Netflix?

[muffyn]

darn they don't have star trek deep space nine.
wonder how they choose what to offer for watch instantly.

also hard to find stuff.

 

[LilyWDW]

Really? I have NEVER EVER watched Lost because it does not look lik my cup of tea......I will add but am making no promises.

I never got into Lost, even when I tried to watch them after a friend lent me the DVDs. It was just blah to me... and I am a huge Sci Fi/Fantasy Geek.

I love your list!

Battlestar Galactica is great, but I wish they had included the miniseries pilot, too.

Agreed. I have that on the regular que, which is why I have yet to watch the show! LoL.

Currently trying to finish up Sanctuary season 3 before the new episodes start in April.

I also suggest the Dresden Files. It was only on for one season, but I really enjoyed it. I know it is available on streaming.

darn they don't have star trek deep space nine.
wonder how they choose what to offer for watch instantly.

also hard to find stuff.

I don't have trouble finding stuff at all.

I think some of the decision on what is available has to do with who has control over the show/movie.

 

[kathyk2]

Did you like Sanctuary? There are some other great shows on SyFy. I love Eureka and Warehouse 13. I have the first season of Haven reserved as well. I loved Southland too. You can find some great concerts on Netflix.

 

[bicker]

darn they don't have star trek deep space nine. wonder how they choose what to offer for watch instantly.

Netflix doesn't choose. Rather, the distributors choose.

e-book titles work the same way: Neither Amazon.com nor Barnes & Noble choose to make books available on the Kindle or the Nook. Instead, the publishers make that decision.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

I love your list!

Battlestar Galactica is great, but I wish they had included the miniseries pilot, too.

Agree. That really really sucked!

 

[The Mystery Machine]

darn they don't have star trek deep space nine.
wonder how they choose what to offer for watch instantly.

also hard to find stuff.

I don't have an issue with finding stuff. I do have to say that the Wii or XBOX is better for searching up movies.

 

[Chim Chiminy]

We are at our limit of 500 in queue, but I watch a ton of foreign, independent and documentaries. There is also a great selection of British productions, miniseries and movies.
We also have a lot of classics in waiting. I just watched Gentleman Prefer Blondes and a Marx Brothers film this weekend with DD.

Lemme see, films we have watched and enjoyed lately
World's Greatest Dad
About a Boy--my husband declared it the best Hugh Grant film he had seen
Ponyo--my DD really likes Japanese anime
Penelope
The Kite Runner--fantastic movie
Exit Through the Gift Shop
The Wild and Wonderful Whites--disturbing
Bottle Shock

We are probably not the normal American movie viewer, we don't tend to go towards the blockbusters.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Don't you love "About a Boy"? Such a great cast.

So 500 is the limit? Now I know.

 

[Kies99]

I've got about 150 in my instant queue. Here's a partial list:

Jekyll
The Pillars of the Earth
Incendiary
Flame and Citron
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Priceless
Happenstance
Russian Dolls
Heroes: Season
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Pandorum
Spring 1941
La Vie en Rose
La France
The Ugly Truth
Gangster No. 1
Go for Broke!
The One That Got Away
The Rat Patrol: Season 1
Devil May Cry
Outsourced
Johnny Was
Cradle Will Rock Play
Fred: The Movie
The Office: Series 1
The IT Crowd: Series 1
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone
Spartan
Dexter: Season 1
Following
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Full Metal Jacket
Tous Les Matins Du Monde
Witchblade
Breathless
South Park Spook-Tacular!
Skins: Vol. 1
Gavin & Stacey: Season 1
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four
Sherlock Holmes: Hound of the Baskervilles
Fawlty Towers: The Complete Set
The Tudors: Season 1
Riverworld
Curtain Call
The Lost Boys: The Tribe
The Boondock Saints
The Boondock Saints II
Last Chance Harvey
Inglorious *******s (not the Brad Pitt version)
The Red Baron
The Train
Play Dirty
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
The Horseman
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Chocolate
Law Abiding Citizen
Wedding Daze
Young Sherlock Holmes
Von Ryan's Express
Midway
Full Contact
Brooklyn's Finest
A Christmas Carol
Black Adder's A Christmas Carol
The Karate Kid
The Assassin Next Door
Star Trek
Disney Parks: Ultimate Walt Disney World
Disney Parks: Undiscovered Disney Parks
Disney Parks: Disney Cruise Line
Disney Parks: Disney's Animal Kingdom
Sanctuary: Season 1
Moscow on the Hudson
Labyrinth
The Majestic
New in Town
Hope and Glory
Strategic Air Command
Resistance
Hearts of War
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me
The Castle
Naked Among Wolves
Eureka: Season 2
The Keep
Hamburger Hill
Cronos
Eye of the Needle
California Dreamin'
Michael Palin: New Europe
The Bounty Hunter
Avalon High
Hyperdrive: Season 1
Stargate SG-1: Season 1
Sliders: Seasons 1
District 9
Valhalla Rising
Plunkett & Macleane
Legion
Donnie Darko
Fitzwilly
Surrogates
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Shutter Island
The Newton Boys
The Maiden Heist
Nomads
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
The Girl Who Played with Fire
Europa Europa
Ballad of a Soldier
I Was Nineteen
The Island on Bird Street
Attack!
Berlin Tunnel 21
Deathwatch
A Boy and His Dog
Borstal Boy
Ghostbusters 2

