What is your split between reading and watching science fiction and fantasy?

[Rodders]

I'm glad to be watching a little more SF as i've gone back to some older shows that i haven't seen.

Currently watching Blake's 7 and enjoying it a lot. Afterwards, i'd like to watch The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (which i have seen, but not in a while) the Day of the Triffids and Space 1999. Kinda bored with modern TV.

 

[Zach777]

More reading than writing for both. As for watching, now that I think about it, it's closer than I thought. I would have said I've seen more sci-fi, but I can also think of a bunch of fantasy movies and TV shows I've watched.

 

[BAYLOR]

I'm glad to be watching a little more SF as i've gone back to some older shows that i haven't seen.

Currently watching Blake's 7 and enjoying it a lot. Afterwards, i'd like to watch The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (which i have seen, but not in a while) the Day of the Triffids and Space 1999. Kinda bored with modern TV.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea . I have the whole series on dvd . This is actually a fun and entertaining series to watch .

 

[The Big Peat]

Interesting that my life has changed so much since the first iteration of this thread. I was totally a 50-50 guy for the first few months of this year - reading went a little awry, tried to get into a few fantasy things on TV.

As for Sci-Fi... watching, then rewatching, Cowboy Bebop probably puts me at 80-20 for watching Sci-Fi to reading it.

 

[psikeyhackr]

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea . I have the whole series on dvd . This is actually a fun and entertaining series to watch .

The inspiration for sparking and exploding control consoles on Star Trek. I saw the movie at the theater with my father.

 

[Bick]

My split is 98% reading SFF, to 2% watching it.

 

[Swank]

I'm about 80%/30% books vs watching.

 

[Erythr]

My split is currently 70% reading compared to 30% watching with respect to science fiction. Whereas in fantasy it is 60% watching while 40% reading. Personal Opinion: I really feel like the sci-fi pool of ideas for movies and TV shows is pretty shallow (AI, time-traveling, Entering Video games, and science monsters) when compared to fantasy movies and TV shows which have a very wide range of themes. And it is exactly the opposite when it comes to books. More creative concepts for sci-fi while less for fantasy.

 

[Bick]

I'm about 80%/30% books vs watching.

Do you get someone to pitch in for the extra 10% ?

 

[Rodders]

Watching by proxy?

 

[Swank]

Do you get someone to pitch in for the extra 10% ?

No. I always give 110%.

 

[bretbernhoft]

I'm about 25% reading and 75% watching. Given that I stream a lot of video game playthroughs on YouTube, most of which are science fiction and/or fantasy uploads. But without YouTube videos considered, I'm about 40% reading, and 60% watching.

 

[paranoid marvin]

Given that we only used to have 4 channels, and mostly there was no scifi on (apart from the SW/ST movies at Christmas) it was nearly all reading. Nowadays with access to loads of new (and loads of old) tv series and all pretty much all the movies on demand it's gone much more in the opposite direction. Which is a shame to some extent.

 

[chongjasmine]

Since somewhere early this year, I gave up on watching shows. So, for me my spilt is now 99% reading over watching.

 

[Rodders]

I would love to give up TV and read at home. TV is so quick and easy, i swear it should be classified as an addiction.

 

[psikeyhackr]

I would love to give up TV and read at home. TV is so quick and easy, i swear it should be classified as an addition.

I am starting to think that audiobooks are almost as bad. It is getting to the point that I can't drive without a book playing. Maybe I should see a shrink.

 

[Rodders]

I don’t think that’s as bad as telly, at least there is still play with imagination with an audio book.