Hmmmm.... Interesting. Could it it all boils down to $? (Without sounding too much like a certain Bradshaw) If $ is the main hold-back, does having $$$$ make as ALL the completists that we really want to be? ...Does that also mean that the completists have more $$$$ than the rest of us to burn? Either that or, have a habit to kick and debts to clear. (Without sounding like a certain Durden) Do the DVDs you own end up owning you?!!! :D :D :D

So far the "Whatever I fancy" bar is way up there. This could explain the varying tastes in a single collection.

Only 6 of us (im not one of them) claimed to be hardcore collectors! And didn't even come out of the dark yet!

Let's watch.....

Can you be all 4 categories?

I think I am...

i voted 'whatever I fancy' as i pretty much watch/ collect whatever i want :)

I used to be "hardcore" collector.. if i had airplane 1, i needed #2... if i had rocky 1, i needed all of them... then i relized, all the money i'm spending is a waste since i'll never really watch these movies again.. and if i DO get the urge to i'll just go out and rent it/buy it later...

I went from having like 300 dvds to in the process of selling 2/3's of them, keeping only what i know i'll watch again

I just buy what I like, although if I see a cheap price on a movie that is recommended I will buy it and keep it just for the hell of it. For a while I thought I would start upping my criterion collection dvd's. Then I rented Brazil before I bought it, didn't think it lived up to the hype, and decided I would be better off just buying what I enjoy. I also only have the first matrix and won't complete the trilogy, becuase I only liked the first. I did buy the Simpsons Season 1 when Amazon had it for $15 even though I don't care for the first season all that much, figured it was a good enough price to go for it.

I buy what I like, also try to stick to genres I enjoy as well. Once and a while I'll blind buy something I've heard good things about or stuff people recommend me.

Discerning buyer.

I voted Completist (re: obsessive compulsive DVD collector)

If I buy like season 1 of a show on DVD and I watch it and like it. I will eventually buy the remainder seasons. No matter if the show got worse or better. Also, if I bought like Scary Movie. I would also have to get the other 2 even though I haven't seen Scary movie 3 and so on... you get my point.

Whatever I like generally. However, I am open to taking risks or doing blind buys. Usually this comes from companies who have a pretty good standard/reputation. For example, Criterion and Blue Underground. I have bought a lot of Criterions and I really haven't been too disappointed yet. Only one, Jubilee, did I have a somewhat negative response to and I want to give it another try. They just seem to release very good or at the very least interesting films and I have discovered so many great ones. On the other side of the card is Blue Underground, who consistently put out interesting genre works. They aren't all gold though and certainly other small labels do work that is just as good with this type of release. Blue just seems to put out more i'm interested in. As far as series, I am brutal if I don't like it. For instance, I have the Alien Quadrilogy, but if it didn't come with it, I wouldn't own Alien:Resurection. Similarly, I want Beverly Hills Cop 1 and 2 (I like 2 though it is really just a glossy retread), but would never own 3 which is utterly abysmal. So I think for myself and many others this isn't a purely cut and dry question.

I used to be a completeist, but then I realized that I had a whole bunch of crap in my collection and when the Blockbuster trade in deal came along I got rid of a bunch of it.

I am a completitst.

I have Jaws and bought Jaws 2 even though I didn't like it...in fact I haven't watched Jaws 2 right the way through since I bought it. I'll also pick up Jaws 3 and Jaws:The Revenge just to complete the series, knowing that I'll most likely never watch them or save them for a day when I have absolutely nothing to do.

I have seem to have this desire of buying a every film thats part of a particular franchise. Even if the subsequent sequels are crap I must have them nonetheless.