5 Things I Hated About 2011 No. No no no no no no no. no. By Jamie FreveleJan 1st, 2012, 2:28 pm You are seeing this message because you have javascript disabled. To use our slideshows you need to enable javascript. There's no cross domain hackery or tracking voodoo, it's just some sweet jQuery animations. Please, think of the animations. In the meantime, enjoy the html version below. I guess. If that's your thing. Netflix, Making Everything Twice As Expensive As much as it was great to have around, Netflix also sucks. Why? Well, because they used to cost $8. And now, they cost twice that, because at some point in the summer -- in its attempt to become a primarily streaming service with the goal of doing away with DVD delivery -- someone thought it would be cute to say "Hey! You know how people love all the services we provide for $8? Let's charge them double! They'll totally pay it anyway!" And I won't even go into Qwikster, the New Coke of DVD delivery services. And while Netflix welcomed and then quickly said "farewell" to Qwikster, is also said farewell, to about a million subscribers. Though some of us suckers stayed because, come on -- all my Doctor Who is on that thing, and one of David Tennant's final specials is only on DVD (those dicks). Big, Amazing Letdowns While a lot of big movies came out and impressed the crap out of us, some fell flat, making unpleasant fart noises while they pitifully deflated into a pile of sad, sad, disappointing rubber. We are looking right at you, Green Lantern. Some movies, like Cowboys and Aliens, got mixed reviews and disappeared. But Green Lantern, Cars 2, Jack and Jill, Sucker Punch -- drecky drecky drecky dreck. These were the movies that made us remember that we are dying every second, and now we were closer than we were before we walked through that doorway, and there was no getting it back. Ever. Facebook, Being a Nosy Jerk Here is something very simple to explain: the act of a woman having a baby is a delicate and risky one. It is amazing, it is graphic, it is miraculous, and it is wonderful. And it should also be private. Everyone is entitled to their opinions about the status of the fetus inside, but when people create Facebook profiles for a fetus...no. Just, no. Their age is actually (to some) a negative number, and that is too young to be exposed to stupid drunken beach blackout pictures of your boobs and crotches. So, in response, Facebook created a setting to include a fetus as a member of the family. So you can expose your unborn child to the millions of people on the oversharey social network before it's even born. And then comes the sensitive subject: not all pregnancies work out. It is a horrible thought, but it's a part of life. And now, so is answering questions on Facebook about it. That is, if you choose to apply that setting when you're pregnant. It's obviously your choice. I strongly urge you to really, really think about it. Unwanted Departures I won't drag this out, because it sucks too much already. But when we hear about things like Robert Sheehan leaving Misfits, Patty Jenkins being let go from Thor 2, and the upcoming departure of Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill from Doctor Who, what's the use of living, anyway? How do we go on from this????...I know. Like we always do. We whine, we bitch, we moan, we swear we'll never see that movie/show or give it our money...and then we totally do. The Word "Hey, did you hear they're rebooting--" See? I won't go any further. I already know how you feel about it. And yes, Hollywood has, in fact, officially run out of things to do. Have a tip we should know? tips@themarysue.com Filed Under: Cars 2Doctor WhoFacebookGreen LanternNetflixPatty JenkinsrebootsRobert SheehanSucker Punch Follow The Mary Sue: Previous PostNext Post Previous PostNext Post
