"The 50 DVDs You Must Have" -- By TV Guide (1 Viewer)

The November 30 - December 6 issue of TV Guide lists the "50 DVDs You Must Have" (broken into various categories).
What's your take? And what percentage of these "Must Haves" are on your shelf today? ........

ACTION/ADVENTURE:
Gladiator
Jaws: SE
Lawrence of Arabia
Reservoir Dogs: SE
Spartacus: Criterion
Superman 1
COMEDY:
Monty Python and The Holy Grail: SE
Powers Pack: First 2 Austin Powers Films
Say Anything
Some Like It Hot: SE
This Is Spinal Tap: SE
DRAMA:
Amadeus: Director's Cut
Citizen Kane: SE
Fight Club: SE
Memento: Limited Ed.
The Red Shoes
Traffic
Unforgiven: SE
FAMILY:
E.T.: Limited CE (Widescreen)

OK, I'll bite. let's see:-

ACTION/ADVENTURE:
3/6. but thinking about getting the other 3

COMEDY:
only 1/5. might get one more.
edit: actually 2/5 (didn't know what "Powers Pack" was at first; I have both, though bought separately when they came out). might get two more (looked more carefully at titles)

DRAMA:
3/7. unlikely to get more.

FAMILY:
currently 2/5, will definitely get 1 more.

FOREIGN:
1/5, unlikely to get more.

HORROR:
not a horror fan. 0/5

MUSICALS:
surprisingly 3/5.

SCI-FI/FANTASY:
assuming Matrix (Gold) means with Matrix Revisted, I have 3/5, will get FOTR:EE soon, and will get Blade Runner when the super-duper box set finally shows up. not surprising since I consider myself a sci-fi fan.

TV:
have all of MASH, Sex/City and Sopranos out so far. seasons 1-4 of TNG, will get rest sooner or later. won't be getting Simpsons, might get 24, won't get X-Files

ESSENTIAL BOX SETS:
have Alien, The Godfather and James Bond. quite enough, thank you...

EXTRAS! EXTRAS! (Selected for Extra Value Content):
have 2 and will be getting SW2 soon

GUILTY PLEASURES:
strangely I have one of these :b

bleh. I have too many DVDs...

Sure, I'll bite:
ACTION/ADVENTURE: 5/6 (which version of Spartacus did they mean?)
COMEDY: 4/5 (which "Monty Python: SE" item did they mean? Since I have the majority of the Python films and indeed the big TV show box set, I'll count it as a "yes". Also, assuming "Powers Pack" = Austin Powers 1 & 2)
DRAMA: 5/7
FAMILY: 5/5
FOREIGN: 0/5 (I *do* like Foreign films...I just don't happen to want any of these except for Das Boot)
HORROR: 4/5 (decided with Spartacus not to be a slave to which precise version they name, so I include Exorcist as a "yes", even though I plan to never own TVYNS...25th Anniversary version for me, baby!)
MUSICALS: 4/5
SCI-FI/FANTASY: 5/5 (just bought one of these on Sunday!)
TV: 7/7 (what did you expect from me? Plus, I own every season named except S6 of X-Files, which should be coming for Christmas)
...as for the "extras":
ESSENTIAL BOX SETS: 4/8 (do they realize Alien Legacy goes OOP on 1/31/03?)
EXTRAS! EXTRAS! (Selected for Extra Value Content): 3/7
GUILTY PLEASURES: 3/6
Tally: I own 39 of their top 50 (generally speaking, even if specific versions might not match up, like Exorcist & Memento), and 10 of their 21 "Gotta Have" extras.

Good morning, Dave L. (& Yee-Ming)!!
Not a bad haul for you guys!
Dave L. .... Let me see if I can pinpoint which Spartacus and Python they are referring to. .....

The Python DVD is .... Monty Python and the Holy Grail: SE (2-disc).

Spartacus is the Criterion from the Kubrick Collection.

