I think I have too many DVD's

el presidente Highsteppa · Jan 17, 2002

My list:

A Better Tomorrow 2
Akira
Alien
Alien 3
Alien Resurrection
Aliens
An American Werewolf in London
Apocalypse Now - Redux
Apt Pupil
Armageddon – Criterion Edition
Armour of God 2 – Operation Condor
Bamboozeled
Baraka
Beastie Boys – Criterion Edition
Being John Malkovich
Big Trouble in Little China
Bird
Black Magic M66 – anime
Blade – Platinum Edition
Blade Runner
Blood – anime
Bob Roberts
Boogie Nights – Platinum Edition
Brother – Takeshi Kintaro
Bullit
Bulworth
Castle of Cagliostro (Anime)
Charlie’s Angels
Chasing Amy – Criterion Edition
City of Angels
Clerks
Cliffhanger
Conan
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Deep Cover
Demolition Man
Die Hard – Special Edition
Face/Off
Falling Down
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fight Club
Following
From Dusk Til Dawn
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Ghost In The Shell (Anime)
Gladiator
Global Underground – 001
Go
Good Will Hunting
Gunmen
Hannibal
Hard Boiled – Criterion Edition
Heat
High Fidelity
Hollow Man
Human Traffic
I'm Gonna Get You Sucka
In the Line of Fire
Kalifornia
La Femme Nikita
Last of the Mohicans
Leon - The Professional - International Version
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Mad Max – Special Edition
Made
Magnolia – Platinum Edition
Meet The Parents
Memento
Memento (US Edition)
Mission Impossible 2
Moby – Play
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Moulin Rouge
Natural Born Killers – Special Edition
Network
Night of the Living Dead
Nightmare before Christmas
Ninja Scroll (Anime)
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Office Space
Once a Thief – HK Version
Out of Sight
Pi
Pitch Black
Planet of the Apes
Princess Mononoke (Anime)
Pulp Ficiton
Raging Bull
Requiem for a Dream
Reservoir Dogs
Rob Roy
Robocop the Director's Cut – Criterion Edition
Rollerball
Ronin
Run Lola Run
Saving Private Ryan
Scream 2
Series 7 – The Contenders
Seven – Platinum Edition
Shaft (2000)
Shaolin Soccer
Silence of the Lambs – Criterion Edition
Sleepy Hollow
Snatch
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
Sparticus – Criterion Edition
Speed
Star Wars Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace
Starship Troopers
Street Fighter Alpha (Anime)
Street Fighter Alpha 2 – anime
Suicide Kings
Swordfish
Terminator – Special Edition
Terminator 2 - Ultimate Edition
The Abyss (special edition)
The Big Hit
The Cell – Platinum Edition
The Corruptor – Platinum Edition
The Fifth Element
The Game
The Insider
The Killer – Criterion Edition
The Last Boy Scout
The Limey
The Matrix
The Messenger – Story of Joan of Arc
The Mission (HK Action flick)
The Negotiator
The Prophecy
The Rock – Criterion Edition
The Score
The Seven Samurai – Criterion Edition
The Shawshank Redemption
The Sixth Sense
The Suspect
The Thing (1980)
The Underneath
The Usual Suspects
The Way of The Gun
Three Kings
Time and Tide
Titus
Tokyo Raiders
Tomb Raider
Toy Story 1 & 2
Traffic
Trainspotting
Tron – Special Edition
True Romance
Unbreakable
Wings of Hominasie (Anime)
Wonder Boys
X Men
Your Friends and Neighbours

From the Ministry of they're nearly up to the roof, and I think I might have missed a couple of titles.

Prime Minister Highsteppa

atomic · Jan 17, 2002

got any porn?

pr0nstar · Jan 17, 2002

I only started to buy mine recently and I'm very picky.

And i'm up to about 20... so I don't know how long you've been collecting, but I've seen way bigger ones.

I think Astroboy has us all beat

pr0n

el presidente Highsteppa · Jan 17, 2002

Originally posted by pr0nstar:
I only started to buy mine recently and I'm very picky.

And i'm up to about 20... so I don't know how long you've been collecting, but I've seen way bigger ones.

I started back in the beginning of 99 and I am picky about what I pick up.

I think Astroboy has us all beat

pr0n

No shit.

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Prime Minister Highsteppa

Bumbaclat · Jan 17, 2002

I have 4 DVD's.

Bumbaclat

rswbrixton · Jan 17, 2002

i have 8 dvds . 2011 cds - average 4-6 purchased weekly. fully insured .

pr0nstar · Jan 17, 2002

And I'd like to add 4 of my DVDs were $200

Damned Import Anime Series

el presidente Highsteppa · Jan 17, 2002

Originally posted by pr0nstar:
And I'd like to add 4 of my DVDs were $200

Damned Import Anime Series

The criterion ones ran about $60-80 bucks apeice. The Killer, Hard Boiled, Robocop and Magnolia are no longer in print, and therefore have gone up in value dramatically.

