anyway for what ever reason you still haven't picked them up, whether it be time, money, other
i still haven't picked up Heat (either version) nor Raging Bull, i also want Time Bandits badly and it's not money, it's just i don't know , i guess my recent obsession with criterions hasn't helped
thanks for posting
PotVsKtl
03-29-05, 07:52 PM
The Kubrick set contains 5 of my favorite movies and I have yet to pick it up. For a while it was about money and now it's about my assumption there will be a reissue. Not to mention the films' inclusion in the box set is keeping me from buying all the great SE / CE / etc like the Strangelove disc.
Randy Miller III
03-29-05, 08:13 PM
I'll second the Kubrick stuff, because I'm waiting for anamorphic widescreen releases. There's also a few Criterion boxed sets I'm looking at (like the John Cassavetes one), but the $125 price tag scares me. :(
Mike Lowrey
03-29-05, 08:15 PM
Quite frankly, I don't have "favorite" movies as such. So the DVDs I get are just those that I like the genre of.
Not to get too far off tangent here, but the whole idea of having a favorite movie, song, piece of artwork, etc, kinda turns me off. It reminds me of the sports fanatic that goes to a game or sports bar dressed in crazy team regalia. eg. Green Bay Packer Cheeseheads. I feel that if someone can honestly say that they have a favorite "whatever" says to me that they're a little close minded to other "items" in that same genre. For example, I belong to the TrekBBS as well, and there are some people who will watch no other sci-fi, but Star Trek. And I find that just to be quite short-sighted and even somewhat bigotted. I feel if you like a title in a certain genre, then you should try other titles in that same genre.
With that said, looking through my DDD wishlist, I don't see a listing that I can honestly say is even close to being a favorite.
eisenreich
03-29-05, 08:19 PM
Braveheart / Officespace - waiting for the SE on both of these
davidlynchfan
03-29-05, 08:25 PM
Lost Highway - just waiting for the studios/rights to get their ass in gear.
cajun_junky
03-29-05, 09:41 PM
The Legacy collections including Dracula, Wolfman, etc
nonametofame
03-29-05, 09:50 PM
Carlito's Way...I lost my old copy, and now the darn movie can't seem to stay in print.
gutwrencher
03-29-05, 09:52 PM
There are plenty.....and it's because they are yet to be released on dvd. You know me by now....the ones I've been screaming about for the last few years:
Mighty Joe Young
King Kong
They All Laughed
The Other
Four Flies On Grey Velvet
Inside Moves
...and about 100 others?
Mondo Kane
03-29-05, 10:13 PM
Strangers on a Train (SE)
Throne of Blood (CC)
Willow (SE)
Predator 1 & 2 (SE)
Creature/Black Lagoon & Invisible Man Collections
Cameron
03-29-05, 10:25 PM
The Godfather Trilogy...waited for a price drop when the singles were released...still waiting
Warner's Tarzan Box...didn't have cash when it came out...waiting for a deal now
Toy Story Toy Box....mine was stolen...had no money when it was going OOP....bought the two singles...need to upgrade
a few others, but these are at the top
JasonF
03-29-05, 10:38 PM
i also want Time Bandits badly and it's not money, it's just i don't know , i guess my recent obsession with criterions hasn't helped
Time Bandits is a Criterion!! You can satisfy two obsessions at once!
The Ferret
03-29-05, 10:46 PM
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Casablanca
acostigan
03-29-05, 10:54 PM
Back To The Future Trilogy. I held out for the corrected versions in stores. It's cheap now. Maybe wait for the new editions coming up now.
-AC
Quack
03-29-05, 11:24 PM
I would like to get the following soon, someday.
Monster Legacy collections
Weird Science
The Breakfast Club
St. Elmo's Fire
Neverending Story
Big Fish
Just to name a few of my favorites.
