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Great listen, guys, thanks!

Sounds like a good focus for 2025! I, too, am planning on watching a lot of my backlog.

Do you like part 1 or 2 better? I think I lean towards part 1. Can't wait for part 3, Dune Messiah.

Interesting point about second movies in a series being better than the first ones - I’ve always thought LOTR The Two Towers was the best of the trilogy

Thanks so much for talking about Dune! I just watched part 1 and 2, and from my point of view (I read the first 5 books) these movies are doing a superior job in bringing the story to the screen. I was expecting part 2 to get further along in the story, though. It was great to see all of the tech and gear come to life, but the books of course covered more of the relations of paul and the other characters. All of the chapters of Herbert's books are heavily prefaced with a "historical backstory" of the bene gesserit, ecology of the planet, etc (a sort of galactic encyclopedia), and the books actually have a glossary of all the different language terms. I don't want to say that the movies are not comprehensible to someone who hasn't read them, but I completely understand the struggle to figure out how everything fits together. One theme that struck me when reading the books (and brought to life in the movies) was the existence of cultures that had access to spacetravel, etc, but still lived their lives in an uncluttered, sparse, minimal, almost primitive style.

You have to re-watch the first film to really immerse yourself in the Dune-iverse.

I'm so sorry that happened to you! I have no evidence of companies deleting digital library movies and shows but That's why physical Media is always my goto, no corporation is gonna break into my house and take my 4k Blu rays! Lol

Doing the research on the certain streaming titles have been reported to vanish and it seems to be a frustrating mess.

I like Jaws 2 more than 1 and I like all the Back to the Future movies, but 3 is my favorite.

It’s funny I don’t own a single David Lynch film.

While I do stream, I almost never download/buy a digital movie. The only exception is Rifftrax because 95% of their stuff they can’t release physically (much of it you just download an audio track). I don’t even redeem the digital copies that come with my purchases because it wouldn’t even occur to me to watch something digitally I have physically. It’s just a mental block, though. I’m old school enough to think “if I can’t touch it, I don’t own it.”

Hey, both. Interesting vlog today. Your loss of That’s Life isn’t the first time we’ve heard this. According to a new Californian law, they’ve blocked the term ‘buy’ for digital media, meaning it’s more like a long term lease that can be terminated. We’re never heading down that route - ever! Regarding That’s Life, there’s an official Spanish release DVD of it if that helps. I agree that Empire Strikes Back is the best as it had the hardest job to follow Star Wars which essentially was a complete film, never intended as a franchise. To make it work naturally without it feeling contrived was quite the achievement which set it up for Jedi to bring everything to the conclusion. I have a soft spot for Jedi but I do feel it was used to expand on the family backgrounds and to bring everything to a close … again. Keep warm and have a great week.

My collection is mostly stuff I've seen and enjoyed and hopefully will want to watch again (though I do own titles that I love but never put them into the player, like "Gone Girl"). But I also occasionally collect Criterion Collection. I live in Europe, so our Region 2 selection is very small, but I like to buy occasionally some of their titles. And CC is the only label I can do a blind buy. I've bought a lot of movies from them blind and most of the times it was a success (like "His Girl Friday", which was just a lucky buy). So maybe if they release something that I've heard about or wanted to see I will blind buy it. All the other times I just have a big listt of movies I liked and if some of them gets price reduction then I will get them for my shelf.

Number 5 movie is my favorite.

Good luck! It’s nothing like Gladiator in tone, unfortunately

We did the same, Gladiator 2 was a disappointment.

What about VHS?

Truly astonishing blue ray collection

There are 3 movies that i watched over 15 times within a two week span, The Matrix(og on vhs) Avatar: The Way Of Water and Dune Part two. I actually went to the theater twice for Dune part two, and when it hit hbo i watched it every day for a week(twice a day for the first 2 days). I loved it. Definitely one of my all time favorites

I'm looking to pick up Ugetsu and Anora when they come out on Criterion. Haven't picked up much lately because I was hurting a bit after buying holiday gifts. But recently picked up the new Se7en 4K, and the Shout Select 4K edition of one of my favourite Herzog films.. Aguirre, The Wrath of God. All the best in the new year Dave, love your videos!

