In the wide world of television programming, we're a "Limited Basic Cable" household. Since we only get thirteen channels, and only four of them are worth watching, we end up watching most current shows online, or simply order the season on DVD and have a marathon TV night when it's released... a couple months later.
Enter Netflix. Josh somehow stumbled upon their site to find that they were now offering online content streaming, and discovered that we finally had a TV modern enough to be able to connect to the internet. So, the free trial month was started. Josh browsed through the online menus to find all matter of shows and movies that I never even knew existed (including some I'm sure the world would be better off without...), and settled in to watch three season's worth of the Discovery Channel's Whale Wars. He was hooked (pun intended). For days, any free time, and some not-so-free time was spent following the plight of the southern ocean's whales and their defenders aboard the Steve Irwin and Bob Barker. I have to hand it to Paul Watson and the Discovery Channel-- the show draws you in, and it's been identified as "Television with a Conscience" for a reason-- I have never been so stressed about the fate of whales in my life.
So, this week's diamonds go to...
- Netflix. Thousands of TV shows and movies at our fingertips. This could be our new solution to our Limited-Basic-Cable problem.
- Summer! Grab the sunscreen and flipflops-- summer has finally arrived in the Bay Area!
Coals to....
- Netflix. In addition to Whale Wars, we watched Hot Tub Time Machine. And yes, it was just as bad as the name would suggest.
Have a great weekend!
No comments:
Post a Comment