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[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Say, for example, Kubrick and The Shining or Ridley Scott and Blade Runner or Jackson and The Lord of the Rings, as opposed to Shyamalan and The Last Airbender or Jackson and The Hobbit.

[-] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

The Hobbit wasn't Jackson's fault. The studio was going to make the movies in that time frame with or without Peter Jackson, so he chose to helm the crashing ship.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

It's true, that wasn't an entirely fair comparison, but I was thinking about disastrous adaptations, and that one sprang to mind.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

And without him they were threatening to have the production leave NZ, which would've put a bunch of his friends out of the job.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I didn't know that detail. What a mensch.

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