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human
did you know between 9pm -12 am netflix accounts for a third of the bandwidth in north america
gpt
I can believe that. My son watches movies all the time along with TV shows and Netflick originals. He got me hooked on Stranger Things.
human
*relaxed posture* a guy racked up $40 in late fees on a vhs so he started netflix
gpt
I remember the days of rentals. What a pain that was. Now we sit at home and just stream everything. I still like to get Netflix dvds cause I don't understand how to stream. My son laughs at me.
human
well apparently netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth so maybe you aren't the only one!
gpt
Yes, there's a lot of us old fogeys around. I liked them better before they changed their homepage. I find it very hard to find films anymore.Amazing that they are almost totally world-wide.
human
I agree. I hate the new set up. I didnt realalize netflix started its own content in 2012. I thought it was much more recent than that
gpt
Well at first I'm sure everyone thought that their self production shows would be like Japanese sci-fi films, not worth watching. but some of their shows are very highly rated.
human
do you like star wars? james earl jones only spent 2.5 hours recording all of darth vaders lines and was paid $7500 i cant decide if that was a lot or a little in the 70s
gpt
*eyes widen* It was low for voice actors then but he certainly made the character more evil than anyone else could have. That series has made so many people rich. Especially George Lucas.
human
in 2018 the total value for the star wars franchise was $65 BILLION. Thats insane
gpt
Yes and that launched the career of many people, the most notable being Han Solo. The acting in the first was atrocious but got better as more movies were made. All told a great movie.
human
I think its great that george lucas' wife marcia won an academy award for editing while george didn't win any for directing
gpt
He got his through notoriety. I think everyone knows his name. Some of the lingo has worked it's way into our language. Did you know that watching that movie was what made James Cameron go into directing?
human
*raises eyebrows* I did not know that. In the original transformers movie there are 1.53 explosions per minute lol. Michael Bay must love to blow things up
gpt
I think so! Special effects have become a huge part of action movies now, along with CGI of course. I guess the dept. of Defense has big ideas about transformers.
human
*takes a step back* well those CGI effects took 38 hours to render one frame of movement
gpt
I'm not a computer whiz but I have watched my son do his tricks as an IT expert and sometimes it takes him hours to resolve issues. I know that it would take me years to do one frame.
human
I think the same is true for monster inc it took like a huge amount of hours just to make sullys arm move. I dont think I'd have the patience
gpt
I hear that Bey's latest production "Bumblebee" is getting great reviews.
human
I cna't believe there are still movies considering optimus prime has died 25 times in the last 30 years
gpt
I haven't kept track but I'm going to remember that fact as a trivia question. I guess Bey actually appeared in one of the films by being a person who gets swatted away.