I got knocked out of commission last week with a touch of plague (not COVID, a gut thing with other weird symptoms), which basically left me in bed or lounging a lot unable to or only willing to sit there and watch stuff. When you’ve got pain or discomfort that is draining away your energy to do stuff, you are generally left with little more than the option to watch things endlessly when you aren’t falling asleep.
This particular bout of sickie happened to correspond with thoughts I’ve been having on entertainment in general, since in this COVID era of show production we are finally starting to see shows we used to watch with regularity prior to COVID begin airing their new seasons. As I knew these shows were about to start returning, I’d been having an internal dialogue with myself over several issues and concerns considering not so much related to COVID, but to the culture war that has literally consumed our entire world.
Personal Disclaimer before I continue and possibly rant: I am a classic marathon watcher. I say marathon, because that was what it was called before the normies started to call it “binge watching” over the past few years. I was doing that shit long before it became “hip” and “cool”, because as an anime guy, I like watching arcs and stories in full without breaks. I’m sorry to some more traditional watchers perhaps reading this, but you can take your “I like weekly tension build up” and shove it up the corn pipe. I hate the cut off…I want resolution when I finish a watch sessions.
So, as the new seasons begin to tick forward, and the episodes begin to stack up, I ask myself this question…
Do I even want to watch these anymore?
Do I care anymore?
Why don’t I possibly care?
Because I am struck with fear that the WOKE and LEFTISM will have fully infected shows that were not infected before they shutdown for COVID reasons earlier this year. If a show is not taking place in a world of fantasy or alternate reality, I have a distinct feeling that wokeness that previously would not have been there will now be there because the leftist writers and show runners have lost their damn minds and don’t care anymore. Now, that doesn’t mean a fantasy/sci-fi show can’t be infected by the woke, but what I’m talking about is real world shows shoving real world leftist bullshit in our faces…SJW bullshit.
That is what I am thinking as I look at these episodes stack up. Do I even want to bother getting involved, because let’s be honest…I’ve moved on.
In this COVID world of entertainment, I’ve found other ways to entertain myself.
The joy of YouTube live streams with my favorite YouTubers…if I have a choice these days I will ALWAYS choose a video or live stream over classic TV, now. Why? Because it’s always fresh and entertaining. Friday Night Tights is my part of my Friday entertainment routine, now. I’ll watch it for a while, then go back Saturday morning to finish it.
I love my PHYSICAL MEDIA COLLECTION!!! I’ve worked for years to grow it, and I’ve grown it more this year than ever before proportionally, because as long as I have my movies and shows on my shelf, I will always have something good to watch that cannot be taken away from me.
Which leads me to say that I have gone back to watching old series (live action and anime) in this time, and I am totally enjoying all the old good stuff…well…for the most part. I’m in the middle of a Babylon 5 rewatch for the first time in over a decade…and honestly…it’s not holding up well in terms of quality for me. All my old annoyances are still there, and new things are starting to bother me….unlike when I watch Farscape I fall in love all over again each time.
The sole new thing that so far continues to not disappoint, is anime…because for the most part Japan gives the WOKE the middle finger. Creatives are gonna create. So, as of right now for the foreseeable future, anime will give me new content and will always have loads of old content to entertain me. At this moment, I’m rewatching Kimetsu no Yaiba in preparation to see the recent movie as soon as I get the chance, and my goodness, I forgot how much I loved this show. This is a show that gets it right on all levels of character and story development. Tanjiro is perhaps one of my favorite protagonists right now, because the guy EARNED EVERYTHING!!!!
But I digress and tangent….
Bottom line is that I find myself not missing shows I usually looked forward to watching this time of year back in normal non COVID and woke times. Will I watch things? Yeah….I’ll break down at some point and start watching episodes, but I’m ready to walk away the moment the woke SJW is too much.
You see, I have what I call the Cold Turkey Gene. I can walk away and stop doing just about anything at the drop of a hat without looking back.
In the end, I’ve found other things to watch and fill my watch times….not to mention I do have other hobbies that fill up the hours of my life. I think I am not alone in all of this. I think we as a whole have moved on and found new media to entertain us in addition to doubling down on watching things that were already good.
Okay.
I’m done.
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