26 Trivia Nuggets About Netflix from Pop Culture History

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26 Trivia Nuggets About Netflix from Pop Culture History
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Man, we wish we could open this list with that red N that splits into colorful lines as it attacks your face. The higher-ups said we don't have the money for graphics like that, and who knows what Netflix would charge us to use it. We get it. They are the largest streaming service on the planet with over 300 million paid subscribers.

We did find a ton of free facts about the app that made streaming what it is today, so you won't need to sheepishly ask a friend for their password. You'll will sadly just have to imagine their opening N logo intro thing right now, though. Sorry.

Midnight Mass

MIDNIGHT MASS was one of the first Netflix shows to resume production after COVID lockdown - and because of sanitary measures, no extras could be on set to play the townsfolk. So the detail of Crockett Island being mostly depopulated because of an oil spill was added. CRACKED.COM

Tuca & Bertie

July on HBOMAX July 10 Tuca & Bertie The critically lauded show moved to Adult Swim/HBO after Netflix canceled it, getting a rare second life for a show killed by Netflix. CRACKED.COM

Napoleon Dynamite and Netflix

BEHINO-THE-SOENSSPACTS Napoleon Dynamite screwed up NETFLIX CRACKED.COM More than virtually any other movie, Netflix users give Napoleon Dynamite either five stars or one star. That disparity plays havoc with Netflix's suggestion engine, which can't figure out how to recommend other movies based on the love-it-or-hate-it reaction.

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His Refusal to Watch Netflix

Quentin Tarantino doesn't use Netflix, just old-fashioned TV and tapes. And I can't watch a movie on a laptop. I don't use Netflix at all. I don't have any sort of delivery system, he said, later adding, I still tape movies off of television on video so I can keep my collection going. CRACKED.COM

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Data Analysis

NETFLIX Netflix knows you'd love its shows before you even realize it. It's all thanks to their data analysis. Take House of Cards, for example. Befor

Lockdown Dating

LOVE IS BLIND FASCINATED US Before Palm Springs or Tiger King, this Netflix reality show prepared US for the weird horror of lockdown dating. However,

Netflix Originals

CRACKED COR The older you are, the more likely you are to watch Netflix Originals. Poll data shows that people ages 2-11 watch twenty-two percent orig

Sharing Passwords

Do YoU think of NETFLIX accounts as communal property? Continue You're not alone. A survey by the media research firm Magid revealed that 35% of mille

Netflix' Password Parasites

NETFLIX Password Parasite (n.)-al an individual who only interacts with you in order to obtain your account information to avoid spending the small mo

Netflix immediately cut ties with Kevin Spacey.

House of Cards killed off Frank Underwood. CRACKED.COM After several sexual assault allegations (8 from the show's staff), Netflix immediately fired him and opened Season 6 with Claire Underwood telling citizens (and viewers) that Spacey's character Frank had died.

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Selena Gomez

Celebrity Side Hustles Selena Gomez Producer Gomez signed a deal with Univision to produce a true crime docuseries called Mi Vecino, El Cartel for their streaming service. She also produced 13 Reasons Why for Netflix. CRACKED

Netflix and Pirating

CRACKED NETFLIX CLOSELY MONITORS WHAT SHOWS AND MOVIES ARE BEING ILLEGALLY PIRATED TO DECIDE WHAT SHOWS THEY SHOULD PURCHASE FOR THEIR LIBRARY. TOOTOTOTOTTO IOOOTOTOTOO 0010101000110:101010100101 000100100010110001001 0110001007 00000110001 110100101011011101001 0010101101110100: 00010010101 They started doing this in 2013 when they were just launching in Europe and there weren't a lot of streaming sites on the continent.

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Blockbuster and Netflix

BLOCKBUSTER® Blockbuster passed on the chance to buy Netflix. Back in 2000, a struggling Netflix kept aggressively shopping themselves to then- booming Blockbuster. But Blockbuster CEO John Antioco laughed at Netflix's pitch. The dot-com hysteria is completely overblown, he said, with epoch-making business acumen. NETFLIX CRACKED.COM

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Netflix in Theaters

We might see more Netflix movies on THE BIG SCREEN (eventually). DOLEMITE IS MY NAME Because Netflix wants their movies to only have a limited release

Ebert on Streaming

Roger Ebert In a 1987 interview, saw Netflix Ebert described what we coming back recognize in today the as video 80s. streaming. We will have high- d

Binges Are Adding Up!

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