--- nik <silvourbolt@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> --- Maru <marudubshinki@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > --- Jeff Harris <jlhonami@mchsi.com> wrote:
> > ..
> > > I have had serious problems accepting the entire backstory
> > > idea, as well as
> > > Tenchi's multidimensional nature.  As has been pointed out
> to
> > > me, I don't
> > > *have* to like it.  But I do agree with you that it is poor
> > > storytelling to
> > > make each OVA so contingent on reference material that is
> > > assumed to be
> > > available for everyone.  Each element should be able to
> stand
> > > on its own
> > > merits.  I look at the recent LOTR films as an example of
> > > playing to a
> > > specific community; I took my brother (who has never read
> the
> > > books) to see
> > > the middle installment and he was absolutely lost....and I
> > > can't blame him.
> > > 
> > > Jeff
> > 
> > That's not in the least bit fair Jeff- LotR is an integral
> work
> > which had to be split up due to its bulk.  Certainly not
> > conceived as a tri-partite work like, say, Star Wars.
> > 
> > ~Maru
> 
> Let's not get into a LotR debate.  I think Jeff was simply
> saying that he was unhappy
> that the narrative could not stand up so well without seeing
> the entirity of the work.
> nik

Eh.  Would it really be an 'epic' 'monumental' work if it could
be understood as episodic?  Could you go and enjoy half the
Eiffel tower?  Or would you complain when it falls down?

~Maru


		
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