Is fast paced action too fast?

[Spunkey1pestic]

Yes, please call me "Spunkey"....
Yes, Hitchcock: good call...
But I think you hit the nail on the head:
It really is about the story- and I think that is where the tide is going to turn- It's time that the pictures and the story should complement-(as it should) instead of great pictures carrying a bad story~

And I have one pet peeve on Spider-man 2, Did
they purposely ignore continuity?? I was going banana's in the theater.... I finally convinced myself that it was on purpose... anyone know?

[untamed_aggression]

Originally posted by Spunkey1pestic:
And I have one pet peeve on Spider-man 2, Did they purposely ignore continuity?? I was going banana's in the theater.... I finally convinced myself that it was on purpose... anyone know?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You think the continuity's bad in a Spidey flick, try watching The Evil Dead trilogy.

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[The Cavity]

Originally posted by Untamed Aggression:
Blame MTV for giving kids ADD and the studios for thinking this is a good and "hip" thing to do.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It's all part of a conspiracy, man. The executives who run these corporations are pedophiles. Massive sensory overload excites the pineal gland, subsequently causing girls to become sexualized and younger and younger ages.

Originally posted by Untamed Aggression:
I hate MTV.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">A few years ago, MTV tried to broadcast a Studio Canal (Canadian) financed production called "Clone High," which was an animated show geared towards 17-24 year-olds. It was, by far, the best show I'd ever seen on TV, even surpassing The Simpsons at some of their finest moments IMHO. Obviously, after discovering it actually had aesthetic value and/or might actually disrupt the status quo of endlessly inane programming (death to Videodrome), MTV suits cancelled it after five episodes (the other nine were broadcast in Ontario, thank Cthuhlu), and replaced it with Ashton Kutcher's "Punk'd." Because America just can't get enough of that fucking ree-ree. Oh, and Clone High hasn't been released in any other format besides that of the bootleg persuasion on eBay. So you see, that is why NOBODY can hate MTV more than I do.

[Spunkey1pestic]

Here's the trick,
Evil dead is campy, so you don't notice it as much..... or at least in my opinoun-

anywho-

Mtv is junk- It was junk the day they stopped playing music video's-and unfortunately "tween's" equal money- so as long as they are screaming for
reality TV and buying crappy abulms then that's what will be on MTV-
Joy-JOY

[untamed_aggression]

Originally posted by The Cavity:
[QBA few years ago, MTV tried to broadcast a Studio Canal (Canadian) financed production called "Clone High," which was an animated show geared towards 17-24 year-olds. It was, by far, the best show I'd ever seen on TV, even surpassing The Simpsons at some of their finest moments IMHO.[/QB]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I've heard of that. I can't remember where or when, but I've definitely heard of it.

But that's the case with everything, especially prime-time cartoons. If something shows even the slightest chance of being good, the networks cancel it. I think Futurama is funnier than The Simpsons ever was or will be, yet Fox fucked it around the schedules so no one saw it, then cancelled it. Then Channel 4, in their infinite wisdom, did exactly the same thing. The Clerks animated series only got 2 shows on the air before ABC pulled the plug. Ironically, there was talk of MTV picking that up for a new run, but that never happened, thank Christicle.

Erm... where were we again?

[jb_617]

It's not as bad as The Family Guy getting cancelled. I loved that show. It's my current second funniest thing, after this website that I found out about today.: http://nycitystoop.com/


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hehehehehe...you bastard.

[emjen]

Was it discontinue (whats the word for that again?) then? I haven't noticed.

[TJ_the_director]

IMO do fast cuts in moderation. Equally bad are long takes.

[Yammeryammeryammer]

This is becoming less a thread about current films being too fast cutting, and more about the actual method or technique of quick cuts being bad. I think it is impossible for a technique to be bad, but your use of it can be. Long takes, quick cuts, neither are better or worse. Sure people are becoming numbed by MTV, but all that does is open up an opportunity to use the technique better. Faster isn't necessarily better, if you get that, then you are steps ahead of the game. It is all a balance between all the tools of film. Some people hate certain tools (like narration, B&W, subtitles, etc.) I just see them as something at your disposal....

[emjen]

Why? Because studio execs and producers keep throwing in guns, violence and first person styled things in movies?

That has nothing to do with editing IMO.