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Apr 11, 2014 04:37AM
Whenever I read one of M. C. Beaton Hamish Macbeth books I 'see' the actor Robert Carlyle because he played the part in the TV show, which I saw before I read the books.
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the beautiful starcats are all through the book, and this is what they look like!
I'm with you, Michael. I don't want a picture of the main character on the front. It really spoils it for me. I don't even like it when the author decides to describe the character a couple of chapters in. By then, I have them firmly in my mind and to find out that Joe has black hair when I've imagined him blond is annoying.
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My pet hate, and it happens a lot, is if the main character has blond hair on the cover and is described as red hair inside. Not the authors fault at all, but someone in publishing hasn't been paying attention :)
Sally906 wrote: "My pet hate, and it happens a lot, is if the main character has blond hair on the cover and is described as red hair inside. Not the authors fault at all, but someone in publishing hasn't been payi..."that bugs me too.
I have always imagined the Grandma Mazur in the Stephanie Plum series as Estelle Getty in the Golden Girls.
I love imagining when I'm reading a book, and when they're then translated into a movie, I always go along with some trepidation, hoping that somehow the director has a direct link into my mind and has "got it right!"I remember watching the charge of the Riders of Rohan in The Return of the King and thinking that Peter Jackson must have been reading my mind. It was a very happy moment, and I think I nearly cried ;P
Of course, then there's the moment when it's all different... When the whole family went to the Harry Potter movies, there was always a dissection in the car on the way home. I'm sure the directors' ears must have been burning on occasion!
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Ginny was always a disappointment to me - the grown up one in Harry Potter.
And the Hobbits were a disaster. Although for some reason I did not mind Bilbo in the film of The Hobbit.
Marianne wrote: "Sally906 wrote: "My pet hate, and it happens a lot, is if the main character has blond hair on the cover and is described as red hair inside. Not the authors fault at all, but someone in publishingI have always imagined the Grandma Mazur in the Stephanie Plum series as Estelle Getty in the Golden Girls. ..."
Me too! I was distraught when they didn't use her in the movie. Debbie Reynolds was nothing like my imagination.
I always picture the story when I'm reading and I use the author's descriptions, well almost always. To that end, I am constantly befuddled when readers say 'too much description'; I think 'what?'
Phrynne wrote: "Leonie wrote: "I love imagining when I'm reading a book, and when they're then translated into a movie, I always go along with some trepidation, hoping that somehow the director has a direct link i..."I agree with you about Ginny, Phrynne. I always struggled with how she was portrayed in the movies, whether child or adult. Our (now adult) kids hated it when the plot deviated a long way from the books, particularly movies 5 and 6. And don't get them started about 'Nigel' or me for that matter...
I know that when I write, I have a really clear picture in my mind. Often my settings are based on places that I have been. Movies probably have some influence as well as I write fantasy and some locations are a little hard to visit. I agree with the character comments. I try not to put too much description about the physical features of characters - I prefer to allow the reader a bit more freedom. I tend to put in one or two aspects to give the reader a start and let them take it from there.
Michael wrote: "Leonie wrote: "I love imagining when I'm reading a book, and when they're then translated into a movie, I always go along with some trepidation, hoping that somehow the director has a direct link i..."Love it!!
Michael wrote: "Leonie wrote: "I love imagining when I'm reading a book, and when they're then translated into a movie, I always go along with some trepidation, hoping that somehow the director has a direct link i..."I love it too! Alan Rickman was soooo Snape!
