.: I just want to say that if you're working nights, Netflix is fucking awesome.
I signed up for the Netflix free trial a week ago. Early Thursday morning, to be exact. I signed up, and selected about twenty movies to start my queue. Friday afternoon, I got the first three movies from my queue. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (because I hadn't seen it yet, and wondered if it was any good), Battlestar Galactica: Razor (so I could watch the extended styled version) and Shoot 'em Up (because it looked like fun).
I actually enjoyed all three movies. Especially Shoot 'em Up. Which was exactly as advertised. Clive Owen as a carrot munching bad ass, who is trying to save a baby and killing dozens of would be baby killers on the way with the help of a lactating hooker.
But the saving grace of the Netflix for me at this time, is the ability to watch streaming movies from the comfort of work. The other night, I watched most of the first season of Dead Like Me (it seemed to have been missing some episodes, I'll try that one again) and the following Night, the first Season of the new Dr. Who (yes, I work long shifts). The choices for instant viewing are pretty limited, when compared to what they have to send you in the mail, but it's still more than enough to keep me occupied while I await the turnover of my movies.
I sent back the first three movies, they were received the next day and yesterday my new flicks were sent out, and I should probably have them today for tonight's work shift. If they don't come today, I always have tomorrow and tonight I'll just watch season 2 of Dead Like Me.
Note: I won't be watching movies here EVERY night. That takes away time from writing, working on the website and doing new comics, but as an occasional mind-waster or break from those activities, it's a nice option to have.
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Netflix rules. Jen and I dont have too much time to watch movies though, with our reality tv addiction, so we always felt pressure to watch the netflix movies quickly to make them worth the monthly charge. The pressure was so strong that we cancelled our subscription and beat each other over the head with the dvd player.
Maybe we’ll re-subscribe when Lost finishes for the year. We will need a new dvd player though.
Ah, the reality TV addiction, I don’t understand. I’ve never been into the reality TV, feeling that I get enough reality in my day to day life. Because my life is chaotic and messy and just… I think my life would be a great reality TV show, I guess.
I hear you on the pressure of the Netflix though (just six movies in). When I was done with the first three, I felt the need to push them out to get my next three as soon as possible to avoid feeling like I was wasting my money.
But!
I generally don’t rent movies. So the Netflix is a good way to decide what I will buy eventually. I also plan on using the Instant Viewing quite a bit, which also helps off-set the feeling of rush in sending movies back. This may change when I’m off the night shifts again, or it may not. I’d like to set up a media-server in the living room for music and movies, and the netflix would be a nice addition to that.
And quit beating each other with home electronics. It’s good for the economy, I suppose, but for your heads? Not so much.
I like Flixing.
It’s great for watching good shows I missed out on like Deadwood and Rome rather than taking out a mortgage like HBO expects you to do to buy their programs on DVD.
I’ve gone back and forth with different packages depending on my needs at the moment. i don’t have a lot of time recently so i’m at the minimum again. 2 a month for as long as I need. I rotate between a movie/documentary and part of a tv season. Right now season 2 od Deadwood.
Just saw Into The Wild. Have to say it was one of the best films of the year. Should have gotten an Oscar nomination. Check out the Fistful Of Quarters documentary. Good stuff and surprisingly engrossing.