[GK86]

Nice Drive is coming tomorrow been wanting to see that.

Hell yeah. Heard good things about it.

[Frank the Great]

drive is a great film

[blind51de]

Well, uh, if you've got Canadian Netflix then I'd highly recommend watching a movie called Streets of Fire.

It is hands-down my favorite movie. Good cast, featuring a young Willem Dafoe and Diane Lane. Amazing soundtrack. Awesome mishmash of retro-50s and neon-80s settings.
It inexplicibly performed horribly at the box office and even as a cult movie it gets very little note. I could go on and on about how it should have done better, but won't.
Oh, and it was the inspiration for Final Fight.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJGo2rvfSuA

[Fusebox]

This was terrible. I was going along with it until they started to explain the unbelievably convoluted story and all the enjoyment was wiped away.

I still really liked it despite the weaker second half, it was a good trip.

[purple cobra]

Drive - May 16th Thor - June 9th Transformers: Dark of the Moon - June 30th Immortals - July 4th http://instantwatcher.com/upcoming_titles

Wow, other than Transformers which I've already seen I'm pumped to see the rest of those movies.

[henhowc]

A few others you'll end up seeing through the EpixHD deal sometime in the next few months:

Conan the Barbarian (reboot)
Super 8
Warrior

[Speedymanic]

Killer Elite at Netflix? Aww yeah. Don't care how much it sucks, it has Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert De Niro! ;D

What? It doesn't suck, it's easily one of Statham's best movies and it's also one of the very few movies where De Niro doesn't ham it up in every scene. A rarity from old De Niro.

[Milchmann]

I really like their new web player. Especially the previews for other episodes are neat.

[RBH]

Netflix gets streaming access to the year’s biggest box office hits, The Hunger Games and The Avengers, beginning in early 2013 — only 90 days after their releases on disc and Epix, reps for Netflix and the multiplatform pay-channel confirmed. The Hunger Games is distributed domestically by Lionsgate and The Avengers by Paramount Pictures, with Paramount securing the rights to Avengers from Marvel Comics before The Walt Disney Co. acquired the superhero company. Lionsgate and Paramount parent Viacom are co-owners (along with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) of Epix. No home entertainment release dates for the titles have been announced. Online scuttlebutt had suggested that since Netflix and Epix signed an exclusive streaming deal in 2010 — an agreement that doesn’t expire until September — Netflix could have SVOD access to The Hunger Games as early as this fall and The Avengers in early 2013. The movies' impressive theatrical runs portend successful retail releases both physically and digitally. That prospect puts lower margin SVOD on the low end of the distibution foodchain. Indeed, through May 15 The Hunger Games has generated more than $387 million and The Avengers more than $380 million at the domestic box office. Avengers has generated $1 billion in global ticket sales in just 19 days of release, while Hunger Games has generated more than $624 million globally. Netflix has aggressively sought new release movies since a license agreement with Starz Entertainment for Disney and Sony Pictures content ended in February. Netflix did score a coup in February when it secured premium cable channel rights to Oscar winner The Artist and other titles from The Weinstein Co. ahead of HBO and Showtime. Epix on May 7th said it would be the first to bring Hunger Games and Avengers to television, online at EpixHD.com, and through its apps sometime next year.

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/epi...ter-epix-27260

[RBH]

Streaming video service Netflix is rolling out a brand-spanking new design for its website’s video player today, which may make people think twice about favoring their set-top box over the web browser. As you can see in the screenshots below, the new player is gorgeous. The new design better matches the user interface on Netflix’s main navigation pages. Player buttons are larger as is the text displayed — both of which will be helpful for people who have a big enough screen to sit a few feet back when watching videos. Another huge improvement is the navigation between episodes of a TV series. Previously, the Netflix web video player was pretty bland, and didn’t provide you with much more than the title and episode number of a show. I suspect this is because more people are primarily using Netflix to watch TV content instead of movies (which don’t really require navigation). Now, when a video is paused you can hover over the “forward” button to bring up a thumbnail of the next episode and a short description. Clicking the button next to it will bring up a full list of episodes within the current season of a particular TV series. There’s even a progress bar for each episode to show you how far along you’ve watched. I’ll admit, I rarely use the website when it comes to Netflix because it lacks these basic pieces of functionality. But that could change now that the company has wised up. The new video player design should work fine in most browsers, provided you have the most current version of Microsoft’s Silverlight plugin downloaded.

