A habit I have

[Keith]

For my entire life it seems I have had a habit of doing things because I think I have to, even if I would rather not do it because it's uninteresting or frustrating.

Example:

I got a DVD set of The Secret World of Alex Mack for Christmas or my birthday (I forget which) because it's considered classic Nickelodeon and I missed out on it as a kid but was aware of it back then and always curious about the show. However, I never got around to watching it for so long I became worried it was a waste of money (I feel that way with many DVD sets), so I watched the entire thing in one sitting (after I discovered the fad of "binge watching", although mine was more like a marathon since Alex Mack isn't a serial).

 

[NateSean]

I think a lot of us have that habit. I recently kicked it when I bought the first season of Orphan Black on DVD from a tag sale. Now I'm only watching it because I actually want to.

By the way, Alex Mack was awesome. If you want to see a really good online review of the series, go to Blip.tv and look up Pop Arena.

 

[Nitro]

I recently watched the entire collection of "The Sons of Anarchy" from beginning to end...again

 

[ChrisC1983]

i actually don't like to buy things like that (DVDs, video games, music..) because i know i'll be bored of it quickly (if i end up not liking it as much as i built it up) or i'll finish it in a binge sitting.. and never want anything to do with it ever again

 

[Major]

Maybe I am weird weird.. I don't Know. I like to get movies and books that look interesting and I may never watch them. I just add them to my collection and I like to look at them. My husband does the same with games so I couldn't be that weird. He has hundreds of games ps3 ps4 vita Nintendo and he has maybe dabbles in half finished maybe a quarter. He just likes that they are his. There is no pressure to play or watch them unless the mood strikes.

 

[ChrisC1983]

Maybe I am weird weird.. I don't Know. I like to get movies and books that look interesting and I may never watch them. I just add them to my collection and I like to look at them. My husband does the same with games so I couldn't be that weird. He has hundreds of games ps3 ps4 vita Nintendo and he has maybe dabbles in half finished maybe a quarter. He just likes that they are his. There is no pressure to play or watch them unless the mood strikes.

i look at that as part of a hoarder/collector thing, but i do the same. my father was usually the one that opened my toys i got for christmas. i was quite happy just having them. sadly he gave a lot of them away when i was a kid too (since i didn't open them he figured i didn't like them.. and threw a pity party on me because other kids around us didn't have as much) but i did manage to save my gi joes. he opened all of those as well but i saved all the plastic and twist ties and everything to put them back the right way (and using each one in the right spot.. 1 figure may have 10 twist ties that looked different)... can't say if it's the same feeling for you but the overall desire to have something you don't have plans to use is there

 

[Datura]

I know I have been glued to a couple of books because I simply couldn't wait to be done with them. Thankfully, they were shorter works. I don't know why I didn't just set them aside. I suppose I wanted to be vindicated in my hatred of them by seeing that they did not get any better.

During my "Chronology of Anime" project I have also sat through some truly dreadful shows. I am grateful for the perspective I have gained on the medium, but quite a number of those shows were painful to watch. I have special hatred for Mazinger Z. It's one of the most influential anime of all time, having essentially codified the entire Mecha genre and launched a huge toy robot industry. Despite this it's a terribly tedious series consisting of endless robot battles with very little characterization or context. The animation is also sub-par. At least I didn't watch the whole thing.

 

[Judge]

I recently watched the entire collection of "The Sons of Anarchy" from beginning to end...again

With me it was "Band of Brothers". Before that it was "Battlestar Gallactica"....and before that the "Shogun" miniseries.

 

[Nitro]

With me it was "Band of Brothers". Before that it was "Battlestar Gallactica"....and before that the "Shogun" miniseries.

Did BoB quite a few times,but I love nearly anything WWII

 

[umbrellabeach]

For my entire life it seems I have had a habit of doing things because I think I have to, even if I would rather not do it because it's uninteresting or frustrating.

Example:

I got a DVD set of The Secret World of Alex Mack for Christmas or my birthday (I forget which) because it's considered classic Nickelodeon and I missed out on it as a kid but was aware of it back then and always curious about the show. However, I never got around to watching it for so long I became worried it was a waste of money (I feel that way with many DVD sets), so I watched the entire thing in one sitting (after I discovered the fad of "binge watching", although mine was more like a marathon since Alex Mack isn't a serial).

I do the same thing, well almost. Quite often I feel guilty about not watching something for a long time after I get it, even if I've bought it for myself, because it seems useless to just leave it on the shelf. Sometimes I don't watch it just because I'm busy with "real life," but I still feel bad. Then once I watch it - or part of it, if it's a TV show - I feel better, especially if I like it. I usually don't binge watch though.
I recently canceled my Netflix subscription, mostly to save money as I was out of a job, but also because, since I wanted to make sure I was getting my money's worth, I was watching more of it than of my DVDs and VHS tapes and it was starting to feel like a chore to remember to watch it.
Funny, I got a new job just a few weeks after I cancelled. I did discover some great things on Netflix, though, such as H2O: Just Add Water, which is now one of my favorite shows of all time. (And yes, I bought the box set, so now I can watch it without Netflix.)

 

[Progster]

I don't buy DVDs very often because I rarely ever watch them more than once. It's just not the same when you know exactly what's going to happen in the end. It's the same with books, though I do have quite a big collection of sci fi.

In the past people have bought me books or DVDs, and I haven't watched them because they aren't my thing or I haven't got round to them. It can be extremely awkward when they then ask me enthusiastically if I liked whatever it is they gave me, and I haven't watched or read them yet. I always give a polite but honest answer, because I don't like lying to people.

 

[Elemental]

I don't buy DVD's much; for me, they would represent stuff I don't want to accommodate i.e. they require space. I rarely watch films or series twice but I will binge on boxed set style watching, most recently Breaking Bad & Game of Thrones, both of which I discovered quite late. If I see a television program I like, often a comedy, I'll chase previous episodes available on catch-up. I'm like it with books also; if I read an author I like, I'll check out all their catalog, Margaret Atwood most recently.

 

[Keith]

One thing about my DVD sets is I feel I can't watch an episode more than once, which is weird because I saw the episodes many times each back in the day. If I don't watch a set completely for awhile I forget where I was. I guess I can always watch the episodes again since that's how it was back in the day. I also shouldn't feel like I have to watch more than one per day.

The problem is I'm too young to truly remember Saturday morning cartoons. I grew up on Nickelodeon and The Disney Channel. I had Saturday morning blocks like One Saturday Morning and the Fox Box, which I anticipated every week, but I'm too young to have been restricted to watching cartoons only once a week. I was spoiled as a kid.