# Let's Critique Our DVD Collections! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2004, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354 "2004-05-21T13:57:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![PorkChop47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e68b1a/32.png) [@PorkChop47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorkChop47)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354/41 "2004-05-22T15:10:55Z")
Hey gobear is there a way to get a list of other peoples DVD collections on dvdaficionado. It’s a pretty cool idea to find people with similar taste. I like your foregin films collection. There’s a few in there I haven’t seen. Have you seen Nowhere in Africa. It’s great! I really enjoyed it. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354/42 "2004-05-26T20:41:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Hey gobear is there a way to get a list of other peoples DVD collections on dvdaficionado. It’s a pretty cool idea to find people with similar taste Yes. Just click the box next to one of the movies in your collection, then click the Who’s Got It? button at the top. The next screen will show you all the people who have that movie in their collections. Just click on a username and you can see their collection. ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354/43 "2004-05-27T01:59:14Z")
I finally got [my list](http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=darwins_finch) together at DVD Aficianado. Up front, I’d like to point out that some of those entries were given to me (e.g., _Dirty Dancing_, _XXX_, _Monster From a Prehistoric Planet_, _Rollerball_). However, others (e.g., _Armageddon_, _Independence Day_) were not. So I’m only partially to blame for any perceived lack of taste 😃 I also noticed that I have a surprising number of discontinued DVDs. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. In too many cases, though, it appears that they discontinued my version to release a spiffier ultra-deluxe-super-collector’s-director’s-cut edition. I am concerned about my Living Dead collection, though. What are the “best” versions available for those? The ones I have are pretty much what I grabbed when I saw them, so I don’t know which versions are considered definitive, or which ones suck, or whatever. Also, I actually bought the metal slip cover version of _Terminator 2_, but I no longer have the metal slip cover for some reason, so I picked the regular Ultimate Edition. Oh - I also have a copy of _Master and Commander_, but I’m not sure which version, since a friend is currently borrowing it. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354/44 "2004-05-27T03:51:26Z")
Here’s [my collection](http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&sub=ANF&id=hunter+hawk). I don’t actually own all that many films, since I have easy access to a very good video rental place. I only have two DVDs that weren’t in the database: The Residents - Live on the Outskirts The Bride With White Hair (my version is by Mercury Entertainment) ---
**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:** [May 27, 2004, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354/45 "2004-05-27T06:07:31Z")
I can’t say I’ve got my list ready at DVD Aficionado. But with 473 titles, I’ve made a decent start. [http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=little+nemo](http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=little+nemo) ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354/46 "2004-05-27T07:51:50Z")
Damn… I’m getting really jealous look at all of your DVD collections. Here in Japan DVDs are finally getting popular, but they still don’t sell much apart from mainstream titles. I’d say that on the bright side it saves me money, but DVDs cost so much more here that it’s probably a wash ☹ Anyway, here’s [my list](http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=cckerberos) (apart from some Japanese titles that aren’t on the site). ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354/47 "2004-05-27T14:50:06Z")
I just want to say you people have been making me spend money and I resent it. Resent it, I say! Thankfully stuff like _The Magnificent Seven_ and _The Dirty Dozen_ can be gotten cheap ;). By the way, this forum in general and this thread in particular inspired me to pick up _Donnie Darko_, which otherwise had slipped under my radar. Watched it last night and enjoyed its weirdness, so thanks :). - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354/48 "2004-05-27T17:04:11Z")
