You Know What’s BS!? DVDs

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  • Опубликовано: 24 янв 2025

Комментарии • 9 тыс.

  • @mjbgames4963
    @mjbgames4963 3 года назад +1661

    “It’s like we’re going forward in technology, but only making our lives bullshittier”
    This sentence aged like fine wine.

    • @Mickelraven
      @Mickelraven 2 года назад +52

      Exactly! Just like fine wine, this statement only gets better the more it ages

    • @Kodeb8
      @Kodeb8 2 года назад +10

      I was thinking the same thing.

    • @garrettk.2257
      @garrettk.2257 2 года назад +31

      And he said that in 2009 no less. If only he could predict the future

    • @esmooth919
      @esmooth919 2 года назад +16

      It's even worse with smartphones. Thanx, Apple

    • @askertheskunks_art
      @askertheskunks_art Год назад +2

      Prehistoric technologies is better?

  • @tristanscommentchannel5923
    @tristanscommentchannel5923 6 лет назад +2386

    imagine if all AVGN episodes come with snap-in, fullscreen, a giant box, and pre-scratched disc

    • @beakedmonk3981
      @beakedmonk3981 4 года назад +162

      Or if they all came with chapters and logos you can't skip.

    • @juwesx
      @juwesx 4 года назад +15

      @@beakedmonk3981 yed

    • @vpaulocesar3030
      @vpaulocesar3030 4 года назад +34

      Tbh I would buy a box set with every single episode and season of avgn

    • @DrakeDragsaw
      @DrakeDragsaw 4 года назад +23

      @@vpaulocesar3030 they exist

    • @damantioworks
      @damantioworks 4 года назад +27

      @@vpaulocesar3030 are you familiar with the AVGN DVDs?

  • @carlosmatos9848
    @carlosmatos9848 7 лет назад +6525

    Wow, this video is almost 105 months old!

    • @eliplasse
      @eliplasse 6 лет назад +139

      Carlos Matos make that 109 months now! Time does fly really fast!

    • @omh20
      @omh20 6 лет назад +18

      Good to know I guess

    • @klokso1203
      @klokso1203 6 лет назад +4

      Still here? 😂

    • @PYoro-kh3bb
      @PYoro-kh3bb 6 лет назад +15

      113-ish, now.
      I hate everything.

    • @ThreeThreeRR
      @ThreeThreeRR 6 лет назад +59

      Woa, this comment is 23652025920 milliseconds old

  • @MrCoconuts64_Lum69
    @MrCoconuts64_Lum69 5 лет назад +3248

    Just moments ago he says blu ray's are worse than dvd

  • @FangTheWerewolf
    @FangTheWerewolf 8 лет назад +799

    It's even worse when you get ads like 'Coming soon, July 2005." Like, you're a little late to the party. And it gets better the more time passes.

    • @Connie_TinuityError
      @Connie_TinuityError 7 лет назад +26

      +BitPit July 2005 is nothing compared to MUCH, MUCH earlier months.

    • @BigOlSmellyFlashlight
      @BigOlSmellyFlashlight 7 лет назад +14

      BitPit coming soon march 2004: flashlight

    • @dcb99filmz
      @dcb99filmz 6 лет назад +18

      9/9/99

    • @SharksandDinos
      @SharksandDinos 6 лет назад +13

      November 14, 2000

    • @SegaDream131
      @SegaDream131 5 лет назад +9

      @@dcb99filmz Keep your fingers crossed....
      They are making a mini mega drive out in the uk in this sept....
      If it does well you can bet your ass theres going to eventually be a dc mini on the horizon.....
      P.s.
      Its been thinking......all this time....
      And now it just
      Knows......

  • @Dimensioneer88
    @Dimensioneer88 7 лет назад +967

    Also, more modern DVDs stopped putting pictures or special prints on them. Now they're just bland gray with the logo on it. How unimaginative is that?

    • @spendilten
      @spendilten 4 года назад +57

      and the extra on movies have gone

    • @baskenmannzwei1234
      @baskenmannzwei1234 4 года назад +24

      "modern DVD's" isn't that an oxymoron? Like a not digested pile of shit?

