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   Louis Epstein to Sandman   
   Re: Petition on Change.org   
   03 Jan 14 19:14:22   
   
   From: le@main.put.com   
      
   Sandman  wrote:   
   > In article , Mike   
   Scott Rohan  wrote:   
   >   
   >>  No need to sound so contemptuous. Just because a protest isn't going to   
   >>  be instantly heeded is no reason not to make it. Enough protests may   
   >>  have a better effect for the future. The general scorn for the Bakshi   
   >>  LOTR almost certainly played a part in defining Jackson's more authentic   
   >>  version; enough objection to him may encourage another and better   
   >>  remake.   
   >   
   > According to the general and vast majority of the audience, the best   
   > "remake" has already been done. Apart from a incredibly small minority,   
   > people love the movies and hail it as one of the best trilogies ever made,   
      
   Anyone who does not hate the films should nbe ashamed.   
      
   > up there with Star Wars. So basically, when millions upon millions cheer   
   > the movies, the ten people whining in a corner isn't really being heard   
   > that much :)   
      
   But they're the only ones worth listening to!   
      
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   at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.   
      
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