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Originally Posted by Frazod
I continue to call bullshit on the unborn Alia thing. Like it would have been difficult to put a midget in black robes and CGI a baby face on it. Hell, even the '84 movie and the miniseries did okay with it without the benefits of modern special effects and a massive budget.
But sadly, I do agree that they were definitely targeting people who never read the book. More specifically, they're targeting people who have never read ANY BOOKS. At least not the kind that don't prominently feature color drawings of superheroes. That's great for BWillie. For me, not so much.
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I'm not saying it couldn't have been done.
I'm saying it would've been ****ing weird for audiences with no concept of the books. This baby shows up and kills the damn Baron? WTF?
Trying to explain how all that abomination stuff works would've sent the audience cross-eyed and messed with pacing a TON.
Again, I think as folks that have read the books, we have to consider the cognitive dissonance that would've come to those that haven't. These movies don't get made if they're just for the book readers so we have to accept concessions to those that AREN'T if we want to see some of these things brought to the screen.
The LOTR series is a fantastic example of this. It's such a good complement to the books that the entire Tolkien universe is better for them existing. If that means that the ents get a little less back story or Tom Bombadil gets essentially ignore...okay. As a book reader, I'm bummed by that, but it's a trade I'm more than willing to make to have these movies exist.
I'm fine with excising Alia from the story in the short term for the sake of story and appeal to the common audience. I just think there are OTHER creative decisions made that did more damage than that WITHOUT making the movie better or more accessible to the audience writ large.