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I'm glad for Netflix original content. It's been high in quality, and I've already seen all the top 250 IMDB movies I want to see. What Netflix could do to prov

I'm glad for Netflix original content. It's been high in quality, and I've already seen all the top 250 IMDB movies I want to see. What Netflix could do to prove its love of movies, and which would probably make good business sense, is unearth movies that have never been shown on TV, or never been digitized to DVD or even transferred to VHS. There are websites devoted to those lost treasures, and movie lovers who would bow and genuflect to Netflix if those movies were ever aired. Consider that eBay does big business selling VHS tapes to people who don't even own VHS players, but who buy and send those tapes to services that will rip them to DVD. (My latest is "We're Talkin' Serious Money" with Dennis Farina - a 6.0 IMDB rated movie I just HAD to see again.) Who else has the power to deal with rights holders who control rights to old movies not deemed worthy of a VHS or DVD release? I type this hoping that someone from Netflix understands and agrees with me. They could make it a big event, build excitement, even though those movies are not high rated. They're just unobtainable rarities, like the 1998 movie with Molly Ringwald, Twice Upon A Time, that I've wanted to see again for 15 years... Great movie, too bad you can't watch it.

yalogin 10y ago
Yeah but most people don't care about unearthing movies. All I want are the hits and popular escapist fare which Netflix is not willing to spend on.
- talmand 10y ago
  >> which Netflix is not willing to spend on. Or, just maybe, the license holder isn't willing to make a deal with Netflix because they want to start their own streaming service.
clydethefrog 10y ago
See Karagarga and the vulnerability of obscure films[1]. "Without a service like Karagarga movie-lovers are in thrall to the whims of an implacable market — one whose recent and unerring shift to digital streaming has left vast swaths of cinema history to molder unseen. The myth that Netflix and iTunes offer a frontier where “everything” is available to watch instantly is a bad joke to anyone with a serious interest in movies. That crowd is forced, by the market itself, to fend for itself. Many of us would indeed buy an Out 1 Blu-ray or cue up Out 1 on Netflix if such a thing were possible. But in the meantime Karagarga will be cherished for the rare and valued access it affords." [1] http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/weekend-post/karagarga-and-the-vulnerability-of-obscure-films http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/weekend-post/karagarga-and...

yalogin 10y ago

Yeah but most people don't care about unearthing movies. All I want are the hits and popular escapist fare which Netflix is not willing to spend on.

talmand 10y ago
>> which Netflix is not willing to spend on. Or, just maybe, the license holder isn't willing to make a deal with Netflix because they want to start their own streaming service.

clydethefrog 10y ago

See Karagarga and the vulnerability of obscure films[1]. "Without a service like Karagarga movie-lovers are in thrall to the whims of an implacable market — one whose recent and unerring shift to digital streaming has left vast swaths of cinema history to molder unseen. The myth that Netflix and iTunes offer a frontier where “everything” is available to watch instantly is a bad joke to anyone with a serious interest in movies. That crowd is forced, by the market itself, to fend for itself. Many of us would indeed buy an Out 1 Blu-ray or cue up Out 1 on Netflix if such a thing were possible. But in the meantime Karagarga will be cherished for the rare and valued access it affords." [1] http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/weekend-post/karagarga-and-the-vulnerability-of-obscure-films http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/weekend-post/karagarga-and...