[actionfromafar]

Current movies have Reed-Solomon error correction (repetition of concepts, names and explanations) built in so the stream receiver (human watching movie while still holding smartphone in hand) can recover from missed data (scenes).

[everdrive]

It's interesting, because old comic books have this as well. For decades (I'm not sure if they still do it) every issue of Wolverine would have some silly bit where Wolverine is talking to himself to remind the reader that the has an adamantium skeleton, razor-sharp claws, enhanced animal senses and an advanced healing factor which can heal from almost any wound. Every single issue, nearly without fail.

It's silly to the reader (and especially to an adult reader) but it's also obvious why this was present: the comic was meant for kids, and also Marvel never know when they might be getting a brand new reader who is totally unfamiliar with the character.

[DoomDestroyer]

> It's silly to the reader (and especially to an adult reader) but it's also obvious why this was present: the comic was meant for kids, and also Marvel never know when they might be getting a brand new reader who is totally unfamiliar with the character.

The same was present in any serials such as Conan.

There is a description of Conan and where he comes from, how black his hair is, how manly he, how he is the "noble savage "etc. every story.

Conan is definitely not for children. It verges on erotica in many of the stories e.g. in one story there is a older woman whipping a younger teenage girl while tied up and it is made known to the reader the teenage girl is "young" with the implication that she is probably 14 or 15.

Also every Conan story typically ends up with him using sheer overwhelming aggression to defeat super natural entities and then escape with the girl.

I with there was more "King Conan" stuff. But it is a property that Hollywood doesn't really understand.

[3eb7988a1663]

There is something about super healing that writers feel obligated to re-iterate to the audience. In Heroes, the Cheerleader was taking ludicrous amounts of damage to give everyone a reminder that she could regenerate quickly.

[DoomDestroyer]

It drives me insane. I don't mind if there is a reminder of what happened like a season ago, but often it is literally the episode before.

[boznz]

TV series really annoy me on this with the "Previously on.." 3 minute time killer at the start recapping the major points of the plot

[stavros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MFtl2XXnUc

[ido]

Most/all streaming providers allow you to skip the recap.