1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:01:10,794 --> 00:01:14,246 I'm a big advocate for physical media in general 4 00:01:14,281 --> 00:01:18,802 because of being able to just revisit 5 00:01:18,837 --> 00:01:20,977 old classics in the highest quality. 6 00:01:21,011 --> 00:01:24,291 There's so many definitive editions, and I really love that. 7 00:01:24,325 --> 00:01:26,327 From companies like Vinegar Syndrome, 8 00:01:26,362 --> 00:01:29,330 Blue Underground, Severin, of course. 9 00:01:29,365 --> 00:01:30,331 Arrow. 10 00:01:30,366 --> 00:01:32,678 They might find actors that haven't even 11 00:01:32,713 --> 00:01:35,405 talked about this movie in 20 years, 12 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,270 and you get a new perspective on how something 13 00:01:38,305 --> 00:01:40,272 might have changed their lives. 14 00:01:40,307 --> 00:01:43,689 Of course, with the boost in quality, that's always a perk. 15 00:01:43,724 --> 00:01:46,830 And so that's why I'm a big fan of Blu-ray. 16 00:01:46,865 --> 00:01:48,832 - I guess when it comes to physical media, 17 00:01:48,867 --> 00:01:51,801 what I do enjoy the most is the actual ownership of this. 18 00:01:51,835 --> 00:01:53,630 The fact that a studio isn't going 19 00:01:53,665 --> 00:01:54,942 to take anything away from you. 20 00:01:54,976 --> 00:01:56,264 They're not going to, again, they're not gonna 21 00:01:56,288 --> 00:01:57,186 come to your house, they're not gonna 22 00:01:57,220 --> 00:01:58,670 knock on your door and say, 23 00:01:58,704 --> 00:02:02,260 you know we want The Lady and the Highway Man back. 24 00:02:02,294 --> 00:02:03,295 They're not going to- 25 00:02:03,330 --> 00:02:04,365 Why do I own that movie? 26 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:05,791 They're not going to say that to you. 27 00:02:05,815 --> 00:02:09,129 I actually own movies in my collection 28 00:02:09,163 --> 00:02:12,891 that were recalled for one reason or another, 29 00:02:12,925 --> 00:02:16,377 that I was lucky enough to get on DVD or get on a Blu-ray. 30 00:02:16,412 --> 00:02:18,793 Either a studio was supposed to put something out 31 00:02:18,828 --> 00:02:20,450 and then they weren't allowed to do it, 32 00:02:20,485 --> 00:02:22,463 Or there was an issue with a movie or something like that. 33 00:02:22,487 --> 00:02:24,351 For whatever reason, stuff got recalled. 34 00:02:24,385 --> 00:02:26,491 I do have some of those in here. 35 00:02:26,525 --> 00:02:27,975 If I had digital copies of that, 36 00:02:28,009 --> 00:02:29,366 they would have just been completely pulled 37 00:02:29,390 --> 00:02:32,290 or they'd be gone forever or in the case of Disney, 38 00:02:32,324 --> 00:02:35,224 they may have, you know, edited some stuff that, 39 00:02:35,258 --> 00:02:36,466 that I own now. 40 00:02:36,501 --> 00:02:38,064 So again, when it comes to physical media, 41 00:02:38,088 --> 00:02:40,298 the reason why I love collecting it so much 42 00:02:40,332 --> 00:02:41,920 is just because again, ownership. 43 00:02:41,954 --> 00:02:44,233 I have these movies, these movies are mine, 44 00:02:44,267 --> 00:02:45,382 nobody's going to change them, 45 00:02:45,406 --> 00:02:46,890 nobody's going to alter them, 46 00:02:46,925 --> 00:02:48,375 nobody's going to take them away. 47 00:02:48,409 --> 00:02:50,515 A streaming service is not going to just 48 00:02:50,549 --> 00:02:54,174 randomly one day disappear. 49 00:02:54,208 --> 00:02:55,934 Movies aren't just going to randomly one day 50 00:02:55,968 --> 00:02:58,039 disappear because, again, a streaming service 51 00:02:58,074 --> 00:03:01,836 lost the rights to stream those movies. 52 00:03:01,871 --> 00:03:03,711 I don't take it for granted that I could hold up 53 00:03:03,735 --> 00:03:07,083 physical media for all of these things that I've 54 00:03:07,117 --> 00:03:08,543 been lucky enough to be involved in. 55 00:03:08,567 --> 00:03:11,329 And, you know, we had an MTV version of Warren the Ape. 56 00:03:11,363 --> 00:03:13,434 There is no Blu-ray or DVD available. 57 00:03:13,469 --> 00:03:14,815 MTV didn't want to it. 58 00:03:16,368 --> 00:03:18,405 And that's sad, you know, because... 59 00:03:19,820 --> 00:03:21,729 Everything's streaming now, and that could be great, 60 00:03:21,753 --> 00:03:23,237 and that could be really convenient, 61 00:03:23,272 --> 00:03:26,102 but there's just something about physical media 62 00:03:26,136 --> 00:03:29,519 that I will be with until the day they stop making it. 63 00:03:29,554 --> 00:03:32,419 I mean, if you like a particular film, 64 00:03:33,661 --> 00:03:35,432 if you're a fan and you have passion and a film 65 00:03:35,456 --> 00:03:38,425 is more than a film to you and a film is part of your life, 66 00:03:38,459 --> 00:03:40,427 I mean, you want to represent that on a shelf. 67 00:03:40,461 --> 00:03:41,645 You can't do that with streaming. 68 00:03:41,669 --> 00:03:42,567 I mean, look at this. 69 00:03:42,601 --> 00:03:44,258 I love Tron. I love Tron legacy. 70 00:03:44,293 --> 00:03:46,985 When Tron Legacy came out in 2010, that was a dream. 71 00:03:47,019 --> 00:03:49,298 I never thought there would be a sequel to Tron, 72 00:03:49,332 --> 00:03:50,368 and then look at this. 73 00:03:50,402 --> 00:03:52,542 You can't tell me that streaming 74 00:03:52,577 --> 00:03:54,095 has anything on something like this. 75 00:03:54,130 --> 00:03:55,545 This sits on my shelf. 76 00:03:55,580 --> 00:03:57,444 And every time I look at it, I'm just happy. 77 00:03:57,478 --> 00:03:59,825 When I'm out hunting for physical media, 78 00:03:59,860 --> 00:04:01,379 and I see something that I want, 79 00:04:01,413 --> 00:04:03,553 it's like a little jolt of electricity hits me 80 00:04:03,588 --> 00:04:06,729 and I just get very excited and I grab it 81 00:04:06,763 --> 00:04:08,627 and I don't even think about money, 82 00:04:08,662 --> 00:04:11,734 I just need to have this stuff. 83 00:04:11,768 --> 00:04:13,598 There's other people, the complete opposite. 84 00:04:13,632 --> 00:04:15,403 They don't want any possessions in their life, 85 00:04:15,427 --> 00:04:20,329 and I accept that and it's just not for me. 86 00:04:20,363 --> 00:04:22,400 I'm a person who wants to have a lot of stuff. 87 00:04:22,434 --> 00:04:25,575 But the more you collect, the longer it goes on, 88 00:04:25,610 --> 00:04:27,991 the more stuff accumulates, the more space it takes up. 89 00:04:28,026 --> 00:04:30,684 So you get a problem after a while 90 00:04:30,718 --> 00:04:32,306 where you just run out of space. 91 00:04:32,341 --> 00:04:34,446 There's just nowhere left to keep any more stuff, 92 00:04:34,481 --> 00:04:36,828 and it starts to get disorganized. 93 00:04:36,862 --> 00:04:38,692 And that's where I am in my life now, 94 00:04:38,726 --> 00:04:41,315 where I really just don't have any organization. 95 00:04:42,558 --> 00:04:43,707 And that's a dream of mine to one day 96 00:04:43,731 --> 00:04:48,322 have everything put in perfect order. 97 00:04:48,357 --> 00:04:50,600 It's going to be a lot of fun doing that one day. 98 00:04:50,635 --> 00:04:52,544 But my thing I always loved, like, about physical media 99 00:04:52,568 --> 00:04:55,467 is it's like making it still alive out there, 100 00:04:55,502 --> 00:04:57,780 showing you can still collect really cool things 101 00:04:57,814 --> 00:04:59,368 if you can find them, 102 00:04:59,402 --> 00:05:01,542 especially like with tapes and that kind of thing. 103 00:05:01,577 --> 00:05:04,614 I even like retro toys, 'cause I have Boglins up over there. 104 00:05:04,649 --> 00:05:06,478 And like old school posters, you know. 105 00:05:06,513 --> 00:05:08,722 But, yeah, I think with physical media it's just great. 106 00:05:08,756 --> 00:05:10,379 I just love the whole thing, 107 00:05:10,413 --> 00:05:12,001 the whole nostalgia vibe of it. 108 00:05:12,035 --> 00:05:14,900 For me going into like a video store, you know, 109 00:05:14,935 --> 00:05:19,664 and going there as a kid to an early teenager, 110 00:05:19,698 --> 00:05:21,089 you know, looking for like horror tapes 111 00:05:21,113 --> 00:05:22,356 in the horror section 112 00:05:22,391 --> 00:05:23,816 and see what kind of cool stuff is there to get 113 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:25,635 and having that kind of fun vibe. 114 00:05:25,670 --> 00:05:26,981 So I'll get that in my home 115 00:05:27,016 --> 00:05:29,190 and I like to portray it out there in my videos, 116 00:05:29,225 --> 00:05:31,054 and what I like to promote on my Instagrams 117 00:05:31,089 --> 00:05:33,574 and things and Facebook and stuff of just like 118 00:05:33,609 --> 00:05:35,507 showing and connecting to all this cool stuff. 119 00:05:35,542 --> 00:05:38,268 And with my channel too, I get stuff from PR companies 120 00:05:38,303 --> 00:05:41,548 to review like Blu-rays and 4Ks and DVDs 121 00:05:41,582 --> 00:05:43,388 and that kind of thing, which I like to show people 122 00:05:43,412 --> 00:05:45,414 out there you can still buy this stuff. 123 00:05:45,448 --> 00:05:46,839 I think it's just better to get it, 124 00:05:46,863 --> 00:05:49,935 have it physically, instead of to depend on digital format, 125 00:05:49,970 --> 00:05:51,396 and like, you know, the streaming services 126 00:05:51,420 --> 00:05:53,076 that are out there, which are cool, 127 00:05:53,111 --> 00:05:55,493 but a lot of them, a lot of that stuff can be edited down 128 00:05:55,527 --> 00:05:56,539 or they can take the movies away 129 00:05:56,563 --> 00:05:57,850 without you even knowing about it. 130 00:05:57,874 --> 00:05:59,773 I like to have it physically on hand, 131 00:05:59,807 --> 00:06:02,223 so I know I always own it and I always have it, 132 00:06:02,258 --> 00:06:03,121 and it's like in my collection. 133 00:06:03,155 --> 00:06:05,434 Plus you get the great cover art 134 00:06:05,468 --> 00:06:07,539 and all that cool stuff it could be unedited, 135 00:06:07,574 --> 00:06:09,369 like, you know, uncut versions of it, 136 00:06:09,403 --> 00:06:10,760 and you get the cool, raw form of it, 137 00:06:10,784 --> 00:06:12,061 which I love, too. 138 00:06:12,095 --> 00:06:13,418 'Cause like the trailers the trailers they show 139 00:06:13,442 --> 00:06:15,409 at the beginning of VHS tapes 'cause it' like 140 00:06:15,444 --> 00:06:16,928 that going back in time, you know, 141 00:06:16,962 --> 00:06:18,447 and especially with tapes. 142 00:06:18,481 --> 00:06:20,425 You get that, it's like stuck during that time period. 143 00:06:20,449 --> 00:06:22,209 You get all kinds of cool stuff you might get 144 00:06:22,243 --> 00:06:23,900 in those trailers before the movie starts, 145 00:06:23,935 --> 00:06:25,592 which is just kinda really cool. 146 00:06:32,668 --> 00:06:34,566 There was In Cold Blood, 147 00:06:34,601 --> 00:06:37,535 The Boston Strangler, Helter Skelter, 148 00:06:37,569 --> 00:06:40,365 and now Savage Weekend. 149 00:06:41,642 --> 00:06:44,783 Savage Weekend is not a film for the whole family. 150 00:06:44,818 --> 00:06:48,649 It's only for those who can stand to be terrified. 151 00:06:57,969 --> 00:06:59,280 Savage Weeekend. 152 00:07:00,799 --> 00:07:04,562 A way look at it also is streaming is a format. 153 00:07:04,596 --> 00:07:06,633 A lot of people don't realize that. 154 00:07:06,667 --> 00:07:11,672 Streaming is just, you know, DVDs of like, the next DVD. 155 00:07:12,984 --> 00:07:15,745 And what I mean by that is give it, you know, 10, 156 00:07:15,780 --> 00:07:17,609 20 years, however many years from now, 157 00:07:17,644 --> 00:07:20,129 streaming, the way we think of it today, 158 00:07:20,163 --> 00:07:21,026 will not be a thing. 159 00:07:21,061 --> 00:07:22,511 That'll be something different. 160 00:07:22,545 --> 00:07:24,789 Streaming will be something completely different 161 00:07:24,823 --> 00:07:27,205 than we even imagine right now. 162 00:07:27,239 --> 00:07:28,631 Again, just like a couple of years ago, 163 00:07:28,655 --> 00:07:30,208 we were downloading movies. 164 00:07:30,242 --> 00:07:34,177 We needed room on our computer to download a digital copy 165 00:07:34,212 --> 00:07:37,353 from Warner Brothers or from iTunes. 166 00:07:37,387 --> 00:07:39,493 We needed to, like, download them and store them. 167 00:07:39,528 --> 00:07:43,635 Now, of course, that is all in the um, in the Cloud. 168 00:07:43,670 --> 00:07:46,189 It's all in some magical place out there 169 00:07:46,224 --> 00:07:48,191 in the land of the internet. 170 00:07:49,399 --> 00:07:51,229 So, you know, that's the way it is now. 171 00:07:51,263 --> 00:07:53,783 Again, what's it gonna be like in 10, 20 years? 172 00:07:53,818 --> 00:07:55,371 What are we going to be looking at? 173 00:07:55,405 --> 00:07:58,236 So my question is all these streaming services, 174 00:07:58,270 --> 00:08:00,031 will they still be around? 175 00:08:00,065 --> 00:08:01,653 Are they still gonna be a thing? 176 00:08:01,688 --> 00:08:05,243 If a streaming service that you buy into goes away, 177 00:08:05,277 --> 00:08:06,796 what happens to those movies? 178 00:08:06,831 --> 00:08:09,627 Do they transfer over to some other streaming service? 179 00:08:09,661 --> 00:08:11,180 Are they just gone forever? 180 00:08:12,595 --> 00:08:14,079 Who knows? 181 00:08:14,114 --> 00:08:16,081 Or, let's say, you know the way Disney 182 00:08:16,116 --> 00:08:19,084 streams stuff right now, let's say, in 20 years from now, 183 00:08:19,119 --> 00:08:21,397 they stream stuff differently. 184 00:08:21,431 --> 00:08:23,261 Are you still gonna have that stuff? 185 00:08:23,295 --> 00:08:25,332 Are they going to transfer all the movies over? 186 00:08:25,366 --> 00:08:27,645 Are they going to say, okay, you have a thousand movies 187 00:08:27,679 --> 00:08:29,232 in our streaming service, 188 00:08:29,267 --> 00:08:30,900 but now we're not going to stream this way, 189 00:08:30,924 --> 00:08:32,684 we're going to stream this way now. 190 00:08:32,719 --> 00:08:34,006 It's going to be something completely different, 191 00:08:34,030 --> 00:08:35,421 it's something that we're not even thinking of 192 00:08:35,445 --> 00:08:36,654 at this moment. 193 00:08:36,688 --> 00:08:38,345 I mean, think, think outside the box. 194 00:08:38,379 --> 00:08:39,553 It could be anything. 195 00:08:39,588 --> 00:08:41,175 Maybe it's implanted into your brain. 196 00:08:41,210 --> 00:08:42,107 Maybe it's holographic. 197 00:08:42,142 --> 00:08:43,661 Who knows what it might be. 198 00:08:43,695 --> 00:08:46,111 I think physical media, the nostalgia of it, 199 00:08:46,146 --> 00:08:47,423 was a big thing for me. 200 00:08:47,457 --> 00:08:50,150 I grew up in a house full of VHS tapes, 201 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,430 cabinets full of movies, whether they be Disney movies, 202 00:08:54,464 --> 00:08:58,952 or my parents had, you know, more PG-13, R-rated stuff. 203 00:08:58,986 --> 00:09:01,402 But I was always surrounded by movies. 204 00:09:01,437 --> 00:09:03,888 I always loved movies, since a young age. 205 00:09:04,992 --> 00:09:07,892 Toxy, you bad boy, come, get outta there. 206 00:09:07,926 --> 00:09:10,204 Shawn C. Phillips and Tony Newton, 207 00:09:10,239 --> 00:09:11,620 you want to know why? 208 00:09:11,654 --> 00:09:14,070 Why hard media is important? 209 00:09:14,105 --> 00:09:16,210 It's certainly important to Troma Entertainment, 210 00:09:16,245 --> 00:09:19,800 47-year-old, oldest independent studio in the world, 211 00:09:19,835 --> 00:09:22,734 because how many cinephiles would never 212 00:09:22,769 --> 00:09:25,599 have discovered our movies, right? 213 00:09:25,634 --> 00:09:28,809 And in fact, many movies that nobody knows about 214 00:09:28,844 --> 00:09:31,260 are in the Roan Collection, R-O-A-N. 215 00:09:31,294 --> 00:09:33,331 Wonderful, wonderful movies. 216 00:09:33,365 --> 00:09:38,060 Beautifully restored by us for the Roan Collection. 217 00:09:38,094 --> 00:09:42,720 And then of course, if it wasn't for this, VHS, 218 00:09:42,754 --> 00:09:44,929 we would probably have long gone 219 00:09:44,963 --> 00:09:48,001 because Troma was perhaps the first movie studio 220 00:09:48,035 --> 00:09:51,349 to embrace this wonderful new form, 221 00:09:51,383 --> 00:09:54,110 and it put us on the map because we had a big library 222 00:09:54,145 --> 00:09:55,836 of company produced movies, 223 00:09:55,871 --> 00:09:57,907 and we got in ahead of the studios 224 00:09:57,942 --> 00:10:00,738 and the public began to know us. 225 00:10:00,772 --> 00:10:02,981 And then finally here, the beautiful, 226 00:10:03,016 --> 00:10:08,021 beautiful DVDs, Blu-rays, and the point is that 227 00:10:09,816 --> 00:10:11,507 the first amendment is very important, 228 00:10:11,541 --> 00:10:13,785 and due to the consolidation of media, 229 00:10:13,820 --> 00:10:17,271 the public has been denied a free, diverse 230 00:10:17,306 --> 00:10:20,378 and democratic variety of voices. 231 00:10:20,412 --> 00:10:23,830 And thanks to hard media, the Troma team 232 00:10:23,864 --> 00:10:26,280 gets to get out there and have millions of fans, 233 00:10:26,315 --> 00:10:29,387 that were it not for hard media, 234 00:10:29,421 --> 00:10:30,802 Troma would be long gone, 235 00:10:30,837 --> 00:10:33,460 and I'd be pushing a plow somewhere. 236 00:10:33,494 --> 00:10:34,494 Thank you. 237 00:10:35,911 --> 00:10:39,293 - When you think about physical media for me, obviously, 238 00:10:39,328 --> 00:10:40,570 we're going back to the time 239 00:10:40,605 --> 00:10:44,816 of the VHS originally and then on to DVD. 240 00:10:44,851 --> 00:10:48,578 But I always loved owning physical copies of things. 241 00:10:48,613 --> 00:10:51,305 You know, when I grew up as a boy, 242 00:10:51,340 --> 00:10:54,757 if you saw something on TV you didn't get to see it again 243 00:10:57,001 --> 00:10:58,219 until it came on television again 244 00:10:58,243 --> 00:10:59,693 and the same in the cinema. 245 00:10:59,728 --> 00:11:01,833 If you want to see a movie in the cinema, 246 00:11:01,868 --> 00:11:04,905 you didn't get to see that again until it appeared on TV. 247 00:11:06,251 --> 00:11:10,808 And if it did appear on TV, then, you know, 248 00:11:10,842 --> 00:11:12,499 you'd wonder if it was going to appear 249 00:11:12,533 --> 00:11:14,546 on one of the other channels if you were really excited 250 00:11:14,570 --> 00:11:15,754 about seeing the particular movie 251 00:11:15,778 --> 00:11:17,711 or the particular TV show. 252 00:11:17,746 --> 00:11:20,231 But then of course, with the advent of VHS, 253 00:11:20,265 --> 00:11:23,717 we had a VHS player, not a Betamax. 254 00:11:23,752 --> 00:11:25,005 We always joked about the Betamax, 255 00:11:25,029 --> 00:11:27,238 like you know, you had to pour water into them, 256 00:11:27,272 --> 00:11:29,619 you know, and that'd heat it up and steam would rise 257 00:11:29,654 --> 00:11:30,931 and eventually it would work. 258 00:11:30,966 --> 00:11:32,761 That, which of course, is a joke, 259 00:11:32,795 --> 00:11:35,211 but they were very big, cumbersome machines 260 00:11:35,246 --> 00:11:37,731 and we got one of the latest kind of streamlined 261 00:11:37,766 --> 00:11:41,010 VHS players, and that was always exciting 262 00:11:41,045 --> 00:11:44,048 because you never knew what was going to come out. 263 00:11:44,082 --> 00:11:45,611 And of course, you know, this is during the time 264 00:11:45,635 --> 00:11:48,742 of the video nasties, and so you get a lot 265 00:11:48,777 --> 00:11:51,538 of the Italian genre pictures coming out. 266 00:11:51,572 --> 00:11:54,334 Lucio Fulci, Dario Argento, Bava. 267 00:11:55,611 --> 00:11:58,234 And, you know, it was a very exciting time, 268 00:11:58,269 --> 00:11:59,902 especially if you're interested in horror 269 00:11:59,926 --> 00:12:01,721 or the supernatural. 270 00:12:01,755 --> 00:12:04,068 So my brothers and I always kind of ate that up. 271 00:12:04,102 --> 00:12:05,863 But a very interesting thing happened 272 00:12:05,897 --> 00:12:08,555 in the very early 80s was a friend 273 00:12:08,589 --> 00:12:10,326 of the family turned up and he was a little bit 274 00:12:10,350 --> 00:12:12,870 of a shady character, you know, and he was kind of going, 275 00:12:12,904 --> 00:12:14,975 oh, I could get you this movie or that movie, 276 00:12:15,010 --> 00:12:16,470 and we were kind of joking going, oh yeah, 277 00:12:16,494 --> 00:12:20,049 could you get us ET, or Poltergeist? 278 00:12:20,084 --> 00:12:21,948 And of course, neither of these films 279 00:12:21,982 --> 00:12:23,673 had come out in the cinema. 280 00:12:23,708 --> 00:12:25,986 And then very strangely, a week later, 281 00:12:26,021 --> 00:12:29,887 he turned up with two VHS tapes and they were blank, 282 00:12:29,921 --> 00:12:32,096 and he said, okay, let's watch these. 283 00:12:32,130 --> 00:12:35,168 And it was Poltergeist and ET, 284 00:12:35,202 --> 00:12:38,067 and neither of which had appeared in the cinema yet. 285 00:12:38,102 --> 00:12:41,070 And I never got to the bottom of how he did this 286 00:12:41,105 --> 00:12:44,004 or who his contacts were, but when you're a boy, 287 00:12:44,039 --> 00:12:44,971 you don't really think about that. 288 00:12:45,005 --> 00:12:47,352 All you're thinking is, you know, 289 00:12:47,387 --> 00:12:51,011 I'm getting to see ET and Poltergeist before anybody else. 290 00:12:51,046 --> 00:12:54,670 You know, and to this day, I have no idea how he did it. 291 00:12:54,704 --> 00:12:56,223 It turned out, he was a criminal. 292 00:12:57,707 --> 00:13:00,987 He disappeared out of our lives pretty quickly, thank God. 293 00:13:01,021 --> 00:13:05,785 But you know, it was very exciting 294 00:13:05,819 --> 00:13:07,200 to be able to watch these films. 295 00:13:07,234 --> 00:13:08,694 And like I said, we never thought about the, 296 00:13:08,718 --> 00:13:11,031 you know, the legal implications 297 00:13:11,066 --> 00:13:13,275 or how he came across them. 298 00:13:13,309 --> 00:13:16,105 But um, you know, so things like that were very exciting. 299 00:13:16,140 --> 00:13:17,807 You got to see these movies, and then you got to see 300 00:13:17,831 --> 00:13:20,489 all the movies that were kind of illicit, you know, 301 00:13:20,523 --> 00:13:22,491 shouldn't really be watching these, really, 302 00:13:22,525 --> 00:13:24,942 you know, hardcore horror movies. 303 00:13:24,976 --> 00:13:27,185 But they were usually very atmospheric films, you know, 304 00:13:27,220 --> 00:13:31,051 again like Suspiria and Inferno, 305 00:13:31,086 --> 00:13:35,849 and even early pictures by Argento, 306 00:13:35,884 --> 00:13:37,747 The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, 307 00:13:38,990 --> 00:13:41,061 Four Flies on Grey Velvet, et cetera. 308 00:13:41,096 --> 00:13:43,961 So, you know, it was a great education 309 00:13:43,995 --> 00:13:47,723 for Italian cinema and British horror cinema 310 00:13:47,757 --> 00:13:48,966 and American cinema. 311 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,140 I collect pretty much just DVD, 312 00:13:51,175 --> 00:13:53,142 because that's kind of the one... 313 00:13:53,177 --> 00:13:55,075 I didn't grow up on DVD. 314 00:13:55,110 --> 00:13:57,353 I grew up on VHS, but like on the tail end 315 00:13:57,388 --> 00:14:00,736 of it was obviously DVD because I'm not that old, 316 00:14:00,770 --> 00:14:02,048 I'm only 27. 317 00:14:02,082 --> 00:14:04,982 And so DVD was like huge on the come up 318 00:14:05,016 --> 00:14:06,397 whenever I was growing up. 319 00:14:07,432 --> 00:14:10,194 This is DVD. 320 00:14:11,781 --> 00:14:12,782 And this... 321 00:14:14,129 --> 00:14:15,337 Is what happens... 322 00:14:16,096 --> 00:14:18,064 When you watch DVD. 323 00:14:20,411 --> 00:14:22,896 It's a movie on a disc the size of a CD. 324 00:14:24,139 --> 00:14:27,004 The picture is twice as sharp as VHS. 325 00:14:27,038 --> 00:14:29,075 The sound is infinitely clearer. 326 00:14:29,109 --> 00:14:31,871 It looks and sounds like you're at the movies, 327 00:14:31,905 --> 00:14:34,080 but you can experience it at home. 328 00:14:35,219 --> 00:14:37,911 Not to mention, you can watch it in wide screen, 329 00:14:37,946 --> 00:14:41,052 listen to audio commentary, choose from features 330 00:14:41,087 --> 00:14:43,710 like directors notes, behind the scenes footage, 331 00:14:43,744 --> 00:14:45,263 trailers, and more. 332 00:14:47,093 --> 00:14:49,095 Watch a movie right on your computer. 333 00:14:51,856 --> 00:14:56,033 And rent or buy DVDs from these great Hollywood studios. 334 00:14:56,999 --> 00:14:57,999 DVD. 335 00:14:59,139 --> 00:15:01,245 See how good a movie at home can be. 336 00:15:01,279 --> 00:15:03,557 And so, you know, we would go to the movie stores 337 00:15:03,592 --> 00:15:06,250 and whatnot and it would be kind of a mixture of the two, 338 00:15:06,284 --> 00:15:10,150 VHS and DVD, but VHS started to kind of fall out 339 00:15:10,185 --> 00:15:12,325 and DVD stuck around. 340 00:15:12,359 --> 00:15:14,914 So I pretty much, when I started collecting really, 341 00:15:14,948 --> 00:15:18,572 it was DVD that was mostly out there, so I picked up on DVD. 342 00:15:18,607 --> 00:15:20,160 Blu-ray not so much. 343 00:15:20,195 --> 00:15:22,680 I don't really care about the Blu-ray thing 344 00:15:22,714 --> 00:15:27,340 because I care so much about VHS tapes 345 00:15:27,374 --> 00:15:30,930 and I'm not really into like the whole quality thing, 346 00:15:30,964 --> 00:15:34,140 like picture quality and sound quality. 347 00:15:34,174 --> 00:15:37,695 I like a lot of like shot on video DVDs and whatnot. 348 00:15:37,729 --> 00:15:40,974 And yeah, so Blu-ray really didn't really do it for me, 349 00:15:41,009 --> 00:15:45,979 but DVD was the one that I've stuck with and really enjoyed. 350 00:15:46,014 --> 00:15:47,601 I wish I could have more VHS tapes, 351 00:15:47,636 --> 00:15:50,156 but it's just a little bit, you know, pricey 352 00:15:50,190 --> 00:15:51,881 and I don't have enough room for that, 353 00:15:51,916 --> 00:15:53,987 but I do like VHS a lot. 354 00:15:54,022 --> 00:15:56,265 And then of course, DVDs arrived, 355 00:15:56,300 --> 00:15:57,266 and then suddenly you've got, 356 00:15:57,301 --> 00:16:00,683 not only do you have this array 357 00:16:00,718 --> 00:16:03,169 of fantastic materials coming out, 358 00:16:03,203 --> 00:16:04,998 but you have the special features, 359 00:16:05,033 --> 00:16:06,310 which was incredibly exciting. 360 00:16:06,344 --> 00:16:09,623 You kind of go, oh, here's a documentary 361 00:16:09,658 --> 00:16:11,625 on how they made this particular film. 362 00:16:11,660 --> 00:16:13,869 Here's the interviews with the cast and crew. 363 00:16:13,903 --> 00:16:18,218 Here are, you know, insights into the filmmaking 364 00:16:18,253 --> 00:16:20,151 and the structure and production 365 00:16:21,670 --> 00:16:23,672 with key figures within the production 366 00:16:23,706 --> 00:16:25,674 that you never would have heard of before 367 00:16:25,708 --> 00:16:28,849 unless it was a very specific documentary made, 368 00:16:28,884 --> 00:16:32,301 you know by the BBC or ITV at the time. 369 00:16:32,336 --> 00:16:36,271 So, you know, that was another very exciting 370 00:16:38,790 --> 00:16:43,209 advance that emerged with DVD, and then Blu-ray of course. 371 00:16:43,243 --> 00:16:44,727 But owning physical media, I think, 372 00:16:44,762 --> 00:16:47,178 has always been a very exciting thing. 373 00:16:47,213 --> 00:16:49,836 It's one thing to view something or to have it, 374 00:16:49,870 --> 00:16:52,011 you know, digitally there and you can download it, 375 00:16:52,045 --> 00:16:55,048 but to actually have a physical copy that you can hold, 376 00:16:55,083 --> 00:16:57,154 and open, there's a booklet in it 377 00:16:57,188 --> 00:16:59,328 and, you know look at the artwork and put it 378 00:16:59,363 --> 00:17:01,192 on your shelf and kind of go, yeah, 379 00:17:01,227 --> 00:17:04,161 I'll take that title down and I'll revisit that again. 380 00:17:04,195 --> 00:17:07,371 It's not quite the same with digital download, 381 00:17:07,405 --> 00:17:10,960 video on demand, even though that's the way it's all moving, 382 00:17:10,995 --> 00:17:12,583 and I think it's really going to become 383 00:17:12,617 --> 00:17:14,895 a collector's paradise for people 384 00:17:14,930 --> 00:17:17,657 who want to own physical media going forward. 385 00:17:19,279 --> 00:17:20,625 But I think it's very important. 