I don't get bored either. Same thing with books, I can read them over and over again - much to my boyfriends amusement.
How many times.....?
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^ Same with me. Cannot tell you how many times i've read and re-read all of Stephen King's early novels!
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I'm a giant SALEM'S LOT fan...both the novel and the classic, creepy 1979 TV movie.
I'm a giant SALEM'S LOT fan...both the novel and the classic, creepy 1979 TV movie.
^One of my favorites, along with The Shining and The Stand. He was so amazing early in his career.
Better when I was a tyke and kid than he is now, honestly. I haven't really liked any of his newer novels the way I did everything up to the 1990s.
I agree. Once he started on the The Dark Tower/Gunslinger books he lost me. I recently read something much newer of his, (although i can't recall the title, which tells you how much of an impact it made on me) and it was just OK. Can't blame the guy though, he was pretty damn prolific for a lot of years.
O dear, I love the Stand! Book and mini series! And the Dark Tower of course...
Man, not me. I have never re-read a book. I once tried, and I couldn't even get through the first chapter.
About the only thing I can re-watch or re-read is Star Trek and Star Wars. I can't tell you how many times I've re-read books like "Q Squared", "Vendetta" or the Crucible trilogy. I love star trek with a passion. It is my drug. I can't get enough of it. I've probably seen every episode of TOS and TNG well over 2,000 times.
Maybe you have one of those "novelty seeking" personalities. Some people have more of a tendency to seek out new things. Don't remember how that shakes out in a biochemical or biological sense; i.e, what causes it.
Probably. I mean, I do rewatch things. I just can't rewatch them with great frequency. Part of it for me is that I enjoy the emotional impact of stories. When I watched Star Trek in theaters, my eyes were watering up and my jaw was hanging open from the Kelvin being destroyed. When I watch it now, I know that it's going to happen, so the shock and emotional impact is gone. As a result, I am a lot less interested in it. Hence, I get bored.
See your point. For me it's like hearing a song I like, or eating a meal I enjoy. The novelty is gone but there is familiarity. Like comming home.
I'm not one of those people.... I can watch, like, Brokeback Mountain, three times in a row.... and cry every time. 
The same goes for Stephen King novels.
The same goes for Stephen King novels.
I actually do know what you mean. Up until when I was maybe 35, I had not reread a book; and I marveled at people who could.
My friends in school were rereading the Tolkien trilogy and a book, called "Islandia," millions of times it seemed. Like the Potter books now.
But something changed, and I have reread lots of books in the last 15 or 20 years. The reason I noticed the "novelty seeking" articles in the news is that I thought I had it.
One of the reasons I got a journalism degree is probably because I literally like "news" and the people who are similar to me in the field. News and current events junkies.
I think it is genetic, too; my brother is also in journalism. I've mellowed, though; and so has he. He said he wanted a life and family.
I used to reread books a lot but I don't do it as much any more, now I am always trying to get into new books and movies though the really good movies I love to rewatch such as The Dark Knight, Howls Moving Castle, Lion Witch and the Wardrobe, V for Vendetta, and of course Star Trek. Movies are easier to rewatch just because they take less time, only two hours as opposed to a week or a month with a book.
Since it came out on DVD, Ive watched it three times, it's a good filmm, decent story but it's not one of the films that I will watch every five minutes. I'm one of those who prefer the eps to the films
Now I'm up to six times since I got my DVD. Great stuff.
And don't forget The thin red line. You start crying when the musik begins...I'm not one of those people.... I can watch, like, Brokeback Mountain, three times in a row.... and cry every time.
The same goes for Stephen King novels.
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