Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-25987328-20160413230109/@comment-26347028-20160414163453

Lady Melron wrote: Yes... otherwise there would be only boys, and part of the viewers would not like that, this porcentage of people would be higher than those who didnt like Tauriel, you are a good example, for once.

"But they had too add a girl"

That sounds highly agressive towards females, Tauriel wasnt needed, but she attract girls, simply because she was one, and romancers, thanks to Tauriel/Kili, each can be considered a form to combat racism, a very common problem nowadays. In general some changes would've been "bad" to those who read the books, although they arent that much, but it is a Movie for everyone, not only for those who read the book, this means it got attempt to attract as most viewers as possible.

Its sorta nice to see poeple talking about how the movies were different from the books, because it may rise interest on those who only watched them, that will now read the books in order to compare, or at least expand their knowledge. Racism? Sexism? Hey, I'm not trying to rain on your parade; but these are books and films. The design is to create a feeling of immersion, etc. Heck, racism should be a part of them in a way; but only perhaps in a representational way so saying it exists in that universe. What I really do not like, however, is when a film tries to be pretentious and adds some bullshit storyline like Tauriel and Kili in - and then just makes them spend all their time doing nothing to progress the story. All they do is look longingly at each other and make you feel happy when Kili dies because now you don't have to watch them playing silly buggers.

Also, the fact that it was different rather wrecked the immersion due to the amount it was. Sure, it could make people read the books - but only through how bad it was! And if people didn't really understand the films - which they didn't for the most part - when they go and read the books they'd be just as disillusuioned as most of us. That doesn't seem like a fair trade-off to me.