Netflix shipping, for Madison WI - Year 3 (Part 1)

• September 26, 2008
• James Skemp
• dvd / movie, review, StrivingLife

And so begins year three with Netflix. I covered year one and year two, of what was shipped to me, when, and when I shipped them back, previously.

Since last year got a bit long, I'm going to break it up a bit. So, this post covers shipping from September 26, 2008, to about halfway through (I'm not there yet, so ...).

Plan changes

On 12/10/2008 I moved from the two-unlimited to the one-unlimited plan.

The times

09/26/2008 (F) - Movies received by Netflix and next two shipped. Watched Purple Rain (1984) online.
09/27/2008 (Sa) - Received next two movies. Watched Tokyo Story (1953), which was rather long ...
09/28/2008 (Su) - Watched 3:10 to Yuma (2007), which I had no idea was based on an Elmore Leonard short story ... I'll drop this and the other off in the mail tomorrow morning.
09/30/2008 (T) - Movies received by Netflix and next ones shipped.
10/01/2008 (W) - Received next two movies. Watched The Terminal (2004), which I'll drop off tomorrow.
10/02/2008 (R) - Watched Inside Man (2006), which I'll drop off tomorrow.
10/03/2008 (F) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Watched Crash (2005), which my mom rented, and which was okay. Near the end reminded me of Magnolia, near the end.
10/04/2008 (Sa) - Received next movie. Watched Yojimbo (1961), which I picked up a copy of, a while ago.
10/05/2008 (Su) - Watched The 400 Blows (1959), which I'll drop off tomorrow.
10/06/2008 (M) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Watched Videodrome (1983) online.
10/07/2008 (T) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Received and started watching Ray Bradbury Theater: Vol 1 (1985+). Watched "The Crowd" (which I recognized right away), "Marionettes, Inc.," "The Playground," "The Town Where No One Got Off" (very good), "Banshee," "The Coffin," and "Gotcha!."
10/08/2008 (W) - Watched the rest of Ray Bradbury Theater: Vol 1 (1985+); "The Screaming Woman," "The Emissary," "The Man Upstairs," "The Small Assassin," "On the Orient, North," and "The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl." I'll drop it off today. Received and watched Buffy: The Vampire Slayer (1992). Oddly, I didn't forget anything about the movie, but actually thought there were more scenes ... I'll drop it off tomorrow.
10/09/2008 (R) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
10/10/2008 (F) - Watched Burn After Reading (2008), which was actually rather good. Received next movie.
10/11/2008 (Sa) - Watched Revolver (2006), which I believe is a psychological Jason Statham movie. Huh? I'll drop it off Sunday or Monday (no mail delivery on Monday), although I might watch it again before I do so ...
10/13/2008 (M) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Expected delivery on Wednesday.
10/14/2008 (T) - Dropped movie off in the mail. Received (early it seems) and watched Scream (1996). I'll drop it off tomorrow.
10/15/2008 (W) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
10/16/2008 (R) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Received and watched Transylvania 6-5000 (1985), which was actually rather funny, but an abrupt end. Why do they do that to themselves? I'll drop it off tomorrow.
10/17/2008 (F) - Received next movie.
10/18/2008 (Sa) - Watched Novocaine: Special Edition (2001), which was very good. I'll try to drop off today, before lunch. Watched The Big One (1998) online. Watched Big Trouble in Little China (1986) online.
10/19/2008 (Su) - Watched The Film Crew: Killers from Space (2007). Pretty bad when the most interesting part of the movie takes place in a flashback ... and definitely not MST3K commentary. Watched No Country for Old Men (2007) online. Watched Cashback (2006) online.
10/20/2008 (M) - Movies received by Netflix and next two shipped.
10/21/2008 (T) - Received next two movies. Watched Firestarter (1984). I haven't read the book for over a decade, but I think I liked it better. But, who else could star but Barrymore? I'll drop it off tomorrow.
10/22/2008 (W) - Watched Running Scared (2006), which was extremely good. I'll either drop off or let it be picked up tomorrow (I'm on vacation, and I ended up being sick, so I won't drop it off until Saturday, or Friday night through my sister).
10/23/2008 (R) - Watched Rob Lumley's copy of JFK: Director's Cut (1991). Good, but long. Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Watched 30 Days of Night (2007) online. Watched 2 Days in the Valley (1996) online.
10/24/2008 (F) - Received and watched The Return of the Living Dead (1985), which is truly a cult film at its best. I'll mail in the Milwaukee mailer tomorrow (unless my sister takes this and the other and drops them off - I ended up dropping them off late).
