Or take for free. Not even to use as a coaster for your drink.

Peewee's Playhouse!

What an aggrevating commercial. I hate it. Makes your teeth grit. LOL!

Really, it is so damn annoying I have to switch channels whever it comes on.

LOL!

James :)

Hmmmm....

I might be convinced to take a free copy of the DVD for "Star Trek: Nemesis", but only for the technical stuff. Mostly just for the images of the ships.

That's all that immediately comes to mind, tho. I'd NEVER pay for "Nemesis", tho.

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Down To Earth: The Complete Series
Small Wonder: Season 1 box Set
Charles in Charge: The Special Edition

Well, I'd take ANYTHING for free so I have to disregard that part of the question.

What DVD's would I never buy? That's easy. The DVDs I'd never buy are probably among the most popular discs made.

I'd never buy SEINFELD. I love the show. I can watch it on broadcast TV about five times per day and it will be syndicated in perpetuity. Why the hell would I buy it...to listen to commentary tracks once and watch a special?

I'd never buy FRIENDS for the exact same reason. I love the show. I watch it three times a day. Don't need the discs.

SIMPSONS...see above.

STAR TREK. Other than the fact that I don't like it, the Space channel in Canada has played it twice a day, every day since they first went on the air. That's approximately 4500 airings.

The short version is this: If I see something on TV on a regular basis, I don't buy the DVD. I spend a LOT of money on DVDs but even I have to set limits. I can't buy everything and there has to be guidelines. My guidlines are simple: I buy what I don't see on TV for free.

Before I logged on, I just finished watching a DVD. It was COSMIC MAN from 1959. At the risk of embarrassing myself, last night I watched XANADU with Olivia Newton John from 1980. The day before I watched GOLIATH AND THE DRAGON from 1960. Other viewing in the last two weeks include HERCULES AGAINST THE MOON MEN, several STARMAN movies and episodes of THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB.

Farenheight 911......wait a minute, If it were offered for free I'd take one, could use it for target practice.

Anything with Meryl Streep. :freak:

Any classic Fox TV anything. Until they can get with it and create new transfers from original source material, they don't deserve a dime of my money - no matter how much I may want to own the titles.

impossible to start listing all of them.... they represent 99.99% of the stuff available on dvd....

impossible to start listing all of them.... they represent 99.99% of the stuff available on dvd....
That's Funny, But Seriously Mary Riley is one I DO NOT WANT another is Delores Clairbourne (I think that's the Spelling) Well Just about anything with Cathy Bates Or Rosie O'Donnel! lol OR OPRAH!!:drunk: That Woman makes me Sick! My wife can't understand Why I Despise Oprah so much....I Just do! lol (Has NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE btw)


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JOHN/LONFAN

Most of the big budget cgi blockbusters movies from the last few years.

The Village, Dreamcatcher, Exorcist II, The Village, anything with Adam Sandler, anything with Roseanne Arnold, The Village, anything with David Spade, anything with Norm MacDonald, The Village, Batman Returns, any Fox reality show, any WB reality show and The Village.

Oh, and The Village.

Anything directed by Roland Emmerich, Michael Bay, Stephan Sommers, Joel Schumacher, or McG. Anything starring Sylvester Stallone, Keanu Reeves, Jean Claude Van Damme, Steven Segal, or Vin Deisel. Likewise, any movie starring Julia Roberts or Sandra Bullock. Any big-screen version of a TV show that pretty much sucked to begin with. Any movie based on a Saturday Night Live skit. Any movie that is ever referred to on this board or anywhere else as an abbreviation (i.e. ID4). Any movie with the numeral III in the title.

Anything done by Joel Schumacker or anything starring Chris O'Donnell.

José

OPRAH!!:drunk: That Woman makes me Sick! My wife can't understand Why I Despise Oprah so much....I Just do! lol
"Don't mince words, Bones; what do you really think?"

