• gerryflap@feddit.nl
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    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

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    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.

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    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?

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      *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.

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

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

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      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.

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    Theaters and opera, too. I’m sure the actors will be willing to work 50-70% of the time if we help them negotiate the same pay per performance.

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      YouTube added customisable speeds recently!

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

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        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

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    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.