I hate double dipping on DVDs... :(

[Ichirou]

..but sometimes you have to.  Criterion just announced a new version of Jim Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise.  DVD Journal states that it's the first Region 1 release of this title, but they're mistaken, as I have the previous MGM release.  Though I generally avoid double-dips if there's no noticeable image quality improvement, in this case I think I'm going to have to pick it up since the original DVD was so bare bones (and, I believe, non-anamorphic).  Criterion is also releasing Night On Earth which actually HASN'T come out on DVD before, so that's nice...will they do a DVD for Ghost Dog next?  One can only hope...except I already bought that DVD too. :/

There are a number of other DVDs that I've bought that had subsequent special editions released (I figured I was safe from this happening since they were all pretty old movies): Rio Bravo, Ran, The Third Man, Seven Samurai, M, The Maltese Falcon...it irks me to know that I own an inferior version, and that I'd have to spend extra cash to upgrade.  I hate double dipping (I've only done it a couple of times, when the SE of Memento came out - and regret it immensely due to that special edition's shitty menu; and when the "director's cut" of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly came out). 

[demi]

I have Region 1, 2 and PSP versions of Shaun of the Dead. Will be buying HD-DVD when it comes out.

[Ichirou]

Yeah,. but you're obsessed with Nick Frost, so that's understandable.

[bud]

i bought the regular edition of collateral (awesome movie btw) but later i saw the se so i traded it in for that. i hate the cover, it's really really ugly, for the se and the extras aren't really worth the extra and i had this obsession with wanting to buy the regular edition again (couldn't trade it anymore) just for the cover.

in the end i didn't, though.

[MrAngryFace]

I double dipped on Bones. Bought it all on Itunes then bought the DVD set lol.

[Ichirou]

You couldn't resist David Boreanus, huh?

[MrAngryFace]

BONES IS SHOW OF THE EVER

[Mr. Gundam]

I fear the day when more Almodovar titles hit Blu Ray. I just got the recent Viva Pedro boxset, but I'm all over more of his films in HD, due to the cinematography and his use of color.

Same with Wong Kar-Wai. I'll have to double dip.  :'(

[FlameOfCallandor]

I only own the definitive laser disc rips of the Star wars trilogy. And satar wars is known for double dipping.

[Cheebs]

I only own the definitive laser disc rips of the Star wars trilogy. And satar wars is known for double dipping.

thats the same dvd transfer lucasfilm released last year on dvd.

[FlameOfCallandor]

I only own the definitive laser disc rips of the Star wars trilogy. And satar wars is known for double dipping.

thats the same dvd transfer lucasfilm released last year on dvd.

I dont think it is. I could be wrong though.

[Mr. Gundam]

I only own the definitive laser disc rips of the Star wars trilogy. And satar wars is known for double dipping.

thats the same dvd transfer lucasfilm released last year on dvd.

I dont think it is. I could be wrong though.

The second set of original trilogy DVDs that came out last Fall are non-anamorphic laser disc rips.

[TVC15]

http://criterion.com/asp/browse.asp?sort=spine

It is Criterion 400, too, Ichirou.  A LANDMARK.

We also finally get The Threepenny Opera and Les Enfants Terribles.  And Le Jetee!  Actually, I just made up a list:

