How do you find the time to rewatch old shows?

[CyberCubed]

I know some people here watch lots of cartoons and live-action shows, most of which ended a few years ago and people own the DVDs.

My question is, how do people find the time to rewatch all your old shows? Even without commercials, it still takes hours upon hours to do a complete run-through of your favorite show, especially ones that last 5+ seasons or whatever.

For those of you who have so many older shows that you were a fan of, how do you find the time to rewatch through them all?

[YogiBR123]

When I bought The Huckleberry Hound Show: Vol. 1, I watched the whole thing in one sitting.

[J. B. Warner]

With my DVD collection, I usually watch one disc a day if I'm doing the whole "entire show in order" thing. I've done this with "The Simpsons", and I'm planning to do it again for "Futurama" once the fourth movie comes out next week.

[ABrown]

The only shows that I regularly watch on dvd are shows that aren't on tv all the time. Shows like The Simpsons and Family Guy seem to be on television like 24/7. The shows that I watch on dvd regularly are shows like the original Transformers, Thundercats, the original TMNT, Beast Wars, etc.

[Blackstar]

The only shows that I regularly watch on dvd are shows that aren't on tv all the time.

:^: This. The only shows that I have DVDs for are the ones that don't air on TV anymore. I don't own a single Family Guy or Futurama DVD set because those shows are still being shown on television (the former airs all over the place).

As for when I watch them, it's usually when I'm sitting at home when there's nothing on TV and I'm not invoved with or preoccupied with something else.

[Super Leviathan]

I'll dip into my DVD collection from time to time, depending on what I'm in the mood for (usually Aqua Teen or Invader ZIM)

[Neo Yi]

I'm typically a busy gal, so I mostly watch any DVDs of cartoons (or whatever) after I finish work. I have a good three hours or so of free time to do so before I hop onto bed.

[Monterey Jack]

:^: This. The only shows that I have DVDs for are the ones that don't air on TV anymore. I don't own a single Family Guy or Futurama DVD set because those shows are still being shown on television (the former airs all over the place).

Yeah, but any show sold into syndication will have footage edited out to make room for more commercials. It's worth the money to watch the unedited versions on DVD (especially with The Simpsons, where I was seeing footage I hadn't seen in years with each boxed set).

[Lavenderpaw]

I watch them when they're on and I have time.

[Dr.Pepper]

If I'm bored and have nothing else to do.

[PowerZord]

The simpsons gets uncut double airings Monday-friday here in Puerto Rico so.. I catch them everytime. other shows, well.. that's why they made Hulu :) and.. I find a way to organize myself. There's time for everything if you know how to handle it.

[ABrown]

Yeah, but any show sold into syndication will have footage edited out to make room for more commercials. It's worth the money to watch the unedited versions on DVD (especially with The Simpsons, where I was seeing footage I hadn't seen in years with each boxed set).

There's about twenty seasons of The Simpsons. And I only buy season sets of shows when they're down to around $20. So say the show ends after 20 seasons, and you purchase them all on dvd. Even at a good price, you're gonna end up paying at least $400 for a show that's on tv all the time.

I prefer to save my money for the season set of shows that can only be seen on dvd.

[soundmonkey44]

I watch Reruns of KOTH & simpsons Every night on my local FOX station & Reruns of MASH & the Andy Griffith show on TV land. and if im still bored ever now & then I'll get out the old invader Zim DVDs and laugh till my squiddly spooch hurts! (pardon the Zim Pun!:sweat: )

[Marinite]

For those of you who have so many older shows that you were a fan of, how do you find the time to rewatch through them all? When there's very little, if any at all, current shows worth watching, it's fairly easy. Usually I might watch something while working out, or just taking a 'break' from video games (:sweat:)

[Elven Moon]

It helps if you watch at night, that way there are little or no distractions (phone calls, other noises, etc.) and you're free to sit back and focus completely on the show.

If I'm really determined to rewatch the WHOLE thing, I try to do a disc or more a day. Otherwise I just select the specific episode I want.

[Super Leviathan]

Yeah, but any show sold into syndication will have footage edited out to make room for more commercials. It's worth the money to watch the unedited versions on DVD (especially with The Simpsons, where I was seeing footage I hadn't seen in years with each boxed set).

But DVD's aren't always unaltered. In fact, shows like Beavis and Butt-Head and Duckman are more hacked-up on DVD than they ever were on television. And that's not even going into live-action cases like ALF, Mama's Family, the first seasons of Roseanne and Cosby Show, etc.

[TheTerror]

Usualy a couple times a week I will find time to pop in one of my DVD's of classic cartoons and enjoy them, but lately I have been doing more anime and movies instead of classic american animation. I need to revisit some old favorites soon, maybe I will find time next week. But yeah, I find time because I don't watch much live action TV shows, I usualy watch sports and animation.

