Early frontrunner Joysticks (1983) is now at position 304 on my queue, thanks mostly to the giggle-inducing naughty title. It had some hurdles to overcome, such as the fullscreen presentation (come on, makers of terrible movies on DVD -- some of us are connaisseurs, you know). But in the end, its 83-minute run time won my heart Congratulations, Robert.
So why is "Paint Your Wagon" at 305 on my queue? Because I'll watch any movie that meets my low, low standard for culturally relevance.
A quick explanation about Andrew's Netflix queue. When I say a movie is at position 304, you might think, "ah, with Andrew's strict interpretation of the word 'queue', if he watches 5 movies per week, he'll see that in just a little over a year." Not so!
You see, I share my queue with Julia. Netflix does have a way to let us have separate queues, but it's not particularly fair. (One of us would have 1 pick at home, and the other one would have 2, always.) So we share the same queue. Whereas I've developed a list of almost 300 culturally-relevant (or else so terrible I have to see them) gems, Julia maintains a steady list of about 20 flop romantic comedies made in the last two years.
So, Number 304 will work its way up happily to number 301, but then Julia will add Monster In Law and the Producers remake to the list, incorporate them into her part of the queue, and number 301 gets bumped down to 303.
So, when I say Joysticks is at position 304, it's actually at virtual position 579. But if I live long enough, I will see this movie.
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