Even the people I know who watch movies/shows on their phones do it on landscape mode.
‘Game of Thrones’ Bosses Confirm Film Trilogy Ending Got Blocked; AT&T Execs Asked Them to Shoot Vertically So Episodes Could Fit on Phones
Submitted 8 months ago by realcaseyrollins to moviesandtv@lemm.ee
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/game-of-thrones-film-trilogy-plan-canceled-1235920358/
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scytale@lemm.ee 8 months ago
xyzzy@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Executives are the worst
As the WSJ reports: “Benioff and Weiss, who have been friends since grad school, weren’t crazy about HBO’s then-owners, AT&T, whose executives once asked whether ‘Game of Thrones’ could be shot vertically so it would fit on your phone. The company also openly discussed the idea of snackable mini-episodes of the series.”
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 8 months ago
You know what people want? They want to watch the biggest production ever made on their phones! And let’s cut it into 10 minutes pieces so they can watch it on the bus or whatever.
- Senior marketers and csuite, discussing what average Americans want from their yacht.
vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Fuck D&D. The episodes were released with their names on it and they SUCKED EGGS. You don’t get to crawl out of your hole years later and try to foist your screw ups upon faceless “executives”.
You fucked up. Own it.