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December 11, 2002
Pervy Cass Fancier
One of my favourite offshoots of Fellowship of the Ring when it came out last year was a series of Very Secret Diaries by Cassandra Claire. It's great stuff about an "alternative lifestyle" Middle Earth. From what I know, she lives somewhere near me, so I've always wondered if I would run into her or talk to her. Never really was compelled enough to say anything though. I loved her VSD, but that's just the tip of the iceberg of her fictional work. Much of the others are based off of the Harry Potter series which I have never read.
Right, so that was a pretty long winded intro to what really amounts to a posting to say that I talked to her on IM on Monday, stemming from a bit of goofing around with my friend Julia. Fun stuff, but I think she pegged me for a "t00b," though, whatever that means. I'm figuring it's derogatory flattery, but who knows? I'm not particularly familiar with fanfic culture.
That said... only a week away from The Two Towers. Oh, and to Hell with these people. Though I might have sympathy that they might want to have the film renamed for issues of sensitivity, I think this little passage shows just how ignorant they are:
The creators of the movie have free speech, so what makes you think they should have to change the name of the movie?Forgive me if I'm wrong, but my copy of "The Two Towers" lists the first publishing of the book by George Allen & Unwin in 1954. Clearly Tolkein was trying to capitalize on a tragedy 47 years in the future to increase motion picture ticket revenues.We believe that Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema's actions are in fact hate speech. The movie is intentionally being named The Two Towers in order to capitalize on the tragedy of September 11. Clearly, you cannot deny the fact that this falls under hate speech. We believe that if they will not willingly change the name, the government should step in to stop the movie's production or to force a name change.
Posted by KinCross at December 11, 2002 02:34 AM