Movie Meme

[robotech_master]

Zounds, I hath been tagged by a gwox. I guess I have no choice but to take the survey.

01. TOTAL NUMBER OF FILMS I OWN ON DVD/VHS...

I'm not even sure how to count this here. I think I have 150-200ish on DVD alone, guesstimating from the size of my shelves, but I'm not home right now so I can't really count that well. Then I have maybe another 50-60 on VHS in my apartment. And I think I have another hundred or so packed away in my room at home. (And that's counting EP-speed tapes full of fansubs as "single" films.)

02. THE LAST FILM I BOUGHT...

Just today I placed an order via Deep Discount DVD for the Image Films restored/rescored version of Buster Keaton's The General/Steamboat Bill Jr. double-feature, and Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman. Yesterday I received a prior film I'd ordered, the third volume of the Giant Robo anime series (see my review of the first volume here), and prior to that I received the Daft Punk/Leiji Matsumoto collab Insterstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem.

As for the last movie I rented (yeah, it didn't ask but I thought I'd mention it anyway) I've been working my way through the Pink Panther series, and currently have out from Greencine The Pink Panther Strikes Again and the first two discs of Joss Whedon's Firefly series (have to get ready for Serenity, don'cha know).

03. THE LAST FILM I WATCHED...

Over the weekend, I watched quite a few films on DVD/bigscreen set in the medical study facility. The last three, which I watched with my brother who hadn't seen them before, were the Stephen (Kung Fu Hustle) Chow films From Beijing With Love and God of Cookery (both in the original Cantonese with semi-literate English subtitles), then the John Woo/Tom Cruise vehicle Mission: Impossible 2—all of which I had previously seen before. The last new (to me) films I watched would probably be Speed II, which was playing on TV Sunday noonish, and the 12-part anime series DearS, which I watched on my computer as digital fansubs on Saturday night.

Last film I watched in a theater was, I think, The Incredibles, which I saw three times.

04. FIVE FILMS THAT I WATCH OFTEN...

The Eagles, Hell Freezes Over (concert video) and Yes, Fragile (DVD-Audio) are ones I "watch" quite a lot, given that they're just music so I can watch/listen to them over and over again without getting tired of them. Their DTS audio sounds great on my 5.1 speaker sound system, too. Beyond that, I don't know that I could say I really watch any movies "often," as they tend to have limited replay value for me; usually I won't watch them again after the first time (save to view commentary and the like) unless I'm with a friend to whom I want to show them and can take enjoyment out of them. (And what with my recent addiction to City of Heroes, I haven't even been watching movies themselves "often" at all.) I've watched The Incredibles a few times since getting the DVD; Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, and Castle of Cagliostro have some good replay value for me (as do most of Miyazaki's films, actually). I've probably watched the Giant Robo episodes at least 8 or 9 times each in various incarnations (fansubs, poorly-subtitled HK knockoff DVDs, licensed DVDs in both dubs and sub) over the years too.

05. TAG FIVE PEOPLE AND HAVE THEM PUT THIS IN THEIR JOURNAL..

artmomz, strix_an_stones, zonereyrie, tbutler, kelloggs2066.

(If you've done this already and I missed it, let me know and I'll pick someone else. And if you're not on the list and feel like doing it too, don't let me stop you.)

Comments

[foomf.livejournal.com]

They're both made in defiance of the preferences of the series creators, who were cut out of the process by way of some real sleazy contractual maneuvering.

You should watch a season or two of the original series.

[robotech-master.livejournal.com]

Hey, could you email me, via the site eyrie dot org userid robotech? I don't have a current email address for you and wanted to email you.