Netflix just went and raised their prices by 60%. Currently for unlimited streaming and 1 DVD out at a time the price is $9.99 per month. For new customers this price just skyrocketed to $15.98 per month ($7.99 for streaming and $7.99 for DVDs). Existing customers get a reprieve until September 1st (a fact they have yet to email current customers about). This is going to make customer loyalty go down a lot. I also suspect their gross revenue to go down as they will lose customers or customers will either cut streaming or cut DVDs (I for one will be dropping the DVDs by mail). It will probably increase their profit margins though.
Basically for most customers at best the customers who are paying $7.99 a month for 1 at a time the DVDs are going to get no more than 8 DVDs a month, making the price the same as getting 8 movies at Redbox or Blockbuster Express. Yes getting DVDs by mail is convenient, but when most of the movies say Long Wait or Very Long Wait for months after they are released I might as well go to Redbox and get the movie I want right away. Redbox almost always has copies of the new movies. For most people they are also within a 2 minute drive of where they live. Apparently investors do like this strategy since Netflix stock went up $12 in overnight trading. I think this is temporary however until their next quarterly earnings statement comes out.
Shame on you Netflix I hope you rethink this strategy.

If you haven’t yet seen The Adjustment Bureau I highly recommend you get a copy of it. I don’t really want to give the plot away, but I will say it is a love story disguised as a Sci-Fi movie or vice-versa depending on how you want to look at it. Matt Damon stars as David Norris who wants to be with a girl no matter who or what gets in his way. I give the movie a 9.3.

So now that we know who River Song (Melody Pond, get it?) is, there are so many questions. Namely does River Song and The Doctor hook up? Is River Song going to be the next companion? It seems unlikely to me that Amy & Rory are actually going to raise a child on the TARDIS so I really think this will be the last season that Karen Gillan is on the show. Even though I have already stated I want David Tenant and Billie Piper back on Doctor Who I am actually looking forward to River Song being a companion on the show. Hopefully it will happen.

I recently picked up the True Blood drink for the season 4 premiere. I must say it was a really good drink. It has caffeine, but not more than a soda. It has a sweet tangy taste. I highly recommend picking one up. They are kind of expensive so it is a bit more of a novelty item, especially if you are having a True Blood viewing party.

Foursquare has a new badge out. The Ten Hundred Badge. You get it for checking in more than 1,000 times. So yes that means on your 1,001 checking you should unlock it.