UPDATED WITH COMMENT FEEDBACK: (See below)

Clearly, I've got a problem. Buying DVDs takes less time than watching them, obviously. A look at what's on my shelf (to be fair, some of these are girlfriend's, but percentage-wise, it's barely a blip)...

I don't want to do the math of what the retail value of these are, or else I would collapse crying.

Movies
The Abyss - Special Edition
Adventures in Babysitting
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
After the Thin Man (The Complete Thin Man Collection)
Airplane! - Don't Call Me Shirley Edition
Akira - The Special Edition
Aladdin
Alien (The Alien Quadrilogy)
Aliens (The Alien Quadrilogy)
Alien3 (The Alien Quadrilogy)
Alien: Resurrection (The Alien Quadrilogy)
"All the President's Men"
Almost Famous
Amélie
American Graffiti
American Graffiti Drive-In Double Feature
American Splendor
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Anchorman: Wake Up Ron Burgundy
Another Thin Man (The Complete Thin Man Collection)
Back to the Future
Back to the Future II
Back to the Future III
Barton Fink
Batman
Batman Begins
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Best in Show
Beauty and the Beast
The Big Lebowski (The Collector's Edition)
The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection)
Blood Simple
Brazil - The Criterion Collection
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Anniversary Edition
Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness - Boomstick Edition
A Bug's Life
Casablanca
Cast Away
Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle - Unrated Edition
A Christmas Story - 20th Anniversary
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - Collector's Edition
Clear and Present Danger
Close Encounters of the Tihrd Kind
Constantine
Contact
The Core
Corpse Bride
The Dark Crystal
Deconstructing Harry
De-Lovely
Dick Tracy
Dinosaur
Die Hard
Down with Love
Frank Herbert's Dune
Dune: Extended Edition
Ed Wood
Elf
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
Executive Decision
Family Plot (Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection)
Fargo: Special Edition
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Bueller... Bueller... Edition)
The Fifth Element
Fight Club
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Final Fanatasy VII: Advent Children
Finding Nemo
The Fisher King
The Fly (Collector's Edition)
Forrest Gump
The 40-Year Old Virgin (Unrated Edition)
Frenzy (Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection)
From Hell
The Fugitive
Galaxy Quest
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters 2
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
G.I. Joe: The Movie
Ghost World
Gladiator
The Godfather
The Godfather, Part II
The Godfather, Part III
The Goonies
Gremlins
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Hamlet (1948)
Hamlet (1990)
Hamlet (2000)
A Hard Day's Night
Harold and Maude
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Hellboy
The Hidden Fortress - The Criterion Collection
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Incredibles
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Insider
Intolerable Cruelty
The Iron Giant (Special Edition)
Jurassic Park
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park III
Kermit's Swamp Years
Killer Rats
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (2005)
Kung Fu Hustle
Kung Pow! Enter the Fist
L.A. Confidential
Labyrinth
The Last Starfighter
The Legend of Drunken Master
Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The Lion King
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Special Extended Edition)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Special Extended Edition)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Special Extended Edition)
Lost in Space
love actually
The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection)
The Man Who Wasn't There
Mars Attacks!