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Prime Minister Highsteppa

JayIsBored · Jan 17, 2002

i have 1

Obey · Jan 17, 2002

I have about 50. Which sucks considering I've had a dvd player for about 4 years now.

I too am very picky

BassInMyFace · Jan 17, 2002

I hate to be a negative type, dont get me wrong I love collecting movies. I have lots of VHS (whoopie doo) and I just got a DVD player so I have like 6 DvD's.
I am going to be picky about what I buy. El Presidente do you just hunt the bargain bins and buy everything, or are those all movies that you honestly love and watch alot?

But I look at your list, and I know you are a movie enthusiast via your movie realted threads and opinions, but looking at you rlist I can only assume some were gifts?
Armageddon...Charlies Angles....Face Off....Ghost Dog......please tell me these were gifts......
Not trying to dis' ya just curious.

Also Baraka on DVD did you get that in store or special order? My favorite piece of film to date.

From the ministry of not trying to be too critical but most likely am

Peace

Lil'Timmy · Jan 17, 2002

Dear mr highstepper,

You need to get out more and discontinue this full fledged obsession with movies and DVD's. I am worried that you are missing lifes treasures like the sun, the moon, and the stars.
Thank you
Now I'm off to watch 15 hours of James Bond, so go outside and get active dammit

Bumbaclat · Jan 17, 2002

Originally posted by BassInMyFace:
Also Baraka on DVD did you get that in store or special order?

One of my 4 DVD's is Baraka. I got it at a small video store near Broadview/Danforth.

I love this movie.

Bumbaclat

PS Ghost Dog for real, Highsteppa? I despised this movie.

el presidente Highsteppa · Jan 17, 2002

Originally posted by BassInMyFace:
El Presidente do you just hunt the bargain bins and buy everything, or are those all movies that you honestly love and watch alot?

Love of films, the way they are made and all the goodies that come with them. No offence taken at all, as I can understand the question. Most of the time I purchase them, however a few have been given to me a promos (which cost nothing at all), but most promos I have to give back.

But I look at your list, and I know you are a movie enthusiast via your movie realted threads and opinions, but looking at you rlist I can only assume some were gifts?
Armageddon...Charlies Angles....Face Off....Ghost Dog......please tell me these were gifts......

Nope on all four.

Armageddon - Criterion Edition -> I disliked the movie intensely. I even got up in my seat at the end of the movie and screamed at the top of my lungs "THAT FUCKING SUCKED!!!! WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT GARBAGE?!?!!?", but the DVD is very good and extremely comprehensive. It was one of the best DVD releases of 2000.

Charlie's Angels -> if you take it even remotely seriously, you're going to hate it. I expected complete crap when I saw it in theatres, but it was actually a lot of fun in a brain dead kinda way. You could see that no-one was taking the movie, the script, nor the action, and they seemed to be having a hoot making it. Think Evil Dead 2 or Army of Darkness, and you have the proper mindset of this film.

Face/Off -> John Woo did rip himself off in this, but it's still his best and most exciting American film he's made to date. Also, it's a fuck of a lot of fun to watch two of the hammiest actors just go up to the acting trough and go waaaaaaaaaaay over the top with it. It's kind of fun seeing Nick Cage-Doing-Travolta-Doing-cage sorta deal and vice versa. I am a devout John Woo fan, and I still think this absolutely rocked. Best action film of 1997. Boat chase was incredible.

Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai -> what's wrong with this? I thought it was an excellently off beat film from Jim Jarmush and certainly something completely unexpected and different from him and Forrest Whitticker. I esp. loved the Hagakure passages that acted as curtains.

Not trying to dis' ya just curious.

Not at all, different strokes for different folks. I know I've been on the warpath for some films that almost everyone else liked. Film is art and art is about what you take away from it, in my eyes

Also Baraka on DVD did you get that in store or special order? My favorite piece of film to date.

It was given to me as a birthday gift a year or two ago. One of my faves too.

From the ministry of not trying to be too critical but most likely am

Peace

Again, not at all, I welcome people who challenge my views, provided that they have an argument. And like I said, there's some films that an individual will like and no one else will (Fuck, I liked Mission to Mars, what does that say to you?), but if you like it, why be ashamed about it? If you dislike it, same question.

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Prime Minister Highsteppa

CC · Jan 17, 2002

the question is:

retire early in life OR buy dvd's?

CC

The Magical White Isle · Jan 17, 2002

Without sounding like an ignoramus, I was curious as to where you get your DVD's and how much you would say an average DVD costs you. Basically what I am getting at is I have a DVD and a sick home theatre system. I have had my equipment for about a year and haven't bought one DVD yet. I rent all the time and I only usually notice the prices on the DVD's at Blockbuster. I haven't been too keen on buying DVD's at $20 bucks a pop to get my collection going. I already have a hard enough time controlling my CD spending as it is and know that I would only start blowing huge cash on DVD's if I were to start. The catch though, is I love nothing more than popping a good flick into the DVD, turning up the volume, sparking one and chiling out DVD styles in my apt.