PopcornTreeCt
03-30-05, 01:21 AM
Batman (1989)
Soon.
snorlaxnut
03-30-05, 01:21 AM
Some of the ones I haven't picked up:
The Goonies
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
all of the National Lampoon's Vacation movies
Back to the Future Trilogy
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Star Wars Trilogy
zelebron
03-30-05, 01:38 AM
Akira Kurosawa Criterion Collection
asianxcore
03-30-05, 02:15 AM
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Memento
The Killer
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
D-Ball
03-30-05, 02:37 AM
House of Flying Daggers. I was going to pick-up the R3 version, but then the R1 version was announced so I held off for a few months. Other than that I can't think of any.
Egon's Ghost
03-30-05, 03:35 AM
Oh man.....
Robocop...now of course I'm kicking myself. The Criterion disc was around for a long time, and now...well, y'all know. Now it's only available in the bloody boxset (R1, anyway). MGM: blow me.
Aliens. Aliens. Aliens. I don't know why I don't have it. Why? Now there's the new 2-disc set taken from the Quadrilogy. I must have it. Sigh.
Die Hard. The 4-star collection. Is this still in print?? It had better be.
Someone said Lost Highway--definitely waiting for whomever to get their asses in gear. I hope Lynch is working on a transfer now. Isn't why it takes a while for his films to get to DVD? So. Wild at Heart. Blue Velvet. Twin Peaks--I'm waiting for Paramount to re-release season 1...hopefully with the goddamned pilot.
There are others. The reason? Money. Conspicuous consumption. I don't live in the US at the moment and moving a lot conspicuously consumed crap internationally doesn't make sense. And I'll be moving around a lot. But my short list shouldn't be too difficult.
Drexl
03-30-05, 06:41 AM
Time Bandits is a Criterion!! You can satisfy two obsessions at once!
Yeah, but if I had to just get one version, I would get the Anchor Bay Divimax version instead. Aside from being much cheaper, it has much better picture quality. Supplements are different, but just as informative.
He could always get both though.
DrStrangeL0ve71
03-30-05, 07:49 AM
I still havent gotten Psycho
Disc-Flipper
03-30-05, 10:41 AM
Donnie Darko: Director's Cut (too expensive right now)
The Fifth Element
The Truman Show
The Breakfast Club
EskimoJoe
03-30-05, 12:21 PM
Quite frankly, I don't have "favorite" movies as such. So the DVDs I get are just those that I like the genre of.
Not to get too far off tangent here, but the whole idea of having a favorite movie, song, piece of artwork, etc, kinda turns me off. It reminds me of the sports fanatic that goes to a game or sports bar dressed in crazy team regalia. eg. Green Bay Packer Cheeseheads. I feel that if someone can honestly say that they have a favorite "whatever" says to me that they're a little close minded to other "items" in that same genre. For example, I belong to the TrekBBS as well, and there are some people who will watch no other sci-fi, but Star Trek. And I find that just to be quite short-sighted and even somewhat bigotted. I feel if you like a title in a certain genre, then you should try other titles in that same genre.
With that said, looking through my DDD wishlist, I don't see a listing that I can honestly say is even close to being a favorite.
To me, there seems to be quite a difference in being a fan boy of a movie and having a favorite one. For instance, my favorite movie is The Big Lebowski, but I (assuming most people behave the same way) have yet to shut myself off from other comedies and Coen Brothers movies. I would think, if anything, having a favorite movie would only serve to spark you interest in the genre and expand your viewing habits.
Also, I don't think there is anything that I am surprised I have yet to pick up, as of last weekend.
MrE
03-30-05, 12:29 PM
Ditto. I have lots of favorite movies (and even more favorite music), most of which has opened doors to additional movies, not the opposite. For instance, Chinatown opened the door to film noir. Just because a movie is a favorite means neither that I watch it frequently or watch it to the exclusion of anything else.
This is even more true of music, where a favorite artist can lead to predecessors, ancillary groups, followers, similar genres, etc.
Heartagram
03-30-05, 02:10 PM
Blade Runner - waiting for a better release
12 Monkeys - waiting for the re-release (May 10)
All I can think of for now.
