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For the record Robert, I wasn't making any assumptions or assertions about you. This round of amateur psychology was kicked off by Dick's post on the previous page confessing a psychological need to acquire things, even if they're not watched.I suppose all I'm trying to say is that watching and...

Well then if we're talking about reference material your analogy is flawed, as obviously no-one is going to finish reading a book collection consisting partly or largely of reference work. It is widely accepted that reference material is not designed to be read from start to finish. Otherwise, a...

This is the first I've heard of anyone with a large book collection who never actually reads those books. If such people exist, they quite rightly deserve criticism. In my opinion, collecting anything, from belly button lint to exotic sports cars, simply for the sake of collecting, is a symptom...

I'll don my amateur psychologist's hat again and offer an observation: with so many discs, chances are you'll never get to watch the extras on most of them in your remaining years. You'll probably be pressed just watching so many movies, even if you devote several hours a day, every single day...

I really don't think that's a good enough excuse Anthony. Think of all the creative effort that's been put into making the movie inside the case, draw your motivation from that. Take it to the next level. Hint: My Little Pony stickers.

You could always take regular amaray cases and paste glitter and ribbons all over them.

Space-gobbling superfluous stuff is still unwanted by some of us, free or not. Anyway as Robert says, it's time to get back onto his original topic.

Exactly. I prefer to be able to choose which movie-related books and/or posters and/or objet d'art I purchase, rather than having them foisted on me in one monstrous package just to make it appear as though I'm getting "value for money". I have absolutely no problem if Criterion (or anyone else)...

Yes that's exactly what it was, but fortunately I recognized it at the time and eventually left my previous career (and took a huge pay cut as a result), rather than perpetuating the problem and trying to mask it with expensive distractions, as so many others do. How often do we think that a new...

Count me as someone who doesn't understand the collector mentality. I work in almost the opposite manner now - I try to avoid buying anything just for the sake of completeness or by impulse. My DVD purchases were a bit more haphazard though, as around ten years ago I was in a period of career...