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RE: Happy birthday to Wizard of Oz -- the movie
Once Upon a Time offered alternative story arcs to just about every story ever told! I enjoyed their version of the story very much. They did something similar on the TV show Supernatural, with the addition that some mention was made of book characters who never appeared in the MGM movie.
I absolutely agree that books are better--but I write books, so I would say that. The movie version of The Wizard of Oz skipped over about half the things that happened in the book, so it would have made a great TV series, covering more details.
Different things works for different people. Not everybody is a book person. Also, movies and TV does very well at complimenting life. However, the problem is that it too often replaces life for some people. The best we can do is to make sure we have a life first. Books, by the way, on the other hand, can be part of our lives in some ways that could be different than movies and shows can be. So, books truly are valuable. Interactive things can be.
Not everybody is a book person??? Why, we'll just have to make them so! :-)
No, you're absolutely right, although it would be nice if more people at least appreciated books. Both books and video have their advantages, and it has to be pointed out that when I was younger, books replaced life for me--so it goes both ways.
While I benefited greatly from the ability of books to fire the imagination, I remain a big fan of movies and TV shows--and not always the higher quality ones, either.
We can find ways to transition people off?
Transition people off ... what, TV? Human nature being what it is, it's hard to transition people off of anything!
It is like getting people to stop a drug addiction.