"You never forget your first."
What DVD did you first buy and break your player's cherry with? And why that title?
I was all set to get "The Sweet Hereafter" on laserdisc at Virgin Records when I looked at the DVD copy and saw it had more extras than just the commentary. I went down the street and got a player and that DVD (along with "Boogie Nights"- when only the single-disc edition was out - because it had a different commentary track than the Criterion laser) that same day.
Memento
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--On my very first DVD player, a DVD-rom. Can't remember which movie I actually watched on it first.
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The first movie I watched on my second DVD player for a TV, since I hated watching movies on a computer.
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The first movie I watched on my 3rd DVD player, after #2 broke (it was extremley cheap).
Hmm, never noticed it until now but there'll all Fox DVDs. COINCIDENCE?!?
Contact. I loved that movie, I actually bought it way before I bought my player, because I knew there was no point to buying vhs anymore. I isn't loaded with features like some discs nowadays, but it was still a very exciting thing when dvd was first coming out.
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...along with a DVD player to play them on as a birthday present.
I had seen both American Beauty and Fight Club on VHS earlier in the past year and loved them both. So there you have it.
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i dont remember, i think it was close encounters or almost famous........hmmm.......
my first dvd was...
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and it was november of 1998, a week or two before my birthday i believe. (which is sad, because recently i had to let it go in favor of the criterion one. although i did consider holding on to it for sentimental value.)
the problem i had with the invention of DVDs was that i had a rather large (at the time) collection of about 100 vhs. so my dilemma was what would i buy on dvd? and what on tape? and what would i re-buy? so i decided, that first of all, i would buy on dvds new movies that were being released, that supported my newer tastes anyways. and movies that would benefit from a better quality. and in order for my to re-buy any of my vhs, they would have to be stacked with features. otherwise, wait it out. (which i have kept until recently when i broke down and re-bought barton fink although it doesnt have very much on it.)
I really cant remember but it must have been...
Good Will Hunting/The Mummy/Fight the Future/Cable Guy
The first time I didn't buy just one. Oh, no. I bought six. They are:
Beetlejuice
The Shining
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Weekend at Bernie's
The Big Lebowski
Man on the Moon
well the first i watched on my player was a rented copy of boogie nights (single disc edition). first one i owned was rocky horror picture show (twas a gift)
Mine was Mars Attacks. I bought it along with my first DVD player in 1997. They had JUST come out, and so it cost 700 bucks. It's finally starting to act up, so I'm going to buy a new one next week.
CITY OF LOST CHILDREN was the reason i bought a dvd player in 1984
My first DVD player (which sucked and has already needed to be replaced) was broken in with Magnolia, which had just come out on DVD.
I stayed up all night because I watched the movie, then the Doc... I thought the Doc was only gonna be 30 minutes.
yeah the doc's a tad long.........but it's nice 8)
The Matrix
Spider-Man, it came free with the player.
Bruce Lee Master Collection
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really? cool tho. did u like it at all? u gotta be a fan of that stuff to like that particular series.
Quote from: soylent greenishCITY OF LOST CHILDREN was the reason i bought a dvd player in 1984
this thread would be cool if ppl could stop lying for one second..
anyway the first bought for the TV dvd player must've been A Clockwork Orange.
Boogie Nights and The Insider
I can never for the life of me remember what my first was, but my first three were: Badlands, Days Of Heaven, Leaving Las Vegas. I didn't even have a fucking DVD player at the time, I seriously just bought them to watch on other people's...
When I finally got my own DVD player, my parents gave me the Reservoir Dogs DVD for Christmas (the first edition)...
aw
Quote from: Preally? cool tho. did u like it at all? u gotta be a fan of that stuff to like that particular series.
I got the first disc back when I was 12 and pokemon was hot shit and I was amazed that there could be such an interesting animated series as Lain... I didn't get to see the rest of the series for a couple years though, but I really enjoyed it... the music's great too. I recently watched evangelion, though, and Lain is kind of a rip-off of the ideas from there, but it's still a great series on it's own.
