{"id":407,"date":"2009-07-24T10:05:20","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T10:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patberry.net\/wordpress\/?p=407"},"modified":"2010-11-23T17:26:13","modified_gmt":"2010-11-23T22:26:13","slug":"video_on_demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patberry.net\/wordpress\/?p=407","title":{"rendered":"Video on demand"},"content":{"rendered":"

I finally got around to watching the movie Serenity <\/em>recently, and I was startled to find that it contained unmistakable references to Forbidden Planet<\/em>. When I asked Ruth (our household’s most passionate Browncoat) if she was aware of this, she told me that she didn’t really remember FP. I had shown it to her at some point, but probably a decade or more ago.<\/p>\n

Obviously, I needed to screen it for her again, but we didn’t have a copy on hand. Netflix didn’t have it for instant viewing, and to my astonishment, they didn’t have it in their DVD inventory either. A search of the DVD department of Wal-Mart also came up empty. And when I went to the local Blockbuster, they informed me that none of the stores in the area had this particular film.<\/p>\n

As a last resort, I went to Amazon.com. They had new and used DVDs for sale, but it occurred to me that I should check their Video on Demand first. (Yeah, I know “digital downloads” is redundant, but that’s what Amazon calls them.) Bingo! Amazon has the movie as a download that you can either buy or rent. For $2.99, I was able to rent the movie and send it to my Roku player without getting out of my chair. Five minutes later, Ruth and I were watching it in our living room.<\/p>\n

I know some people have been using Amazon VoD for a year or two, but this was the first time for me, and it was awesome. I love living in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I finally got around to watching the movie “Serenity” recently, and I was startled to find that it contained unmistakable references to Forbidden Planet.
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