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Can you watch a show 20 mins after it started?

May 26, 2012 6:54 PM

Can you just flick on the TV and pick up a show 20 mins in? Or maybe a movie half way?

I think it's easy with a show like Law and Order, it's usually someone get killed and the police find out who....

mkentosh mkentosh

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Only if I have seen it before, like a classic such as Young Frankenstein or Die Hard... if it is something I have never seen, forget about it...

tarasadies tarasadies
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Do it all the time! Not intentionally, but I'll flip on the tv, and if something looks interesting, stay with it - if I've got nothing else to do. I can't tell you how many movies I've watched in "sections" at different times. Of course it is nice to watch something from beginning to end!

palady palady
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I could do it. I visit my cousin from time to time and almost every time, she's halfway through watching something and so I'll wind up watching, not knowing the plot, but it's alright. It's something on.

captainsuperdawg captainsuperdawg
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Not for a scripted show. I do it all the time for late night shows. This usually means I skip through the monologue and see sketches and guests. Same thing with sport events.

I can't watch a new (non-repeat) show I actually enjoy mid-way through. I would rather sit staring at a blank wall and catch a re-run later than watch only half of a show. I do it all the time for films that show up on TV. I generally see all the movies I want to see before they are showed on cable 3 years later.

The thing about Law and Order, it's fun to see the people who get interviewed and guess who was the killer before the reveal. 9 times out of 10, it's the character actor you've seen in another show before.

curtisuxor curtisuxor
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Reruns? Sure. First run? I'll pass.

jsimsace jsimsace
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For a movie, no. Example, if you miss the first 5-10 minutes of Star Trek (2009 movie), you've 1) missed out on the first adrenaline rush of the film and 2) the set-up of how things play out.

Many movies have critical events in the first 20 minutes or less that are important to understanding the plot, but Star Trek is the first that comes to mind.

mellielou mellielou

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