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  1. Mike D

    What are YOUR top ten DVDs of 2006?

    Which were your favorite DVDs released this year? Please comment on your choices. Did they have excellent or extensive extras? Pristine restorations? Superb commentaries? Unique packaging? Did they feature favorite performers or filmmakers? Was their release surprising? or anxiously...
  2. Mike D

    Top Selling DVDs of 2005

    Top 10 2005 Sellers Title / Supplier / Units Sold (millions) 1. The Incredibles / BV/Disney / 17.38 2. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith / Fox / 10.36 3. Madagascar / DreamWorks / 10.00 4. Shark Tale / DreamWorks / 10.00 5. Polar Express / Warner / 8.13 6. Meet the Fockers /...
  3. Mike D

    What are YOUR top ten DVDs of 2005?

    Well the year is almost over so time again to reflect on this year's crop of DVD releases. There are still two weeks left in the year so take your time and give it some thought. What were your favorite DVDs this year? What made them special? What were the biggest disappointments? Which...
  4. Mike D

    Warners Pre-Code boxset speculation

    Warner Home Video mentioned in the recent chat that a box set of pre-code films was coming in 2006. What titles do you think most likely to be included?
  5. Mike D

    Are discs dead? - Wired article

    http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/1...tart.html?pg=2 FWIW, I don't agree with the author's opinion. I think the comparison to online music distribution is inappropriate since one reason for its success was that people didn't want to buy a whole CD for only one song. Obviously that does not...
  6. Mike D

    What are YOUR top ten DVDs of 2004?

    Personalize your list any way you want. eg. by genre, by extras, by packaging, by studio, top ten restorations, top ten DTS tracks, best bargains, best commentaries, best box sets, whatever. Have fun with it.
  7. Mike D

    Favorite Criterion Commentary

    I realize "best commentary" threads have been done before, but I want to focus specifically on serious, thought-provoking and insightful commentaries by critics, historians, biographers and other scholars. Like those often found on Criterion DVDs (and LDs). Which commentators have given you...
  8. Mike D

    Special editions better than barebones?

    We all love the extras included on special editions, but with all the titles yet to be released on DVD, I hate to think we are impeding or preventing their release. With the resources spent on SE disks perhaps a studio could have released four of five barebones catalog titles. Is public...
  9. Mike D

    200+ minute movies

    What other movies have a running time of over 200 minutes?
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