Marnie (Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Collectors Edition)
The Matrix
Matrix Reloaded
Matrix Revolutions
Memento (Special Edition)
Men in Black
Metropolis (Osamu Tezuka's)
Mighty Joe Young
A Mighty Wind
Miller's Crossing
Minority Report
Mission: Impossible (Special Collector's Edition)
M:I-2
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python's Meaning of Life
Monsters, Inc.
Mulan
The Muppet Movie
Mystery Men
1984
Napoleon Dynamite
A Night at the Roxbury
The Nightmare Before Christmas
North by Northwest
Nostradamus
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Office Space
Panic Room (Special Edition)
Patriot Games
Pearl Harbor (60th Anniversary Commemorative Edition)
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Poltergeist
The Princess Bride
Princess Mononoke
Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection)
Pulp Fiction (Collector's Edition)
Raising Arizona
Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection)
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
The Ring
Road House
The Rocketeer
Rock & Rule (Special Edition)
Romancing the Stone (Special Edition)
Rope (Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Rumble in the Bronx
Saboteur (Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection)
Saving Private Ryan
Satisfaction
Schindler's List
School of Rock
Scrooged
Serenity
Shadow of a Doubt (Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection)
Shadow of the Thin Man (The Complete Thin Man Collection)
Shattered Glass
The Shawshank Redemption (10th Anniversary)
Sin City (Recut - Extended - Unrated)
The Sixth Sense
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Some Like It Hot
Son of Kong
Song of the Thin Man (The Complete Thin Man Collection)
South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
Spaceballs (2-disc DVD Set)
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2
Spirited Away
Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn - The Director's Edition
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - Special Collector's Edition
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - Special Collector's Edition
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier - Special Collector's Edition
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country - Special Collector's Edition
Star Trek: Generations - Special Collector's Edition
Star Trek: First Contact - Special Collector's Edition
Star Trek: Insurrection - Special Collector's Edition
Star Trek: Nemesis - Special Collector's Edition
Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope - Limited Edition
Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back - Limited Edition
Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi - Limited Edition
Starship Troopers
Steamboy
Superman: The Movie
12 Monkeys
Tank Girl
The Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Extreme Edition)
Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines
They Live
The Thin Man (The Complete Thin Man Collection)
Thin Man Goes Home (The Complete Thin Man Collection)
This is Spinal Tap
The Thing
THX 1138: The George Lucas Director's Cut
The Time Machine
Titan AE
Titanic (Special Collector's Edition)
Top Secret!
Topaz (Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection)
Torn Curtain (Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection)
Toy Story (The Complete Toy Box)
Toy Story 2 (The Complete Toy Box)
The Transformers: The Movie
Trekkies
The Triplets of Belleville
Tron
The Trouble with Harry (Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection)
Troy
Twister
UHF
Unbreakable
Usual Suspects
V for Vendetta
Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection)
Victor Victoria
Waiting for Guffman
War of the Worlds
What Lies Beneath
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Vista Series)
The X-Files: Fight the Future
X-Men
X2: X-Men United
Zoolander

