The Problem with Reality

Re:The Problem with Reality by corysama on Wednesday July 06, 2016 @04:26PM (#12045667)

Yep. TV's are not great at conveying radio plays. But, that's all people could think of to do with them initially. Turns out they are better for content like Game of Thrones. Phones and tablets are not great at playing deeply engaging games like Quake III, but people tried to make that work initially. Turns out they are better for shallow games to fill in spare moments of boredom where ever you are. VR is not good for a lot of games we are used to. This is the experimentation period where we get to learn what it can do differently and discover new styles of games that didn't make sense to attempt before.

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Re:The Problem with Reality by e12e on Wednesday July 06, 2016 @11:38PM (#12047350)

> Yep. TV's are not great at conveying radio plays. But, that's all people could think of to do with them initially. Turns out they are better for content like Game of Thrones.

I get what you're saying, but I think that's a rather terrible way to contrast radioplays and content made for TV. The experience of watching "Game of Thrones" isn't that different from listening to the BBC radioplay of "Lord of the Rings"[r]. I think "The Wire" or "Generation Kill" might be better examples of things that I think work better on TV, than I can imagine them doing on the radio. Or maybe "The Expanse" or even "Firefly".

Doesn't mean I don't like "Game of Thrones", I love the adaptation - but with its many characters and demanding storyline (even for those of us that have read the books) - I don't know. Somehow, while it is a beautiful production, I think it could've worked with a similar script for radio.

[l] Apparently the original series, in its 13 episode format isn't available to download/buy - if I understand it correctly the following Amazon link is to the remaster: https://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Fellowship-Ring-Dramatised... See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_%281981_...

A search did turn up this: https://soundcloud.com/inkmore/sets/lord-of-the-rings-radio

Which I assume should probably be taken down due to copyright infringement.

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