Comments on: Netflix Streaming Doesn’t Have the Biggest Movies

By: HypnotiqNights

HypnotiqNights — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 08:23:11 +0000

Yeah, Netflix…. Doesn’t even have Desperado or Tank Girl… Adults should be able to watch “any” movie that has been made… Sad, sad, sad..

By: TMinja

TMinja — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:54:09 +0000

I recently subscribed to the basic netflix level and am disappointed because i cannot find any of the TV shows or Showtime series I signed up for (Engliish version of Shameless and New Girl for my fiance). Are these available on Netflix at the premium subscription?

By: bryan g

bryan g — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:36:32 +0000

i wanna know why netflix says they have (THOUSANDS) of movies an shows but can never find much of nothing,so then you hit the search button and they dont have what you want to watch. and sometimes i want to watch anime like naruto or inuyasha but cant cause they dont have the english versions and i cant watch the show do to having to read the sub-titles.

By: Kat Kan

Kat Kan — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:53:25 +0000

My older son and his wife depend on Netflix for most of their TV watching – Blues Clues for their 15-month-old son, lots of old TV series for them; my husband loves the older action movies and the foreign films – that’s how he discovered The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, in the original Swedish movie. My family apparently doesn’t care that the “hottest” movies aren’t available for streaming – we tend not to watch them anyway.

By: Augie De Blieck Jr.

Augie De Blieck Jr. — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:34:09 +0000

I haven’t had a Netflix account in something like a decade now (the last DVD that sat in my player for months unplayed was ‘Topsy Turvy’), but it seems to me that Netflix is really a great TV show streaming device. It seems like most of the people I see commenting about watching Netflix are really watching TV series. This is probably good proof of why that is. . .

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:14:28 +0000

Great point, thanks for pointing that out, David. Established providers like things the way they are — or even more so, the way they used to be.

By: David Oakes

David Oakes — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:41:56 +0000

I think a comment in a follow-through from the page Ralph links to says it even better, and it quite applicable to comics as well: Why earn your customers one by one when you can get to mass volumes, and a fixed amount of recurring revenue, through a distribution partner? http://abovethecrowd.com/2010/04/28/affiliate-fees-make-the-world-go-round/

By: Ralf Haring

Ralf Haring — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:44:18 +0000

I thought this post summed things up nicely: http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/01/scarcity-is-a-shitty-business-model.html

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:33:42 +0000

That’s true, Netflix is great for obscure things and various specialized audiences.

By: John

John — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:57:30 +0000

Good point, but I will say this about Netflix – I’ve encountered a number of really great foreign films that I was unfamiliar with and only blundered into them browsing Netflix. It’s filled with interesting and obscure foreign movies – which isn’t to say thattheothers aren’t (I honestly have no idea) but for me, that’s a huge consideration – blockbusters, as you point out, are much easier to come by.