What should we do next?

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Stephen Vandecasteele <vand195550 at ...> 
wrote:

Steve Van: 
> > > I  will only speak for myself and say I prefer to
> > watch movies without reading the books  
> > because I view the movies as entertainment.
 
Geoff: 
> > Which raises the rather perplexing question - how do you
> > view the books then when they  are the primary sources for the
> > films?
 
Steve Van: 
> I couldn't disagree more. The movies are merely based on the books as stated in the 
credits of each movie. As for the books themselves, I have not read them, do not intend on 
reading them so I have no opinion of them whatsoever.

Geoff:
That really isn't logical. Whether you like a book or not, if 
a film is based on a book, using the characters and the basic 
story line, then the book has got to be the primary source. 
Otherwise, why use the name of the book?

You might just as well give the film a different name and 
write a completely different story - although you would 
have to change the names of the characters because of 
copyright, which defeats the object of the exercise.