Remember the old days when people used to say, "there's nothing good on TV to watch"

[CyberCubed]

Or people saying, "I channel surf to find something to watch, almost nothing good on 100+ channels."

My my, how times have changed. These days I feel there is almost TOO MUCH to watch. Between all classic TV shows, movies, cartoons/anime, plus the CONSTANT new TV shows, movies, animation we get all the time on both TV and streaming services, it's literally insane. Back in the day depending on your tastes you could watch almost everything that was "good" in your respective genres.

Now I feel like there is SO MUCH media content out there constantly it's insane to keep up with everything. And this is not even counting people who also still watch talk shows, sports, game shows, the news, etc on TV too. That adds even more to it.

God there's so much to watch these days.

[IndigoErth]

I still say that.

I'm trying to watch NBC's Debris, and it's decent, but I have a hard time feeling like any show on tv is actually a must see and if I were to forget about this one... eh. The last MUST on regular cable for me was, in all honesty, TMNT 2012. Most shows I've watched anymore have been those on Netflix, but even then there are a lot that just don't sound too interesting right now.

[Wildcat]

I too just said today there’s nothing on.

Honestly there’s plenty of tv shows that interest me and would like to get into but I almost always end up seeing them in reruns. Usually after they’re over.

I guess part of it is that there’s a lot to keep up with. I barely started watching the new season of Masked Singer. I wish I hadn’t waited so long.

I mostly stick to cartoons and non-story stuff like gameshows and reality tv. Not “Reality Shows”. I mean like Discovery, Food Network and such.

[Prowler]

Sure I remember.

Back then, EVERYONE actually watched TV in the sense of turning on the television at home and knowing the schedule of their favourite shows and programs.

Nowadays a lot of people will just watch stuff on their computer or phone by either legal or illegal means. And a lot of the stuff they watch isn't currently airing on any TV channel.

I mostly play videogames and listen to music to nowadays. "TV watching for me" these days means watching anime online and stuff like AVGN on YouTube. No need for me to rely on any schedule. I don't complain there's nothing good on TV because I don't even have a clue what's airing anymore.

[Zulithe]

back when your only options were to watch what was live broadcasting on each channel, yes.

Now you pretty much should always be able to find something you want to watch. Even if you're not paying for a streaming service, there's still an insane amount of free content in every category imaginable on youtube

[frank_one]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

it's insane to keep up with everything.

What is really insane is wanting to keep up. There's no need for that. Life is short, there's more important stuff than tv.

[CyberCubed]

I consume hundreds of hours of media every week. There is always something to watch, or rewatching old shows/movies you loved.

[sdp]

I don't understand people who rewatch stuff with so much stuff to watch. Rewatching stuff also has diminishing returns in enjoyment unless a long time has happened. I try not to rewatch movies/shows unless like ten years have passed by and by then it's like you're watching it for the first time again.

Originally Posted by frank_one

What is really insane is wanting to keep up. There's no need for that. Life is short, there's more important stuff than tv.

Life is short, I try to average about 1 hour of video more or less per day, anything more and it's excessive, this includes online video not just tv

[IMJ]

I feel that way about Netflix after I power watch a new season of something I'm into once a year and then there's nothing else left until the next season.

[Leo656]

To me, it's NOT watching something again if you enjoyed it to be crazy. Like yeah, you don't need to watch the same five movies or shows every day but if you like something, you like it. If it has "diminishing returns" then maybe you didn't actually like it or maybe it wasn't that good in the first place.

This seems to be a phenomenon people only have with movies and TV. With books or music or games or other forms of art/entertainment, people are far more forgiving of repeating the experience. It's to be expected/encouraged, in those cases. Nobody admits to it, but plenty of people fall in love with a song and repeat it 50 times in a row or whatever. Maybe they get sick of it a little bit after THAT But the point is that the "I experienced it once, I don't need to experience it again" thing only seems to be a thing people say with movies and TV, not with other forms of entertainment.

It's strange to me. Like, "I had an orgasm once. It was fine, I liked it, but I don't need to do it again, once was enough." Must not have actually been that good, then!

I admit that a lot of the time these days TV is mostly on in the background, but even then I don't get annoyed with the repeat stuff unless it's something that's been replayed a thousand times, like some of the South Park episodes they insist on repeating every three days or so. I mean there's definitely a line where it becomes Too Much but for me that line is pretty far out.

I'm honestly never bored for a second of my life because I just don't fall out of love with things. I obviously welcome something new but if it's not there or I'm not in the mood I can still revisit something and I don't feel like it's a waste. There's a healthy list of movies and shows that if I notice they're on, I will always, always watch them, even if I've already seen them. Very often, I'll notice something new within those things anyway.

