It's because the US Netflix has to compete against HBO, Cinemax, STARZ, and Showtime for movie rights. Any 2012 movie that plays on any of those four channels will never be on Netflix USA and vice versa.
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Netflix |OT| Where Binge Watching is Encouraged
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It's because the US Netflix has to compete against HBO, Cinemax, STARZ, and Showtime for movie rights. Any 2012 movie that plays on any of those four channels will never be on Netflix USA and vice versa.
BlackGhost
Banned
I'd like to see Netflix tackle a sci fi/space show.
Maklershed
Member
Yesssss. With Katee Sackhoff and Morena Baccarin.
OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
Member
I'd like to see Netflix work on getting better films for WI.
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
The person who lives with me was about to go with Unblock Us but we thought it was a one time $4.99 fee. Damn. :\
RedAssedApe
Banned
Netflix needs to search out more shows that they can help bring back. Even if its something like what they are doing with AMC and the Killing.
Does Starz own the rights to Party Down?
Does Starz own the rights to Party Down?
If it were a one time fee, I would have been demanding everywhere sign up from the get go.
I believe they do. Netflix does keep any eye on cult shows they can revive. Like Jericho and Terra Nova. Sometimes deals fall through. Although, in Jericho's case, Netflix got greedy and it cost them.
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
Honestly, it's worth it considering what you get but we can't afford it.
At 2,50 a person surely you can manage something? Once a month, find something you can save 2,50 on groceries by buying a cheaper alternative for some things and you're done.
Femmeworth
Banned
Damages Season Five came out on DVD this week. Why is it not on Netflix? :\
SirMossyBloke
Member
Go to google, search for "U.S. netflix DNS", done.
Don't know if this has been posted:
http://www.reddit.com/r/netflix/comments/1fxwvt/with_this_script_you_can_switch_between_different/
Watch different netflix regions with Hola Unblocker. Works great so far. And best of all it's free.
http://www.reddit.com/r/netflix/comments/1fxwvt/with_this_script_you_can_switch_between_different/
Watch different netflix regions with Hola Unblocker. Works great so far. And best of all it's free.
Very interesting......
It works, but buffering videos is really slow for me. I'm watching Sweden's Netflix and everytime I start a new video it takes over a minute for the video to buffer.
Edit: Hola is a free VPN service which explains why it's so slow. Also, it has P2P meant to make the internet faster for Hola users. I don't want that P2P junk in my browser so I won't keep this permanently installed.
Edit: Hola is a free VPN service which explains why it's so slow. Also, it has P2P meant to make the internet faster for Hola users. I don't want that P2P junk in my browser so I won't keep this permanently installed.
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
Unblock Us is a godsend. I really am digging checking out all the movies on the other Netflixeseseses. Got to see some movies I've been wanting to see for awhile.
Paranormal Activity 4 was meh.
Dark Knight Rises was actually pretty good, maybe even better than the second movie. Deckard Bane was quite vile.
I've been wanting to see the Butterfly Effect for years and finally got to now.... What a disappointment. It just sounded good on paper.
Green Lantern was forgettable. Terrible characters, boring movie, below average SFX.... Ugh.
Up next, Sherlock Holmes and The Game of Shadows and then maybe Three Stooges. lol.
Paranormal Activity 4 was meh.
Dark Knight Rises was actually pretty good, maybe even better than the second movie. Deckard Bane was quite vile.
I've been wanting to see the Butterfly Effect for years and finally got to now.... What a disappointment. It just sounded good on paper.
Green Lantern was forgettable. Terrible characters, boring movie, below average SFX.... Ugh.
Up next, Sherlock Holmes and The Game of Shadows and then maybe Three Stooges. lol.
I'm on Sweden's netflix right now and i'm not having any buffering issues. Starts right up as if i were using regular netflix.
Any device. But you have to change the settings first. And you could only change the region(well, in unblock us case anyway) through the website.
The service won't mess with your blu-ray(or whatever) if you don't want to.
