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by **sonnyboo** on Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:31 pm

Okay, what did everyone get this year for the holidays?

Me, I got the following:

BOTTLE ROCKET - Blu Ray Criterion
INDIANA JONES & THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL - Blu Ray
DEATH PROOF - Blu Ray
THE DARK KNIGHT - Blu Ray
DR. HORRIBLE'S SING A LONG BLOG - DVD (with COMMENTARY! THE MUSICAL, replicated real DVD, not a DVD-R as advertised)
A THREEVENING WITH KEVIN SMITH - DVD
24: REDEMPTION - DVD (why no Blu Ray? I watched it in HD when it aired)

by **papalazeru** on Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:50 pm

sonnyboo wrote:Okay, what did everyone get this year for the holidays?

DR. HORRIBLE'S SING A LONG BLOG - DVD (with COMMENTARY! THE MUSICAL, replicated real DVD, not a DVD-R as advertised)

BAH! HUMBUG!!!

grumble grumble.....murmer.....goddam slow english release date....grumble hurumph!

:wink:

I got

Okami for the Wii
Dark Knight
New TV
Indy IV (sickening)
Hellboy 2
A new Lapyop
and my fave gift.....

A CLEANER M O BOT from WALL E. BEST PREZZY EVA!!!! It's staring at me right now...how cute.

by **so sorry** on Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:22 am

Pretty light year for me:

The Incredible Hulk
The Day the Earth Stood Still (original, or course)
Eastern Promises
Tropic Thunder
Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Season 3

by **sonnyboo** on Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:00 pm

papalazeru wrote:
sonnyboo wrote:Okay, what did everyone get this year for the holidays?

DR. HORRIBLE'S SING A LONG BLOG - DVD (with COMMENTARY! THE MUSICAL, replicated real DVD, not a DVD-R as advertised)

BAH! HUMBUG!!!

grumble grumble.....murmer.....goddam slow english release date....grumble hurumph!

It's a region free disc on Amazon.com and ships internationally.....

by **burlivesleftnut** on Sun Dec 28, 2008 2:20 pm

:\ Nothing.

But I got my partner that Sydney Pollack docu about Don Rickles. Hmph.

by **Nachokoolaid** on Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:46 pm

Blu Ray:
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Hellboy 2
The Incredible Hulk

DVD:
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

by **monorail77** on Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:32 pm

Collectively, the kids and I got:

Dark Knight
Indy IV
Wall-E
Horton Hears a Who
Shaft and Shaft's Big Score (two discs in one case)
Mr. Bean Movie and Johnny English (double-sided disc)
2 Pingu DVD's

All of the above are DVD's (I don't have a Blu-Ray player)

by **Hermanator X** on Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:20 pm

A massive haul for me this year...

Deadwood box set, with authentic saloon playing cards and poker chips which are extremely cool. Im yet to see any of season 3, but might work my way through 1 and 2 again first.

Life of Brian double dvd.

Gears of war 2.

Scene it movie game for xbox 360.

Watching the watchmen book.

rather nifty new snowboarding jacket.

Head lamp and stormproof lighter, and some good thermals for my expeditions into the wild white yonder.

Fishing bag.

Hugo Drax Moonraker watch, also quite nifty.

USB drumpad, which looks like daft fun.

Double present with fiance of stylish full cutlery set, and smoothie maker.

And loads of other little bits and bobs, so all in all plenty to be happy with.

by **bastard_robo** on Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:48 am

I got the following from family and sandy claws

WANTED 2 disc
DARK KNIGHT 2 disc
SIMPSONS MOVIE
30 ROCK season 2
THREEVENING WITH KEVIN SMITH

and with gift cards:

RESIDENT EVIL: DEGENERATION
IRON MAN 2 disc
HALLOWEEN 3 disc
JAWS

by **Lord Voldemoo** on Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:13 am

Iron Man

...yup, that's it for dvds.

COME ON, FAMILY! CHRIST!

and btw, the regular Iron Man dvd blows. some extended/cut scenes, an ad for an animated feature, and that's pretty much it. No commentaries, nuthin...

i need blu-ray.

by **sonnyboo** on Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:50 pm

Lord Voldemoo wrote:Iron Man

and btw, the regular Iron Man dvd blows. some extended/cut scenes, an ad for an animated feature, and that's pretty much it. No commentaries, nuthin...

Dude, even the MAKING features are in HD with IRON MAN. I love this disc set. Freakin' awesome.

by **Maui** on Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:45 am

Being There
SpongeBob Squarepants (1st Season)
Spaced 3 Disc Collectors Edition
Walle
Kung Fu Panda
Horton Hears a Who
Sunshine
Chunking Express (Criterion)

Pretty sweet haul with DVDs this holiday season.

by **papalazeru** on Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:55 am

Maui wrote:Spaced 3 Disc Collectors Edition

BABYLON 5's a big pile of shit!

