“Flick” - slang for movie.
“Flix” - a hip way to pluralize “flick”.
“The Net” - slang for internet.
So isn’t it implied that Netflix is a place to get movies from the
internet? Have you tried to stream a
movie from Netflix recently? More times
than not when you type in a movie title they seem confused by your request.
They do offer up suggestions for movies they think are close. For example, when
I type in Rocky, they suggest Rocky and Bullwinkle. Not exactly the same movie, but they’re
trying. In the latest issue of GQ there’s an article about how Netflix has
begun producing multiple TV series with ambitions of bucking the network
television system. No more conforming to
standard episode lengths, ordering whole seasons without a pilot, shows won’t
be canceled midseason because the entire seasons will be available at
once. Those are ambitious goals, my concern is they weren’t able to accomplish
their original goal, flix on the net. When
your store is called Donut Hut and I ask you for a donut, you can’t tell me,
“well we never really figured out making donuts”. Then expect me to believe you when you say, “but
we’re working on some great new recipes for vegan lasagna.”
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