[Starsky5000]

This is my DVD collection. Currently I have 40 dvds...mainly horror movies...the rest are action movies, tv serials & wrestling.

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It is expected to grow around Christmas time when Santa brings me some money.

I only collect movies I love.

 

[Beach123456]

The titles on the cases are kinda hard to read in that picture, so i can't really tell. Try putting up about 3-4 zoomed in pictures, maybe?

 

[blessingx]

I can't see the titles either, but consider adding this.

 

[Fitz]

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Originally Posted by Beach123456 /img/forum/go_quote.gif The titles on the cases are kinda hard to read in that picture, so i can't really tell. Try putting up about 3-4 zoomed in pictures, maybe?

x2.

Post some closeups or a list. Otherwise I'll stick my own collection on here to cause some groans.

 

[Starsky5000]

Okay here's my list:

Dawn of the Dead (Ultimate Special Edition Box Set)
Dawn of the Dead (Divimax Special Edition)
Dawn of the Dead (Direction's Cut)
Dawn of the Dead (Theatrical Cut)
Dawn of the Dead (Unrated Edition) (2004-remake)
Dawn of the Dead (Rated Edition) (2004-remake)
Day of the Dead (Ultimate Special Edition)
Day of the Dead (Special Edition)
Day of the Dead
Night of the Living Dead (1990) (remake)
Return Of The Living Dead (1985)
Zombi (Anchor Bay Edition)
Zombi (25th Anniversary Special Edition 2-disc)
City Of The Living Dead (1981)
Hellraiser 1 & 2 Disc Set
Hellraiser
Boogeymen
Phantasm (Special Edition)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Ultimate Special Edition)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Special Edition)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Gruesome Edition)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3
The Hills Have Eyes (Special Edition) (1977)
The Last House On The Left (1972)
Assault On Precinct 13 (Special Edition) (1976)
Escape From New York (Special Edition)
Escape From New York
They Live
Christine
The Road Warrior
Cube
Blue Thunder
The Mechanic
52 Pick-Up
Vanishing Point (European Version) (1971)
Vanishing Point (1971)
Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '80s (3 disc dvd set)
Hulk Hogan (2 disc set)
Road Warriors (2 disc dvd set)
Andre The Giant (Larger Than Life)
Dukes of Hazzard (Season 1)
Transformers (Season 2) (1984-1985)

I am expecting to complete my collection this coming Christmas with the following movies:
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (Extended Cut)
Tomb of The Blind Dead (Box Set 5 disc dvd)
The Hills Have Eyes (remake)
Blue Thunder (Special Edition)
Blue Thunder (TV Series)
Death Wish 3
Transformers: The Movie
Hulkamania 4 disc set
Dusty Rhodes 3 disc dvd set
AWA Legacy

& some others.......

 

[Azure]

So-so. Nothing special, but a decent start.

 

[Fitz]

Not a bad start, I've seen much worse (like the one I'm about to post).

Here's my own sad anime collection. I have a few dozen live action DVDs as well, but I don't watch them very much so I'm not including them...

TV Series:
Texhnolyze (6 discs)
Serial Experiments: Lain (4 discs)
Now and Then, Here and There (4 discs)
Aeon Flux: Animated Collection (3 discs)
Noir (7 discs)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (6 discs)
Gasaraki (8 discs)
Elfen Lied (4 discs)
Paranoia Agent (4 discs)
Cowboy Bebop (6 discs)
Wolf's Rain (7 discs)
Full Metal Panic! (7 discs)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (7 discs)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig (7 discs)
Zone of the Enders (6 discs)
The Vision of Escaflowne (8 discs)
Super Dimension Fortress Macross (8 discs)
Crest of the Stars (4 discs)
Infinite Ryvius (6 discs)
Outlaw Star (6 discs)

Movies:
Akira
Blood: The Last Vampire
Perfect Blue
Jin-Roh
Escaflowne
Final Fantasy: Spirits Within
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Appleseed
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

 

[jim3535]

It's not a bad start. However, given that I generally hate horror movies, I have to say that Fitz's collection is much better.

