I don't know why I've been waiting. And we're always racking up late fees, blah blah.
I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.
Simon ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Jul 13, 2006 7:47:00 am PDT #6607 of 10002
Because books.
Zenkitty - Jul 13, 2006 7:48:51 am PDT #6608 of 10002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I downgraded Netflix to 2 at a time, but I think I'm going to upgrade back to 3. With only 2, I end up some nights movieless. (The horror.) I kept 24 Days Later for four months (so, more like 120 Days Later) , but I feel no guilt.
Strega - Jul 13, 2006 7:49:11 am PDT #6609 of 10002
Is there actually a hold option?
Yup. I can't remember now if I found it in the plan options or if I actually started canceling the account and saw the temporary option. I don't think there's anything in their online help mentioning it. But dig around, it's in there somewhere; you can turn your account off for up to 3 months.
§ ita § - Jul 13, 2006 7:50:33 am PDT #6610 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just read somewhere that hold is on the way to cancellation. I guess they don't want cancellers to disappear, and they don't want people who don't want to cancel to put their accounts on hold.
Hayden - Jul 13, 2006 7:52:24 am PDT #6611 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I just finished Freaks and Geeks
Best use of The Grateful Dead in pop culture ever.
Vortex - Jul 13, 2006 7:54:05 am PDT #6612 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
One of the reasons that I originally got Netflix is becasue there was nothing to watch during the summer. The occasional good rerun or ep I hadn't seen was it. So, netflix filled my summer evenings. Now there's so much good original programming on during the summer that I don't really need it anymore. But, if I didn't have it, I'd probably never see any movies.
Gudanov - Jul 13, 2006 7:57:55 am PDT #6613 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Making a DVR has essentially killed all my movie renting.
Nutty - Jul 13, 2006 8:03:43 am PDT #6614 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I cancelled (not holded!) Netflix this spring before the baseball season began, because I knew I'd fall way behind. Also, I was all full up for a while on those nice harmless movies you won't pay theatre prices for, and without those in the mix my list was all art-house stuff, which needs some fluff for contrast, you know? I can easily let Jean-Pierre Melville sit around the house because I'm just not in the mood for him.
I figure I might go back in the fall, or whenever enough time has passed that a lot of good fluffy movies can pad out my list. I haven't had as much success watching TV series with Netflix, although that's partly because I just don't enjoy watching series on DVD for the first time. Almost every series I've ever watched requires that couple days, or even just one day, between episodes so you don't notice all the continuity errors and reset buttons. (The first season of 24 was terrible this way.)
megan walker - Jul 13, 2006 8:05:29 am PDT #6615 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I can easily let Jean-Pierre Melville sit around the house because I'm just not in the mood for him.
::cries::
Hayden - Jul 13, 2006 8:07:39 am PDT #6616 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I can easily let Jean-Pierre Melville sit around the house because I'm just not in the mood for him.
I'm like that, too, sometimes. I try to alternate Melville (or Bresson, who I love but have to be in the mood for*) with tv on dvd.
* I use him as an example, because I held on to Au Hazard Balthazar for something like 6 weeks before I had the time and right mental state for a movie with a saintly donkey for a protagonist.