...and that's all well and fine, but if I can't operate the CONTROLS on the nail-gun because the grip is too large, well... what have I gained myself, besides a useless powertool? Game controllers have a similar issue, as do some mice. We don't want cute, we want slightly-smaller, and possibly slightly lighter in the right circumstances.
we DO spend more time shopping and finding sales [/gross generalization]... and buying technology isn't like buying cars... it's not like there's a lot of haggling going on, so I'd think it's fair to say they'd get the same bang for their buck. I don't walk out of best buy feeling cheated, although I have experienced the "oh, you're a girl, you don't know what it MEANS when I say 4.2 GHz or DDR or anything FANCY like that... here let me show you the pretty PURPLE computer..." phenomenon. Trick is... ignore the sales-people, or bring a male for decoy-work.
Not only did I read it, but I agree with most of it. Problem is... there's not enough time to do it all. Unless they intend to do a LoTR-esque "time is not an issue, 'cuz the fans will sit still" type thing (and the trilogy is what... 9, 10, 11 hrs long?), they're going to HAVE to get rid of a lot of things. Even if they include everything as you describe it, they can't develop the characters in time. Not all of them. And really... if they do, they won't do it right. it'll be a serious shame.
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...and that's all well and fine, but if I can't operate the CONTROLS on the nail-gun because the grip is too large, well... what have I gained myself, besides a useless powertool? Game controllers have a similar issue, as do some mice. We don't want cute, we want slightly-smaller, and possibly slightly lighter in the right circumstances.
we DO spend more time shopping and finding sales [/gross generalization]... and buying technology isn't like buying cars... it's not like there's a lot of haggling going on, so I'd think it's fair to say they'd get the same bang for their buck. I don't walk out of best buy feeling cheated, although I have experienced the "oh, you're a girl, you don't know what it MEANS when I say 4.2 GHz or DDR or anything FANCY like that... here let me show you the pretty PURPLE computer..." phenomenon. Trick is... ignore the sales-people, or bring a male for decoy-work.
Not only did I read it, but I agree with most of it. Problem is... there's not enough time to do it all. Unless they intend to do a LoTR-esque "time is not an issue, 'cuz the fans will sit still" type thing (and the trilogy is what... 9, 10, 11 hrs long?), they're going to HAVE to get rid of a lot of things. Even if they include everything as you describe it, they can't develop the characters in time. Not all of them. And really... if they do, they won't do it right. it'll be a serious shame.
only one problem... what if you missed?