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Post by WullieFort on Jan 28, 2020 14:23:39 GMT
With all episodes being made available together?
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The traditional one episode per week?
I bring this up because this morning I watched Ep 4 of the Outsider which has that slow pacing and convoluted mystery that I like, but I spent a lot of time trying to remember "the story so far..." since it is a "one Episodw per week" show
I much prefer to binge-watch shows or at least have that option.
Back in the day, I, like many other people, used to record episodes until a season finished then go to ground for a few days and binge-watch it. The trouble with that was that inevitably, someone told you or perhaps you overhead a conversation that gave plot points away.
Which does the board prefer?
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jan 28, 2020 15:00:18 GMT
I love The Outsider. I prefer the slow burn of week-to-week, it gives you time to digest everything and talk about each episode with other fans. Break things down, speculate on what's coming up, etc. Binge watching ruins the experience of episodic television in my opinion. Two episodes, ok, that's like watching a movie. But I don't have 12 hours to binge watch a season (even over 2 days), and realistically I couldn't sit that long in front of a screen, anyway.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jan 28, 2020 15:31:22 GMT
For TV shows that have a season-long arc, I suppose I prefer to have all the episodes available at once, and then watch them over a week or two. If I watch one episode a week I will inevitably forget important details about what happened in the beginning by the time I get to the second half. On the other hand, really binge-watching it, as in watching the whole thing over a single weekend, is not very good either for me - it leaves me no time to process and it ends up all blurring together.
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Post by MrFurious on Jan 28, 2020 16:50:32 GMT
On a tv
Usually a bunch of eps together. Am currently recording all the Outsider eps and will watch them during a horrid international football break weekend in the future. Will watch season 3 of True Detective during the mini horrid footballess weekend coming up
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jan 28, 2020 16:54:22 GMT
I prefer to bing-watch tv series and i watch them on tv or on DVD/Blu ray or on Netflix or HBO Nordic
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Post by orlandogardner on Jan 28, 2020 17:43:28 GMT
Been a binge watcher for years now and love it. Nothing better than immersing yourself in a good few hours of quality telly. However, I made a deliberate choice to watch watchmen more traditionally and I really enjoyed the experience. I can understand you forgetting "the story so far" while watching weekly but I got around this with Watchmen by watching the previous episode again just prior to the new weekly one. It gave me an increased appreciation of the work itself (each episode was better the second time round) and gets you in the zone for a new episode.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Jan 28, 2020 17:59:21 GMT
when tv guide says.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 28, 2020 19:41:44 GMT
Naked.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 28, 2020 19:43:30 GMT
On a tv Usually a bunch of eps together. Am currently recording all the Outsider eps and will watch them during a horrid international football break weekend in the future. Will watch season 3 of True Detective during the mini horrid footballess weekend coming up Outsider is pretty shite. Episode 4 last night was the big reveal and it was a bit of a let down.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jan 28, 2020 19:49:28 GMT
Especially the WTA, right?
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jan 28, 2020 19:51:23 GMT
Especially the WTA, right? And Yesterday in Parliament!
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Post by NJtoTX on Jan 28, 2020 20:23:40 GMT
Either one a day, two or three if I'm obsessed, or every two or three days.
Half-hour shows are easier to watch several at a time, obviously.
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Post by millar70 on Jan 28, 2020 20:55:54 GMT
The fall preview guides, those are the best. |
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Post by tristramshandy on Jan 28, 2020 21:17:47 GMT
The most I've ever "binged" of a series is two episodes, and that is, in almost all cases, situations where I'm watching the second-to-last and last episode of a season. I don't know how people watch eight episodes of a show in a row. I'm hardly a fitness buff, but I'd be jumping out of my skin if I watched television that long in a row. Even for football Saturdays or Sundays, I have to be doing other things (like laundry) or I start hating myself.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jan 28, 2020 21:17:52 GMT
binge watch in a drunken stupor  |
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