Is a dinosaur. Who might not work this afternoon.

[desperance]

TV certainly wants me to do no work this afternoon, for they have scheduled my two favourite fantasy movies of all time, back to back.

Since you ask, that's The Princess Bride (of course!) and Ladyhawke. In the other order.

And yes, I do own them both on video (no, not on DVD - I'm a dinosaur. I have such a machine, but I never use it. Too complicated, with all the plugging and unplugging that has to go on...), so yes, I could work all day and watch them this evening if I wanted to. I could watch them any evening, any time of day, if I wanted to. But somehow I don't, simple possession is enough; and then they're broadcast, and the dinosaur in me goes "ooh, movie on TV, must watch..."

Is this some kind of spurious mass-event scenario, do I prefer to watch when I know that others are watching too? I dunno, it baffles me. But I think it highly likely that I will commit sofa-sprawl this afternoon and my computer will be lonely, up here on its own.

Comments

[angelsasha.livejournal.com]

I feel exactly the same about films on TV! I can't put my finger on why, but there is something more enjoyable about watching a film when broadcast than on DVD. Of course DVDs are more convenient for being able to pause when the phone rings/you need to get a drink/fetch a jumper/etc, and also to rewind when you miss a bit of dialogue (I do that all the time :P) and I do love convenience... But still, broadcast has a little magic of some kind that I can't resist.