What do you do when you're in the middle of a series?Quoting D_Davis (view post)
What do you do when you're in the middle of a series?
I find quitting TV shows super easy.
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Me too.
Book series?
I just realized Duke is probably talking about book series.
Still, the "sample and quit" option is a good one, particularly in Netflix era where you are not paying by movie. I've only ever walked out of a movie once (because of sound issues), but I've quit watching a lot of movies. I've never understood those who criticize Mike D'Angelo, who has a habit of walking out after 20-40 minutes of things he doesn't like. Why not? Life is short.
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The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
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Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
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I've had a few experiences where the ending makes the movie for me.
And yes I was talking about book series.
I'm reading through the Dark Tower right now, Books 1-4 phenomenal. Book 5 was god awful that it took me more than a half of a year to finish. Now I'm on book 7 and it picks back up to the pace I loved. So do I quit Book 5 and stop reading the series? Or do I power through it to the end? I choose the latter. And it worked out.
I assumed Duke meant book series. Those are much harder to quit.
I've quit movies based on the opening credit fonts.
But there comes a point at which the potential payoff of the hypothetical best possible ending is outweighed by the slog of getting there. Also, we’ve all watched enough movies by now to know when something is not in our wheelhouse.
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Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
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Fair point. I personally like the feeling of completeness. It's how I play my video games too.
There's been 1 movie in my life I walked out of. Rep to the person who guesses it. (I will accept general franchise guesses; e.g. Star Wars if the movie was Attack of the Clones)
I'm a little bit more interested in this -- which movies?
Oh jeeze... Blair Witch Project, Certified Copy, Payback, Count of Monte Cristo.....
Inspiration from another thread. The general presence of these actors are a pet peeve:
James McAvoy
Miles Teller
Emma Watson
Domhnall Gleeson
Jared Leto
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Run (2020) 64
The Whistlers (2019) 55
Pawn (2020) 62
Matilda (1996) 37
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
Heroic Duo (2003) 55
A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
As Tears Go By (1988) 65
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I understand 4 of those names, but McAvoy is a draw for me.
At this point, I think Jared Leto is the main reason I still haven't seen Suicide Squad or Blade Runner 2049.
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Stop reading and pick up something else.
This whole idea of sticking with a book you don't like, one that you're reading for your own pleasure, is insane
Book V is the best of the entire series, and the best single book King has ever written. Read it seven times now, and it gets better every time.
Yeh no to all that.
Hahah I was wondering where was your opinion on BR2049.
Natalie Portman used to famously annoy me like that, but I guess I just grew up (?).
Just because you can make a CGI sunset, that doesn't mean you should.
You're right. Let's sit around for a week so we can capture the perfect light we need for that shot.
Well... Yeah?
Time is money. And it's not even guaranteed you'll get the shot. So why bother?
*sigh* Because real sunsets exist and can be beautiful and CGI is CGI.
Regardless, in this particular case, the entire movie is CGI so I sort of get doing it. I find it more offensive in something like After Earth where there's a lion scene with a CGI lion. That's just pointless.
This is a good video about justified use of CGI:
I guess i'm just confused on what the alternative would be if you're on a schedule or what your suggestion would be to address it, especially if you're shooting the majority in a studio. You're not going to send the entire cast and crew out to a mountain and wait for a sunset that may not even happen. Maybe that was the only option back in the 80s, but we don't really need to do that anymore.
Or are you suggesting they send a Assistant director out to film a REAL sunset and green-screen it in?
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