Rivernaut Piers Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 shall I rent it? Rotten Tomatoes gave it high score from Critics, but Audience wasn't too impressed. It seems like a long movie. Is it mostly filler or does it really keep your attention? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arikastack Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I enjoyed it, so I'd say yes. Though, I wouldn't rent it unless you absolutely have to. It's on Netflix, and Youtube has a 360p version as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli May Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Like any documentary, it chooses the eccentric edge-cases as its subjects. So as a representation of the usual business of SL, it fails spectacularly. That said, I recognised some of the 'types' I meet within SL: Mr & Miss 'looking for love', Ms 'make my fortune' and Mr 'cause some trouble'. All of them are dealing with problems caused by SL at some level or another. One in particular seems to be truly struggling with addiction. Should you rent it? If 100 mins sounds like a long movie to you, you'll probably be bored. It's typical documentary fare and not terribly visually interesting, unless over-the-shoulder shots of computer screens are your thing. As for the on-grid footage: it was released in 2010 but a lot of it looks like SL circa-2006. It has very little positive to say about SL. It didn't exactly bore me, but it said nothing about SL that I hadn't seen covered several times before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Data Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Kelli May wrote: Like any documentary, it chooses the eccentric edge-cases as its subjects. So as a representation of the usual business of SL, it fails spectacularly. It isn't about SL, it's about online addiction. SL is just the vehicle. So, of course they chose eccentric edge-cases. Also, the number of eccentric edge-cases make them not so edge-case. Witness, here and SLU. Compared to the total number of people who tried SL, their numbers may be low, but gathered in one (or two) places, you find there are quite a few people who take their SL persona very seriously. Moreso on SLU than here, they loosen up a bit when they are with friends, but there's an interesting story to be told about constructed personas, sometimes quite incongruent, that people don't like to have challenged. They're more interesting out of SL than in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivernaut Piers Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 thank you friends. I think I'll skip it since it sounds like it puts an emphasis on the negative aspects, but addiction and other player traits certainly apply to more violent games. I hoped the movie would be an example that I could show off to a few people who think sharing cliches on FB is all there is to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Faulds Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Not just the negative but it's very dated. I took a look at it on Netflix and remembered watching it a while back. Things in SL have changed a lot in 5 years. The economy is totally different now than what it was at the time that was made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceka Cianci Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 This is a post i made in an older Life 2.0 thread ,so i'm just gonna paste it here... ====================================================== Here is another good one called it say's German HD but it's just subtitled in German. the video itself is in english. and this one on hulu When Strangers Click it's 5 different stories about people meeting online..and the last one is about second life.. the last story in this one is one of my favorites of them all as far as people meeting and awesome things happening in their lives.. it's really my favorite ..can't say it enough with how much they gained by knowing each other and all of it from meeting in this virtual world right here .. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Ceka Cianci wrote: and this one on hulu When Strangers Click it's 5 different stories about people meeting online..and the last one is about second life.. the last story in this one is one of my favorites of them all as far as people meeting and awesome things happening in their lives.. it's really my favorite ..can't say it enough with how much they gained by knowing each other and all of it from meeting in this virtual world right here .. =) I had not seen that one -- really good! And altho from 2010, SL doesnt look like crap. Very likeable ppl with a good story. Wonder now what became of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Deakins Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Pamela Galli wrote: Ceka Cianci wrote: and this one on hulu When Strangers Click it's 5 different stories about people meeting online..and the last one is about second life.. the last story in this one is one of my favorites of them all as far as people meeting and awesome things happening in their lives.. it's really my favorite ..can't say it enough with how much they gained by knowing each other and all of it from meeting in this virtual world right here .. =) I had not seen that one -- really good! And altho from 2010, SL doesnt look like crap. Very likeable ppl with a good story. Wonder now what became of them. They probably got divorced when the woman found her husband messing around with another woman in SL Sorry. I recently saw a case of a British couple who met and married in SL and then married in RL, only to be divorced when she caught him 'playing' with another woman in SL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aprilfaithwillow Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Yeah it's good already seen it I watch sl movies on youtube a lot so not hard for me to enjoy this sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charli Infinity Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I've watched it. The love story looks very staged to me. Sure worth watching to see some second life users in real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheriColette Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Ceka Cianci wrote: This is a post i made in an older Life 2.0 thread ,so i'm just gonna paste it here... ====================================================== Here is another good one called it say's German HD but it's just subtitled in German. the video itself is I couldnt watch 'When Strangers Click' cause (hylu) only available in USA Im still watching Login 2 Life (up to ship/lightening scene)....its good documentary. Found this on Oprah (1:40:55) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceka Cianci Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 CheriColette wrote: Ceka Cianci wrote: This is a post i made in an older Life 2.0 thread ,so i'm just gonna paste it here... ====================================================== Here is another good one called it say's German HD but it's just subtitled in German. the video itself is I couldnt watch 'When Strangers Click' cause (hylu) only available in USA Im still watching Login 2 Life (up to ship/lightening scene)....its good documentary. Found this on Oprah (1:40:55) see if maybe this link will work.. http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/when_strangers_click_five_stories_from_the_internet This is the guy that was in it and this is after the documentary where he came on treet tv and did an interview ,as well as the guy that came up with the documentary.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheriColette Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Yes . Thanks Ceka.....that worked. Great video, glad I got to watch it. Love the live music show too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivernaut Piers Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 ty for that... it was interesting, and with the Director of Food Inc. too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivernaut Piers Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 just watched Login 2 Life was happy I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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