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04-28-2002, 03:56 PM | #1 |
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Announcement: Keeping the Books and Movies separate
Recently I've seen a lot of posts about Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies in this thread, the movies are influencing judgements, dislike/like of characters, perspectives etc in Lord of the Rings books discussions. I have also seen obvious discussions about the movie in threads that should be about the books.
The books and the movie are separate, that's why we have two forums for both of them, when discussing the books use the Books forum, when discussing the movies use the movies forum. When the movies start being discussed in threads of this forum I will now consider them off-topic and I will take the usual procedure with very off-topic threads. |
05-24-2002, 09:14 PM | #2 |
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I've opened this annoucement to allow some feedback.
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05-24-2002, 09:33 PM | #3 |
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It is important to keep them separate. If I go to the movie part and someone starts talking about the books, it becomes pretty meaningless and vice versa. Keep it just the way it is and when people get excited and forget, just politely remind them. Thanks for your effort in doing this thankless task!
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05-25-2002, 08:35 AM | #4 |
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Movie/Book
I'm new to this site,so I havnt been involved in any discussions
yet..But what you are saying makes sense.
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05-30-2002, 03:12 PM | #5 |
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For once I agree with you on something, CBG! Seriously though, We really do need to keep them separate. Of course, references will come up in discussions, i.e. differences between the books and the movies, but if you're gonna start a thread about the books, don't stick it in the movie forum, and vice versa.
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05-31-2002, 09:02 PM | #6 |
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I agree. The thing that annoys me most is that some people make Legoles their fave, just becouse he looks good in the movie.
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06-03-2002, 03:26 PM | #7 |
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hey, i liked legolas way before themovie.
all the elves in general i liked. it IS annoying isn't it? "i liked legolas, cause he was blond!" is getting REAL old REAL quick. did you post this in the movies forum too CBG?
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06-13-2002, 06:21 PM | #9 |
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Oh, heck, as long as you keep them "separate" it's fine with me.
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07-05-2002, 02:07 PM | #10 |
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it's okay to discuss the diffrences, but not while the movie is playing, b/c that messes up the movie!
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07-10-2002, 03:36 PM | #11 |
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Some things could be movie or book related right? Like Frodo in the movie versus Frodo in the Book?
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07-23-2002, 07:13 PM | #12 |
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Yeah, bt ur just being prickly, Faramir!
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07-29-2002, 09:00 AM | #14 |
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The movie was dissapointing and can't be compared to the richness and detail of the book.
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07-29-2002, 04:20 PM | #15 |
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Definitely agreed about separation of movie and book. V. good idea. I think I made that mistake once. Once. Never again.
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07-31-2002, 09:04 PM | #16 |
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i agree with you, CBG. maybe you should adress this in the welcome thread, too.
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08-08-2002, 04:26 PM | #17 |
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Agreed that it would be beneficial to keep the book and movie discussions separate. However, sometimes it's a hard call, such as when someone is attmepting to contrast and compare the two....into which category would that variety of discussion be classified, CBG?
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08-08-2002, 05:31 PM | #18 |
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That would be the movies forum as stated above, Bropous.
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08-08-2002, 05:40 PM | #19 |
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Fair call, BoP. I must have missed that post. Thanks.
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08-08-2002, 06:17 PM | #20 |
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Absolutely welcome, Bropous.
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