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Mon, Mar 18 2013, 5:19PM
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Which do you prefer?

I'm a music person. I can enjoy a good film (and even some of the bad ones) but fundamentally I'm a music person.
I can sit down and listen to an album from start to finish in silence, enjoy it, and 'soak it in' in the same way many other people only enjoy TV and films.

Maybe some people need the visual stimuli, such as Mrs Fubar. She cannot just sit and listen to something. She either reads, or types on her laptop, or gets bored and falls asleep.

Ultimately, I'd rather sit with headphones on and listen to a play on the radio than watch a dramatization of the same story on TV. Paradoxically I find it more involving.

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Mon, Mar 18 2013, 5:21PM
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RE: Music or Movies?

Music, hardly ever seen any good films.

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Mon, Mar 18 2013, 5:24PM
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RE: Music or Movies?

I love movies but I LOVE music!

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Mon, Mar 18 2013, 5:27PM
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RE: Music or Movies?

Movic.  Smile

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Mon, Mar 18 2013, 5:28PM
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RE: Music or Movies?

Im with Big Chris....it's great as you get a different sense of satisfaction(or disatifaction).

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Mon, Mar 18 2013, 5:31PM
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Movies, movies & movies!  Smile

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Mon, Mar 18 2013, 5:32PM
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RE: Music or Movies?

Music in the car, movies at home, rarely do i have music at home, when i'm at home the tv is always on even if i'm not watching it.

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Mon, Mar 18 2013, 5:36PM
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RE: Music or Movies?

MajorFubar wrote:
Which do you prefer? I'm a music person. I can enjoy a good film (and even some of the bad ones) but fundamentally I'm a music person. I can sit down and listen to an album from start to finish in silence, enjoy it, and 'soak it in' in the same way many other people only enjoy TV and films. Maybe some people need the visual stimuli, such as Mrs Fubar. She cannot just sit and listen to something. She either reads, or types on her laptop, or gets bored and falls asleep. Ultimately, I'd rather sit with headphones on and listen to a play on the radio than watch a dramatization of the same story on TV. Paradoxically I find it more involving.

Sadly, I think the likes of us are a dieing breed... can't beat a good talking book too!.

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Mon, Mar 18 2013, 5:45PM
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RE: Music or Movies?

Most of the time I'm busy doing other things when I listen to music but I also enjoy listening without any other distractions too.

 

What type of media do I enjoy the most?

Music first, computer games second and TV third.

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Mon, Mar 18 2013, 5:46PM
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RE: Music or Movies?

Macspur wrote:
can't beat a good talking book too!.

Correct, but many these days seem to be dictated by computer-generated text-to-speech programs, which I seriously don't like in a major way.

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Mon, Mar 18 2013, 5:50PM
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RE: Music or Movies?

MajorFubar wrote:
Macspur wrote:
can't beat a good talking book too!.
Correct, but many these days seem to be dictated by computer-generated text-to-speech programs, which I seriously don't like in a major way.

Have heard of this, but thankfully not listened to any... local library has pretty good selection with excellent, usually actors for readers.

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Mon, Mar 18 2013, 11:03PM
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RE: Music or Movies?

That's a good question -

Movies are great, but once you've watched one and seen 'who done it' etc. I can't be bothered to sit through it all over again - but with music, I must have listened to some of the 70's albums, literally thousands of times...

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Mon, Mar 18 2013, 11:17PM
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RE: Music or Movies?

Music for me. I sometimes sit for hours just listening and relaxing, you can't beat it.

I love movies but only watch them here and there mostly with the other half.

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Tue, Mar 19 2013, 12:08AM
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RE: Music or Movies?

If I had two hours to kill and no one else is at home, I will almost always go for a movie over music.  I don't really watch much TV, so I will listen to music when I have short chunks of time up to an hour or so.  

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Tue, Mar 19 2013, 12:22AM
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Music.

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Tue, Mar 19 2013, 4:04AM
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RE: Music or Movies?

MajorFubar wrote:
Which do you prefer? I'm a music person. I can enjoy a good film (and even some of the bad ones) but fundamentally I'm a music person. I can sit down and listen to an album from start to finish in silence, enjoy it, and 'soak it in' in the same way many other people only enjoy TV and films..

 

Me too.

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