Posts Tagged “Netflix”

Mark Malkoff Watches Over 250 Netflix Movies in One Month

Our colleague Mark Malkoff watched so many damn Netflix movies that technically he paid about 3 cents per film. He stuck just to streaming films, and he skipped from classics like Groundhog Day and Network to The Epic Journey of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and The Garbage Pail Kids Movie. (Here’s the whole list.)

Can you imagine the melange of memories one forms after jamming Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind next to The Thing With Two Heads? How could he even decide the star rating for every movie?

Watch Mark watch movies! »
- - 2012/06/07 at 12:43 pm
  - by Nick Douglas
- - 55 views
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- Filed under:Videos
Funny Twitter Reactions to Netflix Killing Qwikster

Netflix isn’t spinning off its DVD service as a separate site named Qwikster, CEO Reed Hastings announced in a blog post this morning. Twitter reacted with mockery.

Still think the $50,000 I paid that guy for www.qwikstersux.com was worth it.

— BillCorbett (@BillCorbett) October 10, 2011

Read over a dozen more. »
- - 2011/10/10 at 9:47 am
  - by Nick Douglas
- - 431 views
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- Filed under:Twitter Tropes
Netflix Relief Fund

Jason Alexander hosts this writes-itself comedy sketch about the heartbreaking tragedy of Netflix’s new prices.

Sponsored by Blockbuster, Regal Theaters, Hulu, YouTube, Megavideo, Torrentz.eu and Actual Cable Like Everyone Else.

Watch it, the punchline is like three sentences in. »
- - 2011/07/28 at 2:57 pm
  - by Nick Douglas
- - 220 views
  - 27 comments
- Filed under:Videos
The Entire Internet Goes 404

Aw hell, Reddit’s down again! And Twitter! And Tumblr, and aw man, the entire internet has gone 404 ha ha ok that’s the joke-explaining intro now let’s look at the pictures.

Designs by Dustin Glick.

See all 11 error messages. »
- - 2011/07/27 at 11:34 am
  - by Jason Newman
- - 11757 views
  - 199 comments
- Filed under:Stupid Pictures
Slacktory Index: Urbanization Edition

Words in the Wikipedia article “Evolution“: 9,578
Words in the article “Digivolution” (the evolution process of creatures in the “Digimon” games and shows): 5,207
Words in the “Articles for deletion” debate for Digivolution: 657
Monthly active users of Facebook for Android: 50 million
Videos viewed on Facebook per month: 2 billion
Videos viewed on YouTube per day: 2 billion
Monthly active users of CityVille: 83 million
Populations of Tokyo, Seoul and Mexico City metropolitan areas combined: 73 million
Global ratio of urban to rural dwellers: 1:1
Ratio of active users, CityVille vs. FarmVille: 2.2:1
Keep counting. »
- - 2011/07/14 at 3:09 pm
  - by Nick Douglas
- - 243 views
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- Filed under:Slacktory Index
Screenshot: Haters Make Me Famous
- - 2011/07/14 at 2:28 pm
  - by Nick Douglas
- - 241 views
  - 23 comments
- Filed under:Whatevs
The United States of Netflix Local Favorites

Turns out, Netflix will tell you what movies are popular in your area. Also turns out, local favorites are often funnily clichéd.

We looked up the movies that each state was watching more than the others, and we mapped them out across the United States. Enjoy!

Mississippi: What the hell, guys?

See the giant Netflix map. »
- - 2011/07/10 at 10:13 pm
  - by Micah Mertes
- - 38781 views
  - 130 comments
- Filed under:Charts and Graft, Movies
Netflix Places — Concept for an app that would alert you whenever you were near the site of a film scene. Will destroy Manhattan in a half hour.

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