This, yep.

An alternative is to download them and put on an external hard drive. I have most of my faves saved that way. But DVDs are kind of nicer if you have a TV set up.

I'd absolutely keep the copies of my favourites! But I'd get rid of anything less important. And make sure you have a DVD player.

:) I hope you enjoy it!

I was gonna say, I associate him pretty strongly with Professor X! But then I haven't watched Star Trek either, so that might help. It's a little like David Boreanaz though - he got two iconic roles and they're the only ones I can ever imagine him in. At least one of the roles spanned two different shows. :P

There definitely seems to be a point of no return with these things... Although in very rare occasions I believe some actors have broken out and started getting other roles and changed the view of them. Must be hard though, and rely a lot on luck as well.

Yeah, totally get that. I think it's easier for me to enjoy because I'm not American and have a lot of distance to American cops. I just treat it as an entirely fictional universe, far from reality. And the cast is so goddamn charming (Samberg especially).

But they can choose to drop out (once their first contract is over). You can't assign responsibility to the audience and none to the person actually putting themselves in that position. They're the only one who knows what they want, after all.

Same (about what I want from short form comedy shows)! Community also has a lot of heart stuffed in between the cynicism and terrible people XD It works for me. Especially if I ignore Pierce.

I really recommend B99, if you don't mind that it's about NYPD officers (it requires some suspension of disbelief). At least as funny as the other ones, and it gets more and more wholesome as well when the characters' relationships evolve.

Absolutely, there are! That's the risk of playing a single role for so many years, while I assume the reward (apart from liking the show and the role) is stability and a steady income. Most professions have different risks like that and you have to weigh them against each other. I just don't like the idea of blaming fans who love a certain role for the actor's association with it. People are allowed to enjoy pop culture and it's the actor who chose that role and chose to stay with it so long after all (I know there are contracts that span several years, but few people sign 15-year contracts for a role - they choose sign new ones after a while).

That's too bad, I really liked it personally! But it did differ a bit in tone, and took longer to get into than eg. The Good Place or B99.

It's pretty different (like actually bad main characters who don't improve until very late on the show, or never at all), so it makes sense some people wouldn't watch it even if they love the other ones, and even if it's similarly funny. It took me several tries to get into it because I couldn't get over the mean jokes and how badly everyone was behaving! I prefer to have a more gentle heart of the show, which all the other shows have.

I hated watching the Good Place finale, but it was written and acted well for sure! I think it helps that his comedies always has a lot of melancholy elements and emotion to them. You want to say goodbye to your favourite characters in a sentimental way, but that doesn't work on all sitcoms - it does here!

God, Shatner is such an ass... But it does seem frustrating to only be associated with one role if that's not what you want (still not the fault of the fans).