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Movie trailers playing before a movie made sense to me. You like movies? Here's some that are coming up, in case you're interested.
It was a movie trailer that made me go all-in on adblockers. One of the Mission Impossible movies, I forget which one, I lost count after the third. This trailer had that annoying "Ready or not, here I come" "song" in the background. And it played ahead of every single Youtube video I watched for a week.
I will never watch a Mission Impossible movie ever again, old or new. I will never watch another Tom Cruise movie ever again. Old or new. I might avoid the spy/action/thriller genre entirely for the rest of my life. I won't go see James Bond ever again because of Mission Impossible's marketing. There's a strong and growing possibility I'll never walk into a movie theater ever again. And I aggressively block ads now.
They went from letting me know what movies were going to be released soon to trying to beat my personality out.
I used to be a movie buff. I grew up in a house with a lot of VHS tapes, movies were important to my social life in my teens and early twenties, I went to work for a couple years basically living at the airport and sleeping at home, and when I came up for air it was all a cancerous mass, a tumor of its former self.
I would rather watch RedLetterMedia make fun of 40 year old movies than go watch a new one.
Insane response to mild annoyance honestly
I also haven't bought a game made by EA since 1992. I don't like their behavior as a company so I have completely stopped buying anything from them. This you label "insane."
Yes
Does the phrase "vote with your wallet" mean anything to you?
Don't let the irritation take that away from you. I used to be a movie buff. But I also still am. My solution is just to ignore the previews. I don't let it bother me because I am in control of my own life and feelings. So if I am going to a theater with someone, I wait outside until the movie starts (if possible... hard to do with kids). Otherwise I'm fine with streaming.
And even though Tom Cruise is the public face of shitology, those Mission Impossible movies are pretty good. Better than the last few Bond movies for sure. Learn to find things that you like. stoicism