[Dogasu]

I actually don't have the time to watch a lot of the DVDs I own a first time through; for example, I have a couple of Lupin III movies that I've owned for a good four years or so but never got around to watching.

Yet I still keep buying new DVDs.

So for me, I won't even entertain the thought of rewatching some of my DVDs until I've gone through and have at least watched all the ones I have a first time.

[Zorak Masaki]

There's about twenty seasons of The Simpsons. And I only buy season sets of shows when they're down to around $20. So say the show ends after 20 seasons, and you purchase them all on dvd. Even at a good price, you're gonna end up paying at least $400 for a show that's on tv all the time.

I prefer to save my money for the season set of shows that can only be seen on dvd.

But you also get audio commentary and deleted scenes, and those arent going to be ever aired on tv.

[J. B. Warner]

But you also get audio commentary and deleted scenes, and those arent going to be ever aired on tv.

Yeah, that's my primary draw for the Simpsons DVDs. I got Seasons 10 and 11, and I'm planning to buy all the really crappy seasons too, just so I can hear the commentaries - occasionally, I gain a new insight into episodes I despised before (I developed a new appreciation for a few Season 9 episodes that way).

[CyberCubed]

So do you guys not own tons of boxsets of all the shows you've watched throughout the years?

I watch a LOT of shows, and its actually work to go through the DVDs and watch every single ep of each show again.

Anyone have this problem in terms of time?

[Antiyonder]

So do you guys not own tons of boxsets of all the shows you've watched throughout the years?

I watch a LOT of shows, and its actually work to go through the DVDs and watch every single ep of each show again.

Anyone have this problem in terms of time?

Just because you own a boxset doesn't mean you have to watch every single episode in one session. Really, you're just looking for a problem when there isn't one to be found.

[Gold Guy]

Well, just because you have a box-set doesn't mean you have to watch all the eps, just your faves.

[CyberCubed]

Just because you own a boxset doesn't mean you have to watch every single episode in one session. Really, you're just looking for a problem when there isn't one to be found.

I obviously don't mean you have to watch an entire boxset in one day, but I mean watching a few eps a day to get through it in a timely manner.

Earlier this year I made an attempt to rewatch the entire DCAU, (Batman, Superman, Batman Beyond, Zeta, Static Crossovers, Justice League/JLU, the DTVs, and even Teen Titans and Legion of Superheroes), and if I did not watch 5 eps a day, I would have never gotten through it.

All those shows I listed combined comes out to almost 500 episodes, which is insane when you think about it.

I pretty much watched almost 5 eps a day consistently of each show in order on the DVD boxset, and even then it was time consuming and took forever to get through.

And of course there's all my other cartoons outside of the DC stuff, most of which go on for many episodes. There is a LOT of viewing time with this stuff.

Even without commercials each ep is roughly 22 minutes, and times that by how many eps there are in each series, and it comes out to hours upon hours.

How does anyone find the time? I am lucky that I have free time now, but I wonder if I can still do this once I get a full-time job or in the future a family.

[Antiyonder]

I obviously don't mean you have to watch an entire boxset in one day, but I mean watching a few eps a day to get through it in a timely manner.

Earlier this year I made an attempt to rewatch the entire DCAU, (Batman, Superman, Batman Beyond, Zeta, Static Crossovers, Justice League/JLU, the DTVs, and even Teen Titans and Legion of Superheroes), and if I did not watch 5 eps a day, I would have never gotten through it.

All those shows I listed combined comes out to almost 500 episodes, which is insane when you think about it.

I pretty much watched almost 5 eps a day consistently of each show in order on the DVD boxset, and even then it was time consuming and took forever to get through.

And of course there's all my other cartoons outside of the DC stuff, most of which go on for many episodes. There is a LOT of viewing time with this stuff.

Even without commercials each ep is roughly 22 minutes, and times that by how many eps there are in each series, and it comes out to hours upon hours.

How does anyone find the time? I am lucky that I have free time now, but I wonder if I can still do this once I get a full-time job or in the future a family.

Then let me reword my comment. Having a boxset doesn't mean you have go through the episodes from beginng to end all the time. Sometimes you (not you specifically CC) just put on a random disc and relax. Sometimes you just watch your favorite episodes. Or sometimes you just watch a disc a day or a disc a week.

And that's the problem of the thread. You're assuming that all of us constantly watch each episodes from begining to end when we put in a disc.

[CyberCubed]

Yeah, I know sometimes its best just to pull out a random episode and rewatch it.

But don't most people also rewatch a show in chronological order from beginning to end? If I buy a boxset, I buy it with the intent to rewatch every episode (even if I hated an episode I still rewatch it), and I usually do it in order and with each and every season of said show in order.

Does nobody else do a "complete run" of a show anymore? Where you watch an entire series from beginning to end in order?

