I'm not much of a TV watcher beyond "24," "Masterpiece Theatre" and the news. That's mainly because I'm not allowed to hold the remotes and I don't care for "Cops," "American Idol" or all the other channels quickly flipping by.
I did hold the remotes once. I was wicked. I'd watch Paul's eyes. Whenever they would focus and I could tell he was engaging with what he was seeing on TV, I'd switch to another channel. I did this repeatedly until I accidentally found a show on how to renovate a toilet. I left it on that and just watched him. He finally figured it out.
Yes, I was mean. Vengeful might be a better word. (I seem to be mean today. Actually, not meaner than usual but more inclined to admit it. Must be the cold meds.)
But I've figured out a way around this problem in our house. We watch old TV series we didn't watch when they first came out because that would have required staying on one channel for more than fifteen seconds.
Last year we discovered "24" and watched all the seasons. Then we did "Firefly." We've recently discovered "Lost," and although the writer part of me feels like I've been had (not so sure about revealing mystery as a substitute for plot), I'm enjoying the show.
We've got two more DVDs left in Season 1, then we'll do Seasons 2 and 3. That will have us all set to start Season 4 when it cranks up February 3.
Oops. That was three weeks ago.
So, do we jump right in tomorrow night and watch "Lost," knowing we'll be completely lost and possibly have some of the things in the previous seasons spoiled for us, or do we keep going from the beginning and wait for the DVDs to come out on Season 4?
We're not good waiters. We're not good planners, either, so we may forget to watch the current season. Or do it all at once.
Anne, OT- please stop in Oh HorseRFeathers, and pick up a Well Deserved award for Excellence In Blogging!
Sharing the info that you do here, about life in general and in particular your Mom and Dad in their waining years sure puts you up there with Excellence IMO...
;)
Posted by: Mrs Mom | February 20, 2008 at 06:26 PM
Tough call. You're only in Season 1? I would have to say, there was more plot then than there is now. Which means, some of that stuff from Season 1 is "resolved," if you can call it that, but the characters have changed--some have revolved 180 and there are several very important new characters that you will be missing history on.
Ugh. I'm a purist. My instinct is to say wait and keep getting them all on DVD--it's sure to come out at the end of this summer, probably just in time if you keep cranking on the other seasons.
Especially since you've already missed the first three episodes of this season.
Posted by: Anwyn | February 21, 2008 at 10:10 AM
Ohhh, Lost! I can't believe I'm admitting this in public (might be the tea I'm drinking), but we just started watching it a week ago and have already finished the first season and are almost half way through the second. Despite all evidence to the contrary, we do both work and have plenty of involvement in the outside world.
We are in the same quandry though, how do we watch season 4? We have a DVR, so we're probably going to start recording it. I think they've been playing the previous week's episode before the new one, so we may be able to get most of them. Or we'll watch it online since ABC puts full episodes on its website.
Posted by: Jackie | February 21, 2008 at 12:36 PM
Now we're on Season 2. Thank you, Anwyn, for warning me away from trying to watch the current season. I think that would ruin everything.
And Jackie, how far along are you now?
Posted by: Anne | February 25, 2008 at 04:39 PM