Honestly, there is no reason why Netflix shouldn't allow streaming over telnet. It works for Starwars after all.
Netflix requires DRM shitware.
It would be really cool if they offered a (obviously) non DRM'ed ASCII art version of movies over telnet! :)
I thought the StarWars telnet went offline? :/
If you want a replacement you can use `telnet telehack.com` and then run `starwars`. If you want it in a single command you can do something like `zsh -c '{ sleep 1; echo starwars; sleep 10000; } | nc -c telehack.com 23'`.
What is actually sad is that I can't watch Netflix using something like VLC.