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I just did!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

And yes, I took some poetic licence in describing your list, but that was merely to encourage Nick and Sarah to add me as their friend.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:17 (twenty years ago)

As much as I occassionally badmouth Netflix for failing to get me movies quickly enough I can't imagine actually switching to another service. I've rated 2,500 or so movies and have a queue of almost 200 films. It would be lot of work to transfer that to a new service.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:19 (twenty years ago)

What kind of delays have you experienced?

― The Ghost of Dean Gulberry (dr g), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

I am attempting to do this Netflix Friends thing -- send me invites at the address below, kay?

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

I have two queues, one I just keep for criterion releases, the other one is hovering just below 500 films.

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)

also, everyone invite me, jeff at gerousia dot com

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)

"What kind of delays have you experienced?"

It tends to take them a couple of days (esp. on Mondays and Tuesdays) for them to get their shit together and send me films. It usually results in all five of my movies getting sent to me on Wednesday and Thursday and then (unless I watch my movies very very quickly on Wednesday and Thursday night) I don't get anything else until next Wednesday/Thursday. This is a relatively recent occurrence actually (well it's been happening for five months) as they used to send all my movies next day regardless of what day of the week it was.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

Cprek, add yurself a s a friend to see your unique favorites. Among them are:

Mulholland Drive
Storytelling
In The Realms Of The Unreal
Scanners
Visitor Q
Primer
Hell House
Spartan
Gozu
Cannonball Run

etc

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:26 (twenty years ago)

Dean and I both HATE Ordinary People.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

We have one queue for me, my wife and daughter, so I get all the credit and none of the blame, FYI.

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

I just added you, Rock Hardy!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

I think my ratings are not terribly reliable. I occasionally rate things in an attempt to skew Netflix into recommending me things I might like. This does not explain why Punch Drunk Love is rated five stars, though.

― The Ghost of Dean Gulberry (dr g), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:30 (twenty years ago)

wrong email adderss, invite me at jheath at gerousia dot com

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

Can I ask a newbie Netflix question:

I just joined, signed up, etc, and created a queue of movies I'd like. Now, nothing's arrived so far - do I have so somehow submit my list, or will they just send the top 2 movies (I'm doing 2 at a time) from my list?

― paulhw (paulhw), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

Is this your way of saying that you LOVE Ordinary People?

I always change my ratings, but everyone knows I'm fickle so it doesn't matter. I think the 5 star system is flawed anyway.

xp they will send the top 2 from your list

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

What's in everyone's SAVED section?

mine=

Comic Book Superheroes
Comic Book Confidential
Eureka
Moolaadé
Last Year at Marienbad
Day for Night
The Paradine Case
Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew
Los Angeles Plays Itself
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Dear Wendy
Jules and Jim

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

My unique favorites list is huge. I guess that's because I rate everything I like as a 5 and everything I don't like as a 1.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

The Criterion Jules & Jim?

― The Ghost of Dean Gulberry (dr g), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:39 (twenty years ago)

Saved:
Masque of the Red Death / Premature Burial availability: Unknown

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

yes
xp

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

It's not my account, really... but I'll try to log in later this afternoon and make a couple requests.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:40 (twenty years ago)

My Saved:

Melinda and Melinda
Dark Water (i think i was drunk and added a ton of jennifer connelly movies for obvious reasons)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
What Is It?

― The Ghost of Dean Gulberry (dr g), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

(two obvious reasons)

― The Ghost of Dean Gulberry (dr g), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

I'll probably Netflix Dark Water.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:43 (twenty years ago)

You can do that. You can use "Netflix" as a verb now.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:44 (twenty years ago)

"My" saved list (maybe half of which is mine, since as I say I'm sharing an account):

Gabbeh
Human Condition II: The Road to Eternity
Jean de Florette
Jules and Jim
Kings and Queen ... I see this is at Oak Street now. I've already seen it but wanted to see it again. MPLS peoples try to see this film!
Maya Deren: Experimental Films
Moolaadé
Shoeshine
Masque of the Red Death / Premature Burial
The Raspberry Reich
Tokyo Fist

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:47 (twenty years ago)

Hello Netflix! Did Jules and Jim NOT JUST COME OUT on Criterion a few months ago?!

