Criterion News and Discussion

Stefen · February 15, 2011, 04:34:04 PM

Quote from: I Love a Magician on February 15, 2011, 04:32:03 PM
big fuckin babies can't sit through a 30 second commercial before a 2 hour movie

I wouldn't mind commercials on a free service. Makes sense. But a pay service? No way, man.

I doubt Criterion would allow Hulu to use commercials on their titles. It would severely hurt their integrity.

modage · February 15, 2011, 04:44:02 PM

Quote from: Stefen on February 15, 2011, 04:34:04 PM
Quote from: I Love a Magician on February 15, 2011, 04:32:03 PM
big fuckin babies can't sit through a 30 second commercial before a 2 hour movie
I wouldn't mind commercials on a free service. Makes sense. But a pay service? No way, man.

Exactly. If I am going to pay, I'd rather pay MORE for a Hulu Plus Premium and not have to watch commercials. Netflix doesn't have commercials, why should I have to watch them someplace else?

Quote from: Stefen on February 15, 2011, 04:34:04 PM
I doubt Criterion would allow Hulu to use commercials on their titles. It would severely hurt their integrity.

The commercials are all before the movie so there are no interruptions. Still, that's not the case with Hulu's other selections.

modage · February 15, 2011, 04:58:40 PM

I get it.

Quote from: HuluFor Criterion, thanks to our advertising partners, Hulu Plus subscribers will be able to watch the Criterion Collection free of interruption. (Any ads will play up front.)

Quote from: NetflixWe don't play commercials.

Stefen · February 15, 2011, 05:17:57 PM

So can someone who pays the monthly Hulu Plus fee tell me what makes it better than Netflix?

I mean, if you had to pick one or the other. Is streaming Criterion the only benefit?

Right now with Netflix I can stream Enter the Void, Dogtooth and many other films that people like us care about, but I was also just sent the Criterion BD edition of Ride with the Devil.

I was always under the impression that Hulu was just a way to catch episodes of TMZ and How I Met Your Mother. It just seems like a stupid marriage.

RegularKarate · February 15, 2011, 06:05:43 PM

They're different. Hulu is more TV focused and Netflix is more movie focused. There's crossover in both and both are trying to make the crossover area wider. Competition can only be a good thing.

Hulu plus is cheap... If my roomate didn't really want cable, I'd cut the cord now.

Stefen · February 15, 2011, 06:14:38 PM

Who would pay a subscription service to watch TV? Any TV show is easily accessible through torrents and downloads and easily streamable from your PC to your television via an Xbox, PS3 or Roku player. I get home from work late on Thursday nights and queue up my Thursday night television (Jersey Shore, Friday Night Lights and the NBC lineup) and it's all ready to go by the time I'm done showering and cooking something to eat.

Still, it's going to be really funny when some idiot gets finished watching the latest episode of The Big Bang Theory and see's a Criterion film for the first time. "Holy shit, that episode was really funny. What else does Hulu have? haha, look a that movie! FAT GIRL! HOLY SHIT THAT SOUNDS HILARIOUS! I heard it's like Big Mommas House but funnier than fuck! FUCK YEA PUT IT THE FUCK ON!"

I Love a Magician · February 15, 2011, 06:16:03 PM

Quote from: Stefen on February 15, 2011, 04:34:04 PM
Quote from: I Love a Magician on February 15, 2011, 04:32:03 PM
big fuckin babies can't sit through a 30 second commercial before a 2 hour movie

I wouldn't mind commercials on a free service. Makes sense. But a pay service? No way, man.

have you ever been to a theater

Reel · February 15, 2011, 08:58:32 PM

Quote from: Stefen on February 15, 2011, 06:14:38 PM
"Holy shit, that episode was really funny. What else does Hulu have? haha, look a that movie! FAT GIRL! HOLY SHIT THAT SOUNDS HILARIOUS! I heard it's like Big Mommas House but funnier than fuck! FUCK YEA PUT IT THE FUCK ON!"

hahahahahahahaha!

RegularKarate · February 16, 2011, 10:36:35 AM

Quote from: Stefen on February 15, 2011, 06:14:38 PM
Who would pay a subscription service to watch TV? Any TV show is easily accessible through torrents and downloads and easily streamable from your PC to your television

Torrents and hooking your PC up to your TV every time you want to watch TV are a pain in the ass compared to pushing two buttons. Oh, and it's legal.

The Perineum Falcon · February 16, 2011, 11:03:45 AM

The point here is that after December of this year, to my understanding, Criterion will only stream thru Hulu, and will be unavailable to Netflix subscribers (tho I assume you can still get the physical discs). So, yeah, I'll probably pay for Hulu Plus.

Pubrick · February 16, 2011, 06:59:25 PM

i don't get netflix or hulu plus in australia.

i'd pay for either.

so yeah..

Quote from: I Love a Magician on February 15, 2011, 04:32:03 PM
big fuckin babies

socketlevel · February 17, 2011, 09:56:18 AM

Quote from: P on February 16, 2011, 06:59:25 PM
i don't get netflix or hulu plus in australia.

i'd pay for either.

so yeah..

Quote from: I Love a Magician on February 15, 2011, 04:32:03 PM
big fuckin babies

ya netflix sucks in Canada due to licencing rights; we get fuck all for movies.

modage · February 22, 2011, 09:29:15 AM

Top 10 Cool Criterion Collection Covers
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2052933_2052932,00.html

Ravi · February 22, 2011, 11:04:49 AM

Quote from: modage on February 22, 2011, 09:29:15 AM
Top 10 Cool Criterion Collection Covers
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2052933_2052932,00.html

This should be on some guy's blog entry, not Time magazine.

Stefen · February 24, 2011, 06:28:22 PM

They're having a 50% off sale here soon today in honor of them reaching 50K facebook fans. It's only going to last 50,000 seconds.