(I've edited original post to reflect these particulars. Sorry. I should have put them in correctly to begin with.):b

Added Notation: In case someone didn't realize it, "Powers Pack" = The first 2 Austin P. films.
Heck, I didn't realize this myself. (Not much of a Powers Promoter am I. Don't have any Powers flicks. )

I come to 8/50, so not bad really

I've actually got a few of those.
But Marx's joke about not wanting to belong to a club that would allow guys like him in, seems a propos

OK, here's my count:
ACTION/ADVENTURE: 6/6
COMEDY: 5/5
DRAMA: 7/7
FAMILY: 4/5 (Never got into the Wonka thing)
FOREIGN: 4/5 (All but Blue Angel)
HORROR: 1/5 (Just The Exorcist - guess I better get to work on this category!)
MUSICALS: 5/5
SCI-FI/FANTASY: 4/5 (Waiting for the long-awaited new SE of Blade Runner)
TV: 7/7 (Wow - I guess I'm a TV on DVD junkie)
Total: 43/50
ESSENTIAL BOX SETS: 5/8 (Missing "Baseball", Garland, & Carson)
EXTRAS! EXTRAS! (Selected for Extra Value Content): 7/7
GUILTY PLEASURES: 1/6 (Only "Twin Peaks", & I don't feel guilty about it at all!)
Total "Must Haves": 13/21
Overall, I thought this was a pretty well-informed list (quite a few Criterions, for example). Of course, I have a few quibbles here & there, but this would be a pretty good list to give to someone just getting into DVD who wants tips on starting a good collection.
They kind of cheated on the TV category. Supposedly representing 7 DVDs, the sum total of these sets is actually 119 individual discs!!

well the list isn't too bad.. but their comedy picks i'm not fond of at all...

Action Adventure:: 3/6
Comedy: 1/5 (ironic since comedy is my favorite genre, but I'm not too fond of their picks, except the Powers films)
Drama: 4/7
Family:: 5/5
Foreign: 0/5
Horror: 3/5 if you count Exorcist 25th for TVYNS -I do, so I'll include it in my final tally, 2/5 if not
Musical: 1/5
Sci-Fi/Fantasy: 1/5
TV: 3/7
Extras:
Essential Box Sets: 2/8
Extras! Extras!: 2/7
Guilty Pleasures: 0/6
Totals:
21/50, 4/21, 25/71

Kids o' HTF ..... You CAN officially count The Exorcist when tallying your data, even if you only have the 25th Anniv. edition. It's close enough.
I called and got Congressional approval to allow this for the purposes of this most important HTF survey.

I would have also included the Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season One box set in there somewhere.

Why was Blood Simple selected for extras content? Was it because of the bogus commentary?

I would have voted for these two in the Comedy category. They're older titles, but just get better with age (IMO) ..........

Okay, let's see...

ACTION/ADVENTURE: 2/5
Gladiator, Superman 1

COMEDY: 1/5
Monty Python and The Holy Grail: SE

DRAMA: 6/7
Amadeus: Director's Cut,Citizen Kane: SE, Fight Club: SE
Memento: Limited Ed.,Traffic,Unforgiven: SE
(No Se7en?)

FAMILY: 3/5
Monsters Inc.,Shrek,Snow White: Platinum
(No Beauty and the Beast?)

FOREIGN: Haven't looked for any yet... 0/5

HORROR: Not my thing.... 0/5

MUSICALS: Not my thing for the most part, but 1/5
Moulin Rouge

SCI-FI/FANTASY: Sorta 3/5
The Lord Of The Rings: FOTR, The Matrix,
T2: Ultimate Edition

TV: 1/5 .. But I have Transformers and Law and Order sets!!
The Simpsons: Seasons 1 and 2

Dogma: SE
Star Wars Episode 2: AOTC

17ish?

ACTION/ADVENTURE: 2/6
COMEDY: 1/5
DRAMA: 3/7
FAMILY: 2/6
FOREIGN: 0/5
HORROR: 0/5
MUSICALS: 0/5
SCI-FI/FANTASY: 2/5
TV: 2/5
ESSENTIAL BOX SETS: 0/8
EXTRAS! EXTRAS!: 1/7
GUILTY PLEASURES: 0/6

ACTION/ADVENTURE: 4/6
COMEDY: 2/5
DRAMA: 5/7
FAMILY: 6/6
FOREIGN: 0/5
HORROR: 1/5
MUSICALS: 3/5
SCI-FI/FANTASY: 2/5
TV: 3/5
ESSENTIAL BOX SETS: 3/8
EXTRAS! EXTRAS!: 3/7
GUILTY PLEASURES: 2/6