 

[camille]

better than mine at least! (not much of a movie buff)

here is my TV on DVD collection which will start to expand in the coming months...

TV:
Coupling (BBC) -- Seasons 1-4
Curb Your Enthusiasm -- Season 1
Dead Like Me -- Seasons 1-2
Family Guy -- Volumes 1-3
Futurama -- Volumes 1-4
Harvey Birdman -- Volumes 1-2
The Office (BBC) -- Series 1-2
Seinfeld -- Seasons 1-6 (season 7 this tuesday!)

 

[digitalmind]

Here's mine, I've recently stopped buying DVD's since I moved to Germany where allmost all dvds are voiced over. Contains, imo, some of the best movies ever made, and some that I just highly enjoy.


21 Grams
Alien VS Predator
Austin Powers, The Spy Who Shagged Me
Batman Begins, Limited
Bloodbond -- Why did I ever buy this?
Blow
Casino
Catch Me If You Can
Cidade de Deus / City Of God
Collateral
Dog Day Afternoon, Limited
Donnie Brasco
Evolution
Fallen
Fight Club
Hannibal
Ice Age
Jackie Brown
John Q -- Again, why did I ever buy this?
Johnny English
Kill Bill
Kill Bill 2
Lord Of War + Extra's
Man On Fire
Matchstick Men
Memento
Mulholland Drive
Pulp Fiction
Rat Race
Reservoir Dogs
Ronin + Extra's
Scarface
Scary Movie I
Scary Movie II
Scary Movie III
Silence Of The Lambs
Southpark, Bigger, Longer, Uncut
The Abyss, Limited
The Bone Collector
The Boondock Saints
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
The Boys From Brazil
The Butterfly Effect
The Crimson Rivers
The Insider
The Interpreter
The Game
The Godfather, Limited
The Godfather II, Limited
The Godfather III, Limited
The Hulk
The Last Samurai
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Lord Of The Rings, The Fellowship, Limited
The Lord Of The Rings, The Two Towers, Limited
The Lord Of The Rings, The Return Of The King, Limited
The Animatrix
The Matrix
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Revolutions
The Shining
The Skeleton Key
The Usual Suspects
Three Blind Mice
Training Day
Trainspotting
War Of The Worlds
We Were Soldiers


No DVD collection is complete without any of the following (possible spoilers):

City Of God
It puts you right in the middle of the ghetto of Rio De Janeiro, and it tells the story of multiple kids and how they grew up there. One becomes a gangster, the other a photographer. This movie will stick in the back of your mind for days and even weeks. Great (!) filming and editing.

Dog Day Afternoon
Old, but Al Pacino's best act in my opinion. The suspense of all the guns drawn on both sides but no one firing is amazing, and this really is a must watch. Al Pacino gains the favor of the crowds even though he is the bankrobber.

Fallen
It's just so good. The way Denzel Washington is being toyed with is great. It's not the best movie ever made but it's so chilling yet intriguing that it can't be missed in a collection.

Fight Club
Self explanatory, really. Just watch it if you haven't.

Pulp Fiction
I don't need to explain this one, do I?

The Boondock Saints
This movie just grabs me for some reason. The idea of taking justice into your own hands when the real justice system fails is compelling. Great acting by fairly unknown actors, and the love between them makes it a great watch.

The Game
Great, great movie. The music used at times is awesome, the multiple plot twists are great and the tricks they pull are stunning. Really good movie that I can watch time after time.

The Godfather trilogy
Classic, well filmed and acted. Very nicely put together and a must watch for anyone who likes the maffia. Many people feel the third isn't as good as the first two but I liked it equally.

The Lord Of The Rings trilogy
A great story that sticks true to the book (though parts are left out). It's not as rewarding to watch as reading the book is, but the undertaking of filming a story this large and pulling it off this good deserves a two thumbs up from me.

The Matrix trilogy
Not many people do this, but also watch The Animatrix. It explains the before in a way that The Matrix's trilogy lacks. The Animatrix is an animated film of multiple shorter films, done differently each time. Artistically great, and story wise pretty fine aswell.

