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[–] rollerbang@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

For obvious reasons this will never happen. That being said, I do the same with most content. When YouTube I use from 1.25 as an absolute minimum to 2.0 a lot of the time. Average being 1.5. For movies/series I tend to opt for 1.25-1.33.

But this all fails when any music is involved - then I dial it down to 1.0.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 45 points 13 hours ago

Why waste time watching an entire movie when you can just read the spoilers and know what's it about in less than 5 minutes?

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 12 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Does this person not pay for their ticket? It costs 15$ for a ticket at our theater. Why would I want to waste that money by having it sped up? It's hard enough finding movies that are worth watching in the first place.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

The theater here does a half price deal on Tuesdays, two of us can go for like $12.95, it's a great deal.

Might be worth checking in your area, I've seen a lot more mediocre movies after we started going on Tuesday.

[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 72 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Look, I am the type who watches lectures at 1.25x or 1.5x speed or something. But movies? It'd ruin the pacing. If you can't bring up the attention to watch a movie then maybe you just shouldn't

[–] AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 hours ago

What if we invented drugs that allow you to enjoy any content 1.5 times faster?

[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The industrial revolution and it's consequences....

[–] Tiger666@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago

What is this the 19th century?

[–] EfreetSK@lemmy.world 145 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Why waste time like this? Wouldn't it be better if cinemas would use vertical screens where a popular youtuber would describe the plot of the movie in like 30 seconds while talking at 2x speed?

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

And the audience comments could scroll by on the side! Brilliant!

[–] Quokka@quokk.au 43 points 18 hours ago

Or they could put subway surfers on the bottom half of the screen.

[–] Luccus@feddit.org 33 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

*an AI describes part of a scene in a movie, badly.

And the title is something like “HE USES SUPERPOWERS TO SAVE HIS FRIEND #MOVIE #FILM #CINEMA #SHORTS”. Also, the name of the channel is any two word combination of: movie, cinema, star, summary, domain or reels. And each upload is either 15 to 25 minutes or a short and the channel uploads something every day.

[–] istdaslol@feddit.org 124 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

And also add a subway surfer with family guy funny Momentes for the ultimate goldfish experience

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 43 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

And a live comment section. Or even synced commentary streams by YouTubers you can view on your phone via their Wi-Fi? You're paying to see the movie anyway, so they won't be limited by fair use.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 11 points 19 hours ago

niconico-style comments that fly across the screen

[–] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 20 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

If you look at old silent movies, they were played at different speeds in different cinemas and projections. There wasn't a standard way to play a movie, no "you NEED to play the movie at this specific speed or it will be ruined". I'm not saying the same should apply to modern movies, but I find it interesting.

[–] AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I imagine in a few decades we might have AI media. You could read a web novel with a fewer or a lot of pictures, or read it as a manhwa / webtoon, or as an anime, or as a virtual reality 3D experience that is semi-interactive. And you could give instructions to shorten or expand it, or even diverge in the plot a little, or change the characters. More like the holodeck with a VR headset.

[–] QuincyPeck@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

So anything except actually enjoying reading a book.

[–] AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe more like someone reading you a book while you can ask questions or give feedback. And maybe instead of just watching pictures / illustrations, you could also describe your own imagination more detailed or give some rough sketches and create your own illustrations to the text. Like a modding feature for books and you can share the mods with other readers.

[–] KAtieTot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 hours ago

Hey google, is this media literacy?

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I... what? I'm suddenly very happy for David Lynch, that he didn't live long enough to see this catch on...

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It hasn't...caught on? People have just stopped going to movies as much, and I don't think 4 concurrent showings of the new Jurassic Park movie at speeds 1x thru 2x are saving them.

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 12 hours ago

Not in theatres, yes.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 32 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Theaters and opera, too. I'm sure the actors will be willing to get their shifts cut by 20-50 % if we help them negotiate the same pay per performance.

[–] ExploitedAmerican@lemmy.world 10 points 19 hours ago

Omfg most musical thester people can barely play anything with 16th notes past 120bpm this will not end well lol

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 16 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Quokka@quokk.au 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

YouTube added customisable speeds recently!

I find 1.4 to be enjoyable, but 2x if I need to get through something dense.

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 6 points 18 hours ago

I usually watch anime on 2x, but I struggle with other media at that speed, probably cause I can read faster than listen to words in english lol. I do watch videos in my native language faster on the rare occasions I do watch any