Put it in my Queue please
It is time that the queue becomes more mainstream.
I don’t want to add it to my cart. I don’t want to add it to my wishlist. I want to add it to my queue. In a fascinating way the queue makes it feel real and fulfilling until such a time arises that I decide to act on it.
I’d like to thank Hacking Netflix for bringing this to my attention. It is something that I’ve been thinking about recently.
There is no doubt that I just add a movie that is coming out to my queue and wait for it to come out on DVD a couple of months later. The theater experience for me is awful. The screen quality is crap, the sound is crap, the seats are crap. At least in my small town they are. Not everyone has the luxury of custom recliner, stadium seating, 7.1 surround sound theaters to enjoy the newest Superman movie at. I’d rather watch them at home on an HD tv, in 5.1 surround sound from the comfort of my own living room. Much better experience, no crowds, no ticket to buy, no kids to stand up in the middle of the movie yelling at their friends. It just works.
Anyway, adding a movie to my queue gives me temporary satisfaction. I know that I’ll get to see the movie and won’t forget to watch it later when it finally releases on DVD (the only way I’ll see new movies now).
So why not take this idea of the queue and blow it out to everything we do. I don’t like the wishlists that many online retailers like Amazon have. They are too bulky and confusing. The Netflix queue on the other hand is slick. All the movies I want to see on DVD (even if they don’t come out for months) are there for me to look at and admire. I wish Netflix would start posting movies that are “just in production”, although to their credit, they do get new movies in there before they even hit the theater in a lot of cases.
Anyone else like the power of the queue?
