(Hope you don't mind me nosing in. I've lurked around here for an awful long time, and find your posts thought-provoking.)
The biggest image in my head right now is of people, one hundred years from now, discussing the same topic, and people pointing out that books were only used back in the days because people didn't have the technology to Sim-like fiction, and of course it is better to use computer rendering to simulate the image in their heads than letting people imagine it for themselves.
And I'm interested in the example you give about the LotR movies, because that can be part of why I was so disappointed in them (but not everything, not by a long shot). I remember going into the first movie all hyped up, and when I came out everyone around me was saying how thrilling it was and I was definitely not feeling the same thing. I'd enjoyed it, but... Only some time later did I realise that the trouble was that I saw what I could only describe as an action movie, while the books were something else with some action. So, you could say that the movie on the screen not matching the movie in my head did make me somewhat not enjoy the movie I actually saw.
Also, (and I'm all over the place) it's interesting to note that Christopher Lee (I think) said that one of the great things of doing the movies was that there was going to be a new generation that would grow up thinking that he was Saruman, or something of the kind. Eh... Not that it's any way relevant to the topic.
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Date: 2006-12-15 09:45 pm (UTC)The biggest image in my head right now is of people, one hundred years from now, discussing the same topic, and people pointing out that books were only used back in the days because people didn't have the technology to Sim-like fiction, and of course it is better to use computer rendering to simulate the image in their heads than letting people imagine it for themselves.
And I'm interested in the example you give about the LotR movies, because that can be part of why I was so disappointed in them (but not everything, not by a long shot). I remember going into the first movie all hyped up, and when I came out everyone around me was saying how thrilling it was and I was definitely not feeling the same thing. I'd enjoyed it, but... Only some time later did I realise that the trouble was that I saw what I could only describe as an action movie, while the books were something else with some action. So, you could say that the movie on the screen not matching the movie in my head did make me somewhat not enjoy the movie I actually saw.
Also, (and I'm all over the place) it's interesting to note that Christopher Lee (I think) said that one of the great things of doing the movies was that there was going to be a new generation that would grow up thinking that he was Saruman, or something of the kind. Eh... Not that it's any way relevant to the topic.