The Librarian
Banned
I wasn't planning to, lol. I'm back at home for spring break and it's something she picked up for me at Target.
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Halo |OT2| Hyper-Athletic Speed And Mass And Weight and Power
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squidhands
Member
How bout no.
You've reached next level CreepyGAF.
ncsuDuncan
Member
Book first.
TV show (or movie) second.
Always.
I can't stand doing it the other way around. I hate spoilers, and while a book can spoil a movie's ending, a movie spoiling a book's ending is much worse.
- If you watch the TV show first, when you read the book you'll get bored by how much longer each event feels. You get impatient waiting for the next plot point you remember from the show.
- If you read the book first, you go in without expectations and can better appreciate the character development and rising action.
Just finished reading The Hunger Games (good stuff). Trying to blaze through A Clash of Kings before GoT Season Two spoilers spread onto Twitter/Facebook/etc. I unfortunately had the first book's ending spoiled (here).
TV show (or movie) second.
Always.
I can't stand doing it the other way around. I hate spoilers, and while a book can spoil a movie's ending, a movie spoiling a book's ending is much worse.
- If you watch the TV show first, when you read the book you'll get bored by how much longer each event feels. You get impatient waiting for the next plot point you remember from the show.
- If you read the book first, you go in without expectations and can better appreciate the character development and rising action.
Just finished reading The Hunger Games (good stuff). Trying to blaze through A Clash of Kings before GoT Season Two spoilers spread onto Twitter/Facebook/etc. I unfortunately had the first book's ending spoiled (here).
The moment you realise that you have made a huge mistake, but there is no turning back.
Happend to me when I watched Starship Troopers with my parents, dat akward stare.
squidhands
Member
Pretty much, although putting faces to the insane amounts of characters in the Song of Ice and Fire series is extremely beneficial. Not sure why, but I became far more interested in Daenerys' character once I saw Emilia Clarke in the role. ;-)
Zeouterlimits
Member
Definitely for GoT anyway. Gives characters scenes in the show a lot more grounding and context in your head.
Gabotron ES
Member
I'll submit my clip to Duncan if I ever get my internet back, I'll probably submit my Reach's proudest moment... a shotgun overkill while playing Invasion.
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I find this unbearably hard to believe considering you've read the Halo novels.
The Real Napsta
Member
I love prisoner, I vote for it every time it comes up in anniversary classic.
ncsuDuncan
Member
Maybe watch the first episode or two and then try reading the book again? It starts off a little slowly, but once you get familiar with the characters it really takes off. I got through a third of the first book before I finally decided it was as good as everyone was saying.
True. I was halfway through the book before I discovered the family tree pages in the appendix. Would have been really helpful early on.
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I have a bad habit of reading certain books only after hearing a movie will be made based on them. I ignored The Hunger Games until I finally saw the first trailer. Same with Eragon, Watchmen, Scott Pilgrim, Stardust, A Scanner Darkly, etc.
Book first it is.
I'm only playing a couple games each day, but my rank is nudging along. I might hit Inheritor after all.
This is where I was leaning, but thought I'd ask.
I'm only playing a couple games each day, but my rank is nudging along. I might hit Inheritor after all.
I saw the show first, then read the first book. Loved it, but didn't have time for any more (they're HUGE!). Christmas came, I got a really big pile of books... then I remembered that Season 2 started in April. Wanted to read the book first this time.
Finished book 2, couldn't stop. Read book 3, even though I'm way behind on other stuff I'm supposed to be reading. (I stopped there, because books 4-5 are two halves to a whole, and I haven't bought 5 yet.)
A little nervous for Season 2 of the show, because I can't remember what's in book 2, and what's in book 3.
electricpirate
Member
Make sure to watch it with her, it will be a great bonding experience!
Make sure to bring your sister (if you have one) to make it even more interesting, or just for the pilot at least.
You should really read the original work of fiction first in my opinion, just because it's your natural tendency to compare what you see afterwards to the "original" you experienced, and that colors your expectations a bit.
It's like listening to a song you like, and then later finding out it was a cover. It detracts from both version :\
It's like listening to a song you like, and then later finding out it was a cover. It detracts from both version :\
The Librarian
Banned
Rockets instead, please.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Buying it.
ElzarTheBam
Member
No to both but I want to, probably the only gem to come out since flower on PSN.
I think it is to the point in this community you don't have to apologize for being OT. JUST DO IT AND NEVER APOLOGIZE.
ElzarTheBam
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neoism
Member
just played it a second time this morning... sooo amazing. A masterpiece. ne0ism- 0=zero add me! Not sure if I've played with anyone from gaf.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Well you can't choose who you play Journey with, that's kind of the point.
But will add you anyway .
.how long have you waited to post this?
ElzarTheBam
Member
Since I was born.
Premium Quantity.
Tha Robbertster
Member
Just finished mass effect 3.
Did not expect that.
Did not expect that.
Steelyuhas
Member
If there are forge variants as maps in MP for Halo 4 I might not buy the damn game lol.
Gross
Agreed.
That is definitely one of the advantages of watching the show first, at least the first season, and they did such a good casting job.
Richard Madden's Robb Stark just explodes on the screen with badassery in a way that just doesn't happen in the book
Also saves you from being half the people in the GOT threads here crying a river about how some character doesn't look precisely like they pictured, and that's somehow the biggest injustice they have ever witnessed.
Giant central hill is as equally gross. Containment did it right.
thezerofire
Banned
Personally I'd watch the show first. It's a lot easier to keep track of all the characters once you have ideas of what they look like
If you build it....they( most likely Dax and Elzar) will come
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvICQP0OvdU
ElzarTheBam
Member
I'll come alright...
Also, (related to that video, kind of) Red faction guerrilla is an awesome game, cheap too, I recommend it to you guys.
This is true. Nothing more satisfying than blowing up huge buildings. Even more fun so with mechs.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Or just plowing through with a truck.
Then they made the shit that was Armageddon. And then wondered why it didn't sell. Smh.
Driving off a bridge through the roof of a building and getting out by plowing through a wall only to look back and see the entire building collapse. sogood.gif
ElzarTheBam
Member
Indeed.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Game of Thrones sucks.
Red Faction sucks.
Flower sucks.
Journey sucks. I'm not sure about the game, though.
Red Faction sucks.
Flower sucks.
Journey sucks. I'm not sure about the game, though.
squidhands
Member
After reading David Ellis' tweets on how long it took him to install the game, I think I'll pass.
I thought the casting was/is fantastic so far. People will bitch about anything.
Must suck to have such terrible taste, at least you and Dax have something in common!
squidhands
Member
Maybe you should work on how to meet all those liberal chicks at Birmingham Southern. ;-)
bobs...onGaf
Member
We have had like a good half a year without anything concrete to talk about (except like a 4 min vid), the fact that this thread is still so active is pretty shocking. It has really slowed down lately though.
Gabotron ES
Member
Fucking DNS's how do they work?
I'm calling M$ tomorrow :/
I'm calling M$ tomorrow :/