Netflixers

Wow, that's totally crazy that their heaviest users (and thus most likely the most loyal customers) would get put to the back of the queue. If I were a Netflix stockholder, I'd be selling my stock over a policy like that.

As for Blockbuster… they suck.

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:

Originally posted by pdx pollard:
Blockbuster online still has most of the harder to find movies.

i've gone through roger ebert's list and found almost every one on blockbuster online, there's some fairly obscure and old stuff on ebert's list

And were they, indeed, "Great Movies"?

Originally posted by Jaguar:
Out of curiosity, did you notice any difference when you queued newer films with a bigger demand as opposed to ones that might sit on their shelves longer waiting to be rented?

I did, but I thought it was a fluke. I had no idea they did this until I read this thread. I'm not a big user, probably 5-7 movies per month. A friend is a HUGE user, probably 20-25. He said I should get 40 Year Old Virgin, to put it on my list now since it was so popular I'd probably have to wait weeks for it. He'd had it on his list for at least 3 weeks.

I put it on my list and it came 2 days later. He still hasn't received it. We thought it was just luck of the draw, or a mistake.

A business penalizing their best customers? Dumb.

Originally posted by Arlette:

Originally posted by Jaguar:
Out of curiosity, did you notice any difference when you queued newer films with a bigger demand as opposed to ones that might sit on their shelves longer waiting to be rented?

He said I should get 40 Year Old Virgin, to put it on my list now since it was so popular I'd probably have to wait weeks for it. He'd had it on his list for at least 3 weeks.

I put it on my list and it came 2 days later. He still hasn't received it. We thought it was just luck of the draw, or a mistake.

I received my 40 year old virgin on-time!
hahahahaha

I'm surprised there are people who like to rent movies with titles like, "40 Year Old Virgin".

You know, for some reason, I keep seeing your name as Snarkle.

It was a funny movie for its genre, better than Wedding Crashers. But the Extras and Special Features were even better than the movie itself.

Originally posted by Arlette:
It was a funny movie for its genre, better than Wedding Crashers.

it was a really good movie, well-received critically and commercially … but much like islam and hip-hop, dupek is afraid of what he doesn't know and his feeble attempts at humor help cover up those insecurities

Snarfle is Dupek?????? I can't keep everyone straight with all these changing board names. I thought Dupek was now Herr Doktor Doom Whatever?

How do you guys figure out who is who so easily? Do you have board member numbers memorized?

Originally posted by Arlette:
I thought Dupek was now Herr Doktor Doom Whatever?

That's a good one.

After a while in the board it becomes somehow easy to identify most members by their posts. Dupek and Rhett might be the easiest ones.

Originally posted by Arlette:
How do you guys figure out who is who so easily?

let's see …. inane posts about something that has passed an old man by … it's either mankie, rhett, or dupek … and from there you can just make an educated guess =)

i've noticed that every gay movie or gay anything i've rented from netflix was all scratched to batch hell, sometimes so much so that it couldn't be watched.

i suppose that gay people do not know how to take care of their rented movies. nothing pisses me off more that seeing people who stack dvds on other dvds or on tables, ect…, without the protective slips or cases. barebacking your disk isn't safe, you sluts.

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
it was a really good movie, well-received critically and commercially … but much like islam and hip-hop, dupek is afraid of what he doesn't know and his feeble attempts at humor help cover up those insecurities

You've got me pegged there slick.

Yes, Team Dupek IS wary of Islam, Hip-Hop and movies that Roger Eberts puts his thumb up. What normal soul isn't?

But after all, what's to fear from jihad, female circumcision and a return to the Spanish Inquisition?

Originally posted by snarfle:
I'm surprised there are people who like to rent movies with titles like, "40 Year Old Virgin".

this movie is actually 3rd on my queue right now, but really only because of three reasons

a) i have an american girlfriend

b) after enough people ask me…"have you seen that movie 40 year old virgin" i just wanna say, "yeah i did"

c) i have an overhwelming fear of becoming that 30something guy who knows nothing about pop-culture, new technology or anything that happened since 1999.

(i didnt think the wedding crashers was funny AT all)

I thought 40 year old virgin was pretty weak…and definately about 30 minutes longer than was reasonably necessary. But I tend to not like these sorts of flicks anyway.

My brother and his wife rented Virgin and Crashers and watched them for a second time, back to back…this time keeping a scorecard of the number of times they laughed.

My brother had it 66-59 for Virgin. His wife's scorecard favored CRashers.

Originally posted by Chaz, Lover of all Beings:
I tend to not like these sorts of flicks anyway.

So why bother watching 'em?

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
My brother had it 66-59 for Virgin.

Is this counting the 3 point deduction for the interntional headbutt in the 8th round?

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
My brother and his wife rented Virgin and Crashers and watched them for a second time, back to back…this time keeping a scorecard of the number of times they laughed.

My brother had it 66-59 for Virgin. His wife's scorecard favored CRashers.

Who knew that being a loser was a genetic trait?

Originally posted by snarfle:
And were they, indeed, "Great Movies"?

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=greatmovies_fulllist

decide for yourself, i think it's a pretty good list