http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/16/ne...player-update/

[RBH]

Netflix plans to later this year roll out a subscription plan enabling multiple users within a household to stream content on different devices, CFO David Wells told an investor group. Speaking May 16 at the 40th annual J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media, and Telecom Conference in Boston, Wells said the undefined priced subscription is the result of a growing number of users accessing Netflix from one account at the same time. The CFO said that 18 months ago, 80% to 90% of Netflix streaming subs were single users on separate accounts. That percentage has dropped as families adopt Netflix, resulting in multiple users attempting to access content on different devices. “We see more and more of that,” Wells said. He said currently households seeking multistream access have had to “cobble together” a solution through Netflix customer service, purchase a hybrid disc and streaming plan allowing more than two concurrent users or subscribe to separate accounts. Wells said the majority of streaming occurs on the television, but that there is increased viewing on tablet computers and laptops in other areas of the home. Netflix doesn’t expect the multiuse plan to have a huge impact initially, but expects the concept to grow in popularity over time. The CFO didn’t elaborate on the pricing for the multistream subscription, but said it would focus on delivering content and user-interface based on individual viewing habits. “When you want to watch, it knows it is you but not your spouse or your child,” Wells said. “There’s a much more targeted experience.” Netflix is projecting 7 million net subscriber additions in 2012, resulting in a streaming base of about 30 million members. The Los Gatos, Calif.-based rental service also has about 10 million disc and hybrid disc and streaming subs. J.P. Morgan expects Netflix to generate about 5 million gross sub additions, ending the year with about 25 million net streaming subs. Wells said more than 30% of new subs are returning members who left Netflix within the past 12 months. The CFO didn’t give a date when the multistream plan would launch. “I don’t think that immediately we’ll see any sort of [device] segmentation happen from multistream households,” Wells said. “But over time that will grow. There is plenty of concurrent streaming happening, but the majority is still on the television.” He said the initial purpose of the multistream plan would be to generate incremental revenue from higher-use households. Wells admitted that over time such a plan could result in “average subscription price leverage” on the current individual $7.99 monthly fee. Much of Netflix's foreign expansion is funded by domestic subscribers, with hybrid members generating the highest margins. Indeed, when Netflix last fall intiated a 60% rate hike and attempted to spin off its disc service, it resulted in a major PR snafu and the exodus of nearly 1 million subscribers. “In general, it’s not to frustrate our consumers,” Well said. “We’re trying to solve a very inelegant [current] solution today. It will also enable more personalization as well.”

http://www.homemediamagazine.com/net...ing-year-27263

[RBH]

Netflix has recently made a change to their API specifically around the expiry dates for their streaming catalog. Until now, the API provided the exact expiry dates but Netflix has now made the decision to *not* provide the exact expiry dates unless a title is expiring in the next two weeks. For all other titles, Netflix will show a far-out, made-up date irrespective of whether it expires 3 weeks out or 6 months out. On FeedFliks, we are representing this far-out date with 1st Jan 2025 which explains why 95% of your Instant Queue titles seem to expire on that exact date.

http://feedflix.wordpress.com/2012/0...-netflixs-api/

[sruckus]

Drive was good, as I expected. Talk about subtlety...not much is really said in the movie.

[henhowc]

Ryan Gosling...swoon

[big ander]

Drive was good, as I expected. Talk about subtlety...not much is really said in the movie.

I really like the film but I wouldn't say its relative lack of dialogue lends it subtlety. in fact, I'd call the film the exact opposite of subtle. it's extremely expressive; neon noir.

[See You Next Wednesday]

Netflix has recently made a change to their API specifically around the expiry dates for their streaming catalog. Until now, the API provided the exact expiry dates but Netflix has now made the decision to *not* provide the exact expiry dates unless a title is expiring in the next two weeks. For all other titles, Netflix will show a far-out, made-up date irrespective of whether it expires 3 weeks out or 6 months out. On FeedFliks, we are representing this far-out date with 1st Jan 2025 which explains why 95% of your Instant Queue titles seem to expire on that exact date. http://feedflix.wordpress.com/2012/0...-netflixs-api/

This blows. I always queue up films in advance that are expiring from my list so I can make time in the day to view them when I know they will be gone for good.