Ghostbusters.
One Christmas, my parents got me a dvd player and some discs. This was the first one I popped in. Watched commentary right off the bat, if I remember correctly.
I recall going out on boxing day and getting Reservoir Dogs, Casino, and Boogie Nights -- my top three movies at the time. So cool.
Almost Famous.
The animated menus had me mesmerized.
First DVD: Out of Sight
Second DVD: The Big Hit
And P, Lain absolutely rocks. I own all 4 volumes, and it confuses the hell out of me! I love it! :-D
i think the first dvd i bought was 15 Minutes, i have no clue what the first dvd i watched was
Boogie Nights single disc an Criterion edition of The Killer. Unfortunaltely, I hadn't bought a player yet and I had the wonderful idea of getting a DVD-rom which my old computer could not really use : the TV-out didn't work and the playback slowed down each time there was movement in the shot (which made the viewing of the opening of BOogie Nights a real pain...)
First DVD was Out of Sight and I'll never forget the excited tingle that went through my body when the Universal title card appeared. I'd never seen a picture quality like it outside of cinemas. (You got to remember I was the first person in my circle of friends to buy a player, so up until that point I'd never actually seen just how good DVD picture quality could be. I'd never seen a laserdisc, so it was all new to me). I knew from that moment that I was going to be spending A LOT of money on DVDs in the coming years.
The day my DVD player arrived I went out and got:
in 2 for £20 sale
The Cell - I was told it was pretty messed up
American Beauty - It was so good at the cinema I had to own it
Way of the Gun - blind buy, it had gun in the title and back of the box made it sound badass.
Bring it on - Blind buy, the cheerleaders on the front drew me in!
I think I played bring it on first and I too was so impressed with the picture and sound quality that I knew I was gonna be buying a few more DVDs! (I’ve just tipped 250 disks) it was the format that made me a film geek! For the first time I could see a clean clear picture and hear everything!
Quote from: Marty McSuperflyFirst DVD was Out of Sight and I'll never forget the excited tingle that went through my body when the Universal title card appeared. I'd never seen a picture quality like it outside of cinemas. (You got to remember I was the first person in my circle of friends to buy a player, so up until that point I'd never actually seen just how good DVD picture quality could be. I'd never seen a laserdisc, so it was all new to me). I knew from that moment that I was going to be spending A LOT of money on DVDs in the coming years.
Stop stealing my life. That was my situation EXACTLY. Spooky.
So, if your first player was the Sony DVP-S530D, I'm gonna be freaking out.
PI. it came free with my dvd player.
GoodFellas broke my player's cherry
Quote from: markums2kQuote from: Marty McSuperflyFirst DVD was Out of Sight and I'll never forget the excited tingle that went through my body when the Universal title card appeared. I'd never seen a picture quality like it outside of cinemas. (You got to remember I was the first person in my circle of friends to buy a player, so up until that point I'd never actually seen just how good DVD picture quality could be. I'd never seen a laserdisc, so it was all new to me). I knew from that moment that I was going to be spending A LOT of money on DVDs in the coming years.
Stop stealing my life. That was my situation EXACTLY. Spooky.
So, if your first player was the Sony DVP-S530D, I'm gonna be freaking out.
That's the player I have. Got it in 1999 for $399.
I think mine wasn't even a movie... it was like some training video for some audio system (pro tools, maybe)... first movie was Goodfellas I think.
Nick
Magnolia
Man...it must have been -almost famous-...I found out alot about the dvd industry through this one disk(see below)
When it came out i thought that they would only release just one version but then year or two later out comes the three disk set ...i learned about re(re)leasing dvds .....and how much $ the industry rakes in b/c or this. Very smart move for them :yabbse-thumbup:
Quote from: NEON MERCURYMan...it must have been -almost famous-...I found out alot about the dvd industry through this one disk(see below)
When it came out i thought that they would only release just one version but then year or two later out comes the three disk set ...i learned about re(re)leasing dvds .....and how much $ the industry rakes in b/c or this. Very smart move for them :yabbse-thumbup:
Which is why DVD news websites come in so handy. IIRC there were rumblings about a longer cut of AF on some of these sites.
i had larger pile with my player but the magnolia doc had the first spin.
