I used to love these, but now I can't sit through more than 5 minutes, because that sense of "oh this is special" is gone. I think for slow burn/buildup art, you have to kind of keep it special.
I used to love these, but now I can't sit through more than 5 minutes, because that sense of "oh this is special" is gone. I think for slow burn/buildup art, you have to kind of keep it special.
We watch one episode of mst3k as a family Sunday night. Popcorn, lights off, huddled under blankets on the floor.
If anything, it's more special for my kids (than it was for me) because they can see what we'll watch next week, and enjoy looking up random trivia about the terrible movie throughout the week.
Why wife and I watched the entire series over a year and loved every minute.
There are shows like "Twin Peaks" that, if you first introduction to them is binge watching, you'll wonder what all the fuss was ever about. (Some shows seem to need some water-cooler time in order to keep you on the edge of your sear, wondering, trying to make the connections yourself.)
You had to wait a whole ~four months to see Episode 1 when Episode 26 ended in a "holy shit!" moment on top of one of the best TNG episodes to-date.
If you watch the subsequently, you miss that feeling of build-up; there's no school-yard discussion about what could happen next.
Doesn't keep me from watching it roughly once per year, but the original impact of the cliffhanger was incredible.