[RBH]

I'm guessing that the introduction of a "multi-streaming" plan this year will mean that Netflix will start to actually enforce limits on simultaneous streams per account so that multiple people aren't leaching off of a single Netflix account. Maybe something like $1-$3 per additional stream for a single account.

On the bright side, this will probably indicate an eventual re-design of the interface and the return of multiple queues.

[andycapps]

I'm guessing that the introduction of a "multi-streaming" plan this year will mean that Netflix will start to actually enforce limits on simultaneous streams per account so that multiple people aren't leaching off of a single Netflix account. Maybe something like $1-$3 per additional stream for a single account. On the bright side, this will probably indicate an eventual re-design of the interface and the return of multiple queues.

I'd like for them to have a kids mode with parental controls based on ratings and maybe content or something. My daughter watches Netflix on a laptop and she's only 6, so eventually, those parental controls will be nice once she figures out how to work it.

[themadcowtipper]

Dawson's Creek is up.

[JLG-]

I'd like for them to have a kids mode with parental controls based on ratings and maybe content or something. My daughter watches Netflix on a laptop and she's only 6, so eventually, those parental controls will be nice once she figures out how to work it.

On PS3, Netflix has a "Just for kids" mode.

[TOM f'N CRUISE]

On PS3, Netflix has a "Just for kids" mode.

same here but after a while it went away.. maybe cause i never clicked on it

[BlackGhost]

Dawson's Creek is up.

I'll most likely give this a go sometime

[Miizy F Baby]

Just finished lp Man; what a fantastic film. And that OST, my god. I see there's a sequel, but am thinking hard as to whether or not I'll watch right away. The first film had a fantastic ending.

[EYEL1NER]

Just finished lp Man; what a fantastic film. And that OST, my god. I see there's a sequel, but am thinking hard as to whether or not I'll watch right away. The first film had a fantastic ending.

I bought both of them last year and enjoyed them both. I know a lot of GAF hate the second one, but I thought it was good. The story is cliched and something you have seen a million times, but it has Donnie Yen fightin' dudes and being a badass.

Haven't seen the prequel yet.

[AngryMoth]

Don't know if this has come up before in here, but I had to find out how to sign out of Netflix on ps3 earlier. Couldn't figure it out for the life of me, so I consulted the internet, and I'll be damned, its an old school cheat! Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, up, up, up, up. Couldn't believe it when it worked, I was sure it was a joke!

[Miizy F Baby]

I bought both of them last year and enjoyed them both. I know a lot of GAF hate the second one, but I thought it was good. The story is cliched and something you have seen a million times, but it has Donnie Yen fightin' dudes and being a badass. Haven't seen the prequel yet.

Yeah, I think I'll give myself a bit of a breather before I start the second.

[Discotheque]

Well, uh, if you've got Canadian Netflix then I'd highly recommend watching a movie called Streets of Fire. It is hands-down my favorite movie. Good cast, featuring a young Willem Dafoe and Diane Lane. Amazing soundtrack. Awesome mishmash of retro-50s and neon-80s settings. It inexplicibly performed horribly at the box office and even as a cult movie it gets very little note. I could go on and on about how it should have done better, but won't. Oh, and it was the inspiration for Final Fight. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJGo2rvfSuA

This director made "The Driver" which Drive pretty much ripped off. You should check it out if you liked Streets of Fire.

[RPS37]

LIFE is an amazing show. Minus the episode about codes inside a Prince of Persia game.

[Maklershed]

LIFE is an amazing show. Minus the episode about codes inside a Prince of Persia game.

Ha I remember that episode. And there are few women finer than Sarah Shahi.

[RPS37]

Ha I remember that episode. And there are few women finer than Sarah Shahi.

Truth.
You watch Fairly Legal? I'm loving it too.

[Fusebox]

I watched Drive, it was AWESOME. The only weak bit was when he rammed the other car front on at full pelt but his headlights were still working.

[mrpoopy]

Anyone else having issues with the new web player? The monitor turns off after a while when in full screen mode. I had to disable this in the power settings. This happened on 2 different PCs.

[andycapps]

On PS3, Netflix has a "Just for kids" mode.

They do, and I think they either do or did have it on PC as well. That's a first step, but I'd like for it to prompt you for your password if you leave the "For Kids" area or something.

