TORN Article: I read it too, and couldn't disagree more with it. It is true that film making is not a democracy and that signing petitions online is futile. That doesn't mean, however, that people should not express their disappointment or even disgust, with this inexplicable decision. The TORN site is interesting and useful, but the article referenced was condescending in my opinion, basically telling everyone to shut up and continue being good cheeerleaders for Peter Jackson. It's sort of like "disension might hurt the movie's reputation, let's not upset the party line." TORN will print article after article of ga-ga fans gushing over PJ and wetting their pants for the film, but when any criticism gets too intense they inform us that filmmaking decisions are not our busy - we are simply supposed to sit back and praise this "brilliant" man and droll over pictures. They seemt to be a New Line / Peter Jackson organ
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11-14-2003, 04:20 PM
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