tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post1319574124997362115..comments2024-03-01T00:32:17.498-05:00Comments on Read Write Believe: How Weird Am I?Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-7374998029586884412008-04-15T22:43:00.000-04:002008-04-15T22:43:00.000-04:00Let me just say...BBC's Pride & Prejudice...Colin ...Let me just say...BBC's Pride & Prejudice...Colin Firth...sigh...Sarah Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-91101574012054690542008-04-11T19:59:00.000-04:002008-04-11T19:59:00.000-04:00I may be forever banished for I love Harry Potter ...I may be forever banished for I love Harry Potter books but won't even consider watching the movie. Love Star Wars movies of all kind, but you couldn't pay me to read the book. I love historical fiction in all forms (my favorite being a book on tape, have you tried it? You can get lost in the language and your imagination all at once) Now I've got to go begin my sonnet.Donna Jones Koppelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857811448882017818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-36385904849833935262008-04-09T21:36:00.001-04:002008-04-09T21:36:00.001-04:00(Meaning, I bet you'd really like it!).....(Meaning, I bet you'd really like it!).....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-4712437385866490592008-04-09T21:36:00.000-04:002008-04-09T21:36:00.000-04:00Have you ever seen Shakespeare in ASL? Now, that's...Have you ever seen Shakespeare in ASL? Now, that's a challenge, but perhaps a new way you've not seen 'ol Bill done before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-43857469783939790462008-04-08T22:26:00.000-04:002008-04-08T22:26:00.000-04:00I don't think you're SO weird, Sara. I have quite ...I don't think you're SO weird, Sara. I have quite divergent movie vs. book tastes in some areas. I can read much darker stuff (like murder mysteries) than I can watch on TV (though the older I get, the less I like the dark stuff even in books). And I'll happily watch the equivalent of teen chick lit (Gossip Girl, the O.C., etc., etc.,), but I hardly ever read books like that. I've often thought it odd that book vs. movie tastes can vary so much. It's nice to know that this happens to other people, too.Jen Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10343476550309656223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-16554894025925156302008-04-08T20:29:00.000-04:002008-04-08T20:29:00.000-04:00I love reading everything and I love watching it a...I love reading everything and I love watching it all on the big or little screen. I guess I don't offer a very interesting case study.<BR/><BR/>BTW: Check out my latest post. My seven year old has written some cute stuff!Amy Hanekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948641570199768387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-35911588982635630192008-04-08T17:53:00.000-04:002008-04-08T17:53:00.000-04:00Oh, good. I'm not alone in my weirdness. I'm even ...Oh, good. I'm not alone in my weirdness. I'm even "verging on normal." (Thanks Tadmack!!) Not that I was going to change, but...Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-36542174938800000672008-04-08T17:38:00.000-04:002008-04-08T17:38:00.000-04:00You're SOOOO not weird, Sara!I also don't read his...You're SOOOO not weird, Sara!<BR/><BR/>I also don't read historical fiction, but will read anything that was written, say, 400 years ago.<BR/><BR/>I don't really love movies at all. And those I love are never based on books.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169707337312707247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-67002935232937704462008-04-08T12:22:00.000-04:002008-04-08T12:22:00.000-04:00I looooved Sweeney Todd! But you're right, reading...I looooved Sweeney Todd! But you're right, reading about it? I probably wouldn't have liked that so much.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192628745431017199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-19800430690158797222008-04-08T10:50:00.000-04:002008-04-08T10:50:00.000-04:00No, you're not weird. I don't read much historical...No, you're not weird. I don't read much historical fiction either, because it often seems like too much work. But, like you, I love period movies, esp. Merchant Ivory stuff, and of course, mostly anything produced by the BBC is top drawer.<BR/><BR/>As for kids stuff -- I'm kind of like you; movie adaptations of books I love are usually disappointing. For some reason, I don't generally like animated movies, though I liked Monsters, Inc.<BR/><BR/>You're spot on with Shakespeare. Bring on the mugs and t-shirts!jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07859083373087448194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824466663015731028.post-1143157130178945792008-04-08T08:16:00.000-04:002008-04-08T08:16:00.000-04:00How weird am I that I wrote a semi-historical nove...How weird am I that I <I>wrote</I> a semi-historical novel and don't read them? <BR/><BR/>I am always shrieking about books adapted to film that are done badly. I will tolerate it when the author was at least involved somewhat with the production, but if at all possible, I prefer to read a book first and then watch a movie with the book on my lap.<BR/><BR/>YES: I am a HUGE NERD. It's even worse with productions of classic literature. If I've read it, I want them to utter every word and do it CORRECTLY. (I'm pretty sure in a former life I was some kind of despot.) For this reason I don't see that many movies...<BR/><BR/>I don't like comic books -- but I love comic book adaptations to film, for some reason. Except the ones that I don't, like that whole Peter Parker thing. Yuck. X-men, yes. Spiderman, no. Batman, no too. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, yes, despite the fact that it was weirdly plotless. I was even mildly amused by the hideous Fantastic Four. As you can see, my taste makes NO sense whatsoever.<BR/><BR/>So, no, you're not at all weird in my book. You're verging on normal.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com