[itwasTuesday]

I watched Drive, it was AWESOME. The only weak bit was when he rammed the other car front on at full pelt but his headlights were still working.

When he boosted the Mustang, his gloves go from on to off between angles.

[jakncoke]

Usually with movies like Drive it seems it not on instant watch long. But they got it signed till 2036 lol. Times changing? Prob not, guess we'll see

http://instantwatcher.com/titles/179901

[sladeums]

Usually with movies like Drive it seems it not on instant watch long. But they got it signed till 2036 lol. Times changing? Prob not, guess we'll see http://instantwatcher.com/titles/179901

Date is fictitious.
See Post #9512, above.

[jakncoke]

That's fucking lame, here I thought Netflix was getting better so there wouldn't be 500 things expiring a month :/

[RBH]

http://instantwatcher.com/upcoming_titles



The Rum Diary - June 6th
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie - June 7th

[RBH]

Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos walked a tightrope this morning as he tried to assure cable execs at the industry’s annual convention that he’s their friend. It’s debatable; Cox Communications chief Pat Esser, who joined Sarandos on a panel at The Cable Show, referred to the streaming service as a “frenemy.” But the Netflix exec assured the audience that his service — which is so important to cable’s broadband customers — is no threat to their traditional TV business. That includes Nickelodeon, where ratings are down 30% so far in Q2 vs the same period last year – many believe because kids now can watch SpongeBox Squarepants and iCarly on Netflix. “People’s tastes are so diverse that no specific network and no specific show has such high viewing concentration that you’d see that kind of cause-and-effect on ratings,” Sarandos says. But he adds that Netflix can take credit for helping shows such as AMC’s Mad Men. “In the gap between season 4 and season 5 we brought maybe 1 million new viewers to AMC. There were people who had four years to watch the show and didn’t. Because we gave them a good opportunity and a well-priced model (they were able) to catch up on the show.” The lesson, he says, is that “there’s an artful way to pick the right content in the right window in the right license fee that can be purely additive to cable.” He also says that cable doesn’t have to worry about Netflix’s acquisition of original programming — such as the upcoming drama House Of Cards — in some cases in competition with HBO, Showtime, and Starz. “The things we’re doing in originals are very centered around the one-hour serialized dramas that are very expensive to produce for networks and the best place they land is in the premium subscription space….We’re spending a little bit producing originals, but we’re spending a lot more licensing that content from the networks.”

http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/netf...kelodeon-woes/

[Kapura]

Stopped reading at "SpongeBox Squarepants." Whoever was reporting that should be sacked.

Edit: It's the executive editor. Fuck.

[zbarron]

New browser player is nice with my HTPC but still no 5.1 sound? How hard could this possibly be to implement if the files already have the audio track?

[Striker]

Saw Drive and liked it. Also definitely do like the new web layout better than before.

[Daigoro]

http://instantwatcher.com/upcoming_titles The Rum Diary - June 6th Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie - June 7th

nice!

[Emwitus]

Anybody watch the series outcasts on netflix. It has that guy from battlestar galactica? The adama guy? Forgot his name. Just started to watch it, wanted to know if it's worth the time.

[jakncoke]

http://instantwatcher.com/upcoming_titles The Rum Diary - June 6th Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie - June 7th

the rum diary is meh

[henhowc]

Anybody watch the series outcasts on netflix. It has that guy from battlestar galactica? The adama guy? Forgot his name. Just started to watch it, wanted to know if it's worth the time.

Which Adama guy...the admiral or his son?

[Emwitus]

And what the heck has happened to netflix???? Haven't been following corporate stuff, but they seem to be adding one good movie after 2 months? Thinking about cancelling the service.

[Emwitus]

Which Adama guy...the admiral or his son?

The son, just googled him. Names jamie bamber. It doesn't seem to be concetrating on the sci-fi much tho.

[henhowc]

And what the heck has happened to netflix???? Haven't been following corporate stuff, but they seem to be adding one good movie after 2 months? Thinking about cancelling the service.

Their previous deals with movie studios are expiring and the studios are asking for a lot more money for the content. Can't really blame Netflix for concentrating more on TV content.

[UrokeJoe]

Watched The Way. Call me easy, but it had an effect on me. Thought it was pretty well done on a budget and I liked that. Martin Sheen was great and Emilio delivered.