 

[Trixieplus2]

Did you like Sanctuary? There are some other great shows on SyFy. I love Eureka and Warehouse 13. I have the first season of Haven reserved as well. I loved Southland too. You can find some great concerts on Netflix.

So far I have only seen 2 episodes of sanctuary but I liked them. I didn't care for Eureka though. I'll check out the other ones too.

 

[Trixieplus2]

Kies99 I see we have somewhat similar taste I'm going to check out some of those I think I might like them. After this thread I think the problem is going to be finding time to watch them not having trouble finding them.

 

[stitch1986]

so have you heard about they are eventually getting rid of dvds what does everyone think about that?

 

[FlightlessDuck]

so have you heard about they are eventually getting rid of dvds what does everyone think about that?

You mean only doing blu-ray, or only doing streaming?

If you mean switch to only streaming, I can see this being a possibility, in 10 to 15 years. Right now they have a p\big percentage of the DVD rental market. I don't see why they would give that up.

Besides, I've heard studios want to charge more for Internet streaming. Like how the RIAA resisted MP3s for so long.

 

[PirateSnowmen]

You mean only doing blu-ray, or only doing streaming?

If you mean switch to only streaming, I can see this being a possibility, in 10 to 15 years. Right now they have a p\big percentage of the DVD rental market. I don't see why they would give that up.

Besides, I've heard studios want to charge more for Internet streaming. Like how the RIAA resisted MP3s for so long.

I believe this is what the previous poster was talking about:
http://blog.movies.yahoo.com/blog/432-netflix-is-abandoning-dvds-customers-who-prefer-dvds

Personally, I like instant streaming MUCH better than having to wait for the discs come to my house. I guess I'm just impatient

 

[michael61]

It is a good thing you have netflix i save a bundle with it. Sounds like it is time you write a book on all of the movies and get paid for your time.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

I can totally see Netflix going to all streaming for the future. Heck I would love it if "new releases" were instantly streamed right now. We are getting pretty close to NEW movies going to homes and theaters. That is around the bend. I can't wait for that. As much as I love going to the theater, I just do not do it very often.

Anyway DVDs will be 8 tracks in the near future, that is envitable anyway.

Eventually everything will be wireless.

I cannot see how "Blu Ray" is going to survive.

 

[Kies99]

Kies99 I see we have somewhat similar taste I'm going to check out some of those I think I might like them. After this thread I think the problem is going to be finding time to watch them not having trouble finding them.

I completely agree! My list never seems to shrink any!!

 

[bicker]

Well, a lot of people want to feel like they're getting something physical for their money, even it is basically just a piece of plastic.

I tell you though... Families with hearing impaired members will raise holy heck if they go to all streaming before all the titles have closed captions available. It's shameful that the regulations imposed on Netflix have lagged so far behind the laws set forth in the ADA.

 

[Liberty Belle]

Well, a lot of people want to feel like they're getting something physical for their money, even it is basically just a piece of plastic.

I tell you though... Families with hearing impaired members will raise holy heck if they go to all streaming before all the titles have closed captions available. It's shameful that the regulations imposed on Netflix have lagged so far behind the laws set forth in the ADA.

I like getting the streaming movies and the dvds because a) there are some films they do not have available on instant queue and b) we have four people in this family and only one tv (and two computers, but I don't like watching on the computer) that has a wii and/or xbox hooked up to it.

I do not want to bring one of the consoles upstairs to the tv in the living room, so it's convenient for me to get the dvds to watch on that.

 

[bicker]

Understood, but I suspect MM's point was that given a $X difference in price between an all-streaming service and a streaming-plus-disc service, many people will start switching to all-streaming to save money. At some point, the numbers will reach a point where the streaming-plus-disc service is actually wasting capital, i.e., making too little profit to justify itself. That'll be reflected in higher price increases than would otherwise have been applied, for what would effectively become a boutique service. The higher prices will drive even more subscribers to switch to all-streaming, and the disc service will fall into a death spiral. There will always be people who want discs, but it seems likely that eventually there won't be a Netflix-priced (i.e., affordable to most) service offering that.