Things that happen at home:
Me and my SO, talking about how movies have evolved…
Me: I’m just saying, you can’t really appreciate the visual rise in quality without acknowledging the decline in dialogue quality. I have to watch black and white movies with subtitles on just because the dialogue moves so quickly that I don’t follow the dialogue quickly enough.
My SO: Yeah, that’s valid, and I’ve been seeing that cgi people aren’t unionized in Hollywood, so there’s definitely exploitation going on, but also you WAY over analyze the dialogue in absolutely everything.
Me: Yeah, it’s what I know. I know how to write well, and I’m definitely not the best out there, but I recognize well crafted things when I see them. You’re the exact same way when it comes to pottery in the farmers market; you’re only genuinely interested in the hard to make stuff because you know what kind of skills and effort goes into it. You deliberately tell those sellers that you like and admire their work.
My SO: Yeah, but that’s small stuff. It’s only supposed to make two people happy. The person who makes it and the person who buys it. It’s different with tv and movies.
Me: Yeah, that’s fair. It’s kind of impossible now, to cultivate the library of tv and movies that you want. And even if you do get full access to the platform that has your shows, you can’t stop actors from making stupid personal decisions that get themselves fired and killed off.
My SO: Yeah, that part sucks, but it’s also a lot of effort to go back to pirating. I like your dads library of movies, that’s honestly something I miss about the early aughts…just walking into a friends house and they have every conceivable flavor. Just, on the wall, right next to the tv.
Me: I honestly miss that too. It’s nice to get the new stuff off the internet, but I miss the days when I could buy it once for $20 bucks and watch it whenever.
