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I'm behind.

~tskaalgard

I feel like I'm frequently 3-4 years behind on most mainstream media.

I just got around to watching The Shape of Water *tonight.* Previously I hadn't seen it. I was waiting for the perfect time to watch it (I absolutely adore Guillermo del Toro movies and observe a certain pomp and circumstance around them) but tonight ended up just pulling the trigger on it even though it didn't feel like quite the "right" moment.

Beautiful piece of cinema. I loved it.

Either way, it made me think a little bit about how I'm consistently several years behind on mainstream media. My backlog is a mile long and I'm not sure how to correct this. I'm a working professional who spends 45 hours a week at the office, 3-4 hours a week at the gym, I'm in a recreational softball league and have family commitments. How can I stay on top of things better without cutting into socializing/family time? This seems impossible, lol.

And of course, I'm still re-watching movies from 2002 because my loved ones haven't seen them yet, lol. I've probably seen... ten movies that were made since 2010?

I know, I'm the worst.

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~inquiry wrote:

Put your nose to the pubstone, and forget about the rest! :-)

~rusty wrote:

Oh, I'm the absolute worst at being in the loop and watching stuff, even when I have time for it. I'm very often looking at things I know I'd enjoy and actually want to watch, but it just doesn't feel like the time is right (I suppose you and I are kinda alike in that regard).

I couldn't tell you how often my friends and I have this dialogue where they mention some line or twist from a popular or an iconic movie, and I just make an awkward face at them, 'cause guess what? Never seen it.

But to be honest, I think that's not the worst crime. I'm seeing things when I want to see them, what's there to be ashamed of? Being in the mainstream is not an obligation.

The only drawback, really, is when you watch something and want to discuss it with people only to realize that everyone moved on a couple of years ago, heh.

~ew wrote:

Hey ~tskaalgard! Would a worse example help to cheer you up? Take me.

I don't watch TV. Any. No netflix and whatnot. No series. Never. Staring at the for 5 minutes evokes the physical equivalent of "wasting time" in my whole body. Then I leave.
I go to the movies maybe once a year, and only because friends of mine drag me there. With mixed results. --- That being said: I had times before I was 34, when I went to the movies every week with a friend. I have fond memories of that time. Ever saw "Candy Mountain" (1987) or "Paris, Texas" (1984), or "Arizona Dream" (1993). That last one moved me to tears. Ok ok, three movies noone remembers are enough.
I don't watch youtube either.

Yes I know, I do miss out on good stuff. And on good books, even though I read some. And on live music, although I go to a concerts once in a while. I do miss out on so much, but hey, the day has 24 hours and none extra. :-)

~bartender? How about tea? With sugar and cream. Yes. Thinking about Arizona Dream and the fact that I spent a complete year (1989/90) there makes me cry. They were good times.

Me walks over to the juke box. Flips through the lists ... hm, how about some "Siegel Schwall Band"? Or "Sammy Taylor and a band called Sam" ... quite unknown to most ... yes I know. Ok, only one song, before the whole place empties and it's my fault.

Smudge? I wanted to cheer up ~tskaalgard and end down an emotional rabbit hole. Isn't that kind of stupid?

Oh well, ~bartender serves a "White Tea", cream and sugar on the side and a few napkins, how mindful! Thanks so much!

Ok, I have another anecdote about completely insignificant movies:

During a film festival (short movies) I watched "Bunkerlow" by Martin Kirchberger. A German production from 1991. It is a bitter satire thing about selling bunkers (military grade shelters) to the rich. And it works like this: The potential customers board a classic air plane (a Douglas DC-3A) to fly to the North Sea for a short round over an island. There is a very short clip at the beginning, where 2 bombs are visible straped to a cargo palette. It is so short, you might as well miss it. I didn't and my brain was asking, whether I really saw this. Sure enough, to sell bunkers they do a TV video conference with a person located in such an advertised bunker and then drop the two bombs on him. My jaw surely dropped, too. The person is all well --- it's a sales show, remember? All good?

Well no. On the last flight they made, the aircraft crashed into a mountain "Hoher Nistler" near Heidelberg. And I can sort of remember this event. So in the trailer, a lot of names had daggers to indicate, that they died while producing this movie.

I would be very surprised to meet someone, who knows the movie and the story around it.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugunfall_am_Hohen_Nistler

As I said, it is insignificant, but I prefer this anecdote over a "modern" telenovela any old time.

Cheers.

~tetris wrote:

it's the best way to watch media, free from the hype. I'm one of the few people who actually enjoyed the Hobbit sequels, purely because I went in with no expectations, watched it casually on my laptop, and treated it as the sometimes zany but welcome re-entry into the rich world of LOTR again

~johano wrote:

Free yourself of the feeling of needing to stay current... that's the only thing that kind of works for me...

~tatterdemalion wrote:

It's impossible, of course. I'm currently watching a TV series from 2014 on my lunch breaks at work. Anything recent I've seen has been children's media, though I'm also showing my children classic stuff from the 80s...

~tskaalgard wrote:

I should edit this to say "since 2015."