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Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen

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Post by runn1ng »

kiba wrote: post #67
philangist wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the'generational gap' here is fascinating. I'm 18 years old and I browse the net like this, as do most of my male friends from conversations we've had. The only difference for me is that I don't have porn up while talking to friends.

As a 22 years old, my online life is a lot slower paced than in the movie. I also don't play video games(that often), I chat on IRC a lot, and don't use IM speak.

You use IRC.

No offense, but that alone puts you into a small minority.

Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen

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Post by thejulielogan »

stephengillie wrote: post #36
aroman wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had the opposite reaction to your perceived flaws. I found them extremely true to the rapid and abrupt nature of teenage computer use, as showcased in the first 30 seconds of the movie. That really is how chatroulette works -- you jump around dick shots for a while until you hit a decent human being. The speech didn't seem like filler to me. Perhaps you haven't wasted enough time on ChatRoulette and the like ;)

The dialog is the same vapid conversation that all humans use from teenage to mid-adulthood.

Given that it's a movie about teenagers...yeah I'd hope the dialogue would be the same vapid conversations that all humans have from teenage to mid-adulthood.

Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen

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Post by thejulielogan »

stephengillie wrote: post #34
chatman wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not so well put together. I had higher expectations. Perhaps I miss "You got mail" (Meg Ryan/Tom Hanks).

It's a sign. It means we're getting old.

Ah no, it means the filmmakers are young!

Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen

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Post by jfarmer »

jessedhillon wrote: post #49
leokun wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a parent, I'm gonna go ahead and disregard your frankly terrible advice.

Nice. Don't add anything useful like, say, why you think it's terrible. Just go ahead and post a passive-aggressive, oblique insult at my life experience and what I've learned from it. Bonus points for framing it in a way that asserts your right to exercise an option I clearly articulated and invited you to in my first sentence. I don't know why OP is concerned about keeping his kids away from chat roulette. Seems to…

> Just go ahead and post a passive-aggressive, oblique insult at my life experience and what I've learned from it.

This runs the risk of being pedantic, but that comment was neither oblique nor passive-aggressive. It was just plain aggressive.

Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen

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Post by [deleted] »

discostrings wrote: post #56
billybob255 wrote: post #20

Am I the only one that doesn't really like it? I see all these websites talking about how amazing it is, but it's just, eh. Everything pre-chatroulette was alright and realistic but then a third of the movie is wasted time jumping around dick shots until he magically hits upon a girl who has a quick speech talking about how fake Facebook is. The bond between those two parts doesn't really work for me. And it seems li…

I think this format has a lot of potential, but it's also really hard to do well. To me, this film felt much more like a stylistic proof-of-concept than something that's been realized. Having Noah change the status in Amy's account served the plot but not the story--it was a quick shortcut that got the film to the length that those who created it wanted, but it struck me as unrealistic. This had a higher level of pro…

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Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen

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Post by Claudus »

kawsper wrote: post #47

Seems a bit like "Welcome To The Scene" but less interesting. http://www.welcometothescene.com/ Notice that there are two seasons, you can access the first one here: http://www.welcometothescene.com/download.php

Yeah, I thought the same thing...

And of course, there's also "Welcome To Teh Scene". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scene_%28miniseries%29#Paro...

Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen

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Post by honzzz »

jack-r-abbit wrote: post #14
awjr wrote: post #5

Well I really didn't expect to end up watching this all the way through. Worth every second. Be aware this is NSFW but I'm not sure if the film would have lost anything if the NSFW clips had been left out.

Really unfortunate about the NSFW part! This could have been a great tool to show kids about the darker sides of social media and the skewed perceptions you can have with digital communication... and stuff like that. But I don't really want my kids to see a bunch of dicks. The Chatroulette part could have been just as powerful without actually showing dangling cocks and jerking off.

But I don't really want my kids to see a bunch of dicks.

Your kids will see dicks, period. They can either see them with you and you can talk to them about that, explain possible dangers, emotionally support them and create the atmosphere of trust and openness to make sure that your kids come to you when there is something confusing or even dangerous... or you can leave your kids to see them on their own while you live in some kind of illusion that you have protected them from the things you did not want them to see. That is the only real choice you have.

Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen

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Post by novalis »

That was surprisingly good, 'weak' start but tied it well in the end. If you are reading the comments to check if it's worth the time, it slides well through the time it takes. And it will speak to you, because it does what a good short should do. It makes you think.
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