What are profiles in Netflix?
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lisah - Jun 30, 2008 12:17:58 pm PDT #6783 of 10000
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Juliebird - Jun 30, 2008 12:22:46 pm PDT #6784 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Just got my notification.
The profiles are so that you can have a subscription for, say, 3 DVDs at a time. You can assign those DVDs to different household member's profiles. So Mum can get one, Uncle Tony can get one, and you can get one.
As opposed to having one profile for the whole house where you have to keep fussing with what DVD is at the top of the queue so that Uncle Tony doesn't keep getting his Sopranos DVDs and you and Mum get frustrated trying to get Pride & Prejudice and Shoot'm Up to be delivered.
lisah - Jun 30, 2008 12:24:02 pm PDT #6785 of 10000
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The profiles are so that you can have a subscription for, say, 3 DVDs at a time. You can assign those DVDs to different household member's profiles. So Mum can get one, Uncle Tony can get one, and you can get one.
Ah, okay. Not an issue for me but I can see how doing away with them would be a pain for some.
DavidS - Jun 30, 2008 12:38:46 pm PDT #6786 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
For Rocky Horror fans, Little Nell doing "Stillettos and Lipstick" and "Do the Swim."
Goodness, she had great legs.
le nubian - Jun 30, 2008 1:38:11 pm PDT #6787 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
lisah,
some people have used netflix profiles to have queues with different genres or types of media - e.g. one profile for tv DVDs and one for films; one for scifi/fantasy and one for comedies.
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I'm thrilled Netflix changed their minds, but man it caused agita in the Le Nubian household.
megan walker - Jun 30, 2008 1:45:29 pm PDT #6788 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I used one profile for work and another for play. I still would like to have the option to delete the extra profiles though.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 30, 2008 6:12:06 pm PDT #6789 of 10000
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I just got back from The Incredible Hulk, and enjoyed it much more than I was expecting to. Norton convinced me he was Bruce Banner in a way that Eric Bana never managed, Liv Tyler surprised me by making me like her Betty Ross more than Jennifer Connolly's, and the plot was actually both coherent and entertaining. The cinematography isn't breathtaking like the Ang Lee version, but it's servicable and the CGI character design is much better, verging on being convincing in some scenes.
sumi - Jul 02, 2008 12:53:06 pm PDT #6790 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
First 5 minutes of the Dark Knight I hope.
ETA: It doesn't say so but nothing comes up so I guess they've had to take the clip down.
Consuela - Jul 02, 2008 6:00:02 pm PDT #6791 of 10000
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Best scathing review of a Will Smith movie ever: [link]
Heh.
On edit: I should warn you, it spoils Hancock something awful.
SailAweigh - Jul 02, 2008 6:05:02 pm PDT #6792 of 10000
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I'ma not read it, I don't want to be spoiled. But Willie Waffle only gave it two waffles! It's Will Smith! Put him on film and take his shirt off and that's at least three waffles right there! Uh, bad reviewers, no biscuit.