My first dvd was Magnolia.
My first one was Matrix. God that was 3 years ago I think now.
I'm trying to get a huge collection of manga on dvd at the moment. Hard to find the unusual ones on dvd.
Quote from: ***beady***My first one was Matrix. God that was 3 years ago I think now.
I'm trying to get a huge collection of manga on dvd at the moment. Hard to find the unusual ones on dvd.
Do you mean manga, like, comic books? Or do you mean anime?
My first anime DVD was... Lain, I think. I can't remember. It might have been Fatal Fury: The Movie, which is pretty sweet. I sold it to a friend. I need to pick that one up again.
Sorry to drive this slightly OT, but I highly recommend Patlabor WXIII - The Movie (Ultimate Edition 3-Disc Set) if you're looking for some unique new anime. The extra DVDs are VERY entertaining.
Well, I ment manga, but I do love anime too! My first dvd manga was 'Perfect Blue'.
I will definetly check out Patlabor WXII!!! In fact, I'm going to write that down somewhere in my room...
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big fan of the series. i dunno, i like it.
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Me too. I bought the box set just for the special edition of
Scream 2. Liev Schreiber is the best. It's too bad that
Scream 3 was so terrible. I blame Creed.
yea, 3 has its ups n downs. neve looks her best, imo. the jenny mccarthy scene is worth the price of the dvd alone. hahah. sum good fighting at the end.
Quote from: ***beady***Well, I ment manga, but I do love anime too!
What the hell's the difference between manga and anime? This is what I thought:
manga = japanese comic book
anime = japanese animation
Maybe I'm wrong, but I still need to head to the shower to wash this dorkiness off.
Quote from: Pawbloemanga = japanese comic book
anime = japanese animation
yep. pretty much.
by the way, my first three discs were essentials only
matrix
fight club
t2
I don't remember my "first". I remember the first few I owned though.
Shawshank Redemption
The Matrix
Magnolia
Gattaca
Wild Things was my first
If you watch enough manga and anime, then you'll soon see the difference. Some people call Pokemon, Dragonball Z, Beyblade anime, if you compare that to say Ninja Scrolls (manga), then it's a huge difference.
But, hey, thats my opinion.
not that i care, but isnt MANGA a company? and anime is the term for a style of animation developed in Japan, characterized by stylized colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sex?
Yes that is true that manga is from a company, (palm pictures). I just like manga. And to me, maybe not others, but theres a difference.
I'm trying to collecet all the manga, sigh, taking ages to find them all.
It's all anime art though.
Geez, here's your definitive answer:
Manga: PRINTED Japanese comics.
Anime: Animation with an Asian flavor.
Ninja Scroll, the animated feature, is NOT 'manga', it is anime, but it's possible to adapt an anime from manga. Manga-based. Manga-inspired. Whatever.
Some people label EVERYTHING 'anime'. In that case, the term anime is generally accepted as an abbreviation of the term 'anime-style'. Pokemon and Ninja Scroll are both anime, all the same.
There is a terrible U.S. company that dubs and distributes anime that adopted the name 'Manga', but it really holds no relevance to anything. End of conversation.
The first DVD I bought was back in December of '98: Babe. That great flick about the fat talking pig that makes friends with other barn yard animals and becomes a champion sheep herder. The story of my life. Actually, I wish. Life as a barn yard animal seems so appealing. No McDonalds, no garbage polluting our society like 7th Heaven, no Big Macs, or soggy cheeseburgers, just a warm life sleeping in the grass with the bugs looking at the skies. Whenever you're uncomfortable outside, James Cromwell will invite you in, and his fat wife will make you a sandwich. You could piss on the grass without getting weird looks, or run around nude in the sun with all your animal friends. It's a big brotherhood. How could you not love to live as an animal on hoggets farm? Can anyone tell me why they don't love this flick? I sold the DVD and I'm probably going to buy it when they release a widescreen supersized edition.
