I love all forms of entertainment. TV shows, movies, musicals, books. They're all great. The thing that really sets books apart, though, is that they're so open to interpretation. Maybe you've heard someone say books are like movies in your head? Well, they are! The way you interpret characters and the things in between the lines really makes a book come to life. Reading isn't for everyone, but I would really suggest giving it a try. You might like it(:
Reading builds your vocabulary, your imagination, your ability to think and reason. The act of visualization involved in reading is very good for your mind. You can live many lives in the pages of books. In TV, video and visual media... you see the vision of the director and actors... and perhaps the media conglomerate who produces the film or show. The earlier reference to Fahrenheit 451 (which is the temperature at which paper burns...) is excellent. It is about a future where books and reading have been banned. It is not a free society. People do what they are told or sold. It is definitely not a good future. People should be free to exchange ideas and philosophies - sitting in front of a TV does not promote the future I want to live in - nor should it appeal to you. Read to learn. Read to live. Read to experience...
Because I hate people advertising to me. They don't just advertise in the commercials--they advertise in the shows. You have to be as thin with as white of teeth as these actors, with defined muscles, or you are no one, every program tells us. You must have a cell phone like they do to be cool. You can only get girls if you drive a car like them. Real people don't look or act like TV people, but TV insidiously convinces you of its reality. TV watchers ignore what's true and real and meaningful in their lives to stare at the boob tube. Parents quit parenting and let the TV do it for them. It's really a nasty little device.
And though I read mostly fiction, which we all agree is a bunch of lies, it's fewer lies than I'd get in a hour of TV news, sponsored by companies with a vested interest, presented by a multinational corporation with a vested interest in what they tell you, what they tell you about it, and what they omit. TV is a great brainwashing tool.
The only TV I watch is on youtube, months or years later, with the commercial removed--mostly documentaries.
I don't understand the mindset behind the question. Reading is an absolutely necessary learning tool. Nevertheless the passion and pleasure of climbing into a fiction novel.
I can watch tv and movies. I watch to many. But I still prefer the worlds I create myself.
I once heard a writer say, "Watching your book turn into a movie is like selling your prize-winning cow, and then watching it get turned into bullion cubes." If the writers, who I might add make tons of money selling the movie rights to their books, are talking and LOUDLY SO about how horribly movie-makers translate their books, I'll take that as a hint and at least read the book first. If I like the book, then I'll see the movie.
Read the book Fahrenheit 451 and you will come away with the answer.
Without books, or literature in general, we will be doomed. TV brainwashes you; books allow you to think for yourself.
Read the book. You'll come up with the answer.
Reading is a much more personal experience. It gives you the power to sit and reflect without being constantly bombarded. Television doesn't allow you the time or power to make your own interpretation of the presentation.
I assume you're just trying to be funny because you're bored.
I honestly haven't seen anything on TV worth watching in a loooong time.
Tv shows are meant to entertain. Though, books are too. Yet, when reading a book you can, if one wants too, interpret it in many ways and find deeper meanings. Also, when writing a book, you can express controversial ideas in hidden ways so your readers can entertain themselves and take your opinions in thought without much offense.
Reading is fun, cool, and healthy! TV makes your brain melt out of your ears, I know which one I would rather..... <
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