Oh, man. Netflix knows me too well. I do enjoy "foreign steamy romance."
However, I find fault with its assumption that I like classics from the 1960s based on my interest in "Bad Girls Go to Hell," "Blood Feast," and "Two Thousand Maniacs."
You don't know how many shitty teen movies there are out there until you make the mistake of adding Bring It On to your que one night when you're drunk.
it's because your taste in horror films is congruent with metal dudes'(i have dated enough to know). do they recommend seasons of UFC to you too? i get those a lot based on my interest in john waters.
I know exactly what you mean. I've picked out like 2 foreign movies and now half of everything they recommend for me has subtitles. And just because I like the Simpsons and Family Guy doesn't mean I have any interest in Robot Chicken. And despite the fact that they probably make up half of my queue and a good portion of the movies that I've received, Netflix fails to recognize my love of Zombie flicks. I think their computer is special.
Hee. HEEE. Because I enjoyed "Mitch Hedberg - Mitch Altogether" and "Freaks", Netflix is sure that I'll enjoy "The Best of Nature: 25 Years." Aha! Ahahaha! This is fun.
Ha! My personal favorite is the time I bought Casino Royale from Amazon, and a few days later they sent me an e-mail, suggesting that based on my recent purchase, perhaps I would like to buy a Hello Kitty dvd?
(Not, of course, that I *wouldn't* like to buy a Hello Kitty dvd, but I'm really at a loss as to how you get from one to the other.)
I believe Christy has called it correctly-your love of Saw et, al must be to blame although I was quite baffled when I saw their conclusion that you were a Slayer fan. CLEARLY you would a Stryper fancier.
I think that you should rent and watch those as, as you always put it, a cultural experience :) Like Klosterman and Vh1 classic, you could watch nothing but Vulgar Videos from Hell for 24hrs and see what life lessons you can extract :)
Apropos to nothing, can I just say how much I enjoy your posts on the vh1 blog? They are -- as I have come to expect from your blog -- clever & hilarious. I never post comments there, though, because I don't keep company with people who think "DIE AMBRE DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…DO YOU EVEN KNWO WHAT YOUR NAME MEANS IN SPANISH?…IT MEANS HUNGER….WHICH MAKES YOU A FATTY!…WHORE!…KRIST JO AND DAISY ARE WAY BETTER THAN YOU…GET OVER IT"*
Amazon is convinced I'm a 6 year old girl. It keeps asking me to buy Build-a-Bear Workshop, the Video Game.
Posted by: BradOFarrell | August 27, 2008 at 01:32 PM
netflix is the devil...but i love it oh so much! can we be netflix buddies?!
Posted by: Jessie | August 27, 2008 at 01:39 PM
I got this once:
RECOMMENDED: An Inconvenient Truth
BECAUSE YOU LIKED: Brokeback Mountain
It's the closest an automated computer service has ever come to calling me a "liberal fag."
Posted by: Christin | August 27, 2008 at 01:48 PM
Oh, man. Netflix knows me too well. I do enjoy "foreign steamy romance."
However, I find fault with its assumption that I like classics from the 1960s based on my interest in "Bad Girls Go to Hell," "Blood Feast," and "Two Thousand Maniacs."
Posted by: Louis | August 27, 2008 at 02:02 PM
You don't know how many shitty teen movies there are out there until you make the mistake of adding Bring It On to your que one night when you're drunk.
Posted by: Annie | August 27, 2008 at 02:08 PM
it's because your taste in horror films is congruent with metal dudes'(i have dated enough to know). do they recommend seasons of UFC to you too? i get those a lot based on my interest in john waters.
Posted by: christy | August 27, 2008 at 02:13 PM
I know exactly what you mean. I've picked out like 2 foreign movies and now half of everything they recommend for me has subtitles. And just because I like the Simpsons and Family Guy doesn't mean I have any interest in Robot Chicken. And despite the fact that they probably make up half of my queue and a good portion of the movies that I've received, Netflix fails to recognize my love of Zombie flicks. I think their computer is special.
