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> if we want to watch the new thing tonight Which is what 1/2 of the article we are discussing is about: The way we are herded into spending our hard-earned mo
by SavantIdiot 5y ago
> if we want to watch the new thing tonight
Which is what 1/2 of the article we are discussing is about: The way we are herded into spending our hard-earned money on the need for "the new thing" by marketing and manipulation.
Your position is "I need to entertain myself and my kids and they want the new shiny thing", my position is, "You're being conned out of your money for shit you don't need."
I'm being wildly judgemental because I look at people who need "the new thing" as suckers, aaaand I also think it brings us all down, because now all the money goes into paying Scarlet Johansen $50M to make the same movie five times and we miss out interesting/engaging cinematography.
- criddell 5y ago> Your position is "I need to entertain myself and my kids and they want the new shiny thing" No it isn't. It has nothing to do with need. > we miss out interesting/engaging cinematography When was a better time for movies and television? 2021 was a bad year, but before that there were more than two movies released every day in the US. You couldn't find anything interesting in those 800 titles?
- SavantIdiot 5y agoHuh? Well, since you replied: I'm not the one spending $30 on top of my monthly fee to rent some cheesy remake of the same bland film and calling it a bargain. I prefer my fun a little less canned and a little more engaging. But I don't have kids so I don't know how to entertain them, and perhaps I'd feel the same way if for some reason I found myself with four kids. Although I'd probably be like my friends who make board games with their kids and have banned TV (good luck to them when the kids hit 13).