I've written about cell phones before. There are so many things I love about them. They have opened up a whole new world but lately . . .
We watch a lot of movies and series on Netflix and sometimes Prime and I've noticed over the past few years that cell phones are playing a big part in the entertainment field. So much so that if you see someone pick up a "real" phone then you know you're watching a really old flick.
We've seen actors record confessions from unsuspecting bad guys and many, many funny scenes where cell phones are pivotal to the plot.
Here's my complaint: when a message comes in it is sometimes shown in the air so WE CAN ALL READ IT. Super cool idea.
Most often, though, you only see a shot of the phone itself with the teeny tiny message displayed.
Who do they think is able to read that??? And you only get a nano-second to decipher! If it could be frozen and I felt like getting up off the couch and crawling up to the TV, then I'd be able to see the message. But I'm all comfy, you know, so I let it pass me by with some grumpy mumbling under my breath.
When they're making a movie isn't there a time, like maybe at the end of the day, where someone sits in a room to see what the day's shooting looks like? Didn't that person realize the text can NOT be read by anyone without binoculars at the ready?
Often times that unreadable text is important! Like where the body is buried or when the lovers are supposed to meet and run away together.
So, who to I write to so I can lodge my complaint?
I'm not going to send a text. Maybe an email. Or maybe, just maybe, I'll go old school and put pen to paper.
