Alzrius
The EN World kitten
In my experience, commitment anxiety when someone recommends a long-running series is a real thing. Regardless of a show's quality, the prospect of watching dozens - or even hundreds - of episodes can be off-putting, even if you think you'll like it. Even passively consuming a show can feel like a project, or perhaps a chore, in such circumstances. Unlike where you've gotten into a series in its early days and just followed along, a deep backlog of material to get through can push viewers away.
Having said all of that, what's the longest show that you've committed to, knowing that you'd have your viewing work cut out for you? Shows where you signed on at the beginning and watched episodes as they were released don't count; this is about seeing a huge library of already-released episodes and saying "let's get started."
For me, it was watching the One Piece anime. On a bet with a friend, I started watching the entire thing (skipping only the filler episodes), taking it one episode per day, every day. Now, new episodes were still being released when I did this (and still are now), so catching up took longer than it would have otherwise, but it still took twenty-five months in total to catch up...or a little over 750 episodes altogether (and I'm still watching the new ones as they come out now).
What's your greatest viewing-achievement? Have you watched all of Doctor Who, starting from the original series until now? Decided to watch all fifteen seasons of Supernatural? Wanted to brag that you've seen every episode of every Law & Order series?
Post your series commitments here!
Having said all of that, what's the longest show that you've committed to, knowing that you'd have your viewing work cut out for you? Shows where you signed on at the beginning and watched episodes as they were released don't count; this is about seeing a huge library of already-released episodes and saying "let's get started."
For me, it was watching the One Piece anime. On a bet with a friend, I started watching the entire thing (skipping only the filler episodes), taking it one episode per day, every day. Now, new episodes were still being released when I did this (and still are now), so catching up took longer than it would have otherwise, but it still took twenty-five months in total to catch up...or a little over 750 episodes altogether (and I'm still watching the new ones as they come out now).
What's your greatest viewing-achievement? Have you watched all of Doctor Who, starting from the original series until now? Decided to watch all fifteen seasons of Supernatural? Wanted to brag that you've seen every episode of every Law & Order series?
Post your series commitments here!
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