OtterApocalypse t1_iuflo9n wrote
Reply to comment by ronearc in When you see an actor who seems familiar, do you feel like you need to KNOW who he played before? by fabrizziop17
I can look up everything just fine from my desktop. When I'm actually watching movies on a screen that's larger than any cell phone screen.
Out of curiosity - do you actually pause the movie you're watching on that tiny screen and open a new window/tab/app to find the name of an actor? That seems a bit unwieldy to me.
Don't get me wrong, I usually have at least two browsers open when I'm streaming vids. One for the video, the other screen for browsing or whatever. So it's not really an issue for me to use my 'non-video' monitor to look up some facts, but it seems like it'd be cumbersome at the very least to try to do that on my phone.
ronearc t1_iufnb3z wrote
In the last few years I've been really mobility limited, so it's possible that I've just become more reliant upon my phone.
Watching things falls into three categories:
- Watching alone: I'm probably watching on my phone or on the TV while also browsing my phone. I'll pick a time when things are slow to look something up, or I'll pause. But it'll distract me from the show if I don't find out.
- Watching casually with my wife: I'll ask her, and if she doesn't know, I'll look it up on my phone, same as above.
- Watching seriously with my wife: Sometimes we follow Drafthouse Rules. No phones, no pausing, lights off, but we can have food/drink. In that case, I make a point to look it up later.
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