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specialist ◴[] No.29703385[source]
I just want to control the viewing experience, not hoard warez.

Effortless rewind, skip filler (car chases, sex), play at x1.25 speed, etc.

aka the "Blu-Ray experience".

If that means I gotta bypass the DRM and download, so be it.

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Some shows have my complete rapt attention. I'll keenly watch (and rewatch) every single frame. Like Netflix's Maniac. OMG. So frikkin good. (So many other examples.)

Other shows, especially rewatching a series, I just want to focus on the character development, dialog, and plot points.

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ramraj07 ◴[] No.29703861[source]
Who the hell skips car chases? What movie had a car chase that you wanted to skip that made that movie more watchable (this sentence applies to the furious films as well, skipping the chase scenes there gives you the dumbest drama of all time).
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odiroot ◴[] No.29704006[source]
As a counter example, I watch Bullitt just for the car chase.
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mongol ◴[] No.29704347[source]
Yes but is not Bullit the original "car chase" movie?
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odiroot ◴[] No.29705067[source]
For a moment I thought The Italian Job (the original one) was first. But you're right, Bullitt is older by a year.

Bullitt was definitely unmatched for a long time.

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cf100clunk ◴[] No.29706139[source]
The "Highway Patrol" TV series of the 1950s was a precursor of the car chase genre, as were some notable film noirs that elevated car pursuits as story lines i.e. High Sierra, White Heat. Agreed that Bullitt is exemplary, but don't forget The French Connection, Duel, Easy Rider, Two Lane Blacktop, and Vanishing Point and you have some great car/bike films of Bullitt's era. The hoaxy C'etait un Rendez-vous is likewise great if you don't do the time/distance math.
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1. mongol ◴[] No.29724653[source]
But did not also many James Bond movies feature car chases prior to this? Or do their car chases differ perhaps?
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2. cf100clunk ◴[] No.29774763[source]
Bond films did not exist in the classic film noir era of the 1940s and 50s, but yes they did precede Bullitt and are a good example of films with car chases as major plot devices.