Re:The Global Attention Span Is Getting Shorter
by quotz on Thursday May 09, 2019 @07:35PM
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Haha why?
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Re:The Global Attention Span Is Getting Shorter
by gwilkes on Thursday May 09, 2019 @08:30PM
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In case this is a serious question and not a joke (unclear which it is) then he may be saying that older movies and shows had these longer intros that seemed normal at the time, but if you watch them again now they seem long and boring now. So that is one to show how your attention span has become shorter
Re:The Global Attention Span Is Getting Shorter
by jcims on Thursday May 09, 2019 @08:44PM
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That’s exactly what I was getting at... The best is watching it with your kids...they can’t take it lol.
Re:The Global Attention Span Is Getting Shorter
by tyfon on Friday May 10, 2019 @07:45AM
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Meanwhile, in Norway, slow tv [1] is quite popular.
Re:The Global Attention Span Is Getting Shorter
by asdff on Friday May 10, 2019 @11:39PM
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You'd also watch a show one episode a week unless it was on reruns. It used to be almost impossible to watch TV for 4+ hours because at certain times of the day, absolutely nothing worth watching was even on.
Re:The Global Attention Span Is Getting Shorter
by selimthegrim on Thursday May 09, 2019 @10:51PM
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Or movie trailers, like the French Connection
Re:The Global Attention Span Is Getting Shorter
by jcims on Thursday May 09, 2019 @08:49PM
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Here’s the intro to Twin Peaks...
Re:The Global Attention Span Is Getting Shorter
by polyfather on Thursday May 09, 2019 @11:01PM
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I believe Twin Peaks' intro is actually the longest in TV history. It's a real whopper.
Re:The Global Attention Span Is Getting Shorter
by theIV on Friday May 10, 2019 @12:52AM
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I agree that the intro is kind of nutty in how long it is, I also think it’s a great part of the show. It really got me “ready to watch” and brought me out of whatever else was going on and into... Twin Peaks.
That being said, I only first watched the show in the last few years, early 30s. Would almost certainly driven me crazy earlier in life.