Posted by: beliefunwrought | August 27, 2008 at 02:18 PM
Also, some one please tell me what the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie has to to do with The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story?
Posted by: beliefunwrought | August 27, 2008 at 02:19 PM
Hee. HEEE. Because I enjoyed "Mitch Hedberg - Mitch Altogether" and "Freaks", Netflix is sure that I'll enjoy "The Best of Nature: 25 Years." Aha! Ahahaha! This is fun.
Posted by: | August 27, 2008 at 02:45 PM
ha!!
Posted by: sarah | August 27, 2008 at 04:33 PM
Based on those recommendations, you are doing something awesomely right.
Posted by: | August 27, 2008 at 04:35 PM
Vulgar Videos from Hell hahaha
Posted by: Chris | August 27, 2008 at 05:13 PM
C'mon, Rich, embrace your inner hair(and/or) metal band. We just know there's a Warrant or Twisted Sister in there somewheres.
Posted by: EvilWilma | August 27, 2008 at 05:43 PM
Ha! My personal favorite is the time I bought Casino Royale from Amazon, and a few days later they sent me an e-mail, suggesting that based on my recent purchase, perhaps I would like to buy a Hello Kitty dvd?
(Not, of course, that I *wouldn't* like to buy a Hello Kitty dvd, but I'm really at a loss as to how you get from one to the other.)
Posted by: Melissa | August 27, 2008 at 08:54 PM
Mariah, Pantera, same thing.
Posted by: steele | August 27, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Frankly, I think they're pointing you in the right direction :D \m/
Posted by: sharon | August 27, 2008 at 10:45 PM
the way I see it, you're doing something right.
Posted by: L | August 27, 2008 at 11:58 PM
I bought a memoir on Amazon once and they recommended sTORI Telling. Same reaction.
Posted by: Sam | August 28, 2008 at 04:18 AM
I believe Christy has called it correctly-your love of Saw et, al must be to blame although I was quite baffled when I saw their conclusion that you were a Slayer fan. CLEARLY you would a Stryper fancier.
Posted by: Vanessa | August 28, 2008 at 10:36 AM
I think that you should rent and watch those as, as you always put it, a cultural experience :) Like Klosterman and Vh1 classic, you could watch nothing but Vulgar Videos from Hell for 24hrs and see what life lessons you can extract :)
Posted by: Lizzie | August 28, 2008 at 10:50 AM
Apropos to nothing, can I just say how much I enjoy your posts on the vh1 blog? They are -- as I have come to expect from your blog -- clever & hilarious. I never post comments there, though, because I don't keep company with people who think "DIE AMBRE DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…DO YOU EVEN KNWO WHAT YOUR NAME MEANS IN SPANISH?…IT MEANS HUNGER….WHICH MAKES YOU A FATTY!…WHORE!…KRIST JO AND DAISY ARE WAY BETTER THAN YOU…GET OVER IT"*
*actual quote!
Posted by: ihaveneverinmylifeyelledatagirllikethis | August 28, 2008 at 03:15 PM
I use Greencine.com Their selection is much more eclectic. Especially if you're a fan of zombies/cannibals/any obscure horror.
Er, not to shill for them or anything.
Posted by: redb | August 28, 2008 at 05:36 PM
"I must be doing something wrong"
..using netflix.
try
- sidereel
- watch-movies.net
- nabolister
- ovguide
- surfthechannel
Posted by: l'wren | August 28, 2008 at 07:29 PM
Slayer and Pantera, are you secretly my boyfriend? =P
Posted by: Prescilla | September 02, 2008 at 12:17 AM
Netflix left me Ferngully as a recommendation for renting an Almonovar film. Sensical.
Posted by: ChloeDee | September 03, 2008 at 11:57 AM