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The Netflix Thread (even on PS3!) - Now playing: Ink
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[STRIKE]is an online DVD and Blu-ray Disc rental service, offering flat rate rental-by-mail and online streaming to customers in the United States.[2] Established in 1997 and headquartered in Los Gatos, California, it has amassed a collection of 100,000 titles and approximately 10 million subscribers.[3] The company has more than 55 million discs and, on average, ships 1.9 million DVDs to customers each day.[3] Netflix previously claimed to spend about $300 million a year on postage. On February 25, 2007, Netflix announced the billionth DVD delivery.[4] It topped the ForeSee Results’ Top 100 Online Retail Satisfaction Index with an American Customer Satisfaction Index score of 86, well over the industry average of 75.[5][/STRIKE]
But we don't care about that. The purpose of this thread is to explore the excellent "Watch Instantly" feature that provides nearly a wide and varied away of television shows and movies for members to watch. There are often request for suggestions on what to watch so hopefully this thread will provide some insight into the confusing but pleasing bright red world of Netflix.Use this thread for discussion of the television and film offerings available. I will compile a top 10 (maybe a bit larger) list based on all of our opinions and include it in the OP so people won't have to search through a large thread.
There will also be a movie or series of the week sort of thing going on based on user input. Kind of like a book club with less reading.
Anyway, the big indie fuss of 2009. . .
Films:
- Persepolis
- Primer
- Helvetica
Television:
- Dead Like Me
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Yet that is exactly what i see here.
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Sure. Feel free to discuss the place in general.
But i'd like movie discussions to be paramount.
I damn-near had a heart problem when I found that they've got a lot of History Channel/PBS stuff. Modern Marvels keeps me awake during slow days at work.
Suggest away sir.
Yeah that is bullshit. I'll probably go from 3 to 2 movies because of it
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D:
(I'll still pay it.)
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One could possibly see this as a subtle way to funnel viewers towards online viewing rather than the physical DVDS; though they really do need to find a way to get much newer and more popular content on Watch Now. My queue's TV series are dwindling.
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Do tell us what you've been watching.
So good.
i don't mind $3 a month.... $1 was pretty fucking insane.
Blu-rays cost like double what DVDs cost. While the bulk of Netflix's costs seem to be postage and such, the actual cost of the discs to meet increasing BR demand has to be taking a bite out of their profits. I can't say it's unreasonable to pay less than 50% more for discs that cost nearly 100% more.
Though I may have to drop down to 2 because of this as well. *shrug*
I love Watch Instantly, though, and the expanding selection there will help ease the pain. I haven't watched one on there in a while, though...I think I've been planning on watching Man on Wire for like a month.
With us it's more the shotgun approach...the wife isn't great about knowing what she'll want to watch in three days, so I usually try to make sure we have a couple different types of movies around so that something will sound good to her. Sometimes we'll keep one movie for a week or two while rotating the other two.
It's also good if you get something that sucks ass, because when you stop it thirty minutes in you've got two other options instead of just one.
EDIT: I, on the other hand, can usually get in the mood to watch whatever we have...I could easily do with just two out at a time.
No. They're now adding $1/disc on top of that. So if you have a 3 disc plan, you now have to pay $3/month extra for Blu-Ray access.
Which shouldn't surprise anyone, given that Blu-ray movies cost more for Netflix to buy. I don't see the problem here, except in the sense that people never like being forced to pay a more realistic cost for things that were once free/cheap (like the huge issue a lot of people took with many internet sites charging for things that used to be free back in 2000 or so, because the true cost was finally starting to eat at their bottom line)
The director of that film is so crazy
But it's a wonderful movie-watching experience
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This is about how my fiancee and I use it.
But Blu Ray discs don't cost 100% more.
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Yes, Miike is definitely an insane person. Now try watching Audition, Ichi the Killer, Imprint, Happiness of the Katakuris, and some of his other stuff.
I've been meaning to watch it but I couldn't get beyond the opening. Does it get less. . .I don't know wankish?
The opening is the worst part of the movie because it heavily focuses on Quentin Tarentino
It gets way way better
Also no one should ever watch Ichi the Killer or Visitor Q
Absolutely no one
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everyone watch American Movie so you can tell me the impression you got of the guy and we can maybe debate or at least discuss.
Funny. It's been in my instant queue for probably a month now and still hasn't been watched.
There are many others like it, but this one is mine.
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Actually a lot of the movies from that "Best Worst movies" thread are probably on there.
Damn, I can't finish House of Cards!?
You sure? I'm not showing an expiration date in my instant queue on The Office. If so, that sucks, because I keep meaning to finish that.
And I still haven't watched Red Dwarf.
If this is true I may cancel my membership in protest!
I only show Doctor Who Season One as expiring tomorrow. Guess I lucked out, since the only season I hadn't seen completely on TV was 3 onward, so I still have a chance to finish that.
Edit - Okay, WTF - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly expires tomorrow, and it just showed up for streaming like a week ago. Haha, April Fools, Netflix? (Yes, I know, I should own it already, but I can only find low-quality versions that still have the mono audio track.)
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Also, that's really sad about the BBC shows. Why is that? I watched the majority of Red Dwarf on it, so it's a sad sad day.
Are you serious? Damn it I was trying to finish Doctor Who.
The guy was crazy obsessed. He was neglecting his kids to pay to make the movies, and he had no concept of how to get things done in a timely fashion.