    • @Utubesanarc
      @Utubesanarc 4 года назад +16

      Yea i remember the daredevil dvds were colorful like girls underwear

    • @supermariof0521
      @supermariof0521 4 года назад +16

      Except Pixar. They still do artwork on their discs. At least in the US. The UK however switched to white discs.

    • @hikaru9624
      @hikaru9624 4 года назад +10

      @@VEKTORVISION I still find it funny that to this day in 2020 I can find a healthy library of dvds for sale at my local supermarket. Can still get blank cds and dvds too!
      Weren't we supposed to be all digital about 10 years ago?

  • @MusicDecomposer
    @MusicDecomposer 6 лет назад +282

    I just bought the "25th anniversary" DVD of Home Alone. It's literally just the 1999 DVD release packaged in a different box cover.

    • @marcohidalgo1101
      @marcohidalgo1101 6 лет назад +38

      What's worse is that there already exists a special edition DVD released in 2006 (labelled the Family Fun Edition), but nope, Fox just wants to rerelease the cheapest possible DVD release.

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 4 года назад +5

      They release those year ones for collectors.

    • @colinmcmasters5819
      @colinmcmasters5819 4 года назад +8

      I assure you it was not a 1999 DVD.

    • @Shaffer0608
      @Shaffer0608 4 года назад +4

      Yep just reprints

  • @j.marston
    @j.marston 5 лет назад +636

    I guess I'm the only one who gets the satisfaction of putting the DVD cases into their Collector's Edition boxes.

    • @SparkzEnt
      @SparkzEnt 4 года назад +30

      I do too.

    • @gregglopez8213
      @gregglopez8213 4 года назад +15

      I do as well. I rarely buy blurays unless they have a digital copy.

    • @moose656
      @moose656 4 года назад +3

      I feel ya

    • @Curlyheart
      @Curlyheart 4 года назад +2

      Thanks marston

    • @MisterE80
      @MisterE80 3 года назад +14

      Even though it’s inconvenient, I also happen to love putting the discs into the multiple boxes.

  • @darkeimp555
    @darkeimp555 10 лет назад +1198

    Mr. Rolfe, you're a genius of critique.

  • @animateangus
    @animateangus 7 лет назад +561

    The WORST DVD menu I ever encountered was a UK release of The Lost World (1925). You had to wait for this person to look through a bookshelf, pick out the book and open it (slowly), with classical music playing throughout.

  • @jomahawk7488
    @jomahawk7488 4 года назад +361

    “Throw the boxes in the garbage”
    And...that scream you can hear in the distance is the scream of all the collectors out there, screaming about throwing away value.

  • @crocodile2006
    @crocodile2006 Год назад +354

    Who would of thought 13 Years later we'd have nostalgia watching those DVD intro menus

    • @ashercollins-cf5by
      @ashercollins-cf5by Год назад +21

      Now 14 years later.

    • @experi-mentalproductions5358
      @experi-mentalproductions5358 Год назад +5

      No, they still annoy me...

    • @chezwizard
      @chezwizard Год назад +20

      Or at least nostalgia for actually owning the media we purchase. (looking at you SONY)

    • @Riky_Jones
      @Riky_Jones Год назад +4

      @@chezwizardI never stopped owning physical

    • @freeman10000
      @freeman10000 Год назад +7

      Physical is the way to go. DVD, CD, Vinyl, books and film cameras. These things rock my world.

  • @dericanight861
    @dericanight861 4 года назад +72

    0:56
    “Oh don’t you talk about my boxes! I LIKE BOXES!!”

  • @smackeroon688
    @smackeroon688 7 лет назад +232

    It's the whole 'One step forward, two steps back' mentality

    • @akeyrtainment8507
      @akeyrtainment8507 6 лет назад +8

      Couldn't agree more. Well said m8.

    • @CaptainMarci104
      @CaptainMarci104 4 года назад +4

      I still prefer dvd to vhs. But also prefer streamimg over dvd. In my opinion it's not one step forward and twp steps back.

  • @brandonspain12345
    @brandonspain12345 3 года назад +42

    3:54 Cracks me with James ranting and there's that loud thunder sound. Perfect timing.

  • @Novastar.SaberCombat
    @Novastar.SaberCombat 2 года назад +199

    The irony with this is that although digital streaming is pretty great, if anything goes wrong with the connection, your movie experience is toast. Also, it's tough to decide whether to "buy" or "rent", and subscriptions are just way too ridiculous.