Added today:
Apartment 4E (Thriller)
Intolerable Cruelty (Romantic, Comedy)
I Want My Name Back (Documentary, Social, Hip-Hop)
Lovestruck: The Musical
Nightfall (Action, Thriller, Foreign/Chinese)
Red Flag (Dark Comedy)
Ripper Street (TV, Crime, Drama, UK)
Rubberneck (Thriller)
Somebody's Child (Drama)
The Intouchables (Drama, Foreign)
The Surge (Thriller, B-Horror)
Traces of Dragon:Jackie Chan & Lost Family (Documentary)
Trailer Park Boys Season 1-7 (Comedy)
Unfinished Sky (Indie, Drama)
Apartment 4E (Thriller)
Intolerable Cruelty (Romantic, Comedy)
I Want My Name Back (Documentary, Social, Hip-Hop)
Lovestruck: The Musical
Nightfall (Action, Thriller, Foreign/Chinese)
Red Flag (Dark Comedy)
Ripper Street (TV, Crime, Drama, UK)
Rubberneck (Thriller)
Somebody's Child (Drama)
The Intouchables (Drama, Foreign)
The Surge (Thriller, B-Horror)
Traces of Dragon:Jackie Chan & Lost Family (Documentary)
Trailer Park Boys Season 1-7 (Comedy)
Unfinished Sky (Indie, Drama)
obin_gam
Member
FINALLY!!
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
List of movies I'm planning on seeing before the trial ends:
- Sherlock Homes: Game of Shadows
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Unknown
- Wrath of the Titans (I'm guessing this one is Green Lantern levels of awful)
- A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (stupid, I know but I need some laugh)
- Three Stooges 2012 (same as above)
- Goodfellas (haven't seen it yet)
Movies I watched with it so far:
- Paranormal Activity 4
- Dark Knight Rises
- Butterfly Effect
- The Green Lantern
All pretty bad except for Dark Knight Rises. lol.
- Sherlock Homes: Game of Shadows
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Unknown
- Wrath of the Titans (I'm guessing this one is Green Lantern levels of awful)
- A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (stupid, I know but I need some laugh)
- Three Stooges 2012 (same as above)
- Goodfellas (haven't seen it yet)
Movies I watched with it so far:
- Paranormal Activity 4
- Dark Knight Rises
- Butterfly Effect
- The Green Lantern
All pretty bad except for Dark Knight Rises. lol.
Goodfellas is a must. Rise of the Planet of the Apes is amazing. Harold/Kumar is hilarious. Wrath of the Titans is a decent action flick.
My recommendations:
Mexico - [REC], 30 days of Night
Sweden - The Goonies, Project X, Collateral, Red Eye, Law Abiding Citizen, Tropic Thunder
My recommendations:
Mexico - [REC], 30 days of Night
Sweden - The Goonies, Project X, Collateral, Red Eye, Law Abiding Citizen, Tropic Thunder
SirMossyBloke
Member
Ripper Street is a great TV show. Everyone should watch it!
Mustainium
Banned
Yep, tried it out myself and it froze to buffer HD quality every two minutes. Guess I won't be watching Homeland.
I'm very much looking forward to it, hopefully it hits Netflix soon.
Ether_Snake
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Guys is there any way to access US netflix in Canada on PS3 or PC?
Just signed up. Glad it's a free month, it's only recommending me crap (Katty Perry and My Little Pony when I clicked Not Interested and said I never watch comedy or kids stuff or feel good crap?) and what I search for is always unavailable.
Just signed up. Glad it's a free month, it's only recommending me crap (Katty Perry and My Little Pony when I clicked Not Interested and said I never watch comedy or kids stuff or feel good crap?) and what I search for is always unavailable.
I'm using the trial for this http://www.unblock-us.com/ lets you watch netflix movies from Mexico,UK,Canada,Sweden and some othere places on your PC, PS3 Xbox and some other devices.
I think UK are going to get new episodes of Breaking Bad on a weekly basis as they air in the USA. Was this announced before, if so I missed it. Pretty excited. https://www.facebook.com/NetflixUK
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
That is GENIUS. Saves me torrenting that shit 
Jest Chillin
Member
It's actually missing the last batch of episodes. There's 64 in the series and only 51 on Netflix at the moment. So I don't think you can take it as much of a sign.
Hulu Plus had season 2 till June 30th, but they just lost the contract for it and only have 4 random episodes now.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Season 2 should be up a bit after the DVD release I would think. I just bit the bullet and bought it on iTunes as it aired. Think I have rewatched season 2 twice already. (Not all at once. Just random episodes here and there.)
But Netflix is dying and is producing no significant original content....and their movie selection sucks!
But then you try Hulu Plus, get bombarded with apps and end up appreciating the fuck out of Netflix again haha.
I marathoned Masterchef on Hulu Plus yesterday. I must have watched the same five or so commercials over those episodes over and over again.
Maklershed
Member
They still do that? That's a bummer. I tried Hulu Plus a year or two ago and cancelled after a month because not only are the ads plentiful and obtrusive but they don't change them. It was maddening.
Yep. I'm just glad the commercial breaks are at most 90 seconds....easy to take a minute and a half break and browse the web for a bit as opposed to five minutes or whatever on TV.