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Old 06-07-07, 08:08 AM
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Why do you collect DVD's?

Just a simple question because I am curious to know why?

I am not quite sure myself.
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Pretty simple for me. So I can watch whatever I want, whenever I want. No downloading, no waiting for discs in the mail or driving to the store.
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Because I have a mental defect! Most likely some kind of compulsive disorder...but I guess there are worse things to be addicted to!
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Because if I don't then the money in my wallet will burn a hole right through my pants. I'd rather spend the money on dvds than on a new pair of pants.
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Pretty simple for me. So I can watch whatever I want, whenever I want. No downloading, no waiting for discs in the mail or driving to the store.


For example the other night I saw the trailer for Jodi Fosters new movie, and it reminded me of Death Wish. I then wanted to watch Death Wish. Reached up on the shelf, and that was it.
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Basically so I can watch whatever I feel like watching whenever the urge hits.
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I don't know. After I bought that very first DVD, it was like I couldn't wait to buy another one and I have had a DVD buying addiction ever since.
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I just love collecting them. Everybody needs a hobby and collecting DVD's is my hobby.
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Because it's my only hobby. Besides drinking of course.
Old 06-07-07, 08:41 AM
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I "collect" what I like to watch repeatedly.

Based on what I see here I don't have much of a collection.
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It gets me laid out.
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It gets me laid.
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Not really collecting for me, I just love alot of movies and I want to own them. I may not get to watching some of them for several weeks/months, but at least I know they're there when I'm ready to watch.
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Because I love TV shows & Movies and besides Coffee its my only addiction.
I can watch what I want when ever the hell I damn well please & I love going to the stores to pick up new DVDs every tuesday.
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So my friends can ask if they can borrow them. Why else?
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Not really collecting for me, I just love alot of movies and I want to own them. I may not get to watching some of them for several weeks/months, but at least I know they're there when I'm ready to watch.
Ditto. I buy movies I like enough to own as I'll rewatch them over the years.

So I guess one could say I collect movies I like, but I wouldn't say that I collect DVDs. Probably why I'm still somewhere around 250 DVDs when I've been buying them since 1998.
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collecting body parts was getting messy
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because my life has to revolve around street dates and 'new release' Tuesday... (this also applies to my ever expanding CD collection - which threatens to overtake the entire house).
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Movies are an obsession and DVD's satisfy the urge. And they're friggin awesome. Nuff said.

I'm a completist and I like owning all the films from my favorite directors.
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Originally Posted by Matthew Ackerly
Movies are an obsession and DVD's satisfy the urge. And they're friggin awesome. Nuff said.

I'm a completist and I like owning all the films from my favorite directors.

that too...

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Because I had too much empty space in my house...
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I love movies, they are my escape. Some people collect porn, action figures, pubes, cars, video games....I collect films that I love.

I guess it's a better vice than drugs.
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I have a collector's mentality, and I love films, so it's a natural thing for me. Also, I'm very happy with the DVD format (I never liked VHS, and I only had a few) so I was hooked ever since I bought my first one.
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When I watch a movie, I am totally zoned out. I seriously don't even remember that i'm sitting on a couch in my living room watching a DVD. That's how much I am zoned out. It's like I get absorbed in the movie itself for that 2 hours. Unless it sucks. I collect because it's like being there experiencing what is going on in that movie. If I watch evil dead I am in that house where the dead are attackign a man with a chainsaw. If I am watching Jurassic Park I am on that island with dinosaurs mauling people.

It's not just an addiction and an urge. That's only 50% why I collect dvd's. The other 50% is because it's like an escape and a natural high being there for 2 hours as the movie plays out.

Anyone else like this?
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Because it's better than VHS which is good enough for me.


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