You have accurately captured my mindset regarding all the movies and shows I missed while I was in prison. Since I got out, I've focused on the movies, but now I'm getting into shows and realizing, oh God, that's a lot of hours! Streaming didn't even really EXIST when I went to prison!
I miss the era of DVD boxsets for TV shows. Sure, it was more expensive than subscribing to just a singular streaming service (before there became fifteen zillion streaming services you had to subscribe to), but at least it was still an option that was ad-free, came with hours of special features, and you could more easily choose which show to binge next. Now it’s just the endless choice paralysis of not knowing where to begin, knowing there’s more shows coming, and feeling overwhelmed by all the stuff you missed out on viewing contemporaneously because you were equally as stuck back then by knowing how much choice you had to choose from. MADNESS, I TELL YOU, MADNESS!!
Physical media also meant you watched the show and then it… stuck around. When I stream an eight episode show, and then it needs, it’s like… it vanishes. It just feels like it’s gone. And I’m more likely to feel like I’m on the hook for wasted time.
Plus, having the physical media edition means that it can’t be unceremoniously deleted by a streamer for a tax write-off without warning, nor have episodes removed from circulation (like the Michael Jackson “Simpsons” episode, or the D&D episode of “Community”), nor have episodes edited to alter or remove material after the fact (like Netflix did with “Stranger Things” and “13 Reasons Why”). The only occasional drawback were the shows that couldn’t be released on DVD without changing source music they couldn’t afford to license beyond their original network broadcasts, but considering the alternative would be to not have the shows preserved whatsoever, sometimes it’s a price to pay that one can live with.
You have accurately captured my mindset regarding all the movies and shows I missed while I was in prison. Since I got out, I've focused on the movies, but now I'm getting into shows and realizing, oh God, that's a lot of hours! Streaming didn't even really EXIST when I went to prison!
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I miss the era of DVD boxsets for TV shows. Sure, it was more expensive than subscribing to just a singular streaming service (before there became fifteen zillion streaming services you had to subscribe to), but at least it was still an option that was ad-free, came with hours of special features, and you could more easily choose which show to binge next. Now it’s just the endless choice paralysis of not knowing where to begin, knowing there’s more shows coming, and feeling overwhelmed by all the stuff you missed out on viewing contemporaneously because you were equally as stuck back then by knowing how much choice you had to choose from. MADNESS, I TELL YOU, MADNESS!!
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Physical media also meant you watched the show and then it… stuck around. When I stream an eight episode show, and then it needs, it’s like… it vanishes. It just feels like it’s gone. And I’m more likely to feel like I’m on the hook for wasted time.
Plus, having the physical media edition means that it can’t be unceremoniously deleted by a streamer for a tax write-off without warning, nor have episodes removed from circulation (like the Michael Jackson “Simpsons” episode, or the D&D episode of “Community”), nor have episodes edited to alter or remove material after the fact (like Netflix did with “Stranger Things” and “13 Reasons Why”). The only occasional drawback were the shows that couldn’t be released on DVD without changing source music they couldn’t afford to license beyond their original network broadcasts, but considering the alternative would be to not have the shows preserved whatsoever, sometimes it’s a price to pay that one can live with.
Read first paragraph, then audibly gasped as i scrolled down for how long this was 😂
Mad props for this, I found much of this too relatable, I gotta go for a walk