You've probably heard this before. "That movie was good, but it wasn't as good as the book" They never are.
The reason books are superior to movies is because print invokes the imagination more than a passive medium like movies or TV. I discovered this reading Sherlock Holmes and liking it more than watching CSI. Movies and TV are to books what masturbation is to sex.
The popularity of video games also attest to this phenomenon. The video game industry is now larger than the movie industry. Like it or not, people want more active forms of entertainment. The internet is also another bit of evidence that people want more active forms of entertainment.
So, why aren't books more popular? Well, the publishing industry has remained about constant for the last 200 years. Despite what you hear, reading is not in decline. There are some people who simply don't like reading for pleasure.
The whole point of entertainment is to experience what shrinks call "flow." It is that experience of losing yourself in something. It is very addictive, and the more active forms of entertainment produce this better than the passive forms. The drawback is that it is kind of hard to read War and Peace after a 12 hour shift in the factory. You're just too damn tired.
For me, I'm a book man, so I'm going to stick to print and just say the hell with movies, DVD's, and TV shows. They just don't deliver like the books can.
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