10/25/2008 (Sa) - Watched Heavy Metal (1981) online. Eh.
10/27/2008 (M) - Movies received by Netflix and next two shipped.
10/28/2008 (T) - Received next two movies. Watched Hostage (2005), which proves again how great Bruce Willis is. I'll drop it off tomorrow.
10/30/2008 (R) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Watched Ali (2001), which I'll drop off tomorrow morning.
10/31/2008 (F) - Received and watched Better Off Dead (1985). No Joan Cusack? At least there's a cute French girl ... I'll drop it off Monday morning.
11/01/2008 (Sa) - Started November off right, with the feel good flick License to Drive (1988) online.
11/02/2008 (Su) - Watched Once Upon a Time in China (1991), which had a very good opening/closing song. Netflix is right; definitely a good example of the genre.
11/03/2008 (M) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
11/04/2008 (T) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Received next movie.
11/05/2008 (W) - Received and watched The Transporter 2 (2005), which I'll drop off tomorrow.
11/06/2008 (R) - Watched L'Avventura (1960), which was good, but long. I'll drop it off tomorrow.
11/07/2008 (F) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Watched Double Team (1997) online.
11/09/2008 (Su) - Watched Drunken Master (1978) online.
11/10/2008 (M) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped, for Wednesday. Received and watched Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002). Okay, but long. I'll drop off tomorrow.
11/12/2008 (W) - Received and watched The Last House on the Left: Special Edition (1972), which was fine, and which I'll drop off tomorrow.
11/13/2008 (R) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
11/14/2008 (F) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Received and watched the first 6 episodes from Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 1: Vol. 1 (2000). I'll either drop it off or put it in the mail tomorrow.
11/15/2008 (Sa) - Received and watched episodes 7 through 10 (id est, the rest) of Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 1: Vol. 2 (2000) and the one-hour special feature. I'll drop off Sunday or Monday morning. Overall, good, but painful; how many episodes can you get yourself into a hole?
11/16/2008 (Su) - Watched Legend: The Director's Cut (1986) online.
11/17/2008 (M) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Watched my copy of Appleseed Ex Machina (2007).
11/18/2008 (T) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Received and watched Starship Troopers (1997), which wasn't half bad. I'll drop it off tomorrow.
11/19/2008 (W) - Received and watched Flight of the Conchords: Season 1: Disc 1 (2007), which I'll drop off tomorrow. Funny moments, but they're spread out a bit ...
11/20/2008 (R) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
11/21/2008 (F) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Received and watched The Last King of Scotland (2006). Great performances. I'll try to put it in the mail tomorrow, otherwise Monday morning. (It was picked up Saturday.)
11/22/2008 (Sa) - Received and watched Flight of the Conchords: Season 1: Disc 2 (2007), which I'll drop off Sunday or Monday morning (probably the latter). I just wish I got half the music references ...
11/24/2008 (M) - Movie received by Netflix. Watched Natural Born Killers (1994) online, which I hadn't watched in quite some time. Still don't really care for it. Natural born, but here's the environment that made them the way that they are. Umm ...
11/25/2008 (T) - Movie received by Netflix and two new ones shipped, one from NM.
11/26/2008 (W) - Received next movie, but it was damaged. Reported it as such, but I won't get the replacement until Monday. Grief.
11/27/2008 (R) - Watched my copies of Jurassic Park (1993), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), and Alien (1979).
11/28/2008 (F) - Received and watched Kingdom Hospital: Disc 1 (2004), which had episodes 1 to 3. Very good. I'll let it be picked up tomorrow and guess I will use the New Mexico (PO Box 27823, Albuquerque, NM 87125-9740) mailer, since they won't get it until Monday, at the earliest, anyways.
11/30/2008 (Su) - Watched Tank Girl (1995) online.
12/01/2008 (M) - Both movies received by Netflix and next two shipped.
12/02/2008 (T) - Received two new movies, but didn't have time for either.
12/03/2008 (W) - Watched Mission Impossible (1996) which wasn't too bad, even if I did know basically what was going to happen (even though I haven't watched it before). I'll drop it off tomorrow morning.
12/05/2008 (F) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Still haven't had time for the other dvd.
