You wanna know what grinds my gears? Thinking that only fictional stories on film are worthwhile.
This belief has been around a long time. But it still aggravates me. There's a large contingent of people out there who feel that novels, comic novels, and video games on their own are not entertaining, but . . . if they are converted to a movie, a television series, or some film format, then it's worth following, like somehow, being on film legitimizes a work of art.
This I sometimes agree with. Sometimes, I prefer the movie version of a book. Not often, but some stories work better on celluloid than text.
However, I keep seeing people again and again (and again) keep clamoring for a movie of a book series, or an anime of a manga series, or a film of a video game time and time again.
Well, I already know the answer to this. It's because people don't like using their imaginations. With a film, the images and music and sound effects are already done for you. Now, I will say this; if a film is so well made, it exceeds what you are capable of imagining, I can see why someone would prefer a movie to a book. I've stated before that I prefer the anime versions of Trigun and Death Note because their anime counterparts were much more engaging to me. Also, although overall, I prefer The Lord of the Rings in novel format, I will say, the battle sequences really come to life in the Peter Jackson films, more so than I could imagine from Tolkien's prose.
But now comes the part that truly mystifies me; why some people clamor for a film of a video game. Now, this argument may've made sense back in the 1980s and 1990s, when video game production values were still limited. Imagine how excited kids must've felt when they learned there were Sonic the Hedgehog cartoons airing in 1993. However, this doesn't make sense anymore. Games have the same things movies have: music, sound, imagery, acting, et cetera. Some games have production values that rival huge budget Hollywood movies. And yet, they still want a film of some kind.
Like for instance, look at all the people who keep begging for a Little Busters anime. The visual novel/game already has images, sound, music, voice-acting, and a complete story. What could an anime do? Showcase animation? Aside from that, what could it add? Sure, I wouldn't mind seeing an anime adaptation of LB, but it wouldn't kill me if there wasn't either, because I'm enjoying the VN just fine.
Despite what a lot of people believe, books are not always boring. Video games can function as art. I'm just saying, if you want to spend your free time enjoying yourself, remember, there's more than movies and tv shows in the world. That's all I'm asking.
