I admit that i am not at all up with the latest trends. It is often that i do not stumble upon the latest rage til long after the limelight has faded. Thus is the case with my newest favourite TV series;Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
Most of my love of these two TV shows comes from the genius of the writer/creator Joss Whedon. He has a style that is smooth and easy to follow, yet complicated enough that you don't feel like you're being fed pulp. He also has a terrific grasp of the feminine power and of metaphors.
The sad part about this is that i have come to the party 10 years too late. While i eagerly enjoy watching the shows, they do not play on television anymore. Thus I'm forced to either watch it off the net (lots of streamed TV is online) or buy the series at the store.
I am not apposed to purchasing my television shows. i realise that in order for the TV i enjoy to air, i must be willing to put money towards it. Yet, i can't help but feel I'm being ripped off when i go to the store to purchase the entire TV series of Buffy. Best price I've found for Buffy: $350. Forgive me for feeling that is a steep price to pay. $70 dollars per series...which accounts to about $4 per episode. It just feels like a lot of work and money for something i could have gotten at home for free if I'd taped it.
My other option is view it online. This is apparently highly unethical because I'm steeling money from the TV studios. They don't like me watching the same show for free if they aren't getting paid for it. If they air it on the TV, they get commercial profits. If it gets streamed online, they get nothing...BECAUSE THEY DON'T DO IT THEMSELVES!
Most places online that you can watch TV. also have advertisements. They can come as part of the video file, or as part of the website that you visit. If TV studios would open up their own website for viewing their old TV series, i would gladly go to them. I would even pay a monthly fee for access to their archives of streamed TV shows.
So I guess what i really want is for studios to allow me to watch TV on my computer without going to a store to buy it. Is that really so much to ask?
5 comments:
Amazon has the best that i found for the Buffy series. when i got them it worked out at about $1.50 per eppisode.
I find austrailian prices a bit over the top.
But then again i currently want the Mile High series because they screen once a week at 12.30am. and they only sell to / deliver to the UK. (unless you want the porn version which is avalable on amazon... nearly accidently got that...)
Good luck getting what you want.
thanks clare! i'll head over to amazon now! it would be so nice to actually get some television worth watching...have you noticed that most of the good stuff to watch isn't actually on when you can really watch it? grrr
huh, i thought "buffy" looked dumb, but several of my teachers think it's the coolest thing ever. maybe i should give it a shot....
Buffy is awesome! phd's have been written on the topic of the show! it isn't just for losers anymore;)
actually one of my teacher is doing a thesis on the show...
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