It’s June, so you know what that means – a new season of Netflix’s Orange is the new Black. As we’re all watching at our own pace, I thought it would be best to have a separate post instead of several discussion across a few OTs.
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Here’s your Crass OITNB discussion post. You may want to subscribe to this post (at the top of the comment section) to be notified of new comment threads from those who haven’t finished the new season yet.
HEY! Spoilers after the jump and in the comments.
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The Emmy nominations were announced earlier today, and we can assure you that some(one) or thing that really deserves to be on this list was snubbed (ORPHAN BLACK). This year it was the veritable YEAR OF THE EMMY SNUBS! (ORPHAN BLACK) Continue reading
Friday, February 14 will be a momentous day across these United States. No, not because of Valentine’s Day. No, anybody can get chocolates or jewelry from Kay or Jared on any other day of the week, but a new season of the American version of “House of Cards”?
That is worthy of special note.
It’s possible the networks are throwing a little shade this morning, as they now have to contend with that for-pay digital online movie clearing house, Netflix, in the world of scripted television. It must make them feel all goofy in the wallet now that another viewing vehicle has entered the ring. Haha! James Gandolfini may be laughing just a little bit way up there, since his groundbreaking show on HBO, The Sopranos, can be counted as the first time network television really had to compete with an outside source full of curses and nudity in order to make their little shows on the boob tube really work. Dennis Franz’s butt cheeks on NYPD Blue weren’t happy about that development. So let’s see how everyone fared. Continue reading
When I was a kid, in order to gorge on comedy specials I had to ask my grandma to drive me around to the six video rental stores within 3-5 mile radius of our home. Because there was so much overlap between each store’s collection, it was a rare treat to find something new. Once upon a time you basically had to be on a sitcom to get a special released on video.
Now, of course, we live in the golden age of streamlined digital production and instant streaming that has cut way, way down on production costs and now comics at all levels can afford to release specials. Continue reading
Fans of America’s favorite dysfunctional family (no, not the Lohans) are in a much better mood this morning, as word out of series creator Mitch Hurwitz is that Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi and the rest of the Bluth clan will return to the air sometime in the summer of 2013. Though, the show that Fox couldn’t figure out how to keep on the air will be a little more difficult to catch when it does air in the summer of 2013. Continue reading
In a recent blog post Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has copped to the mistake of increasing the price of a Netflix membership by as much as 60%.
“I messed up. I owe everyone an explanation,” he says in the post. Though he admits he handled the annoucement of the price change wrong, he says he would not change it.
Netflix recently changed its pricing scheme so that those who want both streaming and disk delivery will be charged up to 60% more per month. The accountants at Netflix saw streaming usage and content acquisition costs going up and needed to offset those costs with higher revenues. In what surely could not have been unforeseen consequences a loss of distribution deals at the same time as a price hike has caused some customers to reevaluate their options.
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Netflix has just announced that they are splitting up subscriptions for DVD and streaming video. You may still have both, but you’ll pay more. After September 1 the monthly fees will be $7.99 for the one DVD plan and $11.99 for two. Adding a subscription for unlimited streaming will be an additional $7.99 a month, the stand-alone price for a streaming-only plan.
They’re selling this as Great News for DVD-only customers, saving them the $2.00 more than they are currently charging for streaming as well as mailed DVDs, but it’s poorly disguised spin. Just tell us it’s not profitable to give us both for one lower price; that you didn’t anticipate the demand. We’re grown, we can handle it.
