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Do you collect anything? How did you start? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by MacedWindow@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I find that most people in my life have at least one "thing" they are collecting. It is often an insight into their personality and it is fun to hear people talk about something they are passionate about.

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[–] SecretPancake@feddit.de 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I used to collect movies on DVD/Bluray but kinda fell out of love with it thanks to streaming, taking up room and being annoying when moving places. They are not worth anything so I don’t want to go through the trouble of selling, so I’m throwing away the cases and put the discs in CD organizers to make them more compact. Most of the labels got sunbleached anyways.

It’s a bit sad. I mean some films are not and will never be available on streaming but overall this became just a nuisance.

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Do you have a copy of Cemetery Man?

[–] SecretPancake@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately not but it seems wild. Have you seen it?

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

I have when I was in high school. It is in fact a wild movie worth a watch! Finding a copy of it can be a bit of a pain so I'm on the hunt. I prefer to purchase from people who aren't on eBay idk why, seems more in the spirit of things to me. So like I could grab a copy of this one on eBay but I'd like to find someone like you who has a copy they're looking to sell before I resort to that. There is a used music and movie store near me I go into sometimes to try and track down some gems it's got a very personal feel to it being able to flip through things physically.

[–] Radicaldog@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I totally get it. I love the extras like directors' commentaries, and streaming feels like it has lost so much. But I don't want the hassle/space of dvds, I just want to buy complete digital versions that have all the extra bits. And until they will sell me it...

[–] SecretPancake@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago

I was a total film buff. I watched every special, bought limited editions, even imports from Japan because the cut was different. I went to festivals, studied film techniques, watched 3-4 movies a week, old and new. It’s all gone. I don’t know, it was kinda pushed away by other hobbies and stopped being as interesting to me. Which is a bit sad because there are still amazing and obscure movies coming out. Now I watch 1, maybe 2 a week and I sometimes have to push myself to do that.