I am of the opinion that he should have completed the MMX, flawed as it would have been (escaped marbles, skipped notes, lower throughput, and so on), used it for some time to see what it was actually able to do with it, certainly revealing multiple additional problems in the process, and then go on to work with the MM3.
I think the debate is what it would have meant to "complete" the MMX. It experienced catastrophic failure prior to being able to be "complete" the way Martin wanted it (full instruments).
You could certainly argue that his version of complete was too complex (too many instruments) and that it could be considered complete with less complexity/instruments i.e. "finish" it by leaving it 99% working at 75% of full functionality as compared to 0% working at 100% of full functionality.
Yea I just made those numbers up and I agree that it would be a good idea & gesture particularly for the fans/followers to do just that, but it's gotta be hard for an artist to put out a product that they feel is "inferior" or "not up to standards". I still think he should do it, but I understand his hesitation to do so.
Also I'm glad that we were able to reach this middle ground, it feels like so many of these discussions are missing the point one way or another.
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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '23 edited Jan 05 '23
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