You read a book? CONGRATULATIONS! *pops you one in the face* - Page 2

Q Classic · November 4, 2003, 08:51

the book sphere was about as bad as the movie.
same with congo.

FrustratedPoet · November 4, 2003, 08:55

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Originally posted by MikeH
And frankly, cumming in someone's face just for saying they like a book seems a bit disgusting.

Curse you, Mike, I wanted to say that.

I also agree with the people who say the LOTR movies are better than the books.
(and, for the record, I have read the books, I read them before I saw the movie and I generally like the fantasy genre. Tolkien had an awesome imagination, but couldn't write good prose)

FrustratedPoet · November 4, 2003, 08:59

And, on a related note ..... how likely am I to find screenings of movies in english in Daegu? I don't mind them having korean subtitles or something, but I'd hate to miss watching the 3rd LOTR movie in a proper cinema.

Rogan Josh · November 4, 2003, 09:03

I don't understand how people can criticise the lotr so strongly - they are fantastic books! Maybe the problem is that they have been so copied over the years that some people don't realise how original they are. Tolkein created an entire mythology - an entire culture if you like - to set the books in. To my mind that is quite an accomplishment which I have not seen done as well anywhere else. I notice that most of these critics are quite young - maybe they don't realise what Tolkein gave the world.

I loved the movies too (and I am looking forward to The Return of the King) but I am not stupid enough to compare them directly to the books. The books set out to do one thing and the movies set out to do something completely different - and they both acheive their goals masterfully.

As for the original poster's objections, do you really think that people are saying that they liked the book better in order to show off?

You must have some very sad friends. Reading a book is no great accomplishment.

Q Classic · November 4, 2003, 09:12

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And, on a related note ..... how likely am I to find screenings of movies in english in Daegu? I don't mind them having korean subtitles or something, but I'd hate to miss watching the 3rd LOTR movie in a proper cinema.

i dunno where there's a theatre in daegu. all the ones i know are in seoul or ch'ongju... but i'm sure there's one there. from what i remember, movies are rarely dubbed, so chances are good you'll just see subtitles.
these theatres are usually near the city center/downtown areas.

edit: found this on google in english!

http://thedaeguguide.com/guides/contacts.htm

duke o' york · November 4, 2003, 09:15

Well if he did create an entire world then you'd be surprised at how influenced it is by a world more close to home. If you're going to give credit for creation of such worlds then how naturalistic is Dante's Inferno (and the other sections of the Divine Comedy)? Is LotR popular in the orient? The whole of Middle Earth is absolutely smothered in Christianity of the most puritanical, fusty kind.

FrustratedPoet · November 4, 2003, 09:26

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Originally posted by Q Cubed
edit: found this on google in english!

http://thedaeguguide.com/guides/contacts.htm

Thanks.

General Ludd · November 4, 2003, 09:28

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Originally posted by Vesayen

People who read books on a regular basis are smarter then people who dont.

I thought you said you read three books a week, this obviously can't be true.

Harovan · November 4, 2003, 09:38

@ the whole thread

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Originally posted by Vesayen
I read 3 books a week and never mention it on conversation

Sounds pretty oxymoronish.

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Reading a book is no great acomplishment, if you think it is and feel like your special for reading a book, it means your actually mentally deficient but the world has been too polite to inform you of that fact.

I completely agree. Who feels special for reading a book, is for certain imbecile. Not to mention those who are proud of reading three books a week.

Q Classic · November 4, 2003, 09:40

fp, stay away from those sex theaters.

JohnT · November 4, 2003, 09:40

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Originally posted by Vesayen
People I cant stand..... those who read a book then saw the movie for the book and arogantly say "The book was so much better!"

CONGRA-JA-FREAK-IN-LATIONS! You read a book? Want a cookie? If there is anything that pisses me off after greedy ceo's, its arrogant psuedo wanna be intellectuals. I read 3 books a week and never mention it on conversation, which is the reason this pisses me off so much especially. I would think a large chunk of poly are "readers"-people who read a descent amount so most of you can proboably share my frustration.

Reading a book is no great acomplishment, if you think it is and feel like your special for reading a book, it means your actually mentally deficient but the world has been too polite to inform you of that fact.

My solution: Avoid all movies.

FrustratedPoet · November 4, 2003, 09:41

JohnT · November 4, 2003, 09:42

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Originally posted by The Mad Monk
Whenever I read a thread like this, I immediately think of Jurassic Park. I read it when it first came out. I loved it -- must have gone through it at least a half dozen times, and it helped mold my thoughts on the concept of "responsible science".

Then the movie came out.

I was looking forward to it -- here was one of my favorite all-time reads, brought to life on the silver screen! In a rare instance of zealotry, I actually mange to see it the first week.

...

I'm sure it's a good movie.

...

That was the last thing I was thinking when I stumbled out of that theatre. They had taken that masterpiece, ripped the guts out, changed characters to the point they were unrecognizable, merged and deleted, and screwed up the message. They made it so damn...Hollywood.

I will never forgive them for that.

Uh, did you just call a Michael Crichton book a masterpiece?

Edit: thanks for the spelling help, Q.

Q Classic · November 4, 2003, 09:43

for crichton, it was a masterpiece.

