Oct 31, 2019
Netflix is testing a new feature that lets you adjust the playback speed of content. But a number of filmmakers have slammed the idea, suggesting it has the potential to wreck a filmmaker's hard work. Producer and director Judd Apatow, for one, pleaded with Netflix to ditch the idea.
Unironically, I think watching movies or series on 1.5x or 2x speed is good attentional listening practice. And once you get used to information density similar to Zero Punctuation, going back to regular speed is agony, like watching hunt-and-peck typing.