Geofferson
03-30-05, 02:44 PM
The recent Heat: SE.
Toad
03-30-05, 02:53 PM
Last of the Mohicans
Godfather Trilogy
My Cousin Vinny
Shawshank Redemption
Friends, seasons 7-9
Seinfeld, seasons 3-4
P.S. Interesting thread!
Toad
03-30-05, 02:55 PM
Quite frankly, I don't have "favorite" movies as such. So the DVDs I get are just those that I like the genre of.
Not to get too far off tangent here, but the whole idea of having a favorite movie, song, piece of artwork, etc, kinda turns me off. It reminds me of the sports fanatic that goes to a game or sports bar dressed in crazy team regalia. eg. Green Bay Packer Cheeseheads. I feel that if someone can honestly say that they have a favorite "whatever" says to me that they're a little close minded to other "items" in that same genre. For example, I belong to the TrekBBS as well, and there are some people who will watch no other sci-fi, but Star Trek. And I find that just to be quite short-sighted and even somewhat bigotted. I feel if you like a title in a certain genre, then you should try other titles in that same genre.
With that said, looking through my DDD wishlist, I don't see a listing that I can honestly say is even close to being a favorite.
:lol:
Dude, relax.
Hubcap
03-30-05, 02:59 PM
The Godfather Trilogy
Office Space
mikeporter
03-30-05, 07:00 PM
Waiting for the next DDD 20% off sale to buy:
DONNIE DARKO DC
FOR ALL MANKIND
GOODFELLAS SE
HEAT SE
LEON - THE PROFESSIONAL DE
LOST BOYS SE
NAUSICAA
RAGING BULL SE
RIGHT STUFF SE
SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION SE
Last of the Mohicans
It is on sale this week for $7.49 at Circuit City, free shipping is available.
JesseCuster
03-31-05, 01:10 AM
A lot of good stuff has come out in the last few months. I'm behind.
Heat: SE
Get Shorty: SE
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: SE
I Heart Huckabees: SE
The English Patient: SE
DVD King
03-31-05, 11:53 AM
Starwars and Godfather trilogies, taxi driver, fight club, shawshank redemption and the lion king-- part of me wants to run out and get that one before it's gone from store shelves, but I hear the second disk is just disney marketing fluff. Maybe an edition with good extras will come out in the near future.
BYork
03-31-05, 12:46 PM
Group 1....Can't believe I haven't bought them yet!
Babylon 5: Seasons 4 & 5(GOT IT on 5/11/06!)
Battlestar Galactica: Complete Series(GOT IT on 11/14/06!)
Black Adder: Collector's Set(GOT IT on 6/6/05!)
Monty Python's Flying Circus: TV Series(GOT IT on 5/19/06!)
Star Trek: The Original Series: Seasons 1-3(GOT IT on 4/9/06!)
Group 2...Can't believe they're not available yet(!)
Captain Blood (GOT IT on 4/19/05!)
Fort Apache(GOT IT on 10/13/06!)
High Anxiety(GOT IT on 11/1/06!)
King Kong(1933) (GOT IT on 11/22/05!)
The Sea Hawk (GOT IT on 4/19/05!)
Those Daring Young Men and their Jaunty Jalopies(ORDERED-COMING 06/03/08!)
Group 3: Waiting for anamorphic/corrected version or sold original to get announced SE version
Blade Runner: SE(GOT IT on 12/26/07!)
Cowboy Bebop Box Set(GOT IT on 4/11/08!)
Office Space: SE(GOT IT on 11/1/05!)
Spaceballs: SE (GOT IT on 4/12/05!)
The Sting(GOT IT on 9/15/05!)
Stripes: SE (GOT IT on 4/12/05!)
darqleo
03-31-05, 06:22 PM
STILL WAITING ON:
My Neighbor Totoro
Meet The Feebles
HOPING FOR A BETTER VERSION TO COME OUT:
The Crow (director Alex Proyas got excluded from the extras on the current release)
Baron Munchausen (please Criterion?)