386 00:17:20,660 --> 00:17:22,800 With DVDs and Blu-rays, you got the cool commentary, 387 00:17:22,834 --> 00:17:25,872 behind the scenes footage, things like that. 388 00:17:25,906 --> 00:17:27,091 But yeah, I was kind of going through some 389 00:17:27,115 --> 00:17:28,402 of my stuff right now in my collection. 390 00:17:28,426 --> 00:17:29,746 But I just love to portray, like, 391 00:17:29,772 --> 00:17:33,086 to get the physical media out there, collect it, get it. 392 00:17:33,121 --> 00:17:35,099 I like to inspire people to get it and that kind of thing. 393 00:17:35,123 --> 00:17:36,607 But let's go look at my collection. 394 00:17:36,641 --> 00:17:38,136 I'll talk a little bit more while I'll do that, 395 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:39,551 but let's go check out some of my stuff right now. 396 00:17:39,575 --> 00:17:40,921 Here we go, my living room. 397 00:17:40,956 --> 00:17:42,140 You know, I got my posters up there. 398 00:17:42,164 --> 00:17:44,097 Original Popcorn poster. 399 00:17:44,132 --> 00:17:46,410 And we'll start my favorite stuff I like to collect, 400 00:17:46,444 --> 00:17:48,377 which is my VHS video tapes, 401 00:17:48,412 --> 00:17:51,380 and move on to my DVDs and Blu-rays, which I love, too. 402 00:17:51,415 --> 00:17:53,255 But this is my definitely my favorite stuff to collect, 403 00:17:53,279 --> 00:17:57,248 is my, you know, videotapes, my VHS's, 404 00:17:57,283 --> 00:17:58,939 which I've been collecting a long time, 405 00:17:58,974 --> 00:18:01,321 like since I was a kid, you know, and things like that. 406 00:18:01,356 --> 00:18:04,393 One of my first ones I ever got was a kid was Scream Greats. 407 00:18:04,428 --> 00:18:05,912 I bought this one later one, 408 00:18:05,946 --> 00:18:08,259 but I bought this originally at a, going out of- 409 00:18:08,294 --> 00:18:09,340 It wasn't going out of business, 410 00:18:09,364 --> 00:18:11,020 but it was at like a Sears outlet center, 411 00:18:11,055 --> 00:18:13,816 I bought it for like a few bucks with like, grandma, 412 00:18:13,851 --> 00:18:16,509 about learning how to do makeup effects. 413 00:18:16,543 --> 00:18:17,820 That's what I thought this was, 414 00:18:17,855 --> 00:18:21,134 and I realized that this guy, Tom Savini, 415 00:18:21,169 --> 00:18:24,344 did all these amazing effects and so I learned from him 416 00:18:24,379 --> 00:18:26,346 about movie effects and things like that, 417 00:18:26,381 --> 00:18:27,796 and all that kind of deal. 418 00:18:27,830 --> 00:18:30,523 This is a cool one too, speaking of makeup effects, 419 00:18:30,557 --> 00:18:32,663 this is Dick Smith's How-To. 420 00:18:32,697 --> 00:18:36,184 And what was cool, there's like a makeup booklet 421 00:18:36,218 --> 00:18:37,609 that's like attached to it up there. 422 00:18:37,633 --> 00:18:39,635 It's attached to the tape, is this makeup booklet, 423 00:18:39,670 --> 00:18:41,810 so it's really, really neat. 424 00:18:41,844 --> 00:18:43,260 But it's like collecting tapes. 425 00:18:43,294 --> 00:18:44,985 This is a really cool one 426 00:18:45,020 --> 00:18:48,127 with the embossed cover art of Black Roses. 427 00:18:48,161 --> 00:18:49,473 Clamshells up over here. 428 00:18:49,507 --> 00:18:51,992 There's pretty, a couple of rare ones. 429 00:18:52,027 --> 00:18:54,478 The first shot on video movie, Sledgehammer. 430 00:18:54,512 --> 00:18:57,860 I got two of these for an amazing, cheap price. 431 00:18:57,895 --> 00:18:59,621 One, I think for only five bucks, 432 00:18:59,655 --> 00:19:02,831 the other one was like for free, so those are real rare. 433 00:19:02,865 --> 00:19:04,143 And this is a good one up here, 434 00:19:04,177 --> 00:19:07,353 is the Werewolves on Wheels, unicorn video. 435 00:19:07,387 --> 00:19:09,838 It has amazing cover art. 436 00:19:09,872 --> 00:19:11,046 That's a unicorn. 437 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:12,634 I got another unicorn one up here. 438 00:19:12,668 --> 00:19:14,094 Grave of the Vampire, look at that art. 439 00:19:14,118 --> 00:19:15,464 That's so amazing. 440 00:19:15,499 --> 00:19:16,717 It's all about, you know, getting the physical stuff, 441 00:19:16,741 --> 00:19:18,467 'cause you get the great artwork with it. 442 00:19:18,502 --> 00:19:21,884 But you know, video tapes, you get the really cool artwork. 443 00:19:21,919 --> 00:19:25,233 And I got you know, some things up over here. 444 00:19:25,267 --> 00:19:28,408 Something Weird videos, Prisms. 445 00:19:28,443 --> 00:19:30,376 Kind of everywhere. Old media. 446 00:19:31,377 --> 00:19:34,932 The original media right here, before they meta. 447 00:19:34,966 --> 00:19:36,081 These are some pretty rare ones 448 00:19:36,105 --> 00:19:38,487 up over there like that one. 449 00:19:38,522 --> 00:19:41,110 Albino's a pretty cool, weird flick. 450 00:19:41,145 --> 00:19:42,664 And then up over here, 451 00:19:42,698 --> 00:19:44,010 some other kind of neat stuff, 452 00:19:44,044 --> 00:19:46,323 you know, some Vestrons, that kind of thing. 453 00:19:46,357 --> 00:19:49,429 There's like unicorn slip cases. 454 00:19:49,464 --> 00:19:50,924 This is one of those one tapes where it's like 455 00:19:50,948 --> 00:19:53,433 the cover looks amazing, but the movie's kind of crappy. 456 00:19:53,468 --> 00:19:54,400 That's what that is. 457 00:19:54,434 --> 00:19:56,333 And you got the classic shot on video one. 458 00:19:56,367 --> 00:19:57,368 Video Violence. 459 00:19:57,403 --> 00:19:58,404 Look at that cover art. 460 00:19:58,438 --> 00:19:59,336 Amazing. 461 00:19:59,370 --> 00:20:00,589 And real quick, before I forget, 462 00:20:00,613 --> 00:20:02,442 let's go look above my shelves. 463 00:20:02,477 --> 00:20:05,549 I've got an old school, original Addams family cereal box. 464 00:20:05,583 --> 00:20:09,035 I always like weird nostalgia stuff like that, you know? 465 00:20:09,069 --> 00:20:11,348 Silent Night, Deadly Night figure. 466 00:20:11,382 --> 00:20:14,040 Original Boglins toy. 467 00:20:14,074 --> 00:20:15,386 I had one of those as a kid, 468 00:20:15,421 --> 00:20:17,537 but I got this one later on, you know, a few years back 469 00:20:17,561 --> 00:20:19,632 all complete in the box. 470 00:20:19,666 --> 00:20:21,703 And this is another rare, cool tape, Blood Frenzy. 471 00:20:21,737 --> 00:20:23,118 Look at that cover art. 472 00:20:23,152 --> 00:20:24,464 Really cool, rare one. 473 00:20:24,499 --> 00:20:25,810 And this is kind of a cool game, 474 00:20:25,845 --> 00:20:28,365 Shrieks and Creaks, the talking game. 475 00:20:28,399 --> 00:20:29,756 It was like a cassette back in the 80s. 476 00:20:29,780 --> 00:20:32,783 Has that since I was a kid and that kind of thing. 477 00:20:32,817 --> 00:20:34,405 You know, it's just my tapes. 478 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,760 This is my favorite things I like to collect is the tapes. 479 00:20:36,787 --> 00:20:38,661 And there's some stuff in the bottom over there. 480 00:20:38,685 --> 00:20:39,997 A little Freddy glove, you know, 481 00:20:40,031 --> 00:20:41,964 Friday the 13th type stuff. 482 00:20:41,999 --> 00:20:43,459 And these are some pretty cool ones, like AIP, 483 00:20:43,483 --> 00:20:47,625 a really great, low budget, bad company. 484 00:20:47,660 --> 00:20:50,732 And there's like some, these ones are pretty cool, too. 485 00:20:50,766 --> 00:20:52,975 A company called City Lights had a lot 486 00:20:53,010 --> 00:20:55,150 of cool, weird ones, like, you know, 487 00:20:55,184 --> 00:20:57,014 sort of shot on video type stuff. 488 00:20:57,048 --> 00:20:59,948 This is a rare, cool one, Hollow Gate, 489 00:20:59,982 --> 00:21:01,432 and this is a pretty cool company. 490 00:21:01,467 --> 00:21:04,159 If you're finding the stuff, get these. 491 00:21:04,193 --> 00:21:06,299 These are pretty hard to find. LA Crack Down. 492 00:21:06,334 --> 00:21:09,440 They got a lot of neat, weird action horror flicks. 493 00:21:09,475 --> 00:21:12,201 This is my collection of what I have currently 494 00:21:12,236 --> 00:21:15,101 as far as big box horror movies go, 495 00:21:15,135 --> 00:21:16,689 including a custom Death Doll, 496 00:21:16,723 --> 00:21:19,208 which has never been released in America. 497 00:21:19,243 --> 00:21:22,211 Of course, I got my autographed copy of Hard to Die, 498 00:21:22,246 --> 00:21:24,628 autographed by Deborah Dutch, who I've worked with 499 00:21:24,662 --> 00:21:27,355 in quite a few of my films, actually. 500 00:21:27,389 --> 00:21:30,219 Make Them Die Slowly, Mondo Magic. 501 00:21:30,254 --> 00:21:31,945 Rabid. 502 00:21:31,980 --> 00:21:34,603 My autographed double feature by Fred Olen Ray 503 00:21:34,638 --> 00:21:37,019 of Scalps and The Slayer. 504 00:21:37,054 --> 00:21:38,745 We got Shocking Asia. 505 00:21:40,264 --> 00:21:42,646 We have an import version from the UK actually, 506 00:21:42,680 --> 00:21:44,889 of Slumber Party Massacre. 507 00:21:44,924 --> 00:21:46,650 Two Faces of Evil which is one, 508 00:21:46,684 --> 00:21:48,859 not only of the first horror movies I ever bought, 509 00:21:48,893 --> 00:21:50,837 but the first big box horror movie I ever bought. 510 00:21:50,861 --> 00:21:54,002 I bought it at a pawn shop, actually, 511 00:21:54,036 --> 00:21:56,245 in Falls City, Nebraska. 512 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:57,878 And then this is actually one of those reissues 513 00:21:57,902 --> 00:21:59,387 from Full Moon that I bought 514 00:21:59,421 --> 00:22:01,734 at San Diego Comic Con last year. 515 00:22:01,768 --> 00:22:03,563 It's White Slave. 516 00:22:03,598 --> 00:22:05,807 Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th. 517 00:22:05,841 --> 00:22:07,187 It's still sealed. 518 00:22:07,222 --> 00:22:08,579 I can watch it on a bunch of other formats, 519 00:22:08,603 --> 00:22:11,985 but it's just nice having, like, the air from when 520 00:22:12,020 --> 00:22:14,056 this was produced just in there. 521 00:22:14,091 --> 00:22:17,163 It's like if you open it, it completely loses that value. 522 00:22:17,197 --> 00:22:18,475 Um... 523 00:22:18,509 --> 00:22:21,063 I don't know, it's just something about that is fun 524 00:22:22,410 --> 00:22:24,929 that it's like, it's like a treasure. 525 00:22:24,964 --> 00:22:29,658 So this is the bulk of my collection. 526 00:22:29,693 --> 00:22:33,559 I find it weird that collectors don't really agree, 527 00:22:33,593 --> 00:22:36,216 necessarily, on a uniform standard for how 528 00:22:36,251 --> 00:22:37,597 you organize your movies. 529 00:22:37,632 --> 00:22:40,359 And when you have a couple of hundred movies, 530 00:22:40,393 --> 00:22:42,406 you know, people will organize them lots of different ways, 531 00:22:42,430 --> 00:22:45,260 by actors, by genres. 532 00:22:45,294 --> 00:22:48,194 But I feel like once you get to that 500-plus, 533 00:22:48,228 --> 00:22:50,679 you gotta start doing alphabetical. 534 00:22:50,714 --> 00:22:53,406 So all my movies are alphabetical. 535 00:22:53,441 --> 00:22:54,407 We start over here. 536 00:22:54,442 --> 00:22:58,584 We have TV series and then 4K, 537 00:22:58,618 --> 00:22:59,930 Blu-ray, 538 00:22:59,964 --> 00:23:02,415 and then DVD. 539 00:23:03,727 --> 00:23:06,385 Welcome to my physical media collection, 540 00:23:06,419 --> 00:23:08,628 my movie room, as I like to call it. 541 00:23:08,663 --> 00:23:11,631 So you can see there, it says Ryan's Movies, 542 00:23:11,666 --> 00:23:13,322 'cause this is kind of my getaway with 543 00:23:13,357 --> 00:23:16,222 all of my physical media, things for me to watch. 544 00:23:16,256 --> 00:23:18,431 So I'll just give you a quick overview 545 00:23:18,466 --> 00:23:22,780 of the kind of things that I collect as a movie collector. 546 00:23:22,815 --> 00:23:24,437 I collect a bit of everything. 547 00:23:24,472 --> 00:23:25,714 We can start off right here. 548 00:23:25,749 --> 00:23:29,960 As you can see, I love VHS tapes. 549 00:23:29,994 --> 00:23:32,583 I don't have too many anymore, but I still have quite a few. 550 00:23:32,618 --> 00:23:35,655 This wall right here is dedicated to my love 551 00:23:35,690 --> 00:23:37,761 for Universal monsters. 552 00:23:37,795 --> 00:23:39,452 And when I was a kid, 553 00:23:40,660 --> 00:23:43,491 I used to mow lawns and I would save up my money each week 554 00:23:43,525 --> 00:23:46,804 to buy a videotape and most of these types here 555 00:23:46,839 --> 00:23:49,255 are my original ones from when I was a kid. 556 00:23:49,289 --> 00:23:52,569 And back then you'd have to go somewhere like Suncoast Video 557 00:23:52,603 --> 00:23:54,640 or something like that to get a tape like this, 558 00:23:54,674 --> 00:23:57,470 and you'd pay $20 or $25 for it. 559 00:23:57,505 --> 00:24:01,992 So kinda some prized pieces in my collection right there. 560 00:24:02,026 --> 00:24:03,476 Not that they're worth money, 561 00:24:03,511 --> 00:24:06,134 but to me they're important, just because, yeah, 562 00:24:06,168 --> 00:24:07,584 I love them so much. 563 00:24:07,618 --> 00:24:09,344 So love that display. 564 00:24:09,378 --> 00:24:12,968 And I even have a closet here that houses a bunch 565 00:24:13,003 --> 00:24:14,211 of my DVDs. 566 00:24:14,245 --> 00:24:15,725 And I have everything kind of sorted, 567 00:24:16,627 --> 00:24:20,355 and you can see in here, this is a kind of drama 568 00:24:20,389 --> 00:24:22,426 and action films, go into sci-fi. 569 00:24:23,634 --> 00:24:26,154 We have some TV series over here, 570 00:24:26,188 --> 00:24:27,638 and then we step in and we have 571 00:24:27,673 --> 00:24:29,295 some comedy films over there. 572 00:24:29,329 --> 00:24:32,505 So yeah, it's kind of just my overflow closet 573 00:24:32,540 --> 00:24:36,716 of movies there, and the main genre that 574 00:24:36,751 --> 00:24:39,512 I probably have the most love for, 575 00:24:39,547 --> 00:24:41,721 definitely have the most love for is horror. 576 00:24:41,756 --> 00:24:44,517 And this whole wall here are horror DVDs 577 00:24:44,552 --> 00:24:47,589 and Blu-rays and they are by... 578 00:24:48,694 --> 00:24:52,180 I kinda categorize things in strange ways. 579 00:24:52,214 --> 00:24:54,803 Just, it's just how I like to do it. 580 00:24:54,838 --> 00:24:57,737 So as you can see here, I've got some tabs, 581 00:24:57,772 --> 00:25:00,775 like little monsters movies, 582 00:25:02,086 --> 00:25:06,194 crocs and gators, or maybe lycanthropes, 583 00:25:06,228 --> 00:25:07,816 like werewolf films. 584 00:25:07,851 --> 00:25:12,856 And you can see up here I've got vampires and yeah, 585 00:25:13,684 --> 00:25:14,651 different things like that. 586 00:25:14,685 --> 00:25:16,584 Snakes, I love. 587 00:25:16,618 --> 00:25:20,726 And we have robots down here, and creepy dolls. 588 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:22,728 Gotta have creepy dolls in your collection. 589 00:25:23,970 --> 00:25:26,248 So I organize things like that. 590 00:25:26,283 --> 00:25:29,735 I also organize things by company, like Full Moon, 591 00:25:29,769 --> 00:25:31,668 which is right here. 592 00:25:31,702 --> 00:25:34,291 So I like organizing things that way, as well. 593 00:25:34,325 --> 00:25:36,086 Moving on over to this wall, 594 00:25:36,120 --> 00:25:40,573 you can see, big fan of Arrow Video and Scream Factory, 595 00:25:40,608 --> 00:25:42,679 which I really think these boutique titles 596 00:25:42,713 --> 00:25:45,854 are what keep physical media collecting alive, 597 00:25:45,889 --> 00:25:47,615 especially for us horror fans. 598 00:25:47,649 --> 00:25:50,376 You can see, we go down into Scream Factory there. 599 00:25:50,410 --> 00:25:53,897 And then yeah, just some other shots here. 600 00:25:53,931 --> 00:25:57,107 Love Steven Spielberg, have all his things separated. 601 00:25:57,141 --> 00:25:59,592 Superhero stuff. 602 00:25:59,627 --> 00:26:02,284 And then some more stuff over here by company, 603 00:26:02,319 --> 00:26:05,633 like Wild Eye Releasing and things like that. 604 00:26:05,667 --> 00:26:08,877 So yeah, I take a lot of pride in how I organize things. 605 00:26:08,912 --> 00:26:11,328 And the cool thing is is it's organized 606 00:26:11,362 --> 00:26:12,709 kind of how I like it. 607 00:26:12,743 --> 00:26:14,100 You know, it's when I come in here 608 00:26:14,124 --> 00:26:17,058 and try to find something, I know exactly where it is, 609 00:26:17,092 --> 00:26:20,509 and you can see some more shelves back here. 610 00:26:20,544 --> 00:26:24,306 Big Godzilla fan. Have all my Godzilla films there. 611 00:26:24,341 --> 00:26:27,516 So here I got the TV series. 612 00:26:27,551 --> 00:26:30,727 It's kind of a ridiculous amount of TV series, 613 00:26:30,761 --> 00:26:33,005 but I feel like, you know, a lot of people 614 00:26:33,039 --> 00:26:36,525 like to stream their shows, but with the explosion 615 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,598 of streaming services, and you never know what show's 616 00:26:39,632 --> 00:26:40,909 going to be on what service, 617 00:26:40,944 --> 00:26:42,186 or it's going to be available. 618 00:26:42,221 --> 00:26:45,534 If you have a show you love, you gotta own 'em. 619 00:26:45,569 --> 00:26:49,366 - So basically we collect a lot of movies. 620 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:54,405 Basically DVDs, Blu-rays 4K, TV shows, movies. 621 00:26:56,476 --> 00:26:57,926 Basically just- - Anything. 622 00:26:57,961 --> 00:26:59,963 All physical media of any kind, you know. 623 00:26:59,997 --> 00:27:02,172 We even collect CDs and comic books. 624 00:27:02,206 --> 00:27:03,932 - And vinyls, still. - Vinyls, yeah. 625 00:27:03,967 --> 00:27:08,972 But our main thing is definitely Blu-rays and DVDs. 626 00:27:12,665 --> 00:27:14,494 You didn't think we were done, did you? 627 00:27:16,013 --> 00:27:18,878 This is the rest of the 4,000 movie collection. 628 00:27:20,017 --> 00:27:21,536 I think most people, you know, 629 00:27:21,570 --> 00:27:24,401 could store 1,000 to 2,000 movies in their house. 630 00:27:24,435 --> 00:27:28,888 When you get to the 4,000 mark, you gotta have some space. 631 00:27:28,923 --> 00:27:30,718 So this is the movie room. 632 00:27:31,719 --> 00:27:33,997 I got DVDs on both walls. 633 00:27:34,031 --> 00:27:36,516 This one and that one. 634 00:27:36,551 --> 00:27:38,173 This is obviously the bigger side, 635 00:27:38,208 --> 00:27:41,418 but this was the original casing that I had for this. 636 00:27:41,452 --> 00:27:44,697 In about 2011, I got this from my grandparents, 637 00:27:44,732 --> 00:27:47,424 and it was only filled up to about halfway. 638 00:27:47,458 --> 00:27:50,841 And now over the about 10 year period, 639 00:27:50,876 --> 00:27:53,844 I've accumulated all this stuff. 640 00:27:53,879 --> 00:27:56,985 It's not a ton, but it's got some gems in there, 641 00:27:57,020 --> 00:27:58,987 so that's what I'm proud of. 642 00:27:59,022 --> 00:28:01,438 I'll go through a couple of titles with you. 643 00:28:01,472 --> 00:28:04,268 This movie right here, first and foremost, 644 00:28:05,649 --> 00:28:08,825 The Evil Dead is the one that started it all. 645 00:28:08,859 --> 00:28:12,173 This is the, this is the one that got me 646 00:28:12,207 --> 00:28:16,280 into the collecting and I wouldn't be here with all this 647 00:28:16,315 --> 00:28:17,557 if it wasn't for this movie. 648 00:28:17,592 --> 00:28:19,042 It's the best movie ever made. 649 00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:22,010 And then eh, I'll just go through. 650 00:28:22,045 --> 00:28:25,393 I usually like the lower budget stuff, 651 00:28:25,427 --> 00:28:28,534 like Death Metal Zombies. 652 00:28:28,568 --> 00:28:30,709 It's not something you see very often. 653 00:28:30,743 --> 00:28:32,065 I'm really excited about that one. 654 00:28:32,089 --> 00:28:33,204 Like having that in the collection. 655 00:28:33,228 --> 00:28:34,713 That's a cool one. 656 00:28:34,747 --> 00:28:38,061 I got a bunch of 'em, especially like when it comes 657 00:28:38,095 --> 00:28:40,270 to Troma, I have a ton of those. 658 00:28:40,304 --> 00:28:42,651 Brain Damage Films, stuff like that. 659 00:28:42,686 --> 00:28:43,791 That's all the good stuff. 660 00:28:43,825 --> 00:28:44,964 Here, get out of here. 661 00:28:46,759 --> 00:28:49,797 And then, yeah, just like this one right here. 662 00:28:49,831 --> 00:28:52,938 This is a really good one. Bone Sickness. 663 00:28:52,972 --> 00:28:56,217 Gotta love that flick, for like gory. 664 00:28:56,251 --> 00:28:58,081 Fun movie. 665 00:28:58,115 --> 00:29:01,049 Blown, about a killer sex doll. 666 00:29:01,084 --> 00:29:04,363 Stuff like this is why I'm in this business. 667 00:29:05,813 --> 00:29:08,436 You know, things like Death Row Diner. 668 00:29:09,782 --> 00:29:11,094 That's a really cool one. 669 00:29:11,128 --> 00:29:13,096 That's actually a boot, but that's okay. 670 00:29:13,130 --> 00:29:14,787 And then one of my favorites that I think 671 00:29:14,822 --> 00:29:16,513 should be in every horror collection, 672 00:29:16,547 --> 00:29:18,687 but it doesn't seem to be talked about enough. 673 00:29:18,722 --> 00:29:19,896 Is Skinned Deep. 674 00:29:19,930 --> 00:29:22,105 This movie right here is one of 675 00:29:22,139 --> 00:29:24,486 the best movies I've ever seen. 676 00:29:26,834 --> 00:29:28,076 Yeah, dude. 677 00:29:28,111 --> 00:29:29,536 It's a crazy one about this guy with 678 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:32,529 a bear trap for a mouth that's killing this family. 679 00:29:32,563 --> 00:29:33,806 It's pretty sick. 680 00:29:33,841 --> 00:29:37,016 But yeah, this is pretty much what it is. 681 00:29:37,051 --> 00:29:39,156 This is my manhood right here. 682 00:29:39,191 --> 00:29:42,125 - There was something of having physical releases for movies 683 00:29:42,159 --> 00:29:43,965 like Scary Movie or Shriek If You Know What I Did 684 00:29:43,989 --> 00:29:46,715 Last Friday the 13th that made me 685 00:29:46,750 --> 00:29:49,649 want to spoof the spoofs, so at 12 years old 686 00:29:49,684 --> 00:29:51,790 I was making movies like Sunday the 15th, 687 00:29:51,824 --> 00:29:54,206 and A Nightmare On My Street. 688 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:57,278 Hand drew the covers for the VHS's 689 00:29:57,312 --> 00:30:01,075 and then poorly designed the DVD covers as well. 690 00:30:01,972 --> 00:30:03,594 But there was something about 691 00:30:04,733 --> 00:30:06,632 the movie not being complete until 692 00:30:06,666 --> 00:30:08,737 it was put in a physical form. 693 00:30:09,911 --> 00:30:12,845 Something like a VHS or a DVD transfer. 694 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:14,996 Being able to throw that on the shelf was almost like, 695 00:30:15,020 --> 00:30:16,676 okay, it's complete, it's done. 696 00:30:16,711 --> 00:30:19,852 - I think physical media will always be around. 697 00:30:19,887 --> 00:30:22,855 There will always be people who want to own something 698 00:30:22,890 --> 00:30:24,684 that they can hold and they can touch 699 00:30:24,719 --> 00:30:27,895 and they can play this movie whenever they want, 700 00:30:27,929 --> 00:30:30,518 and there's no rental of it. 701 00:30:31,415 --> 00:30:32,658 And that's the way I am. 702 00:30:32,692 --> 00:30:34,256 I just feel like, you know, if I wake up 703 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:35,972 at three in the morning and I want to watch 704 00:30:36,006 --> 00:30:39,182 some Italian cannibal movie, I know I've got 'em all 705 00:30:39,216 --> 00:30:40,735 and I can watch whatever I want. 706 00:30:40,769 --> 00:30:43,772 And some of this stuff is not available on streaming. 707 00:30:43,807 --> 00:30:46,258 So there's really no other choice but to own it 708 00:30:46,292 --> 00:30:47,880 if you want to watch it. 709 00:30:47,915 --> 00:30:51,021 And that goes for all the other things that I collect. 710 00:30:51,056 --> 00:30:53,886 It's just kind of putting all these pieces 711 00:30:53,921 --> 00:30:55,405 of a puzzle together for me. 712 00:30:55,439 --> 00:30:58,580 I just want to have complete collections of things. 713 00:30:58,615 --> 00:31:01,549 So I love early 80s horror movies, 714 00:31:01,583 --> 00:31:04,069 and so I want every one of them in my collection 715 00:31:04,103 --> 00:31:05,898 and then I want the soundtrack to them 716 00:31:05,933 --> 00:31:07,796 and then I want the movie poster for them. 717 00:31:07,831 --> 00:31:10,730 So it just kind of really goes back to just 718 00:31:10,765 --> 00:31:13,112 this love of horror that I have, 719 00:31:13,147 --> 00:31:16,391 and by collecting it somehow 720 00:31:18,462 --> 00:31:19,912 is like a little bit of a, 721 00:31:19,947 --> 00:31:22,294 like almost my friends or family to me. 722 00:31:22,328 --> 00:31:25,538 So I will continue doing that. 723 00:31:25,573 --> 00:31:28,403 When it comes to physical media, like what do I collect, 724 00:31:28,438 --> 00:31:33,063 I pretty much mainly focus on DVDs, Blu-rays and 4K. 725 00:31:33,098 --> 00:31:36,446 I'm very much into collecting different types 726 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:37,723 of cinematic media. 727 00:31:37,757 --> 00:31:41,278 I'm big into the history of different types 728 00:31:41,313 --> 00:31:42,624 of cinematic media. 729 00:31:42,659 --> 00:31:46,905 Anything that a studio put their property on 730 00:31:46,939 --> 00:31:49,735 to release it to public, whether it was in like a, 731 00:31:49,769 --> 00:31:50,919 kind of more of a toys sort of form, 732 00:31:50,943 --> 00:31:52,393 like the Fisher-Price movie viewer, 733 00:31:52,427 --> 00:31:53,635 or something like that, 734 00:31:53,670 --> 00:31:56,086 or, you know something like 4K or Blu-ray 735 00:31:56,121 --> 00:31:58,261 or something like that. 736 00:31:58,295 --> 00:32:00,573 So I'm very much into collecting that kind of stuff. 737 00:32:00,608 --> 00:32:02,955 In fact, I'm so much into collecting that kind of stuff 738 00:32:02,990 --> 00:32:06,269 that I built myself kind of a little museum down here, 739 00:32:06,303 --> 00:32:08,409 three display cases full of I believe, 740 00:32:08,443 --> 00:32:12,516 there are 41 different types of cinematic media in here, 741 00:32:12,551 --> 00:32:14,173 ranging from, you know, again, 742 00:32:14,208 --> 00:32:17,936 the typical stuff, DVDs, Blu-rays, 4Ks, LaserDiscs, 743 00:32:17,970 --> 00:32:20,697 to things like Video 8, 744 00:32:20,731 --> 00:32:23,734 VCC, which was like a German type of format. 745 00:32:24,632 --> 00:32:25,840 Betam, HD DVDs. 746 00:32:25,874 --> 00:32:27,093 I don't even know what else is in here. 747 00:32:27,117 --> 00:32:28,705 PVD. 748 00:32:28,739 --> 00:32:30,293 UMD. 749 00:32:30,327 --> 00:32:34,297 There is CBHD, which was China's, like, answer to Blu-ray 750 00:32:34,331 --> 00:32:36,437 in the beginning of the whole format war. 751 00:32:36,471 --> 00:32:39,647 There is HD VMD, which was another sort of 752 00:32:40,889 --> 00:32:43,858 competitor between Blu-ray and HD DVD 753 00:32:43,892 --> 00:32:46,619 that never actually, really technically got a release, 754 00:32:46,654 --> 00:32:49,174 but I have some of those. 755 00:32:49,208 --> 00:32:51,221 So that, again, that's something I'm very much into, 756 00:32:51,245 --> 00:32:54,558 is just the history of cinematic media. 757 00:32:54,593 --> 00:32:56,181 I love all these different formats. 758 00:32:56,215 --> 00:32:58,114 Some of them, you know, were very successful. 759 00:32:58,148 --> 00:33:01,496 Some of them were obviously complete failures, 760 00:33:01,531 --> 00:33:04,499 and some of them like things, for instance, 761 00:33:06,087 --> 00:33:10,022 like super bit DVDs kind of were precursors to Blu-rays 762 00:33:10,057 --> 00:33:12,231 and even 3D DVDs were precursors to 3D Blu-rays. 763 00:33:16,201 --> 00:33:18,030 So all kinds of cool stuff like that. 764 00:33:18,065 --> 00:33:19,663 So, again, that's something I'm very much, 765 00:33:19,687 --> 00:33:22,345 very much into is just the, the collecting 766 00:33:22,379 --> 00:33:23,863 of cinematic medias. 767 00:33:23,898 --> 00:33:27,936 - I've been collecting physical media since I was a kid. 768 00:33:29,697 --> 00:33:32,286 Little Mermaid was one of my first VHS's, 769 00:33:33,873 --> 00:33:37,084 and the box had a hidden little penis on it. 770 00:33:37,118 --> 00:33:39,155 I hadn't noticed that until I was an adult. 771 00:33:39,189 --> 00:33:42,054 And Home Alone, my VHS's, god, 772 00:33:42,089 --> 00:33:44,056 they've got so much wear and tear. 773 00:33:44,091 --> 00:33:47,680 I collected every Disney movie in the clam shell cases, 774 00:33:47,715 --> 00:33:49,234 so those were really cool. 775 00:33:49,268 --> 00:33:50,614 I loved having those. 