Comments on: Do gadgets ruin movies? http://jasonalbrecht.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/do-gadgets-ruin-movies-3/ an entry point to conversation Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:12:52 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jason http://jasonalbrecht.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/do-gadgets-ruin-movies-3/#comment-3 Jason Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:38:22 +0000 http://jasonalbrecht.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/do-gadgets-ruin-movies-3/#comment-3 Thanks for the comment. I was going for humor in my post, but the point still stands. The inconsiderate filmgoers plague the theatres with their bright screens, etc. while the true film buffs / popcorn aficionados have to put up with it. I agree that social interaction is more important than those relatively minor complaints. I will be reading the Happy Hatchet blog with interest. Thanks for the comment. I was going for humor in my post, but the point still stands. The inconsiderate filmgoers plague the theatres with their bright screens, etc. while the true film buffs / popcorn aficionados have to put up with it. I agree that social interaction is more important than those relatively minor complaints. I will be reading the Happy Hatchet blog with interest.

]]> By: happyhatchet http://jasonalbrecht.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/do-gadgets-ruin-movies-3/#comment-2 happyhatchet Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:14:45 +0000 http://jasonalbrecht.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/do-gadgets-ruin-movies-3/#comment-2 Eloquent post, Jason. I find this to be the case more and more. I believe devices like the iphone are (at the risk of firing out a "Back-in-my-Day" line) ruining the magical, old-fashioned experience that is Going to a Movie. Everything today is required to be lightspeed-fast and wrapped into a neat, little user-friendly package. And at what cost? We lose the character-building experience of waiting in a hot, sweaty line to pay for an overpriced ticket and proceed to squat in dark, stickiness for an hour or two. And you know what? I love doing that! After the movie, you go to your favorite cafe and/or diner and have a p2p chat in real time about it. That's called reality, bubba. However, all movie tech isn't bad. CGI technology is making unforeseen leaps into the future. Soon we'll be able to do things with movies so incredible and groundbreaking that it will be for us like the light bulb was for our forefathers. The key, I think, is to reach a balance. This goes for all technology in a way. Actually, perhaps I'll dedicate a post to that. I'll look forward to reading your next one, -N Eloquent post, Jason. I find this to be the case more and more. I believe devices like the iphone are (at the risk of firing out a “Back-in-my-Day” line) ruining the magical, old-fashioned experience that is Going to a Movie. Everything today is required to be lightspeed-fast and wrapped into a neat, little user-friendly package. And at what cost? We lose the character-building experience of waiting in a hot, sweaty line to pay for an overpriced ticket and proceed to squat in dark, stickiness for an hour or two. And you know what? I love doing that! After the movie, you go to your favorite cafe and/or diner and have a p2p chat in real time about it.

That’s called reality, bubba.

However, all movie tech isn’t bad. CGI technology is making unforeseen leaps into the future. Soon we’ll be able to do things with movies so incredible and groundbreaking that it will be for us like the light bulb was for our forefathers.

The key, I think, is to reach a balance. This goes for all technology in a way. Actually, perhaps I’ll dedicate a post to that.

I’ll look forward to reading your next one,
-N

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