Hello everybody and welcome to a sequel or reboot or something—I'm not sure what you would want to call it—of a video I did probably about 5 years ago here on the channel going through my entire physical media collection. I think I did one update video since then. But when I asked people what they would want to see for the celebration of my 1,000th video, there were a lot of requests for a physical media collection video. So here we are, starting fresh from the top.
And it's crazy to me that people like this, but it's also kind of cool because I'm always interested to see what movies people have on their shelves. There have been some changes from my last one: some additions, some subtractions, and movies I don’t have anymore. My collection is very dutifully alphabetized, and we'll start from the numbers:
10 Cloverfield Lane: Part of the Cloverfield franchise. I enjoy this movie; it's very good. John Goodman is excellent in it.
12 Angry Men: Criterion Collection. If you haven't seen this, it's one of the best movies ever made. Directed by Sidney Lumet, I highly recommend it. A fantastic movie.
21 Jump Street: One of the great modern comedies. Really like this movie a lot.
... [continues through a detailed recount of each item in the collection].
And that's it. I mean, yes, there are VHS tapes and stuff that I have in the background, but those are for set decoration. Really, what I wanted to do with this video is to show you my physical media collection. I honestly did not think it would take over three hours to get through all of it. I love physical media because I like to know that if I love a movie, I have a copy that's mine that can't be taken away. The digital rights can't be taken away. It won't get pulled off a streaming service. I can pull it off the shelf anytime I want. The picture quality is better, the audio quality is better. And it's also just great to have a collection. When I stand in front of my shelf and I look at my physical media, it is not just a library of movies but also tied to memory. It's tied to my experiences and people associated with those movies. It's very personal to me.