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

Movie in my queue I'm strangely most looking forward to seeing.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:50 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, it did. I have it on my coffee table at home. Besides, surely they would have the Fox Lorber disc anyways, right? Don't they just swap out one disc for the other when it has been supplanted?

― The Ghost of Dean Gulberry (dr g), Thursday, 18 August 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)

Saved:

Mysterious Skin
The War of the Worlds
2046
Charade
Clean Slate
Day for Night
Eureka
Evil
Faust
Key the Metal Idol: Vol. 1: Awakening
Last Night
Last Year at Marienbad
Le Crime de Monsieur Lange
Nostalghia
Pierrot Le Fou
The Big Combo
Tierra
Two-Lane Blacktop
Wheel of Time

― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Thursday, 18 August 2005 21:02 (twenty years ago)

Is Pierrot being re-released?

― The Ghost of Dean Gulberry (dr g), Thursday, 18 August 2005 21:03 (twenty years ago)

Pierrot is le bomb.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 August 2005 21:05 (twenty years ago)

Can someone answer my question upthread...please, I'm beggin you...

― paulhw (paulhw), Thursday, 18 August 2005 21:07 (twenty years ago)

I did!

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 August 2005 21:07 (twenty years ago)

Aha, now I can see Adam's list. Extensive. I'll have to parse it later for recommendations.

My Saved basket:

Cowards Bend the Knee
Clean Slate
Daughters of the Dust
Faust
Last Year at Marienbad
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Moolaadé
Short #2: Dreams
The Child
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Two-Lane Blacktop

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 18 August 2005 21:18 (twenty years ago)

On a side note - gypsy, I didn't realize who you were until I got your invite. I remember your last ILX name!

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 August 2005 21:20 (twenty years ago)

opps, sorry Adam, and thanks.

― paulhw (paulhw), Thursday, 18 August 2005 21:23 (twenty years ago)

I remember your last ILX name!

haha, "spittle" you mean? I changed it because I got complaints about it being unappetizing...and lord knows I aspire to appetizing.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 18 August 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

oh no, I remember when you used your real name!

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 August 2005 21:29 (twenty years ago)

Oh yeah. Man of a thousand log-ins. Or 3, anyway. Yeah, I dropped the real name when I got my current job. Decided maybe I shouldn't be so googlable...

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Thursday, 18 August 2005 21:32 (twenty years ago)

add me add me

power.strike @ gmail.com

― The Ghost of Dean Gulberry (dr g), Thursday, 18 August 2005 21:41 (twenty years ago)

My saved list:

Brothers
Batman Begins
High Tension
Mysterious Skin
Unscripted: Season 1
2046
Carnivale: Season 2
Deadwood: Season 2
Eros
Gonin
Kings and Queen
The Arena
The Best of Youth
The Great Raid
The Naked City
The Sopranos: Season 6
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
The Wire: Season 3

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 18 August 2005 21:48 (twenty years ago)

Killing of a Chinese Bookie is terrible btw.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 18 August 2005 21:55 (twenty years ago)

Braveheart terrible or Straw Dogs terrible?

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 August 2005 21:58 (twenty years ago)

Hmmn closer to Straw Dogs, but really it's just boring ass Cassavettes terrible.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 18 August 2005 21:58 (twenty years ago)

In that they are both movies you rated low and I disagree with you on one of them.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 August 2005 21:59 (twenty years ago)

and you answered my question!

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 August 2005 21:59 (twenty years ago)

Haha Straw Dogs is awful, but at least it's marginally entertaining. But politically it's shudder. Killing of Chinese Bookie is too damn slow to be entertaining. Plus I can't stand Ben Gazarra.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 18 August 2005 22:02 (twenty years ago)

Yes, Straw Dogs is suspect but I still like it.

― Adam In Real Life (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 August 2005 22:04 (twenty years ago)

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