Are script writers out of their own ideas anymore? Every new movie I see previews for anymore seems to be based off a book. I'm tired of that. I'm tired of seeing these great books turned into big screen movies, tv movies, tv series... Etc. I mean really, what is the need for turning every good book into a movie? It makes the majority of people get lazy and not read the actual books. Are authors just that desparate for money? What ever happened to writing for the love of writing, not for selling it to the film industry for mondo-bucks. Not to mention, a movie leaves out so much and sometimes is completely shitty, example A: Queen of the Damned. Great book. That movie was an insult to it.
Another thing that bugs me is Twilight. No, I have not read the series. I didn't know about the books until the movie came out. I saw previews with the movie and it wasn't my cup of tea. I somehow was forced into watching it and it sucked. The movie was stupid. I'm a big vampire fiction fan and nothing from the movie even screamed vampire. They had maybe two traits in common and nothing else followed vampire myths. This made me not want to read the books, aside from preferring to read more mature books anyways. Teen books don't appeal to me now that I'm not a teen. Weird. This wasn't meant to be "Why Twilight Sucks" area though. What pisses me off now, is that because of the teenie boppers and Twilight fanatics, it seems that every big vampire series is hitting the film scene. All because Twilight made vampire "cool" for media. Why didn't Anne Rice do this? I finally, years after reading the book and a few months of owning it, watched Interview With the Vampire and it was good. Why didn't that make vampires good enough to be what so many people now love? That movie was way better then Twilight. No, Twilight makes vampires a craving for people and now it seems like everyone is going, "Twilight was so successful that I bet I can put my work out to film and make just as much cash from it!" It just bugs me.
If I ever get published, I don't see myself ever selling my series to film. Yes, money is tempting but to me, my writing should be enough to please me. As long as I have just a few people who enjoy my writing, the film industry can shove it's offers, if it would happen to me. I don't want my books to only be popular because it was a movie or on tv. It feels like a cheap way to get known. I want to be able to take pride in my writing and it's following for my books just being that good.
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