Get out!

:lol:

by **Maui** on Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:47 pm

I thought the Star Wars funeral was hilarious and his hatred for Phantom Menace. The little boy running out of the comic book store crying.

The show is just brilliant.

by **bastard_robo** on Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:15 pm

Maui wrote:I thought the Star Wars funeral was hilarious and his hatred for Phantom Menace. The little boy running out of the comic book store crying.

The show is just brilliant.

MAUI! YOU'RE ALIVE!!!!!!!

by **sonnyboo** on Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:43 am

Maui wrote:I thought the Star Wars funeral was hilarious and his hatred for Phantom Menace. The little boy running out of the comic book store crying.

The show is just brilliant.

Another SPACED fan. I've had my region 2 DVD set for years now. I bought the U.S. release too and I wish more people would discover the gem that is TIM & DAISY...

Ever watch it with the "Homage Meter" subtitle track on? HILARIOUS

by **Maui** on Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:25 pm

sonnyboo wrote:
Ever watch it with the "Homage Meter" subtitle track on? HILARIOUS

Not yet. I plan on it though. I'm working my way through Season 2 right now. Brian has just become part of his art exhibit, Daisy is working for Nurse Ratchett, and Tim and Mike are recreating "Fight Club" through their robot.

by **sonnyboo** on Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:25 pm

Maui wrote:
Not yet. I plan on it though. I'm working my way through Season 2 right now. Brian has just become part of his art exhibit, Daisy is working for Nurse Ratchett, and Tim and Mike are recreating "Fight Club" through their robot.

The geekiest, dorkiest "Fight Club" ever with robot warriors and trhe obvious nod to ROBOCOP at the beginning of the episode.

by **Maui** on Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:21 pm

sonnyboo wrote:The geekiest, dorkiest "Fight Club" ever with robot warriors and trhe obvious nod to ROBOCOP at the beginning of the episode.

More than a nod to Robot Wars also!

by **Spandau Belly** on Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:03 pm

WALL-E
This is a a good animated movie about a robot. He lives a solitary life cleaning shit up and watching movies and being generally curious so I relate to him a lot.

CORALINE 3D
I sorta remember hearing about this movie but never saw it. My mum bought it for my because it is in 3D and I like cartoons. It comes with 4 pairs of 3D glasses, so I guess I'll have to double the amount of friends I have if I want to take advantage of that shit.

PIXAR SHORTFILMS
My mum also bought me this because I like cartoons. It's all the little shorts they play before Pixar movies like the one where the old man plays chess with himself.

JUNO
I won an Oscar for writing this film so I think it's pretty fitting that I own it now.

BLUE VELVET
Didn't own it, glad that I now do.

GRAN TORINO
Liked this when I saw it. It is a pretty good but kinda strange movie.

4 FAST 4 FURIOUS
This film was like a religious experience for me back when it came out. Looking forward to having a complete F&F marathon in my home where I can drink and don't have to worry about being discreet when I get a Brewster boner.

DEADWOOD
I guess from the title this is a show about impotence or something. Could be interesting. I like that Ian McShane guy. Somebody should put him in a movie riding a giant preying mantis.

VENTURE BROTHERS season 1 & 2
Heard people praising this thing for years but I always shook it off because people love any cartoon with swearing and shit in it. But then my Oleg brother recommended this cartoon series to me and so I asked for it. Looking forward to getting into this one.

by **Fried Gold** on Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:01 pm

by **Nachokoolaid** on Sun Dec 27, 2009 2:01 am

I haven't opened all my gifts, but I got a pretty good haul on Blu Rays.

They include:

Watchmen: Ultimate Cut
District 9
Inglorious Basterds
Master and Commander
Superman: The Movie
2001: A Space Odyssey

by **The Vicar** on Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:21 am

Nice haul there, Nacho.
And that Planet of the Apes loot FG got looks very sweet.

