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'Arrested Development' Comes Exclusively To Netflix
First time accepted submitter Xondak writes "The cult series 'Arrested Development' is being resurrected and brought exclusively to Netflix streaming subscribers. This marks the first time a major studio has produced first-run content for the streaming service and perhaps this will afford other opportunities for cancelled Fox series. Firefly, anyone?"
I'm allergic to giving money to corporations that sponsor bills like SOPA.
Gee ... there's just too many to choose from.
I closed my Netflix account during all the price-hike hoopla and really haven't missed it at all (started reading a lot more). So I guess I'll do what I do with TV shows (since we don't own a TV) and wait until they're out on DVD or streaming somewhere else for free online. I'm patient enough to do this with Futurama, so I can wait for more episodes of this awesomely twisted show.
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1) "Firefly" or "SGU" or whatever your sci-fi poison is can't and won't be retrieved this way - because it is too expensive and Netflix subscribers simply won't do all the lifting;
2) As someone already pointed out, Netflix and other streaming services which streams tv series are kinda useless in big picture, because they won't be allowed in the rest of the world due of syndication/greed/whatever is new reason for MAFIAA to restrict their product to be available for rest of us;
3) And I'm alergic to bulshit like SOPA too - so I see less and less initiative to play by the rules. If they think that threatening everyone like wannabe criminals, why I should try to change their mind? There is lot of other things to really worry about, like hunger, economical stagnation, or even existence of capitalism itself. I will try to get myself into more independent stuff and support them - as I already do using open source and free software for 11 years.
user@ubuntubox:~$ stfu This server is going down for shutdown NOW!
This is what I hate about Netflix, Hulu, iTunes, Google Music, and every other digital music vendor - limited selection. I can get show X or album Y on service 1, but not on service 2.
I want every CD, every DVD, and every TV show available to me digitally. That's what we all want. It's not like they aren't already sitting in some digital format somewhere.
I've long thought that digital media should be like the Internet, with individual Music Service Providers competing based on their interface, features, etc., and not on their catalog. In other words, all content available through everyone and that's not why you choose one over the other.
iTunes, Google Music, Netflix, etc. are simply recreations of the record company distribution monopoly. At least with record companies, there was one LP, 8-track, cassette, and CD standard. Today you can own a piece of media and not be able to play it on all your devices.
Advice: on VPS providers
Read the caption again. This is for NEW material. Not old seasons.
And that's why you don't use a one-armed man to scare someone.
So how long before movies and mobile applications bought on iTunes Store will be DRM-free? Oh wait: the estate of Steve Jobs is the biggest shareholder of both Apple and Disney.
Netfix surely could have gotten the content cheaper if it was non-exclusive. The price hike everyone was griping about isn't being spent (entirely) on bringing more content to Netflix subscribers. Part of it is being spent on keeping content away from subscribers of other content delivery services, i.e. exclusivity. You're happy to pay more to help Netflix shut out its competitors, right?
Note: I'm not arguing about whether or not Netfix is a good deal for the price. I'm arguing against exclusivity as a matter of principle -- it's an abuse of customers to make them pay more in order to make the market less competitive (which ultimately hurts consumers).
A simple file has all of the advantages of streaming media and none of the downsides. When it also represents the cheaper option, it really makes no sense to shun physical media.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
Jericho reboot is currently on AMC. They wanted to mix it up a bit from "Internal terrorists" and went with "Zombies" instead as the main plot.
More or less remains unchanged.
Can a 4-year-long series with established talent be considered "cult?"
It's a fox tv series that aired in the US a few years back. Among people who watched it, it was exceptionally well regarded, but it suffered and died from two problems:
1) Jumping in was hard, because there were a lot of self-referential jokes from earlier episodes.
2) It got consistently stuck in terrible time-slots, and this was before Nielsen figured out how to deal with people using dvrs.
If you're a nerd and enjoy comedy series, I'd highly recommend it. In my opinion it's the best comedy series ever on tv, and the only one that I've watched the entirety of more than 3 times.
"Who is the Journal of Quantum Physics going to believe?" --Stephen Hawking
Seasons 1 and 2 were brilliant. Having not seen the show in the UK, I laughed a lot during these.
By half way through season 3, I understood why it had been cancelled. Man that was dire!
The British stuff in season 3 was pretty average, but pretty much every other aspect of it was brilliant.
Like:
- Tobias' hair plugs
- George Sr talking at the "scared straight" tent
- George Sr being under house arrest and wanting to go back to prison
- the surrogate
- Gob and Steve Holt
Etc etc...
Read Pynchon.