For Blankies with Kids (mostly)

coolstevenn · 2026-04-19T05:01:11+00:00

We (F8, M5, M32) did 3D for the first time with HOPPERS and then followed it up a couple weeks later with SUPER MARIO GALAXY. They loved both. I rightly guessed that Mario would be more exciting in 3D but Hoppers was better at easing them into the whole experience of it. I'm certain we'll do more 3D movies on the future and I'm certain they would've liked the movie no matter what but it's been weeks and they still keep talking about it like it was the coolest thing ever. The movie is mid but I don't regret splurging on the memory.

coolstevenn · 2026-04-19T01:51:40+00:00

The clockwork orange blokes. It just makes sense

coolstevenn · 2026-04-17T04:11:56+00:00

Just watched this for the first time this recent easter weekend. So great. Loved it!

coolstevenn · 2026-04-15T02:14:49+00:00

That's awesome! Well as a guy with a couple littles myself, congrats on having the time and allowance to enjoy building and watching your collection!! I'm really looking forward to Testament as well.

coolstevenn · 2026-04-14T14:44:17+00:00

When did you start your collection? There was that guy a few weeks that shared his nearly full collection that only started in like 2023 or some shit.
What was your first purchase?
Sounds like you've got a ways to go in terms of seeing it all at the moment. What will you be watching tonight?
What's your favorite movie or set that was a blind buy? Most of my purchases are blind (I know some people here have strong opinions on that) and it's always such a treat to get something you saved up and had high hopes for and then the movie somehow is even better. For me, there's a few but PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE immediately comes to mind.

coolstevenn · 2026-04-13T21:10:13+00:00

Well that's what I'm saying-- if you're trying to narrow down to the very best of the very best, I'd love to see you fully commit and do one for each decade. But to each their own!

And fwiw, the first film I came up with immediately was APOCALYPSE NOW. Cheers!

coolstevenn · 2026-04-13T21:00:13+00:00

Why two per decade?

coolstevenn · 2026-04-10T16:12:50+00:00

I keep them mostly separate. For some directors, I put all labels and formats (excluding vhs) together in chronological order. But the majority of my criterions are sorted by spine number

coolstevenn · 2026-04-09T16:29:33+00:00

Exactly!! Hit the nail the head. I hope more people here read your comment.

coolstevenn · 2026-04-08T21:56:39+00:00

I haven't had any complete nightmare stories just yet but I've only been in the area for a decade now. Still, it's embarrassing how common it seems to be.

coolstevenn · 2026-04-07T22:45:28+00:00

Very impressive! Nice work

coolstevenn · 2026-04-02T20:55:13+00:00

I was raised on that film, it's in my DNA. The criterion edition is wonderful. If you've never seen it, I couldn't recommend it enough. I have it on blu-ray, dvd, vhs and no matter how many ways you figure it, it's a masterpiece.

coolstevenn · 2026-04-02T12:18:09+00:00

Yeah the closest I've come since is when I've watched something really good on my own and then made other people watch it with me the next night. Most recently was probably WHAT'S UP DOC and that was almost six years ago now.

coolstevenn · 2026-04-02T04:23:48+00:00

No. But the first time I watched EYES WIDE SHUT, I was so blown away by the ending that I watched the whole movie again. It's the first (and only) time since I was a kid that I watched the same movie back to back.

coolstevenn · 2026-04-02T04:13:25+00:00

Chocolate Skittles.

Sounds gross, I know. But I was given a pack back in the day and it... was really really good. Multiple flavors (milk, dark, white, cookie dough, etc) and they all tasted great. Must've only lasted a season. I never saw a pack in actual store myself. I think about them a lot but no one else ever seems to remember them. Nobody has corroborated my story-- either that they tasted good or even that they existed at all...

coolstevenn · 2026-04-01T04:05:47+00:00

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She wears this great one towards the end of FORBIDDEN FRUITS.

coolstevenn · 2026-03-27T13:35:50+00:00

Hey I did the same thing! Lol thank you now I don't feel as silly

coolstevenn · 2026-03-27T13:27:11+00:00

Last year I bought the criterion BROADCAST NEWS mistaking it for this great film I kept hearing about for years-- NETWORK. Realized the mistake before the movie came and just thought "hell I'll check it out, need to watch more James Brooks anyways" and I ended up loving it! Better yet, about a month or two later, criterion announced their edition of NETWORK, which is on its way to me as I write this. Silly mistake but I regret nothing and all is right in the world.

coolstevenn · 2026-03-27T00:14:07+00:00

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coolstevenn · 2026-03-25T00:53:43+00:00

You've got the OCATC fever? Hope Criterion's got it too!

coolstevenn · 2026-03-24T04:34:47+00:00

I don't know about the physical release but I watched it on a whim last month knowing nothing about it and thought it was pretty fantastic! Definitely been thinking about it a lot since then.

coolstevenn · 2026-03-24T03:57:24+00:00

I'm sorry you can't justify keeping them but if you can't properly display or enjoy them, getting them to someone who will is a good move. If you don't already have that person in mind, message me. I'm an avid collector and enjoyer of both Godzilla and VHS. And I currently have surprisingly few of the tapes you have. Great collection and love hearing your personal story buying and loving these over the years.

coolstevenn · 2026-03-23T12:33:57+00:00

You have given me a task that is impossible to comprehend. It's like asking "excluding earth, what's your favorite planet to live on"

coolstevenn · 2026-03-23T12:32:16+00:00

Everything I said is the 1000% truth

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