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<blockquote data-quote="ricco" data-source="post: 3688601" data-attributes="member: 46005"><p>Why do we watch?</p><p></p><p>There is an innate drive in humans to explore new worlds, unfortunately there are no new worlds to explore and there hasn't been for a long time.</p><p></p><p>We have been to the summit of the tallest mountains and to the deepest places in the ocean. The earth has been photographed and mapped and all but a few places have been explored. We have Hubble photographs of places that are millions of light years away.</p><p></p><p>Even knowing all of this the desire to explore still exists and likely always will.</p><p></p><p>So how do we fufill that desire, we make it up with books, TV and movies.</p><p></p><p>None of this new, I have Sir Arthur Conan Doyles "The Lost World" on my desk, it was first published in 1912.</p><p></p><p>For years the two most popular shows on TV were Game of Thrones and TWD</p><p></p><p>Look at the top 5 highest grossing movies, 4 of the 5 are sci fi</p><p></p><p>The desire still burns but in our safe highly regulated world watching is really all we can do.</p><p></p><p> </p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>1</td><td><a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0499549/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1" target="_blank">Avatar</a></td><td>$2,847,246,203</td><td><a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2009/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1" target="_blank">2009</a></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td><a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4154796/?ref_=bo_cso_table_2" target="_blank">Avengers: Endgame</a></td><td>$2,797,501,328</td><td><a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2019/?ref_=bo_cso_table_2" target="_blank">2019</a></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td><a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0120338/?ref_=bo_cso_table_3" target="_blank">Titanic</a></td><td>$2,201,647,264</td><td><a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/1997/?ref_=bo_cso_table_3" target="_blank">1997</a></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td><a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2488496/?ref_=bo_cso_table_4" target="_blank">Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens</a></td><td>$2,069,521,700</td><td><a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2015/?ref_=bo_cso_table_4" target="_blank">2015</a></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td><a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4154756/?ref_=bo_cso_table_5" target="_blank">Avengers: Infinity War</a></td><td>$2,048,359,754</td><td><a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2018/?ref_=bo_cso_table_5" target="_blank">2018</a></td></tr></table></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ricco, post: 3688601, member: 46005"] Why do we watch? There is an innate drive in humans to explore new worlds, unfortunately there are no new worlds to explore and there hasn't been for a long time. We have been to the summit of the tallest mountains and to the deepest places in the ocean. The earth has been photographed and mapped and all but a few places have been explored. We have Hubble photographs of places that are millions of light years away. Even knowing all of this the desire to explore still exists and likely always will. So how do we fufill that desire, we make it up with books, TV and movies. None of this new, I have Sir Arthur Conan Doyles "The Lost World" on my desk, it was first published in 1912. For years the two most popular shows on TV were Game of Thrones and TWD Look at the top 5 highest grossing movies, 4 of the 5 are sci fi The desire still burns but in our safe highly regulated world watching is really all we can do. [TABLE] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0499549/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1']Avatar[/URL][/TD] [TD]$2,847,246,203[/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2009/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1']2009[/URL][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4154796/?ref_=bo_cso_table_2']Avengers: Endgame[/URL][/TD] [TD]$2,797,501,328[/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2019/?ref_=bo_cso_table_2']2019[/URL][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0120338/?ref_=bo_cso_table_3']Titanic[/URL][/TD] [TD]$2,201,647,264[/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/1997/?ref_=bo_cso_table_3']1997[/URL][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4[/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2488496/?ref_=bo_cso_table_4']Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens[/URL][/TD] [TD]$2,069,521,700[/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2015/?ref_=bo_cso_table_4']2015[/URL][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5[/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4154756/?ref_=bo_cso_table_5']Avengers: Infinity War[/URL][/TD] [TD]$2,048,359,754[/TD] [TD][URL='https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2018/?ref_=bo_cso_table_5']2018[/URL][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]
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