Wal-Mart Turns Over DVD Rentals to Netflix

prostoalex writes "US retail giant Wal-Mart is turning its DVD rental business to Netflix. No word on how much money the deal is worth but Netflix will feature promotional Wal-Mart links for the 100K customers it gets from the retail chain."

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Blockbuster campaign

[E IS mC(Square)]

New Blockbuster campign "No late fees! And this time its for real!!"

Re:Blockbuster campaign

[sandman935]

The problem is that you need a new frame of reference. Try working in the agriculture or construction field and it won't take long before you wax nostalgic about the good ole days at Blockbuster.

Hey Blockbuster...

[LegendOfLink]

You can kiss your ass goodbye...Always.

oh no!

[Anonymous Coward]

... no more R rated movies from netflix! only good christian fare :(

WalMart = Microsoft of retail

[KingVance]

Wal mart is actually giving up a market instead of pricing them out of business?

As a Netflix customer, I have to say...

[Anonymous Coward]

In return, Netflix will remind its subscribers that they can buy DVDs from Walmart.com.

No thanks

Re:Wal-mart censorship

[WormholeFiend]

It's not just WalMart that does this.

Whenever I visit such a store, I always stop by the DVD movie department and ask "can you help me find the pr0n section?"

And then I roll my eyes and look all frustrated when they tell me they don't sell anything in that category.

Re:Uh-oh

[Anonymous Coward]

...maybe, after a while, Wal-mart will force Netflix to carry only movies made in China?

I, for one, am looking forward to the DVD release of Levenge of the Sith.

Re:The stuff billionaires are made of

[Anonymous Coward]

So you want to be able to go to a store and pick up a dvd rental by just giving them your card? That's an amazing idea. Some company like blockbuster or hollywood video should offer such a service.

Re:Wal-mart censorship

[ReverendHoss]

Hmmm...I wonder how a censored pr0n movie will be like

Short.

Big story

[Golias]

In other news, it appears that Wal-Mart used to rent out DVD's.

Re:The stuff billionaires are made of

[revery]

You hand the Wal-Mart electronics guru your Netflix card

guru?!?!

In which parallel dimension have you been shopping and how do I get there?

Re:Wal-mart censorship

[Rude Turnip]

"can you help me find the pr0n section?"

Well that's your problem. They probably think you're looking for small, delicious crustacean.

Re:Wal-mart censorship

[Anonymous Coward]

As a Christian I agree, Walmart shouldn't sell this unwholesome material. Now if you will exuse me I have to pick up some beer, a carton of cigarettes, and a gun at Walmart.

Re:Wal-mart censorship

[yotto]

*Hmmm...I wonder how a censored pr0n movie will be like*

Plumber comes in, offers to snake the pipes. Housewife smiles at him seductively... ...And the plumber leaves the house.

change to NetFlix's site code...

[natophonic]

if (customer.isWalMartCustomer() == true)
{
filmList.setSafeForJesusLand(true);
}

Re:The stuff billionaires are made of

[CMonk]

Ha. Tha will actually involve entering a Wal Mart store. That's not a good idea, I don't think I'm up to date on my tetanus shots. Have you ever been in a Wal Mart store?

Re:Wal-mart censorship

[The Bungi]

Well, there is the Normal version, sometimes also called Theatrical Release version. Then there's the Director's Cut and sometimes the Two-Disc Extended Aspect Ratio Cut With Pointless Distracting Commentary And Useless Bonus Features version.

And there's the Praise The Lord and Pass The Ammo version, in which the phrase fuck you has been dubbed over with forget you and holy fucking shit has been replaced with oh my.

They're also much shorter. All the violent scenes and sexual content have been removed, so unless you're renting a crummy teenager bubble gum love story produced by Disney you get opening credits, six minutes of disjointed plot lines by characters that seemingly came out of nowhere, and finally the exciting closing credits.

Very efficient, especially if you, like me, have little time to engage in movie viewing. Sometimes you can even get the soundtrack, assuming it has no hip-hop numbers on it.

God bless Wal-Mart, I say.

Re:Wal-mart censorship

[Big_Al_B]

What do you do when Wal-Mart is the only game in town?

Well, I'd mosey over to the next town, I s'pose. Course'n I might need an auto-mo-bile fer that.

Or I may shop online. Or by mail order. Or have a cityslicker cousin buy movies for me.

Inconvenience is not censorship.

Re:Wal-mart censorship

[killmenow]

I dont (sic) think you can get porn on netflix anyway

No, but you can get stuff like this.

Re:Wal-mart censorship

[wo1verin3]

It's horrible actually. In Japan they have to cover the male and female private areas... so it's like watching an episode of cops where the penis is the suspect.... break and entering?

Re:Competition

[ultramk]

Yeah, I can't wait till that damn Blockbuster Petsmart goes under so I don't get kitty litter in my microwave popcorn anymore!

m-

Re:Competition

[George Tirebuyer]

Godzilla vs Mothra

Re:Airline versions

[rockola]

For the movie "Rainman" the airlines cut the scene out where Dustin Hoffman freaks out in the airport and cites airline crash statistics.

Qantas didn't, and here's why:

Charlie: Ray, all airlines have crashed at one time or another, that doesn't mean that they are not safe.
Raymond: QANTAS. QANTAS never crashed.
Charlie: QANTAS?
Raymond: Never crashed.
Charlie: Oh that's gonna do me a lot of good because QANTAS doesn't fly to Los Angeles out of Cincinnati, you have to get to Melbourne! Melbourne, Australia in order to get the plane that flies to Los Angeles!