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0 pointsSpearchucker12y ago0 comments

I like feature-length movies. Short films are a way to fill an idle minute, but otherwise bore me. No one I know spends 2 hours straight just watching short clips or movies on YouTube.

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drblast12y ago

My wife and I spend quite a bit of time watching 22 or 50 minute TV shows in succession on Netflix.

I think that format is in many ways more interesting, as you can develop a story in much more depth than you could with a 2 hour movie.

KaiserPro12y ago

Thats longform/episodic, which is not the same as feature length hollywood.

However you are correct that 8x25 or 6x60 allows for far richer narrative. (The BBC's sherlock is a brilliant example of this 3x90 minutes of tastily thick narrative)

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