Been giving this some thought, and now wonder if I really am guilty of the dreaded
bashing. Maybe I am; maybe not. I'm open to other's POV, as a more humble part of me would say "yea" while another more arrogant side would say "no way." That almost sounds like a canonicity thread where bashing could be in the basher
or in the bashing observer.
Anyway, as noted, what sent me to this forum, which has been really entertaining and a joy, was the Gandalf vs Witch-King ROTK:EE scene. That one scene made me do something that I'd never done before, which is to post to an internet forum (aren't y'all ever so lucky...
). I had felt betrayed by PJ. That scene made no sense, belittled my favorite character and got me a bit annoyed with the whole ROTK movie (sorry, but that's just how this brain works). I was not a fan of PJ's after that.
So I started posting, and got into a few interesting discussions with
Essex. Seemingly he and I were born to take different sides of an issue, especially when it came to the movies and how the movies compared to the books. He suggested (along with others) many times that I just let the whole thing go and watch the movie for entertainment. What was he talking about!?! Couldn't he see that a crime had been committed? Ahhhh!
Finally I let go. It was seeing others POV that really helped. Plus the venting surely was therapeutic. I got to transmit not only my logical criticisms but also some of the venom (I'll be honest) to an audience who at least understood what I was talking about. Other Downers felt just like me; some didn't. And PJ did a great job, yet still there are things which were wrong, were not what I would have done or were just silly. But it's okay. I can point out some of the things that internally make no sense, discuss scene minutia, argue either side of a discussion - whatever. The emotion is gone, and so now I post for fun - and what else would I do at 'work?'
Anyway, to stop rambling, I may have been in the TigRanter's Room once, but through this forum, I was able to leave.