Netflix to lose 2000 movies tomorrow
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Netflix streaming catalog is about to lose nearly 2000 movies.
As of May 1, 2013, Netflix will officially have 1794 fewer titles in its streaming repository. Now, before you freak out too much, this isn't as bad as the Great Netflix Starzageddon of 2012. After Netflix and Starz were unable to renew their streaming agreements with one another, more than a 1,000 films — including many of the newer films in Netflix's streaming catalog — disappeared from the service.
This time, most of the titles (you can see the full list here) are inconsequential and include titles such as Caged Fury (yes, that's a real movie starring Erik Estrada) and 1998's Deep Impact. Still, we're also losing Cruel Intentions, which makes my 16-year-old heart break into thousands of tiny pieces.
For his part, Brobible's Andy Moore will be doing a viewing party for Big Daddy tonight.
So why are these titles leaving Netflix? Licensing. The titles belong to Warner Bros., MGM and Universal and will soon only be accessible through the Warner Archive Instant service. Yeah, I didn't know about that service either. Apparently for $10 a month you can get a selection of streaming films only slightly better than what Redbox Instant offers. Who knew!
While this purge might not be of Netflix's most important titles, it could be a sign of things to come. Earlier this month, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said that he was considering letting a broad television deal with Viacom Networks lapse. That would mean that shows from Nickelodeon, MTV, VH1 and BET could all disappear from the service at the end of May.
Now, losing Cruel Intentions is one thing, but if I lose Teen Mom and SpongeBob SquarePants, I'm seriously going to be unhappy.
What sub-par Netflix movie will you miss the most? Let us know in the comments.
http://mashable.com/2013/04/30/netflix-streamageddon-2013/
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I ? loved Cruel Intentions. They lose 90's nick and it's a wrap.
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Hope they get rid of the ? on netflix
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Netflix's streaming sucks
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Netflix will be dead soon ..? already done turned into a foreign movie streaming service.
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Apple tv jailbroken ftw...netflix BEEN lost my business!
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DU IS ABLE TO ? HISSELF
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Dr. Stitch wrote: »Apple tv jailbroken ftw...netflix BEEN lost my business!
Now I gotta google that. -
Private torrent site ftw
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? wack...
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The user and all related content has been deleted.
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Netflix been ass anyway. ? can't even get batman the animated series on that ? .
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Only thing I used Netflix for was Burn Notice. Watched Weeds out of boredom... I was glad how it ended with season 7. That ? had been ? up the game for too long.
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I sadly cancelled my subscription nearly a year ago, the parental controls are the 'woat' and my kids are starting to get too old to see the titles that come up and ? forbid I want to watch one of those.
"oh look, what's this on the Recently watched?" -
Lol, I stop messing with Netflix ever since I discovered Youtube's classic horror movies that I've never seen. So far I've found maybe 600-800 movies, the full versions too!
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The user and all related content has been deleted.
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good. that leaves 2000 fewer ? movies to sort throught
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Only reason i still have Netflick is its only $7 a month. So ist hard for them not to meet my expectations seeing as though for $7 a month I dont expect much anyway.
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I used it for cheesy horror movies and action flicks, but they take too long to get new releases and keep taking down movies.
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As long as titanic 2 stays on there then I'm good
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Ive only kept it for when I mrrded to catch up on breaking bad. My kids use it more than I do. I havent used it in months
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Yeah i havent renewed my Netflix subscription in like 3 months.
Def gonna do it when Arrested Development Season 4 gets on there tho. -
Hopefully I can catch up on these anime flicks before netflix goes the way of hollywood video.
Watching robotech right now. They watch instantly is asscheeks outside the cartoon network shows. -
EtherealAmotekun wrote: »Hopefully I can catch up on these anime flicks before netflix goes the way of hollywood video.
Watching robotech right now. They watch instantly is asscheeks outside the cartoon network shows.
have you tried crunchyroll as an alternative to netflix's bitchassness? -
I account swap with my ? so Smh at him for paying for that ? lol