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True, 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

by kleiba 2y ago

True, 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 ago
It'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 ago
  Being 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 ago
    Yet 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 ago
      Those 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 ago
      We Have Always Been At War With Eurasia.
  - tomrod 2y ago
    So 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.
    - mst 2y ago
      You would likely be better with, say, Ian Hislop for me in terms of sarcasm, though while he's definitely a wit, no matter how hard I try I only ever seem to get half way.
  - gilleain 2y ago
    Hmm. As a born Britisher I used to have this attitude until I read 'Mother Tongue' by Bill Bryson. He's an American who moved to the UK and has a good handle on the differences between American and British english.
- yodon 2y ago
  Any time one is tempted to post a sarcastic comment, it's good to re-read Poe's law[0] first. It does in fact always apply when posting on the internet. [0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
  - binary132 2y ago
    I’m afraid that the risk of failing to understand my sarcasm is one my readers will have to take, unaided by sarctags and helpful expositions
    - yodon 2y ago
      What you seem to be missing is that people are reading your post in a non-sarcastic, non-ironic manner and agreeing with it. As Poe's law points out, that will always be the case. Poe's law speaks to the size of the population on the internet and of the range of viewpoints it hosts as a result.
      - binary132 2y ago
        I am not OP; my simple point is that I don’t really care how “people” interpret my comments, and I will continue to write for those who _are_ clever enough to comprehend my intent (which one might imagine most people on this forum to be).
- doublerabbit 2y ago
  /s is would be more of an tone indicator for those who struggle to understand word communication portrayed by text. In this case understanding the context of being sarcasm. It's annoying as you now have messages ending in /hj /lh. Discord especially where the audience is young; but as we now cater to a world audience of those with disabilities and those without where do you tow the line? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_indicator https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_indicator
- delecti 2y ago
  > It's weird to me how [...] Counterpoint, it's weird to me to be surprised to encounter a problem when you knowingly avoid preventing that problem.
scotty79 2y ago
That'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.

by kleiba 2y ago

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 ago

It'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 ago
Being 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 ago
  Yet 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 ago
    Those 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 ago
    We Have Always Been At War With Eurasia.
- tomrod 2y ago
  So 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.
  - mst 2y ago
    You would likely be better with, say, Ian Hislop for me in terms of sarcasm, though while he's definitely a wit, no matter how hard I try I only ever seem to get half way.
- gilleain 2y ago
  Hmm. As a born Britisher I used to have this attitude until I read 'Mother Tongue' by Bill Bryson. He's an American who moved to the UK and has a good handle on the differences between American and British english.
yodon 2y ago
Any time one is tempted to post a sarcastic comment, it's good to re-read Poe's law[0] first. It does in fact always apply when posting on the internet. [0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
- binary132 2y ago
  I’m afraid that the risk of failing to understand my sarcasm is one my readers will have to take, unaided by sarctags and helpful expositions
  - yodon 2y ago
    What you seem to be missing is that people are reading your post in a non-sarcastic, non-ironic manner and agreeing with it. As Poe's law points out, that will always be the case. Poe's law speaks to the size of the population on the internet and of the range of viewpoints it hosts as a result.
    - binary132 2y ago
      I am not OP; my simple point is that I don’t really care how “people” interpret my comments, and I will continue to write for those who _are_ clever enough to comprehend my intent (which one might imagine most people on this forum to be).
doublerabbit 2y ago
/s is would be more of an tone indicator for those who struggle to understand word communication portrayed by text. In this case understanding the context of being sarcasm. It's annoying as you now have messages ending in /hj /lh. Discord especially where the audience is young; but as we now cater to a world audience of those with disabilities and those without where do you tow the line? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_indicator https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_indicator
delecti 2y ago
> It's weird to me how [...] Counterpoint, it's weird to me to be surprised to encounter a problem when you knowingly avoid preventing that problem.

scotty79 2y ago

That'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.