Welcome Guest
[Log In]
[Register]
| Anyone else feel kinda alone in the book fandom? | |
|---|---|
| Topic Started: 25 Apr 2014, 20:46 (10161 Views) | |
| Hope_and_Heir | 25 Apr 2014, 20:46 Post #21 |
[color=#B40431]Winner of Shnuckle's Oneshot Fanfiction Contest 2014 [/color] 
|
I like to think of the argument as not really necessary. I imagine movies and books as two different fandoms and like each one for what the other one doesn't have. |
'There Were Dragons When I Was A Boy…'   
| |
| AndyMay | 25 Apr 2014, 20:49 Post #22 |
[b][color=#d51c1c]The Lemon God[/color][/b]
|
I honestly have no idea what you mean. We're simply discussing our opinions when it comes to reading books and watching films that are based upon on or the other. |
 Top Poester for 6 Months Award 
| |
| Hope_and_Heir | 25 Apr 2014, 20:51 Post #23 |
|
[color=#B40431]Winner of Shnuckle's Oneshot Fanfiction Contest 2014 [/color]
|
You're saying that you shouldn't read the books that the movie is based upon because it ruins it. I was stating that I think of them as two different things. It doesn't have to ruin it. |
|
'There Were Dragons When I Was A Boy…'
| |
| AndyMay | 25 Apr 2014, 20:52 Post #24 |
|
[b][color=#d51c1c]The Lemon God[/color][/b]
|
I'm not saying you shouldn't read them! I'm saying that I, personally, find that they can detract from the film. I still read books because, in all honesty, I think they're vastly better than their big screen counterparts. |
|
Top Poester for 6 Months Award
| |
| Hope_and_Heir | 25 Apr 2014, 20:58 Post #25 |
|
[color=#B40431]Winner of Shnuckle's Oneshot Fanfiction Contest 2014 [/color]
|
True. Of course we're all pretty biased on most things depending on whether your a movie person or a book person. XD Since movie lovers will typically say they enjoyed the movie better and book lovers will say the book. I used to be pretty biased before I kinda came to just accept that both the movie and book are wonderful and I really can't very well choose. |
|
'There Were Dragons When I Was A Boy…'
| |
| AndyMay | 25 Apr 2014, 20:59 Post #26 |
|
[b][color=#d51c1c]The Lemon God[/color][/b]
|
We're all biased. That's why they're our opinions! XD |
|
Top Poester for 6 Months Award
| |
| HideousZippleback | 25 Apr 2014, 21:15 Post #27 |
[color=blue]I'm just here for Snotlout. [/color] 
|
I read the books years and YEARS before HTTYD was even thought of as a movie but after awhile I started realizing that the books were just not up to my caliber for reading. (I started them in 2004). The only books of the series I have liked were book 11 because it was much more adult-like than the originals of the series. And I will admit that I did not want to see HTTYD because I thought it would be as bad as the books and so I never saw it until the Halloween of 2010 and as I watched it I was freaking surprised by how much better it was than the books. And for that reason and many more I like the movie a million times better. |
| |
| Demonwolf002 | 25 Apr 2014, 21:21 Post #28 |
Lone Dragon
|
Honestly I can see both sides since I've been on both sides before. The reason I think reading the books would hurt the movie experience in any way. I think has to do a lot with the quality and detail of the movie and how much the creators cared about the original work. From that I think if the movie does the original work justice I'm personally willing to let it slide somewhat if my own mental image of a character is different from what I saw on screen. This is however something I think is most certainly based on personal opinion more than anything else since whether the movie is good or bad you might agree or not agree with the character representation. On another note though since I'm reading the books before I watch the GoT series. I'm curious to see if my outlook will be more or less critical of it than someone who watched the series first then read the books. I will say though that I do agree with the idea that a movie can be made worse if you had read the books it was based on before going to see it. Even though I had seen the movie before getting a hold of the books I can say my opinion of "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" wasn't as bad as someones who had read the books prior. That being said it wasn't all that great of a movie to begin with and when looked at beside the book series just feels like there was very little love put into it. Other than that I think it's (at least for me) a very case by case basis and that maybe how much I care about that particular series or franchise also has to do at least some with it as well. |
|
See you in the skies Dragon Rider! The Dragon Root:Thing what I wrote. Is Toothless Evil? :Me possibly being crazy, but fun. The BerkCast The HTTYD podcast, you should listen. | |
| Hope_and_Heir | 25 Apr 2014, 21:22 Post #29 |
|
[color=#B40431]Winner of Shnuckle's Oneshot Fanfiction Contest 2014 [/color]
|
But see. You at least have them a chance. So what if you didn't like them, you tried them and that's what matters x3 and I agree 11 is the best one |
|
'There Were Dragons When I Was A Boy…'
| |
| AuroraBorealis | 26 Apr 2014, 15:09 Post #30 |
Monstrous Nightmare
|
I know.... I read the books to my sister and she loves them, now! |
|
What should I write on my signature? Hmm... I am a Httyd, Gravity Falls and Portal (One and two) fan. I'm also a bookworm and an introvert. That was pretty random, but that's me summed up in two sentences. | |
| Users browsing this forum:
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests
|
|
| Print view | |
| Go to Next Page | |
| « Previous Topic · The Books · Next Topic » |
| Members · Contact us · Delete cookies | It is currently 10 Sep 2025, 12:45 |