What's the most unforgivable sin done in media that you're still bitter about? (piefed.social)

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I still can't stop but think how stretched out the Hobbit films were, for an otherwise short book. That's a sin that stains forever with me. The Lord of the Rings films, do have their own flaws, but they're fairly contained and can be debated as to whether they were good or not. I have so much trouble excusing anything with the Hobbit though.

And I hope we never, ever see anyone tackle The Silmarillion. Simply because, there will be so much improvised fluff in that would-be film, that it'd make the Hobbit films blush.

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[-] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 3 points 5 hours ago

Adult Swim creating 4 new FLCL series in a naive (at best) attempt to cash in on nostalgia for the original 6-episode show.

The original FLCL was a legendary show. Beautifully animated by Gainax and Production IG at their absolute prime, iconic soundtrack by the Pillows at their absolute prime, and a extremely well-told stand-alone story with a satisfying beginning, middle and end. A cult classic and a diamond in the rough! To me, as close to a perfect show as I think is possible.

Nobody was asking for more FLCL, and the story of the show was absolutely not calling for more. It was over and done. What's more, the group of people and the conditions that made this show possible had moved on.

But then Adult Swim, I guess in an effort to bring back viewers from the old days, decided to make not 1, not 3, but 4 new FLCL shows! The quality was pretty low, the stories were mediocre at best, and the heart and originally simply weren't there. It really was just a cash in, and I think that it has hurt the legacy of the original show.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 52 minutes ago

FLCL?

[-] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 1 points 49 minutes ago

The anime short series FLCL, sometimes call Fooly Cooly or FuriKuri. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLCL

[-] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

That's actually really interesting. I remembered the whole reason the original FLCL aired on adult swim was related to a sweepstakes where the winner got to set the programming for the night.

They wrote passive aggressive bumpers about it so I got the idea nobody there liked FLCL. Finding out they were involved with the sequels makes them even more uncanny

That board meeting must have been like "Oh okay. FLCL sequel. What should it even be about?"

"I dunno man. Just sexualize some minors or something. I think that's what the original show was about so that's all it should take to make a sequel"

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Thanks! I thought it was just me.

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