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.
This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?
Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'
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.
Vortex - Jul 13, 2006 7:54:05 am PDT #6612 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
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.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 13, 2006 8:12:49 am PDT #6617 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
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.
Now I'm imagining a mash-up of the two: DIARY OF A COUNTRY FLAMBEUR.
Or, knowing Corwood's taste in directors: Sam Peckinpah's MOUCHETTE.
Hayden - Jul 13, 2006 8:14:02 am PDT #6618 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Would that be like Sam Peckinpah's Salad Days?
Frankenbuddha - Jul 13, 2006 8:14:51 am PDT #6619 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Would that be like Sam Peckinpah's Salad Days?
Probably more violent.
amych - Jul 13, 2006 8:16:26 am PDT #6620 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Salad shooter days, then?
Frankenbuddha - Jul 13, 2006 8:19:30 am PDT #6621 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Bring Me the Head of au hasard Balthazar.