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Hookbill the Goomba · 06-20-2005, 10:41 AM

I never said Hollywood invented t-a-t, but they use it allot.
When I refer to Hollywood, I'm more talking about you’re general big american films, and indeed most films these days. Hollywood is ladled with the blame for it, though I daresay it’s not the origin. I'm not sure what 'Hegel' is, but still... it’s a rule that Hollywood likes to follow.

The t-a-t theory has been associated with Hollywood for a long time now. Look at most films these days, they do follow the pattern of; "Everything's cool, and nice and happy", followed by "Oh no! Something has gone wrong! Lets put it back to right" ending with "everything's back to normal now! They all drank lemonade! The End!" Do you catch my drift?

In a way, The Lord of the Rings follows this, but to a lesser extent, i.e. nothing is quite the same as it was. The shire is never the same again, and indeed, Frodo swans off to Valinor never to see his Friends again. Many people believed that this was why The Lord of the Rings could never work as a Film, in that it does not have the truly 'happy ending'. Most of my friends say that this is Tolkien being realistic... :|

06-20-2005, 10:41 AM	#86
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	I never said Hollywood invented t-a-t, but they use it allot. When I refer to Hollywood, I'm more talking about you’re general big american films, and indeed most films these days. Hollywood is ladled with the blame for it, though I daresay it’s not the origin. I'm not sure what 'Hegel' is, but still... it’s a rule that Hollywood likes to follow. The t-a-t theory has been associated with Hollywood for a long time now. Look at most films these days, they do follow the pattern of; "Everything's cool, and nice and happy", followed by "Oh no! Something has gone wrong! Lets put it back to right" ending with "everything's back to normal now! They all drank lemonade! The End!" Do you catch my drift? In a way, The Lord of the Rings follows this, but to a lesser extent, i.e. nothing is quite the same as it was. The shire is never the same again, and indeed, Frodo swans off to Valinor never to see his Friends again. Many people believed that this was why The Lord of the Rings could never work as a Film, in that it does not have the truly 'happy ending'. Most of my friends say that this is Tolkien being realistic... :\| __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...