Thing with series is that the episodes are usually at least somewhat, well, episodic, and you have obvious breakpoints.
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If a movie has the usual three act structure, each act of a ten hour movie would be over three hours long.
Lord of the Rings Extended Trilogy checks this box nicely.
Disagree. The trilogy has an extended arc, yes, but each movie also has an arc (or more). So it's still not REALLY one 10h ish movie.
Interestingly, the end of fellowship doesn't really match the end of a major arc to me. You can argue it's the break of the fellowship, but I think the stronger arc in fellowship is the arrival at rivendell. The end of fellowship DOES coincide with the beginning of several minor arcs though which I guess is the point.
Which is honestly kinda perfect for an evening but I still like a break every hour for fluid exchange
I, too, like to spit into my fellow humans
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If you factor in the usual trilogy structure, that's only nine acts at an hour+ each
I guess, honestly I've started watching movies in pieces and it doesn't bother me. Like start watching it, pause it and leave the rest for tomorrow if I feel like I've had enough for now.
I haven't binged a show in ages. Without actively intending to fall asleep to it, at least.
Am I alone here? Did the whole binge watch thing phase all the way out for anybody else?
I've found (with some exceptions of course) 2-3 episodes in one go is enough binge for me.
Beyond that and a lot of the stuff that happens earlier in the season tends to get pushed out or blended together and plot holes and other issues build up too much 'pressure' and ruin my enjoyment and I practically hate watch.
Same. Just feels so... gluttonous? Lazy? Like, I really feel disgusted at myself if I realize I've been sitting watching TV for more than an hour or two
I can do it with a good miniseries, but only because I watch TV so rarely. 8 hours in one day doesn't really seem so bad when I don't watch any at all for the rest of the week, if not most of the month. If it weren't for my wife, I would probably only watch TV as binges a couple times a year.
Complete lack of anything decent to watch
I doubt you're alone, but I certainly can't join you. My most recent binge was last weekend, and I thought it was the whole season in one sitting, but it turned out there were 3 more episodes that released during the week…which I then watched all in one day.
I find that I can watch 3 hours of content before I am fatigued, so 3 hour long episodes, 6 half hour episodes, or 9 20 minute episodes. I binge a lot of anime, but that's because they have 20 minute episodes so I can fit a lot into the three hours that I watch. But typically I only watch one episode of TV per day, with Fridays being my exception where I'll binge the three hours, basically front-loadimg my weekend so I don't feel like watching TV on days that I need to do chores/want to work on hobbies. I like to stay up to date on cultural references, which often come from new media, and while I really do enjoy watching TV, I hope someday I'll get over my FOMO and stop feeling a need to keep up on the latest shows.
But I will never pay for a streaming service, it's a pirate's life for me
DidYouKnowGaming knows me so well they've started titling their videos: 3 hours of GameCube facts to fall asleep to.
The last thing I binged was The Day of the Jackal. I quite enjoyed it, but I like that type of character.
Nah, still doing it! Though I binge most things. Did before Netflix too! 5hr block every day in the summer of Charmed, watched the whole series that way.
I haven't binged a show in a long time, but really the only times I ever did were when I was trying to catch up to something ongoing.
That being said, I doubt I even could if I wanted to these days. I just don't feel like I have the time that I used to.
The trend of some shows releasing episodes in blocks has been nice. I can divide episodes up during the week, or if I find myself with a bit of time, watch 2 or 3 in one go. No more feeling like I need to catch up immediately to avoid spoilers.
Would you like to eat a whole bag of chips while you watch the 10-hour show?
How about if we break it up into into handfuls and you don’t look down to see how much is left when you reach for more?
This sorta gets me about the wheel of time. How did peter jackson do the lord of the rings book by book so well. I mean yeah they were long and he cut some stuff and made one major change im not wild about but overall very good. Wheel of time has a whole season per book and so much time dedicated to character interactions that never happened.
What major change you don't like?
sauruman dying
Did they change the death from the books, or are you upset they cut it out of the theatrical release?
They changed his death. In the book he begrudgingly leaves Isengard, only to plan a petty revenge and mess up the Shire while the party is on their way to Mordor.
Saruman is known to do a bit of trolling.
The most significant thing of it all is in the original ending (peter jacksons ending was a great use of artistic license) the hobbits return with a greatly weakened saruman having taken over the shire as that is the extent of what little power he has left will let him do with grima as his, well, grima. The original d&d was inspired by things like lotr and this ending is big as it sets the trope for a common man going off for adventures and "leveling up" coming back as basically a folk hero. I mean that happened in the hobbit to but it was more extreme in this case. Merry and pippin are mighty warriors. Both grew from the ent water and with all the training and combat experience are literally mythic proportions in a hobbits perspective (other species not noticing so well). They would both be fighters. frodos experience with the ring leaves him with an aura and his experiences he might as well be a wizard to them. Even sam who is most like his old self has a harder edge and he when relaxed he is good ole sam but all the same you don't want to fuck with him and see him get serious. Honestly for the movie, peter jacksons ending is a bit more epic. I think only bilbo goes off with the elves but maybe frodo does eventually.
Lack of Tom Bombadil
I think that Arcane's three acts of three episodes each to be the perfect binge. Sure, you could binge the entire season, but stopping at the end of each act and letting it process is a much more impactful way to watch.
I'm talking about Season 1.
Season 1 was great.
It takes me 3/4 sessions to watch a movie and I actually felt always like I was weird.
Thx Netflix meme.
It turns out, pacing is important.
What a novel idea. /s
Extended cut Lord Of The Rings trilogy is like 9 hours long.
Fuck Netflix, I have my own copy!
The extended editions are almost 12 hours long. 9 hours is the theatrical cut.
I used to do a Godfather-Lord of the Rings marathon on sundays