Dear Netflix....

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

Apparently these are all coming from one studio. Anyone ever bother watching these ? I tried transmorphers and holy shit was it bad.

 

[strahanfan92]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Asylum


Some of the best trolls in the world right now.

 

[jms493]

lol....i just cancelled.....they were making money off us.

 

[Sharkweather]

I'm gonna try out Transmorphers, 200 mph and Snakes on a Train.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Asylum flicks are ridiculously awesome fodder for television. Amazing stuff, really.

If you stripped down the Asylum films to their big budget sister films, they probably aren't that much worse.

 

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

((( The Asylum has never lost money on a film.))

Wow. A.k.a lots of people watching this crap.

 

[EmpireWF]

 

[padman59]

If Netflix stopped putting these shitty movies in their library, Cuba Gooding Jr. wouldn't have a job anymore.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

((( The Asylum has never lost money on a film.))

Wow. A.k.a lots of people watching this crap.

The movies are so low budget, its crazy.

They sell them off to the SyFy Network and have already made a profit.

 

[Champ]

wtf is this shit

 

[Bmore]

I've always wondered what this shit was...

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Starving for work:

C. Thomas Howell
Judd Neslon
Nia Peebles
Kel Mitchell
KEVIN NASH

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Starving for work:

C. Thomas Howell
Judd Neslon
Nia Peebles
Kel Mitchell
KEVIN NASH

I pissed myself when I saw Kevin Nash as Odin in Almighty Thor (which was laughably awful, but really, wasn't that much worse than the theatrical Thor).

gave me flashbacks...

 

I have no idea how C Thomas Howell goes from doing an Asylum movie to being in the soon-to-be blockbuster The Amazing Spiderman...but, whatever.

 

[calgaryballer]

Here is a Wired profile on the studio

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/ff_the_asylum/

 

[Hitman]

Here is a Wired profile on the studio

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/ff_the_asylum/

"Every hit property, whether it’s American Idol or Twilight or Harry Potter, spurs its own parallel economy, a nebulous cosmos of TV specials and publications that attempt to dry-hump the zeitgeist for all it’s worth."

lulz..

 

[tigstah]

Apparently these are all coming from one studio. Anyone ever bother watching these ? I tried transmorphers and holy shit was it bad.

transmorphers......:thumbsdown:

this movie sounds like it died on the vine....

 

[MrBill]

Netflix might be getting a little too greedy here...might curb their growth capabilities as much as the shitty knock off movies they have been adding to their library.

Netflix Introduces New Plans and Announces Price Changes
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Jessie Becker, here to share two significant changes at Netflix with you.

First, we are launching new DVD only plans. These plans offer our lowest prices ever for unlimited DVDs – only $7.99 a month for our 1 DVD out at-a-time plan and $11.99 a month for our 2 DVDs out at-a-time plan. By offering our lowest prices ever, we hope to provide great value to our current and future DVDs by mail members. New members can sign up for these plans by going to DVD.netflix.com.

Second, we are separating unlimited DVDs by mail and unlimited streaming into separate plans to better reflect the costs of each and to give our members a choice: a streaming only plan, a DVD only plan or the option to subscribe to both. With this change, we will no longer offer a plan that includes both unlimited streaming and DVDs by mail.

So for instance, our current $9.99 a month membership for unlimited streaming and unlimited DVDs will be split into 2 distinct plans:

Plan 1: Unlimited Streaming (no DVDs) for $7.99 a month
Plan 2: Unlimited DVDs, 1 out at-a-time (no streaming), for $7.99 a month.

The price for getting both of these plans will be $15.98 a month ($7.99 + $7.99). For new members, these changes are effective immediately; for existing members, the new pricing will start for charges on or after September 1, 2011.

Why the changes?

Last November when we launched our $7.99 unlimited streaming plan, DVDs by mail was treated as a $2 add on to our unlimited streaming plan. At the time, we didn’t anticipate offering DVD only plans. Since then we have realized that there is still a very large continuing demand for DVDs both from our existing members as well as non-members. Given the long life we think DVDs by mail will have, treating DVDs as a $2 add on to our unlimited streaming plan neither makes great financial sense nor satisfies people who just want DVDs. Creating an unlimited DVDs by mail plan (no streaming) at our lowest price ever, $7.99, does make sense and will ensure a long life for our DVDs by mail offering. Reflecting our confidence that DVDs by mail is a long-term business for us, we are also establishing a separate and distinct management team solely focused on DVDs by mail, led by Andy Rendich, our Chief Service and Operations Officer and an 11 year veteran of Netflix.

Now we offer a choice: Unlimited Streaming for $7.99 a month, Unlimited DVDs for $7.99 a month, or both for $15.98 a month ($7.99 + $7.99). We think $7.99 is a terrific value for our unlimited streaming plan and $7.99 a terrific value for our unlimited DVD plan. We hope one, or both, of these plans makes sense for our members and their entertainment needs.

As always, our members can easily choose to change or cancel their unlimited streaming plan, unlimited DVD plan, or both by visiting Your Account.

 

[StealthShot]

It was all too good to be true.

 

[Leftwich]

Goodbye Netflix. Redbox'll rape ya.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Netflix might be getting a little too greedy here...might curb their growth capabilities as much as the shitty knock off movies they have been adding to their library.

I've got 2-Blue Ray's and Unlimited Streaming and currently pay under $20. I'm intrigued to see the price hike here.