Netflix Nights

[urbpan]

Now that Netflix has decided that my Mac, its operating system, and Firefox are acceptable for watching movies instantly, Alexis and I have been watching season 2 of "Heroes." We gave up watching it on television because our reception wasn't good enough to read the subtitles. When they introduced two Spanish-speaking characters, that was pretty much the last straw. We tried downloading, but had technical difficulties.

So watching it via Netflix is actually working out quite well. My laptop "goes to sleep" at inopportune intervals, but that's not really a problem. The only bad thing is that every episode ends in a cliffhanger, so we "have" to see the next one! You know, if you watch three 40 minute episodes, all of a sudden two hours goes by! For a guy who wakes up a 5 in the morning, this isn't such a great idea.

The good news is that we only have one episode in season 2 to go. The bad news is that there are 13 episodes of season 3 available to watch instantly. Naw, that's good news too!

Comments

[urimancy.livejournal.com]

We use Tivo or Xbox to watch the Netflix titles that are available for streaming on our television. Love it! Especially for television series.

[gigglingwizard.livejournal.com]

You know, if you watch three 40 minute episodes, all of a sudden two hours goes by!

That's not so bad. It used to take three weeks to watch those.

[bdot.livejournal.com]

hmmm... using netflix on demand for tv shows. an inspired idea!

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Good point! It's like a time machine.

Also no commercials.

[phoebess.livejournal.com]

I love the indulgence of catching up all at once on a TV series I've been hearing about for a while. It is dangerously addictive though!

ah, heroes!

[(Anonymous)]

i heart heroes. we've been watching it on netflix as well, 2 episodes in to season 3.

you can make your laptop stop going to sleep on you in system prefs > energy saver.

~christine