What are you watching?
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Yesterday I tried Creature Commandos (Max) and I lasted about 20 minutes into the first chapter and I was done (5 minutes more than Velma, at least). Then I switched to the pilot of Superman and Lois, and I was hooked right from the start so, on to binge it's 4-season run. Sorry, but I like my superheroes (or antiheroes) free of artificial irony and cynicism.
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Well, I did enjoy his work with all the Guardians of the Galaxy movies. But I skipped Suicide Squad mainly because of superhero movie fatigue and the presence of two DC characters that I can't stand: Harley Quinn and Amanda Waller. And I did not enjoy the 20-minute sampler of Creature Commandos, both premise and execution.
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To each his own. I believe a good creator can write a good movie regardless of the characters in it. I can't stand Deadpool in the comics but enjoyed the heck out of his first two movies thanks to Tim Miller and crew. Meanwhile Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman are the three biggest characters at DC but even combined they couldn't save the train wreck of a movie that was Dawn Of Justice in my eyes.
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I watched a sobering 2-part documentary about smartphone use among high school students:
A cohort of students gave up their smartphones for 21 days and their brain actvitiy and sleep levels etc. were measured before and after the break. The results showed that kids felt more alert and less anxious after giving up their smartphone use, albeit temporarily.
However, the really shocking parts of the documentary were about how little adults/parents really know about what their kids do with their phones (including how long they spend using them) and how apps like Tik Tok and YouTube really work. None of what was shown in this doc was a surprise to me in the slightest, but I think it will serve as a wake-up call to many parents who watch this, not least as it is not just kids who need to think about their smartphone use and how it affects them.
Frankly, some of these social media companies need to be hauled over the coals for the kind of repulsive content that they not only allow on their platforms, but have created algorithms that actively direct children to violent, distressing and even dangerous content. The fact that there is effectively zero age verification, and that there is effectively no barrier between children and even the most revolting pornography and extreme violent content on the web is alarming.
It's also shocking that no-one seems either willing or able to do anything about it, leaving it entirely in the hands of parents (who often have little clue about how easy this content is to access, and that it is often being pushed on to their kids without the kid actively having to search for it...), and indeed in the hands of kids themselves, who are being very deliberately targeted and manipulated by algorithms that are designed to addict them.
My own personal experience closely reflects what was described in the show, insomuch as my nephew's mobile phone and device use has become the single biggest obstacle in our relationship, and it has got to the point where something needs to change. Granted, teens are uncommunicative and surly at the best of times, but I truly feel like it is impossible to compete for his attention against the myriad of apps, devices and other activties that require zero effort on his behalf... it requires a tonne of effort on our behalf to even attempt to compete, and more often than not these days, those efforts are wasted.
A cohort of students gave up their smartphones for 21 days and their brain actvitiy and sleep levels etc. were measured before and after the break. The results showed that kids felt more alert and less anxious after giving up their smartphone use, albeit temporarily.
However, the really shocking parts of the documentary were about how little adults/parents really know about what their kids do with their phones (including how long they spend using them) and how apps like Tik Tok and YouTube really work. None of what was shown in this doc was a surprise to me in the slightest, but I think it will serve as a wake-up call to many parents who watch this, not least as it is not just kids who need to think about their smartphone use and how it affects them.
Frankly, some of these social media companies need to be hauled over the coals for the kind of repulsive content that they not only allow on their platforms, but have created algorithms that actively direct children to violent, distressing and even dangerous content. The fact that there is effectively zero age verification, and that there is effectively no barrier between children and even the most revolting pornography and extreme violent content on the web is alarming.
It's also shocking that no-one seems either willing or able to do anything about it, leaving it entirely in the hands of parents (who often have little clue about how easy this content is to access, and that it is often being pushed on to their kids without the kid actively having to search for it...), and indeed in the hands of kids themselves, who are being very deliberately targeted and manipulated by algorithms that are designed to addict them.
My own personal experience closely reflects what was described in the show, insomuch as my nephew's mobile phone and device use has become the single biggest obstacle in our relationship, and it has got to the point where something needs to change. Granted, teens are uncommunicative and surly at the best of times, but I truly feel like it is impossible to compete for his attention against the myriad of apps, devices and other activties that require zero effort on his behalf... it requires a tonne of effort on our behalf to even attempt to compete, and more often than not these days, those efforts are wasted.
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I know it was hard enough to keep on top of 15 odd years ago when my kids were teens, it must be exponentially more challenging now.
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