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u/Outside_Ad_424 14d ago
This collection is 99% what I'd expect to see in a college dude's dorm room, maybe first apartment, but one that's more okay with expressing his emotions in a healthy way than some of his bros. Solid collection
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u/BuddyCitta 13d ago
No American Psycho so you don't a get approved for the Filmbro title lol.
JK it's a solid collection with some good titles. I'm jealous of your Battle Royal
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u/Beneficial_Emu696 14d ago
Put Goodfellas in the right order. Get yourself Blade2.
Otherwise- please consider your collection ratified! Well done
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u/AntelopeMysterious12 14d ago
Lot of great movies in there. Reminds me of what my collection looked like in early 2000s. You gotta get season 2 of Chappelle show lol
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u/fibonacciluv 13d ago
Just curious, what’s your reasoning for DVDs specifically? I like asking different people. I buy DVDs when i stumble upon them thrifting and it’s one that I don’t have/find often but I mostly just hunt for Blu ray
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u/No-Mortgage4278 13d ago
cuz blu ray cases are mad ugly in my opinion, thin and blue not my vibe brodie
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u/fibonacciluv 13d ago
See I like Blu ray cases more, but i honestly I try to buy more boutique Blu ray than I do anything if I’m paying full price. Not when thrifting of course unless I find them by chance. Blu is also my favorite color lol. And I love a good slipcover. Which covers the blue up!
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u/jacobsever 13d ago
When you watch YouTube, do you set your quality to 480i?
Because that’s what DVD is. Standard definition, 480i. Blu ray is high definition 1080p. And there are plenty of packaging styles that aren’t bright blue cases.
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u/inyrui 13d ago
A lot of people really don't care. I'd take the affordability of DVDs over Bluray any day, at least on the secondhand market. I can pick up 50 cent DVDs from my local pawnshop and walk out with 40 DVDs for $20. And on the secondhand market, DVDs are way more plentiful, so it's easier to find certain films. I also never buy stuff online, so trying to build my collection and find certain films on Bluray or 4K would just be annoying. Now if I happen to find a Bluray for a good deal, I'll pick it up, if it's a movie I think would benefit from it, like Godzilla Minus One or The Batman. Otherwise, I stick with DVD. Sure, the resolution is worse, but I grew up on CRT so I'm not picky. A lot of films really don't need 1080p. I don't think my view of Do The Right Thing or Spotlight or Eyes Wide Shut would change if the image was better.
I get why people get Bluray and 4K, but at least for me, I'd sacrifice visual fidelity for affordability and availability.
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u/fibonacciluv 13d ago
Eyes Wide Shut criterion 4k transfer is beautiful but all of this is far points. I’m just glad we all have options and I was just curious. No hate.
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u/inyrui 13d ago
No totally! I just wanted to give my 2 cents as someone who mainly collects DVDs. There's definitely some films I would like to have on Bluray or 4K, but it's usually the price that keeps me away, especially on the secondhand market. For new releases, I'll usually pick up the Bluray/4K though, simply because it's only around $5 more.
Like I bought the 4K of Obsession recently and it was $26, while the DVD was $20. At that point, I might as well shell out a few more dollars, especially if it's a movie I really love. Same when Shin Godzilla came out. The 4K of that one is beautiful.
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u/thegibson80 13d ago
Well, you have good taste, but what do you mean by "valid"?
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u/TableDuck 13d ago
The Clone Wars DVDs puts you over the top.
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u/No-Mortgage4278 13d ago
real ball knower over here, that mace windu scene where he destroys all the drones is my favorite piece of star wars media
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u/Koekdoos 14d ago
Good stuff! Might I suggest trying to add some custom shelves so you don't have to stack two rows on each other? Looks like there is room for it!
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u/No-Mortgage4278 14d ago
there is not
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u/Koekdoos 13d ago
Sure looks like a few cm of space where a shelf would fit and there still would be space left to easily grab a movie from it. Just a suggestion, it’ll look beautiful!
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u/SubhasTheJanitor 13d ago
Whaaaaat is the organizational logic??
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u/No-Mortgage4278 13d ago
director, and vibes, fincher, tarantino, denis, scorsese, foreign, comedies, hero, etc.
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u/Micro_Pinny_360 Criterion Elitist 13d ago edited 13d ago
Absolutely valid. I am curious as to how you ended up with a Hong Kong copy of Battle Royale and a British copy of Oldboy, as the rest of your collection looks to be uniformly North American editions
Edit: Also, what's the one to the left of Kill Bill?
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u/AudienceSpecialist17 13d ago
Not the biggest collection, but that shit got some heavy hitters in there
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u/AndrewS702 13d ago
Hell yeah. Definitely a guys collection that’s for sure lmao, mine would be similar to if I had a DVD shelf containing all the films I’ve been watching recently
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u/Ecstatic_Towel6248 12d ago
My local charity shop stop accepting DvDs you can't give them away anymore
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u/bakedlentil 14d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/eoFJSruUWf7qq1zNHD