Post #4839916 · Elektrine

2026-09-23 06:06 UTC

@faithisleaping@anarres.family I won’t say better but I will say different. Books take way more time and you have to step away between sessions. For me, words hit more often than visuals and I love a good turn of phrase. Or breadcrumb writing that comes together after weeks of reading a novel. Again, it’s subjective but I think reading is the closest way to inhabit someone else’s consciousness that we have. Audiobooks exist too and are totally different for me. Hearing lines voiced and intoned can open up totally different meaning than what I get from my monotone in my head reader voice. But I also love movies! Good art is good art!

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@faithisleaping@anarres.family 2026-09-23 11:33

@redshift@techhub.social They’re different. And they have different strengths. A picture is worth a thousand words and a movie is 24 pictures a second for 2 hours. 😝 But more seriously, movies have a sort of texture to them that just words don’t. When it’s done well and with care, there can be so much more detail packed in there that you may not even consciously notice but it provides texture to the story. When an author tries to provide that much detail, they go on and on and annoy the shit out of you because it’s all description and no story. But the experience of using your imagination can be good, too. Your brain can fill in the details from a few hints and the exercise gives you more ownership of the experience. With a movie, they show you. With a book, you have both the obligation and the opportunity to fill in those details. They’re totally different experiences.

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