:D

I can't think of much that I feel so strongly about as to declare I'd never buy it. I suppose I'd never buy any reality show, given that I never watch any of them. I'd not buy Seinfeld at this point, nor Friends -- I like both shows, but I wouldn't buy them unless they cost about a tenth of what they currently cost, because I'm not after specific episodes. There are, by the same token, seasons of, say, MASH and The Simpsons I'd consider buying because I would be looking for specific episodes. Shows like Alias and Lost I would buy because they are better seen on DVD than on TV because of their serialized nature (I have all three seasons of Alias, in fact). And there are plenty of movies I'd never buy, but none for which I would make some sort of mental note to avoid doing so -- none that bug me to the point where I'm deeply offended at seeing them for sale.

Qapla'

SSB

Anything with Jim Carrey in it, will not even take as a coaster!

The trouble with saying any movie starring ______ (fill in the blank) or directed by (fill in the blank) is that even those stars or directors you really don't like do something amazing every now and then.

For example, Jim Carrey's style leaves me cold but "The Truman Show" and "Man in the Moon" are amazing (haven't seen "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" yet).

The thing about movies is that it's all about taste and what entertains us. Making blanket statements is an easy way out. Being specific is difficult.

It would be like me saying, I would never have the complete set of "Star Trek: Voyager" because every episode was crap. OK, every episode was crap but there might have been one or two episodes that were worth watching again. Or there might not.

Every movie ever made belongs on someone's shelf (usually Brent Gair's who seems to have every movie ever made).

Except "Gigli."

Jim

Those sucky Harryhousen ones, Olsen Twins movies, '33 King Kong, Univ Monsters, super hero movies, friggen anime, dumb dino flicks like Jur Park, ANY Trek, Star Wars, comedies like those Steve Martins, John Candy, Bill Murray, 3 Stooges, etc. Looney Tunes blow! Doofus slasher flicks, space monster crap and vomitable Godzillas, all seasons of many TV shows.

Os

Every movie ever made belongs on someone's shelf (usually Brent Gair's who seems to have every movie ever made).

Jim

:).

You'd be surprised at what I DON'T have!

The enormity of my movie collection is largely a function of the fact that my DVD budget goes to small and oddball stuff. The reason I can afford to buy the oddball goodies is that I spend almost nothing on big movies.

I DON'T have any Star Wars or Star Trek movies. I don't have any Indiana Jones movies. I don't have any Lord of the Ring Movies. No Superman movies, no Back to Future movies, no Terminator, no Aliens, no Matrix, no Harry Potter, no Spiderman, no Toy Story...

Instead of those titles, my budget goes to SLIGHTLY less known movies like: Bowanga Bowanga, They Saved Hitlers Brain, Wild Women of Wongo, The Atomic Brain, Love After Death, Nabonga, King of the Zombies, The Amazing Transparent Man, Wildcat Women, The Indestructible Man...

For example, Jim Carrey's style leaves me cold but "The Truman Show" and "Man in the Moon" are amazing (haven't seen "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" yet). Jim

Carrey did an amazing job in both Truman and Man in the Moon. Truman Show is one of my favs. While I wasn't all that impressed with Man in the Moon, Jim Carrey did a brilliant performance as Andy Kaufmann. Should've got an Oscar for either of those films.

The trouble with saying any movie starring ______ (fill in the blank) or directed by (fill in the blank) is that even those stars or directors you really don't like do something amazing every now and then.


Very true. Reading everybody's posts, almost every name mentioned made me think "Wait, what about ---------?"

Still, everybody's got at least one or two celebs they just can't bear to see regardless of the project. Rosie O'Donnell and (say it through your nose with a hateful whine) Roseaaaaaaannne Baaaaaaaaarrrrr are intolerable for me, as is Joan Rivers. Her self-indulgent visit to Nip/Tuck marred an otherwise fantastic season finale, and though her moments in Spaceballs are blessedly kept at minimum, that grating voice still makes my fur rise.