776 00:33:50,649 --> 00:33:55,033 And when DVDs came out, I started getting everything. 777 00:33:55,067 --> 00:33:58,243 I re-bought everything I already had on VHS. 778 00:33:59,554 --> 00:34:03,248 It was so fun when they would put seasons of TV shows out, 779 00:34:03,282 --> 00:34:04,559 like shows that I missed, 780 00:34:04,594 --> 00:34:07,114 and it was such a great way to catch up. 781 00:34:07,148 --> 00:34:08,574 I like to collect a bunch of different media, 782 00:34:08,598 --> 00:34:13,258 including VHS, LaserDisc, DVD, HD DVD, UMD, 783 00:34:13,292 --> 00:34:17,331 VCD, movie CD, then Blu-ray, 4K, 784 00:34:19,643 --> 00:34:22,094 I even have some 16 millimeter, 35 millimeter, 785 00:34:22,129 --> 00:34:22,922 as you can see behind- 786 00:34:22,957 --> 00:34:24,579 Oh my God! There's more? 787 00:34:25,994 --> 00:34:29,239 There's a lot of stuff. 788 00:34:29,274 --> 00:34:31,828 My earliest recollection, as far as starting 789 00:34:31,862 --> 00:34:34,417 to buy physical media was back in 2008 790 00:34:34,451 --> 00:34:37,213 when I first started working at Blockbuster. 791 00:34:37,247 --> 00:34:39,939 I remember there was like the popular movies 792 00:34:39,974 --> 00:34:41,493 they would get in stacks. 793 00:34:41,527 --> 00:34:44,254 And once a movie was not as popular anymore, 794 00:34:44,289 --> 00:34:46,118 they would make like a big, 795 00:34:46,153 --> 00:34:48,224 like a bin in the middle of the store 796 00:34:48,258 --> 00:34:49,915 with like a bunch of movies in there 797 00:34:49,949 --> 00:34:53,677 that were either I think three for $15 for the popular ones, 798 00:34:53,712 --> 00:34:58,717 and I think five for $25, I think, 799 00:34:59,545 --> 00:35:01,168 for the less popular ones. 800 00:35:01,202 --> 00:35:03,422 Maybe the pricing is probably way off, but I remember that, 801 00:35:03,446 --> 00:35:06,932 and I first watched Repo! The Genetic Opera 802 00:35:06,966 --> 00:35:08,934 for the first time and it blew my mind 803 00:35:08,968 --> 00:35:13,352 and I saw it in that stack of, I think three for $15, 804 00:35:13,387 --> 00:35:15,251 or whatever, however much it was. 805 00:35:15,285 --> 00:35:17,011 And I was like, I need to own this 806 00:35:17,045 --> 00:35:19,462 because I want to be able to revisit this movie 807 00:35:19,496 --> 00:35:20,566 whenever I want. 808 00:35:22,465 --> 00:35:25,985 So getting that meant I have to get two other ones, 809 00:35:26,020 --> 00:35:28,988 and I honestly don't remember what the other two were, 810 00:35:29,023 --> 00:35:32,992 but that's my earliest recollection of buying DVDs 811 00:35:34,477 --> 00:35:37,618 and starting a collection. 812 00:35:37,652 --> 00:35:40,138 As you can see behind me, I have quite a few VHS 813 00:35:40,172 --> 00:35:43,279 and then over here on my left, I have quite a few DVDs. 814 00:35:43,313 --> 00:35:46,834 Upstairs I also have, you know, quite the assortment 815 00:35:46,868 --> 00:35:48,491 of Blue-rays, too. 816 00:35:48,525 --> 00:35:50,182 Over here, off screen, you can't see, 817 00:35:50,217 --> 00:35:53,875 but I do have a bunch of, a bunch of LaserDiscs. 818 00:35:53,910 --> 00:35:55,705 - Physical media that I collect, 819 00:35:57,569 --> 00:36:01,504 mostly Blu-rays and DVDs. 820 00:36:01,538 --> 00:36:05,404 But if they don't have on Blu-rays, 821 00:36:05,439 --> 00:36:08,338 then I got to just buy on DVDs. 822 00:36:08,373 --> 00:36:13,171 But I also have some VHS and I also have 4K. 823 00:36:14,413 --> 00:36:19,522 So I pretty much collect Blu-rays, DVDs, 4K and VHS. 824 00:36:20,523 --> 00:36:22,007 VHS will always be my favorite format, 825 00:36:22,041 --> 00:36:23,595 my favorite physical media. 826 00:36:23,629 --> 00:36:25,390 Don't get me wrong, I love Blu-rays, 827 00:36:25,424 --> 00:36:29,325 I adore Blue-rays and DVDs because of the special features. 828 00:36:29,359 --> 00:36:30,740 They're amazing. 829 00:36:30,774 --> 00:36:33,536 But I mean, with me, I'll try and get film on every format. 830 00:36:33,570 --> 00:36:35,572 So if I, you know, I'll get it on VHS, 831 00:36:35,607 --> 00:36:39,542 I'll get it on Blu-ray, I'll get it on DVD, even 4K, 832 00:36:39,576 --> 00:36:41,337 you know, because you love that film so much. 833 00:36:41,371 --> 00:36:42,579 You want every edition. 834 00:36:42,614 --> 00:36:44,236 And nowadays with slip covers 835 00:36:44,271 --> 00:36:46,342 and holographic covers and SteelBooks, 836 00:36:46,376 --> 00:36:49,690 you know, I think collectors like myself, 837 00:36:49,724 --> 00:36:53,349 just want every available format of their favorite films. 838 00:36:53,383 --> 00:36:55,040 Obviously I'm kind of also going for 839 00:36:55,074 --> 00:36:59,251 like a video store set up with the Blu-ray marques, 840 00:36:59,286 --> 00:37:00,977 which I got from a MovieStop 841 00:37:01,011 --> 00:37:02,565 that was closing down in Orlando. 842 00:37:02,599 --> 00:37:05,361 As well as some security cases, 843 00:37:05,395 --> 00:37:09,261 just in case those pesky teens want to try 844 00:37:09,296 --> 00:37:11,815 and steal run, run past my metal detector. 845 00:37:11,850 --> 00:37:14,059 Not this time. 846 00:37:14,093 --> 00:37:15,474 So this is the collection. 847 00:37:15,509 --> 00:37:19,375 I pretty much collect DVDs, Blu-rays, 848 00:37:19,409 --> 00:37:22,447 4Ks, 3D Blu-rays. 849 00:37:23,448 --> 00:37:25,381 I have a couple of the LaserDiscs, 850 00:37:25,415 --> 00:37:29,419 VHS and Beta as well. 851 00:37:29,454 --> 00:37:31,604 And I've always been a huge collector of physical media. 852 00:37:31,628 --> 00:37:33,561 It's always been something that I've been into. 853 00:37:33,596 --> 00:37:37,565 And I started, you know, I saw someone on YouTube, though, 854 00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:39,474 showing a video of just showing like their collection. 855 00:37:39,498 --> 00:37:41,466 Their movies were all throughout their house 856 00:37:41,500 --> 00:37:42,650 and their drawers and everything. 857 00:37:42,674 --> 00:37:44,676 And that's what kind of inspired me 858 00:37:44,710 --> 00:37:46,609 to show my collection online. 859 00:37:46,643 --> 00:37:48,783 I do a weekly video series 860 00:37:48,818 --> 00:37:50,440 on the YouTube channel, coolduder, 861 00:37:50,475 --> 00:37:53,132 and I basically go out every Tuesday to, you know, 862 00:37:53,167 --> 00:37:55,445 Target, Best Buy, Walmart, the main stores 863 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:57,930 and go around and show the new releases. 864 00:37:57,965 --> 00:38:00,208 And then in my video as well, I, you know, 865 00:38:00,243 --> 00:38:02,970 review and talk about the titles that have come out 866 00:38:03,004 --> 00:38:04,454 and I give my opinions on them. 867 00:38:04,489 --> 00:38:06,432 I'll talk about the Blu-rays and all that kind of stuff. 868 00:38:06,456 --> 00:38:10,529 But I actually started doing YouTube video reviews 869 00:38:10,564 --> 00:38:14,533 I think around 2006, when, I think 2006, 2007, 870 00:38:14,568 --> 00:38:16,949 I believe it was 2007 when I first started. 871 00:38:16,984 --> 00:38:19,193 And I started posting though, you know, 872 00:38:19,227 --> 00:38:20,505 videos showing my collection. 873 00:38:20,539 --> 00:38:22,990 I did a whole video just going around my whole collection 874 00:38:23,024 --> 00:38:24,612 showing all the things that I had. 875 00:38:24,647 --> 00:38:26,521 And it started getting a lot of attention online 876 00:38:26,545 --> 00:38:28,513 and everybody seemed to really like it. 877 00:38:28,547 --> 00:38:29,559 And, you know, and I realized 878 00:38:29,583 --> 00:38:31,516 that there was a huge community of DVD 879 00:38:31,550 --> 00:38:33,656 and collectors out there that wanted to 880 00:38:33,690 --> 00:38:35,451 see people's collection. 881 00:38:35,485 --> 00:38:38,316 So then from there I started doing videos called 882 00:38:38,350 --> 00:38:39,903 My DVD Collection Update, 883 00:38:39,938 --> 00:38:42,527 and I basically was doing those every single two weeks. 884 00:38:42,561 --> 00:38:45,668 And it was me going and, you know, showing, you know, 885 00:38:45,702 --> 00:38:48,187 the new movies that I picked up over the last two weeks. 886 00:38:48,222 --> 00:38:50,673 And I would just basically hold the movies up, 887 00:38:50,707 --> 00:38:52,064 I would talk a little bit about them, 888 00:38:52,088 --> 00:38:53,997 say if I thought they were good or worth picking up 889 00:38:54,021 --> 00:38:55,516 and what I thought about them and all that kind of stuff. 890 00:38:55,540 --> 00:38:59,682 And I, you know, continued on doing those until today 891 00:38:59,716 --> 00:39:01,269 and I'm still doing them now. 892 00:39:01,304 --> 00:39:03,375 Doing videos every single Tuesday, 893 00:39:03,410 --> 00:39:05,377 going and showing the new releases that came out, 894 00:39:05,412 --> 00:39:06,827 going to the stores, you know, 895 00:39:06,861 --> 00:39:08,563 showing the, you know, exclusive additions. 896 00:39:08,587 --> 00:39:10,082 'Cause that's the one thing that I really feel like 897 00:39:10,106 --> 00:39:12,039 really keeps physical media alive. 898 00:39:13,212 --> 00:39:15,525 - I promised myself when Blue-ray came out, 899 00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:18,390 that I wouldn't buy every single horror movie on Blue-ray, 900 00:39:18,425 --> 00:39:21,393 but unfortunately, I am falling victim 901 00:39:21,428 --> 00:39:25,742 because there's so much cool stuff coming out on Blu-ray. 902 00:39:30,782 --> 00:39:32,542 They're just falling everywhere. 903 00:39:33,716 --> 00:39:35,718 And I got hundreds more upstairs. 904 00:39:35,752 --> 00:39:37,547 Savage Streets. 905 00:39:37,582 --> 00:39:41,551 You guys know this is Linda Blair movie, from Code Red. 906 00:39:41,586 --> 00:39:43,864 It's out of print, with slip cover, 907 00:39:43,898 --> 00:39:46,280 and she signed it. 908 00:39:46,314 --> 00:39:47,902 So this is pretty cool. 909 00:39:47,937 --> 00:39:49,628 I flipped it, I flipped the cover. 910 00:39:49,663 --> 00:39:51,734 But this is pretty cool, she signed it, 911 00:39:51,768 --> 00:39:53,321 so the prices went up. 912 00:39:54,599 --> 00:39:56,532 Right now, rent any movie from Blockbuster 913 00:39:56,566 --> 00:39:59,431 and you get a kid's film absolutely free. 914 00:39:59,466 --> 00:40:00,881 Great news for grown-ups. 915 00:40:00,915 --> 00:40:02,607 Make it a Blockbuster night. 916 00:40:02,641 --> 00:40:05,541 I want to talk about a couple of releases, you know, 917 00:40:05,575 --> 00:40:09,648 while we, you know, while I have the platform. 918 00:40:09,683 --> 00:40:12,962 First one here, Weekend of Horror 919 00:40:12,996 --> 00:40:15,723 is the Fangoria horror convention. 920 00:40:15,758 --> 00:40:18,795 You know, being someone that, you know, 921 00:40:18,830 --> 00:40:20,832 occasionally does attend horror conventions, 922 00:40:20,866 --> 00:40:25,733 This is just so, this is the epitome of nostalgia. 923 00:40:25,768 --> 00:40:29,496 This is, I'm very happy to have this in my collection, 924 00:40:29,530 --> 00:40:32,568 but this was only released on VHS, 925 00:40:32,602 --> 00:40:34,673 beautiful, beautiful cover art. 926 00:40:35,674 --> 00:40:37,435 You know, it's just, it's just something 927 00:40:37,469 --> 00:40:39,678 that I really, really enjoy, you know, having, 928 00:40:40,783 --> 00:40:44,580 owning and put out by Media, 929 00:40:44,614 --> 00:40:47,686 distributed in 1986, you know, 930 00:40:47,721 --> 00:40:49,826 it's just one of those really cool pieces. 931 00:40:51,518 --> 00:40:52,657 This is kind of interesting. 932 00:40:52,691 --> 00:40:54,486 I found this at a Goodwill. 933 00:40:54,521 --> 00:40:57,696 This is a edited version of Moral Combat. 934 00:40:57,731 --> 00:40:59,802 There's a couple of other films like this 935 00:40:59,836 --> 00:41:02,149 that are edited versions of, you know, 936 00:41:02,183 --> 00:41:05,773 films that could easily, you know, 937 00:41:05,808 --> 00:41:09,605 be PG if like, you know, one curse word was taken out 938 00:41:09,639 --> 00:41:12,124 or, you know, like I dunno, 939 00:41:12,159 --> 00:41:15,473 a scene with a scantily clad lady was edited out, 940 00:41:15,507 --> 00:41:17,785 but I thought that this was really neat. 941 00:41:17,820 --> 00:41:22,341 The idea of seeing a family version of Mortal Kombat 942 00:41:22,376 --> 00:41:23,653 kind of struck me as funny. 943 00:41:25,172 --> 00:41:27,623 I mentioned that I liked to collect cartoons. 944 00:41:27,657 --> 00:41:30,488 Mighty Max is something I grew up watching, 945 00:41:30,522 --> 00:41:34,802 and I have a couple different episodes of Mighty Max on VHS, 946 00:41:34,837 --> 00:41:38,254 but it's never been released to DVD, 947 00:41:38,288 --> 00:41:40,636 I rarely ever see these tapes, 948 00:41:40,670 --> 00:41:43,708 and that's just something I really enjoy, 949 00:41:43,742 --> 00:41:45,364 you know, watching. 950 00:41:45,399 --> 00:41:47,170 I collected the toys, you know, watched the show. 951 00:41:47,194 --> 00:41:48,782 I believe it was on UPN. 952 00:41:50,128 --> 00:41:51,405 Pretty nostalgia. 953 00:41:51,439 --> 00:41:53,234 Pretty nostalgic. 954 00:41:53,269 --> 00:41:55,823 Another one that I grew up watching 955 00:41:55,858 --> 00:41:57,687 that I had a really hard time finding. 956 00:41:58,792 --> 00:42:00,379 Found this in a Facebook group. 957 00:42:00,414 --> 00:42:01,898 This is a Masked Rider. 958 00:42:01,933 --> 00:42:05,212 This is a failed Power Rangers spinoff. 959 00:42:05,246 --> 00:42:07,870 This was supposed to be basically 960 00:42:07,904 --> 00:42:10,666 America's version of Common Rider. 961 00:42:10,700 --> 00:42:13,254 And this is actually sealed. 962 00:42:13,289 --> 00:42:16,085 I haven't watched it yet, 963 00:42:16,119 --> 00:42:20,883 but this was a special two part mini series 964 00:42:20,917 --> 00:42:23,851 that I remember thinking as a kid, 965 00:42:23,886 --> 00:42:26,129 that this was so cool because, you know, 966 00:42:26,164 --> 00:42:27,924 Power Rangers are cool, therefore anything 967 00:42:27,959 --> 00:42:29,857 that's similar to Power Rangers is cool. 968 00:42:29,892 --> 00:42:33,723 So of course Saban's Masked Rider, you know, 969 00:42:33,758 --> 00:42:35,967 is definitely cool. 970 00:42:36,001 --> 00:42:38,348 And then last but not least, 971 00:42:39,522 --> 00:42:40,913 whenever I first got into collecting, 972 00:42:40,937 --> 00:42:43,112 this was one of my holy grails, 973 00:42:43,146 --> 00:42:46,046 and I just randomly found it at Goodwill one day. 974 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:48,289 This is a cartoon. 975 00:42:48,324 --> 00:42:50,706 It's called Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue, 976 00:42:50,740 --> 00:42:52,915 and what this is is basically a PSA 977 00:42:52,949 --> 00:42:55,020 with all of your favorite cartoon characters, 978 00:42:57,264 --> 00:42:58,748 telling you not to do drugs. 979 00:42:58,783 --> 00:43:02,787 So basically it's just a huge, like DARE video 980 00:43:02,821 --> 00:43:06,169 put out by McDonald's and Disney. 981 00:43:06,204 --> 00:43:08,827 It's funny 'cause it says Buena Vista rather than Disney. 982 00:43:08,862 --> 00:43:12,624 Primarily Blu-ray, 4K in SteelBook form, 983 00:43:12,659 --> 00:43:13,659 if it's available. 984 00:43:16,007 --> 00:43:18,734 And now I'm starting to get into media books, so, 985 00:43:18,768 --> 00:43:20,149 look out bank account. 986 00:43:20,183 --> 00:43:23,911 SteelBooks are my favorite physical media of all time, 987 00:43:23,946 --> 00:43:25,603 especially the ones with lenticular. 988 00:43:25,637 --> 00:43:26,949 I like lenticular SteelBooks. 989 00:43:26,983 --> 00:43:29,848 You can't pass up on the linticularness 990 00:43:29,883 --> 00:43:30,849 on a still book. 991 00:43:30,884 --> 00:43:33,334 That is my ultimate combination right there. 992 00:43:33,369 --> 00:43:36,165 Just combine both of them together, equals heaven. 993 00:43:36,199 --> 00:43:39,375 It's heaven for me. I absolutely love it. 994 00:43:39,409 --> 00:43:41,342 So Blu-rays and SteelBooks, 995 00:43:41,377 --> 00:43:44,794 4K SteelBooks, lenticular SteelBooks, it doesn't matter. 996 00:43:44,829 --> 00:43:46,382 Just give me a SteelBook 997 00:43:46,416 --> 00:43:49,454 because most of the time I just love their cover artwork. 998 00:43:49,488 --> 00:43:50,282 I love the feel of them. 999 00:43:50,317 --> 00:43:52,284 They're very different. 1000 00:43:52,319 --> 00:43:55,287 So I collect LaserDiscs. 1001 00:43:55,322 --> 00:44:00,051 LaserDiscs are a optical video format 1002 00:44:01,328 --> 00:44:05,228 that was primarily popular in Asia. 1003 00:44:06,747 --> 00:44:11,165 It was introduced in the 70s and it lasted way up until 1004 00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:14,341 the early 2000s was when the last disc was produced. 1005 00:44:14,375 --> 00:44:18,586 So in some arguments you could make a strong argument 1006 00:44:18,621 --> 00:44:21,831 to say that LaserDisc has been the longest 1007 00:44:21,866 --> 00:44:24,696 lived media format of all time. 1008 00:44:24,731 --> 00:44:28,493 Like what, what has lasted longer than 30 years? 1009 00:44:28,527 --> 00:44:29,527 I don't know. 1010 00:44:31,565 --> 00:44:32,739 But it looks like this. 1011 00:44:32,773 --> 00:44:34,095 Let's take a look, let's pull it out of here. 1012 00:44:34,119 --> 00:44:37,364 We got a little LA Story with Steve Martin, great movie. 1013 00:44:37,398 --> 00:44:39,538 It looks a lot like a record, 1014 00:44:40,747 --> 00:44:43,025 and that's kinda what drew me to it 1015 00:44:43,059 --> 00:44:46,960 because I have sort of a fascination with 12 inch discs. 1016 00:44:48,547 --> 00:44:52,448 I'm also a DJ, and so I have a large record collection 1017 00:44:52,482 --> 00:44:54,588 and these, and I'm also, you know, 1018 00:44:54,622 --> 00:44:56,107 really into movies, and this seemed 1019 00:44:56,141 --> 00:44:58,281 like a natural progression. 1020 00:44:58,316 --> 00:45:02,596 Now, most folks, when they get into collecting LaserDiscs, 1021 00:45:02,630 --> 00:45:07,635 they do out of motivation to acquire one of two things: 1022 00:45:08,878 --> 00:45:11,122 one, the original Star Wars trilogy. 1023 00:45:13,918 --> 00:45:15,920 The original Star Wars trilogy, 1024 00:45:15,954 --> 00:45:18,957 without any of the special edition, 1025 00:45:18,992 --> 00:45:20,925 stepping on Jabba's tail 1026 00:45:20,959 --> 00:45:24,963 or the Cantina singing monster lady, 1027 00:45:24,998 --> 00:45:29,416 all of that stuff that Lucas did to it 1028 00:45:29,450 --> 00:45:33,489 to like sort of put some, 1029 00:45:33,523 --> 00:45:35,940 put some extra sauce on the movie. 1030 00:45:37,148 --> 00:45:38,943 It's the only way you can get that 1031 00:45:38,977 --> 00:45:43,395 without those additions and in the highest possible quality. 1032 00:45:43,430 --> 00:45:46,571 All right guys, so this is my physical media collection. 1033 00:45:46,605 --> 00:45:48,987 It begins with my 4K UHDs, 1034 00:45:49,022 --> 00:45:52,473 which I own approximately 150 titles on right now. 1035 00:45:52,508 --> 00:45:53,889 It's the newest format, 1036 00:45:53,923 --> 00:45:56,029 the smallest format in my collection. 1037 00:45:57,513 --> 00:46:00,274 Most of what's here are either SteelBooks or upgrades 1038 00:46:00,309 --> 00:46:02,311 I was able to get for a really good price 1039 00:46:02,345 --> 00:46:04,623 to upgrade my Blu-ray or DVD. 1040 00:46:05,797 --> 00:46:07,972 Like I said, all sorts of SteelBooks. 1041 00:46:08,006 --> 00:46:10,422 And then on the bottom, we have DVDs. 1042 00:46:10,457 --> 00:46:12,114 There's spillover from my other shelf 1043 00:46:12,148 --> 00:46:14,841 as well as some video games. 1044 00:46:14,875 --> 00:46:17,291 And you guys can tell by the top shelf, 1045 00:46:17,326 --> 00:46:19,293 I am a bit of a Back to the Future fan. 1046 00:46:19,328 --> 00:46:21,640 Probably one of my top five movies of all time, 1047 00:46:21,675 --> 00:46:25,506 so I have some back to the future pieces in my collection. 1048 00:46:25,541 --> 00:46:27,992 Then we move on to the Blue-rays, 1049 00:46:28,026 --> 00:46:30,788 and if you guys couldn't tell by the shirt, 1050 00:46:30,822 --> 00:46:31,996 I am a Blu-ray snob. 1051 00:46:32,030 --> 00:46:33,963 It is my favorite format. 1052 00:46:33,998 --> 00:46:36,103 Superior sound and picture in my opinion, 1053 00:46:36,138 --> 00:46:38,830 over DVD, over VHS. 1054 00:46:38,865 --> 00:46:43,835 So I have approximately 1,950 Blu-rays in my collection. 1055 00:46:45,250 --> 00:46:46,527 All sorts of stuff. 1056 00:46:46,562 --> 00:46:49,979 I have DigiBooks, Streetcar Named Desire. 1057 00:46:50,014 --> 00:46:52,050 A lot of SteelBooks, probably a couple hundred 1058 00:46:52,085 --> 00:46:53,396 at this point. 1059 00:46:53,431 --> 00:46:56,537 This is La La Land, my Manta Lab SteelBook, numbered to 700. 1060 00:46:56,572 --> 00:46:59,057 One of my favorites in my collection. 1061 00:46:59,092 --> 00:47:01,232 Freaks and Geeks, I have numerous TV series, 1062 00:47:01,266 --> 00:47:04,476 this probably being one of my favorite I own. 1063 00:47:04,511 --> 00:47:06,582 Mini SteelBooks. There's Hobbs and Shaw. 1064 00:47:06,616 --> 00:47:09,827 I have a few other mini SteelBooks on the top here, 1065 00:47:09,861 --> 00:47:12,968 along with a DVD screener of La La Land, 1066 00:47:13,002 --> 00:47:15,729 VHS screener copy of Rounders 1067 00:47:15,763 --> 00:47:17,041 and a DIVX copy of Rounders. 1068 00:47:17,075 --> 00:47:19,560 Rounders is my favorite movie of all time. 1069 00:47:19,595 --> 00:47:22,322 And then some other collectors editions here. 1070 00:47:22,356 --> 00:47:24,048 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1071 00:47:24,082 --> 00:47:26,188 Goonies, The Planet of the Apes head, 1072 00:47:26,222 --> 00:47:29,191 the Home Alone tin, Big Labowski, 1073 00:47:29,225 --> 00:47:31,710 the bowling ball, all sorts of stuff. 1074 00:47:31,745 --> 00:47:34,679 A UK Back to the Future VHS. 1075 00:47:34,713 --> 00:47:37,889 And then last but not least is the DVDs. 1076 00:47:37,924 --> 00:47:41,893 Approximately 350 DVDs in my collection. 1077 00:47:41,928 --> 00:47:43,101 A lot of what's here is stuff 1078 00:47:43,136 --> 00:47:45,069 that was never released to Blu-ray, 1079 00:47:45,103 --> 00:47:46,518 or stuff that is out of print, 1080 00:47:46,553 --> 00:47:49,176 extremely expensive on Blu-ray 1081 00:47:49,211 --> 00:47:51,592 that I would like to upgrade to at some point, 1082 00:47:51,627 --> 00:47:53,111 but at least I own it physically 1083 00:47:53,146 --> 00:47:56,908 on some format so I can watch it at any point in time. 1084 00:47:56,943 --> 00:47:59,704 And that's it for the media collection, guys. 1085 00:47:59,738 --> 00:48:04,743 My collection is maybe 1100 discs, 1086 00:48:05,952 --> 00:48:07,954 or 1100 movies, Rather. 1087 00:48:09,679 --> 00:48:12,199 I probably watch one a week, 1088 00:48:12,234 --> 00:48:14,098 I would say is kind of what the average is. 1089 00:48:14,132 --> 00:48:15,651 I haven't watched them all. 1090 00:48:15,685 --> 00:48:18,136 I don't think I ever will because there's a bunch of crap, 1091 00:48:18,171 --> 00:48:19,493 but there's also some amazing stuff. 1092 00:48:19,517 --> 00:48:24,246 - Some of the physical media that I collect includes vinyls. 1093 00:48:24,280 --> 00:48:26,938 Most of them that I love are soundtrack vinyls. 1094 00:48:26,973 --> 00:48:29,147 Some of my favorites, Romeo and Juliet, 1095 00:48:29,182 --> 00:48:30,562 Baz Luhrmann, love this one. 1096 00:48:30,597 --> 00:48:32,633 Lots of Radiohead. 1097 00:48:32,668 --> 00:48:35,050 We have, this is controversial, 1098 00:48:35,084 --> 00:48:37,259 31, Rob Zombie. 1099 00:48:37,293 --> 00:48:39,606 Great film and a lot of them I think 1100 00:48:39,640 --> 00:48:43,575 have like a nostalgia vibe like physical media does. 1101 00:48:43,610 --> 00:48:46,578 Batman which is pretty telling. 1102 00:48:46,613 --> 00:48:47,831 Vinyls are a little bit different 1103 00:48:47,855 --> 00:48:49,823 in why people actually collect them, 1104 00:48:49,857 --> 00:48:53,102 unlike VHS and like DVDs and things like that. 1105 00:48:53,137 --> 00:48:56,692 It's not like the quality is kept in that product 1106 00:48:56,726 --> 00:48:59,591 or that piece of media, but vinyls have superior quality 1107 00:48:59,626 --> 00:49:02,491 to CDs or, you know, streaming music online 1108 00:49:02,525 --> 00:49:04,182 on Spotify or Pandora. 1109 00:49:05,459 --> 00:49:07,461 So I feel like this is really justified 1110 00:49:07,496 --> 00:49:09,256 and I feel like people have to collect 1111 00:49:09,291 --> 00:49:11,293 these kinds of things, and they're such treasures. 1112 00:49:11,327 --> 00:49:13,364 I love when they do limited edition vinyls. 1113 00:49:13,398 --> 00:49:14,986 I have a great one on Us, 1114 00:49:15,021 --> 00:49:17,989 which I'll pull out in a sec, which is beautiful. 1115 00:49:18,024 --> 00:49:20,095 And it's, it's just such a cool thing 1116 00:49:20,129 --> 00:49:21,648 to have in your house. 1117 00:49:21,682 --> 00:49:23,143 Something that you can actually chuck on 1118 00:49:23,167 --> 00:49:25,790 and have that whole experience with. 1119 00:49:25,824 --> 00:49:28,379 I love my Alien films as well, so I've got this one. 1120 00:49:28,413 --> 00:49:29,666 And then you've got the classics, 1121 00:49:29,690 --> 00:49:31,969 like you know, Rosemary's Baby, 1122 00:49:32,003 --> 00:49:35,213 which are very much all about that signature score, 1123 00:49:36,352 --> 00:49:37,215 which I love this one for. 1124 00:49:37,250 --> 00:49:39,493 And I also have Elephant Man, 1125 00:49:39,528 --> 00:49:41,012 which I bought this one secondhand. 1126 00:49:41,047 --> 00:49:43,152 I think secondhand media is really cool. 1127 00:49:43,187 --> 00:49:44,498 The fact that you can, 1128 00:49:44,533 --> 00:49:47,467 the fact that people are recycling and reusing media 1129 00:49:47,501 --> 00:49:49,848 and it just goes to a new, loving home is really cool, 1130 00:49:49,883 --> 00:49:51,816 and I love this film. 1131 00:50:08,384 --> 00:50:13,389 As mentioned, one of my favorite of vinyls is Us. 1132 00:50:14,873 --> 00:50:16,910 I loved this original score, and it really shows. 1133 00:50:16,944 --> 00:50:18,504 Even though it isn't a nostalgia factor 1134 00:50:18,532 --> 00:50:20,638 to have physical media, this is new. 1135 00:50:21,777 --> 00:50:22,926 Yeah, it went through a little bit 1136 00:50:22,950 --> 00:50:24,849 of a rough and tumble, but it's new. 1137 00:50:24,883 --> 00:50:27,058 And it's something that I treasure so much 1138 00:50:27,093 --> 00:50:29,278 just to have in my possession, just to put on the shelf 1139 00:50:29,302 --> 00:50:31,338 and look at, let alone listen to, 1140 00:50:31,373 --> 00:50:32,891 but what I really love about this 1141 00:50:32,926 --> 00:50:35,170 is it's a limited edition release 1142 00:50:35,204 --> 00:50:36,723 and they just go through so much work 1143 00:50:36,757 --> 00:50:40,347 to make it so beautiful and it put so much effort into it. 1144 00:50:40,382 --> 00:50:41,876 So owning something like this just adds 1145 00:50:41,900 --> 00:50:43,937 to the whole experience of the film, 1146 00:50:43,971 --> 00:50:46,077 which you don't think that anything can add to it, 1147 00:50:46,112 --> 00:50:48,459 but owning stuff sometimes does. 1148 00:50:48,493 --> 00:50:50,299 Some of the movie vinyls that I absolutely love 1149 00:50:50,323 --> 00:50:53,429 include Phantom of the Opera, which I'm obsessed with. 1150 00:50:53,464 --> 00:50:56,777 And another one is The Babadook, which I love so much 1151 00:50:56,812 --> 00:50:58,572 and you should see the actual vinyl. 1152 00:50:59,470 --> 00:51:01,334 How insane is that? 1153 00:51:04,406 --> 00:51:05,717 And if that wasn't enough, 1154 00:51:05,752 --> 00:51:08,444 it's also a pop-up book, which I love. 1155 00:51:08,479 --> 00:51:10,895 They put so much love and care into this, 1156 00:51:10,929 --> 00:51:14,071 and it's just going so great that the fans can hold onto. 1157 00:51:14,105 --> 00:51:16,211 Some of my earliest memories of being a kid 1158 00:51:16,245 --> 00:51:20,146 was going into a VHS store and actually seeing the posters 1159 00:51:20,180 --> 00:51:22,493 of the films and not being able to read the blurbs 1160 00:51:22,527 --> 00:51:25,116 on the back and choosing films like that. 1161 00:51:25,151 --> 00:51:27,325 And I think it made me a very visual person. 