04-17-2011, 12:36 AM
(04-16-2011, 10:55 PM)mspixieriot Wrote: Pete - Netflix is exactly how I found it! I'd been watching a lot of Fry and Laurie, Ripping Yarns, Michael Palin travelogues, etc, and it jumped up and said, "Hey, you should watch Erik the Viking!"
It's not always right in its recommendations, but 99% of the time it points me to stuff I really, really like.
I found out about Erik from a patron at the library where I work. It had her recommendation so I checked it out myself. I mentioned this to our DVD person and she told me our copy was a donation. Normally we sell most books and movies that are given to us, but she had taken Erik to her boss to ask if we could add it to our collection. Her boss said Erik was her favorite movie.
"I may be old, but I'm not dead."