Sorry if I horn in here... but what's the fanfic dictum, "if it exists it has porn"? Need to send Zooboomafoo over to jump around on the writers until they see sense, I feel.
I note the tendency to romance-- it is older than me of course, and certainly ancient, and not necessarily a Good Thing for a story. But I can give two recent examples where it was toned down or cut out in the film versions-- in "Return of the King" Faramir and Eowyn only get a look, and the romantic interest was entirely cut out of "The Eagle." (Not that I liked everything the script did with the book, but I can't see Cottia coming across well as written. I recommend Rosemary Sutcliffe's book of course.)
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Date: 2012-01-29 11:18 pm (UTC)I note the tendency to romance-- it is older than me of course, and certainly ancient, and not necessarily a Good Thing for a story. But I can give two recent examples where it was toned down or cut out in the film versions-- in "Return of the King" Faramir and Eowyn only get a look, and the romantic interest was entirely cut out of "The Eagle." (Not that I liked everything the script did with the book, but I can't see Cottia coming across well as written. I recommend Rosemary Sutcliffe's book of course.)
Not only uninvited but wordy....