Scene-by-scene? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***Mister Underhill*** · 09-28-2005, 09:55 AM

I like the idea of a complete movie discussion, but there are some logistical details to hash out. For instance:

I reckon that the three EE movies combined represent 188 chapters, not counting end credits or any extras. It's impractical to do a chapter a week -- if the discussion never took a break, it would take over three and a half years to plow through it all.

The good news is that, based on the run-times listed on Amazon, the average chapter length is somewhere in the neighborhood of 3.5 minutes, though it's probably closer to 3 since the run-times probably include the credits.

So the options are to do each chapter but on a faster than one-a-week pace, or to organize the chapters into logical blocks. For instance, we might do the Prologue all by itself to get our feet wet, then group Concerning Hobbits, The Shire, and Very Old Friends into one discussion sequence. This is where a good moderator would come in handy -- his or her duties would include grouping the chapters into sequences.

As for the books, I think they should absolutely be fair game for discussion. These are adaptations, and analyzing their relation to the source is a key aspect of discussion. Here again we'd need a moderator with steady nerves and good sense to keep the discussion focused and civil (is there any way we can clone Esty? -- she's worth her weight in mithril).

I like the idea of the project, but I think it would need a committed discussion leader at the helm to be successful.

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09-28-2005, 09:55 AM	#15
*Mister Underhill* Dread Horseman Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Behind you! Posts: 2,744	I like the idea of a complete movie discussion, but there are some logistical details to hash out. For instance: I reckon that the three EE movies combined represent 188 chapters, not counting end credits or any extras. It's impractical to do a chapter a week -- if the discussion never took a break, it would take over three and a half years to plow through it all. The good news is that, based on the run-times listed on Amazon, the average chapter length is somewhere in the neighborhood of 3.5 minutes, though it's probably closer to 3 since the run-times probably include the credits. So the options are to do each chapter but on a faster than one-a-week pace, or to organize the chapters into logical blocks. For instance, we might do the Prologue all by itself to get our feet wet, then group Concerning Hobbits, The Shire, and Very Old Friends into one discussion sequence. This is where a good moderator would come in handy -- his or her duties would include grouping the chapters into sequences. As for the books, I think they should absolutely be fair game for discussion. These are adaptations, and analyzing their relation to the source is a key aspect of discussion. Here again we'd need a moderator with steady nerves and good sense to keep the discussion focused and civil (is there any way we can clone Esty? -- she's worth her weight in mithril). I like the idea of the project, but I think it would need a committed discussion leader at the helm to be successful.