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Do you own movies you don't like?

post #1 of 55
12/17/05 at 8:09pm
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Generally, people who collect things seem to be bothered by having holes in their collections. A friend of mine who's particularly anal about that sort of thing refuses to buy any Star Trek movies, because he knows he'd have to buy the ones he hates if he did that.

Personally, as far as Star Trek, I've managed to only buy the ones I like, which means I have only one Next Generation movie. But I admit that I've felt the urge to fill in the holes. I don't own Alien Resurrection either; bought the box set and sold that one.

On the other hand, I do have all the Planet of the Apes movies, even though I can't stand Beneath... and Battle for...
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post #2 of 55
12/17/05 at 9:11pm
I have to admit, I'm an occasional completist even when I hate certain entries in a series. I own a few STAR TREK (5, 8, 9, 10), ALIEN (4) and James Bond (5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 19, 20) films I would never want to own by themselves.

On the other hand, I refused to buy the whole BATMAN ANTHOLOGY set, opting for the first and second film only, along with BEGINS, of course. If the Indiana Jones films had been sold seperately, I would have only bought the first two.

I also used to be a completist for certain directors, regardless of any duds in his filmography. But the only ones left in that category for me are Kubrick and Lynch. I've stopped being slavishly devoted to collecting the likes of Spielberg, Cameron, Zemeckis or the Coens Bros.
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post #3 of 55
12/17/05 at 9:41pm
I remember feeling like I had to own ATTACK OF THE CLONES because I had all the other STAR WARS movies and then watching the disc I realized how bad that movie truly was. I liked SITH a little more but when it came out a few weeks back I had no desire to own it. My life really hasn't suffered by having only 5 out of those 6 films.

MATRIX REVOLUTIONS was given to me as a gift and I still haven't watched the whole thing on disc. I checked out the huge Zion battle but that's about it. One of these days I'll get around to watching that last "Neo Vs. Smith" battle.

Then there's the ROBOCOP box set I got because it was dirt cheap. I had never seen part 3 and I told myself that just because I was buying it did not mean that I had to sit through that one. Sure enough, one lazy day I told myself "How bad could it be?" I popped that disc in the player and within about 15 minutes I was zooming through that garbage on fast forward. It was kind of cool to see Jeff Garlin from "Curb Your Enthusiasm" show up in a scene but other than that I'd have just assumed try flossing with barb wire.
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post #4 of 55
12/18/05 at 12:43am
No.
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post #5 of 55
12/18/05 at 12:55am
A couple, only because they came as part of a larger box set.

I end up keeping them usually because the extras can be compelling (especially Batman and Robin, which basically has Joel Schumacher taking the blame bullet for that atrocity)
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post #6 of 55
12/18/05 at 1:15am
Short answer: No.

Long answer: No, I only buy DVDs of things I pretty much know I'm going to watch multiple times, and I'm not a completist by any means. Occasionally, I'll take a risk on something I haven't seen, but only when its pretty much a lock that I'll like it (Gilliam and Wes Andersron movies I hadn't seen before purchase being prime examples.)
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post #7 of 55
12/18/05 at 1:36am
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Litmus' post reminded me that I also own every James Bond film. Damn box sets. Like I really wanted to own Moonraker and License to Kill. I buy box sets if it's cheaper than buying the ones I like individually. The Bond films certainly fell into that category. I also just bought the King Kong set that came with Son of Kong and Mighty Joe Young. I've never seen Son of Kong, and I'm afraid to, but the set was cheap.

The nice thing about both the Planet of the Apes and Indiana Jones sets was that they both came with a disc containing an extensive making-of documentary on the respective series. So that was worth owning right there.
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post #8 of 55
12/18/05 at 3:55am
I skipped the Indiana Jones set because I only like Raiders and the documentary wasn't nearly as in-depth as I wanted.

Conversely, I did buy the Star Wars Trilogy (the real one) even though Jedi is two-thirds garbage.

Like others on this thread, my Star Trek collection is selective (I, II, III, IV, VI, and First Contact) and I don't miss the others at all.

Bond: From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only, and Living Daylights. And it doesn't make me feel bad for the rest.
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post #9 of 55
12/18/05 at 5:18am
I thought I'd like Waking Life and bought it sight unseen. Hated the living fucksnacks out of it.
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post #10 of 55
12/18/05 at 9:59am
Yes.

