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janes'_kid replied to Jay Freeman's discussion 'Do you rate movies you know you weren't in the mood for?'

If it does not have English subtitles or closed captioning I always rate it one (1) whether I watch it or not.

on Saturday

janes'_kid replied to Angela Douglas's discussion 'Repeatedly Being Sent Same Defective Disc'

It still doesn't make sense to me to send someone back the exact same DVD they just reported wouldn't play Just curious, not arguing some esoteric point here. How does shipping know it was the same disk, or how do you know for that matter?

on Saturday

janes'_kid replied to Argosum's discussion '1/2 STAR RATINGS!!!!'

I would use the half star rating for somethings they were not intended. Examples: One star - no English captions or subtitles. One and a half stars - might put in in my queue anyway Four stars - liked it a lot Four and a half stars - liked it a l…

November 25

janes'_kid replied to Jennifer's discussion '"Watch Instantly" selection getting slimmer and slimmer'

This probably does nothing to shed light on the perception that "instant viewing" selections are not to your liking but I will share it anyway. I watch old foreign DVDs delivered via USPS and each day that I check my queue there are more and more l…

November 24

janes'_kid replied to Jay Freeman's discussion 'What's the best plan for me?'

We watch one each evening and return it in tomorrows mail. Because of the holidays combination of poorer USPS service and TV reruns I increased my order by one. I did the increase via phone and they tossed in a one-time-only additional disk just to…

November 18

janes'_kid replied to Sarah's discussion 'Created a new list.. (American movies in Spanish)'

I have this curious feeling that I reading somewhere that movies made in English were difficult to dub in Spanish and that the there were people in Argentina who were better than most because the Argentina studios use a slower frames per second. One…

November 7

Knaldskalle replied to janes'_kid's discussion 'I would like to get more DVDs over th holidays'

Yep, they'll bump it up as soon as you click the right button - they prorate it on a day-by-day basis as far as I can figure out. You can always call CS at 1-866-716-0414 and talk to them, they're guaranteed to know just how much it is and how hard/…

November 4

janes'_kid replied to Serge's discussion 'I HATE the Meanings of Netflix Star Ratings !'

I cannot figure out the relationship between the ratings and the recommendations. I have 152 recommendations from over 900 ratings. Many of the recommendations are based on both 'The Bicycle Thieve' and 'A Clockwork Orange' which happen to be the fi…

November 1