>>381
>I don't ever plan on re-watching the series
Then you don't really care about the artists/producers/etc.

Don't do anything. You'll forget about it tomorrow.

>>382
I don't understand your logic. How do you conclude that I don't care about the artists/producers because I'd usually rather watch something new than re-watch something I've already seen?

Pretty sure the logic is that if they're artists then what they do is art. If it's truely art, it's appriciative value doesn't expire simply because you've already seen it once.

In which case, I happen to agree.

At any rate, you're probably just a cheap-ass who can't reconcile the idea that he should have to be the one to pay for continued propogation of the arts. After all, who ever said you had to keep the DVDs after you watch them? That sort of thing can be resold, you know.

No, it still doesn't follow.

The way I enjoy art has nothing to do with whether I want to thank or reward the artists. Your experience with art and the way you consume it isn't universal. Even if most people wanted to re-watch everything, it'd still be a flawed argument to say that those who consume art differently than you do are unappreciative.

Also, I can't, for the life of me, understand why you would call me a cheap-ass, insist that I don't care about the artists and producers, and accuse me of not wanting to help pay for more art, when my original question was about alternative ways for me to give my money to artists. How does that make any sense?

>>384
Unless my message was misinterpreted?
When I wrote, "What ideas do you have for me to support them?" I meant with money. I was wondering if you knew of any producers who accept donations or who offer high-quality downloads of their products for money. Or something else that I hadn't thought of. Does that make more sense?

Buy a Netflix account or purchase their episodes on Amazon or something, they'll get some benefit from it. Some artists are even experimenting with selling their stuff cheap and directly without the middle men, like Louis CK did with his latest comedy video; buy the fuck out of those types of stuff as not only does it support that artists, but demonstrates to others that that's a valid distribution means.

If you can't buy anything, then just try to market for them. Rate their things positively on whatever sites, suggest it to others, upvote posts about it on reddit or whatever the fuck, anything you can do to help widen their audience. At least this way you can surrogate pay through others.

>>389
And in addendum to this, most things are available digitally now, you don't need to buy the physical DVDs. Though physical shit does often have the bonus content, so it may be worthwhile anyway.

Buy the DVDs and gift them to people with whom you want to share the joy it brought you. I download everything, and if it's something great like The Wire, or Game of Thrones I pick the DVDs up for my friends or parents so they can enjoy them as I did.

Sort of off-topic, but god damn why isn't there like a Steam for TV shows yet? Everything I'd like to watch is fractured across dozens of different services, and they all require subscriptions and shit I can't be bothered to maintain. Be nice to have one good online storefront like Steam has done with games that doesn't bust your balls with subscriptions or DRM and prices stuff reasonably.

>>389
Thanks for the heads-up - I'll check out that Louis CK video. I've been loving his TV series and he's certainly on my list of artists to support.

>>392
Not off-topic at all, I think. A service like the one you describe is probably going to exist in the not-too-distant future; I mean, I'm not aware of any plans or anything, but it seems to be a successful distribution method. It would surprise me if no one at least tried to set one up.

join fanclubs for the actors you like and mail them presents (or cash).

buy the merchandise (shirts/posters etc). give the merchandise away if you don't want them.

buy the dvds and give them away to spread the gospel.

start a fanfic blog and write e-lit about the stars and have your artist buddy draw pictures for it.

construct an altar, go into a trance focusing all your energy on the actors you like, and furiously masturbate onto pictures of them. burn the pictures to release this energy to the air where it will travel time and space to unify with the person, thus giving them an energy boost.

Of interest:
http://lifehacker.com/5990525/why-i-stopped-pirating-and-started-paying-for-media?tag=piracy

so I'm clear,
you want to give money to someone who already got paid a shit ton of money to be in a TV show.
Someone who gets paid a shit ton of money becasue they look good on a camera and can memorize some words, and then speak those words back later.
someone who gets paid if you watch the show or do not watch the show.
Seriously, this is how you want to spend some excess cash.

>>401
Do you think actors are the only people who are involved in making a TV show?

There are also writers, directors, cinematographers, cameramen, casting directors, costume designers, makeup artists, CGI specialists, video editors, composers, musicians, sound engineers, foley artists, location scouts... I could go on but you get my point. These people work fucking hard, they all need to be supported and they don't all get paid a shit-ton of money. The more successful a show is, the more likely that the people who helped make the show will find more work and go on to make more stuff that I like. Yes, I think this is a perfectly valid way to spend excess cash.

>>402
Also, not every actor gets paid a shit-ton of money.
Also, the performances of the actors are one of the many factors that makes a product enjoyable or not.
So I don't mean to imply that actors shouldn't be supported. I think they should.

SAGE has been used.

>>401
Nigga, you dumb.

SAGE has been used.

Don't buy DVDs to support people, that's fucking awful. The actual artists gets very little of that money. Pirate everything and then AFTER you watch the movie or television show decide if you liked it enough to pay for it. If you did really like the media then try sending out some emails expressing interest in donating to them. Even if you're unsuccessful in finding a way to actually donate money, you'll have expressed interest in such a system which I think is even more important.

Also it makes you decide who gets the money. The writer? The director? The actors? Up to you. I like this way much better. Paying for something before you've seen it is fucking stupid. It's like if you couldn't see an image on facebook until after you shared it.