Netflix



Netflix is a streaming service which allows one to watch movies and TV shows over the internet, previously known for their DVD rental-by-mail service (now known as DVD.com). Netflix is also available on Xbox and PlayStation consoles, among many other platforms. Being obsessed with television, Chris was an avid consumer of Netflix. The following is a collection of his orders and streams during 2009. (His watch history ever since is unknown, but it can be safely presumed he still binge-watched regularly.)

As the list shows, Chris has spent an awful lot of time watching stuff he has on his watchlist, whether they be classic BBC sitcoms or adult cartoons. On two occasions, he actually spent more than six and a half hours a day watching Keeping Up Appearances and South Park. These long binge-watching periods are also notable in how Chris got into Netflix's streaming service a few years before it really exploded into popularity, and when they primarily still offered DVD by mail.

While Chris's list has some obvious favorites, there are also some surprising oddities; notably, Maniac Nurses Find Ecstasy pops up. It's likely that Chris rented this expecting porn rather than a cheap Hungarian Troma movie. As for Story of O, Chris probably chose it based on its description, not because he is a connoisseur of 1970s French erotic arthouse cinema. Not to mention En la cama, Battle in Heaven, Grande École, etc. Hell, probably the only reason why Chris watches foreign films is if they've got some on-screen china somewhere. Also of note is that he rented both of the Transmorphers movies, cheap knockoffs of Transformers made by The Asylum, a film studio known for making low-budget mockbusters to dupe unsuspecting buyers and piggyback the success of other films.

Chris also watched the South Park episode "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride", but did not seem to take to heart its message of tolerance.

Queues on 21 November 2009
Chris's queues give a more complete perspective on his video-watching habits. Notable among the entries is a large number of mediocre-to-terrible romance films and documentaries; judging from their titles, they were chosen in the hopes of finding some mass debating material. There are also quite a few horror films. It should be noted that Fritz the Cat, a film with an extreme amount of yiffing, is on the list.

Instant Queue
Chris's ratings are denoted with an asterisk.