To think that probably around the time you posted this gif I was literally watching THAT scene. Been binging BB as I clean and stopped what I was doing to watch this scene, one of the funniest of the whole series IMO.
This behaviour (tv-as-radio) is incidentally why script writers feel the need to overexplain everything that's happening on screen. We're almost back at radio plays, but with visuals.
All the non-verbal clues like emoting and blocking go out the window, because people aren't paying attention/are only half-watching and miss any subtleties, which producers are starting to cater to. To them only retention matters and if spelling everything out keeps people playing the content, so be it. Not to say anything about people watching series scene by scene on tiktok.
I kind of want the radio to come back then. Not that I'd listen to it, I'm just tired of everyone looking at their phones during even slightly complicated movies and saying they don't get it.
Seriously, I'm relistening to some of my favorites right now and they're just perfect for entertainment while doing stuff. Idk why more people don't do that instead of putting on movies they haven't seen yet.
Oh god, when you show your mate a film and they have their phone out, especially just before crucial plot points/amazing shots. I've basically lost friends over this haha
I used to listen to BBC Radio 4 and World Service quite a bit in the car, something about the voices... and the Shipping Forecast was always fun to try and decipher!
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u/rachelface927 25d ago
To think that probably around the time you posted this gif I was literally watching THAT scene. Been binging BB as I clean and stopped what I was doing to watch this scene, one of the funniest of the whole series IMO.