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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantBlair
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I created (most) of this list a few years back. Locating and expanding it a bit today I thought you all might enjoy it


You know you are a DVD/movie addict if...
   
  • ...each wall of your home is a shrine to a different actor, actress, director, writer, etc.
  • ...each day you ponder whether to buy food or starve and buy a few more movies.
  • ...you have Ebert and Roeper on speed dial.
  • ...you regularly recite every word of a movie as it plays.
  • ...every Friday night you preform a movie scene in front of your home to attract guests for movie night.
  • ...collecting the autographs of everyone involved in every movie in your collection is not just a pastime; it is a way of life.
  • ...you buy another copy of a film that you knowingly already own in order to meet your quota for the week.
  • ...you can recite the full end credits of several films from memory.
  • ...when in need of money, you would more quickly sell your home than any of your DVDs.
  • ...you rent a warehouse by the year to store your movie prop collection.
  • ...in the event of a house fire, your first instinct is to save your DVD collection rather than old family photos and keepsakes.
  • ...you have DVD deals and coupons down to a science. You go buy DVDs, and the store gives YOU money.
  • ...you reschedule important dates (your own wedding, for instance) so that they don't interfere with film events.
  • ...you have your own custom-built reserved seat in every theater in your area.
  • ...it's not your fault for buying so many movies. It's the film industry's fault for continuing to release them.
  • ...stores stock all of their movies by special guidelines given to them by you.
  • ...you can't remember your mother's birthday but can remember the release dates of all of your favorite films.
  • ...you know how to connect anyone to Kevin Bacon in only two degrees.
  • ...you recite film credits in your head to lull yourself to sleep at night.
  • ...you own several lifetimes-worth of DVDs but keep buying "just in case" a specific one comes to mind to watch.
  • ...you have had whole conversations with someone using only movie titles as responses.
  • ...movie premieres are held in your home because your entertainment room is larger than the local theaters.
  • ...your DVD collection's mass has a noticeable gravitational pull on other objects in the room.
  • ...from your home, you provide your own version of Netflix streaming video to dozens of customers.
  • ...you plan all of your special events around related dates mentioned in films.
  • ...the typical person finds loose change between the cushions of his or her couch, but you find loose DVDs between yours.
  • ...you often ponder what a film would have been like if [insert name] had been the lead role, producer, or director of a film and act out this variation in your mind.
  • ...on a regular basis, you have to use DVD Profiler to tell you where you have stored the DVD you are trying to hunt down.
  • ...you name all of your children after your favorite film-related persons despite your spouse's constant protests.
  • ...by selling all of your DVDs, you would have enough money to purchase an island. . . Australia, for instance.
  • ...all of the movies you purchased last year were laid end to end, they would circle the earth at least twice.
  • ...the weight of your DVD, prop, and poster collection could easily sink a tanker or crash a plane.
  • ...your DVD collection falls from its usual resting place and causes a 6.0 Richter Scale earthquake.
  • ...you buy multiple copies of each DVD so that you can organize one set by title, another by director, another by producer, etc.
  • ...you consider your 100,000 DVD collection to be a single item. Each "piece" is inseparable from the next.
  • ...your primary goal in life is to own at least one copy of every DVD ever made.
  • ...Blockbuster rents from YOU.
  • ...you refer to all of your conversations about films as a "Bonus Commentary".
  • ...your username appears in the contributor's list for every entry on IMDb.
  • ...the weight of your collection causes your house to lean.

  •     ...and finally (of course)...

    You know you are a DVD/movie addict (or maybe just very bored) if you feel the odd need to create or add to a list like this.
    If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.

    He who MUST get the last word in on a pointless, endless argument doesn't win. It makes him the bigger jerk.
    DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorEagle
    Registered: Oct 31, 2001
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        That list is great!
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    DVD Profiler Desktop and Mobile RegistrantStar Contributormreeder50
    I was outta bullets
    Registered: March 29, 2007
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    Thanks for the update.
    Marty - Registered July 10, 2004, User since 2002.
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