Important question I've been meaning to ask...

Aichuk · 07-02-2014, 01:13 PM

Have you ever played a game or watched a movie, which after finishing, made you feel empty? Like you loved it and afterwards you feel this hollow sensation and feel like you won't see such a great film ever again. And this feeling lasts for days...

For videos games, this happened to me with Batman Arkham City. After finishing it I felt so hollow, like I never wanted it to end.

And for movies, this happened to me after watching Little Miss Sunshine, 50 First Dates (just 'cause it's Sandler doesn't mean it's not awesome), Kickass. But most recently, I felt like this after watching 'Her'. I mean, I didn't exactly feel sad, or happy, I just say hollow (I keep using this word often) and this feeling lasted for days, slowly fading away daily.

And this doesn't happen to be while watching a really good movie. I love Pulp Fiction and GTA 5 yet I felt perfectly normal after finishing them. And it doesn't happen to me while watching full on tragedies either.

I'm just curious whether others here experience the same feeling and whether you guys could recommend some movies where you felt the same.

Ninetales · 07-02-2014, 02:23 PM

Well i wouldnt say that i have a "hollow" feeling, but most of my favorite movies I have to kind of sit in silence for a while and just think about what I just saw. To soak everything in I guess. Especially if they're just emotionally exhausting.

Mulholland Drive, Cosmopolis, and Lost in Translation are examples off the top of my head. I still think of scenes in those movies quite a bit. Hm come to think of it if someone had a gun to my head those would be my top 3 movies probably.

Mr. Charlie · 07-02-2014, 02:41 PM

I have on occasion felt a certain loss of what to do with myself after completing an epic and brilliant videogame, simply because it became a regular and enjoyable habit, but that's just me being stupid and a sign I should get out the house. I don't think it's a healthy feeling.

ladyislingering · 07-02-2014, 04:16 PM

I feel a deep sense of loss after touring any historical area/museum with pieces still intact from days passed. Once I leave those places, I feel completely gutted.

The Batlord · 07-02-2014, 06:59 PM

I feel empty after reading certain books, like Nabokov's Lolita, or Joyce Carol Oates' Zombie, but that's because the narrator's mind was so awful to get into that it left me feeling empty inside for days. Never finished either of those books because they were draining the life out of me.

OccultHawk · 04-15-2018, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I feel empty after reading certain books, like Nabokov's Lolita, or Joyce Carol Oates' Zombie, but that's because the narrator's mind was so awful to get into that it left me feeling empty inside for days. Never finished either of those books because they were draining the life out of me.

You used to be quite a sensitive little snowflake, didn’t you?

The Batlord · 04-15-2018, 11:16 AM

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You used to be quite a sensitive little snowflake, didn’t you?

When you're numb and dead inside from years of depression and you don't remember what happiness or purity even feel like it can be pretty draining to see yourself mirrored in such a way, even if Humbert Humbert and what's-his-face are far more twisted characters than you.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 04-15-2018, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

When you're numb and dead inside from years of depression and you don't remember what happiness or purity even feel like it can be pretty draining to see yourself mirrored in such a way, even if Humbert Humbert and what's-his-face are far more twisted characters than you.

The Batlord · 04-15-2018, 11:42 AM

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**** off, ***got.

Lisnaholic · 04-16-2018, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

As for your question, Wiki has the answer:
840 episodes, approx 1 hour each (since BBC has no ads/breaks) = 840 hours.
If you decided to somehow watch them for 24 hours a day, if you could, then you would get through them all in 35 days or just over five weeks. Of course, if you were a normal joe, and let's say you did it in ten-hour shifts, then you're looking more at the likes of 84 days, which is 12 weeks, or three months.

^ Thanks for the stats on Dr. Who, TH. Although I love its low-budget inventiveness, as epitomised by the Tardis phone box, I think one episode a day would be sufficient for me. That means that if I started with William Hartnel's first episode today, I wouldn't be done until July 2020. Don't think I'm ready to make that kind of commitment.

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When you're numb and dead inside from years of depression and you don't remember what happiness or purity even feel like it can be pretty draining to see yourself mirrored in such a way, even if Humbert Humbert and what's-his-face are far more twisted characters than you.

^ Oh dear! I hope this is mainly self-dramatisation and not too much reality Batlord.

One movie that entranced me completely was The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. It was so fascinating to me that I didn't want it to finish, and when it did, and I drifted out of the cinema in a trance, it was a bitter disappointment to realise that, instead of being The Man with No Name, I was just a South London schoolboy again.

07-02-2014, 01:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
Aichuk Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 91	Important question I've been meaning to ask... Have you ever played a game or watched a movie, which after finishing, made you feel empty? Like you loved it and afterwards you feel this hollow sensation and feel like you won't see such a great film ever again. And this feeling lasts for days... For videos games, this happened to me with Batman Arkham City. After finishing it I felt so hollow, like I never wanted it to end. And for movies, this happened to me after watching Little Miss Sunshine, 50 First Dates (just 'cause it's Sandler doesn't mean it's not awesome), Kickass. But most recently, I felt like this after watching 'Her'. I mean, I didn't exactly feel sad, or happy, I just say hollow (I keep using this word often) and this feeling lasted for days, slowly fading away daily. And this doesn't happen to be while watching a really good movie. I love Pulp Fiction and GTA 5 yet I felt perfectly normal after finishing them. And it doesn't happen to me while watching full on tragedies either. I'm just curious whether others here experience the same feeling and whether you guys could recommend some movies where you felt the same.

07-02-2014, 04:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
ladyislingering Maelian Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Seattle Posts: 695	I feel a deep sense of loss after touring any historical area/museum with pieces still intact from days passed. Once I leave those places, I feel completely gutted. __________________ You and I, We were born to die.

07-02-2014, 02:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ninetales Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: livin wild Posts: 2,179	Well i wouldnt say that i have a "hollow" feeling, but most of my favorite movies I have to kind of sit in silence for a while and just think about what I just saw. To soak everything in I guess. Especially if they're just emotionally exhausting. Mulholland Drive, Cosmopolis, and Lost in Translation are examples off the top of my head. I still think of scenes in those movies quite a bit. Hm come to think of it if someone had a gun to my head those would be my top 3 movies probably.

07-02-2014, 02:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mr. Charlie Shoo Thoughts Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: These Mountains Posts: 2,308	I have on occasion felt a certain loss of what to do with myself after completing an epic and brilliant videogame, simply because it became a regular and enjoyable habit, but that's just me being stupid and a sign I should get out the house. I don't think it's a healthy feeling.