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[-] EfreetSK@lemmy.world 189 points 3 weeks ago

Why waste time like this? Wouldn't it be better if cinemas would use vertical screens where a popular youtuber would describe the plot of the movie in like 30 seconds while talking at 2x speed?

[-] Quokka@quokk.au 68 points 3 weeks ago

Or they could put subway surfers on the bottom half of the screen.

[-] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

What is a subway surfer

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[-] Luccus@feddit.org 39 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

*an AI describes part of a scene in a movie, badly.

And the title is something like “HE USES SUPERPOWERS TO SAVE HIS FRIEND #MOVIE #FILM #CINEMA #SHORTS”. Also, the name of the channel is any two word combination of: movie, cinema, star, summary, domain or reels. And each upload is either 15 to 25 minutes or a short and the channel uploads something every day.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

And the audience comments could scroll by on the side! Brilliant!

[-] istdaslol@feddit.org 149 points 3 weeks ago

And also add a subway surfer with family guy funny Momentes for the ultimate goldfish experience

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 50 points 3 weeks ago

And a live comment section. Or even synced commentary streams by YouTubers you can view on your phone via their Wi-Fi? You're paying to see the movie anyway, so they won't be limited by fair use.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 14 points 3 weeks ago

niconico-style comments that fly across the screen

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[-] gerryflap@feddit.nl 102 points 3 weeks ago

Look, I am the type who watches lectures at 1.25x or 1.5x speed or something. But movies? It'd ruin the pacing. If you can't bring up the attention to watch a movie then maybe you just shouldn't

[-] AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 weeks ago

What if we invented drugs that allow you to enjoy any content 1.5 times faster?

[-] gerryflap@feddit.nl 4 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe that'd just make the content 1.5 times longer and 1.5 times more expensive

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 78 points 3 weeks ago

Why waste time watching an entire movie when you can just read the spoilers and know what's it about in less than 5 minutes?

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[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 37 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Theaters and opera, too. I'm sure the actors will be willing to get their shifts cut by 20-50 % if we help them negotiate the same pay per performance.

[-] ExploitedAmerican@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

Omfg most musical thester people can barely play anything with 16th notes past 120bpm this will not end well lol

[-] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 26 points 3 weeks ago

If you look at old silent movies, they were played at different speeds in different cinemas and projections. There wasn't a standard way to play a movie, no "you NEED to play the movie at this specific speed or it will be ruined". I'm not saying the same should apply to modern movies, but I find it interesting.

[-] breecher@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

That is not true. There was a standard, which is different from todays standard. Which is why it looks funny being played at todays standard, but mostly they get digitally fixed and they look completely natural now.

[-] AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

I imagine in a few decades we might have AI media. You could read a web novel with a fewer or a lot of pictures, or read it as a manhwa / webtoon, or as an anime, or as a virtual reality 3D experience that is semi-interactive. And you could give instructions to shorten or expand it, or even diverge in the plot a little, or change the characters. More like the holodeck with a VR headset.

[-] QuincyPeck@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

So anything except actually enjoying reading a book.

[-] AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe more like someone reading you a book while you can ask questions or give feedback. And maybe instead of just watching pictures / illustrations, you could also describe your own imagination more detailed or give some rough sketches and create your own illustrations to the text. Like a modding feature for books and you can share the mods with other readers.

[-] KAtieTot 5 points 3 weeks ago

Hey google, is this media literacy?

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[-] Honytawk@feddit.nl 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The book still exists, nobody is taking that away. But now you can enjoy it in different media forms.

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[-] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 3 points 3 weeks ago

This is when noncreatives will learn that making good stuff is hard 😅

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago

I hate watching anything faster than normal. I want bad things to happen to this person.

[-] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago

do you want bad things to happen to OOP at 1.5x speed?

[-] Honytawk@feddit.nl 10 points 3 weeks ago

No, more like 0.5x speed so we can savour it

[-] Pulptastic@midwest.social 7 points 3 weeks ago
[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

this user, right here, what?

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[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 23 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Does this person not pay for their ticket? It costs 15$ for a ticket at our theater. Why would I want to waste that money by having it sped up? It's hard enough finding movies that are worth watching in the first place.

[-] nomy@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

The theater here does a half price deal on Tuesdays, two of us can go for like $12.95, it's a great deal.

Might be worth checking in your area, I've seen a lot more mediocre movies after we started going on Tuesday.

[-] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 3 weeks ago

The industrial revolution and it's consequences....

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[-] latenightnoir 22 points 3 weeks ago

I... what? I'm suddenly very happy for David Lynch, that he didn't live long enough to see this catch on...

[-] qarbone@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

It hasn't...caught on? People have just stopped going to movies as much, and I don't think 4 concurrent showings of the new Jurassic Park movie at speeds 1x thru 2x are saving them.

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[-] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 20 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Quokka@quokk.au 7 points 3 weeks ago

YouTube added customisable speeds recently!

I find 1.4 to be enjoyable, but 2x if I need to get through something dense.

[-] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

I usually watch anime on 2x, but I struggle with other media at that speed, probably cause I can read faster than listen to words in english lol. I do watch videos in my native language faster on the rare occasions I do watch any

[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 13 points 3 weeks ago

How much crap are you watching if you have to speed it up to get through it all?

[-] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

The dopamine must flow!

[-] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

this person needs to beblocked into the Clockwork Orange device

[-] rollerbang@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

For obvious reasons this will never happen. That being said, I do the same with most content. When YouTube I use from 1.25 as an absolute minimum to 2.0 a lot of the time. Average being 1.5. For movies/series I tend to opt for 1.25-1.33.

But this all fails when any music is involved - then I dial it down to 1.0.

[-] Soapbox@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 weeks ago

I can kind of understand the people who speed up audiobooks and podcasts. But movies? That's nuts. |

I wonder if OP was alive during the VCR era. I bet they would have loved the FF button. AKA chipmunk mode.

[-] FQQD@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 7 points 3 weeks ago

Jokes aside, I think this would actually be an interesting thing that would get younger people back in cinemas. At least for the absurdity of it.

[-] LesserAbe@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah and what if we played it backward and with the colors inverted

[-] MBech@feddit.dk 4 points 3 weeks ago

About 10 years too late I think. That dumb shit died out years ago.

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[-] RandomTester@lemmybefree.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

for me to come back they would have to:

  • get cheaper
  • be less loud, like I feel like I could have hearing loss after going to the cinema
  • better screen quality
  • less annoying people
  • no ads, seriously. I'm paying to see the thing and still have to endure ads? And people complain about streaming services when cinemas have been doing this for ages
[-] FelixCress@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

This post would fit perfectly:

!opisafuckingidiot@lemmy.world

[-] itslilith 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That community just has posts of people you individually disagree with or don't like in it. Like vegans, or women. I'll pass

[-] FelixCress@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago
[-] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 19 points 3 weeks ago

That community [the community that you moderate along with a carnist community] just has post of people you individually disagree with or don't like in it. Like vegans, or women. We should all pass

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[-] itslilith 9 points 3 weeks ago

No, I don't think I will

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