[Antiyonder]

But don't most people also rewatch a show in chronological order from beginning to end? If I buy a boxset, I buy it with the intent to rewatch every episode (even if I hated an episode I still rewatch it), and I usually do it in order and with each and every season of said show in order.

We buy a box set usually, because:

A: The show may come on at a time incovenient to us.
B: The show is uncensored or just plan Uncut (since shows have to be trimmed to 22 minutes)
C: It barely plays on tv or not at all, thus getting a box set is the only way to view it.

Does nobody else do a "complete run" of a show anymore? Where you watch an entire series from beginning to end in order?

Every now and then, sure, but not to the point of it becoming an obsession.

[CyberCubed]

Every now and then, sure, but not to the point of it becoming an obsession.

Agreed, but there are so many shows!

I don't plan to rewatch any (old) DC shows now for at least another year, because I just did a complete run-through of every old DC show.

But as said, I watch so many other cartoons as well. And then there is live-action stuff like Star Trek, Buffy/Angel, etc.

I mean for those of us who watched so many shows over the years, it gets harder and harder to go back and rewatch them all because they're so time consuming.

All the hours pile up and when I'm older and have a family, I don't know if I'll have the time to do this anymore. Watching TV actually takes up so much time when you think about it, I'm actually glad I don't watch sports because that's even more time consuming.

[Antiyonder]

All the hours pile up and when I'm older and have a family, I don't know if I'll have the time to do this anymore.

Now see I've never really understood the mentality that adults have to give up their interest in cartoons in comics to be a devoted spouse/parent. I mean you have plenty of parents who spend quite a bit of time watching wrestling, reality shows and sitcoms or spend a bit of their money on celebrity magazines, porn, cigarettes or beer. How are thoses anymore productive than cartoons and comics?

[Debbie]

Now see I've never really understood the mentality that adults have to give up their interest in cartoons in comics to be a devoted spouse/parent. I mean you have plenty of parents who spend quite a bit of time watching wrestling, reality shows and sitcoms or spend a bit of their money on celebrity magazines, porn, cigarettes or beer. How are thoses anymore productive than cartoons and comics?

I have recently gotten into a relationship, and while I don't have as much time to watch cartoons as I once did, I haven't given them up completely. I just tend to watch fewer of them and I'll be more selective as to which DVD's I'll add to my collection. Sometimes it can be a family affair as well. My spouse's kids (who are 17, 16, and 9) enjoy watching some of them, too. The kids liked "Huckleberry Hound" and "The Smurfs" a little (the 9 year old girl LOVED Smurfs), but they really love anime (more than I do lately...I've been really getting out of it). They were glued to the screen watching "Magic Knight Rayearth".

[sdp]

Well I rarely if at all watch TV and I am not a movie guy either. So I'm normally watching series on dvds.


One thing I'm really odd about is I don't like to run through a show in just a couple of days. If I'm in the mood of watching a show I'll be in the mood for that franchise for a while so I like to stretch the show out. If its a short lived series of about 13-26 episodes I'll only watch one episode per day, that way the show lasts "more". Not to mention if I'm watching a show for nostalgia watching an episode a day like I did when I was a kid.

If its a longer show it depends on how long it is I may watch 2 episodes per day or up to 3/5 I even did 10 for Ranma 1/2. But I usually stick to five at most. And you'd be surprised how quickly shows go by the 3/5 per day format.

So yeah I'm usually watching about an average of 5 shows at once which ends up being about an average of 3 hours per day. So not a whole lot if you think about it.


I mix it up between watching old shows I liked and shows Ive never watched (new and old).


The thing is once I re-watch a show I don't re-watch it for a long time at least 2,3 or 5 years before I re-watch it all again. That way the show is "new" to me again. If I re-watch a show too soon like a year after I watched it I don't enjoy it as much since not so long has passed.


When I'm in a relationship of course it cuts down my time a lot but I can still watch a few shows. And when I have a family I always think how my son would enjoy watching cartoons with me so it'd be bonding time and re-watching my favorite shows/introducing them to my kid. he he he, two birds one stone.


Does nobody else do a "complete run" of a show anymore? Where you watch an entire series from beginning to end in order?

I do, I'm a completist so I hate watching a show halfway or just random episode. If I start watching something I have to watch it all. Only exceptions are when the show is not all out on dvd or something similar.

[DarthGonzo]

I work til 4:15 everyday and I get home at 4:45. Aside from eating dinner the rest of my night is an open book. So I usually do have the time to watch whatever I want. Of course I try to have an active social life but you can't be out running around all the time.

I don't marathon watch shows as much as I used to but I usually do whenever a new DVD comes out.

[J!!!]

Does nobody else do a "complete run" of a show anymore? Where you watch an entire series from beginning to end in order?
Only when it is a short series with like 26-40 episodes.