I watched "Emily the Criminal" a while ago and really enjoyed it. I found it when it was new and watched it that night and from what I remember the running time was a factor in that choice. I whole heartedly agree that more movies should be and hour and a half. I have too many saved on my various lists that clock in at Tar-length runtimes.
For those over 60, as you age, the smart phone just gets smaller and smaller. I use mine only as a phone, or to answer emails. If out and I need to search for something, I try google, but my fingers are too big (I am 6'3") and my eyes too weak to use the phone easily.
I have an ipad, laptop and mac as well as 3 TV screens. Watch most on TV, then on the mac. then the ipad.
Every once in a while I think about enabling voice on my phone to make texting easier, then I think about the rambling texts I get from my sister. MMM, never mind.
This point, and the dubbing point are spot on. I was some forgettable streaming series (on my computer), and I don't think I realized it was dubbed until the second episode. Oops...
Oh, totally. I mean, this is one of the reasons I remain incredibly Netflix-skeptical. I think it's inculcating all sorts of awful habits in viewers and creators alike.
I signed up on a computer and almost exclusively watch on TV. The touchscreen on my Tesla gets play while I'm waiting for kids sports to finish up these days though.
That said I never multitask with my eyes off the screen. If I'm watching TV I'm watching the TV. I actually go the other way and floss or brush my teeth while watching sometimes and will turn on the subtitles so I don't need the sound.
I've never played D&D, though I have a passing familiarity because I've played some RPG video games and thoroughly enjoy The Legend of Vox Machina. To that end...
GO SEE DUNGEONS & DRAGONS! You don't need to know anything about D&D to really enjoy it. It's earnest, fun, and moves at a nice steady clip. Bit of a formulaic hero's journey, but hey, there's a reason why that formula has been around (and popular) for ~1000 years.
And ladies: it has a Chris. If my wife is any indication, that reason should suffice on its own.
Haven't seen John Wick 4 yet, but I will have some time off soon and will go then. Enjoyed the first three. I also read They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog, which was an interesting read.
Streaming? I don't watch much, when I do I watch on my 34 inch 4 k monitor off my PC (not a laptop). My TV is not wired in even though it is a smart TV. I only really use it for the PS and XBox (so, on reflection, I guess it IS wired in, I just don't use it for streaming, heh).
The last movie I streamed was The Menu. The last thing I streamed was last weeks episode of Picard, haven't got around to this week's episode yet.
I keep meaning to cancel my DirectTV, but keep forgetting. Have not watched "live" TV in years LOL.
Live TV I hold on to for breaking news events and sports. But that monopoly is likely fading in the years to come. I'd be surprised if I still had a cable sub in 18 months.
Kevin Maher, the film critic for the Times of London and who doesn’t strike me as a pop culture-franchise IP-loving kind of critic, had nothing but good things to say about D&D, which is good, b/c the trailer I saw last weekend made it look AWFUL. Anyway, glad I now have a second thumb up for D&D.
My “streaming” is reading - currently the Selected Letters of Madame De Sevigne (Proust in volume 4 of “In Search of Lost Times mentions her) and Volume Two of “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Gibbons. No time to waste time looking at a screen. Does nothing to make my “better and richer.”
“If you’re watching Netflix on your phone, you can’t really multitask”
This. 100%
McBain voice: On a large pile of money with lots of pretty ladies.
I watched "Emily the Criminal" a while ago and really enjoyed it. I found it when it was new and watched it that night and from what I remember the running time was a factor in that choice. I whole heartedly agree that more movies should be and hour and a half. I have too many saved on my various lists that clock in at Tar-length runtimes.
For those over 60, as you age, the smart phone just gets smaller and smaller. I use mine only as a phone, or to answer emails. If out and I need to search for something, I try google, but my fingers are too big (I am 6'3") and my eyes too weak to use the phone easily.
I have an ipad, laptop and mac as well as 3 TV screens. Watch most on TV, then on the mac. then the ipad.
That describes me too.
Every once in a while I think about enabling voice on my phone to make texting easier, then I think about the rambling texts I get from my sister. MMM, never mind.
"Netflix content—overly long and dialogue-heavy—is practically designed for multitasking"
Ugh. "Multitasking" audiences are at least part of why we are losing literacy in cinematic language.
This point, and the dubbing point are spot on. I was some forgettable streaming series (on my computer), and I don't think I realized it was dubbed until the second episode. Oops...
Oh, totally. I mean, this is one of the reasons I remain incredibly Netflix-skeptical. I think it's inculcating all sorts of awful habits in viewers and creators alike.
I signed up on a computer and almost exclusively watch on TV. The touchscreen on my Tesla gets play while I'm waiting for kids sports to finish up these days though.
That said I never multitask with my eyes off the screen. If I'm watching TV I'm watching the TV. I actually go the other way and floss or brush my teeth while watching sometimes and will turn on the subtitles so I don't need the sound.
I've never played D&D, though I have a passing familiarity because I've played some RPG video games and thoroughly enjoy The Legend of Vox Machina. To that end...
GO SEE DUNGEONS & DRAGONS! You don't need to know anything about D&D to really enjoy it. It's earnest, fun, and moves at a nice steady clip. Bit of a formulaic hero's journey, but hey, there's a reason why that formula has been around (and popular) for ~1000 years.
And ladies: it has a Chris. If my wife is any indication, that reason should suffice on its own.
Critical Role!
Scanlon: the hero we all need and deserve.
Haven't seen John Wick 4 yet, but I will have some time off soon and will go then. Enjoyed the first three. I also read They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog, which was an interesting read.
Streaming? I don't watch much, when I do I watch on my 34 inch 4 k monitor off my PC (not a laptop). My TV is not wired in even though it is a smart TV. I only really use it for the PS and XBox (so, on reflection, I guess it IS wired in, I just don't use it for streaming, heh).
The last movie I streamed was The Menu. The last thing I streamed was last weeks episode of Picard, haven't got around to this week's episode yet.
I keep meaning to cancel my DirectTV, but keep forgetting. Have not watched "live" TV in years LOL.
Live TV I hold on to for breaking news events and sports. But that monopoly is likely fading in the years to come. I'd be surprised if I still had a cable sub in 18 months.
Oh yeah, original question: most streaming is best on a large screen, face couch & blankie, best snack to hand.
Kevin Maher, the film critic for the Times of London and who doesn’t strike me as a pop culture-franchise IP-loving kind of critic, had nothing but good things to say about D&D, which is good, b/c the trailer I saw last weekend made it look AWFUL. Anyway, glad I now have a second thumb up for D&D.
Definitely not the best movie I've ever seen or anything, but action-comedy executed at a very high level, for sure.
I just want to laugh these days. That’s my whole motivation.
My “streaming” is reading - currently the Selected Letters of Madame De Sevigne (Proust in volume 4 of “In Search of Lost Times mentions her) and Volume Two of “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Gibbons. No time to waste time looking at a screen. Does nothing to make my “better and richer.”
nerd alert
Sonny, You are right. Busted again. Is there hope for me?
Take Two John Wicks and call me in the morning.