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Is this being done in countries other than the United States as well? First example I experienced in both trailers of "Twister." They show a scene for a few seconds. Then they blank the screen out for a second or two. Then they continue the scene for another few seconds. Then they blank the screen for another second or two. Then they continue the scene for another few seconds. Good thing I saw the movie already. If my only experience was the trailer I wouldn't watch it. Second example happened right in the feature presentation, showing wrecks of cars and motorcycles during racing, "Racetrack Trauma" Here they showed scenes from the same accidents, from the same perspective, over and over again, and not in sequence. They would go to other mishaps, and then go back to the very same one. I wouldn't mind a different camera angle, and they sometimes did that, but most often, it was the exact same shot. Then, thank heaven they did that only once, they started showing one mishap, then suddenly show one second of another mishap, then continued with original one, then suddenly show one second of another mishap (I couldn't even tell if it was another accident; it happened too quickly) and they continued this for several minutes. I am wondering if it is only in the United States editors are using these stupid techniques? Or is it because I'm an old cranky man and market research shows that the younger generation likes things presented in such a haphazard manner?