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**The Saucepan Man** · 04-28-2003, 06:51 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> ... UNLESS, they were cynically trying to guarantee as large an audience as possible <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Erm, davem, yes - that is generally what the people who make films like this are trying to do. I would hardly regard it as cynical to take steps designed to acheive this.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> In that case, don't they have SOME obligation to the readership <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Not really, no. They have the rights to the films and could therefore make them as they saw fit. It makes utter sense that they did so with an eye to maximising audience numbers. <P>To be fair, however, I personally think that Jackson did try to take account of the fans, as well as his more mainstream audience, in the way that he made the films. Clearly, he was not wholly successful in this (how could he ever have been) but I honestly think that he tried.

04-28-2003, 06:51 AM	#21
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> ... UNLESS, they were cynically trying to guarantee as large an audience as possible <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Erm, davem, yes - that is generally what the people who make films like this are trying to do. I would hardly regard it as cynical to take steps designed to acheive this.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> In that case, don't they have SOME obligation to the readership <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Not really, no. They have the rights to the films and could therefore make them as they saw fit. It makes utter sense that they did so with an eye to maximising audience numbers. <P>To be fair, however, I personally think that Jackson did try to take account of the fans, as well as his more mainstream audience, in the way that he made the films. Clearly, he was not wholly successful in this (how could he ever have been) but I honestly think that he tried. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!