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Hello, television viewers! Welcome to the weekend!
Feel free to talk about any TV-topic you want, below is an optional texty to use.

Name
What TV have you watched this week?
Which character would you like to see in a guest appearance on another show?
Would you ever go on a reality show?


<B>Name </b> <B>What TV have you watched this week? </b> <B>Which character would you like to see in a guest appearance on another show? </b> <B>Would you ever go on a reality show? </b>

Comments

[veritas_poet]

Yeah, for real! It's nearly impossible to stay unspoiled these days. Even official sites and news stories often spoil MAJOR plot points just in their titles. I don't understand that. I can see individual people doing that out of just carelessness or even deliberately to be cruel. (Takes a special kind of jerk to do the latter.)

But you'd think official sources would know better!

[yourlibrarian]

Or movies, yes! If you've shown me 24 "sneak peeks" at what point do I not need to see the movie anymore? I hate the way we've moved from one trailer run a few weeks before the movie gets released to a year's worth of news dribbling out and discussed until you think the movie must have already been out and gone by the time it's actually in theaters.

[shadowkat]

Agreed. I feel like I've already seen Thor: Ragnorack.

[yourlibrarian]

I've had to make such an effort not to see trailers, articles and gifs.

[shadowkat]

The thing of it is, I like watching movie trailers...but lately it feels like I'm seeing the film or the best parts of it.

[veritas_poet]

Right? Maybe for movies they think the more they show, the more likely people will be to see it? But it's just the opposite. You've got to tease people a bit to catch their attention, but not too much, so as to make them feel like, why bother? It's a delicate balance of showing just enough, but not too much. Now it's like, HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL SEE AND PLEASE COME SEE IT! No subtlety at all.

I wonder if it's because they know that movies these days are either crappy, too expensive, too much of a hassle to deal with people on their cell phones, or some combination of all three? TV seems to have the quality writing these days. And let's face it, it's much easier to pay $10.99 a month for Netflix where you can binge till your eyes burn out in the comfort of your own home, than to pay $12 or more just for one ticket to one show that may or may not be worth it. And again, have to deal with the hassle of parking and or annoying people. A lot of people can't afford that, especially for poor quality.

I don't know. I think if Hollywood would use their imaginations more often instead of churning out an endless assembly line of reboots, revamps, sequels, prequels, books-to-film (not that I don't love some of those, but not everything translates well to film) and comic book adaptations that are more effects and explosions than good stories, people would be more inclined to pay the ever-increasing prices.

Remember that? Remember when movie writers used to actually WRITE and invent stories out of nothing at all? Remember when you could be transported for a few hours by the magic of Story?

But I guess that's a rant for another day!

[shadowkat]

In a nutshell, why I've only seen one movie in the movie theaters so far this year. And that was with a friend.

In NYC - movies are $15-20 a ticket. It's cheaper to rent them "On Demand" for $5.95 at home. Or watch on netflix streaming or Amazon.

And the text messaging during the show has gotten out of hand.

I'll go see movies that require a big screen on the big screen, but too many of those feel like watching a loud video game.

It's sad. I loved going to the movies ten-fifteen years ago.
Now I find it irritating and rarely go as a result.

[veritas_poet]

Wow, Chicago is up to I think $12, maybe a bit more for IMAX. Sheesh.

Yeah, I hear you. I am in the same boat. The only reason I've been able to see any movies lately is that I'm barely employed part time, so once in a while when I do have a bit of spare cash, I can catch a matinee for $5-6. Other than that, even if I had the money, it's not worth it!

[shadowkat]

And we don't even have the comfy recliner seats to justify it. I tend to see more movies when I visit my parents in South Carolina. There movies are about $6, and there are recliners, and no text messaging or cell phones in use (since if people do it, they confiscate or kick them out).

[veritas_poet]

OH, THOSE RECLINERS! I tried one for the first time last(?) year. I didn't know they had such things! I wanted to rip it off the floor and bring it home!

Wow, SC knows how to do it right, especially on the phone thing. Don't even get me started on that rant. GRRRRR!

[shadowkat]

The suburban movie theaters are better in this regard than the city. You'd think it would be the opposite. But no.