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

[IMJ]

Speaking of physical media, I went to Best Buy today to pick up a copy of Godzilla which was released in 4k, I think today.

Guy tells me that their store got two - that's 2 copies of it and they both sold.

That doesn't even make sense, even in a diminished market for Blu Ray.

[CyberCubed]

I dunno, I can't remember the last time I walked into a brick and mortar store. I can believe it. Besides that if people still buy discs they usually just order them off amazon these days anyway then go to a story to buy a blu-ray.

Honestly going to a store to buy a movie feels like...an outdated practice at this point. Like time traveling back to the year 2005 or something. I mean you have to drive or walk there, wait on line, look through their shelves if they have what you want or not...it's a hassle.

Meanwhile you can go to amazon.com and see if they have what you want and order it in less than 30 seconds and get it delivered within 2 days or so to your home. You just never have to go anywhere again these days.

[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.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I dunno, I can't remember the last time I walked into a brick and mortar store. I can believe it. Besides that if people still buy discs they usually just order them off amazon these days anyway then go to a story to buy a blu-ray.

Honestly going to a store to buy a movie feels like...an outdated practice at this point. Like time traveling back to the year 2005 or something. I mean you have to drive or walk there, wait on line, look through their shelves if they have what you want or not...it's a hassle.

Meanwhile you can go to amazon.com and see if they have what you want and order it in less than 30 seconds and get it delivered within 2 days or so to your home. You just never have to go anywhere again these days.

Just yesterday I bought Rick & Morty seasons 2-4 to fill out the series for my brother's birthday. So there! The pandemic like everything has really hurt the only two DVD/Blu-ray places I can go (Wal-Mart and Target). The selections are random in format and not a great selection. Even some newer film releases are online exclusive purchases like the recent Honest Thief film.

I admit I do miss going to the neighboring city and browsing the very vast and somewhat pricey DVD assortment of Best Buy.

[Powder]

Do you remember when you remember when?

[IndigoErth]

[Jester]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

https://i.imgur.com/RiqxKXrh.jpg

Was wondering who would get there first...

[Leo656]

Yeah, my wife is one of those "I have to own and watch every single movie an actor ever did" types. I definitely have people I'm inclined to sort of "follow" but not obsessively, and I kind of give her a hard time about it sometimes. It just seems a bit much.

Like, I love Roddy Piper. I love some of his movies. "They Live" is one of the greatest films ever made. When I was younger, I set out to watch every single Roddy Piper movie, most of which were at my local video store. And then, sadly, very quickly I learned that aside from "They Live", which remains a masterpiece, "Body Slam" which is dumb but fun, and "Hell Comes To Frogtown" which is "so terrible it circles back around and becomes amazing again"... after those three movies, he just made the same f*cking movie like 87 times. He's either a cop, or an EX-cop, whose partner/wife gets killed by "the mob" and he's out for revenge. Some of them have Billy Blanks. Sometimes they're in the city, sometimes they're in the jungle, but it's the SAME f*cking movie every single time. Except for one where he's a bad guy and gets killed by Shannon Tweed.

Even as a teenager and ostensibly being the audience for those types of dumbass action movies, I was like "...This is kinda f*cking pointless." After a while I no longer needed to see EVERY Roddy Piper movie. I like the guy, but you seen one, you seen most of 'em, sadly.

Plus everybody has stinkers, it's just the way it goes. I don't wanna sit through a bunch of bad movies just because people I like are in them. I don't know why some people do that to themselves.

[CyberCubed]

I scan through rotten and watch the best movies of each actor I like, I don't need to see the bad movies though

Originally Posted by Powder

Do you remember when you remember when?

I remembered when that time I remembered.

[Leo656]

Rotten Tomatoes has "Speed Racer" at 41%. F*ck that site and anyone who uses it as a "resource".

[Sumac]

My TV is broken for the last 5 years, so I watch TV programs only via Internet and those are usually movies or sports.

Although, out TV has become worse over the years - despite being a totalitarian state Soviet Union had a lot of good and interesting programs about science and animals, some of those programs were inherited by Russian TV, but nowadays most of them are closed in favor of dumb talk shows and Russian TV series, which decrease your IQ the more you watch them.

[CyberCubed]

Don't other countries still import American TV shows and cartoons? Or do they not do that anymore?

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by IMJ

Speaking of physical media, I went to Best Buy today to pick up a copy of Godzilla which was released in 4k, I think today.

Guy tells me that their store got two - that's 2 copies of it and they both sold.

That doesn't even make sense, even in a diminished market for Blu Ray.

That reminds me... now that I have a PS5, I finally own a 4K player.

I'll just re-get the movies I'd watch in heavy rotation. The Rockies, the Rambos... Star Wars.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Yeah, my wife is one of those "I have to own and watch every single movie an actor ever did" types. I definitely have people I'm inclined to sort of "follow" but not obsessively, and I kind of give her a hard time about it sometimes. It just seems a bit much.

Like, I love Roddy Piper. I love some of his movies. "They Live" is one of the greatest films ever made. When I was younger, I set out to watch every single Roddy Piper movie, most of which were at my local video store. And then, sadly, very quickly I learned that aside from "They Live", which remains a masterpiece, "Body Slam" which is dumb but fun, and "Hell Comes To Frogtown" which is "so terrible it circles back around and becomes amazing again"... after those three movies, he just made the same f*cking movie like 87 times. He's either a cop, or an EX-cop, whose partner/wife gets killed by "the mob" and he's out for revenge. Some of them have Billy Blanks. Sometimes they're in the city, sometimes they're in the jungle, but it's the SAME f*cking movie every single time. Except for one where he's a bad guy and gets killed by Shannon Tweed.

