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You can also prefer to not like subtitles, and watch films dubbed from their original language. You can also prefer to not like black & white films, and watch

You can also prefer to not like subtitles, and watch films dubbed from their original language. You can also prefer to not like black & white films, and watch the colorized versions done decades later. You can also prefer not to see nudity, violence, or profanity, and watch the edited-for-TV versions of those films. Finally you can prefer a totally different story or shot composition or artistic choices altogether, and ask Generative AI to recreate, reedit, or augment scenes to your preference. All of these are valid preferences and we have the technology to facilitate them for you. But 1) They should never be the default on any technology you acquire. That's the PRIMARY sin of all of the technologies mentioned by OP - it's not that they exist, it's that they're on by default, and since most humans never change the default settings on ANYTHING they change, they experience content in a way that as not intended by the original artist behind the vision. And 2) Well, this is subjective, and everything is a spectrum. But you are ultimately robbing yourself of the specific experience intended for you by the creator of the film. It's certainly within your right not to care and think that you know better than them, but on a spectrum of that philosophy, carried out across all of society, it's probably not a good thing.

WheatMillington 3y ago
Oh look the exact type of shaming OP was talking about.
- russelg 3y ago
  And so they should be shamed. There are professionals working on every aspect of a film, and these options just shit all over their work, ruining their intended vision. Now if you're talking about watching YouTube or similar content then it's a different story.
  - LeoPanthera 3y ago
    "Vision" implies that there is a choice. How many feature films have been made at a frame rate other than 24fps? Ever since the sound era, I suspect you can count them all on your fingers. So I don't buy this "vision" argument. It's just holier-than-thou. Directors choose 24fps because it's literally the only option. It's no choice at all. Forcing me to watch your movie as a jerky motion-sickness-inducing mess? I will indeed, to use your words, shit on it.
elzbardico 3y ago
The default should be what is more popular. The connoisseurs are probably savvy enough to change the settings from those defaults. Most people don't give a damn about those things. They just want to be entertained, maybe they have other hobbies where they can exercise their particular snobbism, and movies are not particularly important for them as an art form or they don't care much about art at all.

WheatMillington 3y ago

Oh look the exact type of shaming OP was talking about.

russelg 3y ago
And so they should be shamed. There are professionals working on every aspect of a film, and these options just shit all over their work, ruining their intended vision. Now if you're talking about watching YouTube or similar content then it's a different story.
- LeoPanthera 3y ago
  "Vision" implies that there is a choice. How many feature films have been made at a frame rate other than 24fps? Ever since the sound era, I suspect you can count them all on your fingers. So I don't buy this "vision" argument. It's just holier-than-thou. Directors choose 24fps because it's literally the only option. It's no choice at all. Forcing me to watch your movie as a jerky motion-sickness-inducing mess? I will indeed, to use your words, shit on it.

elzbardico 3y ago

The default should be what is more popular. The connoisseurs are probably savvy enough to change the settings from those defaults. Most people don't give a damn about those things. They just want to be entertained, maybe they have other hobbies where they can exercise their particular snobbism, and movies are not particularly important for them as an art form or they don't care much about art at all.