The Fisher King (please Criterion?)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (Coppola)
Blade Runner
Taxi Driver
The Road Warrior
The Big Lebowski
WAITING FOR THE BETTER VERSION:
Flash Gordon (80's version)
Office Space
Dune (Lynch)
12 Monkeys (looks like I'll be settling with the not-so-"new" version)
Batman
Batman Returns
There's also a bunch of HK films that I'm waiting for a more definitive version on (remastered, correct aspect ratio, subtitled correctly, etc.), mostly John Woo and Jackie Chan stuff, maybe they exist in another Region coding, dunno, I haven't been keeping up on that scene and I don't own a Region-Free player.
chente
03-31-05, 06:29 PM
Blade Runner
Grease
Office Space
Road Warrior
Flash Gordon
Saturday Night Fever
Come to mind.
Spamcola
03-31-05, 06:36 PM
Oh man.....
Robocop...now of course I'm kicking myself. The Criterion disc was around for a long time, and now...well, y'all know. Now it's only available in the bloody boxset (R1, anyway). MGM: blow me.
The MGM boxset is incredibly cheap (less than 20 dollars). You're really doing yourself a disservice by depriving yourself of it. The Robocop disc has a commentary and tons of great special features.
Of course it goes without saying Robocop 3 can serve as a 104 minute gagreel.
scott1598
03-31-05, 06:43 PM
Time Bandits is a Criterion!! You can satisfy two obsessions at once!
yeah but, you would being doing a disservice conidering the 2-disc Divimax.
tommyp007
03-31-05, 06:45 PM
Several Hitchcock films......
Rebecca
Notorious
Rope
Marnie
Dial M for Murder
many more.........
brainee
03-31-05, 06:53 PM
There are a lot of my favorite movies that are out on DVD, but I haven't bought yet. Most are because I'm waiting for a better edition. Some because I've seen them recently in High Definition, so I don't feel like buying a version that goes down a notch in quality. A few are:
Indiana Jones Box Set
The Exorcist (I don't want the "Version I've Never Seen")
Halloween (eventually one of Anchor Bay's annual releases will be the one I spring for -- almost got the last one until I saw how they monkeyed with the colors)
2001
A Clockwork Orange (I can't believe Kubrick's movies don't deserve nice special editions -- plus ACO has been playing on HDTV)
Terminator 1&2 (showing on HDTV, plus the principle of not buying an "Extreme" edition after an "Ultimate" edition has already been released)
Seven Samurai (seems like this film should warrant a special edition)
Babylon 5 and Buffy:TVS (just haven't broken down yet. Farscape and Twilight Zone show that studios are not above double-dipping tv series, so I fear plunking down hundreds of dollars)
Blade Runner (like others here notice, this one screams out "I'll be double-dipped as soon as you buy me!")
Autumn
03-31-05, 09:14 PM
Midnight Cowboy
Shine
Taxi Driver
Mommie Dearest
Mask
Backbeat SE (as I have the first DVD release)
msdmoney
03-31-05, 09:16 PM
Indiana Jones box set
Garden State
Eternal Sunshine Collector's
Shawshank Redemption SE
Waiting for deals, I only buy dvd's when I see good deals.
Spiky
04-01-05, 12:28 PM
Seems to be some common lists, here. Has ANYONE bought Indiana Jones? I noticed I was purchasing films that WEREN'T my favorites while favs languished on wishlists. So I changed that a few months ago, have knocked about a dozen off this list already this year.
Indiana Jones x3
Godfather x3
Last season of Highlander TV show
Highlander Immortal Ed
Bunches of Disney flicks (some for the kids, some for me)
Sound of Music
Rope
Johnny Dangerously
All the Star Trek movies, although I've partly been waiting for the SEs or whatever they are called. Probably just buy a box once it is all SEs instead of a combo. (who came up with that dumb-ass idea?)
