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minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoBecause calling it the “start time” is a lie.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoFine, be offended by the lie! No problem. But my point was that no one is forcing you to watch the ads and trailers.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoIt also means that I don’t know when the movie ends because the run time doesn’t matter anymore. But it’s mostly the lying. And the ads.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoMeh. You’re smart enough to figure the actual run time. Hating the lie is good enough! I just won’t ban theaters over it. Rare enough that we go anyway. Once a year at most? And even then, only for something that excites me.
Because calling it the “start time” is a lie.
Fine, be offended by the lie! No problem. But my point was that no one is forcing you to watch the ads and trailers.
It also means that I don’t know when the movie ends because the run time doesn’t matter anymore.
But it’s mostly the lying.
And the ads.
Meh. You’re smart enough to figure the actual run time. Hating the lie is good enough! I just won’t ban theaters over it. Rare enough that we go anyway. Once a year at most? And even then, only for something that excites me.