I don't think you necessarily need to WAIT for the DVDs
LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 06/09/2011 01:43:11 AM
but I definitely think there is value in having the DVDs and sitting down to watch a whole show season or something at once.
As you observed, I think we miss a lot being fed a series piecemeal. I think it's a great "Test" of a tv show. For example, I could watch the entire run of Xena from start to finish over the course of a few weeks and eagerly look forward to each new episode. I had been told that, eventually, Xena just got weird and bad...maybe it did, but watching it the way I did it flowed right with itself and except for the odd episode, I was always wanting to see what happened next.
Without a doubt, the most...powerfully beautiful episode of television I have ever seen was a Xena episode. Maybe that's just weird. Maybe it says something about how I watched it.
On the flip side, I've had it ranted and raved at me how Angel is a higher quality show than Buffy, and how it's awesome. I do enjoy it. Whenever I sit down and try to get it watched, I quickly burn out after only a day or two. I don't want to keep watching. I'm finding that a lot of Joss Whedon's flaws show through when you subject his shows to this kind of viewing (eg. his repetitive use of plot devices and conflicts).
Of course, I think it's a little silly to ask someone to wait until a show comes out on DVD to watch it. I don't think one loses anything by watching a show as it is played, particularly if it's one of those shows that is great bit-by-bit but obnoxious all at once. Doing both allows one to compare as well.
As you observed, I think we miss a lot being fed a series piecemeal. I think it's a great "Test" of a tv show. For example, I could watch the entire run of Xena from start to finish over the course of a few weeks and eagerly look forward to each new episode. I had been told that, eventually, Xena just got weird and bad...maybe it did, but watching it the way I did it flowed right with itself and except for the odd episode, I was always wanting to see what happened next.
Without a doubt, the most...powerfully beautiful episode of television I have ever seen was a Xena episode. Maybe that's just weird. Maybe it says something about how I watched it.
On the flip side, I've had it ranted and raved at me how Angel is a higher quality show than Buffy, and how it's awesome. I do enjoy it. Whenever I sit down and try to get it watched, I quickly burn out after only a day or two. I don't want to keep watching. I'm finding that a lot of Joss Whedon's flaws show through when you subject his shows to this kind of viewing (eg. his repetitive use of plot devices and conflicts).
Of course, I think it's a little silly to ask someone to wait until a show comes out on DVD to watch it. I don't think one loses anything by watching a show as it is played, particularly if it's one of those shows that is great bit-by-bit but obnoxious all at once. Doing both allows one to compare as well.
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This message last edited by LadyLorraine on 06/09/2011 at 01:43:34 AM
Watching cable shows - should you just wait for the DVDs?
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I don't understand the concept of owning shows/movies.
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Even if you're only going to watch a show once, it's rather easier that way.
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Some people like to watch shows multiple times. I am one of them.
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I don't think you necessarily need to WAIT for the DVDs
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I know what you mean.
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That is wierd because my viewing experienceswith those exact shows are almost identical to yours.
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