In anime, you should expect repetitive exposition. Can it be that Netflix has gained this power, too?

Metal Gear????

To the point that it's a meme.

Nani?

The constant restating on Youtube is to pad out their video and get more ad spots. I also immediately dislike and hide them because of that.

That’s a good point, I agree for anime it is probably stylistic like some comic book movies are comic-y.

Often it’s a localization issue too. Japanese dialogue doesn’t translate easily to English, it’s usually longer and has more layers of formality that English can’t express. And they often aren’t allowed to cut the content, so they have to make the English super wordy and explainy to match the long winded mouth flaps.

Also the more repetition the more room on the page for ad spots. Same reason so many Youtubers restate the same shit almost verbatim over and over and over; it pads the video so Youtube can cram in more ad spots.

SEO was inevitable. That what is optimal to be seen in a search is not what is most useful for the end user is a failure of search engine algorithms to properly penalize that shit.

The last season being a big mess aside, it was 100% guilty of re-explaining the plot, not just the recaps. Together with those unnecessary "LET ME EXPLAIN" scenes, like Robin using vinyls to explain a very basic concept. They really treated us like idiots. 

I agree with what you're saying (aside from comparing that really awful episode to Shadowrun), but that's not what went on in Stranger Things. It was just....

From the very first episode, I asked if they had changed writers because the dialogue was so different, so bad, and so predictable--all of which only grew worse with each passing episode. And when each character had their turn to explain who they are and how they feel, it fit the same exact pattern every time. It was just really bad writing.

All that said, I don't think the last season was terrible. I expected it to be a lot worse than it was. The actual plot and ending of the story, I thought were perfectly mediocre and fine. It was ruined by the dialogue.

Most are even marked with ominous elevator music for your convenience.

Lemmy/Piefed is an echo chamber, and has some structural issues like Reddit. But there's no algo, no advertising, nor constant phone notifications.

And, uh, no billionaires warping "open" discourse.

To me, it's a time black hole, worse than old forums. But it's not nearly as bad as (say) Discord or anything Facebook owned.

You tell me:

-are you getting ads/shorts/brainrot shoved in face every single second?

-is the public on lemmy tolerant of sexoffenders? Nazis?

-ads? (Yes, I initially misspelled it as “adds” this guy right here)

-do you have superfluous bs following you around?

I think not.

It can. Depends on how you use it. Wear gloves and goggles when handling .ml and political memes on .world and such.

XD

Idiocracy (2006)

Can't right now, ow my balls is on.

I can't stand short videos. I won't even watch videos that aren't an hour or longer myself. I don't get these shorts, it's so unsatisfying.

If someone starts a movie and immediately pulls their phone out or starts cleaning, that’s on them.

And movies absolutely should not be made to cater to addiction. Nothing should, except for something explicitly designed to help people recover from addiction.

When movies have a good idea and are given the proper attention to make them well, regular people won’t be checking the time or reading blogs when they become bored. The problem is that studios say that, good idea or not, proper attention to the craft or not, we’re making this many movies this year. We’re lucky if a few of those movies are something future generations would consider good.

Matt Damon is suggesting that movies be made even worse than they already are.

If you watch shitty movies, yes. There are still plenty of good movies being made.

lol yea, toootally nothing to do with it. That's why nobody ever talks about great movies, and movies toooootally aren't getting longer nad longer... yep, totally not a quality to attention thing.

Not like there are legendary movies that are several hours long that people still watch... Yep, quality has nothing to do with how long people stay engaged with movies!

I feel like it's both, but it also comes down to if I care enough to skip through the rehash.