Special Subjects
Animatrix
The Educational Archives Vol 1: Sex & Drugs
The Educational Archives Vol 2: Social Engineering 101
The Educational Archives Vol 3: Driver's Ed
The Educational Archives: Religion
The Educational Archives: More Sex & Drugs
The Educational Archives: Patriotism
G.I.Joe: Ninja Battles
G.I.Joe: Spy Troops: The Movie
G.I.Joe: Valor vs. Venom
Happy Tree Friends: Second Serving
Hamlet (Broadway Theater Archive)
Hamlet (Hallmark)
Hitchhike to Hell and Kidnapped Coe-Ed Double Feature
Looney Tunes: Golden Collection, Volume 1
Looney Tunes: Golden Collection, Volume 2
Looney Tunes: Golden Collection, Volume 3
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies
The Space Adventures of Flash Gordon
Star Wars Animated Adventures: Droids
Star Wars Animated Adventures: Ewoks
Star Wars: Ewok Adventures
The Subject is Sex
The Complete Superman Collection
Tenacious D: The Complete Master Works
They Might Be Giants: Direct from Brooklyn
They Might Be Giants: Here Come the ABC's
Walking with Cavemen
The Works of Director Chris Cunningham

Television Series
Amazing Stories: The Complete First Season
Arrested Development: Season One
Arrested Development: Season Two
Battlestar Galactica: Season One
Battlestar Galactica: Season 2.0
Battlestar Galactica: Season 2.5
Batman: The Animated Series: Volume One
Batman: The Animated Series: Volume Two
Batman: The Animated Series: Volume Three
Batman: The Animated Series: Volume Four
Beast Machines: Transformers: The Complete Series
Beast Wars: Transformers: The Complete First Season
Beast Wars: Transformers: The Complete Second Season
Beast Wars: Transformers: The Complete Third Season
Before the Dinosaurs: Walking with Monsters
Chased by Dinosaurs
The Complete Walking With Collection
Cosmos: Carl Sagan - 7-disc Collectors Series
The Daily Show: Indecision 2004
Fawlty Towers
Firefly: The Complete Series
Futurama, Volume 1
Futurama, Volume 2
Futurama, Volume 3
Futurama, Volume 4
G.I.Joe: A Real American Hero
G.I.Joe: Season 1, Part 1
G.I.Joe: Season 1, Part 2
Invader Zim: Volume 1: Doom Doom Doom
The Kids in the Hall: Complete Season 1
The Kids in the Hall: Complete Season 2
The Kids in the Hall: Complete Season 3
The Kids in the Hall: Complete Season 4
Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Complete Series
The Muppet Show: Season One
The Mystery Science Theater Collection Volume 1
The Mystery Science Theater Collection Volume 2
The Mystery Science Theater Collection Volume 3
The Mystery Science Theater Collection Volume 4
The Mystery Science Theater Collection Volume 5
The Mystery Science Theater Collection Volume 6
The Mystery Science Theater Collection Volume 7
The Mystery Science Theater Collection Volume 8
The Mystery Science Theater Collection Volume 9
The Mystery Science Theater Collection Volume 10
The Ren and Stimpy Show: The First and Second Season - Uncut
Seinfeld, Volume One
Seinfeld, Volume Two
Seinfeld, Volume Three
Seinfeld, Volume Four
Seinfeld, Volume Five
The Simpsons: The Complete First Season
The Simpsons: The Complete Second Season
The Simpsons: The Complete Third Season
The Simpsons: The Complete Fourth Season
The Simpsons: The Complete Fifth Season
The Simpsons: The Complete Sixth Season
The Simpsons: The Complete Seventh Season
The Simpsons: The Complete Eighth Season
The Singing Detective
Spider-Man: The '67 Collection
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 1
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 2
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 3
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 4
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 5
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 6
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 7
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 1
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 2
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 3
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 4
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 5
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 6
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 7
Star Wars: Clone Wars: Volume 1
Strangers with Candy: Season 1
Strangers with Candy: Season 2
Strangers with Candy: Season 3
Superman: The Animated Series: Volume One
The Transformers: Season 1
The Transformers: Season 2, Part 1
The Transformers: Season 2, Part 2
The Transformers: Season 3, Part 1
The Transformers: Season 3, Part 2 & Season 4

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COMMENT FEEDBACK:

And you own King Kong? I was under the impression you hated that movie.

I do. I own several movies I hate, if only because there's a part of them I do enjoy. I rarely pay full price for those, though. I mean, Pearl Harbor is on the list.

wow....Have you even watched half of them?

As far as movies go, yes, I have. Last year, I made a point of watching them, alphabetically, for some reason, just as a way of getting through them and figuring out which ones I really wanted to keep. It's taken a year, and I'm into the T's.

What, no Superman II? And you call yourself a geek.

I knew there had to be a better version coming out. In that case, I excercised restraint.

See, I know I could easily be like this, too, but I have that segment of my brain that says, when I'm in a store looking at DVDs, "Wait a minute! Are you really going to watch this?" Plus, ignoring the money issue, have you actually added up how many hours it would take for you to watch all of this, and compare it to your life expectancy?

I've only just learned that lesson with books and comics. At least with books, there's legitimate downtime that I can read in -- like on the bus to work. What else is there to do but read? I need a DVD player in the shower or something.

The Transformers: The Movie: I love you. Can I come over some time?

And there's a new version coming out in November! Guess who's buying it day one?

Whoa. How many cinematic interpretations of Hamlet must one man own?

What can I say? I'm a Shakespeare fanboy too.

And people have the gall to criticize George Lucas...

I know, Stooge. I never had much sympathy for the double-dipping complaint, because in the span of time it takes me read such a complaint, I've already bought three more DVDs.

And dude, Gremlins 2 kicks butt! Excellent!

It does. I will adamantly defend Gremlins 2 and Ghostbusters 2. While I won't claim they're superior to the original, they are still darn entertaining.

ph