I do.

As some of you guys point out, the problem lies in the boxsets. Thing is I own a DVD library of 850+ titles, and well, regarding the eventual good/bad ratio or the occasional laws of probability, some of them are bound to remain never rewatched again.

But you know what? I tend to think of myself as a pretty positive guy. Someone who thinks that every movie can have at least some little spark of brilliance in it. Examples: the hotel shoot-out in the atrocious Barb Wire, Steve Zahn in National Security...

That was until Moltisanti -one of my secret personal gods around here, well, mostly- reminded me that I own RoboCop 3. And now I'm coming to get him.

You bastard... That disc doesn't even burn even when tossed in the fireplace...

And, waitaminute, NATIONAL SECURITY IS STILL ON MY SHELF?! Didn't I dumped it on an abandoned gas station last year?!
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post #11 of 55
12/18/05 at 2:33pm
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Originally Posted by PsycheOut00
You bastard... That disc doesn't even burn even when tossed in the fireplace...
Admitting you own ROBOCOP 3 is one of the toughest things you can do in life. Fortunately it doesn't have quite the stigma that it did years ago. More and more laws are being passed in which employers cannot fire you on the basis of owning ROBOCOP 3. I just dream of the day when we'll be able to drink from the same water fountains as everyone else, and not those ROBOCOP 3-only fountains that make us all feel like second-class citizens.
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post #12 of 55
12/18/05 at 7:35pm
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Originally Posted by Nigel St. Buggering
I don't own Alien Resurrection either; bought the box set and sold that one.
I own three copies of Alien Resurrection, even though i hate the film.
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post #13 of 55
12/18/05 at 8:18pm
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Originally Posted by Moltisanti
Admitting you own ROBOCOP 3 is one of the toughest things you can do in life. Fortunately it doesn't have quite the stigma that it did years ago. More and more laws are being passed in which employers cannot fire you on the basis of owning ROBOCOP 3. I just dream of the day when we'll be able to drink from the same water fountains as everyone else, and not those ROBOCOP 3-only fountains that make us all feel like second-class citizens.
You bleeding heart liberals disgust me. You all want to pretend that people who own Robocop 3 are just like everyone else, that your stations in life are the result of reduced opportunities. It's been shown in IQ tests that people who own Robocop 3 are significantly less intelligent. I don't know why you people can't just accept your place in society and be happy with what you've got.
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post #14 of 55
12/18/05 at 8:19pm
I have a couple of boxset ones (ALIEN: RESURRECTION, AMITYVILLE 3-D), but I recently had a clear out, so all the ones I didn't like are gone, except for the occasional so-good-they're-bad ones.

I used to be a completist, but I stopped because I refused to pay money for STAR TREK: NEMESIS or DIE ANOTHER DAY.
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post #15 of 55
12/18/05 at 8:33pm
EPISODE I and EPISODE II.

And Charlie now owns my copy of DREAMSCAPE, which I didn't like, but bought only because it came in a two-pack with ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (the original).
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post #16 of 55
12/18/05 at 8:35pm
I own Daredevil for some reason.
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post #17 of 55
12/18/05 at 8:42pm
I forgot all about DAREDEVIL. It was a disc I got free from when I was working for MOVIE INSIDER. The same goes for THE TRANSPORTER, which I don't dislike as much as DD, but at the same time, I don't really like it.
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post #18 of 55
12/18/05 at 8:59pm
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Originally Posted by Nigel St. Buggering
You bleeding heart liberals disgust me. You all want to pretend that people who own Robocop 3 are just like everyone else, that your stations in life are the result of reduced opportunities. It's been shown in IQ tests that people who own Robocop 3 are significantly less intelligent. I don't know why you people can't just accept your place in society and be happy with what you've got.
I bet you're one of those yokels who thinks we choose to own ROBOCOP 3. You're gonna have to face the facts that we are born this way and that forcing ourselves to not own ROBOCOP 3 would only cause us to seek out a life in the priesthood.
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post #19 of 55
12/18/05 at 9:08pm
I gave away my copy of Van Helsing to my ex-housemate as a leaving present. So that's one less.

