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Lifestyle => Tha G-Spot => Topic started by: Bananas on April 13, 2010, 12:30:10 AM

Title: Fact: Books suck
Post by: Bananas on April 13, 2010, 12:30:10 AM
Movies are better. Non fiction is the only genre worth reading.
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: Triple OG Rapsodie on April 13, 2010, 12:32:39 AM
Movies are better. Non fiction is the only genre worth reading.

videogames >>> both
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: Sikotic™ on April 13, 2010, 12:46:57 AM
I still can't believe shit like the Kindle is so successful. I wish I came up with the fucking idea.

Books are obsolete, but people still hold on to them.
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: Bananas on April 13, 2010, 12:53:49 AM
I still can't believe shit like the Kindle is so successful. I wish I came up with the fucking idea.

Books are obsolete, but people still hold on to them.

Mostly white grad students ashamed of their past when they listened to rap music.
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: Muhfukka on April 13, 2010, 12:55:53 AM
i just read that monster kody book, it was pretty cool how he killed all those people
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: ikke on April 13, 2010, 09:13:35 AM
My main problem with books is that a documentary can achieve the same goal in a fraction of the time
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: JAZ on April 13, 2010, 09:48:47 AM
i like books.
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: Sofa_King_Awesome on April 13, 2010, 09:50:51 AM
Movies are better. Non fiction is the only genre worth reading.

videogames >>> both
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: Sikotic™ on April 13, 2010, 10:38:06 AM
My main problem with books is that a documentary can achieve the same goal in a fraction of the time
It's true.

Purists fail to admit that books do not provide an optimal learning experience compared to newer forms of media like television.
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: jeromechickenbone on April 13, 2010, 11:53:28 AM
I read like a motherfucker. I have 3 books going on at once right now.

If I find a bang of shit online to read I like to print it off.

I def don't hate books tho.
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: Triple OG Rapsodie on April 13, 2010, 12:32:32 PM
My main problem with books is that a documentary can achieve the same goal in a fraction of the time
It's true.

Purists fail to admit that books do not provide an optimal learning experience compared to newer forms of media like television.

Except that movies and television need to be written as scripts first. That's kind of what books are. You can't make a movie without making its text equivalent first. There's your reason for books right there. And books only require a good author to be good. Movies require a good author AND a good director, good actors, good editors, etc. There's a lot more ways to ways to mess up with a movie because hundreds of people are working on it opposed to one, and events have to be recorded exactly and perfectly, whereas text can leave a lot to the imagination. Example: a book can describe a woman as being the most beautiful woman on the planet and everyone has their own interpretation of what that is. If a movie tries to do the same thing, half the people are going to think she's overrated and then it has already failed.

This was a serious response, my bad...
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: ikke on April 13, 2010, 12:51:03 PM
My main problem with books is that a documentary can achieve the same goal in a fraction of the time
It's true.

Purists fail to admit that books do not provide an optimal learning experience compared to newer forms of media like television.

Except that movies and television need to be written as scripts first. That's kind of what books are. You can't make a movie without making its text equivalent first. There's your reason for books right there. And books only require a good author to be good. Movies require a good author AND a good director, good actors, good editors, etc. There's a lot more ways to ways to mess up with a movie because hundreds of people are working on it opposed to one, and events have to be recorded exactly and perfectly, whereas text can leave a lot to the imagination. Example: a book can describe a woman as being the most beautiful woman on the planet and everyone has their own interpretation of what that is. If a movie tries to do the same thing, half the people are going to think she's overrated and then it has already failed.

This was a serious response, my bad...
We're talking about non-fiction here however, movies made to paint the truth.
We're not discussing the costs either, it's more expensive but that doesn't mean it's a better option.
"hundreds of people are working on it" you say it decreases the chances of a fuck up but it increases the chances because there is a controlling group.

