I'm so glad I have Netflix instead of having to go to the video store... except when I actually would like to see a new release! The top 7 movies on my queue read as follows:
1. The 40-Year-Old Virgin - Very Long Wait
2. Grizzly Man - Short Wait
3. Into the Blue - Short Wait
4. Serenity - Long Wait
5. Four Brothers - Short Wait
6. The Brothers Grimm - Long Wait
7. Cinderella Man - Long Wait
I have learned that if I send a movie back on the Friday before a new release comes out Netflix usually receives the movie on Monday and sends out the new release (which doesn't technically get released to the public until Tuesday) right away. The only issue with that system is when there are more than 1 new releases I'd like in a given week, or when a it turns out that the Monday is a postal holiday and so Netflix won't receive the movie I sent back on Friday December 23rd until Tuesday December 17th. Snarl.
2 comments:
Well, if you'd actually use Netflix for what it's clearly for (that would be renting horribly obscure DVDs that you can't find at your local Blockbuster because nobody really wants to watch them), you'd get your movies a lot faster. Our queue is just that bizarre.
Wait, Serenity? A movie based on a TV show that didn't even last a whole season? Who's the geek now? (The movie is very good, by the way, which probably explains the long wait.)
The geek is still you. I just want to see it because of the one line in the commercial where the guy's like, "You want to be the captain of the ship?" And the other guy answers, "Yes." To which the first guy replies, "Well... you can't." That seemed funny.
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