Netflix Raises Prices

 
So a lot of people are talking about the announcement that Netflix made this week about their new prices. So pretty much it's like this, Now your DVD queue and Watch Instantly plans are separate. They had account options up until now where you could have both at a combined price. Now you will have to pay for both separately. So pretty much my unlimited Watch Instantly streaming and unlimited 2 DVDs at a time were $14.99 a month. Now they will be priced individually. Watch instantly is $7.99 and the 2 DVD plan is $11.99 a month and there is no package deal. Not cool Netflix.

New users who sign up for Neflix now will only get these new prices. Current users will be forced into the new price plans starting September 1st.

Is Netflix really hard up for the extra cash? Last I checked they have nearly put Blockbuster out of business. I think Netflix will see a decent drop in their user's plans in the near future. Hell, I plan to finish up as much of my DVD queue as I can before September then switch to Watch Instantly only. Still, Netflix itself is still a great thing. People are still going to use it. There's nothing more convenient than your rentals shipped strait to your house in just a day or streaming a wide variety of movies and TV shows from your computer, gaming system, or Netflix ready box or TV.

Even the Redbox rentals still make you leave your house twice and charge a late fee. The way I see it, Netflix is still the best option, but damn. What a slap in the face.

Nerdgasm!

I’m not sure when they were all added to Netflix watch instantly, but I was very (almost TOO very) excited to discover that Netflix now has the X-Men , Spider-man, Iron Man, and The Avengers cartoon series to Watch Instantly. Yeah I’m talking about that 90’s shit. And I say shit in a good way.

I’m more excited about X-Men. This show was my introduction into the world of comics. I still have a big comic box full of only X-Men comics. Uncanny X-men annual Vol.1 #17 “Where Walks the X-Cutioner” was the first comic I ever bought. When I was a kid I would make sure I was parked in front of the TV every Saturday morning by 11:00am to be sure not to miss X-Men on Fox.  It was so fitting that X-Men was the first of this new generation of comic book movies to spark the current craze. This certainly sparked my interest.

So last Sunday, much like the Saturday mornings of my childhood, I parked myself in front of the TV and streamed the entire first season of X-Men. It still holds up. Well, it does for me at least. X-Men introduced real action into a very bland list of Saturday morning cartoons. The show stayed true to the comics and you didn’t need to be a kid to enjoy it. The violence wasn’t toned down particularly. This is a good thing.

I highly recommend that all you Marvel fans go revisit these shows on Netflix. I’m still waiting for Wolverine and the X-Men to pop up on the instant streaming. Unlike the show that IS on Watch Instantly, X-Men: Evolution, Wolverine and the X-Men follows the comics and is almost like a reboot of the 90’s X-Men series. Check that one out too if you can.