Take 5 - 10/14/11

Each week I take 5 news items from the current week from the entertainment industry, list them out here and then give my take on them. This is Take 5.

1. Netflix Puts a Halt to Qwikster – Thank you. I hated this decision from the beginning. I use Netflix pretty heavily and the thought of having to go to two different websites to manage my movie watching experience bugged me. I have my movies all laid out and I love the way it is right now. Fortunately I was not the only one who thought this was a terrible idea. So long Qwikster, we hated you before we met you.

2. iOS 5 is Released – I am a PC guy and it will be very hard for me to ever change over to a Mac. That being said I am very impressed with Apple and their new iOS update gives me everything that I love about my Android phone on a more reliable and more supported handset. I have one more month before I upgrade. Before now I was planning on returning to Android, but I am now almost certain to be getting the new iPhone.

3. The Avengers Trailer – If you would have told me 5 years ago that an Avengers movie would be made and that it would be written and directed by Joss Whedon I would have slapped you in the face and called you Shirley. But it is coming and we got the first real trailer this week. The big question that is still left unanswered is who are the aliens that are being used. We know Loki has an alien army, but what army? The rest of the trailer does demonstrate that this will be a very big threat and features classic Whedon dialog spoken from Downey. I can’t wait to see how this movie comes together.

4. The New 52 Sells 5 Million Comics – Wow! Thanks to the speculator bust of the 90’s comics have been slowly dying. The industry is on the verge of collapse but it appears that DC has managed to inject some life into it by relaunching their line-up. I think that they’ve done a pretty decent job so far. My only wish is that the comics would truly embrace digital and give me a Netflix type option for reading. I know they don’t want to kill brick and mortar stores but they also need to do this to save themselves.

5. The CW on Netflix – I know, two Netflix stories this week. But this one is just as important. I have a hard time giving CW shows a chance because a lot of what they show is crap at first. Then I hear that they start to get better. So now I can watch a couple of these shows that people panned at first and are now raving about. I love technology.