When Netflix said last month that it was ending its DVD subscription service after a 25-year run due to a shrinking customer base, many people shrugged. Some even asked, 'That still exists?'
and has 182 films in his queue , is also lamenting the loss of options."Once we lose control and return it to the studios, we've lost a control we've had since VHS came around," he tells Yahoo Entertainment. Among the hard-to-find films he'll soon be watching:Genevieve.
But, Patrick adds,"The best ones were the ones that people didn’t rent, the super-sleepers … that don’t get lost or broken." Still other reasons for sticking with the DVD service range from extra content to the satisfaction of the queue itself."I've watched so many movies twice, the second time with director's commentary," says Boucher, who appreciates bonus content."had commentary with Francis Ford Coppola… and while some streaming services might have that, like Criterion, most of the regular streamers have the movie and that's it.
Eric Althoff, a 44-year-old freelance writer and editor living in Virginia, appreciates the organizational quality."Firstly, with my OCD, I really liked having the queue as a visual aid of what movies/shows I still had coming up," he shares."For whatever reason, the visual queue really, really worked and hit all of my happy places — ditto the list of what I had already watched.
"That’s one of the bummers," echoes Denison."It’s nice to have something come in the mail that you look forward to, which is not really common anymore."
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