    • @ethansprague2005
      @ethansprague2005 Год назад +23

      You'll also need to buy like 5 subscriptions to watch stuff you actually want to see

    • @Scooby-bf4bp
      @Scooby-bf4bp Год назад

      @@ethansprague2005 oh flixtor

    • @pablo2001nov
      @pablo2001nov Год назад +11

      This aged well, now Sony is removing movies purchased via PS Store. Atleast they can't take away my DVD Collection

    • @WatcherKoops4677
      @WatcherKoops4677 Год назад

      @@pablo2001nov *looks at my private downloaded stuff*

  • @airfoemoe
    @airfoemoe 7 лет назад +3530

    Nintendo was right all along, cartridges are the future.

    • @Lilly-se3dd
      @Lilly-se3dd 7 лет назад +144

      Reginald Regency
      Why did you think the switch used ds/3ds carttigaes instead of a disc

    • @dandrawsit4915
      @dandrawsit4915 6 лет назад +68

      Doesn't scatch and doesn't snap in half easily

    • @S.R.A.B0XER
      @S.R.A.B0XER 6 лет назад +96

      And they have the awful taste to prevent children from swallowing them.

    • @Colddirector
      @Colddirector 6 лет назад +60

      USBs kind of are cartridges, except they're flash memory instead of ROM.

    • @cube2fox
      @cube2fox 6 лет назад +53

      @@Colddirector The cartridges for NES, Gameboy, SNES, Nintendo 64, and Gameboy Advance were ROM. The cartridges for Nintendo DS, 3DS, and Switch are Flash. They allow the save games to be very large, however I think they are slower (loading times) and cannot be accessed by the CPU directly like RAM and ROM.

  • @GuyGuysonHimself
    @GuyGuysonHimself 9 лет назад +922

    That'd be funny as hell if the avgn dvd's came in this packaging

  • @fake12396
    @fake12396 4 года назад +279

    Someone actually had to come up with all the chapter names for that transformers DVD...

    • @1r3allyl1k3y0u
      @1r3allyl1k3y0u 4 года назад +34

      Personally, when I make DVDs, the chapter points are my favorite part 'cause I can be creative and punny with the names.

    • @rubbatiti1527
      @rubbatiti1527 4 года назад +29

      Chapter 4 Optimus Prime Files a Second Mortgage

    • @Butter-Milk
      @Butter-Milk 3 года назад +1

      @@1r3allyl1k3y0u Examples?

    • @1r3allyl1k3y0u
      @1r3allyl1k3y0u 3 года назад +10

      @@Butter-Milk I made my Mom a DVD for the Movie "Jump In" staring Corbin Blu and Keke Palmer for her birthday, and I think during the training montage I put for the chapter point "Hop To It".

  • @Essu_
    @Essu_ 4 года назад +896

    "I hate DVDs because of the menus!"
    -11 years later.-
    "I hate Blurays because there aren't enough menus!"

    • @volkan7844
      @volkan7844 4 года назад +57

      He complained about the top menu being bland in blu-rays

    • @mememan3447
      @mememan3447 4 года назад +51

      He said he hated all of the stuff BEFORE the menus

    • @The_Blue_Otaku
      @The_Blue_Otaku 4 года назад +11

      As a 19 year old I miss my VCR it broke back in 2016 haven't gotten one sense....
      And now I can't watch the non CGI altered versions of Star Wars a New Hope and Star Wars Return of the Jedi I own on VHS....
      Sadly don't own The Empire Strikes Back

    • @crashbash8549
      @crashbash8549 4 года назад +24

      People's opinions can change in 11 years lol

    • @darthlemon
      @darthlemon 4 года назад +9

      JROKGaming it’s been 11 years.

  • @TwiggehTV
    @TwiggehTV 8 лет назад +175

    4:30 - dont give the ad-companies ideas, man!

  • @_Snazzee_
    @_Snazzee_ 7 лет назад +201

    The phone dialing sounds at the beginning of VHS tapes are there for the production machines

    • @heinzdoofenshmirtz8643
      @heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 5 лет назад +3

      Are you sure, Tsu?

    • @kitecattestecke2303
      @kitecattestecke2303 4 года назад +2

      @@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 should be true.. Pilot tones to code something for machines like binary Morse code

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 4 года назад +3

      No, they were only ever on E.T.

