All this past month, Spike TV has been running HUGE amounts of advertising letting the world know that they would be showing all six Star Wars movies, in story order (so Phantom Menace was shown first) over this and next weekend. They started on Friday and last night showed Revenge of the Sith (pretty much accepted as the best of the prequels). Next weekend they’ll pick up with the classic trilogy. Sounds good right? Sure it does… it’s Star Wars after all.
But here’s the thing… even though I could possibly be the biggest Star Wars fan on the planet, I realized last night as I flipped past Revenge of the Sith (which I happen to really like), that I had no desire to stop and watch it. It’s not that I wasn’t in the mood to watch the movie… if SoulVideo came by my place with a copy of the DVD and suggested we watch it I would have said “HELL YA!”. But for whatever reason I had no desire to watch it on broadcast TV (not to be confused with On Demand or Pay Per View).
That little revelation got me thinking and I soon realized that I can’t remember the last time I actually watched a movie on broadcast TV at all. Oh sure I’ll watch some old classics (50’s and 60’s) if they’re on as I’m surfing through the channels, but I don’t recall the last time I sat and watch a movie from the last 5 years or so on television.
So I have a question for the international friends. Do you watch movies on broadcast TV anymore? If you do, do you watch more or less than you once did a few years ago? If you don’t watch them on TV anymore, or watch a lot less… why do you think that is?
– Commercials?
– Fixed start times?
– Editing?
– Other factors?
Let me know your thoughts.
