[97119] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Enough with Cable-Bills! Get Started-Streaming AND-Saving.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (TickBoxTV)
Thu Apr 13 20:32:02 2017
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 20:25:39 -0400
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<td colspan=3D"2" id=3D"Buiwguh2">It's Time to Say-Goodbye to-Cable!</=
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<td width=3D"366" id=3D"Chgijh2t"><br /> Dear =
mit-talk-mtg@charon.mit.edu,<br /></td>=20
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<td id=3D"Auhi2t"><p><br /> Are you sick and tired of cable-bills? It'=
s time to rip them up and start-streaming!</p> <p>With Tick-Box TV, you can=
stream all of your favorite tv-shows and movies, and you won't have to pay=
the huge-fees you do with cable.</p> <p>Streaming is the future of watchin=
g television, isn't it time for your to join the movement?</p></td>=20
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<td colspan=3D"2" id=3D"SHihu2tuh2"><br /> <a href=3D"http://www.streamingnewupdatedspecials.top/8bd6Oj2o385N8sC610m2bY3oOac*28qibx-xDhg-ixZfGaDvsrEibxEIH46eBkxvB/dips-mellowed">Visi=
t Here to Start Binge-Watching Now</a></td>=20
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<td colspan=3D"2" id=3D"SJihu2th"><p> </p> <p> </p> <p>&nb=
sp; </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>&nb=
sp; </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>&nb=
sp; </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>You can.halt these=
streamingads-now by <a href=3D"http://www.streamingnewupdatedspecials.top/7194c2385O8*K99Wr2b4Xac_28zibx-xDhg-ixZfGaDvsrEibxEIH46X@0xvB/Matisse-animately">going-here</a>.<br /> #=
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<td colspan=3D"2" id=3D"Sjhkjt2"><p> </p> <p> </p> <p>&nbs=
p; </p> <p>At some point during Netflix' s ? Sense8? ? a gorgeous, ridiculo=
us series about eight strangers scattered across the world who use a psychi=
c connection to aid one another in fights and at one point have a virtual o=
rgy ? I had to ask myself: What am I watching? I didn' t mean that the way =
I usually do when reviewing a baffling show. I meant what, in a definitiona=
l sense, was this maximalist, supersized, latticework story? A mini-series?=
A megamovie? To put it another way: Is Netflix TV?</p> <p>On the one hand,=
sure. These days, when newspapers have video-production studios and you ca=
n watch ? The Walking Dead? on your phone, ? TV? is a pretty inclusive club=
On the other hand, streaming shows ? by which here I mean the original se=
ries that Netflix, Amazon and their ilk release all at once, in full season=
s ? are more than simply TV series as we' ve known them. They' re becoming =
a distinct genre all their own, whose conventions and aesthetics we' re jus=
t starting to figure out. In TV, narrative has always been an outgrowth of =
the delivery mechanism. Why are there cliffhangers? So you' ll tune in next=
week. Why are shows a half-hour or an hour long? Because real-time viewing=
required predictable schedules. Why do episodes have a multiple-act struct=
ure? To leave room for the commercials. HBO series like ? Deadwood? ? which=
jettisoned the ad breaks and content restrictions of network TV ? have bee=
n compared to Dickens' s serial novels. Watching a streaming series is even=
more like reading a book ? you receive it as a seamless whole, you set you=
r own schedule ? but it' s also like video gaming. Binge-watching is immers=
ive. It' s user-directed. It creates a dynamic that I call ? The Suck? : th=
at narcotic, tidal feeling of getting drawn into a show and letting it wash=
over you for hours. ? Play next episode? is the default, and it' s so easy=
It can be competitive, even. Your friends are posting their progress, hou=
r by hour, on social media. (? OMG #JessicaJones episode 10!! Woke up at 3 =
a.m. to watch!? ) Each episode becomes a level to unlock.</p> <p>With those=
new mechanics comes a new relationship with the audience. Traditional tele=
vision ? what the jargonmeisters now call ? linear TV? ? assumes that your =
time is scarce and it has you for a few precious hours before bed. The stre=
aming services assume they own your free time, whenever it comes ? travel, =
holidays, weekends ? to fill with five- and 10-hour entertainments. So they=
program shows exactly when TV networks don' t. They debut series on Friday=
s (considered ? the death slot? in network TV) and over holidays. This Nove=
mber and December, TV' s long winter' s nap of reruns, the streaming servic=
es are unloading season after full season of original TV: ? Jessica Jones,?=
? Transparent,? ? Making a Murderer,? ? The Art of More? ? and more, and m=
ore. Amazon is releasing Season 2 of ? Mozart in the Jungle? on Dec. 30, ju=
st in time for the ball to drop. In other words, they schedule their shows =
like Hollywood movies. Streaming is like a vast multiplex where every scree=
n is playing ? The Mahabharata.? It expects commitment ? and gets it. Befor=
e Netflix and DVDs, there was an old-TV equivalent of the binge-watch: even=
t network mini-series, like ? Roots,? ? Shogun? and ? The Thorn Birds.? Whe=
re most TV of the time assumed you' d dip in and out of a series casually, =
these mammoth serials assumed they had your attention, all of it, until the=
story was done. Just so, binge-watching assumes a different kind of transa=
ction with the viewer. Weekly TV thrives by creating a constant state of te=
nsion, teasing you to come back next week. Streaming relies on The Suck.</p=
> <p>Of course, no one' s stopping you from watching a series more slowly, =
but that changes the experience. Declaring whether it' s better or worse to=
binge fast or slow is like arguing whether it' s better to see the Grand C=
anyon from a helicopter or by foot. It' s beautiful either way, but it' s d=
ifferent. You see the fine grain, or you see the vast sweep. When you watch=
a series weekly, the time you spend not watching ? mulling, anticipating, =
just getting older ? is a part of the show. ? Breaking Bad,? for instance, =
is the story of a man' s descent, or rise, from ordinary life to murderous =
criminality. In narrative time, the story takes about two years. Watched li=
ve on AMC, it aired for more than five years. Binged ? as many late-joining=
fans saw it ? it took maybe a week or three. </p> <p>The live viewer saw W=
alter White' s change distended, in slow-motion; little by little, he broke=
badder and badder, in a way that emphasized the gradual slope of moral com=
promise. The binger saw him change in time-lapse, in a way that suggested t=
hat the tendency to arrogance and evil was in him all along. Neither percep=
tion is wrong. In fact, both themes are thoroughly built into the show. But=
how you watch, in some way, affects the story you see. Streaming programme=
rs are well aware of how The Suck works. According to Netflix data, most st=
reaming viewers (including those watching original content and traditional =
TV shows) take three or four episodes to decide to commit to a season ? mea=
ning that streaming services can assume more patience (I' ll try just one m=
ore) than network programmers who assume the pilot is make-or-break. In fac=
t, Netflix' s chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, has said he considers th=
e first season of a series, not the first episode, to be the ? pilot.? So i=
ts premieres tend not to grab you so much as let you sink in. The first epi=
sode of ? Narcos,? its drug-cartel drama, is an exposition-heavy scene-sett=
er with as much voice-over as an audiobook; it' s less a pilot than a forew=
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