HappyMeatbag@beehaw.org 1 year ago
As far as I’m concerned, the presence of commercial “breaks” makes a movie unwatchable. A good writer, director, or editor carefully manages things like pace, timing, and emotional impact. Interrupting that with an ad for car insurance completely destroys the mood, and cheapens the entire experience. I don’t care if commercials are “limited”. They shouldn’t be there at all.
I only tolerate commercials if I’ve already seen a movie a million times, and I’m only half paying attention anyway.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
I remember back in the day, they at least inserted the commercials by hand and usually put them in during a scene transition or something to not fuck up the pace.
The Internet and streaming services are fucking lazy and just insert ads every X seconds or whatever, which can often lead to an ad being played mid fucking sentence. It’s so much worse than watching a movie on public access cable with ads and censorship.
chahk@beehaw.org 1 year ago
That is not laziness. This is a typical dark pattern, designed that way on purpose to annoy you into paying.
Youtube (without ad blockers) is the absolute worst at this, as it seems to insert mid roll ads specifically to disrupt the video.