetually-obsessed fans, were in equal part able to enjoy them.

In the face of this frankly monumental achievement, some of the nit-picking criticisms I've heard are something I really just can't understand.

The concept of a static tale that is never altered, but remains forever stagnant and unchanging throughout the years, each successive teller of the tale neither adding nor taking away anything; this is something that has never existed. The invention of the printing press, and later recording technologies, have created this illusory concept of the "unchanging" tale.

05-02-2011, 09:39 PM	#6
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I was thoroughly impressed that the movie adaptation of such a deeply ingrained part of our culture (a literary work so influential that it has inspired an entire genre, spanning decades, of almost entirely derivative work) was so successfully translated into the cinematic format that both people who were utterly ignorant of the original books, and people who were lifelong, perpetually-obsessed fans, were in equal part able to enjoy them. In the face of this frankly monumental achievement, some of the nit-picking criticisms I've heard are something I really just can't understand. The concept of a static tale that is never altered, but remains forever stagnant and unchanging throughout the years, each successive teller of the tale neither adding nor taking away anything; this is something that has never existed. The invention of the printing press, and later recording technologies, have created this illusory concept of the "unchanging" tale. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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