Comment on Anon watches Lord of the Rings

EtnaAtsume@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• i_am_a_cardboard_box@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Cinema, not literature. In the books the undead army is way less OP than in the movie adaptation. Their only weapon is fear, and they do not liberate minas tirith, but only scare the mercenaries off their black sail ships. Aragon uses the boats to quick travel to minas tirith with his elf and half elven friends and fresh troops from the south.

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  • prototact@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Ye I don’t blame Jackson for chainging it, there was less time to explain in the movie and the payoff was bigger. What works in books does not always work in films and vice versa

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  • Klear@quokk.au ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Their only weapon is fear

    Fear and surprise

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    • Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency.

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      • anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Our three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency…and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope…

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    • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      What about the limitless coffers of Rome?

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• zloubida@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yes! The answer is “you can’t, and that’s the point.”

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  • RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It just makes other threars in the world feel a bit meaningless

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    • zloubida@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No necessarily. Sauron was taken by surprise, so he may have countermeasures at his disposal if there would be other encounters.

      Even if not, it makes the refusal of Aragorn to use them again even more noble, which is the literary goal of their existence.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Man, even games don’t need to operate according to the rules of game balance. Just look at [current hot live service game’s most recent update]!

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  • AGD4@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Man, [current hot live service game] has really gone down hill since [game’s most recent update] released. It’s like the Devs don’t even care anymore, y’know?

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    • stray@pawb.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s been shit for over 10 years now, but I just keep paying them every month, and I don’t know what I’m doing with my life.

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• rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  “A story is not a machine that does what you tell it. A story is a beast with a life of its own. You can create it, shape it, but as the story grows, it starts wanting things of its own. Change one thing, and you set off a chain reaction of events that spreads through the whole thing. The characters have to be true to themselves. The events need to follow a logic that fits the story. A single flaw and the magic is gone. The story dies. - Alan Wake” - Sam Lake

  Established rules and constraints must be consistent throughout the story, otherwise nerds on the internet with nothing better to do will call you a hack.

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  • dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    I agree, David Lynch is objectively a bad writer.

    /s

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