Re:The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films
by SiempreViernes on Saturday January 31, 2026 @02:58PM
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But what you are doing isn't the same river twice, it's saying "it works on my machine" but not saying you patched the binary.
Re:The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films
by crazygringo on Saturday January 31, 2026 @03:59PM
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Movies aren't consumed as bit-perfect binaries to begin with. They're distributed as files that way, maybe, but even the basic viewing and sound conditions are different for everyone. Color fidelity, detail, acoustic muddiness due to room reverb. Literally everyone's watching a "differently patched binary" if that's how you want to think of it.
Some people have trouble following plot. Some people excuse themselves to use the bathroom. Some people have trouble catching all the dialog. Some people close their eyes during the scary parts. Different elements call up totally different associations in different people's brains. If you watch a movie a first time and then a second time, they're different movies. So I'm OK with watching a different movie, same as everybody else.
Often, when there's a really powerful scene, I'll rewatch it two or three times before continuing, too. Because there's more richness than I can capture with just one viewing, and I want to feel like I experience it fully before moving on. So that makes it a different movie too. I'm not going to let someone else dictate my experience.