I want to play too!, here is my list [http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=unclviny](http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=unclviny) But some things did not show up like: My burned Animaniacs discs (x3), Bad to the Bone (a collection of 4 biker movies), The Bears live at Club Cafe, The Bob’s Sing, 11 volumes of the Carol Burnett Show, CBGBomfug punk from the Bowery, My burned Frank Zappa story, Gong the Subterania gig 2000, Kinky Friedman Proud to be an A\*\*hole from El Paso, Paco Delucia Light and Shade a portrait. Weird Al Yankovic Live, Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354/49 "2004-05-27T18:10:11Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > _A Knight’s Tale_ (you heard me) Loud and clear. I love that (very underrated) movie. Paul Bettany’s best work – hand’s down. Anyway – My personal philosophy precludes me from purchasing any movie that I think I won’t get my money’s worth out of by renting it multiple times instead. Obviously, most of you have cleared that hurdle. . .or you haven’t but you watch movies non-stop and repeatedly. Hence, my DVD collection is - Almost Famous Ferris Bueller Pulp Fiction Kill Bill Vol. 1 The Big Lebowski \* My VHS collection is \* Koyaanisqatsi Mr. Saturday Night \* I won Mr.SN off the radio. I only watched it once. BTW, I love my local video store. Rentals are $3 (if you buy the $15 pack for $45) with 3-for-2’s Mon-Thur. And, I like going in and trying to find movies. There are others that could go on that DVD list, but just haven’t yet. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354/50 "2004-05-27T18:35:26Z")
Let’s see, what DVD’s do I own…I just packed the damn things up, too! _Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers_ (both are the extended versions) _The Simpsons: Season 3 24: Season 2 PCU Clerks: The Animated Series Office Space Spiderman Star Trek: First Contact X-Men 2 Galaxy Quest Ocean’s Eleven Titan A.E. Cube_ Not a great list. I also used to have the first two seasons of Futurama, but they were inside a five-disc DVD changer, and then that DVD changer was stolen from my place. All I had left were two DVD’s from season 2, so I threw both sets out, with plans to re-buy them. ---
**Author:** ![CheapBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354/51 "2004-05-28T00:39:31Z")
[My Collection](http://www.dvdprofiler.com/mc.asp?alias=CheapBastid) As you will see if you click there’s a warning as I have an Adult Title listed. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354/52 "2004-05-28T01:46:11Z")
OK, [here’s mine.](http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=el_kabong) Got a long wayws to go compared to some folks around here. As one can see, very much a guy’s (or maybe big kid’s) list, I think. Got _Invader Zim_ on the way, too. Like 'em all, really; haven’t picked up any real clunkers except an earlier copy of _Zulu_ that was an absolute shite pan ‘n’ scan from a faded TV print. Apparently there are a lot of those floating around. **Biffy the Elephant Shrew** : Man, that’s one gobsmackingly eclectic list. I had no idea _Beany and Cecil_ was out on the shiny disk. Now I’ll havta get me some of that. ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354/53 "2004-05-28T12:24:49Z")
[My pathetic collection](http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=av8rmike). I think I have more, but I keep forgetting to update when I go home, so I can only remember 15. Also I have to really, _really_ like a movie to want to own it, and I don’t even like all the movies in my collection. Seriously, who can afford 473 DVDs? Even at a discount of $15 each, that over $7,000! Do you not eat? ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354/54 "2004-05-28T12:52:48Z")
> [@av8rmike](#): > > Seriously, who can afford 473 DVDs? Even at a discount of $15 each, that over $7,000! Do you not eat? I only have 345, but I do not pay anywhere near $15 per–my average, not counting box sets, is around $7.16 because I know how to bargain hunt. In addition, because I was an early convert to DVD way before most people, I’ve had more time to build my collection over the years. Although I have sunk quite a bit of money in my DVDs, the cumulative cost is no more than a trip to Europe for a week, and I have more for my money than memories and a photo album. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354/55 "2004-05-28T18:03:04Z")
O.K., I’ll bite: DVDs – (120 titles, 143 discs). Concentrations: James Bond, early Hitchcock, cult movies. About a Boy Against All Odds A.I. [2 discs] Air Force One Animal House Apartment, The Beautiful Mind, A [2 discs] Bela Lugosi Triple Feature Marathon Big Easy, The Blade Runner [Director’s Cut] Blair Witch Project, The Body Heat Bottle Rocket Bourne Identity, The Bridget Jones’ Diary Carrington Casablanca Cast Away Catch Me If You Can [2 discs] Chicago Chicken Run Citizen X Cliffhanger Dangerous Liasons Das Boot Dead Ringers Desperately Seeking Susan Devil In a Blue Dress Die Another Day [2 discs] Diner Dish, The Don’t Look Now Duel At Diablo Enemy At the Gates Excalibur Far From Heaven Fargo Fight Club Fish Called Wanda, A For Your Eyes Only Forgotten Silver Four Weddings and a Funeral From Russia With Love Gladiator [2 discs] Goldeneye Goldfinger Gosford Park Great Escape, The High Fidelity History of the World, Part I Husbands and Wives Impromptu Independence Day Interiors In The Bedroom In the Line of Fire Jaws Jurassic Park Kiss the Sky L.A. Story Lawrence of Arabia [cloth box SE: 2 discs] Life As a House Magnolia [2 discs] Miller’s Crossing Mishima Monty Python And The Holy Grail [SE: 2 discs] Murder By Death NASA [documentaries] Ninth Gate, The North By Northwest Notorious [Criterion SE] Novocaine O Brother, Where Art Thou? Ocean’s Eleven (the remake) Odd Couple, The Office Space On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Paris Trout Pavement: Slow Century [music: 2 discs] Pee Wee Herman’s Great Adventure Pi Princess Bride, The Purple Rose of Cairo, The Raising Arizona Re-Animator [2-disc Millenium SE] Requiem for a Dream Rocky and Bullwinkle, Vol. I [4 discs] Ronin Room With A View, A Royal Tenenbaums, The [Criterion, 2 discs] Rush Sabotage Secret Agent, The Shadow of a Doubt The Simpsons, Vol. I [3 discs] Sliding Doors South Park: Bigger, Faster, Uncut Spartacus [2 discs] Specialist, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Star Wars, Episode One: The Phantom Menace [2 discs] Star Wars, Episode Two: Attack of the Clones [2 discs] Sum of All Fears, The Sweet Smell of Success, The Swordfish “10" Terminator II [metal slip SE: 2 discs] 39 Steps, The Thorn Birds, The [2 discs] Three Kings 3 Three Stooges episodes Tomorrow Never Dies Twelve Angry Men V.I. Warshawski While You Were Sleeping Wicker Man, The [88-minute version with making-of doc.] Wicker Man, The [limited-ed. wooden-box 2-disc set] Withnail & I [Criterion] Wonder Boys Young Frankenstein What I most want next: more cult movies (Spinal Tap, Ravenous, Flirting With Disaster, Rushmore, Dark Star; and '60’s - '70’s cheesy anthology horror flicks), a lot more Woody Allen, more Criterions (Carnival of Souls), more Monty Python, more early Hitchcock (The Lady Vanishes, Saboteur, Foreign Correspondent) and Polanski (Repulsion), and some Kurosawa. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354/56 "2004-05-28T18:11:51Z")
:smack: I left out a couple: Batman ('60’s made-for-TV movie, with Adam West & Burt Ward) The Good Girl ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354/57 "2004-05-28T18:19:52Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > **Biffy the Elephant Shrew** : Man, that’s one gobsmackingly eclectic list. I had no idea _Beany and Cecil_ was out on the shiny disk. Now I’ll havta get me some of that. It’s only a single disc collection, but it has most of the episodes I was hoping for, including “There’s No Such Thing as a Sea Serpent” (The Ballad of Snorky), which is my choice for the single greatest cartoon of all time. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354/58 "2004-05-28T19:37:10Z")
Well, I’m not going to critique, but I will say that I tend to be very selective in what DVDs I end up owning. I have to really, really, really like a movie–there are plenty of films I’ll acknowledge as terrific, classic, 10/10, etc. that I’m still not interested in owning or have a hard time seeing myself revisit (though a few films on my list are my wife’s, not mine). When everything’s said and done, I’ll be surprised if I have more than 500 titles total. As far as individual lists, I can’t help but notice I gravitate towards older and foreign movies (by percentage) more than the other contributors to this thread, and most of the lists have films I’d never ever consider owning (per above), though some I’ll readily admit to having enjoyed. I do feel obliged to mention a couple lists in particular that I do like, though: **Tamerlane** : Extremely cool, diverse, and eclectic. From Kiezlowski and Truffaut to _Curse of the Demon_ and _Bubba Ho-Tep_. I’ll certainly own _The Conversation, Local Hero, The Long Goodbye, The Man Who Would Be King, The Wicker Man_ and _Show Me Love_ and I’m impressed you have them all. There’s very little that’s predictable about your list and most of your titles, though I don’t plan on owning them, I wouldn’t mind owning, which is quite unusual indeed. A particular shoutout to _Angels & Insects_ which I’m now reconsidering… **Kasper Hauser** : Winsor McCay, Stan Brakhage, Brothers Quay, Cocteau, Fuller, Rene Clair, \*Trouble in Paradise, M, Z, \*the Carl Dreyer box set + (of course) the eponymous Herzog. And _Love Me Tonight_’s on DVD! Holy crap, I had no clue! Gotta hunt that down ASAP! I think this most resembles what my collection will end up looking like (though a little lighter on the animation, for practical reasons). Very very nice. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354/59 "2004-05-30T03:33:56Z")
Mine, at the moment : [http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=candidgamera](http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=candidgamera) Hmm… unless I’ve got a few buried around here… There are many things on VHS which I intend to replace on DVD when the opportunity arises. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2004, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354/60 "2004-05-30T18:05:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Seriously, who can afford 473 DVDs? Even at a discount of $15 each, that over $7,000! Do you not eat? Pretty much what gobear already said. I keep an eye out for bargains. Video stores like Blockbuster sell off their DVD’s after they’ve been on the shelf a couple of months. I also buy DVD’s at pawn shops and flea markets. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-critique-our-dvd-collections/246354.md?page=4)