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TheDingo

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  1. I remember way back in 1982 sitting in the theatre after watching Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" masterpiece and absolutely hating the movie. I hated the movie because it contained about 5 percent of the story and characters from Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" novel from 1968, and in my heart of hearts I felt that I had been ripped off because I wanted to see the novel up on the big screen. Over time and after many viewings I grew to love the movie, especially for everything it brought to the screen and for the impact it had on science fiction movies going forward. ( so many movies have stolen pieces from "Blade Runner" since it was released ) Last September (2018) I went to the movies here in Toronto, and on my way to the boxoffice I saw this huge mass of mostly teenage girls in the lobby that were all wearing "Anne" hats and were giggling with excitement. There must have been at least 500 of them, with an age range from eight to fifteen. I spotted one of the group's organizers and asked her what was going on, and she told me that these girls were here to see the first two episodes of season two of "Anne with an E" in a theatre, which would have been about two weeks before the episodes would air on TV. I had no idea that this show was popular with teens, as it seems so tame when compared to the typical teen drama shows it has to compete with. ( if a show doesn't build an audience it gets cancelled and dies ) Looking around the web I've seen many "Anne with an E" forums where girls and young women from different countries ( including a few non-english speaking ones ) profess their love for this show. I don't know if they've read the books, but in their posts they mainly discuss what happened in the show itself, and speculate on what they want to happen in the future. There are almost no posts about how the show doesn't represent the books, or about all of the anachronistic modern elements that should not be there. It's pretty obvious that these young fans love the show as it is, and aren't worried about it not being canon to the original source material. Taking a look at the "Anne with an E" season three trailer on YouTube I noticed that most of the 1,500+ comments are written by girls and women, and it appears that they too love this show. I'm guessing that there aren't many shows like "Anne with an E" on TV today, so this show is likely a big deal to its main audience, which appears to be a pretty young one.
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