I finally got my hands of the first season of The Twilight Zone ( 1985 version), the one that had Harlan Ellison on board as creative consultant.
Some of my personal favorite stories were in the first year, and there was a shit load of talent all the way through.

by **thomasgaffney** on Sun Dec 27, 2009 9:47 pm

The Complete Farscape (Best Buy exclusive - all 88 Farscape episodes, plus The Peacekeeper Wars, in one box set)

by **papalazeru** on Sun Dec 27, 2009 9:56 pm

thomasgaffney wrote:The Complete Farscape (Best Buy exclusive - all 88 Farscape episodes, plus The Peacekeeper Wars, in one box set)

Very nice. Am now jealous.

by **Fievel** on Sun Dec 27, 2009 10:02 pm

I asked for a bunch of BluRays but everyone got me practical shit.....
Except my mom who, out of all the BluRays that I asked for, got me The Searchers.... and I couldn't be happier.

by **so sorry** on Mon Dec 28, 2009 9:48 am

Only got one DVD

Actually, only asked for one: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Season 1. I've never seen a second of this show (take THAT HBO!), but as an avid Seinfeld fan, I know I will love this.

by **Maui** on Mon Dec 28, 2009 1:43 pm

so sorry wrote:Only got one DVD

Actually, only asked for one: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Season 1. I've never seen a second of this show (take THAT HBO!), but as an avid Seinfeld fan, I know I will love this.

Consider yourself lucky. Curb is hilarious. I've been a fan since the very 1st season.

I was lucky enough to get two, yes TWO Criterions: The 400 Blows and Pierrot le Fou!
I also got UP.

by **bastard_robo** on Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:53 am

My DVD gains for Xmas of 2009

Up
Inglorious Basterds
G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra 2 Disc
Cowboy Bebop the Complete Series
Wallace and Gromit collection (with the 3D cover)
The Real Ghostbusters vol 1
Family Guy: Something Something Darkside
District 9 2 disc

I also got a copy of Arrested Development season 2, but I have it already, so I'm trading it in for season 1..which I do not own..

by **thomasgaffney** on Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:00 am

bastard_robo wrote:The Real Ghostbusters vol 1

The old cartoon? I remember that! I even had the toys based on the cartoon!

by **Fried Gold** on Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:32 pm

by **Al Shut** on Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:41 pm

not presents but bought from christmas money

Speed Racer
Mesrine: Killer Instinct
Mesrine: Public Enemy No.1

all three turned out to be solid entertainment

thomasgaffney wrote:
bastard_robo wrote:The Real Ghostbusters vol 1

The old cartoon? I remember that! I even had the toys based on the cartoon!

thanks a lot guys

now I have the fake ghostbusters stuck in my head for some reason. fucking gorilla

by **DennisMM** on Tue Dec 29, 2009 11:39 pm

The "fake" Ghostbusters came first, as we all know. The "real" GB were just the famous GB.

I got Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut from my mum. Had considered buying myself more prezzies, but money could be a bit tight for a while, due to circumstances detailed in other threads. Once that's resolved I might blow a bit of cash on a classy massage, though. Maybe do the whole spa thing, just once in my life.

by **Nachokoolaid** on Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:24 am

Nachokoolaid wrote:I haven't opened all my gifts, but I got a pretty good haul on Blu Rays.

They include:

Watchmen: Ultimate Cut
District 9
Inglorious Basterds
Master and Commander
Superman: The Movie
2001: A Space Odyssey

Also ended up getting STAR TREK and Family Guy:Something, Something Something Dark Side on Blu.

by **bastard_robo** on Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:08 am

thomasgaffney wrote:
bastard_robo wrote:The Real Ghostbusters vol 1

The old cartoon? I remember that! I even had the toys based on the cartoon!

And I've been tearing through these discs.. This show holds up INSANELY well by today's standards. The animation is still phenominal for 1980's cartoons and the writing is well above some of the shows of that time... And I forgot the inhuman amount of talent that was involved in this show. It reeks of a whose who of animation!

by **Seppuku** on Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:25 am

Apart from getting a couple of pirate DVDs of 2012 and Harry Brown (both of which I really don't like) that I'm pretty sure my brother bought off this Korean guy who tries to ply his wares inside every internet cafe in the county, I got Season 1 and 2 of Carnivale, which more than made up for them.

by **Pacino86845** on Sat Jan 02, 2010 11:00 am

Carnivale is massive tits.

Carnivale HAS massive tits!

by **DennisMM** on Sat Jan 02, 2010 10:14 pm

mmm ... massive Adrienne Barbeau.

by **papalazeru** on Sun Jan 03, 2010 8:47 am

Two of the best presents I got this year,

Amaretto Coffee and Gringerbread flavouring - asbolutely fantastic and I'm going to hate it when I finish it.

District 9 on Bluray. The best film of last year is now finally mine in the best format possible (apart from actually having it ported into my head).

