C3PX said:
Sure, I'll go ahead and condemn myself on this point too. I play video games, which serve very much the same purpose, I suppose. Though, if you add up all the hours I play per week on average, and compare it to the time it takes to ONE sports game on TV, I still have less hours of my week tied up on my mindless hobby.
A college basketball game takes two hours. A pro football game takes three hours. I'm guessing that for nearly all who play video games (I'm not one of them, though I used to be), they spend much more time per week than that on video games. Not saying you don't, just saying you're probably in the extreme minority.
Incidentally, sports on tv usually serve as background music for me (or visual background music, if that makes sense). I rarely sit on the couch for a three hour stretch and watch every play. I'm usually doing other things at the same time, more important things such as paying bills, and just checking in on the game from time to time. It's something you can do with sports that you can't do with a movie or a tv show that you haven't seen before.
C3PX said:
However, I don't feel Star Wars really fits with the same thing. Star Wars is a movie I watched a lot when I was a kid, but at this point (other than Trooperman's edit) I can't remember the last time I watched a Star Wars film. It was actually probably when Adywan released Star Wars Revisited. Even if I were to watch the entire original trilogy once a month, the number of hours I'd waste on the things would probably still be a lot less than your typical sports fan wastes watching grown men toss inflated balls around.
You can substitute any movie or tv show for Star Wars, and it doesn't have to be a movie that you watch a lot - what about movies that you watch once? I assume you watch other movies? The length of a college basketball game and a typical movie are pretty close (and about equal if you DVR the game). I agree with your assesment of a typical sports fan, but I'd argue they aren't typical, they're just louder with their opinions. Personally, I only talk about sports with people I know are interested (this thread excepted), and I certainly don't try to convert anyone.