ELDERS REACT TO NETFLIX (Bonus #72)

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- Okay, I'm gonna test them,

'cause one thing I remembered
when I was checking this out

was they didn't have a lot of old stuff.

Okay, so they've got
Twilight Zone, so I'd be happy.

- Twilight Zone.

That's truly amazing.

- Okay, Bruce Lee movie.

Game of Death is good.

- So you never have to be bored again.

- The other people don't mind waiting?

Now I know why it took me
so long to get in here.

(chuckling) I'm watching a movie!

(Finebros snicker)
Did you just take it off? You did!

(movie reel clicks)

- (Finebros) What do
you know about Netflix?

- I know that we have Netflix.

- It's a resource for movies
and entertainment.

- They're supposed to have
the best shows around.

- The old TV shows that I was
able to find, international movies.

- Guys, I really don't. I know it's--

We got a new TV, and it says
"Netflix" on it somewhere

on the remote, and I've yet
to experiment quite that far.

- (Finebros) And what
are your thoughts that,

here is a company
that is exclusively online

and is now making some
of the most acclaimed shows

in all of entertainment?
- Yeah. It's great.

- People like me, we're not gonna continue

to pay for channels
we don't want to watch.

And Netflix really has the right idea.

- We don't actually sit down
and watch television.

My kids, they never sit down
and watch television shows

unless I make them
watch something with me.

- If Netflix-- I don't know
that they do news.

But if they started doing
news that was reliable,

you probably could get rid of TV.

- Well, it's interesting, 'cause
I try to explain to my friends

that kids watch YouTube, watch Internet.

And thanks to you,
I know about it. (chuckling)

Otherwise, I'd be stupid as most
of my friends, who say, "What?"

- (Finebros) Netflix also has a resurgence

in bringing back classic shows

or saving shows from cancellation,

'cause it can rely on subscription numbers

to make shows for a specific
fanbase versus just the masses.

- Oh really?

- As long as they have the technology
to put up so much content,

why wouldn't they?

- I love that, because especially
they're appealing to me

and my kind of people
that like the more offbeat,

maybe unique series
that aren't-- no offense--

the stupid sitcoms,
these moronic, stupid sitcoms

that I don't even watch. They come and go.

So I love the fact they have--

they can bring back,
like Arrested Development.

- (Finebros) So now that there's
access to so much content now--

and exclusive, premium
content even on Netflix--

do you think the future of
traditional television is in trouble?

- I don't know that it's in trouble,

but it's certainly getting confusing.

- (while laughing)
It has been for many years,

as far as I'm concerned.

- Yep. Technology is just going...

"expedentially," multiplying.

- Well, I don't know that it's in trouble.

But I think you're gonna
find it to be less prevalent.

- It might be, yeah, 'cause it's
got so much competition now.

So that's good, if they
could eliminate cable,

'cause they're so ridiculously priced.

(chuckling) And they're always going off,

and you have to call them all the time.

- (Finebros) So now
that you've experienced

a little bit of Netflix
and learned more about it,

what do you think of it now?

- I think I'm gonna get it.

- I will probably leave here
and go to Costco or somewhere

and shop TVs just to see
how much they are,

because this is just what I want.

My TV's still like this. It's still--
I mean, the depth of it.

It weighs like 70 pounds,
'cause I tried to move it

to do cable things and all-- oh, it's old.

It's old. It's time to upgrade.

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