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Science Fiction and Fantasy: Books, Movies, or TV Shows?



Published June 7, 2023, 5:20 p.m. by Jerald Waisoki


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hey guys I'm Andrea and this is my

second video about everything science

fiction and fantasy today I will talk

about the different mediums of sci-fi

and fantasy stories I know there are all

different kinds but I've just picked up

the main three the ones that I'm most

familiar with and the ones that you guys

probably know best - books movies and TV

shows each one really affects how you

experience the story that you're being

told and I think sci-fi and fantasy more

than any other genre really put to good

use

the bad and the good of the different

mediums first let's talk about books

this is obviously the oldest of the

three and what books give you that the

other two really can't is imagination no

matter how descriptive the author gets

you still ultimately have the final say

and with the people and the creatures

and the settings and everything is like

you can even choose how to pronounce

names and terms and you can decide how a

character talks to an extent like their

speed and their pitch and their style it

gets even more fun when the out there

leaves a little room for interpretation

because then you get to go crazy but

regardless how do you tell the stories

presented your version is still gonna be

a little different from your friends or

from your parents or from some famous

movie director who then was to turn it

into a movie as an example I'm gonna use

one of the most widespread fantasy

series like ever Harry Potter I know

you've at least heard of it in the fifth

book the order of the Phoenix JK Rowling

introduces these creatures called

thestrals and the way she describes them

is harry compares them to horses and

then says that there's something

reptilian about them - they're

completely fleshless they're black coats

cling to their skeletons their heads

were dragonish and their pupil is eyes

white and staring wings sprouted from

each wither vast black leathery wings

and Harry thinks they look eerie and

sinister alright if you see the movies

pretend you haven't with just that

description would you have pictured this

something like it were you way off this

is what a whole team of artists and

animators and designers that's what they

came up with based on the exact same

description that you got but I'm

guessing your idea wasn't exactly the

same before the movies and maybe even

still there were hundreds of versions of

this creature another pro of books is

that they have a little room to kind of

introduce their story concept to you

movies have limited time constraints

which means that they often have to cut

out a lot of stuff whereas books can

throw in all kinds of little details

throughout the story or they can even

dedicate paragraphs upon paragraphs to

one specific thing yes I am thinking

the Rings right now next we have movies

probably the greatest Pro in my opinion

of movies is that they have the ability

to grab your attention with vision and

sound the visual aspects of movies in

these genres can be absolutely

mind-blowing

let's take inception for example sure it

has a great complex plot which

translates well into any medium but

would it really be able to capture the

same effect if it were a book the dream

sequence for example with Ariadne when

she like defends the street I mean come

on or what about the antigravity fight

scene when the room is turning all

around and making you dizzy or just the

shores of limbo where the buildings are

falling apart and everything's just

crumbling the visuals are stunning I

just can't imagine that written

descriptions of these scenes would have

near the impact as the movie can as for

the sound of the music the sound effects

the voices everything works together to

create this place this alternate world

take a look at the Rings for example on

top of absolutely beautiful imagery they

have one of the best soundtracks that I

have ever heard it ranges from

light-hearted for the hobbits to

mysterious for the elves creepy for

Gollum completely epic for battles one I

mean I could go on forever

you also have voices for characters and

the different creatures like for example

the horrible grunts and growls of the

orcs Mahmood okay with sight and sound

the fictional world comes to life right

in front of you of course you have less

control over it but isn't it kind of fun

sometimes just to kind of let yourself

fall into someone else's imagination if

of course you don't like the directors

or the actors of the designers vision

then that's kind of where movies can be

a bit of a drawback another obvious

Colin is the time crunch movies probably

faces the worst even if it's not a movie

adaptation of a book usually if a

fantasy or sci-fi world is worth jumping

into it's gonna be kind of complex so

you have to spend some time on world

building that another movie like a

modern-day mystery or romance Quinn said

dedicate to character and plot

development this genre was really not

made for two hours the last category is

TV shows they have the same Pro as

movies when it comes to visuals and

sounds their biggest advantage though is

the multi episode experience most TV

shows have at least one season or two or

three or four or ten that means that the

fictional world has all that time to

grow we get to start gradually just dip

our toes in a bit but then by the end

ideally we've completely lost ourselves

in fantasy these episodes also give you

the opportunity to bond with the

characters so the entire story just has

room to grow and expand a con for shows

though

is that because of the episode format

the story has to be told in segments so

even if it's following a longer plot

idea each episode has to be kind of a

mini adventure not all stories can be

told like that another con is budget

honestly shows don't get the money that

movies do and for sci-fi and fantasy

some of the most important elements are

going to be the inventing stuff the

stuff that you need special effects and

stunts to pull off one of my favorite

series is Doctor Who but some of the

aliens are kind of clunky and it's

pretty obvious when they use special

effects for things obviously this show

doesn't need it special effects to be

seamless because it's just fantastic on

so many other counts but for other

fantasy and sci-fi shows this can be a

serious drawback to enjoying the story

so there are a few of the pros and cons

that I've collected and the comments

section let me know if you guys have any

others tied to these because I know

there are more I'd also like to know

what's your favorite of these three if

you can pick a favorite and why if you

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watching and I will see you in another

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