Another excellent video, Dave. I started winding down my collecting as of last year and going into this year and concentrating on watching what i have, instead waiting for the apocalypse. Im not going out and collecting like i use to if I come across something that i want to pick up. I'll pick it up. My collection is pretty much where i want it afew more show if i come across, i don't bother with modern show you seen once you don't need to see anymore. 5 dics DVD player are awesome . Load them up. There's a week of watching.

The only confirmed title on my 2025 must-buy list is the 4K of Tommy: The Movie, which comes out March 18. My expectation is there will be a 50th anniversary 4K of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which will be a definite pick-up. I also have my fingers crossed that Criterion releases 4K upgrades of Eraserhead and Badlands.

My physical media focus the past year or two has been the Shaw Brothers (or Shawscope) sets and other releases from Arrow, Shout, and 88 Films. I am not sure why these kung fu/wuxia movies attract me. I was never a big kung fu person when I was younger, but I really enjoy them. I just picked up Shascope volume 3 and Shout has set 5 and 6 of their films Q1 2025. I’m also a Criterion fan, but I have not picked up many this past year. I received I Walked With A Zombie/The Seventh Victim for Christmas. I have a few more on my wish list and I hope they release more David Lynch, especially The Straight Story on blu-ray and more Kurosawa on blu-ray. I don’t have a digital collection to speak of. I think I bought one movie digitally and I never used any digital codes that came with physical media. I was slow on watching the Willow series on Disney Plus and no it is gone and who knows if it will ever be available again. I enjoy Kino Lorber too. I’d like to get their Fritz Lang silent film box to check those out. Happy collecting!

Nice Star Trek movie and series' collection Boss. I only have about half that.

My goals are the same.. to fill in movies I’m missing in collections, add some more tv box sets - and cancel streams!! At this point I’m planning on keeping only prime and criterion channel

For Criterion, Im so excited for the upcoming 4k of Godzilla vs. Biollante. It's my favorite Godzilla film besides the original, and I can finally upgrade my childhood DVD copy. Unfortunately it seems I am all out of shelf space this year, but this Black Friday I order a bunch from Vinegar Syndrome and that's what tipped my shelf room off, but that order finally delivered last week after 2 months of waiting. So I'm gonna go through all my movies and see what I could remove for something better

Great minds think alike.😆 i also want to get Winchester 73 and Night moves from Criterion. Ihad the Thin Man collection on dvd, but the first is the best imho. So i sold it.

Yeah, I think of streaming as a way of trying new movies, but if I want to watch them over again, I buy a physical copy. I also do what you mentioned-have a service for a little bit and then switch for another.

That Thin Man set looks nice. I have the dvd box set of those movies. I don't think I've ever watched them all so i need to go through all of those. I love the first one. It's one of my favorite 1930s movies.

Wow. You are a serious fan. 😊

This is such a great discussion topic and I really enjoyed hearing about your plans for 2025. Like you, I think I’ll spend this year watching instead of collecting. I have so many movies in both my digital and physical media libraries that I still haven’t gotten to yet, so I wanna show them some love. If I do buy anything this year it’ll probably be from Criterion. Nothing beats their releases and I’m hoping and praying that they one day release Withnail & I. As far as streaming goes, I’ll continue watching Criterion Channel and Britbox. Those are the only 2 streaming services I currently have and I’m happy with them both.

I haven’t experienced digital movies disappearing, but it’s being widely reported even with the video game community. I’ve wanted to add more Warner Archive this year too

Well Dave, I've definitely cut back on streaming services! I only have Amazon Prime Video for streaming, although I do watch some free services such as Tubi & Fawesome for example! I'm like you & aren't buying as many movies this year! Of course I've been traveling a lot this last year as well!

Have a question? What has happened to the Warner Brothers Television science fiction movie DEEP FREEZE from 1955 or 1956? It starred Charles Bronson, Allison Hayes and Gerald Mohr. I saw this film once in my youth and now at 76 years old, have never seen it again. Has it been released or is there plans to release it. I've read articles on this film, but never came across a physical disc or tape that one can purchase. MUCH THANKS...

