Back in the day we all thought the internet would revolutionize the world as we knew it. Everybody would have equal access to all information, the world would be better!

I didn’t feel like they actually committed to the environment of the setting. Many of the attitudes and depictions of queer culture and most of the music was distinctly post-war or later. And the big group emotional climax at the end of the season finale (an injured player being carried around the diamond after…

Yeah but I had a problem with how them being lesbians was only a small issue for them. A lot of queer people previous to the last few decades didn’t know what being queer was, and just thought they were fucked up, and would be alone forever. There was no self-hatred or denial or internalised homophobia for the women…

Well I am glad that you enjoyed it!

There was a lot of fun performances there but everyone felt very modern in their outlooks and language, and that made it seem a little off. It was like they’d taken people from the 2020's and sent them back in time.

I did not love the A League of their Own series but D’Arcy Carden’s charisma and Abbi Jacobson’s likeability did go a long way to make it work as well as it did

Maybe I’m in the minority, but there was never just one service where I could watch everything I wanted.

The real reason for owning physical media is self-evident: future-proofing against those who would edit, censor or revoke content they find objectionable.

The rate at which I acquire physical media has definitely slowed, but I will still buy a DVD/BR when it’s a movie that I want to make sure I can watch whenever the fuck I want and that I know I will likely rewatch. (I even still have a modest selection of VHS tapes and a working VCR, but I only use that like once a…

I mean, I live in a small apartment and I have a pretty sizable collection that all fits in a couple of those CD / DVD wallets. They don’t take up a lot of room at all.

You have the rights as the owner of a piece of physical media to make copies of it so long as they are for your own personal use - it’s part of the copyright system they have yet to strip out that benefits the mass audience.

Physical media = Han Shot First

I agree with this article and I love my physical media collection.

When some crazy asshole bombed the AT&T Data Center in Downtown Nashville on Christmas morning a few years back (remember that?) I was certainly grateful for our very, very large collection of physical media, as we were without cell service or home internet for more than a week.

It’s also nice to own DVDs of shows if certain episodes get pulled because of social movements and changes to culture.

I would add another one: gift-ability. I don’t know what to get people anymore for Christmas, birthdays, etc. You can’t give movies, music, and for some people, even books anymore. That’s one reason why I think board games are so popular now: It’s the one physical media product you can still share with other people.

See also music CDs.

It’s nice to actually OWN something. A physical thing. Streaming is so... temporary. I have records that have histories apart from the content etched on them. It’s fun to think about.

Time to hit up charity (thift) shops for DVD box sets

Good points, especially about compression. Every dark or cloudy scene looks like a SNES cut scene on my TV.