Good entertainment holds up to repeat viewings. In my experience, if something falls apart after one or two times then it honestly couldn't have been very good to start with. I suspect some people are afraid that a thing they like won't hold up, and are thus afraid to revisit it. But that's on Them, really.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by sdp

I don't understand people who rewatch stuff with so much stuff to watch. Rewatching stuff also has diminishing returns in enjoyment unless a long time has happened. I try not to rewatch movies/shows unless like ten years have passed by and by then it's like you're watching it for the first time again.v

I generally rewatch my favorite shows/movies every 3-4 years, and keep a mental note when I last watched them. For example I rewatched all of Breaking Bad last year after having not seen it in 2 years.

I've seen every episode of the original TMNT cartoon at least 10 times, some probably 50+ times if you count all the reruns I watched when I was a kid. I've watched the 4kids TMNT cartoon in full 7 times. I've watched the Nick 2012 series in full twice, I'll probably do a third rewatch of it sometime next year.

Then if you count other stuff like the DCAU especially Batman:TAS, I've seen it probably 10+ times. The older seasons of Pokemon I've rewatched a ton, I've gone through all of Dragonball Z many times, I've watched the first 10 seasons of Simpsons at least 10+ times, this is not even going into movies.

[Leo656]

If I've seen Young Guns I and II a hundred times each since they came out... that is a very conservative estimate.

[Prowler]

Not everything has the same rewatch value. Plus, my memory tends to be quite good for the biggest and most important parts of the stuff I watch, so I really cba to rewatch stuff often. I recently rewatched Coebnoy Bebop because I had already seen that a decade and a half ago when I was still a kid/teen, meaning not only was my memory of it foggy but also because you get a different perspective and view of things when you experience them as an adult than when you did as a kid.

But rewatching stuff I watched 5 years ago? Nah not interested.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Leo656

If I've seen Young Guns I and II a hundred times each since they came out... that is a very conservative estimate.

They are like.... the only truly rewatchable Westerns ever filmed.

[Leo656]

I maintain that "Tombstone" is pretty damn good.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I maintain that "Tombstone" is pretty damn good.

I agree. I saw for the first time back in December and really liked it. Had to grab a copy of it.

As far as Westerns films go I really like The Searchers and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly outdated stereotypes or not. The Searchers has a fantastic setting while The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is really ahead of its time with characterization with who really is the good and the ugly.

The funnier thing is, 'remember the old days when people used to say'. The more channels or steaming service we get the less quality of programs that are put out. I would say there is nothing good on television now.

[Leo656]

I'm gonna take a wild guess and assume that you've never watched "Archer".

As for Westerns... I'm pretty agnostic. It's a good genre but it's not like I love them for being of that genre. I watched the first Young Guns when I was about 7 and I didn't fall in love with it because it was a Western. I didn't care about Westerns at all at that age, I just really, really liked the movie, particularly the characters.

I don't really have a "type" of movie. Y'know how some people say, "I'm a horror movie guy" or "I like action movies" or comedies or whatever? I don't have a genre I prefer. Stuff either hits me or it doesn't.

My DVD collection looks like someone just walked into a Best Buy and grabbed everything they could at random. But every single thing on the shelf is there for a reason; If I'm only going to watch something once, I don't buy it. If I bought it, that means it's important to me for whatever reason.

MikeandRaph, one of these days I swear I will type up a comprehensive list of my collection just so you and I can compare notes.

[TigerClaw]

There's nothing good to watch on TV, Because all the good stuff is on streaming services now. TV is only good for the News and Sports.

[Leo656]

Streaming is bullsh*t. Peacock is abruptly yanking a bunch of content from the WWE Network for being "problematic". Which reinforces what I've said a million times about why physical media absolutely still needs to exist. I'm thanking God or whoever that I can still watch what I want when I want it, not what some corporation decides I should be "allowed" to watch.

Like yeah, there's good stuff on streaming... so long as they "allow" you to watch it. You don't get any choice, only the Illusion of Choice.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Streaming is bullsh*t. Peacock is abruptly yanking a bunch of content from the WWE Network for being "problematic". Which reinforces what I've said a million times about why physical media absolutely still needs to exist. I'm thanking God or whoever that I can still watch what I want when I want it, not what some corporation decides I should be "allowed" to watch.

Like yeah, there's good stuff on streaming... so long as they "allow" you to watch it. You don't get any choice, only the Illusion of Choice.

I share every word of your opinion!