What's With Netflix? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Ohio8 · 05-23-2019, 10:35 PM

About 30 minutes ago I logged in to order a DVD, and the layout was different. I didn't see my "in queue", etc.

MA · 05-24-2019, 05:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ohio8

About 30 minutes ago I logged in to order a DVD, and the layout was different. I didn't see my "in queue", etc.

It might have been updated recently.

MrCleveland · 05-25-2019, 04:27 PM

My Netflix froze yesterday and my Roku Box HAD to restart!

I hate that!

Schmoopie · 05-26-2019, 10:33 PM

I'm finished with Netflix. I used to love it but then we upgraded our cable so now we get lots of movie channels that aren't pay channels but still a lot of movies. For a while there my husband was really the only one who watched stuff on Netflix because he liked all the horror movies that they offered. We only had the DVDs, mind you. So now that my husband is gone, I have been watching my own movies on Netflix but none of them have impressed me. I downgraded my account to having two a month which is only $4.99 but even so it's hard to find things to put in my queue that are interesting. For a while there they weren't even letting people put reviews on the site anymore which is lame. It used to be that everyone had a username and you could follow people's reviews but they changed that a long time ago. I had mixed emotions about canceling my subscription but now I think i'm going to do it. I transferred all of my Netflix reviews onto my local library's website and I noticed that most of the movies I had in my queue on Netflix are available at the library for free. I am going to be moving soon and I may get the streaming when I get to my new place (wherever that is), but for now I think I'm done.

Modeste · 05-28-2019, 02:12 PM

Increasingly Netflix seems less about entertainment and more about expressing a social-political agenda.

I read an article about how Netflix may well be 3-5 years away from going the way of Blockbuster, since it is going to lose increasing amounts of its content to rival streaming services when various contracts run out, and so it may be left with little beyond foreign series and movies, and its original productions.

That said, I see no reason to believe streaming is anything but the way of the future. One medium I am not sure will continue to be as relevant in our culture is the movie theater. It costs too much to see a movie anymore and it's not fun to sit in a theater while people talk on their phones and text, ruining the darkness and wrecking the atmosphere.

Babalu · 05-30-2019, 05:22 AM

https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/29/ne...tion-comments/

Netflix says it would ‘rethink’ filming in Georgia if abortion law takes effect

Quote:

Netflix’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos said the streaming service (which is spending billions of dollars on an ever-growing catalog of original content) will “rethink [its] whole investment in Georgia” if a recently signed abortion law goes into effect.

“We have many women working on productions in Georgia, whose rights, along with millions of others, will be severely restricted by this law,” Sarandos said. “It’s why we will work with the ACLU and others to fight it in court.

This comes as the stars of two Netflix shows — Jason Bateman of “Ozark” and Alyssa Milano of “Insatiable” — have said they would stop filming in the state if the law takes effect.

I'm not anti abortion. But I am tired of these Hollywood elites trying to force their loony left wing political opinions down my throat.

05-23-2019, 10:35 PM	#1
Ohio8 Member Forum Star Join Date: Jul 29, 2003 Location: Wherever you aren't. Posts: 18,966	What's With Netflix? About 30 minutes ago I logged in to order a DVD, and the layout was different. I didn't see my "in queue", etc.
	__________________ "Shorter of breath and one day closer to death." -- Pink Floyd

05-25-2019, 04:27 PM	#3
MrCleveland Drew Carey from Hell Forum Star Join Date: Nov 10, 2007 Location: The City of Cleveland, in The State of Cleveland, in The United States of Cleveland Posts: 14,234	My Netflix froze yesterday and my Roku Box HAD to restart! I hate that!
	__________________ Thank God for kids that love Obscure Things. Lee Hazlewood (1929-2007) You ARE Special to God! Rev. Ernest Angely (August 1921-May 2021)

05-26-2019, 10:33 PM	#4
Schmoopie Keep Calm and Love Snoopy Forum Star Join Date: Jul 13, 2008 Location: Lynnwood, Washington Posts: 15,697	I'm finished with Netflix. I used to love it but then we upgraded our cable so now we get lots of movie channels that aren't pay channels but still a lot of movies. For a while there my husband was really the only one who watched stuff on Netflix because he liked all the horror movies that they offered. We only had the DVDs, mind you. So now that my husband is gone, I have been watching my own movies on Netflix but none of them have impressed me. I downgraded my account to having two a month which is only $4.99 but even so it's hard to find things to put in my queue that are interesting. For a while there they weren't even letting people put reviews on the site anymore which is lame. It used to be that everyone had a username and you could follow people's reviews but they changed that a long time ago. I had mixed emotions about canceling my subscription but now I think i'm going to do it. I transferred all of my Netflix reviews onto my local library's website and I noticed that most of the movies I had in my queue on Netflix are available at the library for free. I am going to be moving soon and I may get the streaming when I get to my new place (wherever that is), but for now I think I'm done.
	__________________ In memory of my wonderful husband. I love and miss you more than words can say, but I will always and forever keep you in my heart. September 23, 1961-January 14, 2019

05-28-2019, 02:12 PM	#5
Modeste Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 06, 2019 Posts: 18	Increasingly Netflix seems less about entertainment and more about expressing a social-political agenda. I read an article about how Netflix may well be 3-5 years away from going the way of Blockbuster, since it is going to lose increasing amounts of its content to rival streaming services when various contracts run out, and so it may be left with little beyond foreign series and movies, and its original productions. That said, I see no reason to believe streaming is anything but the way of the future. One medium I am not sure will continue to be as relevant in our culture is the movie theater. It costs too much to see a movie anymore and it's not fun to sit in a theater while people talk on their phones and text, ruining the darkness and wrecking the atmosphere.