The Shining
Scariest movie ever? If not that then the acting and small tricks used (like the sound of Danny's Bike riding trough the halls of the hotel in the beginning shot of the family driving up the mountain) make it a great watch. Very scary because of the story and filming, not because of sudden sounds or the like. Stanley Kubrick did a great job. Doesn't stick with the story of the book but I'm not sure which end is better, Stephen King's or Stanley Kubrick's. Both the book and film are worth reading/seeing.

The Usual Suspects
I didn't see it coming the first time I watched it. That's all I can say without spoiling the film.

Trainspotting
This movie throws you right into the life of a couple heroine addicts. It shows the upsides of the life they live but also the downsides. Great acting by unknown actors, great filming too.


Anyone have some recommendations on what I should pick up?

 

[Starsky5000]

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Anyone have some recommendations on what I should pick up?

digitalmind if their is 5 movies I would like to recommend from my list...it would be the following:

Dawn Of The Dead (1979) aka. {This is the original...it's not just one of the greatest horror movies ever made on Earth but also an epic}

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) {This is the original...The remake can't touch this}

The Hills Have Eyes (1977) {remake was good but this is better}

Assault On Precinct 13 (1976) {Again the remake can't touch this}

Escape From New York (1981) {The sequel can't touch this}

The Last House On The Left (1972) {The first time I ever tried to watch this one I had to stop & come back to watch it again another day...the acting was so startling real...it was as if something like this actually was to happen in real life it might happen this way}

 

[afobisme]

hm, doesn't the novelty of DVDs wear out with the recent introductions of the HD-DVD and Blu-Ray formats?

in 3 years, won't dvds be a thing of the past?

 

[eekcatz]

You guys should check out the website www.imdb.com which is like the mecca for movie buffs. They have a "top 250 movies of all time" list which encompasses quite a few good movies. I've made it my personal goal to watch all of those 250 movies but I've only achieved around 200 of those movies.

For digitalmind, you seem to have quite a collection of movies but I would recommend a few more movies. Namely:

Requiem for a Dream: If you've liked Trainspotting, I think you would like this. Personally, I like this film because similar to Trainspotting, it depicts the life of three different lives in New York and shows the highest highs and the lowest lows of drug addiction. It's a very powerful/depressing film but also highly recommended. If you like this film, you might also want to check out Pi which is by the same director (Darren Aronofsky) which I also think is a very good movie.

A Clockwork Orange: I see you've enjoyed some Stanley Kubrick films so I think you would like this film which is about the showing that inherently nobody can truly change your inner self no matter how hard one tries. If you like Kubrick, you might also try Full Metal Jacket, a movie about the Vietnam war.

Shawshank Redemption: One of the most inspiring movies I have ever seen. The plot of this movie is simple but the underlying themes of this movie is just wonderful. This movie is about a prison break but it's more than that; to quote this film, "Fear can hold you prisoner, hope can set you free."

Donnie Darko: And for the sake of putting an art house (cult film) here this would be it. It has a very nice twist at the end and I must say it's not for everyone.

And since you live in Germany, you must've heard of "Run Lola Run" which I loved personally which depicts the life of a woman who makes three different choices in life which leads to three different outcomes.

 

[Starsky5000]

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hm, doesn't the novelty of DVDs wear out with the recent introductions of the HD-DVD and Blu-Ray formats? in 3 years, won't dvds be a thing of the past?

I don't think so...I think the reason DVD will be around for another 10 years or so is because alot of people are satisified with it as it is. But more important is the amount of movies out there that are on a standard dvd format.

But yes I do think eventually DVDs will be obsolete...it will take time for HD-DVD & Blu-Ray formats to take off but they will.

CD's are still around even though SACD & DVD-Audio exist because the majority of people like the CD format as it...they think it's good enough and the amount of music out there already on cd format is astonishing.

Again i'm no expert here but I think I am right about this.

 

[afobisme]

i think CDs are around because people's cars have cd players (and high end cars come with CD players)...

it's not quite the same case for DVDs.

besdies that, aren't CDs as good as it gets when it comes to sound quality? it holds the amount that a regular album would no problem, there's no need for a new technology in that case.