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Remembering when my neighbor insisted I watch a show on VHS
Back in 2005, my neighbor Frank, who was about 70, knocked on my door with a tape. He said, 'You kids with your DVDs, you need to see this.' It was a recorded-off-TV copy of the original 'The Twilight Zone.' We watched three episodes on his old CRT, and he explained how waiting a week for a new one felt. It made me appreciate how immediate binging is now. Has anyone else had an older person introduce them to a classic show in a weird format?
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jamie_white16d ago
That's a cool story. Makes you wonder what shows we're watching now that will feel that way to someone in 40 years (probably on some weird brain-chip format, ha).
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mia7487d ago
Honestly, the "different kind of hype" idea doesn't click for me. Waiting a week just sounds frustrating, not special. I'd rather have the choice to watch when I want. Getting a whole story at once feels way more satisfying than being forced to stop. That old way seems more about what you couldn't do than what you got to share.
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jessica_ross3816d ago
Totally get that feeling. My grandpa did the same thing with old westerns on these beat up tapes. @jamie_white has a point about the brain chip thing, it's wild how fast formats change. Makes you miss the weird charm of watching something all fuzzy and recorded over. That shared wait for the next episode must have built a different kind of hype.
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