No price increase should bother you as much as this movie
The internets have been pumping rage at the Netflix price increase of 60 percent and fracking with the options enough to put a damper on our plans to rewatch the entire Battlestar Galactica this summer. That’s why we’re holding our NOTflix DVD swap on Wednesday to encourage old-school movie sharing sans red envelopes. But all told, the plans for unlimited movie access is practically half the cost of seeing a film at your local gagaplex, and the snacks are way cheaper. So we’re asking: will your Netflix habits will change? Will you watch fewer movies, read more books, or just suck it up and pay? Is this the end of the DVD as we know it? We’ve started a Notflix Facebook group just to discuss these kinds of questions: head over there now and weigh in on our poll! It’s as scientific as a FB poll gets, but if the results are interesting we’ll share them with the world.
Homage by Rommel Alama.
Are you mad as hell about the Netflix 60 percent price increase?
Maybe you’ve up and canceled your subscription — or maybe you think that 15.99 a month is still actually a good deal for unlimited movie streaming and DVDs (one at a time). Here’s what’s not a good deal: hanging onto old DVDs that you own but will never watch again. This Wednesday night (July 20), from 7 to 9, haul those pre-loved DVDs to our first-ever Notflix DVD swap at Mission Dolores.
Ground rules: real movies and TV shows only. Nothing bootlegged. Not your film class senior project, not your wedding video, not your old AOL startup discs and no VCR tapes. Desirable indies, blockbusters, romcoms, scifi, foreign, other good stuff all welcome. Bring up to 10 discs; walk away with as many as you bring, and stay for a drink or two — Mission Dolores is extending happy hour prices for the event. The popcorn is on us.
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A reader wrote in to ask where to find affordable yoga in town. A reasonable question: the going rate in Brooklyn is $16-$20 per class and $135-$175 for a 10-class card—expensive. I’ve grappled with this problem as well, and solved it in various ways: through trial-class discounts, Brooklyn yoga meetups and a few good DVDs.
I especially love Bikram yoga, and a lot of studios—say, Bikram Yoga South Slope—offer a “30-day challenge.” You pay for a month unlimited ($175), you go 30 days straight, then you get the next 30 days free. It can be tough, yes. But the financial incentive is huge. Read the rest of this entry »
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“This is so much more fun than selling DVDs on Amazon,” said Josh Mueller, movie buff, Brokelyn reader and blissful attendee of Brokelyn’s NOTflix DVD Swap last night. As Mueller (proud new owner of The Notebook, Nashville and Hellboy) can attest, last night’s flickfest was an orgy of movie love and a feast of “swapcorn.” So much fun, we’re going to do it again; join our Facebook group so you’ll never have to go without your own copy of Nacho Libre. Here’s what you missed last night at Mission Dolores, quite possibly the perfect summer bar: Read the rest of this entry »
No price increase should bother you as much as this movie
The internets have been pumping rage at the Netflix price increase of 60 percent and fracking with the options enough to put a damper on our plans to rewatch the entire Battlestar Galactica this summer. That’s why we’re holding our NOTflix DVD swap on Wednesday to encourage old-school movie sharing sans red envelopes. But all told, the plans for unlimited movie access is practically half the cost of seeing a film at your local gagaplex, and the snacks are way cheaper. So we’re asking: will your Netflix habits will change? Will you watch fewer movies, read more books, or just suck it up and pay? Is this the end of the DVD as we know it? We’ve started a Notflix Facebook group just to discuss these kinds of questions: head over there now and weigh in on our poll! It’s as scientific as a FB poll gets, but if the results are interesting we’ll share them with the world.
Homage by Rommel Alama.
Are you mad as hell about the Netflix 60 percent price increase?
Maybe you’ve up and canceled your subscription — or maybe you think that 15.99 a month is still actually a good deal for unlimited movie streaming and DVDs (one at a time). Here’s what’s not a good deal: hanging onto old DVDs that you own but will never watch again. This Wednesday night (July 20), from 7 to 9, haul those pre-loved DVDs to our first-ever Notflix DVD swap at Mission Dolores.
Ground rules: real movies and TV shows only. Nothing bootlegged. Not your film class senior project, not your wedding video, not your old AOL startup discs and no VCR tapes. Desirable indies, blockbusters, romcoms, scifi, foreign, other good stuff all welcome. Bring up to 10 discs; walk away with as many as you bring, and stay for a drink or two — Mission Dolores is extending happy hour prices for the event. The popcorn is on us.
Photo by iStock
A reader wrote in to ask where to find affordable yoga in town. A reasonable question: the going rate in Brooklyn is $16-$20 per class and $135-$175 for a 10-class card—expensive. I’ve grappled with this problem as well, and solved it in various ways: through trial-class discounts, Brooklyn yoga meetups and a few good DVDs.
I especially love Bikram yoga, and a lot of studios—say, Bikram Yoga South Slope—offer a “30-day challenge.” You pay for a month unlimited ($175), you go 30 days straight, then you get the next 30 days free. It can be tough, yes. But the financial incentive is huge. Read the rest of this entry »
