Pausing the movie and resuming should be banned
08-16-06, 07:18 PM
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Pausing the movie and resuming should be banned
Some people brought up the issue of 'pausing' in my other thread. I think to keep the board organized, it deserves a thread of its own.
When you watch a movie, you are supposed to watch it the whole way through, no exceptions. You cannot pause a movie then resume where you left off. Would an art museum say "We'll show you half of the Mona Lisa now, and you can come back another time and see the other half later." The artist did not intend it to be seen that way. If you have to stop a movie for whatever reason, you should start from the beginning again. The whole thing, straight through, is the way the director intended it to be seen (unless of course the director inserted an intermission, like the DVD of The Blue Max).
When you watch a movie, you are supposed to watch it the whole way through, no exceptions. You cannot pause a movie then resume where you left off. Would an art museum say "We'll show you half of the Mona Lisa now, and you can come back another time and see the other half later." The artist did not intend it to be seen that way. If you have to stop a movie for whatever reason, you should start from the beginning again. The whole thing, straight through, is the way the director intended it to be seen (unless of course the director inserted an intermission, like the DVD of The Blue Max).
08-16-06, 07:21 PM
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Um right...
I can see it now, the 4th hour of Dances with Wolves extended and you gotta really take a pisser. Whoops, guess we have to start it all over again!
Dude, seriously...
I can see it now, the 4th hour of Dances with Wolves extended and you gotta really take a pisser. Whoops, guess we have to start it all over again!
Dude, seriously...
08-16-06, 07:27 PM
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Why are you comparing a painting to a movie? 
Ask the film makers themselves if they would eliminate the pause feature. Sure they would LIKE you to experience the movie without interuptions, but no one in their right mind would want to force you to start over if you have to pause it.
Please.
Ask the film makers themselves if they would eliminate the pause feature. Sure they would LIKE you to experience the movie without interuptions, but no one in their right mind would want to force you to start over if you have to pause it.
Please.
08-16-06, 07:32 PM
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I'm glad I own my DVDs, and I can watch them how I choose.
I not only pause my movies, I even press 'stop' too. I like the feature of the DVD starting exactly where I stopped it last.
I not only pause my movies, I even press 'stop' too. I like the feature of the DVD starting exactly where I stopped it last.
08-16-06, 07:47 PM
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Better turn your phone of aswell. And the doorbell better go aswell. Also get a fridge next to your chair (and a toilet).
Thinking about what the director intended, we better not reduce the price of the DVD, I doubt the director wanted his film dumped into a $3 bargin bin.
Thinking about what the director intended, we better not reduce the price of the DVD, I doubt the director wanted his film dumped into a $3 bargin bin.
08-16-06, 07:48 PM
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I wonder if this is the same James Ryan who is a filmmaker and teacher at that fancy school in NY that went from starring in movies like Kill and Be Killed, Kill and Kill Again, and Kickboxer 5 to writing movies like The Young Girl and the Monsoon?
08-16-06, 08:03 PM
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I'm not sure which of the two threads is more ridiculous.
If I am watching a movie for the first time on DVD I very rarely pause it but that after that first time I stop and start movies as my heart desires.
If I am watching a movie for the first time on DVD I very rarely pause it but that after that first time I stop and start movies as my heart desires.
08-16-06, 08:07 PM
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we cant ban him because of his whacked idea!!!
they should ban dvds period...think about it..the director intended it be on a movie screen, not your 19" panasonic.....
they should ban dvds period...think about it..the director intended it be on a movie screen, not your 19" panasonic.....
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Yeah, but it sucks when I pause it to go to the bathroom and then I come back and am about to play it, but then I say to myself, "What would James Ryan Do?" So I restart it from the beginning. It is especially annoying when this happens to me in the last 10 minutes of the movie, or when I've been drinking a lot of water so I have to restart the movie like 4 or 5 times.
08-16-06, 08:08 PM
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I wonder if this is the same James Ryan who is a filmmaker and teacher at that fancy school in NY that went from starring in movies like Kill and Be Killed, Kill and Kill Again, and Kickboxer 5 to writing movies like The Young Girl and the Monsoon?
08-16-06, 08:35 PM
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The artist has an intention. Maybe you think it would be okay to pan & scan Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper"? I wonder which apostles you'd cut out!
Everything has to be viewed ONE WAY: The way the artist wants you to (which in movies' case, is exactly like in the theaters).
Anything else is rape and bastardization.
And stop calling me a troll, because I'm not.
Everything has to be viewed ONE WAY: The way the artist wants you to (which in movies' case, is exactly like in the theaters).
Anything else is rape and bastardization.
And stop calling me a troll, because I'm not.
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08-16-06, 08:55 PM
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Yes, you should be the only James Ryan on this board. That is how the artists (your parents) intended it.
Answer my question from the previous thread: What happens if there's a power outage? Start over?
Answer my question from the previous thread: What happens if there's a power outage? Start over?
08-16-06, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by JamesRyan
The artist has an intention. Maybe you think it would be okay to pan & scan Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper"? I wonder which apostles you'd cut out!
Everything has to be viewed ONE WAY: The way the artist wants you to (which in movies' case, is exactly like in the theaters).
Anything else is rape and bastardization.
And stop calling me a troll, because I'm not.
Everything has to be viewed ONE WAY: The way the artist wants you to (which in movies' case, is exactly like in the theaters).
Anything else is rape and bastardization.
And stop calling me a troll, because I'm not.