The Border of Nostalgia & Fan
I'm confused righ now, and I think part of it is I've confused my nostalgia for being a fan. What brought me to this crossroad of quandry?
The FurPlanet WhoFur podcast.
Confused yet? Yeah, let me say I love Dr. Who. I do. I still remember laying on a painful daycare cot in the middle of the night, watching Tom Baker go to far off worlds, fighting Daleks, Cybermen, and all sorts of totally awesome stuff. And I've always thought of myself as a fan of Dr. Who since then. I mean, I loved it. So of course, when we got new Dr. Who with the 10th Doctor, I was excited to see it.
Except I wasn't.
**Incoming Tangent. Brace for Impact!** Maybe this could best be described if I tell a related story about Heroes. I didn't watch the first season until it had come out on DVD. You can call me a bad viewer or a bad fan, but my brain just doesn't seem to comprehend anymore that there are shows on TV below the number 30 on my cable box, after 6pm EST. Totally forgetful. Maybe it's just that I'm used to watching The Discovery Channel like a Mythbuster fanatic, so I spend all my time on the higher channels and never the lower ones.
So of course I've missed a LOT of shows that were on TV before they were released to DVD after the season was done. Heroes, Firefly, Dr. Who, I just can't seem to make myself realize that "Hey, this show is on, I should watch it at X-time on Y-day on Channel-Z." I don't know what to say about it really. Partly, I rationalize it by saying "If I wait for the DVDs to come out, I won't have to worry about all these issues with missing an episode during the season and ending up completely lost because of it." And so yeah, that's what I do, I buy the DVDs. Or I do for a while. **Tangent Information has Now Departed.**
So, that's how I watched the first two seasons of the new Dr. Who. Now, the bad thing is... I own Season 3 on DVD, and I got all of 2 episodes into it before I got bored and put it off to the side so I could watch something else. And so now we're on what.... Season 5? And I just can't seem to find any drive to go watch Season 3, then buy 4, so I can watch 5.
I'm not sure what I'm missing now. Not in the show, but my feelings towards it. Did I burn myself out by watching episodes back to back to back, or am I just bothered by the fact that I feel like I'm falling further behind on understanding what folks are talking about and so I'm just tossing my hands up in surrender? Maybe I just can't stop remembering. Same thing happened to me with Heroes. After Season 3, the whole show just left a bad taste in my mouth. Yeah, I know it was a messed up season after coming back off the strike and then trying to hammer the plot out so it'd make more sense. But by then, I didn't care. Of course, my problem with Heroes is that not only is the plot meh at best, but most of the characters I like end up getting screwed over the most. And the ones I loathe (I'm looking at you Miss I Feel No Pain and Regenerate and also Mister I'm A Badguy, I'm Misunderstood, Nope, I'm A Killer Again, My Bad) get too much damn screentime.
Oh, sorry. That was a bit of a tangent too. **Sorry About That. I Was At Lunch** It's okay Tangent Alarm. Wait... you were at lunch?
**This is a Tangent Discussion on Alarms. Ignore Me** Oh, right. Dr. Who. I... I don't know. Have I lost that loving feeling for one of my all-time favorite shows? And it's not just Dr. Who. It's a lot of things, and I guess I feel like I've lost all my Geek Cred on a range of topics.
I'm lost.
Sorry. Yeah, I just wanted to post this today, and it probably doesn't make a lot of sense, considering I'm fighting with a PC in the background that's making my life a miserable hell right now. It just feels weird, sitting here. I want to care, and yet my care-o-meter is hovering near Empty. And don't suggest Care Bears the Movie to help make me care more.
Okay, I'm gonna stop typing now.
--Salen
The FurPlanet WhoFur podcast.
Confused yet? Yeah, let me say I love Dr. Who. I do. I still remember laying on a painful daycare cot in the middle of the night, watching Tom Baker go to far off worlds, fighting Daleks, Cybermen, and all sorts of totally awesome stuff. And I've always thought of myself as a fan of Dr. Who since then. I mean, I loved it. So of course, when we got new Dr. Who with the 10th Doctor, I was excited to see it.
Except I wasn't.
**Incoming Tangent. Brace for Impact!** Maybe this could best be described if I tell a related story about Heroes. I didn't watch the first season until it had come out on DVD. You can call me a bad viewer or a bad fan, but my brain just doesn't seem to comprehend anymore that there are shows on TV below the number 30 on my cable box, after 6pm EST. Totally forgetful. Maybe it's just that I'm used to watching The Discovery Channel like a Mythbuster fanatic, so I spend all my time on the higher channels and never the lower ones.
So of course I've missed a LOT of shows that were on TV before they were released to DVD after the season was done. Heroes, Firefly, Dr. Who, I just can't seem to make myself realize that "Hey, this show is on, I should watch it at X-time on Y-day on Channel-Z." I don't know what to say about it really. Partly, I rationalize it by saying "If I wait for the DVDs to come out, I won't have to worry about all these issues with missing an episode during the season and ending up completely lost because of it." And so yeah, that's what I do, I buy the DVDs. Or I do for a while. **Tangent Information has Now Departed.**
So, that's how I watched the first two seasons of the new Dr. Who. Now, the bad thing is... I own Season 3 on DVD, and I got all of 2 episodes into it before I got bored and put it off to the side so I could watch something else. And so now we're on what.... Season 5? And I just can't seem to find any drive to go watch Season 3, then buy 4, so I can watch 5.
I'm not sure what I'm missing now. Not in the show, but my feelings towards it. Did I burn myself out by watching episodes back to back to back, or am I just bothered by the fact that I feel like I'm falling further behind on understanding what folks are talking about and so I'm just tossing my hands up in surrender? Maybe I just can't stop remembering. Same thing happened to me with Heroes. After Season 3, the whole show just left a bad taste in my mouth. Yeah, I know it was a messed up season after coming back off the strike and then trying to hammer the plot out so it'd make more sense. But by then, I didn't care. Of course, my problem with Heroes is that not only is the plot meh at best, but most of the characters I like end up getting screwed over the most. And the ones I loathe (I'm looking at you Miss I Feel No Pain and Regenerate and also Mister I'm A Badguy, I'm Misunderstood, Nope, I'm A Killer Again, My Bad) get too much damn screentime.
Oh, sorry. That was a bit of a tangent too. **Sorry About That. I Was At Lunch** It's okay Tangent Alarm. Wait... you were at lunch?
**This is a Tangent Discussion on Alarms. Ignore Me** Oh, right. Dr. Who. I... I don't know. Have I lost that loving feeling for one of my all-time favorite shows? And it's not just Dr. Who. It's a lot of things, and I guess I feel like I've lost all my Geek Cred on a range of topics.
I'm lost.
Sorry. Yeah, I just wanted to post this today, and it probably doesn't make a lot of sense, considering I'm fighting with a PC in the background that's making my life a miserable hell right now. It just feels weird, sitting here. I want to care, and yet my care-o-meter is hovering near Empty. And don't suggest Care Bears the Movie to help make me care more.
Okay, I'm gonna stop typing now.
--Salen