I watched "Emily the Criminal" a while ago and really enjoyed it. I found it when it was new and watched it that night and from what I remember the running time was a factor in that choice. I whole heartedly agree that more movies should be and hour and a half. I have too many saved on my various lists that clock in at Tar-length runtimes.
For those over 60, as you age, the smart phone just gets smaller and smaller. I use mine only as a phone, or to answer emails. If out and I need to search for something, I try google, but my fingers are too big (I am 6'3") and my eyes too weak to use the phone easily.
I have an ipad, laptop and mac as well as 3 TV screens. Watch most on TV, then on the mac. then the ipad.
I signed up on a computer and almost exclusively watch on TV. The touchscreen on my Tesla gets play while I'm waiting for kids sports to finish up these days though.
That said I never multitask with my eyes off the screen. If I'm watching TV I'm watching the TV. I actually go the other way and floss or brush my teeth while watching sometimes and will turn on the subtitles so I don't need the sound.
I've never played D&D, though I have a passing familiarity because I've played some RPG video games and thoroughly enjoy The Legend of Vox Machina. To that end...
GO SEE DUNGEONS & DRAGONS! You don't need to know anything about D&D to really enjoy it. It's earnest, fun, and moves at a nice steady clip. Bit of a formulaic hero's journey, but hey, there's a reason why that formula has been around (and popular) for ~1000 years.
And ladies: it has a Chris. If my wife is any indication, that reason should suffice on its own.
Haven't seen John Wick 4 yet, but I will have some time off soon and will go then. Enjoyed the first three. I also read They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog, which was an interesting read.
Streaming? I don't watch much, when I do I watch on my 34 inch 4 k monitor off my PC (not a laptop). My TV is not wired in even though it is a smart TV. I only really use it for the PS and XBox (so, on reflection, I guess it IS wired in, I just don't use it for streaming, heh).
The last movie I streamed was The Menu. The last thing I streamed was last weeks episode of Picard, haven't got around to this week's episode yet.
I keep meaning to cancel my DirectTV, but keep forgetting. Have not watched "live" TV in years LOL.
Kevin Maher, the film critic for the Times of London and who doesn’t strike me as a pop culture-franchise IP-loving kind of critic, had nothing but good things to say about D&D, which is good, b/c the trailer I saw last weekend made it look AWFUL. Anyway, glad I now have a second thumb up for D&D.
My “streaming” is reading - currently the Selected Letters of Madame De Sevigne (Proust in volume 4 of “In Search of Lost Times mentions her) and Volume Two of “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Gibbons. No time to waste time looking at a screen. Does nothing to make my “better and richer.”
“If you’re watching Netflix on your phone, you can’t really multitask”
This. 100%
McBain voice: On a large pile of money with lots of pretty ladies.
I watched "Emily the Criminal" a while ago and really enjoyed it. I found it when it was new and watched it that night and from what I remember the running time was a factor in that choice. I whole heartedly agree that more movies should be and hour and a half. I have too many saved on my various lists that clock in at Tar-length runtimes.
For those over 60, as you age, the smart phone just gets smaller and smaller. I use mine only as a phone, or to answer emails. If out and I need to search for something, I try google, but my fingers are too big (I am 6'3") and my eyes too weak to use the phone easily.
I have an ipad, laptop and mac as well as 3 TV screens. Watch most on TV, then on the mac. then the ipad.
"Netflix content—overly long and dialogue-heavy—is practically designed for multitasking"
Ugh. "Multitasking" audiences are at least part of why we are losing literacy in cinematic language.
I signed up on a computer and almost exclusively watch on TV. The touchscreen on my Tesla gets play while I'm waiting for kids sports to finish up these days though.
That said I never multitask with my eyes off the screen. If I'm watching TV I'm watching the TV. I actually go the other way and floss or brush my teeth while watching sometimes and will turn on the subtitles so I don't need the sound.
I've never played D&D, though I have a passing familiarity because I've played some RPG video games and thoroughly enjoy The Legend of Vox Machina. To that end...
GO SEE DUNGEONS & DRAGONS! You don't need to know anything about D&D to really enjoy it. It's earnest, fun, and moves at a nice steady clip. Bit of a formulaic hero's journey, but hey, there's a reason why that formula has been around (and popular) for ~1000 years.
And ladies: it has a Chris. If my wife is any indication, that reason should suffice on its own.
Haven't seen John Wick 4 yet, but I will have some time off soon and will go then. Enjoyed the first three. I also read They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog, which was an interesting read.
Streaming? I don't watch much, when I do I watch on my 34 inch 4 k monitor off my PC (not a laptop). My TV is not wired in even though it is a smart TV. I only really use it for the PS and XBox (so, on reflection, I guess it IS wired in, I just don't use it for streaming, heh).
The last movie I streamed was The Menu. The last thing I streamed was last weeks episode of Picard, haven't got around to this week's episode yet.
I keep meaning to cancel my DirectTV, but keep forgetting. Have not watched "live" TV in years LOL.
Oh yeah, original question: most streaming is best on a large screen, face couch & blankie, best snack to hand.
Kevin Maher, the film critic for the Times of London and who doesn’t strike me as a pop culture-franchise IP-loving kind of critic, had nothing but good things to say about D&D, which is good, b/c the trailer I saw last weekend made it look AWFUL. Anyway, glad I now have a second thumb up for D&D.
My “streaming” is reading - currently the Selected Letters of Madame De Sevigne (Proust in volume 4 of “In Search of Lost Times mentions her) and Volume Two of “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Gibbons. No time to waste time looking at a screen. Does nothing to make my “better and richer.”