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Haha I love this review of Ecstacy of the Angels though:

"I really could not follow this film until I played it on fast forward (X2 is perfect). It just takes so long for anything to happen, seriously, I wouldn't have been able to watch the entire film without fast forward."

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 22:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Youth Of The Beast: "ANOTHER Yakuza film"

― Poundstretcher (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 23:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Youth of the Beast: So much better than the ending of Heat it is not even funny.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 23:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Alex in SF loves to have the last word, he should post here!

-- Poundstretcher (adamr...), March 30th, 2005.

― Poundstretcher (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 23:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Except I didn't so there nah nah nah nah!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 23:21 (twenty-one years ago)

― Poundstretcher (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 23:21 (twenty-one years ago)

( Is ":)" a word?)

― Poundstretcher (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 23:21 (twenty-one years ago)

No, but this is :P

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 23:24 (twenty-one years ago)

How long is the wait on most Criterion releases? (I'm thinking about selling all of my semi-valuable DVDs and just getting a Netflix/Greencine account. Do I really need to own Withnail & I and My Life As A Dog?)

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 23:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Both are available NOW!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 31 March 2005 00:12 (twenty-one years ago)

you don't need either of those films, milozauckerman!

BY THE WAY, Reel Video in Berkeley (the best video store in the WORLD) is having a huge sale of it's old VHS stock this weekend. They have loads of out of print and rare stuff. I will be there at 9am with all the other nerds!

― Poundstretcher (nordicskilla), Thursday, 31 March 2005 00:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Ecstasy of the Angels is a Koji Wakamatsu movie about a group of leftist Japanese student guerillas. They are all named after months and days of the week. I think there was a Yakuza connection too, but I was distracted.

The movie is OK, but it's worth queuing up just for the bonus interview with Wakamatsu. "Go! Go! Second Time Virgin" has the same bonus interview with much more violence and sexual assault in the actual movie.

Youth of the Beast was added to my queue today.

― Zebra, Alpha Go! (cprek), Thursday, 31 March 2005 02:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I want to see the other Suzuki film that came out w/ Youth of the Beast - Fighting Elegy. Teen drama >>> yakuza films

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Thursday, 31 March 2005 02:18 (twenty-one years ago)

They're quick about the Criterion...I've watched a slough of those since we've had Netflix for about two years now.

Do I really need to own Withnail & I
Fuck, if I had the money right now I'd buy it from you. My mother and I want to own it...we could watch it again and again.

― What we want? Sex with T.V. stars! What you want? Ian Riese-Moraine! (Eastern Ma, Thursday, 31 March 2005 02:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I really like Tokyo Drifter, but did't care for Branded to Kill. The color composition in the former was fantastic. It makes me not want to bother with any black and white Suzuki movies.

― Zebra, Alpha Go! (cprek), Thursday, 31 March 2005 03:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes, I really did hate All About Lily Chou Chou. I wanted it to be more about Lily Chou Chou and cute little Japanese kids fascinations with her, instead of this one kid going on vacation and then becoming a sadistic pimp. I wanted something more along the lines of Perfect Blue.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Thursday, 31 March 2005 03:18 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

The new friends features have made Netflix even more tantalizingly voyeuristic!

― Zebra, Alpha Go! (cprek), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 14:44 (twenty-one years ago)

one month passes...

Netflix has added Two-Lane Blacktop (OOP), Eraserhead and now has Lilya 4-Ever before it gets a regular R1 release.

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 03:33 (twenty-one years ago)

still no Dobie Gillis(or Tillsammans for that matter), nuts to that.

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 03:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Dear Netflix,

Thank you for waiting until I received the first disc of the Human Condition trilogy before bumping the second disc down to the "save" ghetto of the queue.

Love, Eric

― L'Histoire d'Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 13:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Which brings me to this query: Has anyone ever actually received a disc that consistently showed up as "Long Wait" or "Very Long Wait"? As far as I've been able to tell, whenever either of these two designations show up next to a film, it's only been a matter of time before they get removed from Netflix circulation.

― L'Histoire d'Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 13:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Little Otik was "Long Wait," but eventually showed up.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 14:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Netflix has Wong Kar Wai's "2046" and "Fugazi: Instrument" now. Still none of the Criterion Cassavetes box though. Wah.

― Chris L, Wednesday, 8 June 2005 15:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Milo, make sure it's not the *new* Two Lane Blacktop starring Aragorn.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 16:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, word of warning - do NOT rent Wong Kar-Wai's Ashes of Time unless you want to either gouge your eyes out or gather a bunch of peeps & mock it mercilessly. It's like the DVD manufacturer burned a VHS copy straight to disc, and then used some shit-ass program to create the shape-shifting subtitle bar that sometimes fails to block the subtitles of the version they taped! And don't even get me started on the grammar, the spelling mistakes, the lack of synchronicity between the text & what's happeningm THE "(7)" THAT POPS UP HALF-WAY THROUGH. Holy fucking fuck.

doh. it just shipped

― a banana (alanbanana), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 02:15 (twenty-one years ago)

It was definitely the old one.

A Two-Lane Blacktop REMAKE?

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 02:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Still no Criterion Wajda box set, either.

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 02:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Dear Netflix,

Which is it with Cockfighter: "Now" or "Very Long Wait"?! And why didn't you goddamned send it the evening it was "Now" instead of the ones below it?

Stop toying with me, Netflix.

