Today I'm thankful for all my favorite TV shows. Not really the movies, because unless they are Lord of the Rings extended edition, there's just not enough movie there to binge on. But TV shows... yes! Hours and hours of story. It's like a book you can watch!
No, seriously. Other than more imaginative freedom, which goes without saying, what books really have that movies don't is time. You live in a story for hours, days, weeks... however long it takes you to get through the book. A movie is over in 90 minutes in most cases. And then... well... then the story is over. Sometimes there's a sequel, but by the 4th or 5th sequel (waiting a year or two between each segment), you're done. So done. Seriously, the story has run its course.
Now, with TV shows, especially ones that have been out for a few years and you just barely discovered the series on Netflix, this is a story you can live inside for hours... days... weeks... however long it takes you to consume the entire story. And... in the best cases... for the story to consume you too.
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And, as a bonus, I'm grateful for the number 7. Why? Well... simply because it's fun to write, especially when you write it with a slight curve and that dash through the center.
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