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Old 12-09-2003, 05:52 AM   #24
lindil
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>over-hyped, re-written attempts to appeal to teenage humor. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>hmmm sounds like more than a few PJ-ified parts of LotR...<P>anyway sorry to break in on the argument [which I imagine is heading for some sort of more official censure if it does not tone down a bit] but, I wanted to say only this:<P>JRRT nabbed many 'author/book of the century' polls after decades of offical/academic villification/dismissal, that is all the recognition I care for personally.<P>I really do not give a hoot if PJ wins any oscars, so what if he does, does anyone really believe that the Osacars represent anything objective? <P>As Eurytus pointed out Miramax poisons the well from the get go. It is 90% a big hollywood farce. Not interested.
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