WarriorPrincess
04-01-05, 05:06 PM
Mostly tv shows on dvd for me:
Angel S2-5
Xena S4-6
Roswell S2
Babylon 5 S4-5
Crusade series
Coupling S4
Sex and the City S6 pt.2
Gilmore Girls S2-3
Wonder Woman S2
ATHF vol. 1,3
Sealab vol. 2
21 Jump St. S1-2
Wonderfalls
Firefly
NYPD Blue S1-2
Popular S2
Star Trek TOS S1-3
Star Trek TNG S1-7
The Darling Buds of May vol. 1-3
Farscape S1-4 + miniseries
Gargoyles
Alias S1-2
Walt Disney Treasures MM B&W vol. 2
Walt Disney Treasures Pluto vol. 1
Walt Disney Treasures Behind the Scenes
Looney Tunes Golden Collection vol. 2
and my movies (some guilty pleasures :) )
Dream a Little Dream
Men at Work
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Waxwork
Teen Wolf
Star Wars Trilogy
The Rescuers
Johnny Dangerously
Lost Boys
License to Drive
Gleaming the Cube
and yes, I for one have already purchased all of the disney box sets (fantasia anthology, ts toybox, etc.) and BTTF/Indiana Jones trilogies. Can't believe I don't have Star Wars/Star Trek at all yet though. Or that I haven't finished my favorite tv series as listed above. Haven't even begun the classics like Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Dick Van Dyke, etc. but will do so "someday".
Movies-2-Go
04-01-05, 11:06 PM
There's a few:
Blade Runner
Toy Story 1 & 2
This is Spinal Tap
DC Cab
Ran
The ones that haven't been released:
King Kong
Highway To Hell
metaridley
04-06-05, 07:06 AM
Batman & Batman Returns:
Waiting for the special editions that are supposed to come out this year.
Spider-Man 1 & 2:
Someone I live with owns these films, so until I move out I do not need to purchase them.
Reservoir Dogs:
Still not sure which version to get, or if I should hold out for another edition with "fixed" video.
9 of the James Bond movies I don't own:
Wanted to get them individually, but the re-released boxed sets didn't do it that way. Eagerly anticipating the upcoming "Ultimate Editions".
neocheddar02
10-17-05, 01:18 AM
Truman Show, Akira Kurowsawa Criterion Collection, Warner Hitchcock Collection, Braveheart, Spinal Tap & (especially) Indiana Jones.
Johnny Boy
10-17-05, 02:05 AM
Fight Club and Seven. Every time I went to Best Buy with the intention of buying them I always bought something I wanted more instead.
Also, Unbreakable, Deliverance, Midnight Run, and The Naked Gun series.
joliom
10-17-05, 02:12 AM
First Blood: Ultimate Edition. It's one of my favorite movies and, although I have the Special Edition, I still haven't picked up the UE yet to suppliment it, despite a very reasonable price tag and the allure of the alternate ending (which I'm dying to see). Don't know why, I just haven't bought it yet for some reason.
Dazed
10-17-05, 03:48 AM
Batman (that will change soon though :) )
Shawshank Redemption
mattressman
10-17-05, 04:34 AM
There are quite a few. A lot of them just have cruddy versions so I keep pushing them off in favor of other DVDs I like that have much better editions. I finally picked up Shawshank Redemption, but I have yet to pick up:
The Godfather Collection
Videodrome
The Truman Show
Short Cuts
Halloween
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Back to the Future
A few Kurosawa, Kubrick and Gilliam movies I've been needing, also. There are a bunch more I'm sure I'm forgetting. Heh.
starry
10-17-05, 08:38 AM
The Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection.
This has been an expensive month for me.
Fincher Fan
10-17-05, 08:42 AM
Barely Legal 3. I'm waiting for an anamorphic transfer.
Fincher Fan
10-17-05, 08:43 AM
Oh, and the Care Bears movie.
mookiemeister
10-17-05, 08:54 AM
Sideways and Passion of the Christ. I haven't seen either movie but want to pick up the DVD eventually.