12/06/2008 (Sa) - Received next movie.
12/07/2008 (Su) - Watched Kingdom Hospital: Disc 2 (2004), which had episodes 4-7. Still, very good. Watched London, which was extremely different than I thought (but still good), due to Jason Statham having a full head of hair. I'll put both of these in one mailer and mail them tomorrow. Hopefully they'll ship out two dvds to replace, but ... we'll see.
12/09/2008 (T) - Both movies received by Netflix and, surprisingly, next two shipped.
12/10/2008 (W) - Received next two movies. Watched Footloose (1984), which I'll drop off tomorrow. The Milwaukee mailer was destoryed, so sending off to Madison.
12/11/2008 (R) - Watched Kingdom Hospital: The Complete Series: Disc 3 (2004), which contained episodes 8-11. Weirder this time around ... I'll drop it off tomorrow.
12/12/2008 (F) - Movie received by Netflix.
12/13/2008 (Sa) - Watched Strange Brew (1983) online, on my Xbox 360.
12/14/2008 (Su) - Watched Hudson Hawk (1991) online, on my Xbox 360.
12/15/2008 (M) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Watched Groundhog Day (1993) online, on my Xbox 360.
12/16/2008 (T) - Received and watched Wasabi (2001). Great movie, although the ending was a bit too quick; they should have just let it run for 30 more minutes. I'll drop it off tomorrow.
12/18/2008 (R) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
12/19/2008 (F) - Received and watched Kingdom Hospital: The Complete Series: Disc 4 (and all the special features). I'll either let it be picked up tomorrow, drop it off tomorrow, or drop it off for Monday (it was Saturday).
12/20/2008 (Sa) - Watched Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) online, on my Xbox 360. That's four versions of Yojimbo's story that I've seen now.
12/22/2008 (M) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
12/23/2008 (T) - Received and watched Casino Royale (2006). Wow. I'll drop it off tomorrow. Might try to watch the next in theatres (still at one, with limited show times).
12/25/2008 (R) - Watched Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and Cleopatra Jones (1973) online, on my Xbox 360.
12/26/2008 (F) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Survey emailed on how Cleopatra Jones' quality was; interesting. Watched The Core (2003) online on my Xbox.
12/27/2008 (Sa) - Watched the double-feature The Oblong Box and Scream and Scream Again (1969) on my Xbox. Received next movie.
12/28/2008 (Su) - Watched High Plains Drifter (1973) on my Xbox. Watched West Side Story (1961), which I'll drop off tomorrow.
12/30/2008 (T) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
12/31/2008 (W) - Watched Pale Rider (1985) on my Xbox. Not his best, but good nonetheless. Received next movie. Watched Boiling Point (1993) on my Xbox.
01/01/2009 (R) - Watched Tropic Thunder (2008), which should be picked up today (otherwise I'll drop it off tomorrow). (Dropped off Friday as there was no mail pick-up Thursday.)
01/02/2009 (F) - Watched Eraser (1996) on my Xbox.
01/05/2009 (M) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
01/06/2009 (T) - For some reason, they're shipping another movie (that I won't get until Friday), but I still have to send both back to get another. WTF? Received and watched Dead Space: Downfall (2008). Eh. Not bad, but not all that great, mainly due to the animation; looks like Fox Saturday morning cartoons. I'll drop it off tomorrow (but not in the Milwaukee mailer). Watched the semi-philosophical The Man From Earth (2007) on my Xbox, but I'm not quite sure what to think of it, entirely ... Very interesting idea though; I'll have to look into Jerome Bixby's works ...
01/07/2009 (W) - Watched Happenstance (2000) on my Xbox. Slow, but how things weave together is interesting.
01/08/2009 (R) - Contrary to what they said, movie recieved by Netflix and next one shipped. Watched Paris, Je T'aime (2006) on my Xbox. Shouldn't watch two French films in a row again. 4 1/2 stars, but I'll give it 5 because it's so odd ...
01/09/2009 (F) - Received and watched The Grateful Dead Movie (1977) and Unleashed: Lords of Dogtown (2005). The former wasn't as good as The Band doc I watched a while back (empty promises), and the latter was pretty darn good. I'll mail off to PO Box 49021, Sane Jose, CA 95161-9959 tomorrow.
01/12/2009 (M) - Movies received by Netflix and next one shipped.
01/13/2009 (T) - Received and watched Dead Alive (1992). Certainly was a blood-drenched zombie buffet at the end. I'll drop it off tomorrow.
01/15/2009 (R) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
01/16/2009 (F) - Received next movie.
01/17/2009 (Sa) - Watched Amelie (2001), which I'll mail today for PO Box 3079, Milwaukee WI 53201-9683
