The series I literally dont watch

The series I literally don’t watch

When the second chapter of The Last of Us began, I breathed a sigh of relief, not because of the vital vicissitudes of the characters, but because the action took place during the day and outdoors. Let me explain that after the pilot I visited video game forums to see what they thought of the adaptation and I found them upset about a character that had gone unnoticed. At the end and to the rhythm of Depeche Mode, something invisible to my eyes had happened. I went back, I still didn’t see him. Would the HBO Max series be taped to the same guidelines as this mosquito that aired on an undetectable frequency for people over 30? Are we facing the trickiest trick of ageism?

After rewinding six times and approaching the screen some distance from the diamond appraiser, I spotted it, indeed, there it was.

It’s not the first time I’ve missed more or less relevant details, nor am I the only one suffering from it, the phenomenon of darkness in fiction has peaked in some chapters of Game of Thrones and remains in good form . It’s not strictly horror and fantasy, it’s becoming increasingly common to find offices, bars, police stations and even ridiculously dark hospitals, it’s not limited to series either, dare I say I’ve seen The Batman, because I was more intuitive it . There are times when the only thing that makes the screen glow is the subtitles.

You named this trend and it sounds like a Hammer classic: “intangible mud”. Coined it a few years ago Katie Stebbins on Twitter, the explanations are varied, ranging from lens problems beyond my knowledge to a desire to deliver a quality patina. If that’s the reason, it occurs to me that they should make the script light up instead of dimming the screen.

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