Re:Why do all these 20-somethings have closed captions turne...
by boltzmann-brain on Sunday September 18, 2022 @09:28AM
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Agreed. But then comes along something like The Expanse with impeccable writing, a gripping, high-octane story, with every episode being pretty much perfect, and great set design, and it falls into obscurity and gets prematurely cancelled because it's not being shoved down people's throats.
Re:Why do all these 20-somethings have closed captions turne...
by kgwgk on Sunday September 18, 2022 @11:08AM
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> between Christmas Eve and when the first movie came out
That potentially gives you _decades_ to binge-read the books... how many depends on what do you consider "the first movie". :-)
Re:Why do all these 20-somethings have closed captions turne...
by hef19898 on Sunday September 18, 2022 @11:37AM
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I shoupd have been more precise: I didn't read the books before, I knew they would be my Christmas gift. So I started with the Hobbit on, if memory serves well, on Dec. 23rd. Was finished in time for the unpacking of the triology on 24th. And was through, for go one, with all three books before going to see the first movie. I never read as many pages in as little time before or after. And I totally loved it!
I consider myself a fantasy and sci-fi nerd, binge read the Lord of The Rings, starting with the Hobbit, between Christmas Eve and when the first movie came out. Read the Simarilion. Loved the LotR triology. Like the Hobbit, ehich already strechted the source material a lot, but in a way that could be justified as a lead up to LotR. I did not manage to dare whatching the Amazon series, and propably never will. Thr LotR films, The Expense and the Star Wars series and first two triologies are the last movie ftanchises I still get immersion and suspenson of disbelieve from, I'm not taking any risks eith LotR.