{"id":16030,"date":"2016-12-07T05:42:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T11:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=16030"},"modified":"2016-12-07T05:42:03","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T11:42:03","slug":"what-i-want-to-watch-when-i-want-to-watch-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/07\/what-i-want-to-watch-when-i-want-to-watch-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What I Want To Watch, When I Want To Watch It"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you might know or guess, gentle reader, I am a skeptic of online streaming services and buying “digital” copies of movies, books, or music (exception!<\/a>) because I’ve had enough electronic devices crash that I don’t trust electronic media, because I’ve seen enough tech companies fail to consider that they might not be there to provide me with what I purchased tomorrow, because I don’t trust that online services will keep their promises of availability of things I purchased.<\/p>\n

But we have two paid streaming video sources at Nogglestead: Amazon Prime because it remains a shipping discount (for now<\/a>) and Netflix because my beautiful wife likes to watch television shows on her tablet as she rides her elliptical exercise device.<\/p>\n

A couple of times in the last couple of weeks, I wanted to watch a particular film not in the vast Nogglestead library.<\/p>\n

After reading a listicle about John Hughes’ Planes, Trains, and Automobiles<\/em>, I wanted to watch She’s Having A Baby<\/em> because it’s the most adult of his coming-of-age comedies (and I plan to come of age sometime soon). But it’s not on Netflix nor Amazon Prime.<\/p>\n

Then I got to thinking about funny Christmas movies my children might like to watch with me since White Christmas<\/em>, Holiday Inn<\/em>, The Bells of St. Mary’s<\/em>, or The Bishop’s Wife<\/em> are a little black-and-white for them, and they’re not old enough for Die Hard<\/em>, Lethal Weapon<\/em>, or Gremlins<\/em>. So I checked Netflix and Amazon Prime, and again I was disappointed.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, Amazon Prime still includes free shipping.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

So now I have the two films I wanted to watch, and I can be assured I’ll have the actual ability to watch them whenever I want.<\/p>\n

Netflix and Amazon Prime streaming are good when you want to watch something<\/em> as they give you a lot to chose from. But I often do not want to sit down and watch something<\/em>; I want to sit down and watch a particular film. So physical media still have a vital role in that. Much like the old independent video stores offered something other than the newest releases at Blockbuster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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