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I recently discovered watching Netflix shows sped up

I spent ages convincing a friend to watch Babylon 5. He finally agreed, but only if he could 2X through season one. If we hadn't been on the phone, I would have punched him.
 
Maintenance said:
Not so low key "all of you watching this at 1x speed are dumb" post. We've reached maximum edginess.
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i watch a lot of crap at 1x while playing games and stuff

very little tv deserves undivided attention

movies are a bit better since they tend to have some actual focus and can have a higher complexity density (2-hours without breaks vs. approx. 16 hours with 22 week-long breaks)
 
StrategyFan said:
wish this was a standard feature for all the netflix apps on TVs and stuff

video is primarily a means of delivering information, not a performance

the only time that really blends is when the content is about someone's agility and you can't really get an accurate sense of that when it's sped up. that's probably relevant in less than 1% of movies/TV: sports, fight scenes, etc.

the biggest reason to stay at 1x is actually so that you have adequate time to think/process what's going on. most content is already dumbed down enough, so that's almost never needed if you can think fast enough
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Not only is this pretentious as fuck, it's just plain wrong. Pauses, silence, delivery, rhythm, etc. All of these play into the performance and impact of a scene. If you're just speeding through something to get the bullet points, you don't care much about the product. You just want to move onto the next thing. It can make sense for something like instructions or maybe a documentary, but most art is butchered if you consume it this way. And if that's how you prefer to watch it, fine, do you. But don't act like the rest of us are stupid for watching something the way it was intended.
 
georly said:
This helps shows with poor pacing or shows you only mildly care about (and couldn't make time for otherwise) - better faster than not at all, if you ask me.
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I only watch TV shows I want to watch, so this just strikes me as really weird.
 
zeemumu said:
People have done that with anime for a while now to counteract it being unnecessarily stretched for time.
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Worst thing about anime, honestly. By episode 4 or 5 of most shows it really drags and I get bored of it.

Currently struggling with Parasyte at episode 13. Really strong start and now it's just dragging its feet.
 
IsntChrisL said:
Not only is this pretentious as fuck, it's just plain wrong. Pauses, silence, delivery, rhythm, etc. All of these play into the performance and impact of a scene. If you're just speeding through something to get the bullet points, you don't care much about the product.
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this might be true for me. i only really care about the plot. performance/production is only relevant when it's completely unconvincing

if i could consume a film just by reading the dialogue, i'd probably do that instead of actually watching. but that doesn't work without also reading all the actions and descriptions, which is incredibly slow

video is just much more efficient at presenting someone's narrative to an audience. but i still view it as a means to an end (a way of telling the story), not the end itself
 
Loxley said:
I do this with audiobooks and podcasts. I normally play them at 1.25x normal speed. Faster than normal, but not so fast that I can't understand or appreciate what's been said.

I've never tried it with a TV or movie though.
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1.5 is the perfect speed.
 
When a show becomes such a chore that you need to speed it up to get through it because you feel like you're wasting your time, you may want to stop that show.
 
Yeah I do that all the time, you get used to it and can consume content a lot more efficiently.

I have also been training myself at watching 2 movies at the same time. Yesterday I did that with 2001: a space odyssey with sound and eyes wide shut with subtitles. I got that combination from a Speedwatcher message board.

2001 was at 1.4 speed and ews at 1.5, that way they finish up at about the same time.
I also played world of warcraft and listend to a 3x sped up joe rogan podcast simultaniously because I still got bored.

Sure I felt a bit dizzy but its totally worth it and helps you to learn how to focus on important content. During a boring segment of 2001 I muted it, stepped on the crosstrainer and focused only on eyes wide shut, which was perfect because the orgy scene was about to start.

I'm gonna keep consuming content like that.
 
Moff said:
Yeah I do that all the time, you get used to it and can consume content a lot more efficiently.

I have also been training myself at watching 2 movies at the same time. Yesterday I did that with 2001: a space odyssey with sound and eyes wide shut with subtitles. I got that combination from a Speedwatcher message board.

2001 was at 1.4 speed and ews at 1.5, that way they finish up at about the same time.
I also played world of warcraft and listend to a 3x sped up joe rogan podcast simultaniously because I still got bored.

Sure I felt a bit dizzy but its totally worth it and helps you to learn how to focus on important content. During a boring segment of 2001 I muted it, stepped on the crosstrainer and focused only on eyes wide shut, which was perfect because the orgy scene was about to start.

I'm gonna keep consuming content like that.
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Woah. You're like the Yoda of efficient media consumption
 
As a video editor who cuts stuff to a deliberate pace, length and tempo to tell the best story I can, this is a depressing thread.
 
StrategyFan said:
wish this was a standard feature for all the netflix apps on TVs and stuff

video is primarily a means of delivering information, not a performance

the only time that really blends is when the content is about someone's agility and you can't really get an accurate sense of that when it's sped up. that's probably relevant in less than 1% of movies/TV: sports, fight scenes, etc.

the biggest reason to stay at 1x is actually so that you have adequate time to think/process what's going on. most content is already dumbed down enough, so that's almost never needed if you can think fast enough
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This reads like one of those posts you see from 17 year old boys who got told they're smart and spend the rest of their life trying to prove it and failing miserably.

