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For me cartoons are different to books. As someone with a very short attention span, cartoons give me fiction in short bursts. But with books, after a while I begin to think like "That could never happen" and stuff, and as such I suffer when I read books like Harry Potter.<br><br>I have, by the way, read the first two...but by about half way throught the second one I felt like bludgeoning myself to death with the book. The characters are wooden, the style is childish and the subject matter is about something that I really couldn't care less about. <br><br>Magic and wizards? Not for me. Give me a decent war novel any day.<br><br>Films are different as you don't have to think too hard. You have to commit to a book, and if you don't begin to like it then forcing your way through it isn't going to make it grow on you.<br><br>But then what do I know, I flunked English and I hate Shakespear. <!--emo&:wag:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... ailwag.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tailwag.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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<!--QuoteBegin-dcsimpson+Jul 19 2005, 03:32 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (dcsimpson @ Jul 19 2005, 03:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> If I had seen that spoiler before reading the book, I'd have personally come to your house and kicked your ass myself. <!--emo&
--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... ns/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> DCS, it's times like this that make me grateful for your dragon temper. Er, not that I want you to be unhappy, but I welcome support from the cartoonist.<br><br>I do think that phony spoilers can be fun, particularly when they're ridiculous. Hey, wasn't it shocking when Aragorn kissed Legolas?
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Someone told me the end to War of the Worlds, but as nearly every science fiction fan ever has known the ending since they were about 7, it wasn't a real shocker.<br><br>The ones that really got my goatee were when people ruined the endings to M Night Shymanlan's films for me. The only one that didn't get ruined was "The Village", and that's because I was a the UK premier.<br><br>I think the one for the "Sixth Sense" went like this. We were watching it and my mate's girlfriend said "We havn't seen a single ghost yet", to which he replied "Theres one there" and pointed at Bruce Willis.<br><br>Needless to say, he was dog-piled on.
<!--QuoteBegin-Rooster+Jul 19 2005, 06:22 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Rooster @ Jul 19 2005, 06:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> For me cartoons are different to books. As someone with a very short attention span, cartoons give me fiction in short bursts. But with books, after a while I begin to think like "That could never happen" and stuff... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> I would say that makes you categorically unqualified to have any opinions at all about what constitutes good literary fiction.
As I said, "What do I know, I flunked English and I hate Shakespeare".<br><br>Culture to me is using a coaster. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--><br><br>But that's not to say that I don't read. I read fiction, but I have to be intrested in the story beforehand and Wizards and Magic do nothing for me. I like spy novels and Science Fiction novels. I read all of Arthur C Clarke's 2001 series in a weekend. My favourite book is Hitchhiker's Guide. I love war novels, and I am an avid reader of anything by Dan Abnett. <br><br>I'd much rather read about a squad of soldiers behind enemy lines, or a group of astronauts on an abandoned alien craft, or London being invaded by aliens than some kids at a school for wizards anyday.
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Something tells me you might enjoy all the spoof spoilers collected in <a href='http://andrewt.freeownhost.com/forum/vi ... .php?t=104' target='_blank'>this thread</a>.<br><br>(Hover your mouse over the black bars to reveal the "spoilers". Can you guess all the references?)
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