Criterions I own:
Seven Samurai - 2
The 400 Blows - 5
Beauty and the Beast - 6
Walkabout - 10
The Seventh Seal - 11
Robocop - 23
Alphaville - 25
M - 30
Time Bandits - 37
The Most Dangerous Game - 46
Insomnia - 47
Brazil - 51
Yojimbo - 52
Sanjuro - 53
The 39 Steps - 56
Life of Brian - 61
Carnival of Souls -63
The Third Man - 64
Rushmore -65
The Last Temptation of Christ - 70
Sisters - 89
Do the Right Thing - 97
L'Avventura - 98
Gimme Shelter - 99
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - 102
Playtime - 112
Rififi - 115
Sullivan's Travels - 118
The Vanishing - 133
Haxan - 134
Rashomon - 138
8 1/2 - 140
Bob le Flambeur - 150
The Importance of Being Earnest - 158
Solaris - 164
Man Bites Dog - 165
Contempt - 171
Band of Outsiders - 174
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - 175
Schizopolis - 199
Le Cercle Rouge - 218
Naked Lunch - 220
3 Women - 230
The Tin Drum - 234
A Woman is a Woman - 238
Slacker - 247
Videodrome - 248
Fat Girl - 259
L' eclisse - 278
Burden of Dreams - 287
F for Fake - 288
The Man Who Fell to Earth - 304
Le Samourai - 306
Mr. Arkadin - 322
Harlan County USA - 334
Dazed and Confused - 336
Equinox - 338
The Fallen Idol - 357
Border Radio - 362
Monsters and Madmen - 364 contains:
   First Man Into Space - 365
   The Atomic Submarine - 366
   The Haunted Strangler - 367
   Corridors of Blood  - 368
Bicycle Thieves - 374
The Naked City - 380
Army of Shadows - 385
WR: Mysteries of the Organism - 389
Sweet Movie - 390

Upcoming releases I will definitely get:

La Jetee / Sans Soleil - 387
If.... -  391
Les Enfants Terribles - 398
House of Games - 399
Stranger than Paradise - 400
Night on Earth - 401
Robinson Crusoe on Mars - 404
The Threepenny Opera -405

YAYAYAYA GAY FOR CRITERION!!!

[Mr. Gundam]

Criterions I own:
YAYAYAYA GAY FOR CRITERION!!!

You don't own In the Mood for Love...

You're dead to me.

[bud]

whiteman, i thought you hated fear and loathing?

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I own two copies of Happy Gilmore!

Also you don't own Salesman Mr. "Look at my Criteron DVD DIck"! That's my grandpa's movie!

[Mr. Gundam]

Also you don't own Salesman Mr. "Look at my Criteron DVD DIck"! That's my grandpa's movie!

If that was supposed to be a jab, it failed. I have no idea what you were trying to say.

[Cheebs]

I don't own too many criterions:

Brazil - #51
Life of Brian- #61
Rushmore - #65
Chasing Amy - #75
The Royal Tenenbaums - #157
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - #175
Slacker - #247
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou - #300
Dazed and Confused - #336

I  would own Time Bandits if the criterion was better than the non-criterion, but it's not.

[TVC15]

Criterions I own:
YAYAYAYA GAY FOR CRITERION!!!

You don't own In the Mood for Love...

You're dead to me.

The description sounds like an animu.  At any point does the chick uppercut the dude so hard that he flies into the air and becomes a sparkle in the sky?  Does his head ever comically become wedged between the chick's breasts?

whiteman, i thought you hated fear and loathing?

I don't particularly.  I have it for the sake of my complete Gilliam collection, plus I think I got a deal on it.

For movies I own but don't like. . .the Kurosawa movies.  They generally bore me, but I constantly find myself buying new ones, hoping that they will be the ones that make him click.  I find the movies his work inspired much more interesting.

[Mr. Gundam]

Yeah, I used to be obsessed with Criterions back in college (which is evident by the majority of my movies being the mid 100's), but I just can't justify buying too many these days...

I own:

2. The Seven Samurai
14. Samurai I
15. Samurai II
16. Samurai III
52. Yojimbo
53. Sanjuro
57. Charade
65. Rushmore
75. Chasing Amy
116. The Hidden Fortress
135. Rebecca
136. Spellbound
137. Notorious
138. Rashomon
140. 8 1/2
147. In the Mood for Love
151. Traffic
155. Tokyo Olympiad
157. Royal Tennenbaums
159. Red Beard
164. Solaris
336. Dazed and Confused
353. Solo con tu Pareja

[Mr. Gundam]

Criterions I own:
YAYAYAYA GAY FOR CRITERION!!!