1162 00:51:27,360 --> 00:51:28,913 And now sometimes I'll see a cover, 1163 00:51:28,947 --> 00:51:30,742 which I remember from when I was a kid 1164 00:51:30,777 --> 00:51:32,606 and going to the video store 1165 00:51:32,641 --> 00:51:34,781 and like the goddess of Stigmata, 1166 00:51:34,815 --> 00:51:36,023 I always remembered that 1167 00:51:36,058 --> 00:51:37,784 and how creepy it was when I was a kid. 1168 00:51:37,818 --> 00:51:40,304 And it's so interesting how that can stick in your head 1169 00:51:40,338 --> 00:51:43,065 and it's such a different attachment you have to films. 1170 00:51:44,377 --> 00:51:45,412 I mean, I do miss it. 1171 00:51:45,447 --> 00:51:46,793 I don't think anyone, 1172 00:51:46,827 --> 00:51:49,934 I don't think anyone doesn't miss going to the video store 1173 00:51:49,968 --> 00:51:51,522 and picking out a movie that way. 1174 00:51:51,556 --> 00:51:54,421 It was such a ritual going in there with your friends 1175 00:51:54,456 --> 00:51:56,665 on a Friday night and kind of fussing over 1176 00:51:56,699 --> 00:51:58,425 what you wanted to watch. 1177 00:51:58,460 --> 00:52:01,359 It's so different now when everything is just so easily 1178 00:52:01,394 --> 00:52:04,190 and readily available for you to just press play. 1179 00:52:04,224 --> 00:52:06,468 You don't have that moment of getting back into the car, 1180 00:52:06,502 --> 00:52:10,161 driving home, finally getting home, putting on some popcorn 1181 00:52:10,196 --> 00:52:11,473 and eating at the same time. 1182 00:52:11,507 --> 00:52:12,681 It was such a ritual. 1183 00:52:12,715 --> 00:52:15,442 Now I can go through four, five movies a day 1184 00:52:15,477 --> 00:52:17,375 just watching them on my computer. 1185 00:52:17,410 --> 00:52:19,481 It's crazy. It's a big difference. 1186 00:52:19,515 --> 00:52:21,172 So if you think about vinyl records 1187 00:52:21,207 --> 00:52:24,555 that is a relic of the past to most people my age. 1188 00:52:24,589 --> 00:52:27,213 If you went back 10 years, most of us had never even 1189 00:52:27,247 --> 00:52:29,146 seen a vinyl record or played one. 1190 00:52:29,180 --> 00:52:31,493 And now I know personally I've started 1191 00:52:31,527 --> 00:52:32,735 to collect vinyl records. 1192 00:52:32,770 --> 00:52:36,222 I love having movie soundtracks and old classic albums 1193 00:52:36,256 --> 00:52:39,915 on vinyl because audio files and people who really 1194 00:52:39,949 --> 00:52:42,297 love the music have this feeling that vinyl 1195 00:52:42,331 --> 00:52:44,402 sounds better than a CD, it sounds better 1196 00:52:44,437 --> 00:52:46,335 than a compressed audio stream 1197 00:52:46,370 --> 00:52:49,994 from something like Spotify or iTunes or Apple music, 1198 00:52:50,028 --> 00:52:52,583 and that's the highest quality and you own it. 1199 00:52:52,617 --> 00:52:55,310 You physically own it, and nobody can take that away. 1200 00:52:55,344 --> 00:52:57,415 Nobody can remove it from a service, 1201 00:52:57,450 --> 00:52:59,037 remove it from your library. 1202 00:52:59,072 --> 00:53:00,522 You own that music. 1203 00:53:00,556 --> 00:53:03,041 And there's something nostalgic about that as well. 1204 00:53:03,076 --> 00:53:06,424 I collect horror movies on both DVD and Blu-ray, 1205 00:53:06,459 --> 00:53:08,426 but mostly Blu-ray simply because 1206 00:53:08,461 --> 00:53:10,739 you usually find more special features. 1207 00:53:10,773 --> 00:53:13,086 And with a lot of like Blu-ray companies 1208 00:53:13,120 --> 00:53:15,226 re-releasing certain movies, 1209 00:53:15,261 --> 00:53:18,919 it's almost the only way to get some movies. 1210 00:53:18,954 --> 00:53:22,716 Some of these go from VHS, skip DVD. 1211 00:53:22,751 --> 00:53:25,409 Sometimes you can find some VOD options, 1212 00:53:25,443 --> 00:53:28,205 but the Blu-ray, that's the good stuff, 1213 00:53:28,239 --> 00:53:29,792 because that's where you can get 1214 00:53:29,827 --> 00:53:32,761 all these behind the scenes, these little featurettes, 1215 00:53:32,795 --> 00:53:35,419 director's commentary with casts, 1216 00:53:35,453 --> 00:53:38,353 just like retrospectives and deeper dives 1217 00:53:38,387 --> 00:53:40,217 into the movies that we love. 1218 00:53:40,251 --> 00:53:43,289 And that's one of the reasons why I collect Blu-rays 1219 00:53:43,323 --> 00:53:48,328 and DVDs in general, simply because of nostalgia. 1220 00:53:49,571 --> 00:53:51,238 There's some kind of nostalgia attached, in most cases. 1221 00:53:51,262 --> 00:53:52,470 Obviously with new releases, 1222 00:53:52,505 --> 00:53:54,541 I go for the Blu-ray regardless, 1223 00:53:54,576 --> 00:53:59,063 but for the older releases that are being restored, 1224 00:53:59,097 --> 00:54:01,376 put onto Blu-ray with new special features, 1225 00:54:01,410 --> 00:54:04,482 I just like having stuff that I used to like as a kid 1226 00:54:04,517 --> 00:54:08,003 and even finding 80s and 90s horror flicks that 1227 00:54:08,037 --> 00:54:09,763 maybe I never even heard of, 1228 00:54:09,798 --> 00:54:13,388 but still capture that same quality that I enjoy 1229 00:54:13,422 --> 00:54:16,114 that is somewhat nostalgic, 1230 00:54:16,149 --> 00:54:18,600 even if I haven't even seen the films, you know? 1231 00:54:18,634 --> 00:54:21,568 There's some old school practical effects, 1232 00:54:21,603 --> 00:54:24,675 there's different movie-making tricks that are kind of lost 1233 00:54:24,709 --> 00:54:28,092 in some of the new modern movies that we watched today. 1234 00:54:28,126 --> 00:54:30,612 Nostalgia absolutely does play a point to this. 1235 00:54:30,646 --> 00:54:33,200 You know, I think anybody born in the 80s 1236 00:54:33,235 --> 00:54:34,581 or even probably the 70s, 1237 00:54:34,616 --> 00:54:36,445 any kid that grew up in a video store, 1238 00:54:36,480 --> 00:54:38,102 I think that that's part of this. 1239 00:54:38,136 --> 00:54:40,484 I think that collecting is part of the video store, 1240 00:54:40,518 --> 00:54:41,588 you know, experience. 1241 00:54:41,623 --> 00:54:43,325 Creating your own video store within your house. 1242 00:54:43,349 --> 00:54:44,936 People tell you all the time, 1243 00:54:44,971 --> 00:54:46,835 you're not going to be able to watch all that. 1244 00:54:46,869 --> 00:54:48,112 Why do you buy all that? 1245 00:54:48,146 --> 00:54:50,321 You're wasting your money, yada, yada, yada. 1246 00:54:50,356 --> 00:54:53,186 But there's kind of something special about walking 1247 00:54:53,220 --> 00:54:55,499 into your own room and having your own video store 1248 00:54:55,533 --> 00:54:56,614 and tons of titles that you can 1249 00:54:56,638 --> 00:54:58,881 just grab off the shelf at any time. 1250 00:54:58,916 --> 00:55:00,883 So there's definitely a nostalgia factor. 1251 00:55:00,918 --> 00:55:02,506 You know, this sounds kind of weird, 1252 00:55:02,540 --> 00:55:04,449 but some of the best memories I have are, you know, 1253 00:55:04,473 --> 00:55:06,510 being a little kid and riding up on the bike 1254 00:55:06,544 --> 00:55:07,866 to the video store with your friends 1255 00:55:07,890 --> 00:55:09,858 or having your mom go, convincing your mom 1256 00:55:09,892 --> 00:55:12,239 to drive you to a video store that was halfway across town 1257 00:55:12,274 --> 00:55:14,621 so you could look for some crummy B-movie, you know, 1258 00:55:14,656 --> 00:55:15,898 that no one else knew about. 1259 00:55:15,933 --> 00:55:17,866 So those are kind of fond experiences. 1260 00:55:17,900 --> 00:55:19,523 It's definitely a nostalgia. 1261 00:55:19,557 --> 00:55:22,042 And it's also not just nostalgia, 1262 00:55:22,077 --> 00:55:24,804 it's obsessive compulsiveness all at the same time. 1263 00:55:24,838 --> 00:55:26,564 - I'm a huge fan of VHS. 1264 00:55:26,599 --> 00:55:31,189 I think it was VHS, it was back in the early 80s, you know. 1265 00:55:31,224 --> 00:55:33,537 It was back going to the video shop on a Friday night 1266 00:55:33,571 --> 00:55:36,885 with all the family and you were renting these titles. 1267 00:55:36,919 --> 00:55:40,164 I remember walking in and we got our card, video card, 1268 00:55:40,198 --> 00:55:42,166 and it was like a portal to another world. 1269 00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:42,925 Do you know what I mean? 1270 00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:44,513 It's like, literally, 1271 00:55:44,548 --> 00:55:46,722 you had access to these films that you couldn't get. 1272 00:55:46,757 --> 00:55:49,276 You couldn't have access to these on terrestrial TV 1273 00:55:49,311 --> 00:55:50,692 'cause they weren't on there. 1274 00:55:50,726 --> 00:55:52,255 Films that were coming out in the cinema. 1275 00:55:52,279 --> 00:55:54,696 You know, you wouldn't have access to these films. 1276 00:55:54,730 --> 00:55:57,664 And it was like a different world and VHS, 1277 00:55:57,699 --> 00:56:00,736 I just love everything about VHS. 1278 00:56:00,771 --> 00:56:03,083 I love the magnetic tape, 1279 00:56:03,118 --> 00:56:04,499 I love everything about this. 1280 00:56:04,533 --> 00:56:07,536 I love the whole action of grabbing it off the shelf, 1281 00:56:07,571 --> 00:56:10,090 you know, grabbing this right off the shelf, get this, 1282 00:56:10,125 --> 00:56:11,333 put it in the video. 1283 00:56:12,230 --> 00:56:13,370 Cha-ching-ching. 1284 00:56:13,404 --> 00:56:15,026 You know, pressing play. 1285 00:56:15,061 --> 00:56:17,512 There's this connection when you own physical media, 1286 00:56:17,546 --> 00:56:20,411 when you actually own physical media, 1287 00:56:20,446 --> 00:56:23,310 and you know, it's just a, it's something else. 1288 00:56:24,484 --> 00:56:25,737 It's a connection when you own physical media. 1289 00:56:25,761 --> 00:56:28,592 It's having that connection with it. 1290 00:56:28,626 --> 00:56:29,731 People ask me all the time, 1291 00:56:29,765 --> 00:56:31,526 why do you need all this stuff? 1292 00:56:31,560 --> 00:56:35,115 And I think part of it is that feeling of nostalgia, 1293 00:56:35,150 --> 00:56:38,774 that feeling when you were a kid and you were scared 1294 00:56:38,809 --> 00:56:40,914 but fascinated with the horror movies. 1295 00:56:40,949 --> 00:56:42,744 And by the mid 80s, I started working 1296 00:56:42,778 --> 00:56:45,954 in a video rental store and that's where I got 1297 00:56:45,988 --> 00:56:47,542 my collection started. 1298 00:56:47,576 --> 00:56:51,131 I would bring home movies that were ex-rentals, 1299 00:56:51,166 --> 00:56:54,583 and by the late 80s, I had a pretty large collection 1300 00:56:54,618 --> 00:56:58,069 of VHS tapes, but of course LaserDisc came out, 1301 00:56:58,104 --> 00:56:59,623 and then I switched to LaserDisc 1302 00:56:59,657 --> 00:57:01,901 and I started buying hundreds of LaserDiscs. 1303 00:57:01,935 --> 00:57:04,628 They were very expensive and heavy, 1304 00:57:04,662 --> 00:57:06,319 but it felt like a big upgrade. 1305 00:57:06,353 --> 00:57:09,564 And you know, when DVD hit, I thought this is it. 1306 00:57:09,598 --> 00:57:11,324 Nothing will ever get better than DVD. 1307 00:57:11,358 --> 00:57:14,431 So I bought thousands of DVDs, thousands. 1308 00:57:16,225 --> 00:57:21,230 But I love the feeling of being able to hold a VHS 1309 00:57:22,784 --> 00:57:25,752 or hold a DVD and be able to put it in your player 1310 00:57:25,787 --> 00:57:28,790 and it's on your shelf and you can look at the artwork. 1311 00:57:28,824 --> 00:57:30,377 You can look at the packaging. 1312 00:57:30,412 --> 00:57:32,759 It feels like it's really right there. 1313 00:57:32,794 --> 00:57:33,933 And I never get that feeling 1314 00:57:33,967 --> 00:57:36,383 when it comes to streaming movies. 1315 00:57:36,418 --> 00:57:39,697 I always feel like I'm watching somebody else's collection 1316 00:57:39,732 --> 00:57:40,629 instead of mine. 1317 00:57:40,664 --> 00:57:44,012 So I watch streaming video 1318 00:57:44,046 --> 00:57:46,497 for like mainstream Hollywood films, 1319 00:57:46,532 --> 00:57:49,396 something I want to watch once but not watch again. 1320 00:57:49,431 --> 00:57:51,502 Most of the movies that I love and that I collect 1321 00:57:51,537 --> 00:57:53,677 aren't even on any streaming service, 1322 00:57:53,711 --> 00:57:56,990 so there's really no other way to see them. 1323 00:57:57,025 --> 00:57:58,613 - In the early days of DVD, too, 1324 00:57:58,647 --> 00:57:59,693 they had all these kind of promotions 1325 00:57:59,717 --> 00:58:00,960 when you would buy a player, 1326 00:58:00,994 --> 00:58:03,169 they'd be like, oh when you get this player, 1327 00:58:03,203 --> 00:58:06,690 sign up for this and you'll get like seven free movies. 1328 00:58:06,724 --> 00:58:08,864 And it was like, some of the big studios would do it. 1329 00:58:08,899 --> 00:58:11,522 And it would be like movies like Michael 1330 00:58:11,557 --> 00:58:13,800 and the Lost in Space remake 1331 00:58:13,835 --> 00:58:15,157 and a whole bunch of different things, 1332 00:58:15,181 --> 00:58:18,184 and I always remember those and they took for ever to come. 1333 00:58:18,218 --> 00:58:19,530 I remember 'cause that was when 1334 00:58:19,565 --> 00:58:21,221 I first started really collecting. 1335 00:58:21,256 --> 00:58:24,846 'Cause I had VHS, but I never collected like crazy. 1336 00:58:24,880 --> 00:58:27,849 I had a decent amount, but the real collecting craziness 1337 00:58:27,883 --> 00:58:29,644 came with me with DVD. 1338 00:58:29,678 --> 00:58:31,646 So like anytime I could get a lot of movies, 1339 00:58:31,680 --> 00:58:32,933 I'd be like, oh, I gotta get them. 1340 00:58:32,957 --> 00:58:34,856 So like that, you know I would love to like 1341 00:58:34,890 --> 00:58:35,857 just build the collection up. 1342 00:58:35,891 --> 00:58:37,859 So the fact that, oh, you buy a player, 1343 00:58:37,893 --> 00:58:40,068 you get like seven or eight free movies with it? 1344 00:58:40,102 --> 00:58:41,759 I'm like, oh I can't, I can't believe. 1345 00:58:41,794 --> 00:58:43,875 I might have seven or eight free ones, put on my shelf. 1346 00:58:43,899 --> 00:58:45,394 Even if they were not the greatest stuff, 1347 00:58:45,418 --> 00:58:46,695 I was excited about it. 1348 00:58:46,730 --> 00:58:50,250 But it took so many weeks upon weeks upon weeks 1349 00:58:50,285 --> 00:58:51,952 for the things to come and I kept on waiting 1350 00:58:51,976 --> 00:58:53,575 and I was like, oh, these aren't going to ever come. 1351 00:58:53,599 --> 00:58:55,911 And I remember like, I was just like trying to get 1352 00:58:55,946 --> 00:58:58,880 as many movies as I could on DVD just so I could watch them. 1353 00:58:58,914 --> 00:59:00,606 But you know... 1354 00:59:00,640 --> 00:59:02,262 But I started out with VHS. 1355 00:59:02,297 --> 00:59:03,895 You know, VHS was the first format that I ever had 1356 00:59:03,919 --> 00:59:05,680 and I always really liked getting stuff. 1357 00:59:05,714 --> 00:59:07,785 I used to get like you know, since I was a kid, 1358 00:59:07,820 --> 00:59:09,856 you know, and I was getting VHS, 1359 00:59:09,891 --> 00:59:12,756 I was getting like a lot of like TV shows 1360 00:59:12,790 --> 00:59:14,896 and like stuff like Denver the Last Dinosaur 1361 00:59:14,930 --> 00:59:17,933 and Popples and Care Bears and all that kind of stuff. 1362 00:59:17,968 --> 00:59:20,729 So I didn't really have tons of movies. 1363 00:59:20,764 --> 00:59:21,730 I had stuff like, you know, 1364 00:59:21,765 --> 00:59:23,560 Peewee and all those kind of things. 1365 00:59:23,594 --> 00:59:26,597 And a lot of people say that they like Blockbuster, 1366 00:59:26,632 --> 00:59:27,771 they miss Blockbuster. 1367 00:59:29,082 --> 00:59:31,222 Well, Blockbuster was one that put a lot 1368 00:59:31,257 --> 00:59:35,572 of the mom and pop shops out of business, 1369 00:59:35,606 --> 00:59:39,230 so I wasn't really a fan of Blockbuster, 1370 00:59:39,265 --> 00:59:41,785 but I can see where they're going. 1371 00:59:41,819 --> 00:59:45,651 And it was very important and a lot of people's youth 1372 00:59:45,685 --> 00:59:47,618 and I went there as well, 1373 00:59:47,653 --> 00:59:52,278 but I stuck to more of the mom and pop shops. 1374 00:59:52,312 --> 00:59:55,350 There's more of an experience there. 1375 00:59:56,938 --> 01:00:00,942 Just everything really, even down to the smell, 1376 01:00:00,976 --> 01:00:05,981 and they all had this sort of like a musty smell to them 1377 01:00:06,810 --> 01:00:07,856 and going through all the aisles 1378 01:00:07,880 --> 01:00:09,744 of all the different movies. 1379 01:00:09,778 --> 01:00:14,921 I remember earliest memories of watching every weekend, 1380 01:00:14,956 --> 01:00:17,130 watching a VHS, putting it into the rewinder, 1381 01:00:17,165 --> 01:00:19,546 And I even remember- I still have a rewinder. 1382 01:00:19,581 --> 01:00:21,548 Very early memories of like going 1383 01:00:21,583 --> 01:00:25,276 to like the grocery store or like convenience stores 1384 01:00:25,311 --> 01:00:26,668 and getting excited when they had a movie. 1385 01:00:26,692 --> 01:00:27,624 - Yeah. 1386 01:00:27,658 --> 01:00:29,153 - Like the one that comes to mind is I found 1387 01:00:29,177 --> 01:00:30,464 Walk the Line at a grocery store and I went, 1388 01:00:30,488 --> 01:00:31,662 I know we don't own this. 1389 01:00:31,697 --> 01:00:33,019 - I'm gonna buy this real quick. - Yeah. 1390 01:00:33,043 --> 01:00:34,779 - And I was like seven. - The thrill of the hunt. 1391 01:00:34,803 --> 01:00:35,666 Yeah, yeah, 1392 01:00:35,701 --> 01:00:36,840 When you own physical media, 1393 01:00:36,874 --> 01:00:39,636 you've got that connection to it, you know? 1394 01:00:39,670 --> 01:00:40,775 It's in your collection 1395 01:00:40,809 --> 01:00:43,674 and there's that kind of connection with you 1396 01:00:43,709 --> 01:00:45,780 and that's like I own that film, you know? 1397 01:00:45,814 --> 01:00:47,989 I love the film that much that I own you 1398 01:00:48,023 --> 01:00:50,888 and I can watch that whenever I want. 1399 01:00:50,923 --> 01:00:53,477 And that is the beauty. That's why I collect. 1400 01:00:53,511 --> 01:00:55,168 That I can get ahold of a film. 1401 01:00:56,376 --> 01:00:57,802 On the shelf they look amazing as well. 1402 01:00:57,826 --> 01:00:58,827 I mean, these covers. 1403 01:00:58,862 --> 01:01:00,346 These cover art. 1404 01:01:00,380 --> 01:01:02,693 Do you know what I mean? These are just amazing. 1405 01:01:02,728 --> 01:01:03,728 Look at this one, look. 1406 01:01:05,006 --> 01:01:07,353 They're just heaven. These covers are amazing. 1407 01:01:08,941 --> 01:01:12,013 I'm drawn to VHS I think more than, you know, than anything. 1408 01:01:12,047 --> 01:01:13,911 But it's the covers that sell it for me, 1409 01:01:13,946 --> 01:01:15,154 it's the art work. 1410 01:01:15,188 --> 01:01:18,226 It's the big boxes, you know? 1411 01:01:18,260 --> 01:01:19,917 It's the smell. 1412 01:01:19,952 --> 01:01:22,092 I'm struck back to the 1980s when, you know, 1413 01:01:22,126 --> 01:01:23,990 you're breathing that smell in. 1414 01:01:24,025 --> 01:01:25,612 But I started out with VHS 1415 01:01:25,647 --> 01:01:27,994 and VHS was the first format that I ever had. 1416 01:01:28,029 --> 01:01:31,688 And I collected a lot with VHS and I had a decent amount 1417 01:01:31,722 --> 01:01:34,104 but I never had that many because you know, 1418 01:01:34,138 --> 01:01:37,107 DVD came out when I was in middle school. 1419 01:01:37,141 --> 01:01:39,696 And that was kind of, you know, when I was kind of going out 1420 01:01:39,730 --> 01:01:41,905 and we'd go out with my friend and we would, 1421 01:01:41,939 --> 01:01:43,354 friends and stuff like that, 1422 01:01:43,389 --> 01:01:45,022 and we would go places and you know, and that kind of thing. 1423 01:01:45,046 --> 01:01:48,359 And I feel like that was like, when I, 'cause I was able to 1424 01:01:48,394 --> 01:01:49,923 start to walk to the mall and there was 1425 01:01:49,947 --> 01:01:51,604 a Suncoast Motion Pictures in the mall. 1426 01:01:51,638 --> 01:01:53,848 So then I could go and like buy stuff then 1427 01:01:53,882 --> 01:01:56,402 and that was kind of like me going out more myself 1428 01:01:56,436 --> 01:01:58,887 when DVD was around and DVD first came out, 1429 01:01:58,922 --> 01:02:00,589 so I was kind of able to go out and buy stuff. 1430 01:02:00,613 --> 01:02:02,719 And like any time I got any money, 1431 01:02:02,753 --> 01:02:04,110 if my parents ever gave me any money 1432 01:02:04,134 --> 01:02:05,870 or I earned any money or anything like that, 1433 01:02:05,894 --> 01:02:08,034 the first thing I would do was buy a DVD. 1434 01:02:08,069 --> 01:02:10,796 Nostalgia plays a huge part in a lot of my media. 1435 01:02:10,830 --> 01:02:12,073 For example... 1436 01:02:13,660 --> 01:02:18,355 This Terminator 2 VHS tape, that's extremely beat up, 1437 01:02:22,290 --> 01:02:24,741 my mom got for me. 1438 01:02:24,775 --> 01:02:28,745 This was, this came out in '91 or '92. 1439 01:02:29,987 --> 01:02:32,990 If my memory serves me correctly, is '92, 1440 01:02:33,025 --> 01:02:36,822 so I eight years old when I saw this in movie theaters. 1441 01:02:38,824 --> 01:02:41,481 But she did check with my aunts and uncles 1442 01:02:41,516 --> 01:02:43,794 and they all told her, they gave her the thumbs up 1443 01:02:43,829 --> 01:02:44,933 to take me to see it. 1444 01:02:44,968 --> 01:02:46,935 And this movie actually changed my life 1445 01:02:46,970 --> 01:02:50,939 and turned me on to movies because of all the movie magic 1446 01:02:50,974 --> 01:02:53,355 we see in Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1447 01:02:54,529 --> 01:02:57,187 made me fall in love with movies and 1448 01:02:58,705 --> 01:03:03,710 the way my life, my life trajectory changed 1449 01:03:04,850 --> 01:03:06,370 when I saw Terminator 2: Judgment Day, 1450 01:03:06,403 --> 01:03:07,335 and my mom knew it. 1451 01:03:07,369 --> 01:03:10,131 And this was during the time, 1452 01:03:10,165 --> 01:03:12,167 she got this from me during the time 1453 01:03:13,306 --> 01:03:16,102 when movies weren't releasing. 1454 01:03:16,137 --> 01:03:18,139 They would release at Blockbuster 1455 01:03:18,173 --> 01:03:20,969 and you couldn't like rent for what? 1456 01:03:21,004 --> 01:03:25,802 Six months before they released on physical media. 1457 01:03:25,836 --> 01:03:27,873 And she managed to get this 1458 01:03:27,907 --> 01:03:31,704 from the Blockbuster right by our house. 1459 01:03:31,738 --> 01:03:33,464 She had to pay $100. 1460 01:03:33,499 --> 01:03:35,846 I think nostalgia plays a big part 1461 01:03:35,881 --> 01:03:38,366 - in physical media. - Yeah. 1462 01:03:38,400 --> 01:03:40,333 I think it's being a nerd in general. 1463 01:03:40,368 --> 01:03:42,128 I always say like I'm a movie nerd 1464 01:03:42,163 --> 01:03:45,580 because just being a nerd to me is not afraid 1465 01:03:45,614 --> 01:03:47,513 to just show that you love things. 1466 01:03:47,547 --> 01:03:50,481 And I love movies and I collect movies, 1467 01:03:50,516 --> 01:03:54,969 and like half of, I would say like half of me buying movies 1468 01:03:55,003 --> 01:03:57,316 is things I remember as a kid and being like, 1469 01:03:57,350 --> 01:04:00,181 oh this one movie I saw as a kid where this scene happened 1470 01:04:00,215 --> 01:04:02,355 and then hunting down what that is. 1471 01:04:02,390 --> 01:04:05,220 You even have a fun story of a movie you remember 1472 01:04:05,255 --> 01:04:08,016 as a kid and then hunting it down 1473 01:04:08,051 --> 01:04:09,776 and someone from Facebook being like, 1474 01:04:09,811 --> 01:04:11,064 - oh, what's this. - Oh, I do have that story. 1475 01:04:11,088 --> 01:04:12,779 Yeah. 1476 01:04:12,814 --> 01:04:17,025 I watched a movie as a kid just before school one day 1477 01:04:17,060 --> 01:04:19,165 and I never knew the name of it for years and years 1478 01:04:19,200 --> 01:04:20,787 and I posted it on Facebook. 1479 01:04:20,822 --> 01:04:23,204 I posted everything about the plot that I remembered, 1480 01:04:23,238 --> 01:04:24,798 and within eight minutes I got a reply. 1481 01:04:24,826 --> 01:04:27,001 It was Little Manhattan starring Josh Hutcherson. 1482 01:04:27,035 --> 01:04:29,451 But another big nostalgia one for me that I thought of 1483 01:04:29,486 --> 01:04:31,384 and I know you had an example, too... 1484 01:04:33,662 --> 01:04:34,905 A big one for me is Hoodwinked, 1485 01:04:34,940 --> 01:04:36,734 when we got this on Blu-ray because I love, 1486 01:04:36,769 --> 01:04:38,529 this was my favorite movie growing up, 1487 01:04:38,564 --> 01:04:42,085 and I had this in like a little case 1488 01:04:42,119 --> 01:04:44,190 that I just found the disk somewhere 1489 01:04:44,225 --> 01:04:46,192 and all I could keep it in was a little case 1490 01:04:46,227 --> 01:04:48,367 and I watched it so much that I scraped it, 1491 01:04:48,401 --> 01:04:49,955 like unwatchable. 1492 01:04:49,989 --> 01:04:52,060 And so the fact that like this is re-released, 1493 01:04:52,095 --> 01:04:52,958 like this was a big one. 1494 01:04:52,992 --> 01:04:54,200 I know you had an example. 1495 01:04:54,235 --> 01:04:56,582 Yeah even just recently, like movies that 1496 01:04:56,616 --> 01:04:59,447 I loved as a kid, a good example being... 1497 01:05:01,000 --> 01:05:03,623 Wild America is one of my most rented, 1498 01:05:03,658 --> 01:05:05,049 I used to rent this from Blockbuster 1499 01:05:05,073 --> 01:05:06,661 every night as a kid, or every week, 1500 01:05:06,695 --> 01:05:09,112 And would watch it endlessly on VHS, 1501 01:05:09,146 --> 01:05:12,149 and this just came out on Blu-ray just this year, 1502 01:05:12,184 --> 01:05:13,806 and I was so happy 'cause I was like 1503 01:05:13,840 --> 01:05:16,602 this is my childhood and I have it on Blu-ray now. 1504 01:05:16,636 --> 01:05:18,949 I really think nostalgia has a huge part 1505 01:05:18,984 --> 01:05:21,676 of the idea of me collecting physical media. 1506 01:05:21,710 --> 01:05:23,126 Because I feel like a lot of people 1507 01:05:23,160 --> 01:05:27,130 who are younger these days, they don't have the interest 1508 01:05:27,164 --> 01:05:29,270 in collecting if they didn't grow up 1509 01:05:29,304 --> 01:05:31,582 in the idea of going to video rental stores. 1510 01:05:31,617 --> 01:05:33,791 Because I feel like going to video rental stores 1511 01:05:33,826 --> 01:05:36,518 was really what got me into the whole idea 1512 01:05:36,553 --> 01:05:37,968 of having a collection. 1513 01:05:38,003 --> 01:05:39,463 I remember some of my favorite memories 1514 01:05:39,487 --> 01:05:41,523 were going to Blockbuster Video as a kid. 1515 01:05:41,558 --> 01:05:43,363 I, you know, I would go on Fridays after school. 1516 01:05:43,387 --> 01:05:44,778 That'd be like the big thing I would be like, 1517 01:05:44,802 --> 01:05:46,090 oh I'm gonna go to Blockbuster Video 1518 01:05:46,114 --> 01:05:47,471 and see what new stuff is out to rent. 1519 01:05:47,495 --> 01:05:49,980 And, and a lot of times, if I had a friend come over, 1520 01:05:50,015 --> 01:05:51,809 we would go to Blockbuster Video. 1521 01:05:51,844 --> 01:05:54,157 Nostalgia is definitely part of it 1522 01:05:54,191 --> 01:05:56,366 where things that really meant something to you 1523 01:05:57,884 --> 01:06:01,371 that are in your heart, you know, can be represented 1524 01:06:01,405 --> 01:06:04,339 in a physical, tangible thing that you can pick up and hold. 1525 01:06:04,374 --> 01:06:08,654 And I just, I don't know if looking at the little, 1526 01:06:08,688 --> 01:06:11,208 you know, image of a poster, 1527 01:06:11,243 --> 01:06:13,314 usually not even the original poster, 1528 01:06:13,348 --> 01:06:15,316 on Netflix has that same effect. 1529 01:06:15,350 --> 01:06:18,215 There'll be something, it may not be a great movie, 1530 01:06:18,250 --> 01:06:19,537 but I'm just like, you know what? 1531 01:06:19,561 --> 01:06:22,219 I remember growing up with that and I'll just 1532 01:06:22,254 --> 01:06:26,223 collect another copy of that film because I simply love it. 1533 01:06:26,258 --> 01:06:28,225 Yes. Nostalgia is big. 1534 01:06:28,260 --> 01:06:31,159 I love it, because it just embraces your childhood, 1535 01:06:31,194 --> 01:06:34,024 and all the things that you simply love. 1536 01:06:34,059 --> 01:06:35,750 Especially my number one favorite movie 1537 01:06:35,784 --> 01:06:38,304 of all time is Predator because I absolutely 1538 01:06:38,339 --> 01:06:40,651 loved growing up, watching Predator, 1539 01:06:40,686 --> 01:06:42,170 watching Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1540 01:06:42,205 --> 01:06:44,241 who is my favorite actor of all time. 1541 01:06:44,276 --> 01:06:46,381 And even the Terminator series. 