This was a drunken response to your valid argument to another topic.
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: white Boy on April 13, 2010, 02:17:18 PM
books are not just about obtaining information, there are writers whos styles than not movie can ever evoke, its not just about plot and characters and such, style, voice,... compare the book of one flew over the cuckoo's nest to the movie, both incredible, but the 1st person narrative from the native american creates a completely different realm of themes

i love both, and i dont really read much nonfiction, but i also dont really like documentaries, mostly cause everyone is so biased i just ignore them all. and i dont really fuck with sci fi, or bullshit fiction, i like books about life writen in a style that closely resembles real life.
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: Bananas on April 13, 2010, 02:31:52 PM
Fact: I was drunk when I made this thread. I do appreciate fiction and I like to read.
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: westsiderider323 on April 13, 2010, 02:40:17 PM
books suck
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: Jaydc on April 13, 2010, 09:32:08 PM
Ehh I like books.Though it does sound lame,usually when a book has been made into a movie the book is usually a lot better.For example,the count of monte cristo was an amazing novel,but the movies all sucked.Althought one that was different,fight club I felt was a better movie then book.
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: Sikotic™ on April 13, 2010, 09:44:02 PM
The only book I like is Fahrenheit 451.
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: J.D. Wykid, Esq. on April 14, 2010, 02:09:38 PM
Fact: I was drunk when I made this thread. I do appreciate fiction and I like to read.

bullshit.

ill trust a drunk joe bananas before i trush a sober joe bananas.
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: ikke on April 14, 2010, 02:12:04 PM
Ehh I like books.Though it does sound lame,usually when a book has been made into a movie the book is usually a lot better.For example,the count of monte cristo was an amazing novel,but the movies all sucked.Althought one that was different,fight club I felt was a better movie then book.
Who sees movies of books they've read?
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: Sofa_King_Awesome on April 14, 2010, 02:36:13 PM

bullshit.

ill trust a drunk joe bananas before i trush a sober joe bananas.
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: Furor Teutonicus on April 14, 2010, 02:58:04 PM
Books are cool.But I can understand that some of the ADHD thugs here are not able to read a complete book.
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: Jaydc on April 14, 2010, 09:12:41 PM
Ehh I like books.Though it does sound lame,usually when a book has been made into a movie the book is usually a lot better.For example,the count of monte cristo was an amazing novel,but the movies all sucked.Althought one that was different,fight club I felt was a better movie then book.
Who sees movies of books they've read?

The majority of people.
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: ikke on April 15, 2010, 06:17:59 AM
Ehh I like books.Though it does sound lame,usually when a book has been made into a movie the book is usually a lot better.For example,the count of monte cristo was an amazing novel,but the movies all sucked.Althought one that was different,fight club I felt was a better movie then book.
Who sees movies of books they've read?

The majority of people.
I find it to be very lame.
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: Jaydc on April 15, 2010, 10:32:02 AM
I can tell people agree with you by the small profits harry potter,twilight and lord of the rings movies made  :P
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: Sikotic™ on April 15, 2010, 10:36:38 AM
The only thing I hate about people who read a book and then watch the movie is how they bitch about how the book is not the same as the movie. WELL NO SHIT!!!!! Of course a movie will not be exactly like the book which is more detailed, you faggot pieces of shit.

I remember when Lord of the Rings came out and for like 2 years you would hear people bitching and moaning about the differences between the books and movies.
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: Jaydc on April 15, 2010, 10:42:09 AM
The only thing I hate about people who read a book and then watch the movie is how they bitch about how the book is not the same as the movie. WELL NO SHIT!!!!! Of course a movie will not be exactly like the book which is more detailed, you faggot pieces of shit.

I remember when Lord of the Rings came out and for like 2 years you would hear people bitching and moaning about the differences between the books and movies.

I hate that shit.People just want to feel important and let everyone know that they read the book.Then they get angry about the changes.Why the hell would you want to see the exact same thing on screen as the book.Thats just boring.I enjoy the differences,I dont bitch about them.Sometimes the changes are for the better anyway.
No lie,I had friends that went to transformers with me when it came out and all they did was hate it and bitch about how it wasnt like the cartoon.I was like,are you fucking kidding me,whens the last time you watched the cartoon,it was terrible,if the movie was like that I would walk out of the theatre.On a sidenote,I loved the transformers movie,but the second one was fucking terrible.
Title: Re: Fact: Books suck
Post by: Sikotic™ on April 15, 2010, 10:46:31 AM
Hahahaha, if the Transformers movies were anything like the cartoon, you would have to be fuckin retarded to watch that shit........or a kid (same thing IMO).