I own the killer-snowman flick 'Jack Frost' based on a Chud recommendation. I do not like that film.
I used to own 'Drive', again based on Chud, but thankfully possibly-ex-chewer Hot Animal Machine took it off my hands. And he thinks I did HIM a favour.

I broke 'Sword and the Sorcerer' into little pieces to see what it would look like. It looked pretty.

'Attack of the Clones'.
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post #20 of 55
12/18/05 at 9:43pm
Episode 1 - I kept this while I donated Fight Club, Donnie Darko, Akira SE and Metropolis.
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post #21 of 55
12/19/05 at 12:17am
I own a number of name films that I don't quite connect with the first (or second or third) viewings, but because they're widely praised, I stick with them. Renoir's "The Rules of the Game," for instance, bored the hell out of me the first time I saw it. Pretty much every film critic I've ever read sings its praises, however, so I continued to watch it every once and a while until I was gradually won over by it.
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post #22 of 55
12/19/05 at 1:02am
Yep.

Off the top of my head:

SCREAM 3 from the trilogy set.

Pretty much every ELM STREET other than the original (again, a box set, and I picked it up because, well, I don't know why...seemed like the natural thing to do since I owned the FRIDAY THE 13th series).

THE WICKER MAN
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post #23 of 55
12/19/05 at 1:07am
yes, but only movies I have come to hate over time and just haven't gotten around to getting rid of.
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post #24 of 55
12/19/05 at 2:03am
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Originally Posted by Highway 61
I own a number of name films that I don't quite connect with the first (or second or third) viewings, but because they're widely praised, I stick with them. Renoir's "The Rules of the Game," for instance, bored the hell out of me the first time I saw it. Pretty much every film critic I've ever read sings its praises, however, so I continued to watch it every once and a while until I was gradually won over by it.
That seems kind of odd to me. You're treating film like food. I didn't like broccoli at first, but I needed the vitamins, and eventually I learned to like it. It's as if you're forcing yourself to like certain movies because you've been told you should. It's okay to disagree with critics on what's considered great. I'm not that fond of Midnight Cowboy, myself, and that's considered one of the greatest American films ever made. If you didn't like it, why would you force yourself to watch it again, simply because other people liked it?
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post #25 of 55
12/19/05 at 2:30am
Just to sully my best friend's AMAZING DVD collection, i bought him a used Gothika Full Screen for his birthday. Like the good man he is, its up there on his shelf, even if it torments him so.
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post #26 of 55
12/19/05 at 2:47am
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Originally Posted by Andrew Clarke
I gave away my copy of Van Helsing to my ex-housemate as a leaving present. So that's one less.
Sorry, Gusset. You bought it with your own real-life money. That stain is NEVER coming off of your soul.
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post #27 of 55
12/19/05 at 3:05am
I'm not a big fan of "Spellbound." Again, the Criterion boxset was cheaper to buy than the other four titles individually.
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post #28 of 55
12/19/05 at 3:33am
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Originally Posted by Moltisanti
I remember feeling like I had to own ATTACK OF THE CLONES because I had all the other STAR WARS movies and then watching the disc I realized how bad that movie truly was.
Wait a minute... You felt Clones was bad and yet were content with that fetid garbage heap Phantom Menace?? I don't get it.

And come now, be honest with us. Knowing your tastes you must own some other box set stinkers. Possibly Rocky V, Rambo III, Universal Soldier 2, Conan the Destroyer... am I getting warm?
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post #29 of 55
12/19/05 at 6:13am
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Speaking of Star Wars, I'm not terribly fond of Return of the Jedi. But I don't think anyone's allowed to own part of the original trilogy. It's in the books somewhere.
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post #30 of 55
12/19/05 at 6:20am
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Originally Posted by Desslar
And come now, be honest with us. Knowing your tastes you must own some other box set stinkers. Possibly Rocky V, Rambo III, Universal Soldier 2, Conan the Destroyer... am I getting warm?
Hang on. Conan the Destroyer is great fun and, pound for pound, more entertaining than its pretentious predecessor. It sits right alongside Supergirl on my Guilty Pleasure shelf, while ...the Barbarian is nowhere to be found.
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post #31 of 55
12/19/05 at 10:53am
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Originally Posted by Desslar
Wait a minute... You felt Clones was bad and yet were content with that fetid garbage heap Phantom Menace?? I don't get it.

