Was this man able to watch 250 Netflix movies in just one month?
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Comedian Mark Malkoff must have buns of steel and eyes as tough as diamonds. He set himself to the challenge of watching 250 streaming Netflix movies in a single month, all to see how much value he could squeeze out of the $7.99 service.
In the first week of the challenge, Malkoff made it through 60 films with a total viewing time of 95.55 hours. Those cinematic masterpieces ranged from “Hoosiers” to “The Big Lebowski” to “The Dark Crystal.”
Malkoff prepares for a sci-fi marathon. (Click to enlarge.)
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To spice things up a bit, Malkoff recruited actor Jason London from “Dazed and Confused” to come to his house and provide live commentary while Malkoff watched that movie.
The butt-busting marathon went through several genre phases, including stints with sports movies, horror, and sci-fi.
By two weeks in, Malkoff’s obsessive viewing was eating up all of his time. “Mark’s Netflix watching has really started to have a negative effect on our lives,” his wife Christine says in a video about the experiment.
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Viewing Netflix on multiple devices, such as his TV, iPad, and iPhone, helped the comedian actually exceed his goal. The final stats were 252 films watched for a total run time of 404.25 hours and a cost of 3.2 cents per movie.
If Malkoff had attempted this at a regular movie theater, it would probably have cost well over $4,000, not including all the popcorn and coffee required to get through that many movies. Maybe Netflix is a pretty decent deal after all.
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