Website · by **Bayouwolf** on Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:34 pm

Finally entering the 21st century of movie watching, djj bought us a Blu-Ray player for Christmas, and we've already amassed quite a little cache of flicks

The Fifth Element
Star Trek
Speed Racer
District 9
Watchmen Ultimate cut
H@rry Potter HBP
H@rry Potter PoA
H@rry Potter CoS
The Hangover

Inglourious Basterds will be next on the list (once it goes on sale...)

by **DaleTremont** on Tue Jan 05, 2010 2:05 pm

I've been wanting to watch Carnivale ever since Starship Troopers reminded me how much I like Clancy Brown. Plus it would mean I could stop watching Earth 2 to get my evil Kurgan fix.

For Christmas this year I got The Kingdom series 1 and 2, Always Sunny in Philadelphia seasons 1 and 2, and Inglourious Basterds.

by **Maui** on Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:51 am

Santy Claus brought me Inception, Toy Story 3, Eat Pray Love and Despicable Me.

by **so sorry** on Mon Dec 27, 2010 11:05 am

Inception, Curb Your Enthusiasm Seasons 2 and 3.

Me likey.

by **Spandau Belly** on Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:03 pm

THE EXPENDABLES - This is a good Oleg film. Statham keeps his shirt a little too much, so it won't get as much replay in my house as the TRANSPORTER films, but that's not to say this film isn't erotic.

TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY + TOTAL RECALL - Haven't watched TOTAL RECALL in a really long time. Looking forward to revisiting it. This was one of those Expendables bluray combo packs. I already owned T2 because it is my favorite movie, but I didn't have it on bluray, so it's all a bonus.

INCEPTION - This was one of those self-serving gifts. My sweetheart got it for me because she wanted to see it but missed it in the cinemas. I hope she doesn't mind me calling her 'Ellen' during snuggletime afterwards. I thought it was a great movie. Looking forward seeing it again. Keep fighting the 3D, Nolan!

HILL STREET BLUES: SEASON ONE - I think maybe a tag got mixed up or something because this doesn't really look like my thing. Looks like some 80s gritty American cop show. Fuck this.

DEXTER: SEASON WHATEVER - I think this was another one that was intended for somebody else or something. I saw the first two seasons of this show years ago, but thought it shit the bed at the end of the second season. The case for this season has Dexter with a baby and usually when you have the characters start having babies that means you are officially out of ideas.

KUNG-POW: ENTER THE FIST - I remember this being a pretty funny cartoony humour movie like HOT SHOTS or NAKED GUN back when I was a teenager on drugs.

TOY STORY 3 - I really liked this and it's good to have stuff like this for when my best friend comes by with her daughters.

4 MARTIAL ARTS FAVORITES: MILITANT EAGLE, THE PRODIGAL BOXER, MOONLIGHT SWORD & JADE LION, THE BLOODY FISTS - I haven't heard of any of these. My mum frequently finds these shitty b-movies in bargain bins and buys them for me because she knows I like garbage.

JERSEY SHORE: SEASON ONE - My mum and I spent most of Christmas Day pounding beers and watching this shit. It's pretty good shit.

by **Tyrone_Shoelaces** on Mon Dec 27, 2010 4:35 pm

How To Train Your Dragon and Toy Story 3 on Blu-ray. Watched them both Christmas Day and Dragon was just as amazing without the 3D.

by **Spandau Belly** on Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:30 pm

I only got a few this year:

HANNA - I talked about this film a couple times in relation to how I would raise my daughter and now I have it as a handy guide if I ever figure out how to concieve children

EMBRACE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES- Liked this one in cinemas, saw it again with my family yesterday and still think it's an excellent film

A couple of box sets of Roger Corman shit, one that's all Westerns, one that's all monster movies. Could be some fun drunk viewing.

by **Bloo** on Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:49 pm

I got the new POTA myself, can't wait to watch it

by **minstrel** on Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:50 am

Bought myself a Christmas gift this year: a documentary about mythologist Joseph Campbell called Finding Joe. I know nothing about it, but I'll watch it this week.

Roomie got The Polar Express and Unstoppable, so, basically, I got them too.

by **so sorry** on Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:50 am

Aliens and The Conversation blurays plus bought myself Curb Your Enthusiasm seasons 5 6 7 (at half price each).

Any Zoners have an iPad? I'm trying to figure out the best way to get my existing movies available to watch on this thing but it's not as easy as I thought...

by **Bloo** on Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:34 pm

so sorry wrote:Aliens and The Conversation blurays plus bought myself Curb Your Enthusiasm seasons 5 6 7 (at half price each).

Any Zoners have an iPad? I'm trying to figure out the best way to get my existing movies available to watch on this thing but it's not as easy as I thought...

I do but the only movies I've transferred are ones already converted to the itunes format (MP4 Video or something like that)