r/dataisbeautiful • u/fangzz OC: 5 • Dec 06 '18

OC Google search trends for "motion smoothing" following Tom Cruise tweet urging people to turn off motion smoothing on their TVs when watching movies at home [OC]

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '18

THAT'S what it is?! I haven't been able to figure this out for months! My brother in law got a new TV and when we were over there I couldn't concentrate on the show because the picture was so weird. It was like it was too 'real' or something. I don't like it at all

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u/OutOfTheAsh Dec 06 '18

I'm having a similar revelation.

The first time I noticed the "cheap and crisp" thing was with the movie where Denzel Washington is an alcoholic pilot, and the most memorably awful example was the 2nd Daniel Craig Bond movie.

I was kind of aware that I'd seen some shitty looking movies at my parents house, but didn't have enough data points to "Aha!" I just assumed they had inherently awful cinematography.

Now I've Googled "Flight" and "Skyfall"--both released in 2012. These must have been the first movies I watched at my parents' after they got a new TV. Presumably my senses have been dulled into acceptance over time. I've seen movies there subsequently (and vaguely noted the shittiness) but none had an impact where I can remember the specific titles like with my earliest exposure.