Fiction is not reality, and people need to learn to separate fictional characters from reality. For example, it hurts nobody if you ship Greedo with Jabba, and even though I don’t ship Jabba with anyone, it’s wrong to mock people for doing so.
A horrible Photoshopped cover for a horrible movie
Disney is missing out on millions of potential dollars by refusing to release a physical version of The Mandalorian. Their deliberate decision to make the show Disney+ exclusive is depriving people with poor internet access the ability to see the show. Even if Disney charges $45 a season, people will buy it so that they can watch Mandalorian offline, and truly own a legit copy.
The concept of a digital only console is one of the worst ideas that the modern gaming industry has done, and that’s saying something. Once the servers are shut down, the manufacturers turn every copy of that system into non-recyclable waste. This has already happened with the Ouya and PSP Go, and it’s going to become a massive problem further down the road.
Kenobi is the worst of the Disney+ Star Wars shows. The entire premise creates planet-sized plotholes for the rest of the saga, and turns the original trilogy into a second-order idiot plot.
If you’re going to make an always online game, the game should be only offered digitally, as creating a physical version will eventually result in lots of unneeded waste when the server is shut down.
Pre-ordered the new 4K editions of The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Cool Hand Luke (1967).
Weeded the following doubles of films I already have better copies of:
*X-Men (2000) VHS
*Men in Black (1997) VHS [Double]
*Mary Poppins (1964) VHS [have the AC3 Laserdisc]
*Star Wars Trilogy (1977/1980/1983) Fullscreen VHS [have the JSCs]
*My Fair Lady (1964) CBS/FOX Laserdisc [keeping the UHD]
*The Black Cauldron (1985) VHS [have the DVD]
*Fantasia (1940) VHS [have the Japanese Laserdisc boxset]
*Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) VHS [have both cuts on DVD]
*The Sand Pebbles (1966) Japanese Fullscreen Laserdisc [have the Japanese letterbox Laserdisc]
*Annie Hall (1977) Fullscreen Laserdisc [have the DVD}
Added the James Cagney Collection Laserdisc, Rear Window Fullscreen Laserdisc, The Kid/A Dog’s Life Chaplin Laserdisc, Black Lagoon Season 1 Steelbook DVD, Maltese Falcon 3-disc DVD and Rick & Morty Season 1 Blu-Ray.
Attack of the Clones is the worst movie in the Skywalker Saga. Not only did Lucas double down on his mistakes from the Phantom Menace, but he also added an unbearable romance and made Anakin unsympathetic 2 films in. Padme would realistically dump someone who confessed the Tusken slaughter to her.
Added the 4K Ultra HD release of It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) and the Criterion DVD of Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979).
Here’s a photo of my widescreen VHS collection as of January 22, 2023 (photo taken December 2022):
Most of the best films of all time have already been made, and there’s not much being released mowadays that I have a desire to see now that superhero films are pushing out arthouse films and director-driven fare.
Added The Lusty Men (1952) Laserdisc, The Sand Pebbles (1966) Japanese Letterbox Laserdisc, The Sand Pebbles (1966) Japanese Fullscreen Laserdisc and The Most Dangerous Game (1932) Masters of Cinema Blu-Ray
Rebought Jurassic Park (1993) 1994 CLV Laserdisc [I gave my previous copy of this edition to a local superfan of the franchise once I got the DTS edition]
Pre-ordered The Last Emperor (1987) Arrow 4K Ultra HD and The Fabelmans (2022) 4K Ultra HD
The Nintendo 64 is an overrated console that was ruined by the decision to use cartridges rather than CDs. This crippled the system (which would be more powerful than PS1 if it used CDs), and limited its third-party support.
Added the Laserdisc version of Sunrise (1927), one of the best silent films out there.
The SNES version of Final Fantasy VI is the best version of the game. Incredible amount of modding support, orchestral audio on a 16-bit console sound chip, and multiplayer that all newer releases lack makes the SNES version worth owning or emulating.
I would like a version with Star Wars Episode I and Episode II crawls with Rogue One being Star Wars Episode III for my personal alternate Prequel trilogy.
Added my first Imprint title, The Rose Tattoo (1955) on Blu-Ray.
Citizen Kane, while still a really good movie, isn’t the best Orson Welles film. That honor goes to Touch of Evil, a brilliant film noir that looks incredible and has great acting and suspense decades later.
Added the following discs:
Hud (1963) Letterbox Laserdisc
Murders in the Rue Morgue/Island of Lost Souls (1932/1933) Encore Laserdisc
Brief Encounter (1945) Criterion Laserdisc
Stray Dog (1949) Criterion Laserdisc
Ronin (1998) AC3 Laserdisc
Star Trek Beyond (2016) 4K Ultra HD
I would love a Fantasia Grindhouse edition.
Added Stargate Letterbox AC3 Laserdisc, Best Years of Our Lives Laserdisc and Val Lewton Collection Laserdisc.
To me, Sidney Lumet’s masterwork is not 12 Angry Men but rather Fail Safe, a Cold War thriller that keeps you at the edge of your seat until the end credits roll.
My current Spielberg Laserdisc collection:
Jaws (1975) {1978 DiscoVision} [rot-free]
Jaws (1975) {1996 Signature}
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) {1990 Criterion}
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) {1998 AC3}
1941 (1979) {1996 Signature}
Indiana Jones Trilogy (1981/1984/1989) {1993 Japanese Boxset}
Jurassic Park (1993) {1997 DTS}
Saving Private Ryan (1998) {1999 AC3}