idk wrote: ↑Sat Jun 30, 2018 11:52 amit has come to my attention that it seems they’ve taken out the facts section of the friendship test and i just wanted to acknowledge the loss and both pay and immortalise my respects
and as i can never resist a good hypothesis i’d like to guess that its deletion is due to timing issues:
the segment has 3 other aspects to it even without the facts. the psychic connections is a 10 second part that explains the premise of the electrocutions and is short in and of itself. again, the dan phil rat part is also short. cutting those two out wouldn’t make much difference. the dilemma part i’d assume they think is ~interesting, ~reveals their inner ~hidden nature, and (don’t shoot me) seems fairly formulaic - dan agrees to the dilemma at phil’s expense, phil (generally, though not always) does not agree to the dilemma in favour of saving dan. there’s a /general/ calculable formula there that they can always, and often do, fall back on. the facts part seems like the longest part of the section, involves on the spot thinking, deliberating and involves more improv and free form talking. if it is time related, which i’d guess it was, it seems most logical to cut that part out. though, you know, all speculation of course
logical or not i will miss her every show and sit and pray to any and every deity for her return. godspeed
Top 10 saddest anime deaths But honestly, that's a real shame! Why go on and on about wanting
to show the real versions of yourselves on stage and then proceed to cut out one of the least formulaic parts of the show? There's definitely other segments which I'd rather they cut out, like the dog trick (I like it but it's the same every show and one magic trick is enough imo) or some of the statistics (I really don't care about that fancy pie chart, sorry boys).
It's been 4 weeks since my show and while I really enjoyed seeing D&P on stage, think they did a great job and overall absolutely treasure the experience, when I look back at it I don't quite think they were as genuine as they said they'd be. That doesn't necessarily have to do with it being partly scripted but it's more about the predictableness and how the answers and questions in lots of shows are so similar and to me often don't seem all that deep or real and instead are just very "danisnotonfire" and "AmazingPhil". I wouldn't say this really bothers me or anything but... well, I picked "No" when the survey asked whether I feel like I really know D&P and I would pick that answer again after seeing the show. Not that I expected them to completely bare themselves but I did think they would stick less to their brandings (I kinda wanna blacklist the word "houseplant" at this point) and pick more interesting fan-submitted content to include in the shows.
This may be a discussion I've missed due to avoiding spoilers until the start of June but does anyone know what Interactive Introverts and "giving the people what they want" means in the grand scheme of things? I mean, obviously they're performing and doing things that people like to see them do to make it an entertaining show for their viewers but then I think of some things Dan has said, which makes it seem like they're sending some sort of message. Like in "A Week in the Life of Dan and Phil", when he started talking about the themes of the show:
to show the real versions of yourselves on stage and then proceed to cut out one of the least formulaic parts of the show? There's definitely other segments which I'd rather they cut out, like the dog trick (I like it but it's the same every show and one magic trick is enough imo) or some of the statistics (I really don't care about that fancy pie chart, sorry boys).
It's been 4 weeks since my show and while I really enjoyed seeing D&P on stage, think they did a great job and overall absolutely treasure the experience, when I look back at it I don't quite think they were as genuine as they said they'd be. That doesn't necessarily have to do with it being partly scripted but it's more about the predictableness and how the answers and questions in lots of shows are so similar and to me often don't seem all that deep or real and instead are just very "danisnotonfire" and "AmazingPhil". I wouldn't say this really bothers me or anything but... well, I picked "No" when the survey asked whether I feel like I really know D&P and I would pick that answer again after seeing the show. Not that I expected them to completely bare themselves but I did think they would stick less to their brandings (I kinda wanna blacklist the word "houseplant" at this point) and pick more interesting fan-submitted content to include in the shows.
This may be a discussion I've missed due to avoiding spoilers until the start of June but does anyone know what Interactive Introverts and "giving the people what they want" means in the grand scheme of things? I mean, obviously they're performing and doing things that people like to see them do to make it an entertaining show for their viewers but then I think of some things Dan has said, which makes it seem like they're sending some sort of message. Like in "A Week in the Life of Dan and Phil", when he started talking about the themes of the show:
Especially the last part intrigues me as it reminds me of what he said before the simulation segment of the show started, about how they're real people with free will and we shouldn't want to force them to do stuff, how the things they do might not always be what we want to see them do and to test how responsible we actually are when getting given control over them through the simulation. Then in most cases, the simulations end with them dying because of the choices that were made by the audience. Idk maybe I'm looking too deeply into this.The themes of being an introvert, the difference between our larger-than-life personas and the reality of who we are as people, analyzing the relationships we have with our audience, whether people like to identify as fans or individuals, growing up with us, the consequences of control and giving the people what they want and if it's a good idea or not.