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Post by SciFive on Jun 18, 2022 12:46:18 GMT
A friend of mine in America has taken on the hobby of TV series binge watching. I’ve done this with a few series over the years (usually by buying DVDs for entire TV series). Netflix has a lot. My friend isn’t normally a TV watcher but seeing episodes back to back instead of waiting a week or a summer between episodes and seasons can be addictive. Waiting a week seems like such a drag now. Do you guys do binge watching?  |
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Post by Spitfire926f on Jun 18, 2022 13:06:29 GMT
Yeah, having to wait each week for a new 1883 was annoying (that show is a masterpiece BTW).
I recently started Shameless. I don't know why it took me so long to watch this. It's definitely my kind of humor, and damn, it's pretty hot at times, I didn't see that part coming.
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Post by Rissa on Jun 18, 2022 13:11:45 GMT
Yeah, having to wait each week for a new 1883 was annoying (that show is a masterpiece BTW). I recently started Shameless. I don't know why it took me so long to watch this. It's definitely my kind of humor, and damn, it's pretty hot at times, I didn't see that part coming. That’s why I wait until all the episodes air before I binge on a series. I started doing that with Yellowstone as well. If you haven’t see The Staircase on HBO, that’s a good one to binge. |
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Post by tommyrockarolla on Jun 18, 2022 13:32:14 GMT
Yea, especially during COVID days. I’ve grown weary of it, though. There’s clearly a formula, and sometimes it doesn’t work for me. Also, I found Netflix to be slipping BEFORE the price increases, etc. Also, when deeply entrenched in a good one, when suddenly a ‘meh’ season shows up. I found “Dexter” very frustrating in that way. OTOH? “Barry began emphasizing the ‘dark’ in ‘dark comedy’ this last season, almost to the point of ‘not enjoyable’. But then? The seasons last two episodes redeemed it for me. Here’s something I never expected to say? “That Bill Hader is some actor!”. Always loved him on SNL, but didn’t expect powerful dramatic acting from him!
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Post by SciFive on Jun 18, 2022 13:36:27 GMT
Yeah, having to wait each week for a new 1883 was annoying (that show is a masterpiece BTW). I recently started Shameless. I don't know why it took me so long to watch this. It's definitely my kind of humor, and damn, it's pretty hot at times, I didn't see that part coming. That’s why I wait until all the episodes air before I binge on a series. I started doing that with Yellowstone as well. If you haven’t see The Staircase on HBO, that’s a good one to binge. This is a really good idea (to wait until all the episodes air). Ironically, I did this (not on purpose) with Friends and Seinfeld. My local TV station would play one episode of a specific series each night after the local news and I would watch it. It wasn't exactly binge watching since I had to wait a whole day for the next show, but it was far better than waiting for a week. It's how I saw Friends, Seinfeld and Deep Space Nine. In more recent years, I saw the entire CSI (original series in Las Vegas) on DVDs after it was finished. I had seen a bunch of them, but not all. I've seen a few series on Netflix. I love it that when they start a season, they release all the episodes for the entire season on the same day. There's no need to wait, I guess, and they know they have bingers in the audience.
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Post by Fetzer Zinfandel on Jun 18, 2022 13:49:01 GMT
Yeah, having to wait each week for a new 1883 was annoying (that show is a masterpiece BTW). I recently started Shameless. I don't know why it took me so long to watch this. It's definitely my kind of humor, and damn, it's pretty hot at times, I didn't see that part coming. That’s why I wait until all the episodes air before I binge on a series. I started doing that with Yellowstone as well. If you haven’t see The Staircase on HBO, that’s a good one to binge. We just started the Staircase. I'm watching the Time Traveler's Wife (series) on HBO and made the mistake of starting it before it all dropped. It's making me nuts to wait a week for each episode like a luddite.