Love, Eric

― L'Histoire d'Eric H. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 15 June 2005 04:41 (twenty-one years ago)

four weeks pass...

It was in the "Save" ghetto for months. When a release date was announced, I moved it to the top of my queue. And at the top it stayed, even through the two weeks the release date was pushed back. I have your six DVD plan. And yet you taunt me by progressing "Tetsuo: Iron Man" from "Now" to "Short Wait" to "Very Long Wait".

Fuck you Netflix. Where is the love?

― Tinman: Set to Self-Destruct (cprek), Thursday, 14 July 2005 15:11 (twenty years ago)

I finally got Cockfighter, fwiw... copied it too so I can watch it whenever I damned well please. I intend to hold out as long as Netflix held out on me.

Meanwhile, if you haven't added this to your queue, do so immediately.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 14 July 2005 15:37 (twenty years ago)

People who bitch about Netflix's selection and very occasionally slow service should remember that they went up against Wal-Mart and won, and that Amazon canned their plans for a similar service, both realizing that selection matters and that getting the kind of selection Netflix maintains is damned expensive.

I think Netflix is fucking great. Now that Ally's here manning the queue and she's got her 5-DVD plan I'm getting this great education in toughguy cinema without even trying.

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 14 July 2005 15:56 (twenty years ago)

I'm very happy with Netlix. I'm on a schedule of 3 DVDs a week, which I usually don't get to until the weekend, so it suits me fine.

― Felix Leiter (nordicskilla), Thursday, 14 July 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)

I am still kind of crabby about it, but it's too much trouble to switch for now.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:01 (twenty years ago)

I keep hearing that Netflix has no hope of ever breathing the rarified air of "in the black," though.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

I am also delighted that there will finally be domestic DVD releases for Brown Bunny and Los Angeles Plays Itself!

― Felix Leiter (nordicskilla), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:03 (twenty years ago)

I have also BROKEN, SNAPPED IN HALF, TWO DVDs and nothing was said! That would support Eric's theory, I think.

― Felix Leiter (nordicskilla), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:03 (twenty years ago)

I could conceivably be talked into selling my copy of Tetsuo Iron Man but I tossed the box just yesterday after stowing our entire DVD collection sans nicely packaged box sets into Case Logic binders. They look much better on the bookshelf that way!

xpost to Eric H. - NetFlix is actually making money, but spending the profit on marketing. Motley Fool has a post which gets heavy into the math on this, but essentially they're still trying to find the optimum speed for subscriber growth vs. churn. They've chosen growth over profitability at this point, just like Amazon did, and so far it's working. Essentially, once they're comfortable that their brand and their service is a household name nationwide, they can drop their marketing+growth budget significantly and start rolling around in the dough. That's why the stock is still hot.

Netflix Q1 2005 report

― TOMBOT, Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:13 (twenty years ago)

I am also delighted that there will finally be domestic DVD releases for Brown Bunny and Los Angeles Plays Itself!

Those are both on my wait list!

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:16 (twenty years ago)

So they should be.

I'll be sure to add Netflix to my portfolio, Tom.

― Felix Leiter (nordicskilla), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:17 (twenty years ago)

Hey, Tom, does GWU's film department need a teacher for their "Toughguy Cinema" series?

― Allyzay knows a little German (allyzay), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:19 (twenty years ago)

fwiw I'm absolutely enamored with Netflix and any complaint I may have is like complaining about a lover's insignificant irritating quirk. "Word Wars" has arrived! Let's never fight again!

― Tinman: Set to Self-Destruct (cprek), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:43 (twenty years ago)

Thanks tombot... Interesting, though I still suspect they artificially slow down the rapidity of their deliveries to high traffic renters like... um, this guy I know who, um, boo-urns more than he watches... anyway!

I don't actually think the fact that Los Angeles Plays Itself has a "save" page up on Netflix means its going to get a DVD release... Shinji Aoyama's Eureka has been up on Netflix forever without any substantial whispered rumors of R1 DVD release.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:48 (twenty years ago)

netflix is a godsend. all i have locally is hollywood/blockbuster, neither of which have anything i want, ever.

― sleep can't log in, Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:53 (twenty years ago)

I like Netflix, but I have also been supplementing with the local libraries' collections. I like them better for TV series, as I get all the discs at once. (and also the free factor)

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Thursday, 14 July 2005 17:16 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

I want more netflix friends -

eric and ally and tom and n/a and anyone else - add me!

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 August 2005 18:11 (twenty years ago)

I WILL BE WATCHING YOU

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 August 2005 18:12 (twenty years ago)

cprek and I both have the same movie out!

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 August 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

We just signed back up, after a 2 year hiatus. The last time, we ended up with 3 depressing/bleak discs sitting accusingly on the table. We weren't in the mood to watch them (for months), but also couldn't bear to return them unwatched. Finally, we moved and it was a relief to send them back.

― Jaq (who is not a balding Frenchman) (Jaq), Thursday, 18 August 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

Movies I have returned without watching all the way through

Crimson Gold
Beau Travail
No Man's Land (because I snapped it in half)

I will get back to all three sometime.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 August 2005 18:23 (twenty years ago)

I have been thinking about getting Netflix, but I'm afraid our dog will eat the dvds since he attacks any mail that comes in through the mail slot on our front door.

― Leon C. (Ex Leon), Thursday, 18 August 2005 18:31 (twenty years ago)

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