When I said anything with Meryl Streep, what I really meant was "chick films". I could have said Sally Field or Oprah. When my wife wants to watch a "tear jerker", I am inspired to go work on a model. Thanks honey!

Oh, how about any Lifetime Network originals starring Jaclyn Smith, Valerie Bertinelli or Melissa Gilbert?

Wait a minute......ALL Lifetime Network originals star Jaclyn Smith, Valerie Bertinelli or Melissa Gilbert.

impossible to start listing all of them.... they represent 99.99% of the stuff available on dvd....
AMEN!!!!

I would never buy Titanic, Friends (TV show), that Matt LeBlanc chimp movie, and those Lifetime originals python mentioned.

I advise EVERYONE to NOT BUY "Ghosts of Mars"....don't even attempt to rent it. A few years ago my wife (now EX) decided she wanted to BUY that sci-fi movie because it was brand-new, on sale at Best Buy for a good price, and it looked interesting to her even though she had NEVER liked watching science fiction films before. Well......once we started watching it at home.....I felt so embarassed that I actually LIKED other movies from the same genre as that one. She never picked another sci-fi movie again....and I sure didn't blame her after watching that fiasco.

That Arnold Mars movie was a stinking pile too. "Total Recall" or something. Conan and Hercules in New York....BAAARRRFFFF! Sorbo's joke of a Hercules show too blows.
Elmo Lincoln's 1918(?) Tarzan, now THAT is great stuff!

Os

And Jim Carrey was mesmerizing in The Majestic, or at least the 45 minutes of it I caught the other night. Plus, I did like the Mask.

On the list of no-owns: Anything with Barbara Streisand. Anything by Michael Moore. Anything starring Hulk Hogan.

And a few others...

Jim Varney Earnest movies are must haves. They're classics! Dumb Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy movies are crap, don't bother with those and all The Muppets movies SUCK! I HATE puppets!

Os

Jim Varney Earnest movies are must haves. They're classics!
And I was so close to taking you seriously, Os.:rolleyes:

Jim

Oh, how about any Lifetime Network originals starring Jaclyn Smith, Valerie Bertinelli or Melissa Gilbert?

Wait a minute......ALL Lifetime Network originals star Jaclyn Smith, Valerie Bertinelli or Melissa Gilbert.


Don't forget Tori Spelling, another Woman-in-Peril basic-cable regular. And I think there's a network rule that Veronica Hamel and/or Beverly D'angelo are required to play a supporting role....

Citizen Kane....total GARBAGE. Then there's those stupid DeMille ones like Samson and DeLilah, Ten Commandments and there's The Robe, Spartacus and Ben-Hur, real stinkers!

Os

Those sucky Harryhousen ones, Olsen Twins movies, '33 King Kong, Univ Monsters, super hero movies, friggen anime, dumb dino flicks like Jur Park, ANY Trek, Star Wars, comedies like those Steve Martins, John Candy, Bill Murray, 3 Stooges, etc. Looney Tunes blow! Doofus slasher flicks, space monster crap and vomitable Godzillas, all seasons of many TV shows.

Os

So YOU'RE the one watching and buying all of the Lifetime movies and specials on DVD!

What can I say? I can't get enough of those hotties Nancy McKeon, Milissa Gilbert and Kristy McNichol. Actually I'd like to see them as gladiators or jello wrestling....AH HA, see them as gladiators fighting the Blob!!

Os

Or take for free. Not even to use as a coaster for your drink.

Peewee's Playhouse!

What an aggrevating commercial. I hate it. Makes your teeth grit. LOL!

Really, it is so damn annoying I have to switch channels whever it comes on.

LOL!

