Groundhog Day. At first, I’d expect it to be incredibly fun, but then I’d expect a vast loneliness to set in. Nobody can understand your situation, you cannot grow relationships, and everyone else stays the same while you continue to grow. But eventually I expect that you would adjust mentally and settle into a routine, similar to how happiness tends to eventually return to baseline levels after culture shock or a major injury. So, you know, like the movie.
Would you rather be trapped in Groundhog Day or the Truman show?
Submitted 2 months ago by Blaze@feddit.org to movies@lemm.ee
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zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 2 months ago
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Grounding day. Imagine all the books you could read, and movies and shows to catch up on. Only problem would be gaming. You could never finish one.
mapleseedfall@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Youd probably get into speed running
TheKracken@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I was going to say groundhog day as long as my game save files don’t reset.
hOrni@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Groundhog day. Unlimited time for everything. Absolute freedom from consequences. And a possible way out when You get bored.
Zozano@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Assuming you can figure out how to break the curse.
hOrni@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Rules are rules. The post said “Groundhog day” and I know the rules of Groundhog day.
muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 2 months ago
With infinite time and no consequences literally everything is possible
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Except everything which physically takes longer than 24 hours.
muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Just do 24 hours of it at a time
teft@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Groundhog’s Day so i can punch Ned every morning.
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
danc4498@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Only thing bad about groundhog’s day is you can’t die ever (unless you can beat the level of course).
Truman shore sounds kind of awful. Everything you experience is fake.
jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Truman show, as strange as it sounds, to me it offers a greater sense of adventure and a journey of sorts.
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Zozano@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Assuming I wake up in Phil Collins shoes…
If I’m unaware that I’m the main character, then Truman Show.
If I am aware that I’m the MC, but I’m stuck in the loop for more than 5 years, then Truman Show.
If I’m aware that I’m the MC, but unaware there’s a condition to break the Groundhog curse, than Truman Show.
Though…
If the day involves me waking up in MY bed tomorrow, without knowing there’s a condition to break the curse, then I’m fine with not breaking the curse. I’d actually be pretty pissed off if I broke the curse accidentally.
dicksteele@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I am sure you mean Phil Connor’s, but I would happily be one of the greatest singers of all time, even for a day.
Zozano@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Phil Conners shoes are fine too
brookdale05@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I believe the writer of Groundhog Day implied it wasn’t something like 5 years, but more like millennia. nationalpost.com/…/10000-years-heres-how-long-phi…
Zozano@aussie.zone 2 months ago
That was dialogue our written into the movie which was scrapped before the movie was released, which could be interpreted as hyperbolic, since the director stated it was 10 years, then 30-40 years.
djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Am I trapped in an unrelated time loop that I need to learn the rules of to escape, or am I trapped in literal Groundhog Day? because I know how to escape Groundhog Day, and could just have all my fun from a time loop before leaving. If it’s an unrelated time loop… I think I’d prefer Truman Show. It’s creepier, but it has a firm ending point. I can get freedom through death. With a time loop, there’s a serious chance I could be trapped in it forever, unable to find a way to escape, unable to die.
MTK@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Anyone saying Truman is either not thinking it through or has a fetish for being watched.
dicksteele@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Probably Groundhog Day. At least everything is genuine, whereas the Truman show is very much staged. Both are hell but at least I have the hope of waking up each day well rested and ready to learn new skills, not sure how the magic works with memory retention though…
apotheotic@beehaw.org 2 months ago
If the groundhog day loop is infinite - Truman show.
If the groundhog day loop is finite to a degree I wouldn’t run out of media and art in the world, groundhog day.
DarkFuture@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Truman Show
It’s warmer. Every day isn’t an exact replica. And everyone is there to appease me.
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
The best “copy” of groundhog day is Palm Springs. Both show the power of having infinite time, and while Palm Springs has one character copying Bill Murray’s hedonism of tricking a girl into sleeping with him, it also has a character using infinite time to solve advanced physics and improve their world, while another goes from being angry at being stuck in loop to realizing this was the best day of his life.
Palm Springs is a good analogy to UBI. Empowering people to use their time as best for them. A much better world than what most of us suffer through. The Truman show is a hellscape of fake friends/wife manipulating you do display product advertisements.
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 months ago
Groundhog’s day if the day is pretty normal. Not like a day where I have the flu or AWS is down. There’s a lot of books to read, movies to watch, one night stands to have.
Also I think my friends would believe me that groundhog day was happening. Might be able to get a slightly better situation than the movie.
9point6@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Groundhog Day
Infinite time to do hobbies and no lasting consequences to my actions? Where do I sign up!
Also I viscerally hate the idea of being watched 24/7 so the Truman show would be probably my worst nightmare
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 months ago
As long as the hobby doesn’t involve making something over more than 1 day.
9point6@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This brings me some more questions tbh
Like how is he remembering the previous loop?
What of him gets sent back?
His brain? His whole body? His thoughts are a product of the chemical and physical state of his brain and body, so gotta be his body to some extent
In the film he’s shown learning not just knowledge but new skills requiring dexterity you assume he doesn’t already possess
Could he work out in the gym and have the physical benefits in the next loop?
I’m starting to think the film might have a couple of plot holes