Oh, For The Love Of...
Okay, here's a request, pretty please, for all of my Lost fan people on my flist...
Could somebody please tell me what's going on in these German promo clips that everyone and their dog is talking about??
...Please note: I said TELL me. Not "link me". Not "show me". Not "email me a copy of the file". TELL ME.
Because I, unlike, oh, apparantly, EVERY SINGLE OTHER LOST FAN ON THE INTERNET, have the Download Speed O' Crap. Generally speaking, I cannot view vids on the internet.
I cannot unzip files.
Oftentimes, the files refuse to download all the way, or they play really poorly and turn out all jerky or without sound.
And when they do download all the way so they can actually be played, it takes a terribly fucking-ass long time to do so.
Like, anywhere from two to six hours. For a five-minute video file. Fuck, I don't even try to download entire episodes of things, because I tremble in fear at the thought of how long that would take.
So no, I cannot view the apparantly terribly intriquing German promos that everyone is talking about and expecting people to have seen.
Suffice to say, I never saw that apparantly bloody important to the fandom (or at least theorization within said fandom) UK promo either; it was only due to a combination of my RL friend Laur and my online friend halfdutch telling me what they saw, and the ensuing shitlod of pictures and icons posted everywhere liek whoa that I have any clue what the hell everyone is talking about.
...Seriously, is it just me?? Am I the only one left operating on an old-fashioned dial-up with cheapo internet so that I cannot see the videos that everyone else can apparantly download, watch, and post witty commentary on all in time it takes to make micowave popcorn?
I'm not pissed at people for wanting something to talk about, or for something happening in a fandom that everyone MUST SEE for fear of having the stigma of living under a rock attached to them. This is a self-propagating phenomenoa of fandom, and to hell if I understand how it happens but it does.
But hey, how about a little support here, huh?? I lived my entire gradeschool career sitting in the corner and shuffling my feet because I had nothing to talk about with anyone else in the room; damned if I'm going to let the same thing happen to me in the vast, vast outreaches of the Internet.
Luckily, most people so far that I've seen talking about the German promos have kindly provided links instead of just talking about "the promo", like you're the world's biggest moron if you have no clue what that means...but could we please stop assuming that just posting a link solves all the problems of everyobody? How about some pictures or, Gods forbid, actual dialogue of what the hell is going on, huh?
...You know, I honestly don't even know why I'm feeling so freakin' pissed-off all of a sudden, let alone over something as minor as this. But I am, dammit, and I feel entitlted to rant on the subject. And so there.
Could somebody please tell me what's going on in these German promo clips that everyone and their dog is talking about??
...Please note: I said TELL me. Not "link me". Not "show me". Not "email me a copy of the file". TELL ME.
Because I, unlike, oh, apparantly, EVERY SINGLE OTHER LOST FAN ON THE INTERNET, have the Download Speed O' Crap. Generally speaking, I cannot view vids on the internet.
I cannot unzip files.
Oftentimes, the files refuse to download all the way, or they play really poorly and turn out all jerky or without sound.
And when they do download all the way so they can actually be played, it takes a terribly fucking-ass long time to do so.
Like, anywhere from two to six hours. For a five-minute video file. Fuck, I don't even try to download entire episodes of things, because I tremble in fear at the thought of how long that would take.
So no, I cannot view the apparantly terribly intriquing German promos that everyone is talking about and expecting people to have seen.
Suffice to say, I never saw that apparantly bloody important to the fandom (or at least theorization within said fandom) UK promo either; it was only due to a combination of my RL friend Laur and my online friend halfdutch telling me what they saw, and the ensuing shitlod of pictures and icons posted everywhere liek whoa that I have any clue what the hell everyone is talking about.
...Seriously, is it just me?? Am I the only one left operating on an old-fashioned dial-up with cheapo internet so that I cannot see the videos that everyone else can apparantly download, watch, and post witty commentary on all in time it takes to make micowave popcorn?
I'm not pissed at people for wanting something to talk about, or for something happening in a fandom that everyone MUST SEE for fear of having the stigma of living under a rock attached to them. This is a self-propagating phenomenoa of fandom, and to hell if I understand how it happens but it does.
But hey, how about a little support here, huh?? I lived my entire gradeschool career sitting in the corner and shuffling my feet because I had nothing to talk about with anyone else in the room; damned if I'm going to let the same thing happen to me in the vast, vast outreaches of the Internet.
Luckily, most people so far that I've seen talking about the German promos have kindly provided links instead of just talking about "the promo", like you're the world's biggest moron if you have no clue what that means...but could we please stop assuming that just posting a link solves all the problems of everyobody? How about some pictures or, Gods forbid, actual dialogue of what the hell is going on, huh?
...You know, I honestly don't even know why I'm feeling so freakin' pissed-off all of a sudden, let alone over something as minor as this. But I am, dammit, and I feel entitlted to rant on the subject. And so there.