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[wrightway]

*hyperventilating* SHERLOCK SHERLOCK SHERLOCK im so sorry bUT SHERLOCK
*screaming*

You and half of tumblr. I decided to follow someone for their Ichabbie and Star Trek stuff. But the last week or so they've been posting heartbreaking Sharlock memes every five minutes or so.

Also, I refuse to watch GoT until I've read the books.

[largeham]

Also, I refuse to watch GoT until I've read the books.

Unsurprisingly, the books are better (though the TV series isn't half bad).

Can't wait to get around to watching Community, and the new season of Archer should be coming out soon as well.

[Dakota Bob]

So...how about that new Sherlock? not the most promising start to the season, but hey, two more episodes left right?

[Ghoti]

JESUS TAKE THE FTAGIN WHEEL
it's tumblr thE EPISODE WHAT
AAAAAANDERSOOOON
KISSING? KISSING WHAT THE HEWL
AND PUNCHING OMG
*foams at mouth* I mean coME ON MOFFTISSON DID YOU JUST BROWSE TUMBLR AND CRAM AS MUCH STUFF INTO THE EPISODE AS PHYIClly possIBLE
COS THATS WHAT IT IS
*SCREAMINF*

Ahem. I am a little upset abOUT SHHHEEEERRELLLOOOCCCKKK
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[Katsuro]

Also, I refuse to watch GoT until I've read the books.

Unsurprisingly, the books are better (though the TV series isn't half bad).

Can't wait to get around to watching Community, and the new season of Archer should be coming out soon as well.

The books are always better than the film/TV adaptations of anything, for some reason.

Actually come to think of it the oringinal anything tends to be better than the adaptation.

[Witchyjoshy]

I think that's up for debate, still.

There are quite a few things where I read the book first, then watched the movie, and I ended up enjoying the movie more.

And sometimes, it's the reverse.

The fact that they are two different mediums with different requirement for quality entertainment leads to a lot of misunderstandings between fans of either medium.

What works in a book doesn't always work in a movie, and what works in a movie doesn't always work in a book.

[Katsuro]

I think that's up for debate, still.

There are quite a few things where I read the book first, then watched the movie, and I ended up enjoying the movie more.

I do too sometimes, quite a lot actually lol, but me enjoying something more isn't the same as that thing being better though.  I enjoy a number of things that I know aren't very good at all but there's just something about them that appeals to something about me and lets me have fun with it.  And I don't mean"so bad it's good" either.  Also, I find sometimes I end up enjoying more whichever version I encountered first, even if I do have to agree with other people that the other version is maybe little bit better.  Not sure why that happens.

There are exeptions to the rule of course, quite a few I'm sure.  One that springs to mind are the Darren Brown films.  They're not exactly great but fuck me they beat having to try and read one of his horribly written books.  And one area films and movies are almost always better is when it comes to violence, like fights and battles; it's one thing to read about someone getting their head split open but it's quite another to actually see someone get their head split open.

[Katsuro]

What works in a book doesn't always work in a movie, and what works in a movie doesn't always work in a book.

That reminds me something I've never quite figured out.  Why do costumes in comic books and games (particualrly fighting games) seem fine but when the same costumes appear in films or shows do they suddenly look ridiculous?  Why can I suspend my disbelief for one but not the other?  Is it just because films are more "realistic" due to the nature of photography? The only time the costumes don't look stupid is when they costume designer on the show/film has done a damn good job making appropriate changes (the choice of materials and the saturation level of colours seem to be very important).  Even then, they often still seem a little bit daft.

And while I'm on the subject; why can I cope with stage musicals but with film musicals I'm like, "Nope!"  Musical films just seem so stupid to me, but I don't know why stage ones don't seem so bad.  It's not like ones animated and ones live action or something (a good example of mediums where what works in one, animation, often REALLY does not work in the other).  Both are photorealistic for want of a better way of putting it.

[Witchyjoshy]

Are we talking Disney musical, other types of musical, or just musical films period?

As far as the comic book costumes go... well, I think it's the difference in the medium.  One is artwork, the other is fashion.  Costume designs for superheroes in comic books needs to be something that works for a two dimensional page.

Not to mention that artists will design costumes to look good against the backgrounds of their pages.

On the other hand, films have a much more complex array of colors in the background, being real life, and when it comes to costumes, the simplicity of them (or sometimes the complexity of them) will make them stand out like a sore thumb.  I guess.

Also superheroes are tailored to the costume in comic books, but in movies, the costume has to be tailored to the actor.

Of course, I'm no expert, I'm just throwing out a bunch of guesses based off of potential reasoning.

[Katsuro]

Are we talking Disney musical, other types of musical, or just musical films period?

Sorry, should have been more specific.  I mean live action musicals, including Disney ones but NOT animated films.  Animated film musicals don't bother me, though imo they'd lose nothing by cutting the songs lol.

I just can't get into things like The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins.  Everyone on the planet insists they're awesome but I can't stand them.  They seem stupid to me.  And yet I've no issue with the Norse god of thunder showing up and punching aliens in the face with a magical hammer along side a giant green monster and a man in a flying mechanical suit, powered by what might as well be a perpetual energy device, which he uses to perform maneuvers that would kill a human in real life lol.

[Sleepy]

There are very few musicals that I enjoy, mostly because people constantly singing to get a message across is rather irritating.

[Shane for Wax]

Re: GoT- They changed a lot in the show but some of it is for good reason. There's a lot of boring shit in the books you have to wade through.

[wrightway]

Also, I refuse to watch GoT until I've read the books.

Unsurprisingly, the books are better (though the TV series isn't half bad).

Can't wait to get around to watching Community, and the new season of Archer should be coming out soon as well.

I loved the new Community episodes, but I end up muttering "What the fuck did I just waych" through a big grin at the end of the second episode.

[Søren]

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[The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist]

Am I the only one watching American Horror Story?