Comment by SunlitCat
1 year ago
Oof. What's next? Announcing what they see? What items are around them and how they could interact with them (or not)?
Like "Protagonist: I walked north and I entered a mysterious room, full of different bottles. They don't look like I could use them, but maybe I should take one with me?"
The Mandalorian, oh my lawd, the dialogue was just narrative explanation. Just terrible.
Terribly terrible.
Covering the main character's face in a helmet isn't great for drama.
Sylvester Stallone thought the same about Judge Dredd. That was such a great movie because of the decision.
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/judge-dredd-1995
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If people aren’t watching the show why not just make it a radio play?
I think because people are 'watching' in a situation where twenty years ago they'd've put the radio on but now they default to 'fire something up on Netflix' and so Netflix wants to make things amenable to those customers.
I'm not sure how I feel about this, but it does at least make sense in terms of why Netflix are doing so.
That's not how (good) radio plays work either. Through good use of dialog and foley, they could avoid such ham-handed writing.
LOOK BOTTLES
THE WIZARD WENT WEST THROUGH THE DOOR AND INTO THE GARDEN
We're converging on audiobooks
Podcasts, brrrrr
Audio works on the subway, on the bike, while riding a bike, cleaning the house and the big one, driving a car. To get into a situation where you can both watch and listen is much rarer.
The car is pretty much the only time I listen to non-music audio. And I don't drive enough to listen to audiobooks for the most part.
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Kill Jester!
"I see you have Chekhov's gun hanging on your wall"
Or The Young Ones equivalent, "I'd best conceal this sticky bun by placing it precariously on the edge of this box. [Dun dun duuun]"
"Let me show you my beautiful MacGuffin suitcase, it's the latest trend. "
"I see you have the words 'Kaiser' and 'Soasay' on the wall... what a coincidence, that was the name of the boss!"