From: briancanada71@yahoo.com   
      
   On 5/27/2014 4:21 PM, Wayne Brown wrote:   
   > On Fri, 23 May 2014 20:12:50 in article  No   
   One In Particular  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> I think it is supposed to make the protagonist more relatable to the   
   >> common viewing audience, most of whom are not descended from ancient   
   >> kings in an unbroken line of father to son.  We think...   
   >   
   > I hate it when movies try to make characters "more relatable" to the   
   > audience.  When a film depicts a world or an era different from mine,   
   > then I want the characters to be true to that time and place, and to   
   > force *us* to adapt *ourselves* to their way of thinking in order to   
   > understand and relate to *them*.   
   >   
      
      
   I don't necessarily approve of the changes myself.  In fact, out of   
   everything that PJ changed in the LOTR movies, the lessening of the   
   characters is my biggest single complaint.   
      
   Brian   
      
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