Do you prefer watching movies or TV shows?

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Would you rather watch dozens of new movies one summer or watch 2-3 TV shows?

[Nilocon165]

Tv shows for me. When I finish them. It's really emotional because I almost feel like I watched the characters grow up and I was with them the whole time. It sucks to say goodbye knowing there will never be more of it.

[coin24]

Well lately if you want to watch anything decent it's a tv series.. There's like 3-4 movies a year actually worth seeing nowadays..
Wtf happened to Hollywood?

And those 3 or so are usually remakes

[highwhey]

Most tv on HBO is better than most films.

In general, television is improving vastly to the point that actors aren't hesitating to be featured in television over film.

[iamgine]

TV shows because it's basically longer movies. Therefore it gives room for a lot more story and characters development.

i.e The movie 'Eye In The Sky' has very good reviews but it's basically a normal episode of the TV show 'Homeland'.

[ScalsFan21]

In all seriousness, in terms of quality it's "good" TV and it's not close.

It goes: great serialized TV > great movie > bad movies > bad TV. That ranking cannot be argued with. Shows like Breaking Bad, The Wire, Sopranos etc all take a massive dump on the best movies ever made because you really can tell such a deeper story with the extra time.

That being said, if you don't have the time for a full series then that's understandable. Time is the sole drawback to it.

[Duderonomy]

I would have to say Movies 90% of time, less time commitment.
I look forward to seeing Batman v Superman even though I know it will be bad I wouldn't watch the first 3 episodes of a sub par TV show.

When TV shows are done right like Breaking bad or the first season of Prison Break then I enjoy the ride more than a good film.

[tmacattack33]

Movies are more hit or miss. It's a risk. I don't want to waste 2 hours on a bad movie.

So, when i'm going through netflix I usually land on a tv series, as I know for sure that that hour or two will be pretty good.


The only time I watch movies these days is if there's a classic on netflix that I never saw, or if there's some new movie that basically got 100% approval by fans and critics.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

I would have to say Movies 90% of time, less time commitment.
I look forward to seeing Batman v Superman even though I know it will be bad I wouldn't watch the first 3 episodes of a sub par TV show.

When TV shows are done right like Breaking bad or the first season of Prison Break then I enjoy the ride more than a good film.

S1 Prison Break is one of the greatest seasons in TV history. Heck Season 2 wasn't even that bad and still better than 90% of TV shows out there but most viewers were disappointed from Season 2 - Season 4 (although hard to follow, I thought Season 3 was one of the more interesting seasons)

[MP.Trey]

90% of movies I watch are too short or not done well enough to get me to feel any type of emotional connections to the characters and/or the plot.

I'd much rather watch a good TV show than a good movie. Watching characters grow and change over time in a TV show while never knowing what's coming next will entertain me more than a movie with a set plot with a set beginning, middle and end.

[ScalsFan21]

90% of movies I watch are too short or not done well enough to get me to feel any type of emotional connections to the characters and/or the plot.

I'd much rather watch a good TV show than a good movie. Watching characters grow and change over time in a TV show while never knowing what's coming next will entertain me more than a movie with a set plot with a set beginning, middle and end.

Nail on the head. That built in predictability and lack of investment is what makes this a landslide.

[jamal99]

These days, tv > movies. TV production is at all time high and most movies are sequels and remakes, which I watch, but I enjoy a good tv series more.

[highwhey]

Speaking of good TV, anyone else excited for The Dark Tower series?

Mat MCH. and Idris Elba!

[Jasper]

ironically both , but not what one would expect.

I like looking at , watching old westerns ...
And movies.

The boob tube doesn't have anything good on it , except , ninja warrior and
some sports , and sometimes shark tank...

Even PBS is getting lame

[DirkNowitzki41]

TV shows, no doubt.