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> I can't imagine staying 3 hours in a crowded room looking at a robot or a computer screen, even if it produces great music. May I introduce you to the runtim
by ben_w 4mo ago
> I can't imagine staying 3 hours in a crowded room looking at a robot or a computer screen, even if it produces great music.
May I introduce you to the runtime of The Lord of the Rings films?
Also the American Federation of Musicians' campaign against "robot" musicians replacing live musicians in movie theatres? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/musicians-wage-war-against-evil-robots-92702721/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/musicians-wage-war-ag...
- rmunn 4mo agoOne of my college buddies, when getting set up for a marathon viewing of the trilogy (extended editions, naturally), referred to it as "twelve hours of butt-numbing Tolkien goodness". Exact words: it was more than 20 years ago but that phrase was so evocative it stuck in my memory.