    • @smithwesson1896
      @smithwesson1896 3 года назад +1

      @@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 Kero?

    • @TheGreenDoggoOfWisdom
      @TheGreenDoggoOfWisdom 2 года назад +1

      Cassettes released by Capitol have a pitch sweep at the beginning and ends of their cassettes, but I forgot the reason why

  • @soymartin
    @soymartin 10 лет назад +90

    1:46 James holding Toxicity...
    My life is complete now.

  • @gezi5927
    @gezi5927 4 года назад +643

    “All I want to do is watch the movie” *later complains about Blu-Rays not having extensive menus*

    • @gblargg
      @gblargg 4 года назад +71

      How about them just starting the actual movie when you insert the DVD, but letting you hit MENU to get special features?

    • @paulleow8017
      @paulleow8017 4 года назад +22

      @@gblargg quite a few Blu-rays do that now

    • @jturner2577
      @jturner2577 4 года назад +11

      @@paulleow8017 And that's a good compromise.

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 4 года назад +6

      @@paulleow8017 Some DVD's did

    • @aidanredding8058
      @aidanredding8058 4 года назад +8

      If you're gonna have a menu, at least make it creative

  • @theyakkomanguy7522
    @theyakkomanguy7522 4 года назад +106

    5:54 When the DVD skips when Darth Vader says "No I am your father!" is fucking hilarious!

    • @Gasoline85
      @Gasoline85 Год назад +15

      The "DISC ERROR" message is just the icing on the cake. 🤣

  • @snakes3425
    @snakes3425 8 лет назад +655

    You know what's Bullshit: Unskippable Ads on RUclips and in DVD/Blu-Rays

    • @NotABot55
      @NotABot55 8 лет назад +21

      uBlock Origin and VLC Media Player... that is all.

    • @legendoflink5882
      @legendoflink5882 8 лет назад +8

      +NotABot55 Not on mobile sadly.....

    • @MAR-wo4mc
      @MAR-wo4mc 8 лет назад +9

      vlc is on android now

    • @HeadShoht
      @HeadShoht 7 лет назад +4

      MAR5 hes talking about ublock origin and the vlc player can't play DVDs on android so wut...

    • @BlazeTheMovieFan
      @BlazeTheMovieFan 7 лет назад

      Yeah, what the bulshit man said by the end of the video applies well even today.

  • @CarbonatedTurtle
    @CarbonatedTurtle 4 года назад +36

    Man, what a blast from the past, and this video is only 11 years old. DVDs, CDs, Fullscreen/Widescreen. It's amazing how much things have changed in just over a decade.

  • @Mickelraven
    @Mickelraven 2 года назад +33

    6:02 It's 2022, and this statement is still so true today! It's like fine-wine, it only gets better the more it ages.

  • @ceciladams4882
    @ceciladams4882 9 лет назад +1082

    Luke I'm your father (disc errors) hahahhahahah even the disc can't believe it

    • @someonepretty6758
      @someonepretty6758 9 лет назад +64

      +AbElLa BeNjIe Actually it's "No, I am your father".

    • @michaelchinn3261
      @michaelchinn3261 8 лет назад +22

      He actually says; No I am your father

    • @robertszvetics210
      @robertszvetics210 8 лет назад +6

      Sam Poulter his father is full of bullshitttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

    • @horrorfan888
      @horrorfan888 8 лет назад +5

      This happens with my copy of "Zombie." After the boat attack in the beginning it stops.

    • @vinxcxcxcxc6354
      @vinxcxcxcxc6354 7 лет назад +4

      Plundge Flunky he said no i am your father

  • @fletchy40
    @fletchy40 8 лет назад +181

    "Technology is getting more advanced but it seems like our lives are just getting bullshittier"
    Truth

  • @Jombo1
    @Jombo1 7 лет назад +658

    still the best episode

  • @ACBlackJ0ck
    @ACBlackJ0ck 5 лет назад +149

    This video is almost getting to it's 521 week anniversary. Man I remember when this video was new.

    • @SilverSpade92
      @SilverSpade92 Год назад

      Not long now until the DCCXXX week aniversery!

