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Originally Posted by Fbone
Sometimes I prefer to watch the movie rather than read the corresponding book. This is especially so for science fiction where much of the story is visual. It also removes the filler material and info dumps.
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In most cases I prefer to read the book first. I'm OK if the movie deviates from the book, particularly if its done very well. I simply choose to think of it as being a variation on the original. (Think -- the recently published books using Jane Austen's characters.)
My daughter is like you when it comes to SF. She won't read the books, but likes movies. When I asked her why, she says it's because of the vocabulary. When she comes to a word that she doesn't recognize, she doesn't know if it's a person, a place, a tool, or what. In a movie, when a character picks up a thing called a "phaser", aims it at someone, and an energy ray comes out the front, she knows exactly what it is.