Remember the old days when people used to say, "there's nothing good on TV to watch"

[Leo656]

If I've seen Young Guns I and II a hundred times each since they came out... that is a very conservative estimate.

[Prowler]

Not everything has the same rewatch value. Plus, my memory tends to be quite good for the biggest and most important parts of the stuff I watch, so I really cba to rewatch stuff often. I recently rewatched Coebnoy Bebop because I had already seen that a decade and a half ago when I was still a kid/teen, meaning not only was my memory of it foggy but also because you get a different perspective and view of things when you experience them as an adult than when you did as a kid.

But rewatching stuff I watched 5 years ago? Nah not interested.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Leo656

If I've seen Young Guns I and II a hundred times each since they came out... that is a very conservative estimate.

They are like.... the only truly rewatchable Westerns ever filmed.

[Leo656]

I maintain that "Tombstone" is pretty damn good.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I maintain that "Tombstone" is pretty damn good.

I agree. I saw for the first time back in December and really liked it. Had to grab a copy of it.

As far as Westerns films go I really like The Searchers and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly outdated stereotypes or not. The Searchers has a fantastic setting while The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is really ahead of its time with characterization with who really is the good and the ugly.

The funnier thing is, 'remember the old days when people used to say'. The more channels or steaming service we get the less quality of programs that are put out. I would say there is nothing good on television now.

[Leo656]

I'm gonna take a wild guess and assume that you've never watched "Archer".

As for Westerns... I'm pretty agnostic. It's a good genre but it's not like I love them for being of that genre. I watched the first Young Guns when I was about 7 and I didn't fall in love with it because it was a Western. I didn't care about Westerns at all at that age, I just really, really liked the movie, particularly the characters.

I don't really have a "type" of movie. Y'know how some people say, "I'm a horror movie guy" or "I like action movies" or comedies or whatever? I don't have a genre I prefer. Stuff either hits me or it doesn't.

My DVD collection looks like someone just walked into a Best Buy and grabbed everything they could at random. But every single thing on the shelf is there for a reason; If I'm only going to watch something once, I don't buy it. If I bought it, that means it's important to me for whatever reason.

MikeandRaph, one of these days I swear I will type up a comprehensive list of my collection just so you and I can compare notes.

[TigerClaw]

There's nothing good to watch on TV, Because all the good stuff is on streaming services now. TV is only good for the News and Sports.

[Leo656]

Streaming is bullsh*t. Peacock is abruptly yanking a bunch of content from the WWE Network for being "problematic". Which reinforces what I've said a million times about why physical media absolutely still needs to exist. I'm thanking God or whoever that I can still watch what I want when I want it, not what some corporation decides I should be "allowed" to watch.

Like yeah, there's good stuff on streaming... so long as they "allow" you to watch it. You don't get any choice, only the Illusion of Choice.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I'm gonna take a wild guess and assume that you've never watched "Archer".

As for Westerns... I'm pretty agnostic. It's a good genre but it's not like I love them for being of that genre. I watched the first Young Guns when I was about 7 and I didn't fall in love with it because it was a Western. I didn't care about Westerns at all at that age, I just really, really liked the movie, particularly the characters.

I don't really have a "type" of movie. Y'know how some people say, "I'm a horror movie guy" or "I like action movies" or comedies or whatever? I don't have a genre I prefer. Stuff either hits me or it doesn't.

My DVD collection looks like someone just walked into a Best Buy and grabbed everything they could at random. But every single thing on the shelf is there for a reason; If I'm only going to watch something once, I don't buy it. If I bought it, that means it's important to me for whatever reason.

MikeandRaph, one of these days I swear I will type up a comprehensive list of my collection just so you and I can compare notes.

Nope. I know of Archer, but I don't think its my cup of tea.

Yeah, Westerns is more or less a genre of the past. Set in the 1860 to 1890 period made in the 1950s through early 1970s. Something my grandparents were into and among my father's earliest memories. He likes Have Gun Will Travel and Maverick. For me three westerns, two classic and one modern and that is it. I can catch a western every several months, movie not television. However, I don't know if Support Your Local Sherriff counts as a "Western' or at least a pure one.

I would not say I am a particular genre, but I do drift mainstream and appreciate older stuff. I also don't watch movies for actors like so many tend to. I am fans of movies not necessarily actors who are in them. I mean just because I thought an actor was great in a role in a movie I liked it does not mean I will go to see a movie just because I liked them in another role. Thinking about it outside of franchise related films I have six Cary Grant films and six Jimmy Stewart films. Old soul I guess.

I just re-catalogued everything I have. In the last year I accumulated over 30 movies( from Tombstone to Mr. Smith Goes to Washington to Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) and two television series. Oddly enough, I don't consider it a collection or a waste of money. Its the silly mindset that I know I will refer back to and I like the leisure of being able to watch something I like when I want to not at the mercy of a variety of streaming subscriptions. Maybe I am my own form of Cubism.