    • @T-Rex-nm1se
      @T-Rex-nm1se Год назад

      Now it's 729 weeks old

  • @KR-nf3is
    @KR-nf3is 6 лет назад +301

    1:47 nice, Toxicity is a great album

    • @astonewall.912
      @astonewall.912 4 года назад +4

      Mesmerize is my fav

    • @KR-nf3is
      @KR-nf3is 4 года назад +8

      I really like Toxicity but i do prefer Steal This Album

    • @cookedbyakid2476
      @cookedbyakid2476 4 года назад +3

      I like hypnotize

    • @rehmit
      @rehmit 4 года назад +9

      I LIKE EM ALL

    • @xX0T1Xx
      @xX0T1Xx 4 года назад +2

      mezmerize is my favourite

  • @emilypatterson7988
    @emilypatterson7988 9 лет назад +17

    0:00 "What? DVDs? I love DVDs. What could you possibly have against DVDs?"
    4:54 "Yeah! YEAH! God, I HATE when they do that! Tell it, brother!"

  • @WitchEnbyWitch
    @WitchEnbyWitch 8 лет назад +291

    Region locking is such bullshit! I hate it! It should be one version for all countries!

    • @HylianOverlord
      @HylianOverlord 8 лет назад +8

      Abbie Fogarty Region coding is due to the difference in how televisions in other countries process video images and sound codecs you moron.

    • @HylianOverlord
      @HylianOverlord 8 лет назад +12

      Because the player can compensate for the differences in how the televisions work. I should have mentioned in my other comment that region coding was bigger deal whenever analogue televisions still dominated the market. Now digital televisions can use almost any digital file type and not need the player to compensate for them.

    • @DjangoDerDude
      @DjangoDerDude 8 лет назад +40

      +HylianOverlord that was back in the pal/ntsc days...
      which isn't the case anymore, they just put the region code on there to fuck with people...

    • @HylianOverlord
      @HylianOverlord 8 лет назад +1

      DjangoDerDude I did say that.

    • @DjangoDerDude
      @DjangoDerDude 8 лет назад +5

      +HylianOverlord for some reason i didn't see your other comment. i'm sorry.

  • @supergamingdoggo9975
    @supergamingdoggo9975 4 года назад +24

    5:30 I used to watch VHS tapes and I never heard that sounds at the beginning of any of my tapes, ever.

    • @ESP1138
      @ESP1138 4 года назад +6

      I discovered them recently too. The Paleoworld tapes from Time Life video has them but the sound is very low and you have to make sure that the tape is fully rewound back to hear it.

  • @sirbletchley
    @sirbletchley 6 лет назад +108

    Haha. The widescreen/full screen issue was responsible for one of my most anger inducing DVD purchases. Years ago I bought Scarface from Walmart, it had this nice special edition type packaging and, when I gave it quick look over, thought it was widescreen.WRONG! Found out after I had opened and tried to play it that it was fullscreen. Found tiniest lettering on spine of box claiming fullscreen. WAS...NOT...IMPRESSED.

    • @Sam_XNE997
      @Sam_XNE997 5 лет назад +17

      Trust me, it's even worse when you buy a widescreen DVD, only to discover that it's non-anamorphic widescreen.

    • @pungisotu
      @pungisotu 4 года назад +3

      I miss open matte DVDs.

    • @ESP1138
      @ESP1138 4 года назад +4

      Now that's bullshit. All movies should always be in widescreen if they were made that way.

    • @encycl07pedia-
      @encycl07pedia- 2 года назад +1

      The funny/weird thing is, the FS release of Terminator 3 actually has more real estate than the WS version. The 4:3 version is usually cropped (pan and scan) from the WS film, but that film is the only one I have that works that way.

    • @hankhill242productions6
      @hankhill242productions6 Год назад +2

      ​@@encycl07pedia-The fullscreen release of Cars is an entirely new render of the film. Benefit of being completely CGI.

  • @mochalex
    @mochalex 8 лет назад +83

    On more than one occasion, I've had to sit through a preview of the EXACT SAME MOVIE THAT'S ON THE DVD! For crying out loud, are those publishers even paying attention to what previews go on which discs??

    • @dwarfchicken
      @dwarfchicken 5 лет назад +6

      Lol I have VHS tapes of The Wiggles, and got a wiggles ad at the start.

