are criterions for douche-bags
 

sorry, please delete this

Re: are criterions for douche-bags
 

i was trying to get screen shot of a poll for criterion sheep and i fucked up...

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Best. Thread. EVAR! rotfl

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Should be a poll.

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Yes they are. Where's the poll?

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I am a big criterion fan, so probably. :sad:

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I thought you were just deliberately making fun of the threads in Other. :(

Re: are criterions for douche-bags
 

I don't have that many so I guess no.

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Is "criterions" another DVD Talk forum member were not supposed to talk about?

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If douchebags wear sideways hats with stickers on them, and jeans with the waist at their knees... then no. Criterions are not for douchebags.

They are for hipsters.

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I absolutely knew i was fucked as soon as I realized i had posted it.

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Me too.

Since I consider a "douchebag" to be a frat boy type who wears white sunglasses, pops his collar, and only enjoys Adam Sandler and Fast and Furious movies, I would say no, Criterions are definitely not for douchebags.

Re: are criterions for douche-bags
 

Since I collect them enthusiastically...YES THEY ARE!!!

Re: are criterions for douche-bags
 

I was making fun of those threads in my sheep game... then i did this. It has been a bad day...

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I only have five so anyone with more than that is le baggie il douché.

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Title had me lol. Good one.

Re: are criterions for douche-bags
 

There's too many now.

Re: are criterions for douche-bags
 

Criterion used to be cool. Now it's more of a Hipster thing.

Re: are criterions for douche-bags
 

Wait, let me take my copies of Seven Samurai and Repo Man out of my cargo shorts pockets.

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Dude Of course not bro.

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I don't know about douchebags, but I wonder about those who blindly buy every Criterion there is, simply because of the name. Sounds fanboyish, cultish. I have a few, but only those of movies I like.

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I own Armageddon and The Rock on Criterion. Does that make me a hipster douchebag?

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I think it makes you an ironic douchebag.

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Which is a hipster, right?

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Welcome to the world of collectors - any label with spine numbers is going to inspire that sort of thing in a certain segment of the population. Personally speaking, there are a few labels that I used to "cultishly" collect (Criterion, Masters of Cinema, Second Run, Fox Noir, etc.), but nowadays I'm making far fewer blind buys. (Most of Criterion's recent releases have been films I've already seen anyways.)

I think one of the things Criterion (and certain other boutique labels) has done well is marketing itself as a "curated collection of some of the world's greatest films" or whatever. To many, especially those who are first getting into "art films," a Criterion release is like getting a recommendation from a trusted film professor or a film buff friend. Of course, Criterion, as great as they often are, has released its fair share of duds and films that aren't important at all - but the point is that they do a good job of marketing themselves as "the film school" label.