Comments on: [META] On Very Special Episodes and “Holiday Favorites” http://fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2011/12/on-very-special-episodes-and-holiday-favorites/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-very-special-episodes-and-holiday-favorites A directory of informative things about fans Sun, 14 Oct 2012 06:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: alexjenkins http://fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2011/12/on-very-special-episodes-and-holiday-favorites/comment-page-1/#comment-35352 alexjenkins Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:34:29 +0000 http://testsymposium.transformativeworks.org/?p=366#comment-35352 It’s an interesting question! It’s a matter of taste, too — unless I’m in hardcore shipping mode, I don’t like following week-to-week reviews of an ongoing series. I find it too frustrating :).

]]> By: Dana Sterling http://fanhackers.transformativeworks.org/2011/12/on-very-special-episodes-and-holiday-favorites/comment-page-1/#comment-35351 Dana Sterling Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:31:50 +0000 http://testsymposium.transformativeworks.org/?p=366#comment-35351 It’s an interesting question — how people discover new loves. Because of syndication and reruns, a lot of shows are undoubtedly discovered in this out of context way.

On the other hand, I can think of a bunch of shows that premiered and didn’t really find their legs or their voice for several episodes.

So i guess there’s something to be said for all the approaches — getting rec’d in with a guided tour to the best gateway episodes, finding a random episode, whether it’s in syndication or via Netflix, or staying with something from the beginning and watching it develop.

I wonder how much the advent of DVDs and Netflix has changed how TV gets written — if people know that viewers are mainlining a series, instead of catching it week by week, do they write differently?

]]>