[General Discussion] Your Latest Media Purchase (DVD/CD etc)

Bought a lot of DVD's recently..."too" much actually!

-- Howl's Moving Castle (another Miyazaki masterpiece)
-- Kiki's Delivery Service (Was rather curious about this one, since I probably "almost" bought it about a million times....and I'm not disappointed)
-- Japanese Story (one of the best movies I've seen in a long time...Toni Collette is absolutely earthshattering in it)
-- Samurai Champloo Boxset 1 (region 2 France/Holland) (still have to get into this anime, but so far it has kept my interest well enough, unlike many anime's I've tried out recently)
-- Pink Panther 6 disc boxset (I had never seen these classic Clouseau picture's before and I thought it was about time I did...and I love'em!)
-- Un Long Dimanche De Fiancailles (Like Amelie, another Jeunet masterpiece)
-- I Heart Huckabees (very weird movie...that eventually turned out really rewarding!)
-- Ong-Bak (The only one I have yet to see, but I've had enough positive recommendations from people to know for certain that I'll like it)
-- The Burbs (an absolute Hanks/Dante classic and an all-time favorite movie of mine)
-- A Home At The End Of The World (sweet little drama movie, which could've been better, but I still enjoyed it)
-- In Her Shoes (another great Toni Collette movie)
-- The Life & Death Of Peter Sellers (Geoffrey Rush is quite spectacular in this movie about Seller's life)
-- Animal Factory (Surprisingly good jail movie with Willem Dafoe & Edward Furlong)
-- Alf Season 1 Boxset (region 1) (Didn't think I would love it as much as I did when I was a kid, but I actually enjoyed it a lot)

All great movies and series, I would recommend them all!!!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Timberwolf

I bought Seasons 2, 3 and 5 of the X-Files thinpaks last weekend.

I plan to pick up Seasons 4 and 6 soon -- and of course, Seasons 7-9 when they arrive June 6th.


Addicted now.

Addicted now, eh?
Good!

I recently bought season 8....even though season 8 and 9 are rather weak seasons in general.
I still wanna complete my collection and recently the X-Files DVD boxes have become criminally cheap. (29.99 euro's)

I will probably buy season 9 very soon too.
Especially because I have never seen the finale episode's!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Timberwolf

Yeah, I started watching Season 1 recently, after never really watching it on TV. I can't believe I missed such a great series.

Tappy, do you buy the newly released thinkpaks? Or the original boxset releases, which were hefty in price?

I bought the original boxsets until season 7 (which are the seasons you "must" have and 8 & 9 are nice extra additions) and now they stopped releasing them over here.

So I only have the thinpack of season 8.
The original boxsets have a less cheaper "feel", but they do take up a bit more space.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Timberwolf

I will definitely end up purchasing all the seasons, including 8 and 9. I couldn't afford the original boxsets, considering each of them were $100+ Canadian. These thinpaks, on the other hand, are reasonably priced.

Did you start watching the series on DVD like me? Or did you used to watch it on TV?

I already was a fan when it first came on tv.
Like in the US, X-Files was a rather big thing in the Netherlands back in 1993/1994....everybody was talking about it in school or at work!

Together with Buffy, I guess you could say these are both on my number 1 spot of best tv series ever made!

I starting buying the boxsets when they originally arrived on DVD for the first time.
Especially the first 3 or 4 seasons were absolutely freakin' expensive.
I remember buying the first season for around 120 or 130 euro's.
(it was back when we didn't have the euro yet, so I can't remember exactly...it could be even more then 130 euro's).
But they were an absolute must-have for me at that time....so I just bought them nevertheless!

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Just bought Saw II, Serenity, Land Of The Dead & Domino!

I've seen Saw II and Land Of The Dead...and both were decent.
Saw II began good, but became weaker and weaker towards the end and Land Of The Dead was enjoyable, but somehow not upto par with Romero's other "Dead" movies!

I was speaking idiomatically.

I went on a spree again!
Let's see:

-- Hitchock Tinpack Boxset (includes Strangers On A Train, Dial M For Murder and several other Hitchcock movies)
~So far I've seen Strangers On A Train....and I loved it.
It's the first black & white Hitchcock I've seen and it was just as good
as any of the later "color" movies (Vertigo, North by Northwest)

-- The Woodsman
~ Pretty downbeat movie, but nevertheless a pretty good performance
by Kevin Bacon. (and with a rather taboo-ish subject matter, which is
I always find interesting)

-- Airplane
~ Hadn't seen it in a long time, so I thought it was about time I bought it.
Definitely a classic!

-- Being There
~ I learned about this movie when watching some of the Peter Sellers
documentaries (and the movie with Geoffrey Rush) and it seemed like
a pretty entriqueing movie!

-- Roujin Z
~ I wanted to get this anime movie on DVD for a while now, because I
absolutely love it to pieces. It so much better then all the anime nonsense
of recent times.

-- X-Files Season 9
~ I finally have the complete X-Files series now...Yippy!

-- Stir Of Echoes
~ Heard this was a good movie and I bought it because Bacon is also in it.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Sonne

More info please, I've been on a Hitch kick lately.

Sure...no problem! ^_^

Let's see, this box also includes: The Wrong Man, I Confess & Stage Fright.
And it includes 2 versions of Strangers On A Train.....the original version and the remastered longer version.

I haven't seen the other movies yet, but I'll probably begin with Dial M For Murder next (since it includes Grace Kelly and I loved her in Rear Window!).

Originally Posted by Timberwolf

Niiice.

Did you get the thinpak version? I have to wait two more days before Seasons 7-9 come out on thinpaks. I'll probably gobble them up all at once.

Yup...another thinpack.
They are still so cheap, that I couldn't resist.

This is also the series that includes Lucy Lawless, so that was also an incentive for me to buy it.

How far are you into the series right now?
Any absolute fave episode's?
(except for "ice")

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