• Flamekebab@piefed.social
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    1 day ago

    Mmm, feel that creativity. There’s money to be made so sequels need to be “figured out”. Or you could just make films when you have stories to tell?

    No? Well I guess that’s why I don’t have a private jet.

    • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 day ago

      C’mon…! You’re trying to tell me the whole reason that Tolkien wrote The Hobbit wasn’t to jumpstart the Middle Earth Extended Universe?!?1?

      P’shaw! I say!

      • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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        7 hours ago

        It actually was. He started Lord of the rings but no publishers wanted to buy it so he wrote the Hobbit as it was shorter and aimed at children so it would be easier to sell and act as a foot in the door to the other books.