1542 01:06:46,416 --> 01:06:49,350 And I have multiple copies of those movies, 1543 01:06:49,384 --> 01:06:53,181 like Terminator, Terminator 2, Predator, all sorts of kinds. 1544 01:06:53,216 --> 01:06:56,184 Like I have a VHS, SteelBooks, DVDs, 1545 01:06:56,219 --> 01:06:58,186 regular Blu-rays, 4Ks, you name it. 1546 01:06:58,221 --> 01:07:00,188 It's all because of nostalgia. 1547 01:07:00,223 --> 01:07:02,270 It's all because of that because you just simply love it 1548 01:07:02,294 --> 01:07:04,261 and you, like I said, you embrace it. 1549 01:07:04,296 --> 01:07:05,883 It's awesome. 1550 01:07:05,918 --> 01:07:08,783 It's yeah, it definitely plays a huge role for sure. 1551 01:07:08,817 --> 01:07:11,061 Because it's like, do you need it? 1552 01:07:11,096 --> 01:07:12,580 Yes. Yes, you do need it. 1553 01:07:12,614 --> 01:07:14,237 You need to collect it, Dave. 1554 01:07:14,271 --> 01:07:16,239 Go grab it, that's part of your childhood, 1555 01:07:16,273 --> 01:07:18,241 and it brings back good memories. 1556 01:07:18,275 --> 01:07:19,552 That's the number one thing, 1557 01:07:19,587 --> 01:07:21,899 it just makes you feel good inside 1558 01:07:21,934 --> 01:07:23,867 and what you're doing with your life. 1559 01:07:23,901 --> 01:07:28,182 And what more could you possibly ask from that, right? 1560 01:07:28,216 --> 01:07:32,531 Nostalgia does take a huge part in my collection, 1561 01:07:32,565 --> 01:07:35,085 like in my physical media. 1562 01:07:35,120 --> 01:07:40,090 I remember the first time I ever bought 1563 01:07:40,953 --> 01:07:44,543 was Back to the Future on VHS. 1564 01:07:44,577 --> 01:07:46,545 Yeah, I would say nostalgia does play 1565 01:07:46,579 --> 01:07:48,581 a huge part into my collecting. 1566 01:07:51,274 --> 01:07:53,621 I'm self-diagnosed OCD. 1567 01:07:53,655 --> 01:07:56,382 Everything in here is alphabetized. 1568 01:07:56,417 --> 01:08:01,422 Everything in here is, you know, organized by genre as well. 1569 01:08:02,940 --> 01:08:05,011 I like to be able to find, you know, what I have, 1570 01:08:05,046 --> 01:08:07,600 keeping that in mind, if I'm able to display it, 1571 01:08:07,635 --> 01:08:09,292 it's not necessarily hoarding. 1572 01:08:09,326 --> 01:08:13,227 But you know, I do kind of tend to pick things 1573 01:08:13,261 --> 01:08:14,642 that are nostalgic to me. 1574 01:08:14,676 --> 01:08:17,438 So when I say that, what I mean is that 1575 01:08:19,025 --> 01:08:22,167 like anything that kind of frightened me as a child, 1576 01:08:22,201 --> 01:08:23,858 like whenever I went to the video store, 1577 01:08:23,892 --> 01:08:25,308 I seek out those titles. 1578 01:08:25,342 --> 01:08:28,173 Being younger, going to the video stores 1579 01:08:28,207 --> 01:08:31,107 and seeing all the different artworks and everything. 1580 01:08:31,141 --> 01:08:34,282 I actually like holding it in my hand. 1581 01:08:34,317 --> 01:08:37,182 I like looking at the artwork and all the different- 1582 01:08:37,216 --> 01:08:38,435 - Like a tangible movie. - Yeah. 1583 01:08:38,459 --> 01:08:42,532 And looking at all the different, you know, variations. 1584 01:08:42,566 --> 01:08:44,154 You know, it's enjoyable to me. 1585 01:08:44,189 --> 01:08:47,295 So yeah, that does play a little bit of a part. 1586 01:08:47,330 --> 01:08:48,824 I got to say, it's nice to come in here 1587 01:08:48,848 --> 01:08:51,023 and like just stand here and look around 1588 01:08:51,057 --> 01:08:54,026 and you know kind of like window shop, if you will, 1589 01:08:54,060 --> 01:08:55,338 what we're gonna watch. 1590 01:08:55,372 --> 01:08:56,649 - Yeah. 1591 01:08:56,684 --> 01:08:58,213 It kind of reminds me of when I was a kid 1592 01:08:58,237 --> 01:09:01,033 going to Blockbuster and all the mom and pop stores. 1593 01:09:01,067 --> 01:09:02,276 Yup, every Friday night, 1594 01:09:02,310 --> 01:09:04,140 we would go down to the rental store 1595 01:09:04,174 --> 01:09:06,349 and pick out a couple of movies. 1596 01:09:06,383 --> 01:09:07,522 - Definitely nostalgia. 1597 01:09:08,903 --> 01:09:11,492 Growing up, I loved movies. 1598 01:09:13,218 --> 01:09:15,737 I didn't really uh, my family kind of moved around 1599 01:09:15,772 --> 01:09:19,396 like every four years due to my dad's job. 1600 01:09:19,431 --> 01:09:22,986 So, you know, it was, being young like that, 1601 01:09:23,020 --> 01:09:24,919 it was kinda, it was hard to make friends 1602 01:09:24,953 --> 01:09:28,198 because you kinda, you kinda knew 1603 01:09:28,233 --> 01:09:29,475 you were going to be gone soon. 1604 01:09:29,510 --> 01:09:31,201 You never knew if it was down the road 1605 01:09:31,236 --> 01:09:32,523 or on the other side of the state. 1606 01:09:32,547 --> 01:09:36,310 I never knew, so movies were something 1607 01:09:36,344 --> 01:09:38,312 for me to get lost in. 1608 01:09:38,346 --> 01:09:40,106 Nostalgia definitely plays a big part 1609 01:09:40,141 --> 01:09:41,360 in physical media collecting for me. 1610 01:09:41,384 --> 01:09:43,420 Every Friday my dad and I used to go 1611 01:09:43,455 --> 01:09:46,561 to this video store called Video View 1612 01:09:46,596 --> 01:09:48,839 in Palm Harbor, Florida, and we would do 1613 01:09:48,874 --> 01:09:51,428 48 hour rentals every Friday. 1614 01:09:51,463 --> 01:09:55,225 I mean, that was a ritual that was like church to me. 1615 01:09:55,260 --> 01:09:57,365 Rent Halloween H2O tonight 1616 01:09:57,400 --> 01:09:58,711 and go home happy. 1617 01:09:58,746 --> 01:10:01,197 The face of good and the face of evil 1618 01:10:01,231 --> 01:10:04,338 meet one last time in a fight to the finish. 1619 01:10:04,372 --> 01:10:07,099 Halloween H20, rated R restricted, 1620 01:10:07,133 --> 01:10:09,653 guaranteed to be there at Blockbuster Video. 1621 01:10:11,724 --> 01:10:15,521 I would go through and kind of stare at box art for hours. 1622 01:10:15,556 --> 01:10:18,352 I mean, I think anybody can kind of relate to going to 1623 01:10:18,386 --> 01:10:20,250 you know, Suncoast Video, Blockbuster, 1624 01:10:20,285 --> 01:10:24,358 Hollywood Video, FYE, and just staring at cover art, 1625 01:10:24,392 --> 01:10:26,083 features and all that stuff. 1626 01:10:26,118 --> 01:10:28,258 You could drop me off there as a kid 1627 01:10:28,293 --> 01:10:29,787 and you wouldn't need to hire a nanny. 1628 01:10:29,811 --> 01:10:31,986 Like that did it for me. 1629 01:10:34,022 --> 01:10:35,403 And there were all these movies 1630 01:10:35,438 --> 01:10:36,887 that I wasn't allowed to rent. 1631 01:10:36,922 --> 01:10:38,820 Like I would just fall in love 1632 01:10:38,855 --> 01:10:40,995 with the cover art for Friday the 13th, Hellraiser. 1633 01:10:41,029 --> 01:10:43,273 Leprechaun, Nightmare on Elm Street, 1634 01:10:43,308 --> 01:10:45,758 and I always thought that was, 1635 01:10:45,793 --> 01:10:48,554 I always thought the box art was like the best part 1636 01:10:48,589 --> 01:10:50,315 'cause I wasn't allowed to rent the movies 1637 01:10:50,349 --> 01:10:52,420 and it wasn't until years later that I like conned 1638 01:10:52,455 --> 01:10:55,181 my grandparents into buying them for me, 1639 01:10:55,216 --> 01:10:56,814 little did they know that they shouldn't have. 1640 01:10:56,838 --> 01:10:58,840 But it actually is the probably one 1641 01:10:58,875 --> 01:11:00,818 of the reasons why I ended up becoming a filmmaker, 1642 01:11:00,842 --> 01:11:02,913 because those movies actually inspired me 1643 01:11:02,948 --> 01:11:04,398 to want to make my own. 1644 01:11:04,432 --> 01:11:09,368 And so when I rediscovered VHS as an adult 1645 01:11:10,300 --> 01:11:12,129 I got that rush of, oh my god, 1646 01:11:12,164 --> 01:11:14,200 that's the box art that I was obsessed with. 1647 01:11:14,235 --> 01:11:16,789 And I'd already seen these movies like hundreds of times, 1648 01:11:16,824 --> 01:11:19,965 but there was something about owning that cover, 1649 01:11:19,999 --> 01:11:22,519 that artwork in my house and kind of like 1650 01:11:22,554 --> 01:11:24,314 front face displaying that 1651 01:11:24,349 --> 01:11:29,354 that really kind of got me reinvigorated again, 1652 01:11:30,216 --> 01:11:31,494 like felt like a kid again. 1653 01:11:31,528 --> 01:11:35,463 And so as an adult, I was like, I'll show you, parents. 1654 01:11:35,498 --> 01:11:36,671 I've got adult money now. 1655 01:11:36,706 --> 01:11:38,604 So I re-bought like, 1656 01:11:38,639 --> 01:11:40,439 every movie I ever thought was cool as a kid, 1657 01:11:40,468 --> 01:11:41,607 whether I'd seen it or not, 1658 01:11:41,642 --> 01:11:44,023 I went and and re-bought as an adult. 1659 01:11:44,058 --> 01:11:45,473 And yeah, I don't know. 1660 01:11:45,508 --> 01:11:48,511 There's something special about like analog video. 1661 01:11:48,545 --> 01:11:50,651 It looks alive and it's something 1662 01:11:50,685 --> 01:11:52,998 that digital can't recreate, 1663 01:11:53,032 --> 01:11:54,344 especially with horror movies. 1664 01:11:54,379 --> 01:11:55,839 There's something about low quality video 1665 01:11:55,863 --> 01:11:59,625 and sound that doesn't hurt the movie experience, 1666 01:11:59,660 --> 01:12:00,695 it actually helps it. 1667 01:12:00,730 --> 01:12:02,628 It's harder to see the killer and you know, 1668 01:12:02,663 --> 01:12:04,837 you hear like the warping sometimes of the music 1669 01:12:04,872 --> 01:12:07,461 and that's, you know, it's almost like when you play music 1670 01:12:07,495 --> 01:12:09,083 on like a record player. 1671 01:12:09,117 --> 01:12:10,578 It just has a completely different vibe, 1672 01:12:10,602 --> 01:12:13,639 and I'm really glad that VHS is making a comeback now 1673 01:12:13,674 --> 01:12:16,539 and new releases are getting done on VHS. 1674 01:12:16,573 --> 01:12:17,885 It's pretty sweet. 1675 01:12:17,919 --> 01:12:20,577 I grew up in the age of Blockbuster, Hollywood video, 1676 01:12:20,612 --> 01:12:23,339 mom and pop rental stores, 1677 01:12:23,373 --> 01:12:27,032 when you could just go and get something. 1678 01:12:27,066 --> 01:12:30,691 I always loved that feeling, going into the rental store, 1679 01:12:30,725 --> 01:12:35,661 they have those shelves, all the VHS are facing artwork out, 1680 01:12:35,696 --> 01:12:37,560 and especially if it was a new release, 1681 01:12:37,594 --> 01:12:41,391 just looking to see if there was that VHS 1682 01:12:41,426 --> 01:12:45,947 in that plastic case behind the original VHS case. 1683 01:12:45,982 --> 01:12:48,398 And you get to that one and it's, there it is, 1684 01:12:48,433 --> 01:12:53,403 out of this whole rows of dozens of the same movie, 1685 01:12:54,231 --> 01:12:55,543 there's that one. 1686 01:12:55,578 --> 01:12:58,719 I always love that feeling of being able to find that. 1687 01:12:58,753 --> 01:13:01,584 This Halloween, Blockbuster Video has 1688 01:13:01,618 --> 01:13:04,621 a special treat for your whole family. 1689 01:13:11,766 --> 01:13:14,631 You can take home any of these great Halloween classics 1690 01:13:14,666 --> 01:13:17,565 for just $7.99, or rent two movies 1691 01:13:17,600 --> 01:13:20,257 and get them for free-99. 1692 01:13:20,292 --> 01:13:22,708 Now if that's not a reason to scream... 1693 01:13:24,123 --> 01:13:25,228 What is? 1694 01:13:25,262 --> 01:13:27,610 Make it a Blockbuster fright. 1695 01:13:29,094 --> 01:13:31,407 I think some there's some nostalgia to it. 1696 01:13:31,441 --> 01:13:35,169 But it's mostly a simple philosophy that I have 1697 01:13:35,203 --> 01:13:37,654 as a filmmaker, which is it's simply this, 1698 01:13:37,689 --> 01:13:41,900 you know, if you are a writer, you know, 1699 01:13:41,934 --> 01:13:43,419 like a novelist or something, 1700 01:13:43,453 --> 01:13:47,284 then you need to have a robust book collection, 1701 01:13:47,319 --> 01:13:50,598 and every minute that you're not writing something, 1702 01:13:50,633 --> 01:13:51,944 you need to be reading. 1703 01:13:51,979 --> 01:13:54,464 You know, you need to know what all is out there, 1704 01:13:54,499 --> 01:13:57,605 and thus, you know how you can do something different. 1705 01:13:57,640 --> 01:13:59,193 Same thing goes with filmmaking. 1706 01:13:59,227 --> 01:14:01,851 If you want to be good, then, you know, 1707 01:14:01,885 --> 01:14:04,578 you need to have a robust movie collection 1708 01:14:04,612 --> 01:14:08,478 and you know, have a wide film repertoire. 1709 01:14:08,513 --> 01:14:09,938 And then when you're not writing a script, 1710 01:14:09,962 --> 01:14:11,181 or you're not shooting something, 1711 01:14:11,205 --> 01:14:13,379 you need to be watching something, 1712 01:14:13,414 --> 01:14:14,967 so that way you can get inspired 1713 01:14:15,002 --> 01:14:18,488 and keep yourself in that good head space at all times. 1714 01:14:18,523 --> 01:14:20,386 I think that's very, very important. 1715 01:14:20,421 --> 01:14:23,389 I would say the VHS is where a product is nostalgia 1716 01:14:23,424 --> 01:14:25,702 because that's what I used to rent at the video store. 1717 01:14:25,737 --> 01:14:27,542 Most stuff I've got, though, they just sit on the shelf 1718 01:14:27,566 --> 01:14:28,957 and they collect dust because I usually just 1719 01:14:28,981 --> 01:14:31,536 use whatever's the top format I have the movie on. 1720 01:14:31,570 --> 01:14:33,641 So if it's Blu-ray, it's going to be Blu-ray. 1721 01:14:33,676 --> 01:14:35,781 VHS is usually there just to look nice, 1722 01:14:35,816 --> 01:14:37,369 and if I've got something on VHS 1723 01:14:37,403 --> 01:14:40,027 I don't actually have on DVD or Blu-ray, 1724 01:14:40,061 --> 01:14:42,374 I'll just watch VHS then, but it's pretty rare. 1725 01:14:42,408 --> 01:14:44,203 Nostalgia is part of it. 1726 01:14:44,238 --> 01:14:46,689 It's not all of it, but it's part of it. 1727 01:14:46,723 --> 01:14:49,346 When I was growing up, I would, I would save up my money, 1728 01:14:49,381 --> 01:14:51,487 whether it was mowing lawns or doing odd jobs, 1729 01:14:51,521 --> 01:14:52,671 especially when I was younger, 1730 01:14:52,695 --> 01:14:54,662 before I could actually get an actual job 1731 01:14:54,697 --> 01:14:57,044 and I would save up as much money as I could 1732 01:14:57,078 --> 01:14:58,355 to go buy a tape. 1733 01:14:58,390 --> 01:15:01,186 And I would go buy an old monster movie 1734 01:15:01,220 --> 01:15:02,877 from the 50s or 60s, you know, 1735 01:15:02,912 --> 01:15:06,536 Universal monsters or old sci-fi film, 1736 01:15:06,571 --> 01:15:09,194 you know, or the the big releases that would come out. 1737 01:15:09,228 --> 01:15:10,516 And I remember back then you could even 1738 01:15:10,540 --> 01:15:11,828 pick them up in the grocery store, 1739 01:15:11,852 --> 01:15:14,682 something like Jurassic Park or something like that. 1740 01:15:14,717 --> 01:15:17,996 I'd go and, you know, snatch up that tape and bring it home, 1741 01:15:18,030 --> 01:15:21,586 and you could have that experience of watching that movie 1742 01:15:21,620 --> 01:15:24,243 that you saw in the theater, you know, in your own home. 1743 01:15:24,278 --> 01:15:26,867 And also there was a lot of films, you know, 1744 01:15:26,901 --> 01:15:28,178 that obviously you couldn't see 1745 01:15:28,213 --> 01:15:29,535 unless they were just replaying them 1746 01:15:29,559 --> 01:15:30,836 on TV and things like that. 1747 01:15:30,871 --> 01:15:33,459 So being able to get a physical copy 1748 01:15:33,494 --> 01:15:36,566 of that movie was just awesome back then, you know, 1749 01:15:36,601 --> 01:15:39,880 so I really think for me, it is a very nostalgic thing. 1750 01:15:39,914 --> 01:15:42,745 I love walking in here and having that feeling of, 1751 01:15:42,779 --> 01:15:45,610 you know, a video store almost. 1752 01:15:45,644 --> 01:15:47,922 And that was a big part of my childhood, as well, 1753 01:15:47,957 --> 01:15:49,924 going to the video store on Friday nights. 1754 01:15:49,959 --> 01:15:51,719 You know, everybody's worked all week, 1755 01:15:51,754 --> 01:15:53,687 been at school all week, so the family can go. 1756 01:15:53,721 --> 01:15:55,792 We'd pick out a movie or several movies, 1757 01:15:55,827 --> 01:15:58,761 and bring them home and pop popcorn and watch 'em. 1758 01:15:58,795 --> 01:16:01,971 And I feel like that's something that's like lost today, 1759 01:16:02,005 --> 01:16:04,283 you know, on the generation that we're in. 1760 01:16:04,318 --> 01:16:07,493 You know, a lot of people just will sit in their bed 1761 01:16:07,528 --> 01:16:08,425 and stream movies. 1762 01:16:08,460 --> 01:16:09,713 There's nothing wrong with that, 1763 01:16:09,737 --> 01:16:12,395 but there was something about that just active 1764 01:16:12,429 --> 01:16:15,916 as a family going out together and picking a movie out. 1765 01:16:15,950 --> 01:16:17,814 It was just spending time together. 1766 01:16:17,849 --> 01:16:18,964 I'm very nostalgic as far as 1767 01:16:18,988 --> 01:16:21,438 my music collection is concerned. 1768 01:16:21,473 --> 01:16:24,269 Again, as far as video games are concerned as well. 1769 01:16:24,303 --> 01:16:26,616 One of the main reasons why I collect 1770 01:16:26,651 --> 01:16:28,411 for the Game Boy is not only because 1771 01:16:28,445 --> 01:16:31,310 just the convenience of being able to take it on the go, 1772 01:16:31,345 --> 01:16:34,417 but also the fact that I grew up with a Game Boy. 1773 01:16:34,451 --> 01:16:35,739 So there's a lot of great games in there 1774 01:16:35,763 --> 01:16:37,189 I grew up with a lot, a lot of games 1775 01:16:37,213 --> 01:16:38,766 that are very nostalgic for me. 1776 01:16:38,801 --> 01:16:40,112 And also when it comes to, again, 1777 01:16:40,147 --> 01:16:41,942 not so much the Game Boy Color, 1778 01:16:41,976 --> 01:16:43,920 but there are some good nostalgic games on there as well. 1779 01:16:43,944 --> 01:16:45,842 But when it comes to the Game Boy Advance, 1780 01:16:45,877 --> 01:16:48,811 there's just a ton of awesome, like 16 bit games 1781 01:16:48,845 --> 01:16:50,778 that I've imported over that were out 1782 01:16:50,813 --> 01:16:53,643 for the SNES and Genesis that I also grew up with. 1783 01:16:53,678 --> 01:16:55,162 So definitely nostalgic there. 1784 01:16:55,196 --> 01:16:58,096 And of course, I mean, to an extent, 1785 01:16:58,130 --> 01:17:00,754 nostalgia does play a part in the collecting 1786 01:17:00,788 --> 01:17:02,169 of cinematic media. 1787 01:17:02,203 --> 01:17:05,759 A lot of movies that I grew up with as a kid 1788 01:17:05,793 --> 01:17:08,382 and TV shows that I grew up with and whatnot 1789 01:17:08,416 --> 01:17:10,798 I have in my collection, of course. 1790 01:17:10,833 --> 01:17:12,835 And I guess really when it comes down to it, 1791 01:17:12,869 --> 01:17:16,873 I kinda got into collecting cinematic media 1792 01:17:16,908 --> 01:17:19,358 because of nostalgia. 1793 01:17:19,393 --> 01:17:23,673 Back when I first started collecting all this stuff, 1794 01:17:23,708 --> 01:17:27,332 it was really just because I had sold off a big collection 1795 01:17:27,366 --> 01:17:29,334 of something else I used to collect for, 1796 01:17:29,368 --> 01:17:31,681 and when I did that, 1797 01:17:31,716 --> 01:17:33,994 I had a, I think a few hundred dollars in my pockets, 1798 01:17:34,028 --> 01:17:36,410 and I was able to go out at the time 1799 01:17:36,444 --> 01:17:39,689 and buy myself a DVD player and some DVDs. 1800 01:17:39,724 --> 01:17:41,898 I grew up in the 90s and, you know, 1801 01:17:41,933 --> 01:17:44,556 I distinctly remember going to Blockbuster 1802 01:17:44,590 --> 01:17:47,214 and going to video stores and renting movies 1803 01:17:47,248 --> 01:17:50,700 and how big a deal it was to even have HBO 1804 01:17:50,735 --> 01:17:53,841 or watch the movie of the week on TV and, you know, 1805 01:17:53,876 --> 01:17:57,983 put a VHS in the recorder and try to record that movie 1806 01:17:58,018 --> 01:17:59,433 so you could watch it again later, 1807 01:17:59,467 --> 01:18:01,884 which probably was illegal at the time, 1808 01:18:01,918 --> 01:18:04,714 but like nobody was really paying attention to that stuff. 1809 01:18:04,749 --> 01:18:06,854 When a movie went on HBO, you popped it in, 1810 01:18:06,889 --> 01:18:08,200 you recorded it, and you know, 1811 01:18:08,235 --> 01:18:10,099 you added it to your collection. 1812 01:18:10,133 --> 01:18:12,722 - Nostalgia plays a huge part in my collecting, 1813 01:18:12,757 --> 01:18:14,862 probably the biggest part of my collecting really, 1814 01:18:14,897 --> 01:18:16,415 because, you know, back in the day 1815 01:18:16,450 --> 01:18:19,177 we would always go to, well ours was Movie Gallery, 1816 01:18:19,211 --> 01:18:20,533 which is where we would rent stuff, 1817 01:18:20,557 --> 01:18:22,421 and my family would always go out there. 1818 01:18:22,456 --> 01:18:24,389 My brother would usually pick up the video games, 1819 01:18:24,423 --> 01:18:26,702 but I was always in the horror section, 1820 01:18:26,736 --> 01:18:28,300 even though I was really scared of horror movies 1821 01:18:28,324 --> 01:18:29,912 for a big part of my life. 1822 01:18:29,946 --> 01:18:31,855 When I was a kid, I didn't watch horror movies at all. 1823 01:18:31,879 --> 01:18:36,608 But somehow that, like, that me being scared, 1824 01:18:36,642 --> 01:18:40,198 kind of like flowed into me being interested 1825 01:18:40,232 --> 01:18:42,062 into me loving it. 1826 01:18:42,096 --> 01:18:44,133 And so even when I was really afraid of it, 1827 01:18:44,167 --> 01:18:46,618 I would always go down that horror movie section 1828 01:18:46,652 --> 01:18:49,655 and just, you know, look at the covers, flip it to the back 1829 01:18:49,690 --> 01:18:51,761 and like, I would never read the part, 1830 01:18:51,796 --> 01:18:53,152 but I would always just look at the pictures 1831 01:18:53,176 --> 01:18:55,938 and if the pictures looked scary, I wanted to watch it, 1832 01:18:55,972 --> 01:18:57,122 even though I was scared of it. 1833 01:18:57,146 --> 01:19:00,736 So yeah, nostalgia is a huge part of it. 1834 01:19:00,770 --> 01:19:02,151 I would go to my grandma's house. 1835 01:19:02,185 --> 01:19:03,438 I remember I went to my grandma's house 1836 01:19:03,462 --> 01:19:05,775 and she had a Phantasm one and two, 1837 01:19:05,810 --> 01:19:07,294 and I would watch those all the time. 1838 01:19:07,328 --> 01:19:09,054 Even though I was terrified of them, 1839 01:19:09,089 --> 01:19:10,129 I would always watch them. 1840 01:19:10,159 --> 01:19:13,610 And then one time my brother had his 1841 01:19:14,853 --> 01:19:17,304 Peewee football team over for his birthday 1842 01:19:17,338 --> 01:19:19,789 and my mom bought us Evil Dead to watch, 1843 01:19:19,824 --> 01:19:22,619 and I've never been more terrified of a movie, 1844 01:19:22,654 --> 01:19:24,794 and now it's my favorite movie of all time. 1845 01:19:26,037 --> 01:19:27,428 It was really scary, and the scene where 1846 01:19:27,452 --> 01:19:30,006 the tree raped the girl, my mom was trying to jump 1847 01:19:30,041 --> 01:19:32,664 in the way the TV and all the kids, like, tackled her, 1848 01:19:32,698 --> 01:19:33,941 getting her away from the TV, 1849 01:19:33,976 --> 01:19:35,494 just so they could see the the tree 1850 01:19:36,564 --> 01:19:37,980 getting all over that girl, man, 1851 01:19:38,014 --> 01:19:40,706 which is really weird when you think about it. 1852 01:19:40,741 --> 01:19:43,986 But yeah, that, that happened. That's a true story. 1853 01:19:44,020 --> 01:19:45,791 - And as a kid, I love going to the video store 1854 01:19:45,815 --> 01:19:50,786 and just discovering a new movie based on the box art, 1855 01:19:51,476 --> 01:19:52,476 the artwork, you know? 1856 01:19:53,547 --> 01:19:54,869 Sure, you could see the artwork, whatever, 1857 01:19:54,893 --> 01:19:57,516 on Netflix or whatever. 1858 01:19:57,551 --> 01:19:58,794 It's not the same. 1859 01:19:58,828 --> 01:20:00,185 There was something nice picking something up 1860 01:20:00,209 --> 01:20:02,176 and you know it catching your attention 1861 01:20:02,211 --> 01:20:03,833 and looking at the back of it. 1862 01:20:03,868 --> 01:20:05,835 Looking back at when DVDs came out, 1863 01:20:05,870 --> 01:20:08,838 looking back at the Blockbusters and browsing the shelves 1864 01:20:08,873 --> 01:20:11,461 and wanting to have that experience again, 1865 01:20:11,496 --> 01:20:13,981 which just, unfortunately doesn't exist. 1866 01:20:14,016 --> 01:20:17,640 What I wanted to do really is create a library of movies 1867 01:20:17,674 --> 01:20:20,712 and TV shows where if somebody comes into this room, 1868 01:20:20,746 --> 01:20:22,127 they can go through the library 1869 01:20:22,162 --> 01:20:24,060 and really look and maybe pick out a movie 1870 01:20:24,095 --> 01:20:25,406 that they had forgotten about, 1871 01:20:25,441 --> 01:20:27,961 or pick something new off the shelf 1872 01:20:27,995 --> 01:20:31,757 or something really rare that maybe has gone out of print 1873 01:20:31,792 --> 01:20:35,071 a long time ago, and isn't on streaming services, 1874 01:20:35,106 --> 01:20:37,004 and I have it in my collection. 1875 01:20:37,039 --> 01:20:39,904 And so looking down the road 10, 20 years from now, 1876 01:20:39,938 --> 01:20:43,183 that's what I really hope to have and hope to deliver 1877 01:20:43,217 --> 01:20:46,151 is sort of this archive of physical media. 1878 01:20:46,186 --> 01:20:50,017 I would say that nostalgia 1879 01:20:50,052 --> 01:20:53,089 plays a huge factor in what I do. 1880 01:20:54,090 --> 01:20:56,990 I actually have an ultimate goal of 1881 01:20:57,024 --> 01:20:59,716 making a place look like a video store, 1882 01:21:00,925 --> 01:21:03,099 I guess, just to kind of remind me 1883 01:21:03,134 --> 01:21:07,103 of the good old days, as you will. 1884 01:21:07,138 --> 01:21:11,901 And I think that it's just very important 1885 01:21:11,936 --> 01:21:15,042 to keep physical media alive today, 1886 01:21:15,077 --> 01:21:19,184 just for the fact that it was something 1887 01:21:19,219 --> 01:21:20,599 that was part of our past, 1888 01:21:20,634 --> 01:21:24,258 something that we grew up on that was so important to us. 1889 01:21:24,293 --> 01:21:27,089 Like going to the video stores back in the day. 1890 01:21:27,123 --> 01:21:29,712 In my family, we didn't really own VHS. 1891 01:21:29,746 --> 01:21:31,828 I mean, there was always, you know, you had like Star Wars 1892 01:21:31,852 --> 01:21:34,441 and Indiana Jones and you had a couple of VHS 1893 01:21:34,475 --> 01:21:37,064 in your collection, but I think my family, 1894 01:21:37,099 --> 01:21:39,549 like most families, they just rented them. 1895 01:21:39,584 --> 01:21:42,828 They were kind of narrow, but they were thick, 1896 01:21:42,863 --> 01:21:45,314 and were like this cheap plastic, 1897 01:21:45,348 --> 01:21:48,834 and you had to deal with the VCRs and rewinding them. 1898 01:21:48,869 --> 01:21:53,874 Obviously no special features, not a lot going on for sound. 1899 01:21:55,082 --> 01:21:56,094 There just wasn't a lot to these. 1900 01:21:56,118 --> 01:21:57,740 You just put it in and you press play, 1901 01:21:57,774 --> 01:22:00,225 and, you know, the VCRs could eat the tapes 1902 01:22:00,260 --> 01:22:02,227 and the tapes could get damaged. 1903 01:22:02,262 --> 01:22:04,747 And it, just, to me it was never something 1904 01:22:04,781 --> 01:22:06,783 I was interested in collecting. 1905 01:22:06,818 --> 01:22:08,061 And I... 1906 01:22:08,095 --> 01:22:12,168 This is the only VHS I have, Bumblebee. 1907 01:22:12,203 --> 01:22:13,974 - I think that nostalgia plays a really big part 1908 01:22:13,998 --> 01:22:16,276 in collecting because especially for horror fans, 1909 01:22:16,310 --> 01:22:18,174 you know, we grew up watching movies 1910 01:22:18,209 --> 01:22:20,590 in the 70s, 80s, and 90s when physical media 1911 01:22:20,625 --> 01:22:21,867 was really the only option. 1912 01:22:21,902 --> 01:22:23,155 So you had to buy the movie, essentially, 1913 01:22:23,179 --> 01:22:24,249 if you wanted to own it. 1914 01:22:24,284 --> 01:22:25,837 And so for a lot of us we just 1915 01:22:25,871 --> 01:22:27,459 never really stopped collecting. 1916 01:22:27,494 --> 01:22:31,291 And part of, you know, still obtaining those obscure VHS's 1917 01:22:31,325 --> 01:22:33,293 at thrift shops and flea markets 1918 01:22:33,327 --> 01:22:36,296 sort of like brings back a warm, fuzzy feeling 1919 01:22:36,330 --> 01:22:37,963 from when you were a kid and would see those 1920 01:22:37,987 --> 01:22:39,678 freaky covers at the video store. 