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Old 06-18-04, 03:42 PM
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Seen 95% of the movies I have DVDs of.

Watched about 20% of the DVDs since I've purchased them.

Watched about 3% of all the "extra" DVD material.

I'm a collector, plain and simple.

Granted, I tend NOT to buy movies just to buy them.
I have to have seen it and enjoyed it, or it has to have had a strong recommendation.
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Old 06-18-04, 04:20 PM
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Re: Have you watched every single dvd in your collection?

Originally posted by corycouger
This means you watched all of your dvds plus all the bonus material on the dvds.
That's me out.

I hardly ever watch bonus material. Time spent on bonus material is almost always time that could be better spent watching another film.

I have seen every single film in my collection, however.
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Old 06-18-04, 04:45 PM
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Yes, I have watched them all. I only buy what I want to watch over and over again. Why spend the money if you are not going to enjoy it.

I takes me awhile to get through a Smallville set and there may be a few Specail Features (trailers...) that I have not watched, but that is far and few in between.
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Old 06-18-04, 05:53 PM
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I watch everything on a disc. It all started a few years back when I got laid off. Since the extra spending money was gone, I decided to go back and watch the bonus stuff and commentaries. That gave me something new to do without buying stuff I couldn't afford at the time. And it's a habit I've never stopped for some reason.

On the plus side, it really helps me to keeping my buying under control. If I just watched the movies, I'd always be buying more crap.

Now I have between 250-300 movies and except for those I haven't gotten to yet (~30), I've watched everything. It took about 6 weeks to get through Alien Quadrilogy, but I didn't watch it every night.

I guess I don't watch everything. The one exception is things like scripts. I'd rather stare at a blank wall than read hundreds of pages on my TV. I could do it in paper form, but not on DVD.
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Old 06-18-04, 06:00 PM
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Ive watched every DVD I own except the three I bought yesterday.....

I've watched probably 80-90% of the "extras" on each disc.
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Old 06-18-04, 06:03 PM
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Nope. I've only listened to 3 commentaries, and have only bothered to check out all the extras on maybe 10 of my discs. I have about 330 dvds, but I don't really care about extras, I buy them for the movie usually. That said, I still haven't seen a few of them, maybe 30 or so.
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Old 06-18-04, 06:10 PM
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Not even CLOSE.

(including Seasons 1-9 of X Files purchased blind. Have never seen a single episode, yet I own the series. Heard its pretty good
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Old 06-18-04, 06:24 PM
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I've got about 14 titles that are unopened. Of those 14, only 4 are movies I haven't seen before. I usually go through most of the supplemental stuff but rarely the commentary unless I've heard it was good or want to know more about the movie.
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Old 06-18-04, 09:06 PM
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I've watched all my movies and about 75% of the extras.

The Disney Treasures make me cringe. For some reason I have to have them, but I have to force myself to watch all of the shorts. It takes me months to get throught them and when I'm done I don't want to watch any DVDs. By the time I'm recovering another round comes out.
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Old 06-19-04, 03:22 AM
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Ive been collecting my DVD's for seven years now, and have watched my entire collection back to front.


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Old 06-19-04, 04:20 AM
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During baseball season, I usually have a heavy backlog of titles due to the fact that I go to every Angel home game.

Right now, here is what I haven't watched:

To Die For (Bought today)
Hollow Man (Bought today)
To Live And Die In LA
Two Of A Kind
Trapped In Paradise
How I Got Into College
Speed Racer - Vol. 2
K-9: The Patrol Pack: The Franchise Collection

I just got through the Theatrical versions of the LOTR trilogy, and now I'm going through the commentaries on The Simpsons Season 4.
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Old 06-19-04, 10:37 AM
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I always watch the film and most extras within a day or two of getting the dvd, then rarely watch the extras again. I rarely watch trailers, especially if it's from a film other than the one I just bought. I've listened to maybe half of the commentaries.
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Old 06-19-04, 12:05 PM
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If the criteria is that I've had to have watched all the bonus stuff then no. But I've watched the movie on every single disc. And probably a majority of the bonus material. I usually only buy dvd's that I know I can/will watch immediately and then repetively after that. It does get difficult during hockey season though. But I almost always watch them within 3-4 weeks. I've only done the "blind buy" thing a few times.

I will say that I don't understand why people buy dvds that they don't watch. I've heard of it a few times, but I never witnessed it until a few months ago. I was over a friends house and I started looking at the dvd collection. It was huge. But I saw about two shelves of dvd's that were still wrapped. The shit hadn't even been opened yet! He said he can't stop buying them. And he just doesn't have enough time to watch them.
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Old 06-20-04, 03:49 AM
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I've probably watched 95% of my collection. The percentage is going the other direction now that I have a new job and new cash flow. On the positive side, my wish list is decreasing
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Old 06-20-04, 04:10 AM
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I've watched about 95% of the dvds in my collection, and watch the 'major' extras...

but stuff like screenboards and stuff like that no...

Usually just deleted scenes, outtakes, alternate endings, sometimes making of's, documentaries and commentaries.
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Old 06-20-04, 05:05 AM
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Originally posted by LasVegasMichael
Not even CLOSE.

(including Seasons 1-9 of X Files purchased blind. Have never seen a single episode, yet I own the series. Heard its pretty good
You have got to be kidding...
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Old 06-20-04, 10:09 AM
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Pretty much. I have a few movies I've gotten in the last two weeks that need to be viewed. But apart from those I've seen everything at least once.
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Old 06-20-04, 10:33 AM
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Nope. Probably about 90% there.
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Old 06-20-04, 01:46 PM
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No.

My backlog's about 90%, which translates to more than I'll ever watch in my lifetime.
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Old 06-20-04, 01:48 PM
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Originally posted by scott1598
you should add most annoying new threads!

Dude, how many times are you going to post this? It's entiretly unnecessary and annoying as hell.
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Old 06-20-04, 06:46 PM
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nope although ive seen all the movies.
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Old 06-20-04, 06:59 PM
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People watch dvds? I thought they just bought them when they saw a good deal, then leave them sealed, and then brag about how many they own on dvd talk.
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