Is Binge-Watching The Best Way To Watch A Show?

[HHR]

It varies greatly from show to show.

I think a show with a tight story, few characters, and certain complexities (like Breaking Bad) is better experienced at a slower pace. Not necessarily 1 ep/week, but definitely not binge watched.

On the otherhand, I think Boardwalk Empire benefits from binge watching. There are so many characters and interwoven stories that keeping up with all of them in only 50 minutes a week is difficult. Watching it as it airs, you can easily forget entire storylines when they disappear for several weeks of episodes. Those issues disappear if binge watched though.

I could NEVER binge watch True Detective though. It would make me want to kill myself.

 

[FaTaL]

watched seasons 1-3 of the wire in 4 weeks

took 2 weeks off now onto season 4

 

[Spaceman Piff]

nothing beats being able binge watch a show like lost or 24.. shows that end in a cliffhanger every episode.

It varies greatly from show to show.

I think a show with a tight story, few characters, and certain complexities (like Breaking Bad) is better experienced at a slower pace. Not necessarily 1 ep/week, but definitely not binge watched.

On the otherhand, I think Boardwalk Empire benefits from binge watching. There are so many characters and interwoven stories that keeping up with all of them in only 50 minutes a week is difficult. Watching it as it airs, you can easily forget entire storylines when they disappear for several weeks of episodes. Those issues disappear if binge watched though.

I could NEVER binge watch True Detective though. It would make me want to kill myself.

watched the first 3 episodes last night.. had me like


i actually like it more today than yesterday.. after i had some time to digest it and think about it without that atmosphere hanging over me.
shyt is relentless.

 

[Urahara_Kisuke]

I never like binge watching shows. When I do that, everything gets blurred together, I forget little things, and then I can't get classic episodes to stick out in my memory (Pine Barrens on The Sopranos.......Ozymandias on Breaking Bad, etc.). We live in the instant gratification world these days, so everyone I know prefers the binge method. Meh

 

[HHR]

i actually like it more today than yesterday.. after i had some time to digest it and think about it without that atmosphere hanging over me.
shyt is relentless.

Exactly.

I'm really digging the show so far, especially the structure and the way the investigation has become the B-story.

But man...I feel like shyt after watching it

 

[hotbeezie]

I binge watch but I have to read a guide after each season so I can appreciate the summary of events.

I prefer watching on a weekly basis.

 

[bogey_j]

while its def more convenient and u miss the commercials, i don't think you process all the details in the episodes, if you're watching one after another. Plus talking to other people after the show, and trying to think about whats going to happen next, elevates the experience.

if anything its the opposite. binge watching you immediately pick up on all the details because its still fresh in your mind as opposed to waiting a week and forgetting some of the little things

 

[iamstr8fire]

The first show I binge watched was Lost on Netflix. Since then I've been hooked on watching shows that way. I honestly don't care about interacting with people and discussing a show. I prefer digesting entire seasons/shows at once. With so many distractions readily available at my fingertips PS4, E-Books, Working out/intramural sports, etc its easy for me to get distracted.

There are shows on TV now that I will literally be like " I'll just wait until this goes off the air completely and then I'll watch it".

 

[MikelArteta]

love it
just bingewatched the 100

bout to binge watch season 4 of homeland

 

[Czerka]

for medicre shows with lots of filler (mostly network shows) then yes. quality shows, i prefer waiting

 

[Cladyclad]

to me no. sometimes i get binge fatigue and dont pay attention. i drift off doing other things making me have to rewind. i pefer the week to week schedule

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

it just depends. each form of watching offers a different experience. Me and my friends all watch current shows together, like Game of Thrones, so it's an event every sunday to go to a friends house, smoke a blunt and watch GoT the night it actually comes on.

 

[Rich Spirit]

binge watched Dexter the other day. Did the same for Sons of Anarchy before season 7 started.

i liked it

@Emperor_ReinScarf how is The 100?

 

[MikelArteta]

binge watched Dexter the other day. Did the same for Sons of Anarchy before season 7 started.

i liked it

@Emperor_ReinScarf how is The 100?

its great man its great I recommend it. First two seasons are on netflix, hop in if you have time, love the story, the action, the whole vibe of it.