And come now, be honest with us. Knowing your tastes you must own some other box set stinkers. Possibly Rocky V, Rambo III, Universal Soldier 2, Conan the Destroyer... am I getting warm?
I really don't have much hate for THE PHANTOM MENACE. Jar Jar sucks and all that but it's the one prequel that I'm at peace with. Weird, I know.

I do indeed proudly own ROCKY, ROCKY IV, FIRST BLOOD, and UNIVERSAL SOLDIER but so far no box set that would cause me to own any of the sequels mentioned. I suppose I would buy UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: THE RETURN if it was part of some "Buy 1, Become Immortal" type offer but even then I'd probably wait for immortality to be granted and then sell it on Ebay for a buck or two.
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post #32 of 55
12/19/05 at 12:43pm
I'm also someone who will only by a dvd that will hold up to a lot of repeat viewing.

But that doesnt prevent well meaning family memebers from buying you tat.

Hence why I own Scooby Doo
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post #33 of 55
12/19/05 at 12:54pm
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Originally Posted by IndianSummerSky

THE WICKER MAN
You're on the list for that one

I own Robocop 3 but only because it came as part of a set..!

I used to have a copy of Bruce Almighty, but I hurled it as soon as the two year gift exchange embargo was lifted*



*it's a british thing
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post #34 of 55
12/19/05 at 1:13pm
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Originally Posted by Desslar
Wait a minute... You felt Clones was bad and yet were content with that fetid garbage heap Phantom Menace?? I don't get it.
For my money, CLONES is easily the worst of the six STAR WARS films. And in retrospect, I think I even like MENACE more than SITH, a notion which scares even myself. The disaster of the Prequels along with the shame of the Special Editions is why I haven't paid for a single STAR WARS DVD yet.

I have gotten two of the Prequel discs as gifts however, so I can't get too high and mighty about fully boycotting the SW DVDs. But until the original theatrical versions of Episodes IV, V and VI are released on DVD or Blu-Ray or whatever, I'm content to live with my Laserdiscs of the original versions.
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post #35 of 55
12/19/05 at 1:27pm
I can't think of any movies I currently own, that I bought, that suck. I did purchace The Basketball Diaries sight unseen once, but I traded it in or something. I do have some movies that I don't like that I have won, or been given. I have The Alamo, for example. And Scary Movie 3. I was excited to win them (from Chud, no less) but they're not good movies. And yet I keep them for some reason. Would it be in poor taste to trade them in for better movies.

Oh, and I assume that the intent of this thread wasn't to list all the crap movies my three year old watches on a regular basis, or the ones on my shelf that my wife bought (like The Piano).
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post #36 of 55
12/19/05 at 5:29pm
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Originally Posted by Tom Fuchs
I thought I'd like Waking Life and bought it sight unseen. Hated the living fucksnacks out of it.
Ha! I did the exact same thing. I never really buy movies without loving them first, and for some reason, on the same day, I bought Waking Life and American Pie 2. Ugh.

On a related note, does anyone have a recommendation on the best way to sell used DVDs? I was thinking Gamestop. No one on eBay would even go near AP2.
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post #37 of 55
12/20/05 at 12:15am
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I've actually had quite a bit of luck selling DVD's on eBay. The trick is to not sell them individually. Package them together in semi-themed sets. Of course, you have to have a few to sell to do that.
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post #38 of 55
12/20/05 at 1:31am
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Originally Posted by Moltisanti
I suppose I would buy UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: THE RETURN if it was part of some "Buy 1, Become Immortal" type offer but even then I'd probably wait for immortality to be granted and then sell it on Ebay for a buck or two.
I laughed. Hard. They heard me on Klendathu.