1921 01:22:39,713 --> 01:22:41,335 You know it's a little bit of the slice 1922 01:22:41,370 --> 01:22:42,819 is still kind of keeping that alive. 1923 01:22:42,854 --> 01:22:45,132 So I think that nostalgia is probably 1924 01:22:45,167 --> 01:22:48,101 the essential reason why a lot of us still collect. 1925 01:22:48,135 --> 01:22:49,688 I collect physical media 1926 01:22:49,723 --> 01:22:52,277 'cause it is just so much fun, you know. 1927 01:22:52,312 --> 01:22:55,142 You get to go out and you get to find these movies, 1928 01:22:55,177 --> 01:22:56,395 you know, either you've never seen them, 1929 01:22:56,419 --> 01:22:58,007 you're excited to watch them, 1930 01:22:58,042 --> 01:23:00,492 they have an actor you like, a director you like. 1931 01:23:00,527 --> 01:23:04,117 They're part of a long running series 1932 01:23:04,151 --> 01:23:06,705 and you get them and it's weird, 1933 01:23:06,740 --> 01:23:08,500 but it's kind of an addiction. 1934 01:23:08,535 --> 01:23:12,849 Like people get addicted to new movie releases 1935 01:23:12,884 --> 01:23:17,406 and you know, people get it a day early and they're excited. 1936 01:23:17,440 --> 01:23:19,166 Everybody doesn't have this, tomorrow. 1937 01:23:19,201 --> 01:23:22,169 I have it today, and you're like in this elite status 1938 01:23:22,204 --> 01:23:25,724 and you know they're just so much fun to collect. 1939 01:23:27,278 --> 01:23:28,934 Have that artwork in your hand, 1940 01:23:28,969 --> 01:23:31,040 have that disc in your hand. 1941 01:23:31,075 --> 01:23:32,155 If you have something like this, you know, 1942 01:23:32,179 --> 01:23:35,044 you have extra extra stuff in it. 1943 01:23:35,079 --> 01:23:40,084 And it's just, it gives you a good feeling just to have it. 1944 01:23:40,946 --> 01:23:42,638 I don't feel like digital media, 1945 01:23:43,466 --> 01:23:45,848 even with its added convenience, 1946 01:23:45,882 --> 01:23:47,781 you know, I can go on my computer 1947 01:23:47,815 --> 01:23:52,820 and I can watch it almost anywhere, anytime. 1948 01:23:54,063 --> 01:23:56,341 I don't have to store 4,000 discs. 1949 01:23:56,376 --> 01:24:00,345 They're all just kind of floating out there on the internet. 1950 01:24:00,380 --> 01:24:03,590 But I feel like that also has a lot of drawbacks, 1951 01:24:03,624 --> 01:24:07,318 and even with having a good high-speed internet, 1952 01:24:08,664 --> 01:24:12,185 I feel like a lot of times you have trouble with connections 1953 01:24:12,219 --> 01:24:15,705 and buffering and downgrading. 1954 01:24:15,740 --> 01:24:18,881 When I put this Blu-ray in my Blu-ray player 1955 01:24:18,915 --> 01:24:20,365 on my TV, I'm going to get 1956 01:24:20,400 --> 01:24:23,230 the same exact quality every time. 1957 01:24:23,265 --> 01:24:25,612 When it comes to why do I collect physical media, 1958 01:24:25,646 --> 01:24:28,270 I've always been the kind of person that loves the idea 1959 01:24:28,304 --> 01:24:30,420 that if there's something that I really want to watch, 1960 01:24:30,444 --> 01:24:31,732 I'm like, okay, I love that movie, 1961 01:24:31,756 --> 01:24:33,665 I saw that movie in theaters and I'm like, okay, 1962 01:24:33,689 --> 01:24:34,966 I want to watch that thing. 1963 01:24:35,000 --> 01:24:36,968 I can just grab it off the shelf and watch it. 1964 01:24:37,002 --> 01:24:39,108 The idea of not being able to do that 1965 01:24:39,143 --> 01:24:41,006 with some of my favorite movies and being like, 1966 01:24:41,041 --> 01:24:42,329 oh, I have to search through streaming 1967 01:24:42,353 --> 01:24:45,010 and hopefully I can find it or, oh, can I buy it digitally? 1968 01:24:45,045 --> 01:24:48,393 And like all that kind of stuff, that's never been my thing. 1969 01:24:48,428 --> 01:24:50,440 I've always been the kind of person who just liked the idea 1970 01:24:50,464 --> 01:24:52,397 that if it's something that I really like, 1971 01:24:52,432 --> 01:24:55,090 I like to have the film and like to be able to... 1972 01:24:55,124 --> 01:24:57,333 And I'm one of those kind of people too, who, you know, 1973 01:24:57,368 --> 01:24:58,645 as strange as it is, 1974 01:24:58,679 --> 01:25:00,347 and I'm sure other people who are collectors, 1975 01:25:00,371 --> 01:25:02,245 sometimes they just like to go and look at their collection. 1976 01:25:02,269 --> 01:25:03,867 They just take out the movies, look at them 1977 01:25:03,891 --> 01:25:05,524 and kind of like, you know how people are 1978 01:25:05,548 --> 01:25:07,447 who are like scholar types with their books, 1979 01:25:07,481 --> 01:25:08,493 they go look at their old books, 1980 01:25:08,517 --> 01:25:11,416 and like to me, I'm like that with the movies. 1981 01:25:11,451 --> 01:25:13,798 - I collect physical media because it's just, 1982 01:25:13,832 --> 01:25:16,111 I always, going to those movie stores, 1983 01:25:16,145 --> 01:25:17,871 I always wanted it myself, 1984 01:25:17,905 --> 01:25:21,633 like I wanted that movie store in my house. 1985 01:25:21,668 --> 01:25:22,979 It's always great to collect 1986 01:25:23,014 --> 01:25:25,534 and get the stuff and have it, you know. 1987 01:25:25,568 --> 01:25:28,019 I think it's just a cool thing with the artwork, 1988 01:25:28,053 --> 01:25:30,194 to know that you have it, the history behind it 1989 01:25:30,228 --> 01:25:32,161 and the cool extras that those things come with. 1990 01:25:32,196 --> 01:25:34,888 Like all around, that's why I love physical media 1991 01:25:34,922 --> 01:25:35,820 and always will. 1992 01:25:35,854 --> 01:25:37,304 I always like to promote that 1993 01:25:37,339 --> 01:25:39,651 and portray that in my videos when I can. 1994 01:25:39,686 --> 01:25:41,733 And I like to tell people and hopefully inspire them 1995 01:25:41,757 --> 01:25:44,449 to like get stuff and to keep their collection, 1996 01:25:44,484 --> 01:25:46,279 don't sell their stuff, you know, keep it. 1997 01:25:46,313 --> 01:25:48,084 This stuff is great, especially with the tapes. 1998 01:25:48,108 --> 01:25:49,385 I love my tapes. 1999 01:25:49,420 --> 01:25:50,904 My favorite thing is probably tapes. 2000 01:25:50,938 --> 01:25:52,537 You know, just like the whole artwork and the whole thing 2001 01:25:52,561 --> 01:25:53,561 of it, you know? 2002 01:25:54,494 --> 01:25:55,357 I love it all, though. 2003 01:25:55,391 --> 01:25:56,703 Love it all. It's all fantastic. 2004 01:25:56,737 --> 01:26:01,294 Blu-ray, DVD, 4K, all that stuff is amazing and so cool. 2005 01:26:01,328 --> 01:26:02,881 I collect physical media, 2006 01:26:02,916 --> 01:26:05,470 I actually wrote an article about this, 2007 01:26:05,505 --> 01:26:09,647 for one, I love the tangible experience of it. 2008 01:26:09,681 --> 01:26:11,269 Being able to have it 2009 01:26:12,546 --> 01:26:14,721 for some reason makes me... 2010 01:26:16,101 --> 01:26:18,518 It gives me a better watching experience 2011 01:26:18,552 --> 01:26:22,073 versus just a digital copy of it. 2012 01:26:22,107 --> 01:26:24,731 Why do I collect physical media? 2013 01:26:24,765 --> 01:26:27,078 Because here's the thing: 2014 01:26:27,112 --> 01:26:29,425 with physical media like Blu-rays, DVDs, 2015 01:26:29,460 --> 01:26:34,327 they have a lot, a lot of a nice box arts, 2016 01:26:34,361 --> 01:26:37,399 nice cases, such as SteelBook, 2017 01:26:39,124 --> 01:26:42,404 MediaBook, or box set limited edition three discs 2018 01:26:42,438 --> 01:26:44,129 or something like that. 2019 01:26:44,164 --> 01:26:45,510 They're beautiful. 2020 01:26:45,545 --> 01:26:49,342 As for collecting them as opposed to streaming them, 2021 01:26:49,376 --> 01:26:52,862 I prefer that because certain things that you could get. 2022 01:26:52,897 --> 01:26:55,831 I mean, like the ones that I showed you before, 2023 01:26:56,659 --> 01:26:59,904 and it's just cool artwork. 2024 01:26:59,938 --> 01:27:01,630 Very cool artwork. 2025 01:27:01,664 --> 01:27:04,460 And those that stream it, you're missing out on 2026 01:27:04,495 --> 01:27:06,428 little things like that. 2027 01:27:06,462 --> 01:27:09,362 Plus actually being able to hold it 2028 01:27:09,396 --> 01:27:13,262 in your hands is very important. 2029 01:27:13,297 --> 01:27:16,438 And it's a shame that a lot of people 2030 01:27:16,472 --> 01:27:21,097 with the streaming age, they don't appreciate that 2031 01:27:21,132 --> 01:27:22,834 that I think that they're really missing out. 2032 01:27:22,858 --> 01:27:25,378 - I also collect physical media 2033 01:27:25,412 --> 01:27:27,103 because I want to be able to watch 2034 01:27:27,138 --> 01:27:29,140 the entire movie without it buffering. 2035 01:27:30,590 --> 01:27:35,457 With, you know, digital movies, streaming services... 2036 01:27:38,632 --> 01:27:40,255 There's no guarantee. 2037 01:27:40,289 --> 01:27:42,912 If there's a storm outside or you have terrible internet, 2038 01:27:42,947 --> 01:27:47,089 you're not going to get the true 4K UHD 2039 01:27:47,123 --> 01:27:49,091 or Dolby Vision format. 2040 01:27:49,125 --> 01:27:52,336 The companies today that are putting out physical media 2041 01:27:52,370 --> 01:27:54,303 are doing such a great job. 2042 01:27:54,338 --> 01:27:58,445 They're finding lost treasures 2043 01:27:58,480 --> 01:28:02,000 and they're cleaning them and restoring them 2044 01:28:02,035 --> 01:28:03,864 and putting them out with bonus features 2045 01:28:03,899 --> 01:28:07,592 and beautiful packaging, sometimes bundled with t-shirts, 2046 01:28:07,627 --> 01:28:10,492 and just making it so much fun for the collector, 2047 01:28:10,526 --> 01:28:12,459 and I think that's great. 2048 01:28:12,494 --> 01:28:15,462 And it's a better time for collecting now 2049 01:28:15,497 --> 01:28:18,707 than it was 15 years ago or 20 years ago. 2050 01:28:18,741 --> 01:28:21,951 So I'm really happy what I'm seeing out there. 2051 01:28:21,986 --> 01:28:25,058 And, you know, I do my part to buy from all the companies 2052 01:28:25,092 --> 01:28:26,956 that I like the product from 2053 01:28:26,991 --> 01:28:28,855 and do my best to support them, 2054 01:28:28,889 --> 01:28:31,996 and even if you bought one Blu-ray or one record 2055 01:28:32,030 --> 01:28:34,654 or one DVD, you're helping, 2056 01:28:34,688 --> 01:28:37,588 and I really appreciate the effort that 2057 01:28:38,727 --> 01:28:41,005 a lot of the companies are putting in 2058 01:28:41,039 --> 01:28:44,077 and I'm seeing incredible product now. 2059 01:28:44,111 --> 01:28:46,907 - My style as far as collecting is concerned 2060 01:28:46,942 --> 01:28:49,047 has changed a lot. 2061 01:28:49,082 --> 01:28:54,087 I only buy Blu-rays now and I've been throwing away, 2062 01:28:55,571 --> 01:28:57,849 not throwing away, giving away some of the DVDs 2063 01:28:57,884 --> 01:29:02,060 that I own to people and replacing them with Blu-rays. 2064 01:29:02,095 --> 01:29:03,486 Of course the ones that I really care about, 2065 01:29:03,510 --> 01:29:05,478 I've been replacing them with Blu-rays, 2066 01:29:05,512 --> 01:29:06,996 again, to get that picture quality, 2067 01:29:07,031 --> 01:29:08,653 to get that sound quality. 2068 01:29:08,688 --> 01:29:11,346 So for me owning those Blu-rays, 2069 01:29:11,380 --> 01:29:13,382 it's kind of a passion thing. 2070 01:29:14,625 --> 01:29:19,043 And again, to maintain my bank account at a certain level 2071 01:29:19,077 --> 01:29:22,840 and be able to still do that, I limit myself a lot. 2072 01:29:22,874 --> 01:29:24,680 Of course, I would love to have a huge collection 2073 01:29:24,704 --> 01:29:28,363 wall to wall, ceiling to floor Blu-rays, 2074 01:29:28,397 --> 01:29:30,019 but it's a slow process for me. 2075 01:29:30,054 --> 01:29:33,402 So right now my collection is by no means big 2076 01:29:33,437 --> 01:29:36,025 or impressive or anything, but it's my collection, 2077 01:29:36,060 --> 01:29:38,407 and it's movies that I absolutely love in there, 2078 01:29:38,442 --> 01:29:40,547 so it makes me appreciate it that much more. 2079 01:29:40,582 --> 01:29:42,894 And I do look forward to growing it 2080 01:29:42,929 --> 01:29:46,864 and having that wall to wall, 2081 01:29:46,898 --> 01:29:48,762 ceiling to floor look eventually, 2082 01:29:48,797 --> 01:29:50,523 but it's a slow process for me 2083 01:29:50,557 --> 01:29:52,939 and it's, you know, I am limiting myself 2084 01:29:52,973 --> 01:29:56,149 to strictly movies that I either really love, 2085 01:29:56,183 --> 01:30:00,049 I really see myself watching it over and over again 2086 01:30:00,084 --> 01:30:03,708 and movies that I would be like find myself dying 2087 01:30:03,743 --> 01:30:04,606 to show it to other people 2088 01:30:04,640 --> 01:30:06,297 to share that experience with them. 2089 01:30:06,331 --> 01:30:09,542 Those are the Blu-rays I gravitate towards buying now. 2090 01:30:09,576 --> 01:30:13,822 I like that the, you know, the tangible experience. 2091 01:30:15,582 --> 01:30:18,896 Physically having the movie for me, 2092 01:30:18,930 --> 01:30:23,659 just, it makes it a better viewing experience. 2093 01:30:23,694 --> 01:30:25,661 I actually collect physical media 2094 01:30:25,696 --> 01:30:28,906 because I'm a collector, first and foremost. 2095 01:30:28,940 --> 01:30:30,262 You know, it's just in your nature. 2096 01:30:30,286 --> 01:30:31,574 I do like watching them though, too. 2097 01:30:31,598 --> 01:30:33,334 It's not like I collect and leave it on the shelves. 2098 01:30:33,358 --> 01:30:34,256 I love watching movies. 2099 01:30:34,290 --> 01:30:35,568 I watch a lot of movies. 2100 01:30:35,602 --> 01:30:37,642 So I love watching them and I collect because a lot 2101 01:30:37,673 --> 01:30:40,365 of the movies I buy and I'm interested in, 2102 01:30:40,400 --> 01:30:42,678 you really just don't find other places. 2103 01:30:42,713 --> 01:30:44,473 Just randomly looking over at the shelf, 2104 01:30:44,508 --> 01:30:46,682 a lot of these things aren't streaming. 2105 01:30:46,717 --> 01:30:49,685 Like um, is this movie ever going to be streaming? 2106 01:30:49,720 --> 01:30:51,307 Maybe it is on Amazon Prime, 2107 01:30:51,342 --> 01:30:53,206 the Class of Nuke 'Em High II: The Substitute. 2108 01:30:53,240 --> 01:30:55,149 That's just something random on the shelf, you know, 2109 01:30:55,173 --> 01:30:57,106 or a lot of this stuff doesn't stream. 2110 01:30:57,141 --> 01:30:58,774 Now, people would say you could download it illegally, 2111 01:30:58,798 --> 01:31:00,455 but then the filmmakers or whoever 2112 01:31:00,489 --> 01:31:02,640 don't really get the money or the companies, you know, 2113 01:31:02,664 --> 01:31:04,873 there's an argument there to be made. 2114 01:31:04,907 --> 01:31:08,635 But still, I like to have all these movies at my fingertips. 2115 01:31:08,670 --> 01:31:11,707 The reason why, I guess, I collect physical media 2116 01:31:11,742 --> 01:31:15,331 is because I love having all this stuff 2117 01:31:15,366 --> 01:31:18,507 that I love actually in my hands. 2118 01:31:18,542 --> 01:31:20,509 I love owning all this stuff. 2119 01:31:20,544 --> 01:31:22,994 Up until a couple years ago, 2120 01:31:23,029 --> 01:31:24,385 you know that wasn't necessarily something 2121 01:31:24,409 --> 01:31:27,412 people really thought about was ownership 2122 01:31:27,447 --> 01:31:31,244 of movies or of video games or of music or stuff like that. 2123 01:31:31,278 --> 01:31:32,797 It just seemed like the norm. 2124 01:31:32,832 --> 01:31:35,662 Nowadays that has completely changed. 2125 01:31:35,697 --> 01:31:38,734 A lot of people have things digitally. 2126 01:31:38,769 --> 01:31:41,185 They'll just digitally buy a movie 2127 01:31:41,219 --> 01:31:43,083 or they'll digitally download a video game 2128 01:31:43,118 --> 01:31:46,328 or they'll digitally download a new album 2129 01:31:46,362 --> 01:31:48,813 from some band they like, and for me, 2130 01:31:48,848 --> 01:31:51,816 I don't, um, I don't necessarily get that. 2131 01:31:51,851 --> 01:31:53,438 It doesn't really work for me, 2132 01:31:53,473 --> 01:31:56,441 mainly because also nowadays when you download stuff, 2133 01:31:56,476 --> 01:31:58,513 a lot of it isn't like you download some file 2134 01:31:58,547 --> 01:32:00,894 and you get to like, you know, burn a CD 2135 01:32:00,929 --> 01:32:03,690 or burn it onto a an SD card or something like that 2136 01:32:03,725 --> 01:32:08,212 and you actually kind of sort of have a copy of that. 2137 01:32:08,246 --> 01:32:10,179 Now it's all just like in the Cloud 2138 01:32:10,214 --> 01:32:11,836 and it's stored somewhere else. 2139 01:32:11,871 --> 01:32:14,598 And the main issue is at any moment 2140 01:32:14,632 --> 01:32:18,912 that stuff can be taken from you or altered or changed. 2141 01:32:18,947 --> 01:32:20,604 Like just video games nowadays. 2142 01:32:20,638 --> 01:32:22,916 I hear so much about video games 2143 01:32:22,951 --> 01:32:25,954 and how basically they're released broken. 2144 01:32:25,988 --> 01:32:28,612 Like these studios know that the game 2145 01:32:28,646 --> 01:32:30,372 they're putting out isn't complete, 2146 01:32:30,406 --> 01:32:32,039 it isn't finished, there's stuff they want to do, 2147 01:32:32,063 --> 01:32:34,583 so they have to release all these patches for it 2148 01:32:34,618 --> 01:32:35,895 and stuff like that. 2149 01:32:35,929 --> 01:32:37,862 When I grew up a video game was what it was. 2150 01:32:37,897 --> 01:32:39,795 If there was an issue with the video game, 2151 01:32:39,830 --> 01:32:42,315 it's just, that's how it was. 2152 01:32:42,349 --> 01:32:43,868 But I don't think there was a lot 2153 01:32:43,903 --> 01:32:45,111 of issues with video games. 2154 01:32:45,145 --> 01:32:46,699 I mean, occasionally sure. 2155 01:32:46,733 --> 01:32:49,460 I'm not saying every game that ever came out was perfect 2156 01:32:49,494 --> 01:32:51,393 and there was never any issues or mistakes 2157 01:32:51,427 --> 01:32:55,121 or are bugs in them, but I feel like 2158 01:32:55,155 --> 01:32:57,572 the companies really did put a lot of time and effort 2159 01:32:57,606 --> 01:32:59,159 to make sure their games were perfect, 2160 01:32:59,194 --> 01:33:01,610 and not releasing them broken 2161 01:33:01,645 --> 01:33:03,785 and then just figuring, oh, we'll just, 2162 01:33:03,819 --> 01:33:05,062 we'll just patch it later. 2163 01:33:05,096 --> 01:33:06,833 'Cause that's, that just doesn't seem to make 2164 01:33:06,857 --> 01:33:08,755 much of any any sense to me. 2165 01:33:08,790 --> 01:33:11,620 I like having something that I own, 2166 01:33:11,655 --> 01:33:13,449 you know, physically own. 2167 01:33:13,484 --> 01:33:17,108 Even now, you know, you can order movies online, 2168 01:33:17,143 --> 01:33:19,732 you can stream Netflix, Hulu, 2169 01:33:19,766 --> 01:33:21,941 Amazon Prime, you have all that. 2170 01:33:21,975 --> 01:33:24,840 You can download the movies and even on the internet, 2171 01:33:26,048 --> 01:33:28,257 but it just does not feel the same. 2172 01:33:28,292 --> 01:33:31,157 You have it, but it's on the TV, but it's just there. 2173 01:33:31,191 --> 01:33:32,468 It's just there. 2174 01:33:32,503 --> 01:33:34,298 And also I go back to borrowing things. 2175 01:33:34,332 --> 01:33:36,921 I remember growing up and someone was like, 2176 01:33:36,956 --> 01:33:40,856 hey Dave I have this, do you want to borrow it? 2177 01:33:40,891 --> 01:33:42,375 It just wouldn't feel the same. 2178 01:33:42,409 --> 01:33:43,652 It would not feel the same. 2179 01:33:43,687 --> 01:33:44,974 I would take it, and I'd be like, yeah, sure. 2180 01:33:44,998 --> 01:33:46,379 Like, let me watch it. 2181 01:33:46,413 --> 01:33:50,383 But deep down inside, you know it's not yours 2182 01:33:50,417 --> 01:33:52,972 at all because you want it for yourself. 2183 01:33:53,006 --> 01:33:54,352 You want it to hold it. 2184 01:33:54,387 --> 01:33:56,872 You want to put in your collection on your shelf, 2185 01:33:56,907 --> 01:33:58,978 you know, you can pop it in wherever you want it. 2186 01:33:59,012 --> 01:34:01,843 And I feel like that's what it is with streaming. 2187 01:34:01,877 --> 01:34:05,191 It's there, you know, you can pop it in whenever you want, 2188 01:34:05,225 --> 01:34:07,849 you can watch it, but you don't hold it. 2189 01:34:07,883 --> 01:34:09,126 You don't hold it. 2190 01:34:09,160 --> 01:34:10,955 And I'll even 'till this day, watch a movie, 2191 01:34:10,990 --> 01:34:13,578 and I'll take that SteelBook and I'll hold it in my hands 2192 01:34:13,613 --> 01:34:15,304 or like in a chair next to me, 2193 01:34:15,339 --> 01:34:18,825 and I'll just stare into it, like the SteelBook. 2194 01:34:18,860 --> 01:34:19,871 For example, it would be like a SteelBook, 2195 01:34:19,895 --> 01:34:21,828 and I'll just look at the cover art 2196 01:34:21,863 --> 01:34:23,071 while I watch the movie. 2197 01:34:23,105 --> 01:34:24,900 Not the whole entire time, of course, 2198 01:34:24,935 --> 01:34:27,351 but I'll just like it because I like having it there, 2199 01:34:27,385 --> 01:34:28,904 I like taking it out, opening it up, 2200 01:34:28,939 --> 01:34:30,423 putting the disc in. 2201 01:34:30,457 --> 01:34:32,321 It just, it's not the same. 2202 01:34:32,356 --> 01:34:34,669 It's not the same at all when you do it online 2203 01:34:34,703 --> 01:34:35,911 or even borrowing it. 2204 01:34:35,946 --> 01:34:40,882 Why physical media is important to me 2205 01:34:40,916 --> 01:34:43,712 is because I can remember a time when, you know, 2206 01:34:43,747 --> 01:34:48,752 it's Friday night and you know my dad came home from work 2207 01:34:49,614 --> 01:34:51,444 and we have nothing to do, 2208 01:34:51,478 --> 01:34:53,249 and you know, of course, you know, where are we going to go? 2209 01:34:53,273 --> 01:34:54,758 We're going to go to the video store. 2210 01:34:54,792 --> 01:34:56,114 We're going to load up on five movies 2211 01:34:56,138 --> 01:34:58,037 that we're only going to watch three of them 2212 01:34:58,071 --> 01:35:00,039 and, you know, new releases, 2213 01:35:00,073 --> 01:35:03,628 and it's such a cool feeling to, 2214 01:35:04,768 --> 01:35:08,599 to do that as a, as like a father-son unit, 2215 01:35:08,633 --> 01:35:10,256 or even, you know, a family unit, 2216 01:35:10,290 --> 01:35:12,845 and just go and experience making 2217 01:35:12,879 --> 01:35:15,399 a selection together as a family. 2218 01:35:15,433 --> 01:35:17,228 I mean, my dad would pick some, 2219 01:35:17,263 --> 01:35:18,885 my mom would pick some, I'd pick some, 2220 01:35:18,920 --> 01:35:21,543 that's probably why we had five choices, 2221 01:35:21,577 --> 01:35:25,133 but you know, to physically go somewhere as a family 2222 01:35:25,167 --> 01:35:28,930 and, you know, rent something. 2223 01:35:28,964 --> 01:35:30,863 I mean, you could, you could buy something now, 2224 01:35:30,897 --> 01:35:33,417 but I think that physical media always needs 2225 01:35:33,451 --> 01:35:35,730 to have some sort of place in our hearts 2226 01:35:35,764 --> 01:35:37,214 and a place in our lives. 2227 01:35:37,248 --> 01:35:39,250 The reason I collect physical media is 2228 01:35:40,458 --> 01:35:42,081 I like to have the title in my hand 2229 01:35:42,115 --> 01:35:44,773 for the movie I wanna watch. 2230 01:35:44,808 --> 01:35:47,811 I don't want to deal with online services. 2231 01:35:47,845 --> 01:35:50,227 Not every movie I have in this collection 2232 01:35:50,261 --> 01:35:52,160 you're ever going to find online. 2233 01:35:52,194 --> 01:35:53,886 I like looking at the artwork. 2234 01:35:53,920 --> 01:35:56,958 I like reading the special features. 2235 01:35:56,992 --> 01:35:59,270 A lot of that stuff, you're never going to see. 2236 01:35:59,305 --> 01:36:02,273 The special features, you're never gonna find them online. 2237 01:36:02,308 --> 01:36:04,068 I gotta say, it's a nice perk to come in here 2238 01:36:04,103 --> 01:36:08,107 and walk in the room and like pick it and look at it. 2239 01:36:08,141 --> 01:36:11,075 You can get, you know, watch alternate cuts of the film. 2240 01:36:11,110 --> 01:36:14,803 You can watch, of course, a whole host of special features 2241 01:36:14,838 --> 01:36:18,082 and generally the video and audio quality's better. 2242 01:36:18,117 --> 01:36:20,636 And you just, you have more control over everything. 2243 01:36:20,671 --> 01:36:22,328 And plus, you know, the packaging, 2244 01:36:22,362 --> 01:36:24,537 they can give you all kinds of great extras 2245 01:36:24,571 --> 01:36:26,539 that streaming can't give you. 2246 01:36:26,573 --> 01:36:28,817 One of the biggest selling points for physical media 2247 01:36:28,852 --> 01:36:31,026 to this day for me, is going to the store, 2248 01:36:31,061 --> 01:36:32,338 flip to the back cover, 2249 01:36:32,372 --> 01:36:34,340 and see if there's a commentary track. 2250 01:36:34,374 --> 01:36:35,973 When I was a kid, the first one I ever got into 2251 01:36:35,997 --> 01:36:37,964 was Jason Goes to Hell, 2252 01:36:37,999 --> 01:36:39,863 when Freddy's glove comes out of the ground 2253 01:36:39,897 --> 01:36:41,312 and grabs Jason's mask in. 2254 01:36:41,347 --> 01:36:44,108 I was like, I need to know more about that. 2255 01:36:44,143 --> 01:36:48,354 So I flipped it on and it was actually hilarious, 2256 01:36:48,388 --> 01:36:50,563 like the stories they told about young kids 2257 01:36:50,597 --> 01:36:52,737 out of film school getting the reins to a franchise 2258 01:36:52,772 --> 01:36:56,327 and being able to do what they did was really informative 2259 01:36:56,362 --> 01:36:59,330 and just got me into wanting to make movies. 2260 01:36:59,365 --> 01:37:01,332 So I jumped into Kevin Smith's after that, 2261 01:37:01,367 --> 01:37:04,025 and that all became my film school before film school. 2262 01:37:04,059 --> 01:37:06,993 You have them on the shelf, you can grab them, 2263 01:37:07,028 --> 01:37:09,754 and for the most part they're movies 2264 01:37:09,789 --> 01:37:12,067 that you can't necessarily fi- 2265 01:37:12,102 --> 01:37:13,137 At least the ones I get, 2266 01:37:13,172 --> 01:37:14,967 you can't necessarily find them 2267 01:37:15,001 --> 01:37:17,038 on your favorite streaming service. 2268 01:37:17,072 --> 01:37:19,972 Now, a lot of people for them, you know, 2269 01:37:20,006 --> 01:37:23,009 their streaming services, that's all that they need. 2270 01:37:23,044 --> 01:37:25,494 But what I've found with streaming is that 2271 01:37:25,529 --> 01:37:28,532 for the most part, what I'm looking for 2272 01:37:28,566 --> 01:37:31,190 will not be on there, and if it is, 2273 01:37:31,224 --> 01:37:34,918 then it won't necessarily be on there for all that long. 2274 01:37:34,952 --> 01:37:36,091 You know, it can be on there 2275 01:37:36,126 --> 01:37:38,576 for as long as the license runs. 2276 01:37:38,611 --> 01:37:42,028 I collect because I like, you know, the actual thing. 2277 01:37:42,063 --> 01:37:44,789 I'm a collector, so I like the editions 2278 01:37:44,824 --> 01:37:46,101 of things they put out. 2279 01:37:46,136 --> 01:37:48,586 So they'll put out, you know, Arrow Video, for example, 2280 01:37:48,621 --> 01:37:50,116 puts out some amazing special editions. 2281 01:37:50,140 --> 01:37:51,796 There's Scream Factory. 2282 01:37:51,831 --> 01:37:55,041 You know, as a horror fan, I think that, you know, 2283 01:37:55,076 --> 01:37:56,525 when I look at it, you know, 2284 01:37:56,560 --> 01:37:58,079 I watch a lot of YouTube videos 2285 01:37:58,113 --> 01:38:00,046 and know a lot of other collectors, 2286 01:38:00,081 --> 01:38:02,531 and when I see their collections, 2287 01:38:02,566 --> 01:38:04,257 a lot of them are horror fans. 2288 01:38:04,292 --> 01:38:06,604 So I think horror fans play a big part 2289 01:38:06,639 --> 01:38:08,813 in keeping physical media alive 2290 01:38:08,848 --> 01:38:11,195 because there are movies that know were shot 2291 01:38:11,230 --> 01:38:13,784 on video or something like that from the 80s. 2292 01:38:13,818 --> 01:38:17,098 Obscure movies from the 60s or 70s that, you know, 2293 01:38:17,132 --> 01:38:19,238 whoever thought would have a release, 2294 01:38:19,272 --> 01:38:21,136 this royal treatment on Blu-ray, 2295 01:38:21,171 --> 01:38:23,276 and there are a lot of movies, you know, 2296 01:38:23,311 --> 01:38:24,622 that have gotten that 2297 01:38:24,657 --> 01:38:27,073 and it's because of the demand from collectors. 