I ordered “The Shining” miniseries from Netflix a couple of weeks ago. I have the one with Jack Nicholson in it but also like the longer one that follows the book better so figured I’d watch it again before I decided on owning it.
Netflix, in their infinite wisdom, sent me disk 1 of the two disk set. Now why would I want to only watch the first half??? The second disk is suppose to reach me tomorrow or Thursday but still. If they couldn’t send me both disks at once, then they should have sent me a separate movie and sent both disks the next time.
See, my membership is 3 at once. So they sent me two other movies plus the first disk of the Shining. It really boggles my mind. If disk two wasn’t available then they should have gone on to the next movie on my list and sent both disks when I return the three they just sent.
Also, why is one movie considered “2″ disks? They should be sent together as one of my selections not two. Who would watch only the second half of the movie? I don’t get it.
Overall, I like Netflix better than I did Blockbuster because Netflix tries to send things in the order I request on my list whereas Blockbuster would send me whatever they felt like. I might get movie #1, 45, and 110 from Blockbuster which always irritated me because why organize your list (which they recommend) if they aren’t going to go by it?
Anyway, I will wait until disk two arrives before sitting down to watch the Shining miniseries – hopefully tomorrow.
