God, yes. No one with any kind of heart would support the smug, cold teacher Manon chooses over Ugolin, so vulnerable and identifiable.
Similarly, I'm always amazed that people prefer Tuor to Maeglin...
I think I must be in a minority in preferring Manon to Jean de Florette by miles...
To get back to casting-Angelina Jolie as Luthien would be a mistake of Oliver Stone-esque proportions. She has sex appeal without being beautiful, the utter opposite of Luthien. My choice of Liv Tyler represents total surrender to Mary-Sue like vapidity; I think this is inseparable from Luthien and we might as well enjoy it...
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Among the friendly dead, being bad at games did not seem to matter
-Il Lupo Fenriso
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