Very excited about the New Order DVD (FINALLY), and I've sort of decided that it's the "last DVD I will ever purchase".
-- Spencer Chow (spencercho...), August 19th, 2005. (spencermfi) (later)
i'm off dvd-buying too!! i think it is a scam!-- s1ocki (slytus...), August 19th, 2005. (slutsky) (later)
or at least not something that makes sense for me.-- s1ocki (slytus...), August 19th, 2005. (slutsky) (later)
i own maybe 10 DVD's. my local record shop has basically turned into a DVD store. it baffles me to see people taking piles of 5 or 10 DVDs to the cashdesk. when do they watch them? how many times do they watch them? why are they buying such crap? even they're not crap why are they buying so many of them?
but really i just wanted to ask s1ocki why it no longer makes sense for him to buy DVDs. does it make sense for you?
― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:51 (nineteen years ago)
― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:53 (nineteen years ago)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:55 (nineteen years ago)
― Fetchboy (Felcher), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:56 (nineteen years ago)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:59 (nineteen years ago)
I only buy DVDs now if it's something I know I love (the Errol Morris box set was the last thing I paid money for) or is impossible to get through Netflix (or would need more time than Netflix gives me), like the Avant-Garde DVD that just came out from Kino.
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 02:00 (nineteen years ago)
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 02:02 (nineteen years ago)
Right now the next DVDs I'll probably get are to complete collections I already have -- a last few Monty Python and MST3K efforts -- plus that there New Order DVD, which is a long overdue treat, and the occasional film-I-caught-in-cinema I want to see again regularly at home (The Nomi Song is a prime example here). Otherwise I usually ask for more expensive sets for Xmas as gifts, which is a nice way to scare up Criterion efforts, I've found. ;-)
Also, it's a space issue too, of course. At some point I'm ditching all the boxes and just doing the wallet/book thing with what discs I have, I figure.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 02:02 (nineteen years ago)
sorry about the faux naive tone of the question but i've never used anything like netflix and only became aware of it in the last week or so.
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― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 02:05 (nineteen years ago)
do you look at many of the DVDs you do own and think of them as "wasted money"?
Not really. As I've ceased much in the way of CD and book buying as well, I look on the DVDs I've picked up over the last couple of years as fun, occasional indulgences.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 02:06 (nineteen years ago)
― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 02:08 (nineteen years ago)
― Maria (Maria), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 02:16 (nineteen years ago)
― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 02:31 (nineteen years ago)
So, I have bought Futurama, the Simpsons and Bablyon 5 - and yes, I watch them quite often. I have a small collection of other TV shows I know I'd never see again otherwise, like the Goodies, Blackadder, the Young ones etc. And I have some movies - maybe 15 or 20 - that again I know I love and will watch more than once. Its nice to have a small selection you can just chuck on at a party or when relaxing.
I may sound a bit anal, but I really dont like the idea of torrents for movies or music. I know for a fact (as I work in the industry) that ISPs watch for that stuff like hawks, and WILL come down hard on individual users for it. Also, why not just go buy a secondhand copy of a movie on DVD for $10 from a record shop (which is what I usuall do).
― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 04:19 (nineteen years ago)
Shall I go on?
I buy DVDs with comparative restraint, compared with, say, books and CDs.
― M. V. (M.V.), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 04:30 (nineteen years ago)
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 04:31 (nineteen years ago)
― Trayce (trayce), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 04:34 (nineteen years ago)
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 04:39 (nineteen years ago)
― kingfish fucked up his login (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 04:52 (nineteen years ago)
― kingfish fucked up his login (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 04:53 (nineteen years ago)