JohnT · November 4, 2003, 09:44

So Vesayen is pissed because people are proud of reading, and in the middle of his rant pops in a "I read three books a week" blast.

Oh, the irony is killing me.

Vesayen · November 4, 2003, 10:39

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Originally posted by MikeH
Vesayen your point is that it's OK to say that the movie is better than a book but not OK to say that the book was better than the movie?

Do you not think that's irrational and hypocritical? I do.

Are you somehow trying to drag politicall corectness into this and call me a racist :?

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Originally posted by JohnT
So Vesayen is pissed because people are proud of reading, and in the middle of his rant pops in a "I read three books a week" blast.

Oh, the irony is killing me.

Which was followed by "I think most of apolyton is readers so I'm sure this pisses you off as well"

MikeH · November 4, 2003, 10:49

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Originally posted by Vesayen

Are you somehow trying to drag politicall corectness into this and call me a racist :?

I never mentioned anything of the sort.

JohnT · November 4, 2003, 10:56

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Which was followed by "I think most of apolyton is readers so I'm sure this pisses you off as well"

Not at all. I'm always good for a movie vs. book critique any day of the week.

Theben · November 4, 2003, 11:41

Considering my work schedule if I manage to read 1 book a week it's a minor accomplishment.
I read plenty of other crap, tho'. Most of it 1 page long, from wanna-be writers or self-aggrandizing bastards.

Kropotkin · November 4, 2003, 12:26

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Originally posted by Theben
I read plenty of other crap, tho'. Most of it 1 page long, from wanna-be writers or self-aggrandizing bastards.

You don't have to read on the apolyton forum if you don't want to...

Shogun Gunner · November 4, 2003, 12:33

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Originally posted by duke o' york
I can't be bothered to read this thread - I'll wait until the movie comes out because it'll be better anyway.

Japher · November 4, 2003, 12:36

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My solution: Avoid all movies.

I do the exact opposite. Seems to be better that way. If I like the movie than I can still enjoy the book, since it is soooo much better. This way I can enjoy the book AND the movie, instead of enjoying the book and being let down by the movie.

Sphere sucked I read the book and watched the movie, the both DID suck.

Haven't read a Creighton since.

LotR: I read the first two books, and got bored. Thus, I am really excited for the third one... I think the long fantasy series bore me... I only got through 2 Wheel of Time books, and I couldn't get pass 150 pages of the Goodkind book I was reading.

Harry Potter: Both movie and books are fun. Even after reading the book I still enjoy the movies.

Really, I read books that no one will turn into movies: personal finance and other self help books...

Theben · November 4, 2003, 12:40

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Originally posted by Kropotkin

You don't have to read on the apolyton forum if you don't want to...

I was actually referring to work-related material, but Poly qualifies too I s'pose.

Flubber · November 4, 2003, 12:55

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Originally posted by Jon Miller
I can finish fiction that is 400 pages or so in ~8 hours (or less)

there is always enough time to read a book

Jon Miller

While I love to read and do so at a similar speed, I have a busy job, a wife and an infant child. Try finding 8 hours a week in those circumstances when ANY free hour could be used to catch a nap and put a dent in my sleep deficet.

I get to read about 2.5 hours a week, usually while standing on the bus to and from work. The only other reading I manage is some poly or news sites but thats a few moments snatched here and there at work-- I can hardly pull out a novel at my desk

MikeH · November 4, 2003, 13:26

I can read 10,000 pages in 17.64 seconds.

Spiffor · November 4, 2003, 13:44

"Dune the Book is soooooo much better as the movie"

Well, I haven't read the book. Actually, I almost never read books for leisure. But I can believe than the impressive, thousands pages-long, very detailed epic in which the author has put all his guts, is better than a two-hours movie that has no time to display fremen slang, history, etc.

The movie is of honest quality (star-warish, but..), but it seems obvious to me the book is infinitely more rich, and is infinitely a more breathtaking voyage in such a different universe.

Movies often require either to squeeze any of the "fluff" that makes a book polished, or it requires only to adress one event in the book, thus not reflecting the entire work.

People can be smug when they say "I've read the book and it's better". But people can also do so to indicate there is more to see than a too short and shallow movie.

Jack_www · November 4, 2003, 13:53

I take it your problem is with people that brag that they read a book. If that is the case I agree, I dont like any kind of braging.

I dont see the problem if someone wants to talk about a book and even compare it to the movie that was made about the book.

Jack_www · November 4, 2003, 13:55

It takes me about 2 days of reading to finish a 400 page book, not sure on the time I spend on the book. The only time I usually have to read is on the weekends, so I end up just reading a book in 2 weeks that way when I find something I like.

lord of the mark · November 4, 2003, 15:25

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Originally posted by Vesayen
Example of bad: Lord of the rings-where there are so many proper nouns introduced on each page that you confuse people with mountain ranges with battles-you need to keep notes to make sense of it....

Immortal Wombat · November 4, 2003, 15:32

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Originally posted by Park Avenue
I thought the LotR books were crap too. In fact, apart from the scenery, the film was boring as hell. Usual sci-fi claptrap.

Aaargh! I'm not even going to try and correct the errors in that post.

I agree with whoever was the first person to point out that books and films are fundamentally different and can't be judged by the same yardstick.