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1. Hoss Delgado (hoss@shitpost.cloud)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 23:09:40 JST Hoss Delgado

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   • Judge Dread :verified:
   Making copyright extend past the death of the author was stupid. Expanding that to 70 years past the death of the author was Jewish.
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   • Judge Dread :verified: (judgedread@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 23:09:41 JST Judge Dread :verified:
     The CEO of Warner Bros. is telling his shareholders that they are underutilizing the franchises they own, among them D.C., Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings.
     
     Leaving D.C. aside, Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings have had good to great adaptations already. There is absolutely nothing to be gained by remaking Peter Jackson's adaptations and quite a bit to lose - mostly money.
     
     Harry Potter had near perfect casting, with the only blight being Richard Harris dying and being replaced by a much less charismatic actor. No one will ever equal Alan Rickman as Snape.
     
     Back to LOTR, imagine having to fill Viggo Mortenson or Andy Serkis' shoes. Even that old queen Ian McKellan is perfect as Gandalf. It's hard to think of a role that isn't brilliantly cast, King Theoden, Eomer and Eowyn are absolutely spot on.
     
     Of course the CEO hasn't the slightest idea that franchises aren't all perpetual sliding timeline money machines like The Simpsons or... The Simpsons.
     
     Really, that almost never happens.