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I find it very stressful when watching Netflix because I don't know what is going to happen. Maybe they could include the full story line at the start of the se
by rich_sasha 2y ago
I find it very stressful when watching Netflix because I don't know what is going to happen. Maybe they could include the full story line at the start of the series, so I can read it ahead of time and remove all suspense and surprise.
- kleiba 2y agoTrue, but plots are only half the story. I'd be very grateful if they could give me some sample scenes (ideally automatically, so I don't have to go through the trouble of starting them every single time). I mean, how do people even decide whether a movie might be for them without having first inspected a good portion of it?
- bondant 2y ago> I mean, how do people even decide whether a movie might be for them without having first inspected a good portion of it? You can read review of journalists you usually agree with, ask for advice from your friends, check if you liked other movies from the same filmmaker, check if the movie has been displayed in your favorite movie theater or in the movie theater you dislike (but okay, won't work for netflix movies).
- nkrisc 2y ago> I mean, how do people even decide whether a movie might be for them without having first inspected a good portion of it? You’re describing watching the movie. Which is what most people do. If the movie is terrible then you just stop watching it, or if you finish it you can then decide if you liked it or not.
- slfnflctd 2y agoIt's weird to me how the first two replies to this comment completely missed the sarcasm. Do we need to start using the "/s" tag here like became necessary on reddit? I don't like the thought, but maybe it's a different issue in this case-- more of a non-native-English or on-the-spectrum thing than an inexperienced teenager thing? I hope so.
- mst 2y agoBeing English-as-in-UK I often run into situations where my dry/sarcastic humour completely fails to be clear to USians. Then again from the UK POV the leftpondians barely count as native English speakers anyway ;)
- Brybry 2y agoYet you'll find sources that claim spoken American English is closer to historical British English, because of some aspects like rhoticity. [1] [1] https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180207-how-americans-preserved-british-english https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180207-how-americans-p...
- mst 2y agoThose are all claims about the accent (my understanding of said claims is basically "sounds reasonable but also I have no idea what I'm talking about"). I was more thinking about the words/grammar/idiom etc. (also as a Lancastrian I find e.g. Deep Somerset barely comprehensible, especially when the speaker is a few pints in, but their wording is still usually closer to mine than the USians' is)
- euroderf 2y ago(So I guess "Rightpondia" would be Airstrip One?)
- mst 2y agoWe Have Always Been At War With Eurasia.
- tomrod 2y agoSo strange. As a non-brit, every comment I read uses John Oliver or Diane Morgan as an internal monologue and is incredibly witty and sarcastic. To be fair, I'm probably less informed for doing so.
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- scotty79 2y agoThat's where piracy shines. You can scrub freely. You can watch 2 seasons in an afternoon just skimming. You can award the content exactly as much time as it deserves according to you.
- morkalork 2y agoDon't worry, they have got the perfect solution for you. That cool series you just heard about but haven't had time to watch yet? It's cancelled. That's it. That's the story. Now you don't even need to watch it!
- wiredfool 2y agoThey should bring back the prologue and the chorus.
- manarth 2y agoAnd the intermission! They should call it "popcorn time"
- blooalien 2y ago| And the intermission! They should call it "popcorn time" /me sings "Let's all go to the lobby! Let's all go to the lobby! Let's all go to the lobby ... and get ourselves a snack!" Anyone else remember the dancing cartoon popcorn and coca-cola cup?
- 0xEF 2y agoI have them on a tin sign! My wife originally got it at Hobby Lobby, I think. I see them for sale on eBay if you are in need. Ours hangs directly above our tv. https://www.ebay.com/itm/167000652001 https://www.ebay.com/itm/167000652001
- stavros 2y agoWhat, this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWvt3E5a-AA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWvt3E5a-AA
- replygirl 2y agohttps://youtu.be/OAca0JsIQe4 https://youtu.be/OAca0JsIQe4
- bigstrat2003 2y agoI dearly miss intermissions at movie theaters. The theater I went to as a kid had them, and I can't understand why nobody else does. It's so useful to have the chance to get up and use the bathroom, or get a snack/drink, without missing part of the movie.
- adaml_623 2y agoCan you quickly elaborate on the media sources where you do know what is going to happen?
- jsnell 2y agoThe GP was being sarcastic.
- zeristor 2y agoI 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 inspirational to me, but now we just being ridden by TV personalities.
- timthorn 2y agoThe 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.
- fzeindl 2y agoI just wish they wouldn‘t so disproportionally often drift off into extreme sillyness (That, I can take.) or extreme brutality and gore (That, I find revolting. When did showing so much splatter on a regular basis start being considered good film making outside of the occasional Tarantino?).
- rapnie 2y agoA number is enough. You just need know which of the 5 movie templates they used.
- fragmede 2y agoFive? I thought there was eight. Overcoming the Monster, Rags to Riches, The Quest, Voyage and Return, Comedy, Tragedy, Mystery, and Rebirth.
- seydor 2y agoYou should ask an AI to watch it for you
- sourcepluck 2y agoNow you're really on to something - someone give this person some VC money, please!
- ignoramous 2y agoYou kid, but I find myself doing this often for long-form videos on YouTube with Gemini / NotebookLM. Works nicely.
- bitzun 2y agoI sort of unironically agree with this. Time is limited and most tv and films don’t fit my criteria for “worth watching”, so I will read the plot synopsis for media that I think may be terrible, so I don’t have to find out later.