writing – Moved 2 Create

This week’s writing is about my obsession with television shows. I have always loved watching TV shows – more so than movies actually. However, since being out on my own, and with only my cats to take care of, I have gotten into this habit called binge-watching. I love to binge-watch television shows. It pretty much takes up most of my free time.

I love TV Shows. My favorite shows range from the 1980s detective show Remington Steele to the 90s political drama The West Wing to the more current horror/sci-fi series FRINGE . Not only do I love watching TV Shows, I love talking about them and obsessing over them with my friends. I really do feel bad though for those people in my life who couldn’t care less about television, nevermind listening to me talk about the adventures of Captain Janeway and her crew. So binge-watching was really just another step in my obsession.

The term “binge-watching” is used quite frequently these days, but I think it is interesting to think about how the terms has grown to be used so commonly. In the past, the term “binge” has been connected with food – consuming excessive amounts of food or drink in a short amount of time. Now the term is being connected with how people watch television. Nolan Feeney, in the article “When, Exactly, Does Watching a Lot of Netflix become a Binge?“, answers the question: How many episodes is a binge?

Four episodes, if you’re watching dramas. If you walk away before the fourth episode, people I’ve spoken with generally agreed, all you did was have a little TV time. But start the fourth episode . . . and you’re squarely in binge territory.

Continue reading Writing: To Binge or Not to Binge – Part 1

Thought a scratched disc was going to stop me from rewatching the webisodes, but I fixed it! I was just going to give my thoughts on the Webisodes alone, but it was too hard not to keep comparing it to “Sanctuary For All” (1×1) so this is more than a review, it is more like a comparison. First, I just love how many Stargate people are in this show: Amanda Tapping, Christopher Heyerdahl, David Hewlett, Kavan Smith, Ellie Harvie, Chuck Campbell, and of course Peter DeLuise! Did I miss any? Secondly….There is no Henry! What a difference his humor makes.

I love and don’t love how they opened the Webisodes with the 1888 London scene. With it at the beginning, I think that it sets the feeling for the show – the characters, where they have come from – but I also feel like it gives a little too much away right off the bat. The aspect of the show that I love the most is that we aren’t given all the information at one time, we have to wait and figure it out. I think that in “Sanctuary For All” we are left confused, much as Will is, as to what has really happened between these two. And for some reason I like being confused.

Continue reading Sanctuary :: Webisodes 1-4