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Amazon and Tolkein Estate force author to destroy all copies of his work. Only pirated copies will survive. (variety.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Didn't the show runner say that the dumb public was to blame for the failure of the show?

Edit: he blamed dumb Americans.

Baginski said, “When a series is made for a huge mass of viewers, with different experiences, from different parts of the world, and a large part of them are Americans, these simplifications not only make sense, they are necessary.”

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

He has a point about simplifications when it comes to media and art being approachable by the masses (and I say this with no insult intended, simplification of anything will always have broader appeal). See popular music vs avante-guard jazz (i.e. Miles Davis, probably the most-approachable of the type!)

But holy cow what a condescending, arrogant, insulting pick.

Fuck him and anything he ever touches.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Thing is: They are working from the basis of media that has been successful already. So the amount of "dumbing down" neccessary to achieve a somewhat broad appeal has already been done by the author of the original, so to speak. Their argument doesn't hold any water whatsoever on no level imaginable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

And we Americans complain about our own dumbing down of media to ship overseas.

I'm glad I didn't watch the show.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Projection is a powerful drug.