You don't own In the Mood for Love...

You're dead to me.

The description sounds like an animu.  At any point does the chick uppercut the dude so hard that he flies into the air and becomes a sparkle in the sky?  Does his head ever comically become wedged between the chick's breasts?

I can't even justify that with a response...

 

[CajoleJuice]

I don't own one Criterion.

The only movie I've double dipped on (it's only VHS->DVD double dip) is Dumb and Dumber.

[Cheebs]

I don't own one Criterion.

The only movie I've double dipped on (it's only VHS->DVD double dip) is Dumb and Dumber.

vhs to dvd is not a double dip lol

[TVC15]

I  would own Time Bandits if the criterion was better than the non-criterion, but it's not.

Heh, I got the Criterion, and like the very same day I found the better, non-Criterion version at Fred Meyer.  I think that Crit was only 20, anyway.

I also got the Robocop one on ebay, and only later realized that the non-Criterion was better.  I also double-dipped on Brazil and The Third Man.

[CajoleJuice]

I don't own one Criterion.

The only movie I've double dipped on (it's only VHS->DVD double dip) is Dumb and Dumber.

vhs to dvd is not a double dip lol

Just serves to illustrate my aversion to double-dipping of any kind. I still have a functioning VCR hooked up to my TV, and most of the VHS movies I have are comedies anyhow, so I've never seen the need to buy the DVDs of them.

[Cheebs]

I don't own one Criterion.

The only movie I've double dipped on (it's only VHS->DVD double dip) is Dumb and Dumber.

vhs to dvd is not a double dip lol

Just serves to illustrate my aversion to double-dipping of any kind. I still have a functioning VCR hooked up to my TV, and most of the VHS movies I have are comedies anyhow, so I've never seen the need to buy the DVDs of them.

But they are likely all fullscreen and since DVD it's painful and horribly obvious to watched cropped films .

[CajoleJuice]

I'm fine watching Dirty Work in fullscreen.

[Ichirou]

So this has become a thread to post all the Criterions you own...lol, okay, here is my list.  You can tell a lot about my taste in movies from it, I think.

L'Avventura #98
L'Eclisse #278
Touchez Pas Au Grisbi #271
Fists in the Pocket #333
Au Hasard Balthazar #297
The Wages of Fear #36
Videodrome #248
Naked Lunch #220
Night and the City #274
Thieves' Highway #273
Rififi #115
Umberto D. #201
Pepe le Moko #172
The White Sheik #189
Pickup on South Street #224
Brazil #51
Sword of the Beast #311
Rebecca #135
Spellbound #136
Samurai I Musashi Miyamoto #14
Samurai II Duel at Ichijoji Temple #15
Samurai III Duel at Ganryu Island #16
Down By Law #166
The Lower Depths #239
Samurai Rebellion #310
Harakiri #302
High and Low #24
Yojimbo #52
Sanjuro #53
The Hidden Fortress #116
Rashomon #138
Stray Dog #233
Kagemusha #267
Ikiru #221
Throne of Blood #190
Red Beard #159
The Bad Sleep Well #319
Seven Samurai #2
M #30
Le Samourai #306
Big Deal on Madonna Street #113
The Sword of Doom #280
Kill! #313
Tokyo Story #217
Floating Weeds/A Story of Floating Weeds #232
Good Morning #84
Late Spring #331
Straw Dogs #182
The Battle of Algiers #249
Peeping Tom #58
The Third Man #64
Man Bites Dog #165
The Rules of the Game #216
Grand Illusion #1
Salvatore Giuliano #228
The Last Temptation of Christ #70
Onibaba #226
Samurai Spy #312
The Killers #176
The Leopard #235

I also own non-Criterion versions of the following films that are OOP, were released before the Criterion version was announced,  or are in some way superior to the version available in the Criterion Collection:
Time Bandits
Robocop
Dead Ringers
Silence of the Lambs
Ran
Sid & Nancy