# Doper DVD Collectors--Tell us about your DVD collections **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** documentary-bio\ **Created:** [January 12, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-dvd-collectors-tell-us-about-your-dvd-collections/1012888 "2025-01-12T23:42:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-dvd-collectors-tell-us-about-your-dvd-collections/1012888/21 "2025-01-13T16:59:47Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Of course that’s related to the availability of The Simpsons on one of Disney’s streaming services, so it’s the same reason. And few people are going to buy Simpsons series on DVD/Blu-ray. I did for the first few seasons but of course haven’t in years. The decision to stop releasing _The Simpsons_ on physical media predates Disney’s acquisition of Fox by ten years. So Disney may have reasons for maintaining the policy but they didn’t initiate it. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-dvd-collectors-tell-us-about-your-dvd-collections/1012888/22 "2025-01-13T17:34:48Z")
One big advantage of DVDs/Blu-rays that aren’t available on streaming: bonus features and commentary tracks. There are several movies that I’ve watched more with the commentary track than the movie alone. (Spinal Tap, Paul, Sideways, Night Of The Creeps, The Thing, for example). One of my favorite bonus features/easter eggs is on the deluxe DVD of The Kids Are Alright. There’s an interactive quiz about The Who…if you get the wrong answers you get a snide remark by Keith or Pete. If you get a passing score the reward is a 5.1 mix of “Who Are You”. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-dvd-collectors-tell-us-about-your-dvd-collections/1012888/23 "2025-01-13T17:46:32Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > There are several movies that I’ve watched more with the commentary track than the movie alone. (Spinal Tap, Paul, Sideways, Night Of The Creeps, The Thing, for example). Tropic Thunder is better with the commentary as well. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-dvd-collectors-tell-us-about-your-dvd-collections/1012888/24 "2025-01-14T02:07:43Z")
Mine is pretty much all Shakespeare (plus some other classic drama). I’d guess probably 100 discs or so? I’ve definitely got all 38 plays on film, most of them in multiple versions. I have some stuff that would probably count as rare – a bunch of older Stratford Festival and Broadway productions from the 1970s and 1980s, and a bootleg version of _Chimes at Midnight_ from before it was commercially available. (I did the honest thing and bought a legal version later, but I think I’ve still got them both.) ---
**Author:** ![rippingtons\_fan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rippingtons_fan/32/11767_2.png) [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-dvd-collectors-tell-us-about-your-dvd-collections/1012888/25 "2025-01-16T01:24:42Z")
What DVD’s in your collection do you especially like? I have quite a few, including **Sherlock Holmes** (the Granada series with Jeremy Brett); **Seven Days in May** (1964) with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas; **The Day the Earth Stood Still** (1951) with Michael Rennie and Patricia Neal; and **The Missiles of October** (1974) with William Devane and Martin Sheen. I have several more that stand out or course, but these are just a few of them. What are amongst your favourites in your collection? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-dvd-collectors-tell-us-about-your-dvd-collections/1012888/26 "2025-01-16T13:06:00Z")
> [@rippingtons\_fan](#): > > What are amongst your favourites in your collection? Well, I like the BBC/PBS/Granada/Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes, too (at least until the end, when they bloated the stories and Jeremy Brett got too ill to do it), but I only have a few discs. Others I watch over and over: Douglas Fairbanks’ original, silent _The Thief of Bagdad_, with the Carl Davis score The restored version of _Metropolis_ (although sometimes I’ll watch the Giorgiou Moroder version) _Casablanca_ _The Maltese Falcon_ _The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms_ -The first and best “1950s monster flick” _North by Northwest_ James Burke’s _The Day the Universe Changed_ _Fantasia_ and _Fantasia 2000_ _Guardians of the Galaxy_ _Spartacus_ _2001: A Space Odyssey_ _Forbidden Planet_ _King Kong_ – both the 1933 and the 2005 versions The original _Star Wars_ trilogy and the first _Indiana Jones_ trilogy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-dvd-collectors-tell-us-about-your-dvd-collections/1012888.md?page=1)