Syn-(h)ACK on Nostr: I spent some time this evening watching a couple of episodes of a classic which I ...
I spent some time this evening watching a couple of episodes of a classic which I apparently missed back in 1995, a show called *VR.5*. And lemme just say that it is indeed.....a show. Yep. Pretty much everything I'd expect from a mid-season replacement from that time period that was trying to capitalize on the vacuum left by the *X-Files*.
I think had I watched it back then, I would have been able to ride the nostalgia wave to smooth out the many, many rough edges on a re-watch. And I don't fault absolutely anyone for having fond memories of VR.5. At the time, I'm sure it was perfectly adequate entertainment.
But as I'm coming into it fresh and without the benefit of having accompanying fond memories to help smooth out the cringe-factor, it's gonna be a rough one to get through. Oh sure, I'll still *watch* it. It's just not gonna have the same level of suspension-of-disbelief that a re-watch of some of *my* childhood favorites would, like *Knight Rider* or *Airwolf*.
Nostalgia makes up for many a plot indiscretion, my friends.
I think had I watched it back then, I would have been able to ride the nostalgia wave to smooth out the many, many rough edges on a re-watch. And I don't fault absolutely anyone for having fond memories of VR.5. At the time, I'm sure it was perfectly adequate entertainment.
But as I'm coming into it fresh and without the benefit of having accompanying fond memories to help smooth out the cringe-factor, it's gonna be a rough one to get through. Oh sure, I'll still *watch* it. It's just not gonna have the same level of suspension-of-disbelief that a re-watch of some of *my* childhood favorites would, like *Knight Rider* or *Airwolf*.
Nostalgia makes up for many a plot indiscretion, my friends.