> A high-gloss product that dissolves into air. Tide Pod cinema.
Wait, what's wrong with Tide Pods?
Casual Viewing – Why Netflix looks like that
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#232I think this also applies: https://medium.com/luminasticity/netflix-the-crap-you-put-up... >A signature characteristic of Netflix’s strategy over the years has been to define genres into microscopic sub-genres and develop content on very specific customer likes — for example “Urban teen geniuses who invent time travel” >There is an unfortunate issue with making things bad and to somebody’s taste — the person whose ta…
I love apocalyptic movies (even ones that are not considered great) but the few I started watching on Netflix were really bad.
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I do constantly have to tap out with the stress in many programs, takes me ages to pick up and finish programs. Many people need tension to drive a narrative forwards, but for me it often gets too much. I remember 80 Days Around the world where peril of missing a connection gave it tension; ever since documentaries seem to have used this more and more. The BBC Horizon episode on Voyager passing Jupiter was so inspira…
The irony of your comment is that Horizon famously went through a phase of making programmes that were all about doom a while ago. Asteroids hitting the Earth, Global warming, food supply collapse, tsunamis, volcanos, etc - and all with portentious narration.
Yes I remember, that and episodes on cosmetic surgery to broaden the appeal
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#234Earlier quoted context omitted.
Podcasts, brrrrr Audio works on the subway, on the bike, while riding a bike, cleaning the house and the big one, driving a car. To get into a situation where you can both watch and listen is much rarer.
The car is pretty much the only time I listen to non-music audio. And I don't drive enough to listen to audiobooks for the most part.
I'll listen to audiobooks while running on a treadmill but not when running outside.
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#235Nowadays, whenever I browse Netflix, I feel like that Bruce Springsteen song, "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)."[a] Sure, there are lots of choices, but they all kinda suck . I find myself wondering, why? The OP weaves an insightful, opinionated narrative that explains how we got here. Much of it rings true. This passage, in particular struck a chord with me: > Several screenwriters who’ve worked for the streamer told m…
There is still good cinema and television, it's just shockingly difficult to find.
The first person who figures out how to sort the wheat from the chaff and does so with no interior motive could be a millionaire immediately.
Re: Casual Viewing – Why Netflix looks like that
#236Nowadays, whenever I browse Netflix, I feel like that Bruce Springsteen song, "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)."[a] Sure, there are lots of choices, but they all kinda suck . I find myself wondering, why? The OP weaves an insightful, opinionated narrative that explains how we got here. Much of it rings true. This passage, in particular struck a chord with me: > Several screenwriters who’ve worked for the streamer told m…
I mean it is also somewhat dependent on how much bandwidth you have free while doing laundry, some people can handle watching the complicated stuff while doing their daily tasks and I guess those people also hate these half-assed shows.
I think it depends on which kind of bandwidth we're talking about. I can follow a talk-show no problem while doing laundry / the dishes / vacuum / iron. Keyword being "talk". But I can't look at the screen too often.
So, watching a sitcom or similar where the characters' body language or facial expressions are important is an exercise in frustration.
Re: Casual Viewing – Why Netflix looks like that
#237I think this also applies: https://medium.com/luminasticity/netflix-the-crap-you-put-up... >A signature characteristic of Netflix’s strategy over the years has been to define genres into microscopic sub-genres and develop content on very specific customer likes — for example “Urban teen geniuses who invent time travel” >There is an unfortunate issue with making things bad and to somebody’s taste — the person whose ta…
I love apocalyptic movies (even ones that are not considered great) but the few I started watching on Netflix were really bad.
Can you name a good apocalyptic movie? I'm really struggling to come up with one. Twister, sort of, and that's neither good nor apocalyptic really.
Edit: Twelve Monkeys. I think that counts.
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#238This is definitely because people are looking at their phone while "watching".
It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. Content made for disengaged viewers is disengaging.
Re: Casual Viewing – Why Netflix looks like that
#239I think this also applies: https://medium.com/luminasticity/netflix-the-crap-you-put-up... >A signature characteristic of Netflix’s strategy over the years has been to define genres into microscopic sub-genres and develop content on very specific customer likes — for example “Urban teen geniuses who invent time travel” >There is an unfortunate issue with making things bad and to somebody’s taste — the person whose ta…
Jokes on them, my thing is bad movies.
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#240Earlier quoted context omitted.
The car is pretty much the only time I listen to non-music audio. And I don't drive enough to listen to audiobooks for the most part.
I'll listen to audiobooks while running on a treadmill but not when running outside.
In general, although transparency on current AirPods is good, I really just am not comfortable with having music or other audio playing in my ears when I'm moving around outside--and certainly not in an urban setting.