Anyway, this usually falls under the realm of gifts. When I was in a band, we wrote a song for Luis Guzman and it became our most played song. After that, a bandmate gave me a DVD copy of LUCKYTOWN, a DTV movie starring him, James Caan and Kirsten Dunst. I don't honestly think I've touched it since, even by accident, and that's been three years.
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post #39 of 55
12/20/05 at 4:05am
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Originally Posted by Nigel St. Buggering
That seems kind of odd to me. You're treating film like food. I didn't like broccoli at first, but I needed the vitamins, and eventually I learned to like it. It's as if you're forcing yourself to like certain movies because you've been told you should. It's okay to disagree with critics on what's considered great. I'm not that fond of Midnight Cowboy, myself, and that's considered one of the greatest American films ever made. If you didn't like it, why would you force yourself to watch it again, simply because other people liked it?
I'd consider myself a film student, even though I'm not in film school. I've always wondered how movies work, how filmmakers convey a story with the tools at their disposal. It's an incredibely complicated craft to understand, much less practice. Since I'd someday like to be able to write about or make films, it's important for me to learn how filmmakers succeeded in the past, even if I don't initially enjoy their work.

Moreover, films that disappointed on the first viewing or two have repeatedly one me over eventually, and not just art house flicks either. I didn't laugh once the first time I saw This Is Spinal Tap, probably because the hype had spoiled it for me, but now I consider it one the most rewarding comedies I've ever seen.
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post #40 of 55
12/20/05 at 4:18am
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Originally Posted by Lead Salad
I'm not a big fan of "Spellbound." Again, the Criterion boxset was cheaper to buy than the other four titles individually.
That Criterion disc is out of print. Might fetch an easy $40 on eBay.
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post #41 of 55
12/21/05 at 2:34am
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Originally Posted by Nigel St. Buggering
Speaking of Star Wars, I'm not terribly fond of Return of the Jedi. But I don't think anyone's allowed to own part of the original trilogy. It's in the books somewhere.
Ditto.
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post #42 of 55
12/25/05 at 1:54am
My thing is horror flicks, I seem to be getting the 'hole fillers' like Halloween 6.

I don't buy movies I dislike since thats a colossal waste of money. I copy and burn any movie not worthy of my dough. Like the Lepercaun flicks or Billy Jack and especially Friday the 13th.

I'm lucky I love all the Star Treks, Star Wars, Planet of the Apes and most of the Bond flicks to not have to worry about owning movies I hate. If I own it I obvious don't hate it that much.
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post #43 of 55
12/25/05 at 3:54am
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If you don't like those films, why would you want to copy and burn them?
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post #44 of 55
12/25/05 at 9:04am
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Originally Posted by General Zod
My thing is horror flicks, I seem to be getting the 'hole fillers' like Halloween 6.
Halloween 6 is very underrated, one of my fave Halloween sequels.
There´s a lot more blood than the other films, and a exploding head that would make Michael Ironside weep with joy.
Let´s not forget about Donald Pleasance, this was his last film.
He does a good job, chewing the scenery as ususal.

I can´t see why people hate part 6? It´s a lot better than part 5 and 8.
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post #45 of 55
12/25/05 at 8:26pm
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I think people don't specifically hate part 6. I think they hate everything after part 3. I gave up after H2O.
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post #46 of 55
12/25/05 at 9:08pm
Is "Lepercaun" a film about leprosy?

I forgot about the first DVD set of Family Guy. It sits on my rack amongst the early Simpsons sets and the four sets of Futurama like the kid who wins a "participant" ribbon at the science fair.
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post #47 of 55
12/25/05 at 9:25pm
Yes, I just received Dukes of Hazzard. I'm going to cry now.
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post #48 of 55
12/25/05 at 11:45pm
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You poor, poor bastard.
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post #49 of 55
12/28/05 at 1:13am
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Originally Posted by Nigel St. Buggering
If you don't like those films, why would you want to copy and burn them?

Cheap. As I said, to fill the holes. The girlfriend is a horror fiend so we must make her happy.
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post #50 of 55
12/28/05 at 1:15am
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Originally Posted by Randolph Carter
Halloween 6 is very underrated, one of my fave Halloween sequels.
There´s a lot more blood than the other films, and a exploding head that would make Michael Ironside weep with joy.
Let´s not forget about Donald Pleasance, this was his last film.
He does a good job, chewing the scenery as ususal.

I can´t see why people hate part 6? It´s a lot better than part 5 and 8.

Resurrection is the worst. Part 5 at least has a cool ending.
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