“ The DVD box set is the newest and most terrifying form of ritualistic abuse we inflict on one another. In the past, a sick person received unwanted hardback books, but these days when someone is laid up with an illness, they are buried beneath an avalanche of DVD box sets containing hundreds of hours of television series.
— Grady Hendrix - “Don’t give DVD box sets as gifts” on Slate.
I actually like DVD sets a lot, and watch much of my TV that way these days (Hulu is the other method). I can pick what I want based on reviews and other feedback over time and then control the rate at which I watch the shows. I don’t have to wait for next week or next season or the end of some baseball series or the end of a writer’s strike.
BUT having said that, I do admit that during my convalescence I got mighty bored trying to finish the last season of BSG, among others. I actually returned to reading quite a bit. Plus it was easier to keep my leg up lying in bed.
In any event, the article’s a hoot.
I actually like DVD sets a lot, and watch much of my TV that way these days (Hulu is the other method). I can pick what I want based on reviews and other feedback over time and then control the rate at which I watch the shows. I don’t have to wait for next week or next season or the end of some baseball series or the end of a writer’s strike.
BUT having said that, I do admit that during my convalescence I got mighty bored trying to finish the last season of BSG, among others. I actually returned to reading quite a bit. Plus it was easier to keep my leg up lying in bed.
In any event, the article’s a hoot.
