Comments on: The Criterion Collection Now On Hulu Plus, Will Be Pulled From Netflix Instant By End Of ’11

By: Iris M. Gross

Iris M. Gross — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:06:05 +0000

Too funny. Some are saying "for $8 a month there'd better not be any commercials." I'm old enough to remember when cable first came on the scene, and to sell people on the idea of paying for television shows they said the monthly charge was to eliminate the need for commercials like on "free" TV. Times have changed, huh? LOL

By: Louise

Louise — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:06:05 +0000

What music is playing during this ad?

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:06:05 +0000

Steph:

Camille Saint-Saens \”Carnival of the Animals: the Aquarium\”. It\’s beautiful!

By: steph

steph — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:06:05 +0000

what\’s the name of the song playing during the commerical?

By: TFT

TFT — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:06:05 +0000

Whatevs. You bitches should own these films already anyway.

By: Stephen M

Stephen M — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:06:05 +0000

Yeah, I\’m not really happy about this either. I would never go so far as to say Criterion has lost its brand identity, but I think this is a bad decision. Netflix is so much better than Hulu. Everyone knows it. Criterion had been experimenting for a little while with putting up a couple titles on Hulu here or there, but it didn\’t seem like it was much of a success to me. The Hulu commenting community are the biggest bunch of a-holes anywhere, none of whom recognize good movies if they hit them in the face. The most popular movies are always the ones that look like they might have sex in them.

I\’m assuming Criterion is also trying to look ahead to the fast-approaching times when hard copies of films will be for collectors only–everyone else will just download. Perhaps this is their opening salvo. If so, not especially impressed.

By: LA2000

LA2000 — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:06:05 +0000

Nothing adds to your appreciation of classic cinema like a commercial for Geico.

This is clearly about money and not about an improved presentation. Which is ridiculous, because the Criterion brand is exclusively about presenting the classics in the best manner possible. So, as of this moment, Criterion no longer has a valid brand identity. Congratulations.

I have been watching HuluPlus on my Roku since it launched and frankly, it is not ready for primetime. It is slooow and cumbersome to search through. Shows only appear the day after air, which is ridiculous considering that I am PAYING to watch them WITH COMMERCIALS. And of course, there are the commercials.

Netflix streaming I love. I use it at least once a day.

Those Criterion people are idiots.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:06:05 +0000

\”Whatevs. You bitches should own these films already anyway.\”

Right on, TFT. For those of you that can\’t afford Criterion or even Netflix/Hulu, use your local public library.

\”Those Criterion people are idiots.\”

LA2000, what classic films have you released lately?

By: Cory Everett

Cory Everett — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:06:05 +0000

Yep, I think it was just worded a little funny. Said \”advantage to Netflix\”, meant \”advantage with Netflix\”.

To recap: Netflix = no commercials. HuluPlus = commercials up front.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:06:05 +0000

Over at Hulu blog it mentions that there will be commercials, but they will only run up front.

http://blog.hulu.com/2011/02/15/a-gift-for-movie-lovers-criterion-collection-joins-hulu-plus/

By: Marco W.

Marco W. — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:06:05 +0000

How can I get a HuluPLUS widget on my Samsung Blu-Ray player? Anyone know?

By: William

William — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:06:05 +0000

Mike\’s right, there are no commercials on Netflix Streaming. And if I\’m paying $7.99 a month, there better not be any commercials on Hulu Plus.

By: Mike_M

Mike_M — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:06:05 +0000

\”The one clear advantage to Netflix is that there are no commercials…\”

There are no commercials on Netflix watched instant, are there? I have never seen any, unless you mean over regular Hulu access.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:06:05 +0000

I read somewhere that they\’ll release a lot more soon, including Criterion\’s that are out-of-print. Yeah, they might be getting my money. And by \’might\’ I mean \’definitely\’.