Netflix tells writers to have characters “announce what they’re doing so that viewers who have a program on in the background can follow along”

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  1. I know this is an article about television being dumbed down, but I was watching one of the Trolls movies while I was incredibly high, and audibly said to my girlfriend “ I’m glad they keep reminding you of what’s going on” because they constantly explained the plot and exactly why they were doing what they were doing.

  2. It’s sad theatres are dying and leaving us with programming designed for people not even in the same room as the TV.

  3. Isn’t that what audio description for the blind does already? I would turn that on sometimes when watching a movie just so I can close my eyes and doze off to it.

  4. Aha! You see for i am purposely not committing to make drama later on. Now I am winking.

    Directed by James Gunn

  5. Tried watching series/movies with friends/family few times over the last years. Its always enfuriating when they keep browsing on their Phone, no matter what were watching. They cant enjoy anything that demands their focus or moves them away from the mobile screen.

    Its hilarious that i was complaining that i cant stand watching things that consider me an idiot and try to explain everything tô me all the time, and its not enough for their target audience. Guess im going to lose another one of my leisure Activities to corporate greed

  7. To the people who criticised Denis Villeneuve’s comments about dialogue.

    Are you happy now?

  8. Sadly by en large Hollywood has transformed from a storytelling industry to a content industry. The two are not the same.

  9. Wtf

    Anyone who puta stuff in the background isnt going to pay attention either way

  12. “We’re punching… we’re punching…
    Aaaand we’re stopping.”

    The dialogue feels so natural. That’s straight out of the next John Wick movie.

  14. Probably explains why I felt the same when i was watching that new avatar bender show .. everything is announced and explained even character actions before they do it. The acting of course as a result is terrible including the kid as the avatar. Some things are best left in animation form i guess.

  15. Idk why they’d bother. The people in question aren’t really interested in what’s going on in the show. They just want the noise while they do whatever.

  17. Laughing painfully cause I like to listen to stuff when I do chores, and if I’m watching a good show I’ll be like “damn I just want to continue watching that”, but I can’t cause I’ll miss what’s happening in scenes where the camera does all the story telling and no one is speaking.

    So I was like “should I turn on audio description” or should I just start listening to the Archers radio soap opera on BBC radio 2 like my mum has always done when cleaning? Am I now my mum?

    Sad thing is, I’m a media graduate with honors who did a lot of focus on filmography. I know I am a heathen for doing this when I value the work they put into it so much. But I also don’t always have the luxury of time to sit and watch and appreciate it these days :/

    But yes, this is probably also for people phone scrolling and watching ASMR footage on a split screen below it.

  22. I guess “show don’t tell” is a dead concept to these chucklefucks now.

  24. “Now it is time for me to sneak up on this group of teenagers and stab them. Then I will hide in the closet while other teenagers come into the house.”

  25. I just want them to equalize the levels between dialogue and sound effects. Talking at a barely audible whisper followed by wall shaking explosions is why I turn off Netflix shows.

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