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How do you watch a serial?

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Renfield	Re: How do you watch a serial?	#21	[-]
Jul 15 06 6:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I saw that at the theater, too, as a widdle kid and as I recall it was just the original Batman serial (Gary Owens of Laugh-In provided new narration on this version of the serial). The thing was called "An Evening With Batman and Robin." Joe "Renfield" Meadows HORROR-WOOD Webzine http://www.horror-wood.com
Gorillarama	Re: How do you watch a serial?	#22	[-]
Oct 1 06 9:48 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Serials simply need to be enjoyed one chapter at a time! Every time I try to squeeze a few chapters at once, I find my attention wandering or my finger wanders for the fast forward button as the credits and intro summary roll. Serials are also rarely Academy material and the cliffhanger resolution, exposition, conflict, new cliffhanger rythm threatens to get tedious if you succumb to the urge to keep finding out what happens next. Even if I wait a few days, I always find that the enjoyment is enhanced as I get up to speed on the previous chapter. Having two or three on the go also helps to satisfy the urge for more. After becoming a parent in the past year I have developed a deep appreciation for entertainment that is concentrated in 15-20 minute chunks and always reminds me what happened last time;-)
blackbiped	Re: How do you watch a serial?	#23	[-]
Oct 1 06 10:32 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I watch a serial for as long as I can take at a time and then stop. I like being able to watch the next chapter if I want to, and find out what happens after the cliffhanger. I wouldn't confine myself to a chapter a week any more than I would If I had a DVD of an entire season of a TV series. Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way.
ometiklon		#24	[-]
Apr 1 12 6:08 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	As quickly as I can.. The things are so much fun! Watched all of Captain America 1944 at two different times today. I had to chuckle when the Scarab aquired the "Dynamic Vibrator" for one of His evil deeds!
rvoyttbots		#25	[-]
Apr 2 12 10:20 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I don`t.
wrongway7		#26	[-]
Apr 2 12 11:14 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	My wife and I watch one chapter a night, although it is common that we may skip a night or two, or when I'm traveling a week or more between chapters. She's usually up for one chapter a night, and occasionally on serials she really enjoys like "The Secret Code" she'll ask to watch 2 chapters. If we watch one a night we typically fast forward through the opening right up to the cliff hanger resolution. In some serials (Captain America comes to mind) skipping all that reduces the actual new material to about 4 to 5 minutes! We're about 4 chapters into "Don Daredevil Returns" it's a great B style western that isn't too much of an "oater" for her to enjoy. "It's a "hand" grenade!"
Tom Powers		#27	[-]
Apr 5 12 4:25 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I usually watch one or two chapters a night. Three, if it's a crack-a-jack chapterplay. Currently watching TERRY AND THE PIRATES, and one chapter a week is more than enough! Once watched all of BATMAN & ROBIN in one sitting, but there was drinking and joking involved. Saw FLYING DISCMEN FROM MARS in a late-night marathon. Half the theater was asleep during the later chapters.
ometiklon		#28	[-]
Apr 5 12 6:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Just finised up watching "Jungle Girl" took Me 2 days to watch this one. I gotta say this is by far the best Jungle serial I have yet seen. The female lead in this one was every bit as capable as the male lead.. Which I thought was pretty interesting for anything filmed at that time.
LCranston		#29	[-]
Apr 5 12 10:01 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've gone through various phases of how I watch a serial. There was a time I'd watch one a night and got through several that way. When I first started showing my wife some her schedule was really chaotic so we'd have to fit one in whever we could. Lately though we stick to one a week, usually Saturdays (and I watch one by myself Sundays). Been kinda fun this way. Deep water is dark and restful and full of peace.

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