Fincher Fan
10-17-05, 09:21 AM
Is that the one where Jesus turns water into wine then screams "I AM NOT DRINKING ANY FUCKING MERLOT!"?
toddly6666
10-17-05, 09:49 AM
I waiting for a better quality version boxset of the LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY...Those two boxsets - the theatrical boxset and the Extended version Boxset - both are weak and poor quality.
Green Smurf
10-17-05, 11:24 AM
Is that the one where Jesus turns water into wine then screams "I AM NOT DRINKING ANY FUCKING MERLOT!"?
Best.Quote.Ever
slop101
10-17-05, 11:24 AM
... There's also a few Criterion boxed sets I'm looking at (like the John Cassavetes one), but the $125 price tag scares me. :(
Only $80 here: http://www.dvdplanet.com/product_listing.asp?productid=44693&format=DVD
Not bad for 5 films, a documentary and more.
Iron_Giant
10-17-05, 11:39 AM
Smallville Season 4 (this is the one I hope to get soon, I have the other 3 seasons)
Batman TV series Vol 2 (have the 1st and love it) and Superman TV series Vol 1
Coming soon: Star Wars III, Batman Begins
feral125
10-17-05, 10:07 PM
Sin City
Kudama
10-17-05, 10:25 PM
The Krays and Phase IV (the one about ants).
But, to be fair, I was able to pick up some SCinemax favorites. Oh, the humanity.
actyper
10-18-05, 12:20 PM
Am I the only dumbass still waiting on Kill Bill?
edit: just did a search and saw the other thread. "indefinately". doh!
Doughboy
10-18-05, 12:51 PM
Am I the only dumbass still waiting on Kill Bill?
I don't know if you're a dumbass, but you're not the only one waiting on Kill Bill. ;) Seriously though, the current DVDs are pretty cheap, but I heard the picture quality sucks, there are no extras, and having seen the Japanese full color version of Vol. 1, I can't justify getting the B&W cut.
The Graduate is a movie I'm desperate to own on DVD, but MGM refuses to reissue this with a new anamorphic transfer. I don't even need any extras(I have the Criterion LD which includes a terrific audio essay), but it's deserving of at least 16x9 video.
GameGenie
10-18-05, 03:10 PM
Scarface
Fight Club
i realy need those dvds.
andicus
10-18-05, 03:45 PM
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Bladerunner
Kudama
10-18-05, 06:50 PM
I'm surprised that I haven't picked up Batman Begins yet! (I don't get off work 'til 4:30, though.)
I also, for the life of me, don't know why I haven't bought BladeRunner. Now I'm paranoid that the super deluxe das boot cut will be released right after I buy it.
It's funny, andicus, Pink Floyd the Wall was my very first purchase. Before I got my player. It's got a really interesting doc in the extras, worth watching many times. I highly recommend you move it to the top of your queue.
Eric D.
10-18-05, 06:59 PM
Videodrome: Criterion Collection
Six Feet Under: Seasons 2-4
andicus
10-18-05, 07:21 PM
It's funny, andicus, Pink Floyd the Wall was my very first purchase. Before I got my player. It's got a really interesting doc in the extras, worth watching many times. I highly recommend you move it to the top of your queue.
Yeah, I've watched it on my crummy old VHS copy somewhere between 50 and 100 times. I used to put it on just for background. Definitely have to pick it up. Live at Pompeii is another must have for me that I also haven't got yet.
Is the doc in the old or new release, or both? Actually, I just checked Amazon, and it looks like it's in both. Although, the new release doesn't list the commentary in the features. Do you know if it is available in the newer release?
Fincher Fan
10-19-05, 01:54 AM
Fight Club
Fight Club is essential for any DVD collection.
PopcornTreeCt
10-19-05, 02:31 AM
Batman (1989)
Soon.
Well, my collection is complete now. I've waited for this day since I bought a DVD player.
Buy: