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The book was aight but the cave paintings and hieroglyphics were so much better. I rode my pennyfarthing to the cave and drank a few PBRs while I read the cave paintings. It was the first iteration of GoT. Everything since has been typical mainstream garbage for brainless people. I'm so jealous of people who haven't read the paintings yet. I'll never get back that first time experience.

Gonna go blog about it.

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04-02-2013 , 11:59 PM

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NLS,

I agree that book is usually >>> movie but certainly not 100%. I much preferred the movie The Shining to the book. Maybe because horror is more effective when it's visual. There are probably other examples.

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04-03-2013 , 12:10 AM

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toddw8

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Fight Club is much better as a movie than a book.

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04-03-2013 , 12:12 AM

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digables

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plenty of movies are > books

also movies in general > books

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04-03-2013 , 12:17 AM

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BobboFitos

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Man I really thought Infinite Jest as a movie was better.

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04-03-2013 , 12:19 AM

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TheDean1

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movies are always better than books. if i want to hear a story i'll take the version that i can absorb in 2 hours or less that comes with pretty pictures. when i try to read novels i end up zoning out on the same paragraph for 10 mins. i do not understand the appeal.

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04-03-2013 , 12:21 AM

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Krayz

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I'm sorry Dean, but that's really sad

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04-03-2013 , 12:21 AM

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72off

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Spoiler:

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04-03-2013 , 12:22 AM

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digables

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great books are great

tons of writers though are so verbose and self-important and makes reading unenjoyable

i prob enjoy like 10% of fewer of books than most people

i'll often try a book people say is awesome and just think it's trash within 15 minutes

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04-03-2013 , 12:23 AM

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Shark Sandwich

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Man I really thought Infinite Jest as a movie was better.

The Decemberists brought the Eschaton incident to the screen pretty impressively imo

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04-03-2013 , 12:23 AM

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Krayz

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my cousin's husband apparently got this on Netflix the other day

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04-03-2013 , 12:24 AM

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PlzBeALevel

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There are lots of examples of stuff on screen being better than the books (yes GOT is one) but citing One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is just lol, idc how good you think the movie is.

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04-03-2013 , 12:24 AM

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I'm sorry Dean, but that's really sad

well then enlighten me on what i'm missing. i used to read a ton as a kid and for the life of me i can't remember what i liked about it. at a certain point it became impractical due to the time and focus required to complete a book.

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04-03-2013 , 12:24 AM

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harry potter books are some of the only long books i enjoyed
that bird knows how to write

come at me bros

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04-03-2013 , 12:25 AM

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Phildo

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internet generation itt

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04-03-2013 , 12:27 AM

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btw i studied and read a lot of philosophy/literature in college

there are some amazing philosophical writers, but most of them blow and are boring as hell

bataille

kant, boring as ****, just needed to stfu

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04-03-2013 , 12:28 AM

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Shark Sandwich

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This might be the worst post oat, and I can only assume you've entered a trolling contest or something

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04-03-2013 , 12:29 AM

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was kant the guy who hypothesized that you should never, ever lie? i had that guy as a huge clown.

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04-03-2013 , 12:30 AM

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GoT is like 2 and a half books of half decent writing and 2 and a half books of an old man with oncoming dementia rambling on with little purpose.

Show ldo crushes.

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04-03-2013 , 12:30 AM

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I wonder what Karak's favorite book is.

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04-03-2013 , 12:30 AM

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PlzBeALevel

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Don't think Dean is trolling but just a grievously awful opinion, ldo.

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04-03-2013 , 12:31 AM

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Shark Sandwich

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I didn't realize PBAL was a Dids gimmick

Last edited by Shark Sandwich; 04-03-2013 at 12:32 AM. Reason: Re: GOT opinion

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04-03-2013 , 12:31 AM

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TheDean1

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This might be the worst post oat, and I can only assume you've entered a trolling contest or something

no, i'm not trolling. i enjoy reading but only if i'm learning something. i don't enjoy novels. humor me and explain how this makes me an inferior human being to you.