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bhutocracy · 05-01-2005, 05:53 PM

trend whore????

Thats about the most ridiculous thing i've heard all day outside alex and his "killer weed".

LOTR is 80 years old and i, like anyone else not just out of highschool first read it 15+ years ago, i don't think it was ever trendy to go see it, just a massive fanbase from the strength of the writing, I find it quite ignorant to call it a trend when it's one of the most popular boks in existance over such a long time.

Harry Potter might be for kids for sure, but the writing is great and harkens back to the stuff i read as a kid like the magic faraway tree, famous five etc. The books will remain classics of the genre, not some manufactured marketing trend.

They succeed because of the strength of the story telling, that such a large marketing engine has been built around both books says FAR MORE about the age in which we live in than in the books themselves, both of which were phenomenons based on quality before hollywood came knocking.

05-01-2005, 05:53 PM
bhutocracy Not making A Comeback Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 10,218	trend whore???? Thats about the most ridiculous thing i've heard all day outside alex and his "killer weed". LOTR is 80 years old and i, like anyone else not just out of highschool first read it 15+ years ago, i don't think it was ever trendy to go see it, just a massive fanbase from the strength of the writing, I find it quite ignorant to call it a trend when it's one of the most popular boks in existance over such a long time. Harry Potter might be for kids for sure, but the writing is great and harkens back to the stuff i read as a kid like the magic faraway tree, famous five etc. The books will remain classics of the genre, not some manufactured marketing trend. They succeed because of the strength of the story telling, that such a large marketing engine has been built around both books says FAR MORE about the age in which we live in than in the books themselves, both of which were phenomenons based on quality before hollywood came knocking. Last edited by bhutocracy; 05-01-2005 at 05:54 PM..