You know Mr. Sylt Stryder, flattery will get you everywhere. I have also read your posts and found you an intelligent and reasonable fellow.

For those reasons, I apologize persoanlly to the OP for any remarks I made. I have a cynical side to me that is often indifferent to other people, and I respond to unmalevolent statements I disagree with in a very malevolent way.

And just as it is wrong to dismiss books without adequate reason, it is wrong to dismiss the a movie of the same subject without that same reason.

So here is my argument against why we should not have a TES movie.

The Elderscrolls is a game. And despite my admiration of books, from what excerpts I have read, the Elderscrolls novels were themselves fairly poor representations. I feel a movie would suffer the same problems and more so. I pose the same question as you, why would you want to read a book when you can watch a movie, why would you watch a movie when you can play the very character you are watching on the screen?

Also, it is a fantasy world. To put real actors into orc, elf, or troll make up, and to use special effects to replicate the physical manifestations of magic use would create a level of unreality that is hard to ignore, and the more successfuly this is done, the more it will resemble the Lord of the Rings.

So, in order to avoid that, I would instead try the animated route. However, just as a live action TES would resemble LOTR, an animated version might resemble Avatar.

I only consider these to be bad as imitation of a previously popular movie will lessen the originality of TES, not that either of those two movies were not visually impressive.

Finally, there are so few games that have been properly made into movies that I cannot name one, as a fan of both mediums.

PS. It has occurred to me that I never actually read the Lord of the Rings, but did enjoy (at least for the visual spectacle) all three of the movies. However, I have read all of the Harry Potter books, and seen only several of their theatrical productions. Obviously the LOTR books are of a greater literary substance, but I didn't enjoy the story enough itself to warrant the several hours it would require to read, but would really love to see what it looks like when an orc is stabbed in the face. So I can agree that in some situations a movie is more enjoyable than a book. But if we must genralize I will say that the written one is the greater of the two.

Last night i saw the movie 'Prince Of Persia', based on the game. After turning books into movies, they've started with computer games. Immediately I thought of how great it would be if this would also happen to the Elder Scrolls. I mean, they wrote a book about it, but who reads a [censored] book when you can see and experience the great world and the epic stories of Tamriel on big theater screen? I think it's worth starting a topic about this and ask for your opinion, ideas and wildest dreams about: TES - THE MOVIE.

This would possibly be the worst idea ever.

This will be my last post, I don't want this thread to turn into an argument on any terms.

I can't argue that he is a person. So was Hitler. Hitler also hated plenty of books.

When you refer to what is arguably the greatest invention of modern man as a " **** book" I would suggest you explain yourself, such as by saying "I don't have the time to read" or "I never found pleasure in reading personally" I might accept that, but that is not the phrasing he chose.

However, perhaps he was simply exaggerating for the point of hyperbole, perhaps he is young, or he has another reason why he might use that phrase for a purely theatrical purpose. But I find it literally (heh) offensive and see an indifference to reading as a cause of concern in modern society