Ozzy Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 What the hell? That is BS man, sure movies now a days suck but it was nice to have an avenue to watch movies old and new outside of going to the crap theater. So can one watch all of these as a play now then? Still that stinks they are ending it.... I have "rented" and watched 1179 movies as of right now starting in 2009. Stinks I will not be able to do that anymore, the play now options have never impressed me because it is a limited list of availability but we will see what happens. Hollywood is **** though and they have very little creativity outside of something someone else has already made and they just change it and do it again, and it is all about a long TV mini series type thing which are great but honestly most of those suck and are a massive waste of time. Sure movies are a waste of time but it is only what 2 1/2 to 3 hours max waste of time, compared to freaking what 20-30 hours waste of time with a crap series.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Prince Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 Didn’t know anyone still rented movies 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted April 20, 2023 Author Share Posted April 20, 2023 10 minutes ago, Fresh Prince said: Didn’t know anyone still rented movies So you honestly go to the theatre and pay $10-15 to watch a movie instead? How you watch good older films then? I have not been to the theatre in years, and based on what I pay for Netflix over 24 years, I pay like $1.70 a rental, even less when they used to send 2 movies a week for the basic plan, now it is only 1 a week if that. Maybe it is low subscription numbers as to the reason why, but honestly I would rather get a DVD rental every week from Netflix then have freaking what Paramount+, or Hulu, yippie.... Say you want to watch Some Kind of Wonderful or Videodrome, how the hell you supposed to do that without Netflix? Doubt they just let anyone watch anything as a play now but maybe that will be the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminoles1 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 You could rent them on Amazon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Who the hell is still doing this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Yeah you rent movies digitally 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayRaider Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 You rent movies digitally.... old ones are like 2.99. Newer movies like 4.99. I rarely rent movie but YouTube is my go to, and Amazon and Apple are both good as well. Although Apple's selection is limited sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnChimpo Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 I remember when I got made fun of for going to Redbox and using Netflix mail order back in 2011. Didn’t know it still existed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayRaider Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 (edited) I did this with Blockbuster from 2008 to 2010 and loved it. Mailed me DVD's, mailed them back. But digital streaming really took off around 2010 or 2011. Edited April 20, 2023 by BayRaider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
43M Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Its funny. Back in the 90s and early 2000s, I wouldve loved the idea of having pretty much any movie or game at my fingertips and just pushing a few buttons to have them. But now, I wish I could go back and wander through Box Seat Video (local video store) looking for a couple movies and games to rent for the weekend. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted April 20, 2023 Author Share Posted April 20, 2023 11 hours ago, seminoles1 said: You could rent them on Amazon. They have a big library of movies? I assume it is kind of limited? Even on Netflix there are films you cannot get but I supposed if you watch what 4 movies a year who cares. 11 hours ago, Malfatron said: Yeah you rent movies digitally Sure for what $3-$5 a movie? Netflix in its prime when it was 8 movies a month was not even $1 to rent a movie. I guess I am the only one that still uses Netflix DVD rental, maybe they can just send me all the DVDs when they are finished instead of throwing them in the dump. At least back in the day you literally got something for your $5 rental, at least could bring home the tape and the fancy cover on it sometimes. Now you just get a digital version for 48 hours, how fun of ******* Amazon which I try to avoid. I guess I need to get a new TV now as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Another step towards eliminating physical media altogether and controlling what you can watch, what you can play, when you can watch it and at what price. The day studios stop releasing physical copies of their movies is the day I stop watching movies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INbengalfan Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 1 hour ago, 43M said: Its funny. Back in the 90s and early 2000s, I wouldve loved the idea of having pretty much any movie or game at my fingertips and just pushing a few buttons to have them. But now, I wish I could go back and wander through Box Seat Video (local video store) looking for a couple movies and games to rent for the weekend. Agreed. I miss the "hunt" when you browsed them like school libraries in elementary school. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 I was still renting physical copies from Netflix up until a few years ago. Being able to watch the physical blu ray with all the extras on the disc was nice. Then my blu ray player died and I didn't feel like buying a new one so I stopped. I'm pretty close to axing Netflix all together if they truly enforce this password sharing restriction nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty21 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 4 hours ago, Ozzy said: I guess I am the only one that still uses Netflix DVD rental, maybe they can just send me all the DVDs when they are finished instead of throwing them in the dump There’s a chance they try to sell them all at a discount, kinda like what Family Video did for years on their website before going under. I am kinda surprised you didn’t see Netflix doing away with dvd rentals happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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