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"What's your recent DVD purchase?"

Before DVDs came along there was VHS. I never bought a single movie on VHS, my brother only bought 3 (SE Star Wars) and my younger brother about 10 (a mix of 80ies films like Planes, Trains & Automobiles and Red Dwarf).

But now we seem to buy DVDs all the time, collectively we have just under 200 DVDs now and we buy atleast 1 DVD a week as a family. (we used to rent a lot but we dont anymore and the nearest cinema is 30 minutes drive away). I guess it is good news for the television and film industries. Anyone else noticed that they're buying more DVDs than they did VHS?

My recent DVD purchase was Donnie Darko Prism Edition. At a very nice price of £4.99 to encourage those who wouldnt have bought the film otherwise, despite having no special features. It's a very interesting and unusual film nothing like I've seen before.

I also pre-ordered a DVD boxset. Most of you are too young and would probably confuse it with the awful Matt LeBanc movie that came out years ago. It's the Lost In Space Series 1 boxset. 8 DVDs, 31 episodes, a collective running time of 23 hours and 42 minutes (possible marathon attempt?) At a nice price of £39.99 "DANGER! DANGER WILL ROBINSON!!"

Anyone else buy anything on DVD lately?

some extras are good - I like having deleted scenes and out-takes, aswell as commentaries. But endless 'making of' documentaries are indeed a waste of space.

Do you think more companies will start doing two version DVDs, one featureless and at a very tempting price? DVDs under a tenner always grab my attension. Donnie Darko Prism Edition is still selling well under a fiver.

Just ordered;

Labyrinth £6.99
Dark Crystal £6.99
Battle Royale Special Edition £16.99 (anyone else got?)
Ring (Japanese) £14.99 (better than US version?)

Oh and pre-ordered;

Final Fantasy Unlimited - Phase 1 £14.99
Kill Bill Vol. 1 £13.99 (wonder if it's good)

Just bought Matchstick Men. Fantastic film, and it's nice to see that Warner Brothers have ditched the old cardboard DVD boxes for the regular plastic ones (except for the new Friends DVDs)...

Dr. J Nash wrote:
> What’s the deal with people wanting extras?
> They’re s**téwash.

Hurrah, anoter sensible person.

I bought X Files on VHS and nothing else. Now I have close to 400 DVD's cluttering my room up (all legal ones might I add), of course I have more money than when I was younger so that's an obvious reason.

Extras are a waste of time, thankfully Fox and others are now offering dual version of films so I can get the extraless one and not pay for junk I have no interest in.

Last purchase was League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, one disc set, and the next purchase will be Tears Of The Sun.

I bought Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs the other day.

Very cool :o)

MoJoJoJo wrote:
> But the film's terrible, why are you bothering?

Yeah, it was a crap film.

Top Gun, Seven, The Shawshank Redemption, Donnie Brasco and American History X have all been recent DVD purchases for me.

Just found out my brother bought the Jackass movie (cheap I imagine) just pressed play, I wonder what it's like, can't be that worse from the TV version.

Hope to go and buy Finding Nemo on Friday.

Either that or Matchstick Men, both excellent films...

Rah, just got home from town with 2 shiny new DVDs..

Donnie Darko (It better be good) and Licence to Kill...Oh and a James Bond DVD tin :oD for the looooovvverrrrlllyyy sum of 22quid.

RAH!