2298 01:38:27,108 --> 01:38:28,419 - If you're trusting a company, 2299 01:38:28,454 --> 01:38:32,941 a streaming service, to give you something to watch, 2300 01:38:32,976 --> 01:38:35,910 then you're putting a lot of power into their hands. 2301 01:38:35,944 --> 01:38:39,948 And, you know, you're sacrificing the ability 2302 01:38:39,983 --> 01:38:43,124 to watch something that you want to watch 2303 01:38:43,158 --> 01:38:44,504 when you want to watch it. 2304 01:38:44,539 --> 01:38:46,275 You know, streaming's been out for a while now, 2305 01:38:46,299 --> 01:38:48,577 and there are obviously pluses to streaming. 2306 01:38:48,612 --> 01:38:51,926 It's very easy to go on your TV, but I don't know. 2307 01:38:51,960 --> 01:38:54,929 There's just something about putting that disc 2308 01:38:54,963 --> 01:38:58,311 or that tape or whatever into that player 2309 01:38:58,346 --> 01:38:59,657 and playing it, you know. 2310 01:38:59,692 --> 01:39:01,314 And there are a lot of things, you know, 2311 01:39:01,349 --> 01:39:05,077 on some of these streaming sites that the movies there 2312 01:39:05,111 --> 01:39:06,295 and then it's gone and it's like, 2313 01:39:06,319 --> 01:39:07,538 hey, I wanted to watch that movie, 2314 01:39:07,562 --> 01:39:09,529 but it's not there anymore because maybe 2315 01:39:09,564 --> 01:39:12,015 they've lost the rights or something like that. 2316 01:39:12,049 --> 01:39:16,467 And I can come in here and pull a movie off of my shelf 2317 01:39:16,502 --> 01:39:19,263 and I own it, you know, that's not going anywhere, 2318 01:39:19,298 --> 01:39:22,439 and I think that that's a huge plus to physical media. 2319 01:39:22,473 --> 01:39:24,337 When it comes to physical media, 2320 01:39:24,372 --> 01:39:26,684 I'm a big fan of just owning something, 2321 01:39:26,719 --> 01:39:29,998 having something tangible in my hand, 2322 01:39:30,033 --> 01:39:31,310 with or without new artwork. 2323 01:39:31,344 --> 01:39:32,967 Of course, that's always fun, 2324 01:39:33,001 --> 01:39:34,623 getting the slip covers and all, 2325 01:39:34,658 --> 01:39:38,800 but just knowing that this content isn't changing. 2326 01:39:38,834 --> 01:39:41,665 The biggest thing that I see happening with streaming sites 2327 01:39:41,699 --> 01:39:45,117 and VOD, especially with VOD on Amazon, 2328 01:39:45,151 --> 01:39:49,293 you see people having to bend to the criticisms 2329 01:39:49,328 --> 01:39:52,745 and chop out some pieces of the movie 2330 01:39:52,779 --> 01:39:57,025 and you have all these different versions floating around 2331 01:39:57,060 --> 01:39:58,854 when it comes to different streaming sites. 2332 01:39:58,889 --> 01:40:01,685 Maybe in one country it has an unrated version. 2333 01:40:01,719 --> 01:40:04,308 Over here they've cut it a couple scenes 2334 01:40:04,343 --> 01:40:06,552 or had to alter the time just a little bit 2335 01:40:06,586 --> 01:40:10,073 to fit some standards, and I'm not a big fan of that. 2336 01:40:10,107 --> 01:40:12,144 - The main reason that I collect physical media 2337 01:40:12,178 --> 01:40:14,525 is just because I've never really stopped. 2338 01:40:14,560 --> 01:40:16,182 As a kid, I always spent my allowance 2339 01:40:16,217 --> 01:40:19,254 and all the money I had on horror movies that I didn't have, 2340 01:40:19,289 --> 01:40:21,232 and throughout my life, it grew into this obsession 2341 01:40:21,256 --> 01:40:23,051 of basically buying any horror movie 2342 01:40:23,086 --> 01:40:24,501 that I didn't already own. 2343 01:40:24,535 --> 01:40:27,228 And then about four years ago, actually, 2344 01:40:27,262 --> 01:40:29,678 I used my collection to open up my own video store 2345 01:40:29,713 --> 01:40:32,405 called Old School Video back in Nebraska, 2346 01:40:32,440 --> 01:40:34,545 and so my collection had served 2347 01:40:34,580 --> 01:40:36,720 as the entire inventory for the store. 2348 01:40:36,754 --> 01:40:39,240 And then basically when I moved to California 2349 01:40:39,274 --> 01:40:40,965 to pursue my filmmaking career, 2350 01:40:41,000 --> 01:40:42,760 I had to give up most of my collection 2351 01:40:42,795 --> 01:40:44,590 and only take really the essentials, 2352 01:40:44,624 --> 01:40:47,110 the ones I just couldn't live without. 2353 01:40:47,144 --> 01:40:48,259 And so since then I've sort of had 2354 01:40:48,283 --> 01:40:50,354 to start rebuilding my collection again, 2355 01:40:50,389 --> 01:40:52,736 but I have made a point to not go back 2356 01:40:52,770 --> 01:40:55,704 and like re-buy the same VHS tapes I already had. 2357 01:40:55,739 --> 01:40:57,361 If I'm going to re-buy a movie now, 2358 01:40:57,396 --> 01:40:59,098 I try and make a point to make it like an upscale 2359 01:40:59,122 --> 01:41:01,262 or a remaster, like a new collectors Blu-ray 2360 01:41:01,296 --> 01:41:02,918 or something like that. 2361 01:41:02,953 --> 01:41:04,275 But I definitely think I'll never be able to like 2362 01:41:04,299 --> 01:41:06,301 fully stop collecting, and still if there's like 2363 01:41:06,336 --> 01:41:08,717 an old horror movie on VHS I don't have, and I want, 2364 01:41:08,752 --> 01:41:10,202 I'm definitely gonna buy it. 2365 01:41:10,236 --> 01:41:11,593 But I think that I'm a little bit past 2366 01:41:11,617 --> 01:41:13,377 buying the collector's prices. 2367 01:41:13,412 --> 01:41:15,241 A lot of the best horror movies go for, 2368 01:41:15,276 --> 01:41:16,829 you know, two, $300 on eBay, 2369 01:41:16,863 --> 01:41:18,220 and for me, that's just ridiculous, 2370 01:41:18,244 --> 01:41:20,315 because I'm a fan and it really boils down 2371 01:41:20,350 --> 01:41:22,110 to just watching the movie for me. 2372 01:41:22,145 --> 01:41:25,251 So I'll pay a fair price for a movie that I really want, 2373 01:41:25,286 --> 01:41:28,254 but I think that paying those types 2374 01:41:28,289 --> 01:41:30,498 of basically scalper prices 2375 01:41:30,532 --> 01:41:31,844 really takes the fun out of it 2376 01:41:31,878 --> 01:41:33,442 because then really it's almost just like 2377 01:41:33,466 --> 01:41:36,814 you're doing it for bragging rights versus being a true fan. 2378 01:41:36,849 --> 01:41:38,644 And I think that us fans will never 2379 01:41:38,678 --> 01:41:40,266 be able to stop collecting. 2380 01:41:40,301 --> 01:41:42,268 And I think that it shows, you know, 2381 01:41:42,303 --> 01:41:45,133 every time I do a new interview, 2382 01:41:45,168 --> 01:41:47,170 my collection is different or bigger, 2383 01:41:47,204 --> 01:41:48,423 and so it's definitely something 2384 01:41:48,447 --> 01:41:51,450 that is fulfilling for me as a fan 2385 01:41:51,484 --> 01:41:54,763 and is relatable amongst other fans, you know. 2386 01:41:54,798 --> 01:41:56,351 We can talk about our collections, 2387 01:41:56,386 --> 01:41:58,674 there's Facebook groups that people share their collections 2388 01:41:58,698 --> 01:42:01,045 and photos and videos and stuff like that. 2389 01:42:01,080 --> 01:42:04,428 So in a sense today, it's become like a form of unity 2390 01:42:04,463 --> 01:42:06,465 for horror fans as a whole. 2391 01:42:06,499 --> 01:42:08,812 - But I also collect because I firmly believe 2392 01:42:08,846 --> 01:42:12,333 that physical media is just the best way to watch a movie. 2393 01:42:12,367 --> 01:42:15,474 It's honestly, in some cases, even better than going 2394 01:42:15,508 --> 01:42:17,476 to the movie theater, in my opinion, 2395 01:42:17,510 --> 01:42:19,350 because you're in the comfort of your own home, 2396 01:42:19,374 --> 01:42:23,689 you have a very high quality HD or 4K transfer. 2397 01:42:23,723 --> 01:42:26,381 You have excellent surround sound quality. 2398 01:42:26,416 --> 01:42:28,003 I mean, most of what they put out now 2399 01:42:28,038 --> 01:42:30,489 on discs rivals that of most theaters. 2400 01:42:30,523 --> 01:42:33,147 - Well, how do I think physical media can survive today 2401 01:42:33,181 --> 01:42:35,494 with all of the things going streaming 2402 01:42:35,528 --> 01:42:37,565 and all that kind of stuff and video on demand? 2403 01:42:37,599 --> 01:42:41,879 I feel like really what keeps DVDs and Blu-rays around now 2404 01:42:41,914 --> 01:42:44,675 and keeps people buying them is having really 2405 01:42:44,710 --> 01:42:46,367 special collector's additions of things. 2406 01:42:46,401 --> 01:42:49,370 For example, you know, there's always like 2407 01:42:49,404 --> 01:42:51,889 for the big studio films, like the superhero films, 2408 01:42:51,924 --> 01:42:53,419 they have a number of different editions. 2409 01:42:53,443 --> 01:42:55,721 Like they have a SteelBook edition of the film, 2410 01:42:55,755 --> 01:42:57,481 then they have a DigiBook edition. 2411 01:42:57,516 --> 01:42:58,907 Then they sometimes have one that has 2412 01:42:58,931 --> 01:43:00,415 an exclusive slip cover. 2413 01:43:00,450 --> 01:43:04,316 Or sometimes they have one that has an exclusive bonus disc 2414 01:43:04,350 --> 01:43:06,732 which has an exclusive, like, making of or deleted scenes 2415 01:43:06,766 --> 01:43:09,528 or things like that that are only available on that edition, 2416 01:43:09,562 --> 01:43:12,427 as well as I feel like the the smaller labels, 2417 01:43:12,462 --> 01:43:14,326 like the labels, like, you know, 2418 01:43:14,360 --> 01:43:16,914 like the independent labels, like Shout Factory, 2419 01:43:16,949 --> 01:43:19,262 you know, with their Scream Factory line and, you know 2420 01:43:19,296 --> 01:43:20,849 Arrow video and Vinegar Syndrome. 2421 01:43:20,884 --> 01:43:22,541 A lot of these smaller companies 2422 01:43:22,575 --> 01:43:24,336 are releasing lesser known horror films 2423 01:43:24,370 --> 01:43:25,958 and more obscure films. 2424 01:43:25,992 --> 01:43:28,374 I feel like that's really what keeps collecting around 2425 01:43:28,409 --> 01:43:30,721 is that the fact that you're getting much more 2426 01:43:30,756 --> 01:43:31,964 lesser known movies. 2427 01:43:31,998 --> 01:43:33,217 Not the kind of stuff whee you could go 2428 01:43:33,241 --> 01:43:34,725 and find these things on streaming. 2429 01:43:34,760 --> 01:43:37,590 I don't really trust the online streaming services 2430 01:43:37,625 --> 01:43:39,903 because even if they say that it's yours, 2431 01:43:39,937 --> 01:43:42,457 I feel like maybe they could take it away at any time. 2432 01:43:42,492 --> 01:43:44,356 And if I've got it on a physical format, 2433 01:43:44,390 --> 01:43:46,403 at least I know when someone steals it or the house burns, 2434 01:43:46,427 --> 01:43:47,669 it's not going anywhere. 2435 01:43:48,946 --> 01:43:52,571 There's going to be a day where that Cloud 2436 01:43:52,605 --> 01:43:54,607 is going to go away. 2437 01:43:55,436 --> 01:43:56,678 Something is gonna fail. 2438 01:43:57,507 --> 01:43:59,336 Someone's going to buy it out. 2439 01:44:00,441 --> 01:44:02,132 The company's going to go under. 2440 01:44:03,927 --> 01:44:08,932 There's no security with having a digital library. 2441 01:44:11,314 --> 01:44:13,937 I mean, just imagine all these movies behind me. 2442 01:44:13,971 --> 01:44:18,597 If this wall was empty and all of this was on my phone, 2443 01:44:18,631 --> 01:44:20,771 and I was so excited, I could show my friends, 2444 01:44:20,806 --> 01:44:22,428 look at all these, we can watch any 2445 01:44:22,463 --> 01:44:24,579 of these movies right now, I could throw it up on my TV. 2446 01:44:24,603 --> 01:44:27,468 And then one day I wake up and I hit that app 2447 01:44:28,331 --> 01:44:29,332 and it doesn't open, 2448 01:44:30,643 --> 01:44:32,990 or I hit that app and it says failed. 2449 01:44:34,440 --> 01:44:37,788 All my stuff is gone. 2450 01:44:39,825 --> 01:44:43,484 As much as I hate to say it, because you know it kind of 2451 01:44:43,518 --> 01:44:45,116 hurts people's wallet when you do it this way, 2452 01:44:45,140 --> 01:44:47,004 I think the more limited edition stuff 2453 01:44:47,039 --> 01:44:48,810 and the stuff with the limited edition slip cases 2454 01:44:48,834 --> 01:44:50,870 and all that is probably the main thing 2455 01:44:50,905 --> 01:44:52,424 that's going to sell in the future 2456 01:44:52,458 --> 01:44:54,333 because the product's already kind of a niche product, 2457 01:44:54,357 --> 01:44:55,806 and I feel as time goes on, 2458 01:44:55,841 --> 01:44:57,325 it's becoming more and more niche. 2459 01:44:57,360 --> 01:44:59,534 So you might have to sweeten the pot a little bit 2460 01:44:59,569 --> 01:45:00,846 to keep people buying it, 2461 01:45:00,880 --> 01:45:03,642 like limited numbered stuff and all that. 2462 01:45:03,676 --> 01:45:05,368 I don't really know because it's getting 2463 01:45:05,402 --> 01:45:07,335 kind of harder to sell movies these days. 2464 01:45:07,370 --> 01:45:08,899 So it's whatever, you know, you can do to 2465 01:45:08,923 --> 01:45:09,958 kind of spice it up. 2466 01:45:09,993 --> 01:45:11,246 Maybe it's the little extras that come with it. 2467 01:45:11,270 --> 01:45:12,478 Maybe it's a slip case. 2468 01:45:12,513 --> 01:45:14,342 Maybe it's, I don't know, alternate artwork, 2469 01:45:14,377 --> 01:45:16,689 but you're going to have to do something to spice it up 2470 01:45:16,724 --> 01:45:19,451 because as the numbers say, most people's not buying stuff 2471 01:45:19,485 --> 01:45:21,901 just for the sake of buying it anymore. 2472 01:45:21,936 --> 01:45:23,834 - Physical media is always going to survive 2473 01:45:23,869 --> 01:45:27,528 in a world overrun by VOD platforms. 2474 01:45:28,839 --> 01:45:31,532 Fans of movies are always gonna want to hold something 2475 01:45:31,566 --> 01:45:34,189 in their hands, own the movie themselves, 2476 01:45:34,224 --> 01:45:36,813 watch the special features, not be told when 2477 01:45:36,847 --> 01:45:39,194 the rights exist on what platform and whatnot. 2478 01:45:39,229 --> 01:45:41,645 Like if you want to watch Kevin Smith's Dogma right now, 2479 01:45:41,680 --> 01:45:43,578 there's no streaming rights to it. 2480 01:45:43,613 --> 01:45:45,097 So if you got it when you did, 2481 01:45:45,131 --> 01:45:46,385 that's the only way you're going to watch it 2482 01:45:46,409 --> 01:45:48,203 or you get it marked up from eBay. 2483 01:45:49,550 --> 01:45:51,217 So yeah, you're going to have to pick and choose 2484 01:45:51,241 --> 01:45:53,347 which streaming platforms you want to pay for, 2485 01:45:53,381 --> 01:45:55,418 'cause there's hundreds out there now 2486 01:45:55,452 --> 01:45:58,075 or deciding, you know, how many exes 2487 01:45:58,110 --> 01:46:01,700 you want to break up with to keep their logins. 2488 01:46:01,734 --> 01:46:03,736 Don't log out. You know who you are. 2489 01:46:06,981 --> 01:46:09,363 - Basically with VOD taking over, 2490 01:46:09,397 --> 01:46:10,709 the only way that physical media 2491 01:46:10,743 --> 01:46:14,437 is going to be able to really be a viable medium 2492 01:46:14,471 --> 01:46:16,404 is going to be the collectors editions. 2493 01:46:16,439 --> 01:46:17,681 Companies like Vinegar Syndrome 2494 01:46:17,716 --> 01:46:19,511 and Shout Factory that put out, you know, 2495 01:46:19,545 --> 01:46:21,409 the super remaster versions of movies 2496 01:46:21,444 --> 01:46:23,446 with all the special features and deleted scenes 2497 01:46:23,480 --> 01:46:25,689 and stuff that we haven't seen before. 2498 01:46:25,724 --> 01:46:27,253 And especially for horror fans, it's going to 2499 01:46:27,277 --> 01:46:29,590 be the attraction to keep buying those things. 2500 01:46:29,624 --> 01:46:31,568 'Cause a lot of that stuff you can't get when you just 2501 01:46:31,592 --> 01:46:33,732 download the movie or you're streaming it. 2502 01:46:33,766 --> 01:46:35,261 Especially for older movies, you know, 2503 01:46:35,285 --> 01:46:37,045 like they're exclusive to Blu-ray. 2504 01:46:37,080 --> 01:46:39,151 Like, I know for example, The Legend of Boggy Creek 2505 01:46:39,185 --> 01:46:40,715 just came out and it's only available on Blu-ray, 2506 01:46:40,739 --> 01:46:42,810 it's the only way you can see it remastered. 2507 01:46:42,844 --> 01:46:44,650 So things like that I think are going to keep fans 2508 01:46:44,674 --> 01:46:47,884 wanting to always purchase and collect physical media. 2509 01:46:47,918 --> 01:46:50,990 - Because when Cyberdyne takes over, okay, 2510 01:46:51,025 --> 01:46:53,993 and all the net goes down, I'm going to be sitting on top 2511 01:46:54,028 --> 01:46:56,720 of all the bones with my collection. 2512 01:46:56,755 --> 01:46:57,790 Jokes on them. 2513 01:46:57,825 --> 01:47:00,275 And you could argue, you can argue about power, 2514 01:47:00,310 --> 01:47:01,656 them shutting the power down, 2515 01:47:01,691 --> 01:47:04,176 but I will still be throwing box art 2516 01:47:04,210 --> 01:47:09,215 of heavy Titanic VHS tapes at robot heads. 2517 01:47:11,114 --> 01:47:15,636 I am the John Connor of this world. 2518 01:47:16,775 --> 01:47:20,295 They can survive and are thriving 2519 01:47:20,330 --> 01:47:25,024 thanks to boutique labels like Criterion Collection, 2520 01:47:26,543 --> 01:47:31,306 Scream and Shout Factory, Vinegar Syndrome, 88 films. 2521 01:47:32,376 --> 01:47:34,586 There's so many boutique labels out there 2522 01:47:34,620 --> 01:47:38,590 and they spend a lot of time with the packaging. 2523 01:47:38,624 --> 01:47:41,834 They give you really great artwork. 2524 01:47:41,869 --> 01:47:45,389 They give you tons of extra features, 2525 01:47:45,424 --> 01:47:47,046 which is actually scarce. 2526 01:47:48,323 --> 01:47:50,774 If you look at a lot of main studio titles 2527 01:47:50,809 --> 01:47:53,950 that release on home video today, 2528 01:47:53,984 --> 01:47:58,851 the extra features have gone, you know, very sparse. 2529 01:48:00,439 --> 01:48:02,890 But these boutique labels, they pack them out tight. 2530 01:48:02,924 --> 01:48:05,858 I think there'll always be a place for physical media. 2531 01:48:06,997 --> 01:48:08,792 You know, it's something that like, 2532 01:48:08,827 --> 01:48:11,381 who would have thought that vinyl would make 2533 01:48:11,415 --> 01:48:14,522 this glorious comeback or you know, 2534 01:48:14,557 --> 01:48:16,800 there's even like a VHS come back 2535 01:48:16,835 --> 01:48:21,322 and there's, you know, some audio cassette comebacks, 2536 01:48:21,356 --> 01:48:24,359 although that one's a little less than the other two. 2537 01:48:24,394 --> 01:48:27,086 But vinyl records, especially. 2538 01:48:27,121 --> 01:48:29,848 Part of that is because, well it's an analog format 2539 01:48:29,882 --> 01:48:32,885 and no matter how good digital recording is, 2540 01:48:32,920 --> 01:48:34,853 vinyl still does sound better. 2541 01:48:34,887 --> 01:48:36,648 It just sounds more organic, 2542 01:48:36,682 --> 01:48:40,721 and they haven't really been able to fully replicate it yet. 2543 01:48:40,755 --> 01:48:43,724 And I think with physical media, 2544 01:48:43,758 --> 01:48:48,832 it is a digital format, but still you do not have to worry 2545 01:48:48,867 --> 01:48:52,871 about internet outages or, you know, 2546 01:48:52,905 --> 01:48:54,010 poor quality or whatever. 2547 01:48:54,044 --> 01:48:55,874 I got a job at Blockbuster Video 2548 01:48:55,908 --> 01:48:57,876 while they were still around. 2549 01:48:57,910 --> 01:49:01,569 And there was nothing like going into Blockbuster Video 2550 01:49:01,604 --> 01:49:03,744 to work on a Friday or Saturday 2551 01:49:03,778 --> 01:49:07,023 and just having a store full of physical media 2552 01:49:07,057 --> 01:49:10,129 surrounding you, having people ask you like, 2553 01:49:10,164 --> 01:49:11,475 what movie do you recommend? 2554 01:49:11,510 --> 01:49:13,581 Do you have the new Adam Sandler movie? 2555 01:49:13,616 --> 01:49:15,894 Like, do you have this movie? 2556 01:49:15,928 --> 01:49:19,553 It was just an excellent experience to be surrounded 2557 01:49:19,587 --> 01:49:21,693 in a store with physical media. 2558 01:49:21,727 --> 01:49:23,705 You would have a family make a trip out to the store 2559 01:49:23,729 --> 01:49:27,319 on a Friday, have everybody pick out a movie to rent, 2560 01:49:27,353 --> 01:49:31,461 and hopefully the box was behind the artwork, 2561 01:49:31,495 --> 01:49:33,808 which meant we had it available. 2562 01:49:33,843 --> 01:49:37,122 That is, you know, that was physical media to me. 2563 01:49:37,156 --> 01:49:39,607 - You know, when it's physical, it's archived, you know. 2564 01:49:39,642 --> 01:49:41,816 Your hard drive can crash, right? 2565 01:49:41,851 --> 01:49:44,785 You could have all these, you know, digital codes loaded 2566 01:49:44,819 --> 01:49:47,581 and then your hard drive crashes and they're gone. 2567 01:49:47,615 --> 01:49:50,722 You know, with physical media, you have that 2568 01:49:50,756 --> 01:49:52,482 piece of history, so to speak, 2569 01:49:52,516 --> 01:49:56,520 that you own, and it's actually there, you know. 2570 01:49:56,555 --> 01:49:58,177 It's not air, right? 2571 01:49:58,212 --> 01:50:00,801 And you can keep it and, and go back to it 2572 01:50:00,835 --> 01:50:02,250 anytime you want to. 2573 01:50:02,285 --> 01:50:05,012 Video on demand, you're still paying the same price- 2574 01:50:05,046 --> 01:50:06,116 - Yeah. 2575 01:50:06,151 --> 01:50:07,670 For a movie. 2576 01:50:07,704 --> 01:50:09,648 And I think a lot of people are starting to realize, 2577 01:50:09,672 --> 01:50:12,191 you know, with digital codes being so prevalent 2578 01:50:12,226 --> 01:50:14,159 is if you buy a digital movie, 2579 01:50:14,193 --> 01:50:16,195 you're still paying $20 for it. 2580 01:50:16,230 --> 01:50:19,647 Where as if you buy a movie on Blu-ray, you know, 2581 01:50:19,682 --> 01:50:21,649 it could be $20, you're paying the same price, 2582 01:50:21,684 --> 01:50:23,340 and then also come once with the digital. 2583 01:50:23,375 --> 01:50:24,652 - Yeah. 2584 01:50:24,687 --> 01:50:25,733 So you're getting physical and digital 2585 01:50:25,757 --> 01:50:26,872 - to the same price. - Same price for one. 2586 01:50:26,896 --> 01:50:29,174 So I think that's why, you know, 2587 01:50:29,208 --> 01:50:32,522 I don't think physical will ever leave for that reason. 2588 01:50:32,556 --> 01:50:34,489 But you can kind of, you get a context 2589 01:50:34,524 --> 01:50:37,044 about a person by what they keep around them, right? 2590 01:50:37,078 --> 01:50:40,703 And what makes the cut, so to speak. 2591 01:50:40,737 --> 01:50:42,981 We only have so much square footage in our house. 2592 01:50:43,015 --> 01:50:45,362 We only have so much time we can dedicate 2593 01:50:45,397 --> 01:50:47,779 to our hobbies and our collections, 2594 01:50:47,813 --> 01:50:51,437 and what survives is kind of like building a definition 2595 01:50:52,611 --> 01:50:53,854 about you as a person. 2596 01:50:54,820 --> 01:50:56,408 And... 2597 01:50:56,442 --> 01:51:00,688 So that's, you know, that's why I think 2598 01:51:00,723 --> 01:51:02,897 physical media should survive. 2599 01:51:02,932 --> 01:51:05,728 There's, there's actually been a couple of court cases 2600 01:51:05,762 --> 01:51:09,490 about this regarding an iTunes media library, 2601 01:51:09,524 --> 01:51:12,527 and it has wonderful advantages. 2602 01:51:12,562 --> 01:51:15,910 I use it myself. I stream music, absolutely. 2603 01:51:15,945 --> 01:51:19,880 But you can't, when you die, 2604 01:51:19,914 --> 01:51:24,574 the music you buy on your account does not exist anymore. 2605 01:51:24,608 --> 01:51:28,992 You can't gift that to the next generation, right? 2606 01:51:29,027 --> 01:51:32,375 There's no method to do that because they are, 2607 01:51:32,409 --> 01:51:35,067 in essence, they are just on loan. 2608 01:51:35,102 --> 01:51:38,346 You can lease the right to listen 2609 01:51:38,381 --> 01:51:39,969 or watch or what have you. 2610 01:51:41,487 --> 01:51:43,362 That's what you're paying for in these services. 2611 01:51:43,386 --> 01:51:45,733 Well, I think the biggest reason that physical media 2612 01:51:45,768 --> 01:51:48,840 that it should continue to be produced is the censoring 2613 01:51:48,874 --> 01:51:50,911 of movies on streaming services. 2614 01:51:50,945 --> 01:51:53,016 And then also with the fact that there's so many 2615 01:51:53,051 --> 01:51:56,295 streaming services that it's just so costly per month. 2616 01:51:56,330 --> 01:52:00,541 Like, you know, if you have Netflix, Disney, HBO, 2617 01:52:00,575 --> 01:52:05,580 Shudder, DC Universe, Prime Video, Hulu, you know, 2618 01:52:06,823 --> 01:52:09,377 that could potentially like $70 right there, 2619 01:52:09,412 --> 01:52:11,552 if they're all $10 a piece, you know. 2620 01:52:11,586 --> 01:52:14,797 Physical media to me is an escape. 2621 01:52:14,831 --> 01:52:17,661 Movies and TV, I've always been in love with. 2622 01:52:17,696 --> 01:52:19,560 Ever since I was a young kid, 2623 01:52:19,594 --> 01:52:22,252 I loved movies, I loved watching movies, 2624 01:52:22,287 --> 01:52:25,083 I loved watching Saturday cartoons, 2625 01:52:25,117 --> 01:52:27,568 and then stuff like Doogie Howser 2626 01:52:27,602 --> 01:52:30,329 and the Wonder Years when I was a younger kid. 2627 01:52:30,364 --> 01:52:33,954 I just always loved the idea of film and television, 2628 01:52:33,988 --> 01:52:35,956 and it became my escape. 2629 01:52:35,990 --> 01:52:39,822 So physical media, to physically own a copy of something, 2630 01:52:39,856 --> 01:52:42,169 to be able to watch my favorite movie 2631 01:52:42,203 --> 01:52:45,931 at any point in time, to watch the same movie over and over, 2632 01:52:45,966 --> 01:52:49,245 to own it, to not have to wait until it came on TV, 2633 01:52:49,279 --> 01:52:52,696 hoping that it would be on HBO or Prism that month 2634 01:52:52,731 --> 01:52:54,802 and to pay the extra money. 2635 01:52:54,837 --> 01:52:55,976 That wasn't the case. 2636 01:52:56,010 --> 01:52:58,633 I had started collecting physical media, 2637 01:52:58,668 --> 01:53:02,085 this way, I could watch that stuff at point in time, 2638 01:53:02,120 --> 01:53:04,018 which is a big thing to me. 2639 01:53:04,053 --> 01:53:09,058 Splash is streaming, it's on Disney+, but it's censored. 2640 01:53:09,852 --> 01:53:10,956 It is censored. 2641 01:53:10,991 --> 01:53:13,545 Now, does it change the whole movie? No. 2642 01:53:13,579 --> 01:53:16,790 But if you want to see her butt, you need the DVD. 2643 01:53:16,824 --> 01:53:18,457 You know, I'm not a horny creep that I'm like, 2644 01:53:18,481 --> 01:53:20,932 ooh, I want to watch the version where I see her butt. 2645 01:53:20,966 --> 01:53:23,797 No, but that's the original movie. 2646 01:53:23,831 --> 01:53:27,283 And you know, with movies that you either buy on iTunes 2647 01:53:27,317 --> 01:53:30,389 or Amazon, or that are streaming, you don't really own them. 2648 01:53:30,424 --> 01:53:32,046 They could constantly change them. 2649 01:53:33,599 --> 01:53:35,636 Is it easier to just do the streaming than turning 2650 01:53:35,670 --> 01:53:38,846 on the player, opening this up, putting in the disc? 2651 01:53:38,881 --> 01:53:42,954 Yeah, but this is the actual version. 2652 01:53:42,988 --> 01:53:46,405 This is unchanged, so that's why this is important, 2653 01:53:46,440 --> 01:53:48,235 and I am glad to have this. 2654 01:53:48,269 --> 01:53:51,963 Digital versus physical media is, you know, digital, 2655 01:53:51,997 --> 01:53:53,009 you see what you will, it's all fine, 2656 01:53:53,033 --> 01:53:54,966 it's convenient to just throw it on there, 2657 01:53:55,000 --> 01:53:57,692 but how are you going to have the digital copy signed? 2658 01:53:57,727 --> 01:53:59,349 Sometimes it's just nice to geek out 2659 01:53:59,384 --> 01:54:02,352 and get your favorite films signed by the creators. 2660 01:54:02,387 --> 01:54:04,423 I mean, how's Peewee going to sign 2661 01:54:04,458 --> 01:54:06,149 your digital streaming copy? 2662 01:54:06,184 --> 01:54:10,153 So I hope that physical media stays around forever. 2663 01:54:10,188 --> 01:54:15,089 As you could see, I'm a big fan of having tangible products 2664 01:54:16,919 --> 01:54:20,163 surrounding me, it stimulates my brain, so, 2665 01:54:20,198 --> 01:54:21,993 long live physical media. 2666 01:54:22,027 --> 01:54:24,236 Let's get a special edition of Howard the Duck. 2667 01:54:25,410 --> 01:54:28,033 Recently, there was an altered version 2668 01:54:28,068 --> 01:54:30,104 of Back to the Future part two on Netflix. 2669 01:54:30,139 --> 01:54:32,072 Now they've since changed it, 2670 01:54:32,106 --> 01:54:34,281 but let's talk about Star Wars. 2671 01:54:35,765 --> 01:54:37,018 I mean, they're constantly changing it. 2672 01:54:37,042 --> 01:54:40,011 I mean, with movies, they're a part of history. 