You people and your internets nuttiness!

[trinityvixen]

As was pointed out to me, I generally talk about media stuffs on LJ and not a whole hell of a lot else. Even in my last post, I managed to sneak in media stuff. Impulse control, what is that?

Anywhoodle, I read blogs like this some times, and they had a post about this article in Time. It's neither an original complaint about Netflix--"I have to wait for movies!"--nor an entirely honest one as Time, being part of Time-Warner, has an interest in denigrating their competitor for paid streaming video service.

You can take apart this guy's fuddy-duddy curmudgeonly gripes far too easily to be worth bothering with. What I find hilarious is people on Hacking Netflix leaving comments to the link to this article saying this:

Yeah, let's tar and feather Richard Corliss! How dare he exercise his right of free speech in Time magazine; and of all places, in the USA.

Is it too much to ask that we all express just the Netflix Kool-aid drinking opinion on this blog? ;-)

Personally, I enjoy browsing video and book stores.

Left by Edward R Murrow! Of all people!

I just...you know, anyone is allowed to be an idiot on the internet. That's what it's there for (besides the porn, I mean). But going to a website that is pretty much dedicated to updating Netflix devotees on company developments and saying, "Gosh, do you have to like this so much?" is tantamount to wearing a Dolphins jersey to the Meadowlands. You just don't do it unless you're colossally stupid. Not only are you probably going to be savagely attacked, but...just...did you not think!? This is a site for people who worship the god of little red envelopes. Of course they're going to defend Netflix against all heathens.

(Amusing side note: that Time article hilariously generated a pop-up ad for Netflix when I clicked on the link.)

Comments

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

I think I see the big difference in the Times writer's viewpoint. When he rents a video, it's because he's thinking "what do I want to watch tonight." When I rent a video, it's because I want to see that particular video, and a two day wait is terribly convenient, actually. (He also totally overstates the incidence of errors. Yes, sometimes I get the wrong disc or a disc that doesn't play, but I'd estimate that happens about 1% of the time.) See, Netflix makes you plan ahead. What a horror.

You want instant gratification? I think that's what pay per view is for. Or, you know, that whole streaming thing that Netflix also does.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Basically, this article is as dated as the fogey writing it. He barely mentions that Netflix has a streaming service--a free service no less. Hell, I have half as many titles on Watch It Now as I do on my DVD Queue. That's a shit-ton of variety right there and it allows me to put most of the movies I'm iffy about having as my sole DVD at home on the streaming so if I don't like it I haven't wasted a rental.

The streaming has even gotten better and better with time. It's faster, works with more platforms and browsers, and more is available on it every day. I'm a fan.