The PC and Perpetually Offended Brigade

[Carnage]

I wonder if it'll go ahead, there seems to be a (rightful) backlash already. His French publishers have said they don't want any part of it, for instance. Rishi Sunak and even the bastard son of Henry Kelly (AKA Ryan Tubridy) have said it's nonsense.

Wait 'til they find out what Snozzberries actually are.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

It's not even a free speech issue for me: you don't alter a dead person's art, especially when you can guarantee said dead person, for better or worse, would have fucking hated the alterations proposed.

[Bürggermeister]

The Dio hologram agrees with you and counsels caution on this matter.

[astfgyl]

Yes the funny thing is that it isn't at all a free speech issue because there are many of the OG offensive versions knocking about and everyone can see the stupidity for what it is.

It's akin to repainting some of the classics like making the Mona Lisa laugh or something or painting aeroplanes into the starry night because yknow that's how things are now

[astfgyl]

Taking to the stage, Condon paid tribute to director Martin McDonagh, adding: "Thank you for all the parts you gave me throughout my career. You make me so proud to be an Irish woman."

So what does that mean now?

Take what side you like but what's to be proud of when it's all a load of homogenous shit anyway. Might as well say you're proud to be a citizen of the world because what fuckin difference if everything goes the way it's going.

Serious point I'm making here as well btw careful what you wish for

[hellfire]

It's akin to repainting some of the classics like making the Mona Lisa laugh or something or painting aeroplanes into the starry night because yknow that's how things are now

That Mona Lisa smut needs to be censored alright. She should be a sixteen stone trans woman with all cleavage hidden and in a sports bra.

[Caomhaoin]

It's not even a free speech issue for me: you don't alter a dead person's art, especially when you can guarantee said dead person, for better or worse, would have fucking hated the alterations proposed.

JRRT would despise and disown the LOTR Amazon disaster.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

It's not even a free speech issue for me: you don't alter a dead person's art, especially when you can guarantee said dead person, for better or worse, would have fucking hated the alterations proposed.

JRRT would despise and disown the LOTR Amazon disaster.

He also would have despised and disowned The Hobbit "trilogy" long before. Quite possibly Jackson's LotR trilogy too (Christopher Tolkien, for example, didn't like it at all). But nothing in the realm of adaptations is in the same ballpark as fobbing off rewrites as the work of the original author.

[Caomhaoin]

Nobody likes the hobbit trilogy.

The gulf in quality between Jackson's LOTR and the Amazon yoke is vast and insurmountable. Diversity hires aside, it cannot compare. Not even close.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Jackson only has a 50/50 record working off complete access to Tolkien's central, fully crafted works.

The RoP showrunners were pointed to a vast empty space in the legendarium and told, "You can mess around in there, see what you can come up with. No, you get no story, no dialogue written by Tolkien."

Anyway, to steer this back on topic, I'm pretty sure Roald Dahl also had serious issues with some of the adaptations. Must refresh my memory on that.

[Carnage]

It's well known that he hated Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, not sure about the others

[Eoin McLove]

See the culture war thing there with the table tennis. Shocking altogether. All I know is FACTS abound and we need to get to the bottom of it before society goes to hell or turns into a utopia. Quick, grab a pitch fork!

[Ollkiller]

Nobody likes the hobbit trilogy.

The gulf in quality between Jackson's LOTR and the Amazo

Nobody likes the hobbit trilogy.

The gulf in quality between Jackson's LOTR and the Amazon yoke is vast and insurmountable. Diversity hires aside, it cannot compare. Not even close.

A lad I used to know was adamant The Hobbit trilogy was better than the LOTR trilogy. Lunacy.

And yes, the amazon yoke is awful compared to the LOTR films.

[Giggles]

A lad I used to know was adamant The Hobbit trilogy was better than the LOTR trilogy. Lunacy.

People like that convince themselves that St. Anger is a decent record 

[warhead]

A lad I used to know was adamant The Hobbit trilogy was better than the LOTR trilogy. Lunacy.

People like that convince themselves that St. Anger is a decent record 

I know people saying they love St. Anger. But that's fine, I guess. I love some of Poison, so who am I to judge anyone's taste in music.