[MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie]

Bill Ferny: I do not want to create a huge argument between us so please don't take offense. I think maybe you misunderstand me. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> People/companies? Try New Line. PJ didn’t work on charity, and his movie wasn’t a public service to a bunch of people who can’t do anything better with their time but lament the fact that nobody gave them $850 mil to make a movie that, of course, only they could make right. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>When I said, "people/companies" I said that because I wasn't sure if PJ got all of his funding from New Line. I'm sure that there were other people or companies that contributed to the funding, especially before New line. But my point is that without the fans, this would never have happened. If there weren't a lot of fans out there, New Line would not have given them that much funding because they couldn't be sure if anybody would like it or not. But with us fans out there, they knew that there were people who did like it and they knew they weren't just blowing 850 mil$ away.<P>And I never said or hinted that PJ was working on charity. I know, he's not. And we are not a bunch of people who can't do anything better with their time but lament. And we are not lamenting over the fact that no one gave us 850 mil$ to make a movie. Tell me, did we ever say we were sad, or did we ever ask? No. I really am not trying to be offensive so once again please don't take it that way. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> You all need to ask yourselves: would you be this critical if you didn’t hang out on this forum? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Yes, I would actually. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Admit it, you were sad because you saw a bunch of stuff that people on this forum were going spend hours blasting apart at their keyboards. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I hope that you're only talking to Laialthriel because I (and many others) were not sad because of this. maybe you should have said "Some of you" instead of "All of you" because it seems that you were driving at what Laialthriel said, when that's only Laialthriel's opinion and a lot of us feel differently. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I didn’t let any of these things get in the way of me enjoying the movie. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I'm not saying that your telling us not to let the changes get in the way of enjoying the movie, but it seems that you are implying it. I didn't let it get in the way. I liked the movies, but I really don't talk about the good stuff, just the bad stuff. Because it's only the bad stuff that we hate, so we tend to talk about it.<P>Vinyaampawen: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I certainly did not mean they were connected <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Thank you. I hate it when people it is connected. And I'm glad someone sees it as an allegory instead of saying it is. Good post and thanks for answering my question. Sorry if seemed offensive.<P>And once again Bill Ferny ,sorry if I seemed offensive, I do not mean to.