Sadness.

I got some very bittersweet news the other day…my family
decided to get the Hopper DVR device. Without sounding too much like a
commercial, it basically will let us record more shows simultaneously so we
won’t have to sacrifice watching things we really enjoy for other things we
really enjoy. Now, at my house, I’m clearly the #1 DVR user. I have TCM and I’m
human, okay? (I also understand its “intricacies” much more than my parents
do.) So I was happy that we were finally getting the Hopper—I mean, it has two
freaking terrabytes of storage. TCM all day, every day!
But then my mom told me the worst part…everything that’s currently on our DVR will be erased when the new device is installed. EVERYTHING. Years of accumulating this oddball film here and this fantastic movie there will all be gone come Tuesday. I’m kinda sorta devastated. Sure, some of the movies play on TCM all the time, no big deal. But what about The Happy Time? It’s a little-known movie starring Charles Boyer and Louis J…
But then my mom told me the worst part…everything that’s currently on our DVR will be erased when the new device is installed. EVERYTHING. Years of accumulating this oddball film here and this fantastic movie there will all be gone come Tuesday. I’m kinda sorta devastated. Sure, some of the movies play on TCM all the time, no big deal. But what about The Happy Time? It’s a little-known movie starring Charles Boyer and Louis J…