Quote from: MrBurgerKingI sold the DVD and I'm probably going to buy it when they release a widescreen supersized edition.
Just in from Universal Studios are the full specs for the new special edition reissue of the family classic, Babe. This Oscar-nominated talking pig extravaganza features a new anamorphic widescreen transfer, Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 surround tracks, an audio commentary with filmmaker George Miller, "The Making of Babe" featurette, an interactive game and theatrical trailers. Retail is $19.95, and a two-pack with the newly remastered Babe: Pig in the City will also be available for $34.95 on September 23.
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That'll do, pig. :?
The first DVD I ever watched was Taxi Driver. I had seen it on VHS but seeing it on DVD with great picture and sound quality, I was hypnotized. It was also cool learning about Scorsese's scribbled storyboards.
The first DVDs I received as gifts were the two-disc special editions for Citizen Kane and Singin' in the Rain, and Young Frankenstein. The first DVD I bought myself was the special edition for Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Gotta love their Japanese version with English subtitles.
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you have no idea how much i want to see this movie.
Glitter is an amazing movie.
I can't wait to get that Babe 2-pack. Does anyone else think the sequel is the masterpiece I remember it being in the theater? I remember finding it truly extraordinary.
Quote from: GhostboyBabe 2-pack
sounds more that
ntasty. please please expand.
Quote from: Ghostboythe sequel is the masterpiece
you continue to amaze me sir.
Markums, we were just calmly expressing our opinions on the subject. Theres no need to get out of your tree about it. :roll:
*sarcasm detector explodes*
Quote from: GhostboyGlitter is an amazing movie.
I can't wait to get that Babe 2-pack. Does anyone else think the sequel is the masterpiece I remember it being in the theater? I remember finding it truly extraordinary.
ive never seen the second one. i always found it odd that gene siskel named it best film of the year............ive gotta check it out.
GIRLS GONE WILD (sexy sorority sweethearts) :oops:
Quote from: markums2kQuote from: Marty McSuperflyFirst DVD was Out of Sight and I'll never forget the excited tingle that went through my body when the Universal title card appeared. I'd never seen a picture quality like it outside of cinemas. (You got to remember I was the first person in my circle of friends to buy a player, so up until that point I'd never actually seen just how good DVD picture quality could be. I'd never seen a laserdisc, so it was all new to me). I knew from that moment that I was going to be spending A LOT of money on DVDs in the coming years.
Stop stealing my life. That was my situation EXACTLY. Spooky.
So, if your first player was the Sony DVP-S530D, I'm gonna be freaking out.
OH MY GOD!!! I'm not even kidding, but that was my exact player!!! (£300 brand new!) I know you'll probably think I'm making this up, but that was honest to God my first DVD player! I am now officially freaked out. Please tell me you're not 26 with a twin sister and a dad who's a teacher...
I paid $400 USD for mine. Still have it. It's a great little player. Good taste prevails. :-D
back in the year 2001, I picked up the Rushmore bare bones disc because it was on sale for 17.99, and sitting in the rack right behind it was the Rushmore Criterion disc for (oh my God!) 17.99 also! The year 2000 has since become infamous for being a year with a lot of mistakes made, and I took advantage of one of them This was my first DVD, and hoping that lightning would strike twice, I walked over to the silence of the lambs bare bones disc and looked behind it. No Criterion though, just a movie starring Patrcik Swayze that cost more than the aforementioned Silence of the the Lambs (!), and thats a tale for another day!
To continue this thread's display of strange coincidences, I, like Onomatopoeia, received American Beauty and Fight Club as birthday presents and thus began my little collection.
The Specials
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