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balance of sympathies
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Der Sturmbrecher on June 10, 2010, 09:54:35 PM ---Inevitably, readers will pick sides. One way you can keep the balance a little is to keep them guessing, like Rowling did with Snape. I love Snape as a character, and am glad he turned out good. But I also would have loved it had he been the Machiavellan villain I’d heard one theory call him, topping even Voldy and being the real antagonist. If you change the circumstances surrounding your characters, it’ll keep them wondering who’s going to do what.
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I still regret Uncle Dudley not turning out to be a deep-cover SAS type who took Voldemort's head off with a shotgun in the final book, but that may just be me.
Der Sturmbrecher:
--- Quote from: neurovore on June 10, 2010, 10:24:22 PM ---I still regret Uncle Dudley not turning out to be a deep-cover SAS type who took Voldemort's head off with a shotgun in the final book, but that may just be me.
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Not just you: 'loved the idea of Voldemort getting killed by Muggle weaponry.
Sihaya:
--- Quote from: Der Sturmbrecher on June 10, 2010, 11:29:46 PM ---Not just you: 'loved the idea of Voldemort getting killed by Muggle weaponry.
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Like in Wizards? That may be why it didn't happen. Of course, it's been thirty years since that film.
meh:
--- Quote from: Sihaya on June 11, 2010, 02:08:52 AM --- Of course, it's been thirty years since
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I'm still convinced that the late 70s did film resolution right and that everything since has been compromised to pander to audiences in a *feelgood* way.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: meh on June 11, 2010, 04:42:05 PM ---I'm still convinced that the late 70s did film resolution right and that everything since has been compromised to pander to audiences in a *feelgood* way.
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There are times, usually after watching some Powell and Pressburger, that I think that art was lost track of much earlier than that.
On the other hand, I would point to Polanski's Ghost Writer as an example of a taut and lean and tightly resolved thriller very much dong Seventies-era avoiding of "feelgood" compromises that came out this year.
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