Partly, Larry, at least the nature of the medium. Seeing a film in the cinema involves the effort of an actual expedition to get there, timing it correctly, maybe arranging baby sitters etc. Tv is a far more passive medium: it is there on tap at home; you just switch on; you can change channels; with modern 'boxes' you can pause it & go off to the loo or make a cup of tea, &c ~~ all of which explains why even seeing a made-for-cinema movie on the box is not quite the same involving experience as seeing the same one in the cinema. Nowadays, having slowed down considerably, if there is a film I particularly want to see, I will generally wait for the DVD & watch it in tv at home anyhow.

All this bound to produce different expectations, different aesthetic & critical responses, &c, to the experience of the media.

~M~