• Angular
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    6 days ago

    Can we pirate it. Or will that just make it more popular

    Edit: or should we just boycott

    • Ginny [they/she]
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      Pirating it wouldn’t make it more popular if you kept it to yourself, but talking about it after you watched it probably would.

      • Angular
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        85 days ago

        Anyway, will most probably be shit. 99% of series these days are bad and just money grabs.

        • @wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
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          There are usually some good scenes or themes or characters that make some of the 99% worth a watch. The Netflix Avatar series was shit that didn’t understand the tone of the original, except for the scenes added for Lu-Ten’s Funeral and the 41st Division. These alone added enough for me to begrudgingly accept the existence of the live-action series. There are usually some things like that in most of the new ones I’ve seen.

    • @Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca
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      146 days ago

      Don’t deprive yourself of happiness to spite her. That being said the books have several reasons to not read them on their own merits. Don’t forget “dobby is weird for not wanting to be a slave” is an actual plot point in the books. Not to mention the goblins. If you want to revisit a beloved fantasy series, give LOTR another read/watch.

      • @floofloof@lemmy.ca
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        Count the number of times female characters are described as “shrill” or “screeching” etc. There’s a weird misogyny and dedication to patriarchy that just oozes out of the books.

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        And Hobbit!

        I was actually planning on qatching Star Wars, we have a long weekend, but LOTR is also a great idea. Thanks.