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The Book is Always Better Than the Movie
Is it…? More importantly, why does that matter?
Whether it’s Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, or GOT, the debate of “The Book vs. Movie” will live on through as long as there is another format to take in the story from. For some odd reason, humans feel the need to constantly be in a state of “what’s better-ism”.
Presented for your consideration, how about the idea that this debate doesn’t really matter.
Mankind has always told stories. These tales are the connection we have to the past and their telling has been consistent through the existence of mankind.
Our earliest cave dwelling ancestors left their version of stories on the wall. Come to think of it; could we postulate that small children draw on the walls as proof that even our simplest functioning brains require that we “tell the story”?
Movies or books…
The medium in which we absorb the story shouldn’t be up for debate. Each one has its own virtues. The real point to be made is that the story does get told — That there is ultimately a person taking it in.
I’d imagine that if the great Library of Alexandria was still around into the 80’s and 90’s, they would have taken in VHS tapes and make copies of them. They would continue…
