Unpopular Opinions Meme Answers

[redfiona99]

For fileg, my unpopular LOTR opinions. Very Hobbit-centric at the moment because a lot of my RL friends are presently bemoaning and bewailing said adaptation.

1 - Re: aformentioned film - Breathe people. Really. While it is possible to have a film with v. good actors (they have got all my favourite actors who are not already in Game of Thrones), good directors and a solid production crew turn out bad, it's unusual.

2 - Also re: the Hobbit - Maybe the dwarves will finally get some of the recognition they deserve for they are awesome. Um, yeah, I'm an intrinsically dwarf-sort of person.

3 - Again, re: the Hobbit - some changes will be made. This is so people who are not already enmeshed in Middle Earth will watch the film, because, rightly or wrongly, a lot of people view The Hobbit as a children's book and will therefore not go and watch it unless they have children. Some of these people previously watched the LOTR trilogy, and would therefore be lost custom unless they're attracted to the cinema. We want them to keep making fantasy films, don't we?

4 - An oldie, but it remains the truth - Tom Bombadil is scarier than Sauron.

For saruwatari, my unpopular Star Trek: TOS opinions.

1 - TOS will always be my favourite. Because I love it so. I know it's not perfect but it has a high awesomeness per episode. Unpopular because, well, I know I ought to like DS9 better, and it's definitely my second favourite, but I just love TOS more.

2 - Kirk is not the skirt-chaser popular culture portrays him as. Or not the way it does. He'll give up a girl for the mission without a second shot. (Damn it, you're making me stick up for Kirk)

3 - Best Trek film remains The Undiscovered Country. I like the way it ties things up without cutting the threads. And that ending. And Worf's grandfather. And pretty much everything about it.

4 - I still don't get why everyone has such a hatred for season 3. It's not that bad, people.

Comments

[idleleaves.livejournal.com]

Firstly, I have to say thank you for having such a rational viewpoint on the hobbit films. Yes, it will be different. No, that does not mean it will be 'bad'. Of course, if all you want is to see precise book canon played out on the screen, in the way that you imagined it, then you'll very likely be disappointed. I also think that some people get themselves so wound up to dislike the thing that that's precisely what they end up doing, regardless of how the film actually turns out.

Anyhow.

Tom Bombadil is scarier than Sauron.

I still agree with you on this.

ALSO. YES to TOS. I grew up on it; I can't help but love it to death. I love DS9 to pieces, too, but TOS is just... well. The original. And the third season wasn't all that terrible, really. Yes, there were some bad eps, but there were some of those in every season.

I also agree re: Kirk and skirt-chasing. I don't deny that he's a womaniser, but I do take issue with the way some portray him, namely, as putting his libido over absolutely everything else in his life. Including the 'Fleet, and his ship. Oi.

[fileg.livejournal.com]

I agree with all of these (especially Bombadil!)

What did you think of the ToS Reboot movie?

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

With Tom Bombadil, I think it's because it's possible to comprehend the greedy evil of Sauron, but there's something inhuman (extra-human?) about Tom Bombadil.

There were lots of things I liked about the Reboot (the music, Jim Kirk's Dad, Spock, Chekov), but lots of things I was deeply unsure about, mostly Jim Kirk. I don't know if it's crotchety grumpiness that comes with my advanced age of 26 ;) or what, but I'm also not sure I'm okay with everything being youthified.

[fileg.livejournal.com]

Bombadil gets under my skin because everyone else in Tolkien is so obviously aligned to good or evil. Bombadil just is. Like the Celtic elves I grew up with, it wasn't that they were amoral, so much as you being so far outside their experience that you could count on nothing.

All my friends liked the ToS reboot, and think I am being recalcitrant about not liking it. The only thing I liked was McCoy. I grew up with ToS and it hurt my heart to see it turned into a frat party.

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

>>Bombadil just is. Like the Celtic elves I grew up with, it wasn't that they were amoral, so much as you being so far outside their experience that you could count on nothing.<< That's it exactly.

>>I grew up with ToS and it hurt my heart to see it turned into a frat party.<< That's also it exactly. I know no-one is at their best between the ages of 18 and 21 but I don't need to see it.