The art of editing is beautiful and magnificent. Ruining it because you want to consume information is no way to derive joy from life.
 
RedHill said:
When a show becomes such a chore that you need to speed it up to get through it because you feel like you're wasting your time, you may want to stop that show.
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Yeah. There's approximately a billion shows to watch now. Don't understand why you'd force yourself to watch something if it's boring.

Podcasts I can get, but even then. Podcasts where the pacing is so slow, that it irritates me, I'm just not going to listen to that podcast. But, yes I have used it before the speed up function on it. But to podcasts that are genuinely good, and funny, the speed up function actually ruins much of it. You can't speed up comedy and just expect it to work the same. Timing is important.

If you're getting impatient try something else, or another medium altogether. There are only so many movies I can watch before I get impatient. And when I am impatient, the thing needs to be even better to keep my attention. But I could read a book all day long.

I really can't believe so many of you guys actually use this function for videos. I mean movies is all about the edit. You find the movie in the edit. You can't just speed a movie up and think you're getting a similar experience. The pacing and flow would be completely ruined.

What about a tension? This would kill any suspense in absolutely any scene. Would kill humor too. Humor and suspense are two of the best things in movies or tv shows. Just can't imagine a situation where this is a good idea, personally. I think people should take breaks and try other things. Then when you do watch movies or TV you will savor it and enjoy it far more. Eating only at buffets is not good for you.
 
I'd probably be thinking about doing some serious self-harm if I were a director reading this thread.
 
The only time I think this is really okay is when the content is more important than the total presentation.

Like, there's a few youtube channels that I watch that I otherwise wouldn't if I couldn't do at least 1.5 speed. These people aren't broadcast-ready. They have no training. But their content is niche or in-depth enough that it is still valuable to me.

But then there are other youtube channels that have people who worked in television and it would be basically impossible to 2X speed it. They know how to get information out and talk conversationally without large pauses.

But I couldn't imagine doing this with any TV show or movie I'm interested in. I'd rather not watch it at all.
 
BernardoOne said:
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My only concern about doing this would podcasts would be retention. I like to remember what I listened to, and in afraid that could be hampered by listening too fast.
 
I could never do this with regular shows, but I have watched some anime at 1.25x-1.5x speed. Stuff like One Piece - I mean, I love(d) the show, but it's like 500 fucking episodes long at this point and since it's a shounen fighting anime, a lot of it is stretched out waaaaay out of proportion. They're also cartoons and I don't know a word of Japanese, so speeding them up a bit doesn't really make them look wacky to me.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHCDU3czj1A

It barks at no one else
But me
Like it's seen
A ghost
I guess it's seen the sparks
A-flowin'
No one else
Would know

Hey man, slow down
Slow down
Idiot, slow down
Slow down

Sometimes I get overcharged
That's when you
See sparks
They ask me where the hell
I'm going?
At a thousand feet per second

Hey man, slow down
Slow down
Idiot, slow down
Slow down

Hey man, slow down
Slow down
Idiot, slow down
Slow down
 
StrategyFan said:
this might be true for me. i only really care about the plot. performance/production is only relevant when it's completely unconvincing

if i could consume a film just by reading the dialogue, i'd probably do that instead of actually watching. but that doesn't work without also reading all the actions and descriptions, which is incredibly slow

video is just much more efficient at presenting someone's narrative to an audience. but i still view it as a means to an end (a way of telling the story), not the end itself
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Fuck me, just read a book.

This thread...
 
Yeesh, if a show is such a chore to watch that you feel the need to speed it up then id argue its not worth watching to begin with.
 
Bleepey said:
No but it is in my sex playlist. Jokes aside I know it's kinda awful but I don't think I'd do it for like the most compelling shows. Stuff like Breaking Bad, Thrones or Silicon Valley. Billions however is going to get sped up.
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Then why watch Billions?
 
I heard if there's a frame perfect glitch that allows you to clip into the TV in order to set the flag for having watched a show, skipping the necessity to do so.
 
Moff said:
Yeah I do that all the time, you get used to it and can consume content a lot more efficiently.

I have also been training myself at watching 2 movies at the same time. Yesterday I did that with 2001: a space odyssey with sound and eyes wide shut with subtitles. I got that combination from a Speedwatcher message board.

2001 was at 1.4 speed and ews at 1.5, that way they finish up at about the same time.
I also played world of warcraft and listend to a 3x sped up joe rogan podcast simultaniously because I still got bored.

Sure I felt a bit dizzy but its totally worth it and helps you to learn how to focus on important content. During a boring segment of 2001 I muted it, stepped on the crosstrainer and focused only on eyes wide shut, which was perfect because the orgy scene was about to start.

I'm gonna keep consuming content like that.
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If this is fake, bravo. If real, ugh.


Consuming media isn't a contest.
 
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