TV on DVD
Posted by: orboy on: January 9, 2008
Girl and I frequently spend a lot of our free time (especially post-work, weekday free time) watching TV. But not just regular old TV – DVD TV. This can include blockbuster movie hits like The 40 Year Old Virgin, or cult classics like This Is Spinal Tap, but more often than not, especially recently, TV shows.
We have been going through a number of TV shows but it seems we’re reaching a point of critical mass. There are too many shows to watch and not enough time. Let me see if I can recall what shows are currently in the mix: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Freaks and Geeks, Lost, Alias, and Heroes. Toss in there a possible Weeds, the ever-present Stargate (which I have seen but Girl needs to catch up on) and a Boy-only X-Files, and things start to add up!
Out of them all, I’ll have to say Lost is probably the most engaging for me right now. If I had to guess for Girl, I’d say hers would be Buffy (which is sad since I tend to fall asleep when watching Buffy). I never intended to start watching Lost, but during my trip to visit family this holiday season, I found myself stuck in the airport with a laptop and nothing to do. So I decided to get a movie. That movie ended up being the first season of Lost and now, despite my resistance, am “into it.”
It’s funny, too, since my brother’s girlfriend couldn’t stop talking about it over the break. In fact her entire family was watching it then, including a brother who confessed the show was stupid, at least until he started watching it. I figured why not at the airport and now I’m in.
Now the problem is watching all these episodes… of all these shows. Who has the time?
7 Responses to "TV on DVD"
January 9, 2008 at 8:59 pm
I don’t dislike Buffy. I like it – really, I do. For some reason I just fall asleep. And its not a “I’m so bored, snore” sleep, its more just a relaxing “happy place” sleep. Besides, it usually takes 3 or so episodes and a warm meal to put me down. I’m mostly happy you like having it. I toiled over that one a bit (probably mostly after having already bought it).
Lost can be another X-Files for me. I don’t mind. It won’t upset me in the least if you don’t watch it.
January 15, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Girl, I’m with you on LOST. The first 4 minutes of the series premiere freaked me out so bad I had nightmares for weeks. I can tell you anything about the room I was in and what was going on at that moment. It was bad. Years later, it’s still my hubbys favorite show. We’ve had to part ways for the evening when it was on, but now he just downloads it to his iPhone and watches while he goes for a run. Good man, good man.
January 16, 2008 at 3:34 am
Yes, Boy now watches it on the train, commuting to and from work. I don’t usually see it anymore (although he did sneakily watch it last night on his computer whilst I was playing Guitar Hero – for shame!).
January 16, 2008 at 3:54 am
It was the final minutes of the season finale! I couldn’t finish it on the train and there were only a few minutes left – tensions were high… eeek!
I wouldn’t say its my favorite show, but its something to get into. After all, I have no idea when the next Stargate: Atlantis season is being released… though I do have SG:1’s new movie marked on my calendar! Only a couple of months away!
January 9, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Seeing as you’ve opened the lines of communication. I hate “Lost”, I never wanted to watch “Lost”, I hated the idea of it so much I never even considered putting it on the Netflix list. And you brought it home. Okay. I tried. No dice. It’s going to have to be a Boy-only one, just like X-files. I feel bad about that, but well, I just don’t like it.
As for Buffy, I had it, I sold it, and then you bought me the whole series, knowing I got rid of it once before. I sold it because I needed to stop watching it, not because I wanted to stop watching it. I’m addicted and if it’s in the house, I can’t help but watch it. It was like buying a former smoker a carton of cigarettes for Christmas. Was I better off without it? Probably. But, do I love it so much that even the thought of you not liking it hurts my feelings in an insane, irrational manner? Yes.