bgva t1_j6jw96t wrote on January 30, 2023 at 9:17 PM

Reply to Avatar: The Way of Water was boring by Movie_Advance_101

I remember looking at my watch in the theater, saw it was at least an hour left, and muttered to myself "Fuck." Visually the movie was beautiful, but they absolutely could've cut at least 45 minutes.

But I think I'm just getting old because I believe a lot of recent movies are about 30-45 minutes too long.

bgva t1_j2yu0tf wrote on January 4, 2023 at 10:08 PM

Reply to They say we're past "social media" and are now in the age of algorithms: the "recommendation media." by retepretepretep

As a photographer who was told Reels/TikTok is the next wave, coming up with video content to find potential clients - in addition to trying to find photography clients - feels like another job atop my bread and butter.

I actually enjoy doing videos, and have been brainstorming for new ideas. But making content to satisfy a seemingly arbitrary algorithm is a pain in the ass.

Never mind the barrage of pop-ups and prompts that feel the need to overexplain everything to me like I'm 5. Just give me the simpler Internet from my college years in the early-2000s (minus the pop-up ads).

bgva t1_j2ytf3n wrote on January 4, 2023 at 10:04 PM

Reply to comment by collin-h in They say we're past "social media" and are now in the age of algorithms: the "recommendation media." by retepretepretep

I'd love to go back to the Internet of about 20 years ago, give or take (Youtube didn't come along until about 06, so I'd lump that in there too).