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Just a general pop in thread
RokofAges75:
As much as I like being able to stream so many shows on demand, I do kinda miss the old days of network and cable TV - the 20-some episode seasons that ran from September to May with only three month in the summer to wait for the next season. It was just long enough to leave you hanging and give you that sense of anticipation but short enough that you could still remember what happened when the next season started. And it was nice when everyone at school or work watched the same shows on the same nights, so you could talk about it the next day. I like that more of the streaming services are releasing new episodes one at a time instead of dropping a whole season at once. Binge-watching shows can be fun, but there are so many now that it gets overwhelming trying to stay caught up with everything my friends are watching so I can participate in the conversations about various shows. I do have faith in Stranger Things to be worth the wait, and this next season may have 8 super long episodes like Season 4 did, but still... they take a ridiculously long time to finish a season, especially for a show with so many child actors that have rapidly outgrown their roles.
I don't mind when the POV changes from one character to another, but I'm not a fan of books that switch between first and third person. That is jarring to me. I guess I don't really get the point of writing it like that.
I'm the same way. I like what I like, regardless of the people who created it. I just don't care that much about most authors/musicians/actors/athletes on a personal level. BSB are the major exception, and it would take worse than voting for Trump or rape allegations to make me stop supporting them, let alone stop listening to their music.
Another movie score I really like is Transformers by Steve Jablonsky. The first movie was one of the dumbest movies I have ever wasted my money on watching in theaters, and I haven't bothered to watch any of the others, but they do have great music!
mare:
Even when shows do stream entire seasons at one pop, I usually only watch one at a time. Sometimes I even try to do once a week, but it's harder to do that in the summer when there's nothing else on. I've only watched the first two episodes of The Boys so far, although I may watch another one today. I'm hoping the Stranger Things final season will be worth the wait. I'm also looking forward to the last season of The Umbrella Academy which I also loved but have been waiting forever for. It's kind of the same situation as Stranger Things but only with one of the characters. All the others were older, but this one was only a teenager who is supposed to be as old as all the others, but he doesn't age, which now should be interesting because when the series started, he was sixteen but between Covid and the strike, he's now 21 and looks it. LOL
I listened to the James Newton Howard link you shared. It wasn't the kind of music I was expecting. Because of the creepy factor of the movies, I was expecting more of a Philip Glass sound. These were really pretty but simple melodies. Thanks for sharing! I'll have to check out Steve Jablonsky too.
RokofAges75:
Whether I binge or just watch one or two episodes a day depends on what time of year it is and what else I have going on. If my writing is going well or I'm on a Sims kick or something, I only watch TV while I take a break to eat. But if I have nowhere to be and nothing better to do, I can easily watch multiple episodes a day of a show I'm hooked on. I watched the whole first season of Stranger Things in a weekend. I will probably try to savor Season 5 more, knowing it's the last, but then I'll have to try harder to avoid spoilers. I'm almost caught up with The Boys; I have two more episodes in Season 3 to finish; and then I'll be ready to start Season 4.
Those simple but pretty melodies are what I like about James Newton Howard. I think that's what makes it good writing music, too. It's pleasing to the ear but not distracting. Last week, I found an 8-hour version of The Village score and listened to it on and off all day while I was writing without getting tired of it. His full scores have some creepier parts, but the pretty parts add so much emotional impact that I don't think M. Night Shyamalan's good movies would be nearly as good without them. That's true of most movie music, though.
mare:
I never did get around to watching The Boys last night. I usually don't even put the TV on until after dinner. I like to watch Lester Holt and then I'll watch a show or two. Usually, my sister and I will watch something together or baseball is on. I spend most of my day alternating between writing and reading. I can't seem to watch more than two episodes in a row of anything, even Succession. I don't think my brain is wired to pay attention for that long. That's why I tend to struggle with movies. I've done better with watching them in one sitting, but for quite a while it would take me two sittings to get through one movie.
Same with music. I can't listen to music all day long. I kind of surprised myself with how little I actually listen to music now that I'm not teaching. I used to listen on the car rides on the way to and from school and obviously all day during school and then when I got home while I was making dinner. Now I only listen when I clean or exercise.
Movies would be nothing without the score. Especially true for thrillers and huge epics.
RokofAges75:
My attention span for movies has decreased, too. I started Oppenheimer a couple weeks ago, and I don't think I even made it 30 minutes into the movie before I turned it off LOL. I haven't gone back to it. Maybe someday. I tend to prefer TV shows, too. I finished Season 3 of The Boys last night and started 4 today, so I'm almost caught up! Everyone who told me I would like that show was right; I really do!
I mostly listen to music when I'm driving, writing, or messing around on the computer. Sometimes cleaning, but usually I just have the TV on in the background while I'm doing housework or cooking. I used to listen to music while I was walking or mowing the lawn, but lately I've been listening to podcasts or watching YouTube videos while I walk on the treadmill.
My project this week has been attempting to transfer my site to a new web host because my current one keeps jacking up their prices to renew my plan. I've only changed hosts once before when I moved from good old Yahoo/Geocities and redesigned my whole site with Wordpress back in 2012. It was terrifying then because I had no idea what I was doing. I thought it would be easier this time because everything I read made it sound like such a straightforwar d process - follow these simple steps, and your site should be up and running on the new server in no time! Yeah, no. I've been working on this for three days now and only just managed to get my site functioning and looking right on the new server tonight. I still have to point my domain name at the new server and hope that works the way it's supposed to. What a pain in the ass. It's probably not even worth it to have a personal fanfic site anymore with everyone reading on AO3, but I still take pride in maintaining it and wanna make it to 25 years next year!
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