Blockbuster Online Sucks

I used to have blockbuster online. Yes, used to have it. I recently canceled by membership. Why, you may ask. I hated it. At one time, I had both Netflix and Blockbuster online, just to compare them, I found blockbuster was better, in terms of price and availability. I also liked the fact that I could turn in my dvd to get a fresh one at the store. Here’s how it started, I get an email saying that my subscription prices are going up. What? Oh, thanks for telling me I’ll be paying you more for less. I actually wasn’t going to be able to turn my dvds into the store to get new ones. I upgraded, because I wanted that functionality. So now I’m at $9.99. So I go for a month with the Blockbuster account…all seems pretty good. But then, I start getting really crappy dvds, scratched, dirty, and incorrect dvds. Blockbuster allows you to say that your dvd is damaged and they will send your a new (the same dvd or a new one on your queue) dvd. Unfortunately, it takes 2 days just to get a new dvd, so that’s a waste. Finally, I email blockbuster and complain, they send me a free movie or game coupon, that was nice. Okay, so now I’m at 1 month ago, I received an email from blockbuster again, telling me my rate it going up to $11.99, another 2 dollars. I became officially pissed off, you should have seen the email “We will continue to provide you with the same, quick service” Except that were going to be charging you more. So finally, I canceled my account earlier this week. I feel better now, but I just found out that I could’ve turned those dvds into the store for video games (I just got an Xbox 360) too. It’s too bad, but I am not going to reactivate my account to get that feature. Anyways, I think I’ll register with Netflix again, but in the meantime I’ll probably be renting from Hollywood.

The Road to Cloverfield

Initially, this movie was on my top 10 ten most anticipated movies of the year. But over the past month, my interest has fallen beyond opening night. There have been several actions taken with this movie that have driven me to think this film will be nothing more than a Godzilla: Reborn. First, they released another trailer. The suspense created by the teaser was probably the best I’ve seen all year, but they had to come out and make another longer trailer giving more information of the film. Second, even though they came out with a longer trailer, there still has not been any sign of a plot. What do we want to see here? Another War of the Worlds? No, I believe people want to see something more than citizens running away from monsters. The only redeemer may be that J.J. Abrams is directing the film. He has done Lost, which had a pretty interesting story line, so maybe he will incorporate his story telling abilities in Cloverfield. Although, Lost never seemed to get anywhere, so hopefully 1-18-08 will not end with a cliffhanger. I will probably still go see the movie, just because so much hype has already been created, but if Abrams has what it takes to change my mind, I will be very happy.