This weekend I finally finished another T.V. series. After hours upon hours of binge watching on a Saturday with my girlfriend, or right before bed, or through the night...I finally accomplished that seemingly unfathomable goal; I finished a show that was four-seasons long and went off the air before I cared that it did.
The particular series I finished was Battlestar Galactica, which I thoroughly enjoyed. If you get the chance or have the interest, just watch the pilot episode, and I am pretty sure you'll end up like this.
But the series is really not the point of my blog today. I just want to talk about how if feels to finally finish something and the excitement that comes from it.
I'm no T.V. guru; I don't even have cable. But I do have something that I think is as good, if not better than cable, and that is Netflix. This content distributor has tapped into the habits of thousands of subscribers who love to watch T.V. in big chunks. Before Netflix, I was buying up DVD box after DVD box of series' like Family Guy and Arrested Development. Netflix has not only saved me money, but also opened my entertainment palette to new content. But sometimes this can feel like opening pandora's box: trying new shows, quitting mid-season, etc. And it can truly be a miracle to dedicate time to an entire series, especially if you are watching it with someone.
To give you background, my girlfriend and I decided to watch Battlestar together. She's in Law School so we would only do so when we got together, and this slowed the process of binge watching to a gradual progression.
So when you invest this much time and effort into an actual series you do begin to form a relationship with it. My first love was Arrested Development, and it still is. I am beyond excited that the new season will be distributed by Netflix, and am looking forward to the film as well. But I watched this show on T.V. and didn't gain this love for it until I was able to purchase each season after its release. Watching the series is more like watching a film with so many inside jokes and references to the material before it. It's like it was really made for binge watching. Upon finishing it I wanted more, and really felt like I was a part of a community of Arrested fans. The same is true now for Battlestar; I mean, I am blogging about it. And I am really happy that I can scratch it off of my instant que, which is an accomplishment (at least in my world).
Maybe some of you disagree, but to those of you out there who know what it's like to crush a series and then obsess over it, I say KEEP IT UP! And I'll sit here patting myself on the back until I decide to finish House of Cards, Breaking Bad, Madmen...................................
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