TV

TV is a strange thing. As a kid, I watched TV 22 hours a day. Nowadays, my TV only gets used for the powers of DVD and console games. Some of those DVDs, however, are TV shows. I find this kind of perplexing as I've spent a fair amount of money for stuff that I could have recorded legitimately for free, but whatever. At least I don't have to cut out commercials and once in a while, the extra stuff on the DVDs are kind of worth having.

The thing I find amazing is the quality of the TV now. Quality may not be what I mean, though it does seem that TV is a bit more intelligent in general than the old Three's Company days. As a kid, it seems like everything I watched was completely episodic - every problem was taken care of in each episode, with the exception of a few two-parters. But for the most part, if you missed the show for three weeks, you still knew what was going on. I find this pretty boring. The shows I get hooked on now and tend to purchase or obtain otherwise are these shows with story arcs that span one or more seasons. Babylon 5, Buffy, and BSG are probably my top three. But there are more. I've not seen Lost yet, but everyone tells me that I need to.

This isn't to say that episodic shows have no place. If it is well written and performed, anything is good. Futurama and early Simpsons are good examples. The Office has a loose arc but is done so well that I'll always want to watch it. 30 Rock is also quite funny at times and is worth the time investment, at least.

I guess my point is that Fox sucks for killing Firefly.