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Avistew · 07/07/2010, 05:43 am

I first read the subject line in the same way as Javi.
I think there are plenty of terrible books written after movies. A fair amount of bad movies based on books, too. Some good movies.

Movies and books are different and tell their story differently. I think people don't keep it in mind enough. You can't just copy-paste from one to the other...

Also, I think movies are more of a match for short stories. It seems to me a lot of novels would work better as a series or miniseries. Obviously, that would cost more and bring in less money, so you can't be surprised it happens more rarely.

07/07/2010, 05:43 am	#17
Avistew I<3>1 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: France Posts: 5,051	I first read the subject line in the same way as Javi. I think there are plenty of terrible books written after movies. A fair amount of bad movies based on books, too. Some good movies. Movies and books are different and tell their story differently. I think people don't keep it in mind enough. You can't just copy-paste from one to the other... Also, I think movies are more of a match for short stories. It seems to me a lot of novels would work better as a series or miniseries. Obviously, that would cost more and bring in less money, so you can't be surprised it happens more rarely.