Hi both. We’ve had horrible weather too with a huge storm crossing over Wales today. We’re doing a similar thing this year. We’ll be sticking with Blu-Ray and only upgrading the films we love if they are in fact a significant upgrade. A lot of Blu-rays come from a decent source these days and boutique labels especially come in wonderful packaging and with a wealth of extras. A lot of people don’t mention just how robust the discs are, surely a great format to last. We recently picked up the Arrow 4K of The Great Escape in a lovely box which includes the follow up movie, and with my husband’s birthday fast approaching, I’ve pre-ordered the Criterion 4K of Winchester 73 for him. Best wishes to you both.

I have The Grifters on the way and just pre ordered King Lear, got a few Kino Lorbers on pre order Sea of Love and Hatari. Just watched the brilliant 4k of The Searchers.

A relic indeed. But, I love that movie. Tom Ford did well. ❤ I miss Blockbuster.

Thx, Dave. High winds up in Scotland, where I'm from, but not too bad doon here in England. Maybe I'm jinxing it by saying that, lol. Well, I have a large collection of DVDs, Blu rays and dvd-rs, but don't do 4k, think I've said that before, and, mostly, I've only upgraded from DVD to Blu Ray if the latter was really affordable and had extras on it, not on the DVD, or, if my dvd-r had been a recording off of the telly or when I copied some videos onto dvd-r years ago, lol. Or, if I didn't have the title already and the blu ray was affordable. Case in point, I rewatched my dvd-r of Peter's Friends the other night, and, fault in it, so, picked it up in a charity shop. I also have dvd-rs of movies from contacts that I can't get a hold of on physical media, or are too expensive, such as U.S. TV movies like: Fatal Vision, The Burning Bed and Small Sacrifices. I have a large collection so am going to concentrate on watching and only buying selectively this year. I'm watching Tokyo Godfathers right now, I know, it's a Xmas movie, but had no room for it then as too many Xmas films and shows, and, another Xmas movie I've rented (Cinema Paradiso are a physical media rental company in the UK...I have over 800 movies & shows on my watchlist with them!) called Lovely, Still (2008), another Xmas film. Tomorrow I'll check my dvd-r of Red Eye, with Rachel McAdams, and, any issues, I'll buy the blu ray. I think it's a Wes Craven movie. Love it. There aren't many Criterion sales in the UK and I'll only buy from boutique labels based on the same principles as aforementioned. TV show-wise, I'm going to go through Twin Peaks again. And, I received the complete Peaky Blinders series today, as have only seen bits of it. I haven't got many steaming options. But there are some, mostly horror movies on Amazon Prime that I'm going to watch. That's it. Toodles. Pam. 😊

I was disappointed in #2 (which is probably why I haven’t picked it up yet). My favorite character is toddler Alia with her adult knowledge and a favorite aspect of the novel is how fiercely loyal Chani is to Paul. But I do have likes and dislikes to all 3 adaptions.

One of the very few directors I haven’t gotten around too yet I see the boxset all the time when looking at criterion maybe I’ll pick it up sometime probably during the next sale

Me too!

The Thing ( the best one ! )

I like to go by genre in alphabetical order.

That's bananas.

Absolutely devastated by the passing of Lynch. Such a wonderful artist. I have never seen that first dvd you showed. Definitely gonna have to try to pick that one up. Great vlog, as always!

I always feel like I don’t quite “get” Lynch (and have read/watched explanations to help), but I’ve always really liked his work anyway. That night, I watched the next episode of TP in my family’s sporadic re-watch and half of “Mulholland Drive” (had to finish it the next day due to time constraints).

Hey both. I’ve been a bit poorly recently, probably due to the up and down temperatures. The new shelves are looking great with that ‘just fit’ look that we managed to achieve too. Mixing Blu-Ray and DVDs would have driven me crazy. Yes, sad news about David Lynch. A great film director, just not my cup of tea. We’ve been sprinkling in some 60s and 70s recently after over dosing on Film Noir. A UK boutique store had a 40% off Kino 4Ks so I upgraded my Three Days of the Condor disc. Stunning! Best wishes to you both.

Hello Dave and Jessi Me and the family are rewatching threes company and what’s happening. I recently purchased the complete Twins peaks series. I think it’s the perfect time to start watching it my favorite Lynch movie is the Elephant Man. Wonderful vlog as usual.