It was incredibly hard on me. I'm beyond being called a couch potato. I've formed a symbiotic relationship with my lazyboy.
Even as a kid I've enjoyed watching movies more than watching television. Two hours of watching a movie has always been more enjoyable to me than watching two hours of tv programming. To make matters worse, one of the criteria I've always used for judging a movie was the length, the longer ones are always better, (The Right Stuff, The Ten Commandments, The Godfather movies, etc...)
I just got to the point where I couldn't stand it any more. I think I actually started with Martin Sheen. I began boycotting his movies when the West Wing started. Wouldn't watch any of them, even if he only had a minor role. Threw away my copy of Apocalypse Now, Firestarter, and anything else I had that he was in.
I kept adding more and more of the Hollyweird liberals to my boycott list, and my movie and music collection continued to shrink as I weeded out the leftist mouthpieces I just couldn't stand to listen to or watch anymore. The last time I went to the movies was to see The Last Temptation of Christ. I support Mel Gibson movies, but unfortunately, I can't watch the Lethal Weapon movies anymore because of Danny Glover.
I'm pretty much down to only watching HGTV, Food Network, History Channel, and Sci-Fi. If there's nothing good on one of those channels, I'll read a book.
I kept adding more and more of the Hollyweird liberals to my boycott list, and my movie and music collection continued to shrink as I weeded out the leftist mouthpieces I just couldn't stand to listen to or watch anymore.
It's almost the same path I took - I can't even stand to hear the liberals do "voice overs" in commercials. When the BIG libs do a car commercial - and I hear that hateful voice, I know I'll never buy that car... Does Hollywood really think they can give half the American people the finger and still have us be loyal? Are they that stupid?