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Originally Posted by gmw
...those that want to squeeze the last drop of Middle Earth out of the source material...
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This is a sickness, I think. And a real problem I have with fandom of any sort.
More is always assumed to be the same as
better. People become fans of the franchise rather than any particular work of art.
Part of what made The Lord of the Rings and Dune work so well were the hints that there were much larger worlds with their own history, customs and so forth and we are only seeing a glimpse of them.
But when you go turning over every rock in the Shire or read the story of the
Kobayashi Maru, you wind up losing some of the magic that made you a fan in the first place.
There are fans that will admit the last six Star Wars films were bad. But will still doggedly see each new one that comes along so they can gripe about it. At that point, you are just making yourself miserable.