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same_differenceI emailed this to the mailing list today, and got generally agreement back, so I'll post it here for wider perusal. You should be able to tell what I'm talking about:
[absolutely biased prejudice based cynism] To be honest I haven't been impressed by or particularly enjoyed any of the films. They're far too hackneyed and cliched, nor do they contain anything particularly original or inventive. Though I do admire the author's careful developed money spinning tool. I always get the feeling (based on what I've heard /seen etc) she wrote the stories (not that I've read any of them) by making a list of all the aspects that make certain books really popular and wove them into story that she then aimed at an audience that doesn't require her to actually be a particularly good writer but does have the largest market for royalty making merchandising. [absolutely biased prejudice based cynism ends]
And a calculation of film quality:
Book length increases exponentially across series + unchanging film length + guaranteed box office sales = films that get progressively worse, and cover exponentially less of the story
[absolutely biased prejudice based cynism] To be honest I haven't been impressed by or particularly enjoyed any of the films. They're far too hackneyed and cliched, nor do they contain anything particularly original or inventive. Though I do admire the author's careful developed money spinning tool. I always get the feeling (based on what I've heard /seen etc) she wrote the stories (not that I've read any of them) by making a list of all the aspects that make certain books really popular and wove them into story that she then aimed at an audience that doesn't require her to actually be a particularly good writer but does have the largest market for royalty making merchandising. [absolutely biased prejudice based cynism ends]
And a calculation of film quality:
Book length increases exponentially across series + unchanging film length + guaranteed box office sales = films that get progressively worse, and cover exponentially less of the story