Even as a teenager and ostensibly being the audience for those types of dumbass action movies, I was like "...This is kinda f*cking pointless." After a while I no longer needed to see EVERY Roddy Piper movie. I like the guy, but you seen one, you seen most of 'em, sadly.

Plus everybody has stinkers, it's just the way it goes. I don't wanna sit through a bunch of bad movies just because people I like are in them. I don't know why some people do that to themselves.

My go to example is Liam Nesson who made success with a long string of older man revenge films. Usually has a mysterious past and is a decent man who gets caught up in a low rank terrorist or drug ring and takes them down. Usually motivated by a deceased loved one. It may be on a plane, a train, a desert highway or snowy mountain to make them stand out from one another. I have seen most of them and even love a couple of them, I really like Non-Stop and The Commuter among the string of thrillers described above. Honest Thief has merit too, but it too was predictable. I don't need to see every one of them, just the one's which the plot itself interest me. It's not Liam that makes me want to see it. Even those with more diversity in their filmography like Tom Hanks I don't have to rush to the theatre because its Tom Hanks. If the plot interest me I will go. Tom Hanks being awesome in the movie is a bonus, not a reason to go.

Billy Blanks? I remember him or his infomercial when I was in middle school. It aired every morning when I watched Pok'emon before going to school. He resurfaced in those random funny Geico bits recently.

[Leo656]

Billy Blanks was something of an "action movie star" before he was just "The Tae-Bo Guy." Although a lot of his stuff went straight-to-video. Not sure why he fell off from acting but I assume Tae-Bo ended up being more lucrative.

[MikeandRaph87]

I had to look up his filmography after reading your post. Looks like he was in B-action films between 1986 to 1997. I watched Assault on Devil's Island upon your recommendation at the end of last year. I don't remember him in it despite it being a recent view. I guess as a 90s' kid I just remember him as the guy who incorporated karate into a morning workout. Looks like he fell off the map around 2003.

[sdp]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Don't other countries still import American TV shows and cartoons? Or do they not do that anymore?

Each country has their own shows, they do import other shows from other countries especially the US but it's not all their entertainment. Each country has their own awesome shows that will only be loved by those who grew up there like say Nintendomania the best gaming show.

Originally Posted by Sumac

Although, out TV has become worse over the years - despite being a totalitarian state Soviet Union had a lot of good and interesting programs about science and animals,

I recently watched Planeta Blur ??????? ????, wow pretty great movie for the time that it was made of course. I'd love to see more sci-fi like that made for the modern era

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Besides that if people still buy discs they usually just order them off amazon these days anyway then go to a story to buy a blu-ray.

Ironically, had I done that I'd have the movie by now and I still don't. But man. There's something about the impulse buying of a disc you found out was coming out.

I don't want to have to plan even down to my movie purchases and tie up my money all the time on pre-orders for everything on Earth. Hell NECA has had hundreds of dollars of mine tied up for months now that could've been earning something somewhere for me, and I still don't have a shipment from them yet.

But at this point I suppose I'll have to order Godzilla 4k somewhere.

[AquaParade]

Originally Posted by Leo656

It's strange to me. Like, "I had an orgasm once. It was fine, I liked it, but I don't need to do it again, once was enough." Must not have actually been that good, then!

lmao. Good analogy. I use food as an analogy for everything and I think it works here too. "I've already tried pizza once, no thanks."

Of course, different strokes and all. The first time I watch a movie, it's like I'm eyeing it out. On some level, I'm asking myself if this is something I'd want to watch again. Maybe I'm not living in the moment, I don't know. I just know I like to form a strong relationship with media I consume. If I'm going to dive into something, I'm going in deep.

[Leo656]

Yeah, that also works.

For me, I've seen enough movies multiple times - and had my opinions change one way or the other over multiple viewings - to feel like if I watch a movie once, I'm probably not going to get the full experience of it. Some things get much better upon repeated viewings, while others get much worse. I gushed to an embarrassing degree after seeing "The Dark Knight Rises" in theaters opening night, for example, whereas now I probably have more negative feelings than positive ones about it. I don't watch it very often, because it honestly gets worse for me every time, whereas the first two movies in that series get better, mostly.

Every movie triggers both an emotional and intellectual response, and rarely at the same time and it's also different for every individual which one hits the first time they watch a movie. For me, watching DKR in the theaters, my gut reaction was an Emotional one, whereas after the Shock and Awe factor wears off I'm pretty much left looking at it through the Intellectual lens, in which case the movie's many flaws just overwhelm me to the point where I simply can't like it as much as I did. This works the opposite way for some people - for example, Kevin Smith's initial viewing of BvS, which he's said was mostly him reacting on an Intellectual level, questioning choices and weighing them against what he would have done had he written it, and then once he stopped doing that and began watching it "just" as a comic book fan, he enjoyed it a lot more.

Point being, opinions do change, and in every movie there's always more to see than what you can take in all in one shot. For me, the movies that really hold up are the ones I've seen dozens of times and can watch pretty much anytime. If I find them starting to fall apart the more I watch it, I might not swear off it entirely but I will definitely space out my viewings of it.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as ChickBusters and Transformers 4. I did only see each of them once, but those were life-changingly-Bad experiences already.