Doesn't this annoy the Hell out of you?

[Politically Incorrect]

Ender. Maybe you should write your editorial & send it to every record company, TV station, directors schools & anyone else you can think of. I would willingly sign it along with 1,000s of others. All the time we're prepared to put up with this rubbish they must think it's what we want & therefore subject us to more of the same.

I agree!! I'll be the second to sign, with a huge smile on my face!

[Hagar]

You might also like to consider the affect all this has on the brain, particularly of our young people who are now exposed to this stuff from an early age. I'm not sure if any serious research has been carried out but I know from my own experience that a sequence of rapidly changing images can & does bring on a migraine attack. The human eyes & brain are unable to cope with this sort of thing. This is the reason I refuse to watch anything likely to "feature" it. The fact that a warning is broadcast before a programme containing any strobe effects is shown proves to me that this is well known to the broadcasters themselves. Unfortunately even a rapid battery of camera flashes on a news programme can set it off for me.

I feel that the entertainment industry needs to take a good look at itself & seriously consider where it is going. People might think I'm an griping old fogey but I still consider myself young-minded & liberal. I played regularly in a rock & roll band that started back in the early 60s before the Beatles were heard of & did so for something like 12 years afterwards. I remember when discos raised their ugly heads in the early 70s that strobe lighting over a certain frequency was banned in the UK due to the health dangers. This was not enforced in some parts of Europe & I felt ill & actually fell over when entering a disco in Spain with the strobe effects going flat out.

I could go on about sound volume & mumbling actors but will leave it here for the moment. I often wonder what some youngsters will be like when they reach my age, that's if they ever do of course.

[Politically Incorrect]

Strobes and rapidly flashing images can also cause seziures!!
Because of this you might notice on some video game boxes (inside the manual) there is a seizure warning.
I suffered a seizure two years ago not related to strobes or flashing lights but because of alcohol withdrawl (going sober almost killed me!)
But since that day flashing lights, fast moving images will make me a little light headed and qweezy. And if I'm exposed for a extended period of time a headache will follow.
That is one reason I love flight sim it is mellow on the mind!
But I have played some games that flash so much I have to stop because I just don't feel right. Same for music videos, not that there are any worth watching but my head can't take the constent flashing.
So yes it can lead to headaches, and even worse life threating seziures!!!
And it is sad that what some producer/director/editor thinks looks cool, could kill someone if they don't know better than to look away!
Extreme statement maybe, but the facts or out there, just ask your doctor!

[Politically Incorrect]

I could go on about sound volume & mumbling actors but will leave it here for the moment. I often wonder what some youngsters will be like when they reach my age, that's if they ever do of course.

I can vouche for the sound volume, i have exposed myself to hundreds of rock concerts in the past, and now at 35 my hearing is less than what it should be! What?

[Hagar]

I can vouche for the sound volume, i have exposed myself to hundreds of rock concerts in the past, and now at 35 my hearing is less than what it should be! What?

I suffer from constant tinnitus but despite that my hearing is excellent. Whether this was caused by those years in the group or something else I have no idea. I remember some years ago that Carlos Santana was warned by his doctor that if he continued playing in the band he would end up stone deaf in a very short time. He continued playing so I assume he is now stone deaf.

The sound volume in the average car stereo system worries me. I often hear the bass booming from a car audio system while sitting in the study at the back of the house, long before I hear the car's engine. I can plainly hear it as soon as the car is at the end of my road which is about 1/2 mile in each direction. I have full double glazing & can still hear it when all the windows are closed, even though I rarely hear any normal traffic at all. So what must it be like inside the car? I know I couldn't bear it.