I feel like a bit of an outlier here. But I just don’t care for them. I much prefer playing video games.
I like watching them but I don’t watch TV much. I stream. I do it occasionally about as much as I play video games probably a bit less. I spend the most time socializing or researching, maybe 60% of my time, 35% playing video games, and 15% watching stuff. I do other things too of course, this is just the big 4. Other things including hacking or coding my devices, playing dress up, taking naps, I love some naps, or finding something productive to do outside or working.
nope not anymore. YT clips are enough since alot of the movies and show these days are very subpar post-2010, also the aggressive push for copaganda, military propaganda, christianity-ganda(movies not parodying or criticizing to a great degree) in some form around the time trumps 1st term. most movies are basically just promoting these 2 things right now, only a small amount are counter to this. since most of them are on streams, im not paying to watch it, if its going to get cancelled anyways.
nutrek is just not interesting, and in light of recent events, people who are fans of trek shouldnt support PARAMOUNT+.
MCU films/movies are quite silly and subpar, except the ones with kathyrn HANH, and cate blanchett.
Go backwards and find the classics that speak to you then. For me good art is usually a little subversive, although there is nothing wrong with pure entertainment of course.
I generally prefer movies, books, or video games over a TV show. There are exceptions, but there’s just a lot of filler on TV shows; even good ones.
I avoid passive video media almost entirely. I too prefer interactive media best.
Don’t watch it passively then!
I can’t stand most television anymore. Especially now that most streaming services have brought back ads.
Truthfully it’s my wife who really likes to watch TV. I mostly prefer reading or gaming haha.
You can’t prove anything!
Pretty much. I’ve got a bunch of entertaining YouTube channels (some of which are, ironically enough, movie and tv show reviewers that I’d rather watch than the stuff they’re talking about), a huge backlog on my Steam library, and plenty of music to listen to and books to read.
I’m the opposite, I barely play videogames outside a few rounds of whatever multiplayer thing my buddies are playing. But I’ll watch a movie or show from time to time. I read less than I’d like to admit, but I still read more than I play single player video games.
I consume a ton of music though, and not always just in the background, I like to get into it, break down each instruments parts, read up on the context behind the music and musicians
I never really watched a lot of movies growing up but then at some point realised there was so much that I was missing. Now I view the history of cinema as a smorgasbord and I am really enjoying jumping all over it.
I’m guessing you’re a good bit younger than me, but this is encouraging to hear. Find your favorite genres, watch what inspired them and you have so much amazing artwork and storytelling to explore.
For everyone that grew up with 10 marvel movies a year its not surprising that modern films don’t speak to them.
Challenge yourself and you’ll find your own rewards. I love video games and watching youtube too, but it’s not the same thing as turning off the lights and watching something like Apocalypse Now, Chinatown or a Kubrick movie without distractions.
Good luck on your cinematic journey!
Hmm that’s interesting. I always find videos games take too much energy. Also requires good hardware to play good games, meanwhile you can play video content on any cheap tablet in 1080p.
(I also can’t really read books, unless the story really interests me, its hard to visualize scenes. (aphantasia, maybe?) Again, takes too much energy.)
I find the quality of Movies to be usually higher than TV Shows. Movies are consistent throught, but TV shows sometime gets rushed in some parts, especiallt if its a different season. (Infamous GoT debacle, remember?) But its usually TV shows that tells more interesting stories, but you are also at the mercy of big media companies of just cancelling your favorite show and fucking you over.
I recently find animated content, especially (Japanese) Anime, to be an interesting medium. Some concepts can be expressed in animated, but would look very silly when acted out / live-action (like Death Note adaptations, or Avatar: The Last Airbender, I mean, shinigamis and bending elements in live-acting is just cringe, and they have young adults playing kid roles which is just ridiculous), and because you don’t have actor restraints or need filming locations, its much less likely to get “cancelled” like Netflix does.
Tldr: Movie > Anime > TV > Manga > Books
Video games is an energy vampire
I prefer games because they’re much better at connecting you to a story. When a story game is done right, you feel the ups and downs of the story far more than you could with any other medium. Peak example is Hades. When you lose a run in hades, it feeds into the story.
Does YouTube count as TV?
I would say it does not. Well, I guess it depends on what you watch. The stuff I subscribe is nothing like TV.
Yes
To me it’s more of a boycott of ads, and I am not paying for a service to make that happen, so turning it off is my main option. I am especially perturbed about the ability of companies to advertise and push drugs that require a prescription to obtain. I do have a list of movies to watch from a large dvd collection I have, but I am not in a rush to go through that at the moment.
Nowadays I dont watch neither new movies or shows. I mostly watch YouTube and Anime.
I stopped watching TV and movies, as they all push for something insidious. What could it be? no idea.
As for video games, as you mentioned OP, I’m honestly the same. I’m a gamer myself, but also do other things outside of gaming (as I’ve shown on Lemmy a lot, including researching some spirituality aspects with Neigsendoig, my producer).
insidious such as?
Give you dopamine. Fucking evil, absolutely satanic.
Serotonin, not dopamine. Reason being is that dopamine is designed when one moves. Serotonin, on the other hand, rises when one doesn’t move.
Basically, all of these things, according to Neigsendoig’s research on the matter, seem to indicate Catholicism or any surrogate thereof that’s approved by the RCC. It’s seemingly reasonable to assume that any popular TV show or movie has imagery and symbolism of the Roman Catholic Church or Jesuit Order, which is inserted as a means to subconsciously program people into doing what the Popes and Jesuit Superior Generals want.
You may consider myself and Sendo idiots on this matter, but you can look this up yourself if you don’t believe me. Christofascism is the ultimate goal of the RCC, and has been since Simon Magus started it (It wasn’t Peter who was the first Pope, as that’s a cover up).
100% same. Interactive media like video games only. These days I abhor sitting down to watch most movies or streaming stuff. Visual passive media is pretty much a no-go for me without being forced by the partner.
