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[–] konalt@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] toddestan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Doesn't surprise me at all, really. Seems like a self-fulfilling prophecy too, because if you make a show like that, then someone who sits down and actually tries to watch it is more likely to start getting bored and starts to get out that second screen.

The other issue, particularly with movies, is a lot of this stuff is created with the idea of making it easier to translate to other languages, hence things like the overly simplified dialog.