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Post by Rissa on Jun 18, 2022 15:05:43 GMT
That’s why I wait until all the episodes air before I binge on a series. I started doing that with Yellowstone as well. If you haven’t see The Staircase on HBO, that’s a good one to binge. We just started the Staircase. I'm watching the Time Traveler's Wife (series) on HBO and made the mistake of starting it before it all dropped. It's making me nuts to wait a week for each episode like a luddite. I read the book awhile ago and I liked the movie. Curious how they are going to draw out the story for a series. |
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Post by Fetzer Zinfandel on Jun 18, 2022 15:20:42 GMT
We just started the Staircase. I'm watching the Time Traveler's Wife (series) on HBO and made the mistake of starting it before it all dropped. It's making me nuts to wait a week for each episode like a luddite. I reas the book awhile ago and I liked the movie. Curious how they are going to draw out the story for a series. so far the series is more like the book, less like the movie. I don’t know how many episodes it will have. It’s been five and he just met her parents. |
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Post by SciFive on Jun 18, 2022 15:26:52 GMT
We just started the Staircase. I'm watching the Time Traveler's Wife (series) on HBO and made the mistake of starting it before it all dropped. It's making me nuts to wait a week for each episode like a luddite. I reas the book awhile ago and I liked the movie. Curious how they are going to draw out the story for a series. I've seen the movie but I haven't read the book. I've read soooooo many of the book versions of movies that I like. It's fun. Sounds like a good one to read.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Jun 18, 2022 16:15:12 GMT
Me, when a series drops a week at a time: "God, I hate having to wait! Why can't they just release it all at one so I can binge it?"
Me, when they release a series all at once so I can binge it: "God, now I'll have to drop everything and watch this whole show in a day or two so that I don't get spoiled by the internet! Why can't they just release it weekly?"
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Post by OffTheBoatPsycho on Jun 18, 2022 21:36:16 GMT
I started Yellowjackets last night and should have the 10 episodes done by Sunday night.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jun 18, 2022 21:39:03 GMT
I prefer to binge watch.
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Post by Spitfire926f on Jun 18, 2022 22:55:47 GMT
That’s why I wait until all the episodes air before I binge on a series. I started doing that with Yellowstone as well. If you haven’t see The Staircase on HBO, that’s a good one to binge. We just started the Staircase. I'm watching the Time Traveler's Wife (series) on HBO and made the mistake of starting it before it all dropped. It's making me nuts to wait a week for each episode like a luddite. My mom and I are loving that show. We both adored the book and enjoyed the movie. I didn't think I'd like the show as much as I do. |
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Post by Fetzer Zinfandel on Jun 18, 2022 22:56:53 GMT
We just started the Staircase. I'm watching the Time Traveler's Wife (series) on HBO and made the mistake of starting it before it all dropped. It's making me nuts to wait a week for each episode like a luddite. My mom and I are loving that show. We both adored the book and enjoyed the movie. I didn't think I'd like the show as much as I do. Agreed. Except maybe when he was 16. 😂
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Post by Rissa on Jun 18, 2022 22:57:21 GMT
I started Yellowjackets last night and should have the 10 episodes done by Sunday night. Good show. |
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Post by theauxphou on Jun 18, 2022 22:57:49 GMT
I pretty much binge-watch stuff I’ve already seen before.
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Post by thebayharborbutcher on Jun 19, 2022 3:24:03 GMT
I sorta binge watch. I know people who watch a whole season in like a day or weekend. I can’t do that. But I like being able to watch something over the course of say 2-3 weeks rather than 10 or even 22 weeks.
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Post by Leo of Red Keep on Jun 19, 2022 7:17:25 GMT
Binge watchers are that stupid kid who ate his chocolate all at once, whined it was all gone and got sick on top of it.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jun 19, 2022 8:33:07 GMT
Binge watchers are that stupid kid who ate his chocolate all at once, whined it was all gone and got sick on top of it. How cute trying to be though on the internet, and doing childish insults.
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Post by Leo of Red Keep on Jun 19, 2022 9:56:33 GMT
Binge watchers are that stupid kid who ate his chocolate all at once, whined it was all gone and got sick on top of it. How cute trying to be though on the internet, and doing childish insults. Isn't it sad to be a constant display of public stupidity without ever noticing it? Sad for the witnesses, of course.
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