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   Sandman to tenworld   
   Re: Hobbit movie_S_   
   09 Jan 12 13:19:27   
   
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   XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: mr@sandman.net   
      
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    tenworld  wrote:   
      
   > On Jan 3, 4:50 pm, Stan Brown  wrote:   
   > >   
   > > I'm heaving a big sigh and resigning myself to another two years of   
   > > people raving about how wonderful and faithful to Tolkien it all is.   
   > > Pfui.   
   >   
   > I loved the PJ movies which is not the same as saying I liked how he   
   > changed some things, some for better and some not so much, and not the   
   > same as saying the movies are canonical to the books.   
   >   
   > In the same way I like (most) James Bond Movies, altho ever since I   
   > realized in Dr No that Ursala was going to walk out of the water   
   > wearing a bikini instead of naked as in the book, I havnt felt the   
   > movies matched the books, and now they dont even match the titles.   
   >   
   > Ive enjoyed all the Alamo movies too, but none of them match what I   
   > believe really happed to David Crockett.   
   >   
   > finally, my impression of this Group is that the PJ haters outnumber   
   > the PJ lovefesters, 10:1.   
      
   Which is funny, since I can't recall *any* "PC lovefesters" at all.   
   Care to name any?   
      
      
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