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Ah Castle.
Nov. 17th, 2016 04:52 amHow I have missed watching Castle. I wish it were on Netflix, mostly because I refuse to pay for more than one service. I was with Hulu from the time it started, but it just kept getting worse and worse; more restrictive of what you could watch, more commercials, make you pay, then make you pay and watch commercials. Needless to say, I really don't feel like ever endorsing them with my money. So if it's not on Netflix, I either don't watch it or go to watch-series. The quality is not usually all that great, but I feel that's fair, as it should be since I'm not paying them.
Tis a pity that so many of the media companies are so greedy. They didn't mind when Netflix was bringing them viewers, but they kept demanding more and more for the same content, which is why we have less and less to watch. Also why Netflix has started pumping money into making their own shows and movies. Don't have to pull a popular show when you own it.
Anyway, it's nice to watch Castle from the start again. I stopped watching right after Beckett became a fed, and it's been a while, so time to watch from the beginning. So much fun watching the characters develop all over again. I rewatch so many shows from the beginning. Though honestly, I don't have the attention span anymore to watch beyond the first two or three seasons of most shows before I burn out and move on to something else.
Sometimes having immediate access to an entire show whenever we want can actually be a detriment. I think of how many shows I really got involved in, and part of the whole experience was the single episode a week. It gave time to really mull over the import of each episode, time to guess and second guess what would come next. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the fanfic community relating to shows is actually smaller than it used to be, at least for those shows that can be binged on. I know the fun of fanfic, both to write and read, was all the freedom available as a show slowly unfolded. It's the open-endedness that sets the creative juices flowing. But when I binge a show, I just immediately move on to the next episode. The previous episodes fade away and don't have time to create suspense, to wonder what's next, of what could be.
I guess I'm saying that instant gratification isn't always what it's cracked up to be. Shocking, I know. I'm rambling now. Clearly time for me to go sleep. Ah, but it's good to actually take the time to write, even ramblings.
Tis a pity that so many of the media companies are so greedy. They didn't mind when Netflix was bringing them viewers, but they kept demanding more and more for the same content, which is why we have less and less to watch. Also why Netflix has started pumping money into making their own shows and movies. Don't have to pull a popular show when you own it.
Anyway, it's nice to watch Castle from the start again. I stopped watching right after Beckett became a fed, and it's been a while, so time to watch from the beginning. So much fun watching the characters develop all over again. I rewatch so many shows from the beginning. Though honestly, I don't have the attention span anymore to watch beyond the first two or three seasons of most shows before I burn out and move on to something else.
Sometimes having immediate access to an entire show whenever we want can actually be a detriment. I think of how many shows I really got involved in, and part of the whole experience was the single episode a week. It gave time to really mull over the import of each episode, time to guess and second guess what would come next. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the fanfic community relating to shows is actually smaller than it used to be, at least for those shows that can be binged on. I know the fun of fanfic, both to write and read, was all the freedom available as a show slowly unfolded. It's the open-endedness that sets the creative juices flowing. But when I binge a show, I just immediately move on to the next episode. The previous episodes fade away and don't have time to create suspense, to wonder what's next, of what could be.
I guess I'm saying that instant gratification isn't always what it's cracked up to be. Shocking, I know. I'm rambling now. Clearly time for me to go sleep. Ah, but it's good to actually take the time to write, even ramblings.
