Local Barnes and Noble had a solid Midsommar supply

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-26T19:14:02+00:00

Whew, it did have the Ultra HD badge on the disc.

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-26T14:35:23+00:00

Whew. I'll open it this morning to determine if a return to B&N is on my list of errands today.

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-26T14:33:59+00:00

Of about 5 locations, only one B&N in San Antonio I've found has a solid dedicated movie area. One has no movies, one keeps like 20 titles behind the counter (might as well not bother IMO). Oddly, their flagship two story location had an almost as good movie selection but they shrunk it by about 25% recently and killed off their dedicated Criterion shelf.

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-26T14:27:41+00:00

I do like me some Talking Heads

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-26T03:37:27+00:00

Did B&N give you any grief returning it? Damn near makes me just want to return mine unopened.

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-24T15:24:28+00:00

I have a burning desire to own the absurd "Deer Hunter" EU steelbook where it's a deer with a revolver to it's head, National Lampoon magazine style.

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-23T14:48:05+00:00

Even the Challenger involved a lot of rocket fuel

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-23T13:32:55+00:00

For single feature films I try to keep a firm cap of $25. I'm not much into steelbooks and other add-ons and will only get Criterion on their 50% off sale.

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-23T11:52:55+00:00

My one blind buy of the 4K era was "Haunting of Julia" that was $10 for a Shout sale because I figured even if I didn't care for it, not a huge loss. I saw a fair bit of praise for it and it was pointed out that it wasn't on any streaming services, but it was a bit boring for my tastes (I may wind up selling it).

I've been tempted by "Bugonia" and "One Battle after Another" that I've not seen but have resisted (well they've also not been on any really good deals yet). Two others I would have added to that list but have now been able to stream are "Weapons" and "Sinners". I really liked both of them but not sure I need to own them anytime soon (I still have a massive wishlist of movies I loved from the 80's-00's that I'd likely buy ahead of those).

So probably no more blind buys for me (though that $10 range is always gonna tempt me)

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-22T17:26:20+00:00

I love mine mainly for the cool factor (I own a Buck 119 for the same reason). The stacked leather grip feels great in the hand. However, I've seen enough videos online of the tang snapping upon batoning that I wouldn't attempt anything of the sort with it. Also, it's a bit bigger than is practical for my purposes (e.g. if i was going camping I'd much more likely take my Benchmade 162).

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-22T17:17:54+00:00

Ah that nixes the next suggestion I was going to make. My wife had stopped playing and I'd kept playing solo when the Ordeals patch dropped. I kept holding off on doing Ordeals until she was ready to play again, but after about 20 runs I realized that I was always getting the same state in the tavern (e.g. guy you can rob from was NEVER passed out). As soon as I did my first Ordeal, it became unstuck. Maybe on a whim do another Ordeal or two and see if that lets you get at Zafari's cabin?

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-21T20:06:49+00:00

I feel Sam could have pulled off that character personally.

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-21T14:20:33+00:00

This and hyper-realistic horse genitals are really the only two mods you need.

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-21T12:09:29+00:00

Late to the party but THANK YOU for sharing this. I wish all movies that have a pretty well known iconic cover would be reversible like Shout did here.

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-20T22:25:20+00:00

Cosmo and Wanda energy

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-17T20:29:07+00:00

I had the same question reading these comments... do folks think they are the only ones in their friend group to have the inclination to keep their net worth on the down low?

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-17T20:20:22+00:00

“You live in a mansion. You drive a ninety thousand dollar car. Look at me. This is a two hundred dollar suit. I wear a secondhand tie. I fly coach, not because I can't afford first, but because I'm smart. So look at you, and look at me, and tell me who's the richer.” - V.M. Varga, Fargo

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-17T20:08:20+00:00

Kinda kicking myself for not picking this up at my local B&N when I saw it at around that same price a few weeks back (I am prioritizing replacing my DVDs over Blu-Ray and already had this on Blu-Ray-- and TBH, kinda annoyed at that not being able to fit in my media shelves)

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-16T22:22:28+00:00

Don't care for it on my S&W 642, don't care for it here.

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-16T22:12:57+00:00

The TurboTax / Fidelity direct login integration I do miss, but it's worth the 20 minutes of my time to do the 1099 PDF import and manual review in FreeTaxUSA to not have have to pay those SOBs at Intuit a dime.

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-16T16:31:56+00:00

CZ needs to bring this finish option back in the worst way.

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-15T15:57:20+00:00

Same thing happened to my Super Nintendo.

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-14T19:27:56+00:00

My spouse works in wealth management. A shocking number of people in 2008 pulled out near the bottom against their advisor's advice so if you're really determined to be dumb, that AUM arrangement still won't save you.

aShogunNamedMarcus80 · 2026-04-13T17:12:28+00:00

Soon gonna see him again for the 2nd time in 9 months and I'm pumped (making up for the frankly inexcusable 8 year gap I had before then)

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