Please advise Minister of slapping DVD's all over the place Highsteppa

James, sorry I couldn't make it to your Satoshi bash on the weekend. I was stuck at work all night, literally. When I drove by System at 5am, I couldn't push myself to hop into the party at that hour. I'll grab ya a drink another time and we'll chill.

Peace,
T

el presidente Highsteppa · Jan 17, 2002

Just a quick question, does anyone know where I can get a DVD copy of Chopper in Tdot?

From the Ministry of looking for it fucking brilliant film

Prime Minister Highsteppa

BassInMyFace · Jan 17, 2002

Hats off to you then El Presidente, just didnt wanna come of as a prick.

Im for sure going to buy Baraka this weekend...any suggestions where to shop for DVD's? Not neccessarily based on price but more on selection, off the track titles and such?

joey · Jan 17, 2002

would you like a medal or a trophy?

el presidente Highsteppa · Jan 17, 2002

Originally posted by The Magical White Isle:
Without sounding like an ignoramus, I was curious as to where you get your DVD's and how much you would say an average DVD costs you. Basically what I am getting at is I have a DVD and a sick home theatre system. I have had my equipment for about a year and haven't bought one DVD yet. I rent all the time and I only usually notice the prices on the DVD's at Blockbuster. I haven't been too keen on buying DVD's at $20 bucks a pop to get my collection going. I already have a hard enough time controlling my CD spending as it is and know that I would only start blowing huge cash on DVD's if I were to start. The catch though, is I love nothing more than popping a good flick into the DVD, turning up the volume, sparking one and chiling out DVD styles in my apt.

If you want popular titles, Future Shop is a great place to start, specialty titles like the Criterion series go to HMV or Suspect Video on Queen and Bathurst (Sam's had one of the best Criterion displays I have ever come across). Also, laughably enough, Walmart and Zellers sometimes has some pretty popular (and very safe) stuff at shockingly low prices (I picked up The Messenger for $13.99 and Night of the Living Dead for $7.00).

There are also other places, like the Game Shack across from the 333 Yonge st. HMV manages to sell some brand spanking new DVD's for 3-4 dollars less. I saw Tron there for 24.99. Look around.

As for the Hong Kong stuff, Chinatown has an incredibly vast and wide selection of DVD's you just have to look for them. Shaolin Soccer, The Mission, The Suspect and Armour of God 2 were all $20.00 and are all zone playing DVD's. The quality isn't quite as up to par as the North American DVD's, but at least you get the original edits of the films, and the subtitles.

James, sorry I couldn't make it to your Satoshi bash on the weekend. I was stuck at work all night, literally. When I drove by System at 5am, I couldn't push myself to hop into the party at that hour. I'll grab ya a drink another time and we'll chill.

Peace,
T

No prob, bro, I read it, and was sorry you couldn't make it out. Catch him next time, as he was just as good, if not better the last time he was here in May or June, can't remember.

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Prime Minister Highsteppa

el presidente Highsteppa · Jan 17, 2002

Originally posted by joey:
would you like a medal or a trophy?

Trophy if you present it to me in a bikini, joey.

Medal if you present it in a g-string and makeup (heavy on the lipstick)

From the Ministry of you don't play nice

Prime Minister Highsteppa

Soundstream · Jan 17, 2002

I don't have a ton of DVDs. Maybe a hundred or so. I only really buy stuff though that I think I will watch multiple times. There are lots of movies out there that I just can't see myself watching over and over, and so then I will just rent them.

A couple of friends of mine have about 500+. And of course they admit that they haven't even watched half of them. Sure it would be nice to have a full library for guests to choose from, but then again, I am buying these movies for myself, not for my guests.

I guess I'd rather spend the money on a solid home theatre setup than on than a crapload of DVDs. After all, what good is watching all those DVDs on a sub par system.

Cheers ... Ian

Soundstream · Jan 17, 2002

The only DVD that I am hoping for to be released is "Carpool". Although I have a feeling that the market demand for this film just won't justify the cost of the studio releasing it.

Cheers ... Ian

joey · Jan 17, 2002

Originally posted by el presidente Highsteppa:
Trophy if you present it to me in a bikini, joey.

Medal if you present it in a g-string and makeup (heavy on the lipstick)

From the Ministry of you don't play nice

Prime Minister Highsteppa

well you'll also need a puke bag then

el presidente Highsteppa · Jan 17, 2002

Originally posted by joey:
well you'll also need a puke bag then

that's why I want you there, you'll be an excellent substitute.

From the Minister of I don't play nice either

Prime Minister Highsteppa

I think I have too many DVD's

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