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I remember someone asked why the show couldn't be called "Big Sister" (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 38 points 2 months ago (5 children)

When I was a kid, we went to see a play with my class.

Someone complained that is was a cheap copy of Lord of the Rings.

It was The Hobbit.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Time loops aside, they're not entirely wrong. LOTR is an upgraded version of The Hobbit that hit a lot harder.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I think The Hobbit was written for children while LOTR was written for adults.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    This. Also, my 12 y/o is getting into fantasy stuff and has us watching The Hobbit movies (Iʻd only ever seen the first one, when it was back in theaters). All the cringey stuff in that movie totally fits with the "younger" tone of the book. The problem is stretching a kids book into a twelve-hour trilogy of films imho. (Okay, that and the completely unnecessary romantic subplot that includes a version of Legolas that might as well be a completely different character than what we see in LOTR)

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