James :)
I loved Pee Wee's playhouse (but I wouldn't marry it) !!! I MAY even BUY the set!!!!
:tongue:

Those sucky Harryhousen ones, Olsen Twins movies, '33 King Kong, Univ Monsters, super hero movies, friggen anime, dumb dino flicks like Jur Park, ANY Trek, Star Wars, comedies like those Steve Martins, John Candy, Bill Murray, 3 Stooges, etc. Looney Tunes blow! Doofus slasher flicks, space monster crap and vomitable Godzillas, all seasons of many TV shows.

Os
I may as well burn my DVD collection OZ! specially the Olson twin collection
;)

I loved Pee Wee's playhouse (but I wouldn't marry it) !!! I MAY even BUY the set!!!!
:tongue:

Already have! Hands down one the cleverest and most subversive series ever to appear on network television. Of course, it helps that I have a 5 year-old who has already watched "Pee Wee's Big Adventure" about 1000 times. She made me buy it!

It woulda been a blast to see Fred Rogers visit Pee Wee at the Playhouse in an episode LOL!

Os

Already have!...


You married it????

Hmmmm....

I might be convinced to take a free copy of the DVD for "Star Trek: Nemesis", but only for the technical stuff. Mostly just for the images of the ships.

That's all that immediately comes to mind, tho. I'd NEVER pay for "Nemesis", tho.

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Confession. I bought "Nemesis" because the hi-end audio shop guy told me the opening sequence with the senate assasination via thalaron was a good litmus test of your DVD player. Basically a clear demostration of component versus composite versus DVI. He was right and you can see how the artifacting is different to non-existent from component through DVI. But I got stuck with the movie. I liked the opening, the ramming scene and the dry-dock scene. I didn't know if there was any movie in between ;-)

Anything with Meryl Streep. :freak:

Anything with DiCaprio
Anything that starts with "Earl Goes to..."
Anything Marvel based "Spider-Man, X-Men, etc.."

I don't like Stan Lee's "Fugitve" complex. Basically the premise where fighting the bad guys isn't conflict enough, you have to be hated by the people you're protecting and topped off with the "Dr. Kimble" thing where you're wrongly accused of a crime you didn't do. It's an underlying Marvel thing and that's what got me to stop giving them my money in the 80s let alone today.

Ok.. I'd take Punisher for free (all three iterations -though I've never watched any other than the Dolf version).

Any classic Fox TV anything. Until they can get with it and create new transfers from original source material, they don't deserve a dime of my money - no matter how much I may want to own the titles.

Are the transfers that aweful? I don't own anything Fox TV.

Already have! Hands down one the cleverest and most subversive series ever to appear on network television. Of course, it helps that I have a 5 year-old who has already watched "Pee Wee's Big Adventure" about 1000 times. She made me buy it!

I have the entire exisiting collection of Teletubbies DVDs and the audio CDs. Don't ask -I have a four year-old.

Jim Varney Earnest movies are must haves. They're classics!
"I got a snake fer my boy once."

Qapla'

SSB

BEWARE the Teletubies! Their show emits mind altering rays that will one day enable them to achieve their secret plan: to enslave mankind!

Earnest was harmless by comparison. Word from the Defend Against Teletubies Organization tells me Barney is in cahoots with them.

Os

... you guys obviously haven't seen "Boohbah!" yet. These evil psychedelic farting ameobas make The Teletubbies look like Gerald McBoing-Boing by comparison. Ya' gotta' love PBS.

Boohbahs, caught glimpses of 'em. Mean to watch a whole episode someday.

LOVE the Teletubbies! :D They're only for adults, though, I'd no sooner let a child watch them than let a kid drop acid. Evil, evil misunderstanding on PBS' part, showing them to kids.

The WORST kid show IMO is the one that has exposed hands serving as quasi puppets.

People's hands have ping pong ball eyes stuck on the knuckles, they wear ties and hats sort of thing. Muppets without puppets idea. The hands talk to each other, etc.

That show should be tossed out with the trash! If I did ONE episode like that, I'd be bodily throw nout the door on my ear! To pour salt in TV variety art's wounds,GONE are the days of TV ventriloquists to boot!

Os