2673 01:54:40,045 --> 01:54:42,116 And if you have the love for it, 2674 01:54:42,151 --> 01:54:46,017 then all of this, you know, it's, 2675 01:54:46,051 --> 01:54:48,364 nobody can take it away from you. 2676 01:54:48,398 --> 01:54:51,815 I never knew until I started YouTube 2677 01:54:51,850 --> 01:54:54,025 how many people actually did collect. 2678 01:54:54,059 --> 01:54:56,475 I thought I was, you know, one of the rarities and stuff. 2679 01:54:56,510 --> 01:54:58,374 I always knew I had more movies than most 2680 01:54:58,408 --> 01:55:00,617 because that's what I spent most of my money on, 2681 01:55:00,652 --> 01:55:03,758 but I didn't realize how many people there are 2682 01:55:03,793 --> 01:55:06,969 actually still continuing to collect and stuff, 2683 01:55:07,003 --> 01:55:09,799 and one of those deals, you know, me, myself, 2684 01:55:09,833 --> 01:55:11,939 I find a movie and it's just, 2685 01:55:11,974 --> 01:55:14,735 I guess this goes back to the nostalgia factor, 2686 01:55:14,769 --> 01:55:17,980 but it's one of those deals where you pick up a movie, 2687 01:55:18,014 --> 01:55:21,121 you get to look at it, you look at the cover art 2688 01:55:21,155 --> 01:55:22,985 and all this stuff you look at, you know, 2689 01:55:23,019 --> 01:55:25,263 just everything, you can read about it. 2690 01:55:25,297 --> 01:55:27,161 You don't really get that same deal. 2691 01:55:27,196 --> 01:55:31,510 I mean, they give you somewhat of a description on, 2692 01:55:31,545 --> 01:55:35,100 you know, streaming platforms like Netflix or Vudu 2693 01:55:35,135 --> 01:55:36,964 or something like that, but it's not, 2694 01:55:36,999 --> 01:55:38,286 it's just not the same being able 2695 01:55:38,310 --> 01:55:40,899 to pick up a physical copy. 2696 01:55:40,934 --> 01:55:42,256 But I'm one of those kinds of people out there 2697 01:55:42,280 --> 01:55:43,971 who absolutely loves physical media. 2698 01:55:44,006 --> 01:55:46,146 And I wanna encourage you guys, if you guys are fans 2699 01:55:46,180 --> 01:55:48,079 of physical media, don't sell your collections. 2700 01:55:48,113 --> 01:55:49,632 Don't get rid of everything and go 2701 01:55:49,666 --> 01:55:52,083 it's all on streaming because remember, it's not. 2702 01:55:52,117 --> 01:55:55,155 It can be taken down and removed at any moment from there. 2703 01:55:55,189 --> 01:55:57,260 If you guys are a fan of physical media, 2704 01:55:57,295 --> 01:55:58,537 please keep collecting. 2705 01:55:58,572 --> 01:56:00,343 Please keep going out there, supporting the film, 2706 01:56:00,367 --> 01:56:01,851 support the indie films, 2707 01:56:01,885 --> 01:56:03,784 and just kind of keep the whole thing alive 2708 01:56:03,818 --> 01:56:05,786 because I just hate the idea 2709 01:56:05,820 --> 01:56:07,900 of thinking that there could be a time in this world 2710 01:56:07,926 --> 01:56:11,205 that we will never see a physical disk again, 2711 01:56:11,240 --> 01:56:12,700 and the fact that you could go in a store 2712 01:56:12,724 --> 01:56:14,381 and never see something like this again. 2713 01:56:14,415 --> 01:56:17,039 To me, that's like, that's true sadness. 2714 01:56:17,073 --> 01:56:18,799 I just, I don't want to see that happen. 2715 01:56:18,833 --> 01:56:21,388 I want to see the format continue to survive 2716 01:56:21,422 --> 01:56:24,322 and be around and be around for years to come. 2717 01:56:24,356 --> 01:56:26,013 Yeah, I think it's just something that 2718 01:56:26,048 --> 01:56:28,222 if you want things that are off the beaten track, 2719 01:56:28,257 --> 01:56:30,707 if you want more for what you pay 2720 01:56:30,742 --> 01:56:33,883 and you want to make sure that you're in control 2721 01:56:33,917 --> 01:56:35,402 of your viewing experience, 2722 01:56:35,436 --> 01:56:38,025 then physical media is the way to go. 2723 01:56:38,060 --> 01:56:40,648 And you know, if you're like me, it's like, 2724 01:56:40,683 --> 01:56:45,515 it can be kind of a source of comfort to know that 2725 01:56:45,550 --> 01:56:47,862 you know, the films that inspired you, 2726 01:56:47,897 --> 01:56:49,692 the things that matter the most to you, 2727 01:56:49,726 --> 01:56:52,833 they're right there with you all the time 2728 01:56:52,867 --> 01:56:54,662 and always will be it's. 2729 01:56:54,697 --> 01:56:56,147 It's... 2730 01:56:56,181 --> 01:56:57,424 It's important. 2731 01:56:57,458 --> 01:56:59,081 I'm never going to stop collecting. 2732 01:56:59,115 --> 01:57:02,325 I love collecting and I just hope they keep cranking out 2733 01:57:02,360 --> 01:57:04,776 these titles and I'll be buying them, 2734 01:57:04,810 --> 01:57:06,398 and I know a lot of other people will. 2735 01:57:06,433 --> 01:57:09,332 So yeah, I think that physical media is going 2736 01:57:09,367 --> 01:57:11,058 to be alive for a long time. 2737 01:57:11,093 --> 01:57:14,786 - I think physical media needs to continue 2738 01:57:15,959 --> 01:57:17,385 because there's always going to be people 2739 01:57:17,409 --> 01:57:20,757 like myself who want to own the movies 2740 01:57:20,792 --> 01:57:23,208 and have them on my shelf. 2741 01:57:23,243 --> 01:57:25,417 - So when I started working at Blockbuster, 2742 01:57:25,452 --> 01:57:27,178 of course there was no Netflix, 2743 01:57:27,212 --> 01:57:28,869 there was no Amazon Prime, 2744 01:57:28,903 --> 01:57:32,390 there was no Shudder, Hulu, Vudu, any of that. 2745 01:57:32,424 --> 01:57:34,702 You know, people did solely rely 2746 01:57:34,737 --> 01:57:37,981 on physical media to watch movies. 2747 01:57:38,016 --> 01:57:41,744 And, you know, I think that's what sparked the joy 2748 01:57:41,778 --> 01:57:46,783 in most people, as far as owning VHS, DVDs, Blu-rays, 2749 01:57:48,233 --> 01:57:50,994 but as those streaming sites get bigger and bigger, 2750 01:57:51,029 --> 01:57:54,205 and especially right now I feel like 2751 01:57:54,239 --> 01:57:57,794 those streaming websites are dying to acquire 2752 01:57:57,829 --> 01:58:00,659 like big name movies for people to subscribe to them. 2753 01:58:00,694 --> 01:58:05,388 I feel like the joy in owning a physical copy 2754 01:58:05,423 --> 01:58:08,495 has kind of faded in most people. 2755 01:58:10,048 --> 01:58:12,844 But I think what we don't realize is how much work 2756 01:58:12,878 --> 01:58:17,435 goes into making a movie and buying that DVD, 2757 01:58:17,469 --> 01:58:20,576 buying that Blu-ray, buying that 4K 2758 01:58:20,610 --> 01:58:25,615 really helps those people behind the movie scene, 2759 01:58:26,858 --> 01:58:30,033 you know, and I don't think we realize that. 2760 01:58:30,068 --> 01:58:31,425 And you know, some of these movies 2761 01:58:31,449 --> 01:58:35,177 are very low budget movies and they rely on physical media 2762 01:58:35,211 --> 01:58:38,490 to kind of get that income back into their pocket. 2763 01:58:38,525 --> 01:58:43,254 So I think giving support to the directors, producers, 2764 01:58:43,288 --> 01:58:44,496 actors, it feels great. 2765 01:58:44,531 --> 01:58:47,499 And you know, honestly, like I said, 2766 01:58:47,534 --> 01:58:50,330 this is kind of a thing that brought people together. 2767 01:58:50,364 --> 01:58:53,436 And if physical media dies, I'm not going to lie, 2768 01:58:53,471 --> 01:58:55,714 it's going to be kind of weird because it'll be part 2769 01:58:55,749 --> 01:59:00,340 of the 80s, 90s, early 2000s and on erased 2770 01:59:00,374 --> 01:59:02,342 and I don't want to see that happening. 2771 01:59:02,376 --> 01:59:04,275 We already lost Blockbuster, that was enough. 2772 01:59:04,309 --> 01:59:05,459 I've never actually even redeemed 2773 01:59:05,483 --> 01:59:07,381 one digital code in my life, 2774 01:59:07,416 --> 01:59:09,245 and I probably have over a thousand. 2775 01:59:10,212 --> 01:59:11,799 Call it a waste. 2776 01:59:11,834 --> 01:59:13,663 I call it loyalty. 2777 01:59:13,698 --> 01:59:15,286 Bing. 2778 01:59:15,320 --> 01:59:16,918 Some of the big reasons why physical media continues 2779 01:59:16,942 --> 01:59:18,806 are so we don't have movies disappear, 2780 01:59:18,841 --> 01:59:21,084 because if you ask anybody in the carry over days 2781 01:59:21,119 --> 01:59:23,466 from VHS to DVD, tons of movies disappeared. 2782 01:59:23,501 --> 01:59:25,088 A lot of them, people don't talk about, 2783 01:59:25,123 --> 01:59:27,343 and then DVD to Blu-ray, a lot of people don't talk about, 2784 01:59:27,367 --> 01:59:29,921 and Blu-ray and all that stuff to streaming even more. 2785 01:59:29,955 --> 01:59:31,416 How many times have you heard people complain 2786 01:59:31,440 --> 01:59:32,717 that this was not streaming, 2787 01:59:32,751 --> 01:59:34,477 so it's basically impossible to watch? 2788 01:59:34,512 --> 01:59:35,720 I don't have that problem. 2789 01:59:35,754 --> 01:59:37,929 If I love a movie, I get it on a hard format, 2790 01:59:37,963 --> 01:59:39,620 and I can watch it whenever I want. 2791 01:59:40,759 --> 01:59:42,347 And also I can browse in my own room. 2792 01:59:42,382 --> 01:59:43,393 You know, I can walk around and find 2793 01:59:43,417 --> 01:59:45,316 a bunch of titles that I forgot I had 2794 01:59:45,350 --> 01:59:47,559 and stuff that I wouldn't see on a streaming service. 2795 01:59:47,594 --> 01:59:49,354 That's why physical media is important, 2796 01:59:49,389 --> 01:59:54,256 because you know for film obsessed people, for cinephiles, 2797 01:59:54,290 --> 01:59:55,681 they're not just into the mainstream stuff, 2798 01:59:55,705 --> 01:59:57,580 they're just not into the stuff that's streaming. 2799 01:59:57,604 --> 01:59:59,951 You know, that kind of dictates a lot of things, 2800 01:59:59,985 --> 02:00:02,056 what people, you know, the big trending things 2801 02:00:02,091 --> 02:00:03,437 are the stuff that's streaming, 2802 02:00:03,472 --> 02:00:06,337 but a lot of times there's so many movies that are obscure. 2803 02:00:06,371 --> 02:00:09,409 And with a lot of these companies out nowadays, 2804 02:00:09,443 --> 02:00:14,448 like Arrow or Vinegar Syndrome, 2805 02:00:15,967 --> 02:00:19,108 or there there's tons of these companies out nowadays 2806 02:00:19,142 --> 02:00:22,594 that are taking a lot of the really more obscure titles 2807 02:00:22,629 --> 02:00:26,357 that had previously only been on VHS, 2808 02:00:26,391 --> 02:00:28,945 and they're bringing them to the masses 2809 02:00:30,292 --> 02:00:32,570 with all kinds of extras, 2810 02:00:32,604 --> 02:00:37,609 with like different aspect ratios to them 2811 02:00:38,438 --> 02:00:41,268 and restored, fully restored. 2812 02:00:41,303 --> 02:00:45,272 And I highly suggest supporting these businesses 2813 02:00:45,307 --> 02:00:49,138 and checking them out and don't let streaming 2814 02:00:49,172 --> 02:00:50,967 get in the way of this, 2815 02:00:51,002 --> 02:00:53,625 because if you don't support these companies, 2816 02:00:53,660 --> 02:00:56,421 they're going to go the way of Blockbuster 2817 02:00:56,456 --> 02:00:58,458 or the mom and pop video shop. 2818 02:00:58,492 --> 02:01:00,598 I think that it is important that physical media 2819 02:01:00,632 --> 02:01:03,394 continues to be produced because it's sort of like 2820 02:01:03,428 --> 02:01:05,741 the last thing we have from the old era, you know. 2821 02:01:05,775 --> 02:01:09,434 Movie theaters are dying with VOD coming out, 2822 02:01:09,469 --> 02:01:11,505 just as much as physical media sales are. 2823 02:01:11,540 --> 02:01:14,094 And there's a whole new generation that doesn't 2824 02:01:14,128 --> 02:01:16,579 understand the thrill of going to a store 2825 02:01:16,614 --> 02:01:18,305 and digging through all the titles 2826 02:01:18,340 --> 02:01:19,686 and trying to find that one 2827 02:01:19,720 --> 02:01:21,274 that you couldn't find anywhere else. 2828 02:01:21,308 --> 02:01:23,321 You know, things weren't just at your fingertips then. 2829 02:01:23,345 --> 02:01:26,486 And I think that it's like a pastime that is sort of 2830 02:01:26,520 --> 02:01:28,142 being kept alive right now. 2831 02:01:28,177 --> 02:01:30,973 And I don't necessarily think that for society as a whole 2832 02:01:31,007 --> 02:01:34,287 it's extremely important to keep physical media, 2833 02:01:34,321 --> 02:01:36,358 but I think for the wellbeing of the fans 2834 02:01:36,392 --> 02:01:39,706 and for nostalgic purposes and just tradition, 2835 02:01:39,740 --> 02:01:43,848 I think that as a whole keeping physical media around 2836 02:01:43,882 --> 02:01:46,229 is something that brings happiness to a lot of people. 2837 02:01:46,264 --> 02:01:47,724 And again, something I had mentioned before 2838 02:01:47,748 --> 02:01:49,381 is like with the special features, you know, 2839 02:01:49,405 --> 02:01:50,786 that's going to be lost. 2840 02:01:50,820 --> 02:01:53,074 You're not gonna be able to get like uber director's cuts 2841 02:01:53,098 --> 02:01:54,962 or deleted scenes or stuff like that 2842 02:01:54,997 --> 02:01:56,999 when you do streaming purchases. 2843 02:01:57,033 --> 02:01:58,701 So I think that it's really, really important 2844 02:01:58,725 --> 02:02:00,382 to keep that stuff available for the fans 2845 02:02:00,416 --> 02:02:01,797 that are willing to pay for it. 2846 02:02:01,831 --> 02:02:03,222 I mean, it really, it's only in the best interest 2847 02:02:03,246 --> 02:02:05,559 of the companies to have their films available 2848 02:02:05,594 --> 02:02:08,528 in all mediums possible, including physical media, 2849 02:02:08,562 --> 02:02:10,806 for as long as possible moving forward. 2850 02:02:10,840 --> 02:02:14,465 I would argue that physical media is more important today 2851 02:02:14,499 --> 02:02:18,227 than it almost has ever been simply because of censorship. 2852 02:02:18,261 --> 02:02:20,885 Like on streaming services and VOD, 2853 02:02:20,919 --> 02:02:22,404 there's so many different cuts 2854 02:02:22,438 --> 02:02:25,476 of different movies floating around that, you know, 2855 02:02:25,510 --> 02:02:27,650 I just want what was intended. 2856 02:02:27,685 --> 02:02:30,722 Maybe Blu-rays have multiple versions 2857 02:02:30,757 --> 02:02:32,379 and you can watch the theatrical, 2858 02:02:32,414 --> 02:02:34,485 you can watch the unrated, you can watch the rated, 2859 02:02:34,519 --> 02:02:37,211 there's all types of different options, 2860 02:02:37,246 --> 02:02:39,110 where as streaming services, 2861 02:02:39,144 --> 02:02:40,398 you never know what you're going to get. 2862 02:02:40,422 --> 02:02:41,847 They could chop something out completely 2863 02:02:41,871 --> 02:02:45,599 because maybe it's not PC enough for today's audience. 2864 02:02:45,634 --> 02:02:47,394 You know, censorship isn't something 2865 02:02:47,429 --> 02:02:50,397 that the horror community really wants. 2866 02:02:50,432 --> 02:02:51,709 I'm gonna be honest. 2867 02:02:51,743 --> 02:02:54,367 You know, you have all of these up and coming filmmakers 2868 02:02:54,401 --> 02:02:57,784 that are pushing the boundaries of what's acceptable, 2869 02:02:57,818 --> 02:03:00,407 and you see a lot of these smaller films 2870 02:03:00,442 --> 02:03:02,685 just not making it to certain platforms 2871 02:03:02,720 --> 02:03:04,791 because Amazon won't accept them 2872 02:03:04,825 --> 02:03:07,725 or Vimeo shuts them down or something like that. 2873 02:03:07,759 --> 02:03:09,692 You'll see a lot of indie filmmakers 2874 02:03:09,727 --> 02:03:12,695 and distribution companies doing more 2875 02:03:12,730 --> 02:03:15,526 like hand to hand sales and going to conventions 2876 02:03:15,560 --> 02:03:18,045 than they will online simply because their films 2877 02:03:18,080 --> 02:03:19,771 aren't being accepted everywhere, 2878 02:03:19,806 --> 02:03:23,050 or at least in the deliverable that they wanted 2879 02:03:23,085 --> 02:03:24,638 to give it to the audience. 2880 02:03:24,673 --> 02:03:28,711 And that's the biggest issue is again, the censorship. 2881 02:03:28,746 --> 02:03:30,748 So physical media is just as important 2882 02:03:30,782 --> 02:03:33,785 as it was back in the day, if not more important. 2883 02:03:33,820 --> 02:03:35,891 So I genuinely can't see me stopping 2884 02:03:35,925 --> 02:03:40,551 collecting DVDs or Blu-rays anytime soon. 2885 02:03:40,585 --> 02:03:42,321 I think physical media is going to always be around 2886 02:03:42,345 --> 02:03:43,978 the same way that movie theaters will always be around. 2887 02:03:44,002 --> 02:03:47,074 There's this ceremonial ritual to going out on Friday night, 2888 02:03:47,109 --> 02:03:50,457 buying popcorn, sitting down in front of 120 foot screen 2889 02:03:50,492 --> 02:03:53,253 and just forgetting about all your problems 2890 02:03:53,287 --> 02:03:56,774 and just being entertained, jumping into another world. 2891 02:03:56,808 --> 02:03:58,810 That same thing comes with physical media. 2892 02:03:58,845 --> 02:04:01,157 You go out and you buy a movie, you bring it back. 2893 02:04:01,192 --> 02:04:03,021 You're excited to watch it that night. 2894 02:04:03,056 --> 02:04:05,507 You know, you throw it on, you make popcorn, 2895 02:04:05,541 --> 02:04:07,612 and you make a night of it. 2896 02:04:07,647 --> 02:04:09,959 I think we've kind of taken the convenience for granted 2897 02:04:09,994 --> 02:04:13,204 to oh, I've got nothing to do, on my phone, sitting in bed, 2898 02:04:13,238 --> 02:04:14,930 pop on a movie for 20 minutes. 2899 02:04:14,964 --> 02:04:17,346 All right, I'll watch the rest of it later. 2900 02:04:17,380 --> 02:04:22,385 Just that easy access has almost kind of ruined 2901 02:04:23,214 --> 02:04:24,491 the commitment that we make 2902 02:04:24,526 --> 02:04:25,975 when we go into watching a movie. 2903 02:04:26,010 --> 02:04:29,116 And I think that that physical element gives us 2904 02:04:29,151 --> 02:04:32,292 that physical connection to the entertainment. 2905 02:04:32,326 --> 02:04:35,468 You should be the one to decide what you want to watch 2906 02:04:35,502 --> 02:04:38,229 and when you want to watch it and in what quality. 2907 02:04:38,263 --> 02:04:40,680 So, you know, it's just, it's more power 2908 02:04:40,714 --> 02:04:42,647 to the people basically. 2909 02:04:42,682 --> 02:04:44,822 So obviously I have really strong feelings 2910 02:04:44,856 --> 02:04:47,721 on why physical media is king and why this should just 2911 02:04:47,756 --> 02:04:50,517 continue to go on and why streaming 2912 02:04:50,552 --> 02:04:53,313 just isn't going to work and why someday 2913 02:04:53,347 --> 02:04:54,739 there are going to be a lot of very upset people 2914 02:04:54,763 --> 02:04:57,662 when they realize that everything they paid for is gone 2915 02:04:57,697 --> 02:05:00,907 or not what they used to have or has been altered 2916 02:05:00,941 --> 02:05:03,392 or for some reason they can't watch it anymore. 2917 02:05:04,669 --> 02:05:06,164 I feel that's going to happen someday. 2918 02:05:06,188 --> 02:05:08,880 Maybe not now, you know, maybe not today, 2919 02:05:08,915 --> 02:05:11,642 maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life, 2920 02:05:11,676 --> 02:05:14,161 you're going to one day regret 2921 02:05:14,196 --> 02:05:15,715 buying all this stuff digitally. 2922 02:05:15,749 --> 02:05:18,072 - Like to me, the idea of never having physical media again, 2923 02:05:18,096 --> 02:05:20,064 I just, I can't see myself doing that. 2924 02:05:20,098 --> 02:05:21,721 I just see myself as somebody that, 2925 02:05:21,755 --> 02:05:23,250 oh, if I want to watch something, I go oh, 2926 02:05:23,274 --> 02:05:24,758 well I can watch it anytime I want. 2927 02:05:24,793 --> 02:05:26,829 Where otherwise if I didn't have it physically, 2928 02:05:26,864 --> 02:05:28,728 I'd be like, oh, well is it on streaming? 2929 02:05:28,762 --> 02:05:29,832 Can I find that somewhere? 2930 02:05:29,867 --> 02:05:32,421 And then like, you may have to buy it again. 2931 02:05:32,455 --> 02:05:34,078 So like, I just never see myself going, 2932 02:05:34,112 --> 02:05:36,287 oh I'm done with DVDs, I'm done with Blu-rays, 2933 02:05:36,321 --> 02:05:37,426 I'm done with all this. 2934 02:05:37,460 --> 02:05:38,738 I feel like it's kind of like 2935 02:05:38,772 --> 02:05:40,049 this is going to be, you know, 2936 02:05:40,084 --> 02:05:42,880 I'll be a real old man with my collection 2937 02:05:42,914 --> 02:05:44,478 and everyone will be like, what is all this stuff? 2938 02:05:44,502 --> 02:05:46,746 What is, what are these discs? 2939 02:05:46,780 --> 02:05:48,230 What is this shiny metallic thing? 2940 02:05:48,264 --> 02:05:49,887 And I'll be like, oh, that's a DVD. 2941 02:05:49,921 --> 02:05:51,474 You know, I mean, I just, I see myself 2942 02:05:51,509 --> 02:05:53,856 as that kind of person that will have physical media 2943 02:05:53,891 --> 02:05:55,893 until the end of time for me. 2944 02:05:55,927 --> 02:05:58,551 I just, I never see myself going I'm done with this, 2945 02:05:58,585 --> 02:06:00,691 I'm going to be fully digital and that's it. 2946 02:06:00,725 --> 02:06:02,865 I'm going to convert all my collection to digital. 2947 02:06:02,900 --> 02:06:04,142 That's not me. 2948 02:06:04,177 --> 02:06:05,775 And I know some people are into that idea, 2949 02:06:05,799 --> 02:06:09,907 but for me, I just, I'll die with this stuff, honestly. 2950 02:06:09,941 --> 02:06:11,874 You know, I collect weird, obscure horror films, 2951 02:06:11,909 --> 02:06:13,911 and for that reason, it's amazing. 2952 02:06:13,945 --> 02:06:16,776 You're getting, you know, companies like Arrow and stuff 2953 02:06:16,810 --> 02:06:18,916 putting out these really obscure horror titles 2954 02:06:18,950 --> 02:06:19,996 that aren't so obscure now. 2955 02:06:20,020 --> 02:06:21,712 They're kind of in the mainstream. 2956 02:06:21,746 --> 02:06:24,059 Like they're thrust into mainstream because of that. 2957 02:06:24,093 --> 02:06:26,061 I think physical media will continue. 2958 02:06:26,095 --> 02:06:28,719 It will live because of these niche companies 2959 02:06:28,753 --> 02:06:30,099 putting out these films. 2960 02:06:30,134 --> 02:06:31,905 It will live, you know. It's going to be here forever. 2961 02:06:31,929 --> 02:06:33,724 I'm never going to get rid of my collection. 2962 02:06:33,758 --> 02:06:36,623 You know, my biggest worry, I think with physical media, 2963 02:06:36,658 --> 02:06:38,901 which is really weird, like I said, 2964 02:06:38,936 --> 02:06:40,731 I'll always keep it. 2965 02:06:40,765 --> 02:06:42,974 Always keep my physical media, you know? 2966 02:06:43,009 --> 02:06:45,977 But my biggest worry, I think it's like the VHS. 2967 02:06:46,012 --> 02:06:48,842 I've got so many VHS tapes. 2968 02:06:48,877 --> 02:06:50,637 So many tapes. 2969 02:06:50,672 --> 02:06:55,504 I have now probably about 10 VCR players, you know, 2970 02:06:55,538 --> 02:06:56,930 because I don't want them to run out. 2971 02:06:56,954 --> 02:06:58,334 They're not making them anymore. 2972 02:06:58,369 --> 02:06:59,646 So I buy and buy, I think, 2973 02:06:59,681 --> 02:07:00,865 'cause I don't want there to be a time 2974 02:07:00,889 --> 02:07:03,132 where I cannot watch a VHS, 2975 02:07:03,167 --> 02:07:05,756 when I can't pick up the video then and think you know what? 2976 02:07:05,790 --> 02:07:07,481 I'm going to watch this on VHS. 2977 02:07:07,516 --> 02:07:08,862 I don't want that to happen. 2978 02:07:08,897 --> 02:07:11,485 So I think with even DVD and Blu-ray, 2979 02:07:11,520 --> 02:07:13,626 what I'm doing now, I'm buying up DVD players, 2980 02:07:13,660 --> 02:07:14,972 I'm buying up Blu-ray players, 2981 02:07:15,006 --> 02:07:17,146 because I don't ever want there to be a time 2982 02:07:17,181 --> 02:07:19,839 that I can not play my physical media 2983 02:07:19,873 --> 02:07:22,462 and I can see that happening in the future. 2984 02:07:22,496 --> 02:07:23,808 So I think if you are a fan, 2985 02:07:23,843 --> 02:07:26,190 if you've got a lot of physical media, 2986 02:07:26,224 --> 02:07:27,847 you know, buy out these players. 2987 02:07:27,881 --> 02:07:30,988 Have a few backup just in case anything goes wrong, 2988 02:07:31,022 --> 02:07:33,162 because we want to watch these forever. 2989 02:07:33,197 --> 02:07:36,476 - All of these, all these right here, I own all of these. 2990 02:07:36,510 --> 02:07:37,684 These are mine. 2991 02:07:37,719 --> 02:07:39,041 These will be mine until the end of time, 2992 02:07:39,065 --> 02:07:40,870 'till the day I die, I'll still be watching all 2993 02:07:40,894 --> 02:07:44,657 my Blu-rays and 4Ks and DVDs and LaserDiscs and whatnot. 2994 02:07:44,691 --> 02:07:47,349 But who knows, if everyone else out there 2995 02:07:47,383 --> 02:07:49,592 will be watching the titles they bought 2996 02:07:49,627 --> 02:07:51,249 on their streaming service 2997 02:08:01,604 --> 02:08:02,916 Memories of video shops. 2998 02:08:02,951 --> 02:08:04,894 I mean, God, when I was a kid, I used to go there 2999 02:08:04,918 --> 02:08:08,404 all the time and try to pick out these horror movies, 3000 02:08:08,439 --> 02:08:09,751 mainly horror. 3001 02:08:09,785 --> 02:08:11,004 I mean I'm into all kinds of different movies, 3002 02:08:11,028 --> 02:08:12,408 but a lot of it was horror, 3003 02:08:12,443 --> 02:08:13,696 and it was always tough to pick out 3004 02:08:13,720 --> 02:08:15,273 because I would see like, 3005 02:08:15,308 --> 02:08:16,699 I would judge it by the cover, too. 3006 02:08:16,723 --> 02:08:18,691 I would see Frankenhooker, Basket Case, 3007 02:08:18,725 --> 02:08:19,909 and there were so many great movies. 3008 02:08:19,933 --> 02:08:22,004 I'd be in there for hours. 3009 02:08:22,039 --> 02:08:23,119 And I really miss those days. 3010 02:08:23,143 --> 02:08:26,284 Now it's just streaming and ordering online. 3011 02:08:26,319 --> 02:08:30,841 So memories of the video shop, I'm really gonna miss. 3012 02:08:30,875 --> 02:08:32,601 I wish they can come back. 3013 02:08:33,947 --> 02:08:36,881 Those days are long gone, but you know, 3014 02:08:36,916 --> 02:08:39,228 you could still get your hard copy of the videos. 3015 02:08:40,678 --> 02:08:43,923 I am a huge big time collector of physical media. 3016 02:08:43,957 --> 02:08:48,962 I enjoy collecting VHS tapes, DVDs, and Blu-rays. 3017 02:08:50,170 --> 02:08:51,730 Come on, let me show you my collection. 3018 02:08:55,244 --> 02:08:56,556 Within these collections, 3019 02:08:56,590 --> 02:08:58,731 I have all genres of physical media. 3020 02:09:02,838 --> 02:09:05,496 I love collecting because it brings me lots of joy 3021 02:09:05,530 --> 02:09:07,118 and entertainment. 3022 02:09:07,153 --> 02:09:10,052 I know that at any moment I could pop in a DVD 3023 02:09:10,087 --> 02:09:12,641 or a VHS and escape from reality. 3024 02:09:13,918 --> 02:09:16,265 You know, I'm a movie buff, so I always want it, 3025 02:09:16,300 --> 02:09:18,002 but how many times have you heard people say 3026 02:09:18,026 --> 02:09:20,787 that might not be into movies as much as you are, 3027 02:09:20,822 --> 02:09:22,789 they miss the old Blockbuster days, 3028 02:09:22,824 --> 02:09:24,411 they miss the old, you know, 3029 02:09:24,446 --> 02:09:28,933 going into a video store on a Friday night or weekend 3030 02:09:28,968 --> 02:09:30,901 or whenever you used to go in there. 3031 02:09:30,935 --> 02:09:32,799 Being able to walk in there, 3032 02:09:32,834 --> 02:09:34,974 look at all the movies that are there, 3033 02:09:35,008 --> 02:09:36,665 look at one, like I said, 3034 02:09:36,699 --> 02:09:39,910 find something that has an interesting, you know, cover art, 3035 02:09:39,944 --> 02:09:41,808 pick it up and being, you know, 3036 02:09:41,843 --> 02:09:44,777 maybe you read the description and you're like eh, 3037 02:09:44,811 --> 02:09:47,331 that's not for me kind of deal or anything like that. 3038 02:09:47,365 --> 02:09:49,091 You don't get the same feeling. 3039 02:09:49,126 --> 02:09:51,784 And at that point in time, my whole generation, 3040 02:09:51,818 --> 02:09:54,614 I think, is lost to what that was. 3041 02:09:54,648 --> 02:09:56,443 That's how I got into this community 3042 02:09:56,478 --> 02:09:58,135 because I'm one of you guys. 3043 02:09:58,169 --> 02:10:01,000 We're all together. We're one big family. 3044 02:10:01,034 --> 02:10:04,831 We're one big, happy family, and I love physical media, 3045 02:10:04,866 --> 02:10:08,007 you guys love physical media and that's why we're close. 3046 02:10:08,041 --> 02:10:10,043 That's why we're... 3047 02:10:10,078 --> 02:10:11,079 It's wonderful.