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   Paul S Person to dtravel@sonic.net   
   Re: _Peter Pan and Wendy_ Getting Slamme   
   31 May 24 08:34:03   
   
   From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 31 May 2024 08:07:41 -0700, Dimensional Traveler   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 5/30/2024 1:58 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   >> On 2024-05-30 20:34:40 +0000, Your Name said:   
   >>    
   >>> On 2024-05-30 15:31:57 +0000, Paul S Person said:   
      
   >>>> Disney still thinks remakes are worth doing.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> -or-   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Disney is suffering from a total lack of imagination   
   >>>   
   >>> Neither of those is unique to just Disney. About 90% of lazy-ass    
   >>> Hollyweird suffers from those same things too.  :-(   
   >>    
   >> I should add, it's not just Hollyweird either. Book publishers do the    
   >> same thing.   
   >>    
   >> They often redesign the book covers, which when done *during* the    
   >> release of a series is {beep}ingly annyoying for those collecting them    
   >> who end up with either a mismatched set or having to rebuy the older books.   
   >>    
   >> Dorling Kindersley (DK) are also have a bad tendency to release a new    
   >> edition  of a book with a few added new pages - again {beep}ingly    
   >> annoying for those who already bought the previous edition.   
   >>   
   >And you think those outcomes are "by accident" because...?   
      
   I see nothing to suggest he thinks any of this is "by accident".   
      
   Including /Peter Pan and Wendy/.   
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