01/19/2009 (M) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
01/20/2009 (T) - Received and watched Red Beard (1965). Long, but very good storytelling, as usual from Kurosawa. I'll drop off tomorrow.
01/22/2009 (R) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
01/23/2009 (F) - Received and watched The Naked City (1948). The first commentary was very good (I feel asleep afterwards ...), talking about this being the first noir, and the importance of cogs. I'll let it be picked up tomorrow, using the mailer to PO Box 079, Milwaukee WI 53201-9683, which I received it in.
01/25/2009 (Su) - Watched Prince of Darkness (1987) on my Xbox 360. Rather good.
01/26/2009 (M) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
01/27/2009 (T) - Received and watched Django (1966), an okay copy of the true Sergio. I'll drop it off tomorrow. (I actually let it be picked up.)
01/29/2009 (R) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
01/30/2009 (F) - Received next movie, but I'm gone this weekend ...
02/01/2009 (Su) - Watched El Mariachi/Desperado (1995) double-pack, which I'll drop off tomorrow, using the mailer I received it in (PO Box 3079, Milwaukee WI 53201-9683).
02/03/2009 (T) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. Watched Angel-A (2007) online. Luc Besson could be a god. Crying and smiling.
02/04/2009 (W) - Received and watched The Big Lebowski (1998), which I'll drop off tomorrow, using a spare Madison mailer (instead of Milwaukee).
02/05/2009 (R) - Watched Meet Bill (2007) online.
02/06/2009 (F) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
02/07/2009 (Sa) - Received next movie.
02/08/2009 (Su) - Watched Black Sheep (2006), which I'll drop off tomorrow, using the Milwaukee (PO Box 3079) mailer I received it in. Watched Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985) on my Xbox.
02/10/2009 (T) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
02/11/2009 (W) - Received and watched the superb The Fog (1980). Will let it get picked up tomorrow, as I'm off.
02/13/2009 (F) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
02/14/2009 (Sa) - Received and watched Jumper (2008). I'll drop this off Sunday or Monday morning.
02/17/2009 (T) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
02/18/2009 (W) - Received and watched Get Carter (1971), which certainly seems quite different than what I recall the later version being. I'll drop it off tomorrow.
02/20/2009 (F) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
02/21/2009 (Sa) - Received next movie.
02/22/2009 (Su) - Watched Hidden Fortress (1958), which I'll drop off today or tomorrow, using the Milwaukee (PO Box 3079) mailer I received it in. (Ended up mailing it Sunday.)
02/24/2009 (T) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped.
02/25/2009 (W) - Received and watched The New Kids (1985), which I'll drop off tomorrow.
02/27/2009 (F) - Movie received by Netflix and next one shipped. (Henceforth, MRNOS.)
02/28/2009 (Sa) - Received and watched Spawn (1997), since I couldn't recall it. I'll drop it off tomorrow (probably) or Monday. (Dropped off Sunday.)
03/03/2009 (T) - MRNOS.
03/04/2009 (W) - Received and watched The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997); I haven't laughed that hard in a while. I'll drop it off tomorrow using the Milwaukee (3079) mailer I received it in.
03/06/2009 (F) - MRNOS.
03/07/2009 (Sa) - Received next movie.
03/08/2009 (Su) - Watched The Eel (1997), for the second time; the first being when I lived downtown for the first time. I'll drop it off today or tomorrow morning.
03/10/2009 (T) - MRNOS.
03/11/2009 (W) - Received and watched The Exterminating Angel (1962), which is probably one of the best films I've seen in a while. A definite 'buy.' I'll drop it off tomorrow.
03/13/2009 (F) - MRNOS.
03/14/2009 (Sa) - Received next movie.
03/15/2009 (Su) - Watched Body of Lies (2008), which I'll drop off tomorrow. Watched I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) online.
03/17/2009 (T) - MRNOS.
03/18/2009 (W) - Received and watched The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972). Didn't like this as much as his other film (from 3/11). I'll drop it off tomorrow.
03/20/2009 (F) - MRNOS. Watched Miracle Mile (1988) on my Xbox. Tangerine Dream provided the soundtrack.
03/21/2009 (Sa) - Received next movie.
03/22/2009 (Su) - Watched Masculin Feminin (1966). I'll drop it off tomorrow, using the Milwaukee (PO Box 3079) mailer I received it in.
03/24/2009 (T) - MRNOS.
03/25/2009 (W) - Received and watched The Phantom of Liberty (1974). 4 stars, but tempting to purchase. I'll drop it off using the Milwaukee (3079) mailer I received it in.

Part two of year three continues.

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