Re: JJ Abrams' "Cloverfield"
That sounds like a whole new level of ADD.:wink:
Y'know, I always get annoyed by the myth we have shorter attention spans. Now, I know you're kidding around Planet-Man, but let me have a little rant not at you, but at ALL PEOPLE.
So, apparently, we have shorter attention spans. I don't think that's true. I think, what's happened, is that because we're born and raised on TV and now, the internet, we are capable of soaking up information at an incredible pace. Look at games like Big Brain Academy or Warioware to see what I mean. I think we're so good at assimilating information (though, we're no better at comprehending or understanding it and being able to use it) that it means we're able to "get" what's going on a lot quicker and once we've soaked up the information, if nothing remains, we get bored because there's nothing left.
In my head, this works thusly: you get a 5lb burger, and eat it in 5 minutes. I get a 5lb burger, and eat it in 2 minutes. I'm not eating less, I'm eating faster. I don't think people have shorter attention spans, rather, their attention works faster.
I also think that as you get older, it gets slower. But then I might be talking nonsense, I dunno.
Narp?
