OTS streaming 24 hrs a day.

[Poltargyst]

I kinda miss the days of having to wait for movies and shows to roll around. Today, the ability to access when we want removes some of what made it all so special.

I think it made for a sense of community that is lost now. Back in the day when you sat down to watch a movie Event, you knew millions of other people were watching it then too at the same time. Now we can watch what we want when we want, and we might be the only one in the world watching it at that time. It doesn't feel the same.

 

[Ssosmcin]

I think it made for a sense of community that is lost now. Back in the day when you sat down to watch a movie Event, you knew millions of other people were watching it then too at the same time. Now we can watch what we want when we want, and we might be the only one in the world watching it at that time. It doesn't feel the same.

Get out of my head! I've said this to others for years. Not to delve too deeply into my sad psyche, but as a teen, I got comfort watching primetime TV because of that community. Made my lonely adolescence a little less depressing.

Luckily, I had no I idea just how few people were actually watching Manimal.....

 

[BillJ]

Luckily, I had know I idea just how few people were actually watching Manimal.....

Don’t feel lonely, my future wife was watching too!

 

[Noname Given]

I think it made for a sense of community that is lost now. Back in the day when you sat down to watch a movie Event, you knew millions of other people were watching it then too at the same time. Now we can watch what we want when we want, and we might be the only one in the world watching it at that time. It doesn't feel the same.

Yeah. This and the internet basically made anyone with actual Knowledge from watching and rewatching the episodes obsolete in a sense. Any question you have could be answered by an internet source, and verified by multiple sources on the net. All the tribal knowledge was/is there.

That said, it does make the barrier of Entry easier for anyone who gets into it but wants to know more about it quickly.

I have to say I really don't know if it's destroyed the sense of 'community" or just changed it a bit.

I still find it funny though that a lot of the fans who grew up in this internet era can't believe we had methods of discussing and arguing the same points they do today without the internet.

Actual IP Magazine letter columns are a foreign entity that they can't wrap their head around, as well as Chain Letter groups and fan magazine groups that existed back in the day before the internet

Tldr: we pre-internet fans used a system called Snail Mail now, where thoughts were actually typed or written on actual pieces of paper and sent to others who then replied via the same method.

 

[BillJ]

Actual IP Magazine letter columns are a foreign entity that they can't wrap their head around, as well as Chain Letter groups and fan magazine groups that existed back in the day before the internet

I absolutely loved comic book letter columns.

 

[Poltargyst]

Yeah. This and the internet basically made anyone with actual Knowledge from watching and rewatching the episodes obsolete in a sense. Any question you have could be answered by an internet source, and verified by multiple sources on the net. All the tribal knowledge was/is there.

That said, it does make the barrier of Entry easier for anyone who gets into it but wants to know more about it quickly.

I have to say I really don't know if it's destroyed the sense of 'community" or just changed it a bit.

I still find it funny though that a lot of the fans who grew up in this internet era can't believe we had methods of discussing and arguing the same points they do today without the internet.

Actual IP Magazine letter columns are a foreign entity that they can't wrap their head around, as well as Chain Letter groups and fan magazine groups that existed back in the day before the internet

Tldr: we pre-internet fans used a system called Snail Mail now, where thoughts were actually typed or written on actual pieces of paper and sent to others who then replied via the same method.

It could take DAYS or WEEKS to get a reply!

 

[Paradave911]

Hey Paramount+ is actively promoting TOS (They just posted this to Youtube today):

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The gorn, my fave OTS episode.

 

[Paradave911]

I absolutely loved comic book letter columns.

Me too

 

[Paradave911]

Get out of my head! I've said this to others for years. Not to delve too deeply into my sad psyche, but as a teen, I got comfort watching primetime TV because of that community. Made my lonely adolescence a little less depressing.

Luckily, I had no I idea just how few people were actually watching Manimal.....

Lol, i remember manimal.

 

[Paradave911]

I think it made for a sense of community that is lost now. Back in the day when you sat down to watch a movie Event, you knew millions of other people were watching it then too at the same time. Now we can watch what we want when we want, and we might be the only one in the world watching it at that time. It doesn't feel the same.

Thats why im glad to find this. Such a cool community.

 

[Paradave911]

Yeah. This and the internet basically made anyone with actual Knowledge from watching and rewatching the episodes obsolete in a sense. Any question you have could be answered by an internet source, and verified by multiple sources on the net. All the tribal knowledge was/is there.

That said, it does make the barrier of Entry easier for anyone who gets into it but wants to know more about it quickly.

I have to say I really don't know if it's destroyed the sense of 'community" or just changed it a bit.

I still find it funny though that a lot of the fans who grew up in this internet era can't believe we had methods of discussing and arguing the same points they do today without the internet.

Actual IP Magazine letter columns are a foreign entity that they can't wrap their head around, as well as Chain Letter groups and fan magazine groups that existed back in the day before the internet

Tldr: we pre-internet fans used a system called Snail Mail now, where thoughts were actually typed or written on actual pieces of paper and sent to others who then replied via the same method.

Lived way out in the country. Didnt have cable and never heard of a fanzine, until they were obsolete

 

[Poltargyst]

I absolutely loved comic book letter columns.

But did you ever win a No-Prize?

 

[Roundabout]

Now we can watch what we want when we want, and we might be the only one in the world watching it at that time. It doesn't feel the same.

How often do you think that happens?

That you are the only person in the world watching a particular TV show at that moment in time.

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This reminds me (I think it happened about 20 years ago). I was at home sick. It was a weekday. I was lying in bed. I turned on the tv to distract my mind from my ailments.

I was just channel surfing. I had cable at the time. I was flipping through the channels, even the ones that I had never watched before, especially the channels in the triple digits.

I recognized an actress who had a recurring role on Buffy the Vampire Slayer on the screen. So, I stopped clicking the remote to see what the show was about. It was some reality show that I had never heard of, and it was on some far-flung cable channel that I had never watched before.

The host of the show was teaching the BtVS actress how to hunt game. It was interesting enough. It held my attention for a while.

As I mentioned, it was the middle of a workday. The question popped into my feverish delirious head. Wouldn't it be weird if I am the only person in the country watching this obscure tv show right now?

That was the first time that that question had ever entered my mind.

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Anyway, with streaming and TV shows that are available on demand, when you can watch a show at your own good time, as Kirk would say, I would guess that the probability that you are the only person on the planet watching that particular TV show at that exact moment may be greater than one might think.

Furthermore, I would imagine that the probability for a streaming and an on demand show would be greater than for a broadcast or cable tv show that someone is watching at the scheduled air time.


As far as Star Trek is concerned, I reckon there is always someone somewhere watching a Trek show at any given moment. That person could even be a member of Trekbbs.

Whether the same Trek episode is being watched at the same time, well, that would lower the odds. Nevertheless, the sun never sets on Star Trek.

 

[MarcKle1964]

I think it made for a sense of community that is lost now. Back in the day when you sat down to watch a movie Event, you knew millions of other people were watching it then too at the same time. Now we can watch what we want when we want, and we might be the only one in the world watching it at that time. It doesn't feel the same.

Back when Faux was broadcasting
The Orville, I joined an online group that chatted live during the show and posted comments and reactions. That was pretty cool.

Edit: At one point, and if you watched TO, you know when that was, everyone typed Ja'loja

 

[Poltargyst]

How often do you think that happens?

I don't know, but I bet it happens.

 

[MarcKle1964]

Lol, i remember manimal.

I watched Manimal.

 

[Riley]

The at-will availability today contrasts wildly with one lean period I remember. I was obsessed with Star Trek, but the VCR was a thing of the future for me, and for some reason no local station was running the show at all.

The only way to see it: a distant Canadian station was airing it once a week on Saturday morning. Scarcity made the show all the more important. Missing it was a big deal.

Now there's no such thing as "missing the show." You don't wait for it, it waits for you. Whole different feeling.

Dang, man, how old ARE you?

I'm guessing you're around my age. I was born in '76 and even when the few stations we had aired TOS returns, I never knew when they were on and didn't get a chance to record them once we had a VCR.

 

[scotpens]

. . . In the 50's, WB would kick off with a really self-inflating intro with the WB logo and fanfare, a shot of the studio and an announcer bragging about it being a Warner Bros. production.

Well, in the mid-1950s the major film studios were just starting to get into TV production, so it was kind of a big deal.

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[Metryq]

Dang, man, how old ARE you?

Zap was here with Keith Richards and Willy Nelson when God arrived.

 

[ZapBrannigan]

Dang, man, how old ARE you?

I'm guessing you're around my age. I was born in '76 and even when the few stations we had aired TOS returns, I never knew when they were on and didn't get a chance to record them once we had a VCR.

My lean period with barely any Star Trek occurred around 1975. I was in my early teens.

There was one Saturday morning before we got a color TV and roof antenna, when I was trying to watch "Miri" on that Canadian station. The atmospheric conditions were unfavorable, and I could just make out faint images of Spock amidst heavy waves of snow. The sound was almost nothing but static noise. My father thought I was an idiot. He was like