    • @SegaDream131
      @SegaDream131 5 лет назад +6

      It self strokes the promotion department.....think about it....
      Their ad cant fail....literally cant fail.

  • @FletcherReedsRandomness
    @FletcherReedsRandomness 7 лет назад +208

    Oh, don’t you talk about my DVD boxes! I like DVD boxes!!!

  • @PrincessShokora2002
    @PrincessShokora2002 Год назад +51

    4:22 he predicted modern mobile games

  • @robosexual8822
    @robosexual8822 9 лет назад +19

    That Empire Strikes Back thing gave me PTSD-induced childhood flashbacks of when I had a DVD set of the original trilogy. My Empire Strikes Back copy got so messed up, and seeing that just brought back all the pain and sadness of being unable to watch the whole trilogy.

  • @ashleyjohansson230
    @ashleyjohansson230 9 лет назад +990

    "when technology gets better, our lives get more bullsshittier"
    That is soo true especially with gaming, back then it was put game in and play, now its install the game, install updates, DLCs and DRM bullshit

    • @ashleyjohansson230
      @ashleyjohansson230 9 лет назад +9

      Kim André Moen Bjørkede nope, steam ruined PC gaming with the worst DRM ever created

    • @SuperFranzs
      @SuperFranzs 9 лет назад +19

      Ashley Johansson You wot mate?

    • @theroundduckman
      @theroundduckman 9 лет назад

      Kim André Moen Bjørkede I would just avoid the games themselves, but that's just me wanting to avoid legal trouble.

    • @theroundduckman
      @theroundduckman 9 лет назад

      Kim André Moen Bjørkede Oh.

    • @SuperFranzs
      @SuperFranzs 9 лет назад

      RoundDuckMan At least I think it's so.

  • @kingonduty2825
    @kingonduty2825 6 лет назад +18

    Skipping always bugged me. I mean, it took me awhile to hear about the "NOOOOOO" scene in that Starwars movie because before he could start yelling, it couldn't play anymore.

  • @aualga
    @aualga 8 лет назад +184

    2:10 Actually, I hate double sided DVDs! They're not as appealing to look at as standard DVDs and they are twice as likely to get damaged!

    • @chrono015
      @chrono015 8 лет назад

      +The Mighty Megalink Stop popping up in the pat and james comment sections!!!

    • @chrono015
      @chrono015 8 лет назад

      ***** i was kidding...

    • @stoneocean6149
      @stoneocean6149 8 лет назад +2

      Yeah also stacked dvd sets such as with the Harold and kumar set or the gamera one

    • @ilovesmosh2012
      @ilovesmosh2012 8 лет назад

      back then they should of just had 2 disks.

    • @Toongeek45
      @Toongeek45 8 лет назад +1

      Not quite. Double-sided DVDs at least stay together. With laser discs, you have to deal with Laser rot.

  • @notsoalex
    @notsoalex 7 лет назад +1825

    "No I a-m you-r fa-th-er *disk error*" Why isn't this a meme yet.

    • @stevejohnson4637
      @stevejohnson4637 6 лет назад +72

      Cuz the eu is banning memes.

    • @redcr33perproductions
      @redcr33perproductions 5 лет назад +32

      This makes me happy for Britain to leave the EU

    • @canonlindgren5945
      @canonlindgren5945 5 лет назад +19

      And Disney banned the other EU ;)

    • @lisardo
      @lisardo 4 года назад +4

      LOL!

    • @johanliljegren4759
      @johanliljegren4759 4 года назад +4

      That's what light laserrot looks like on DVD. It takes a level 5 laserrot on LD, for the movie to stop playing.

  • @lazyDude77
    @lazyDude77 11 лет назад +25

    You know what's bullshit? When I try to watch the next part of a youtube series but the right hand list shows every thing except the next part.

  • @frogjog8822
    @frogjog8822 4 года назад +54

    hey nerd, irionicly, in the avgn gold collection on the back it reads the total run time, BUT ALL ADDED TOGETHER.

    • @OneMoneyCat
      @OneMoneyCat 4 года назад +13

      Bullshit Man and the Nerd aren't the same character.

    • @BrianRetro
      @BrianRetro 4 месяца назад

      That could have been the distributor of the DVD that decided to do it that way without James' consent.

  • @WH250398
    @WH250398 9 лет назад +167

    You know what i hate? FUCKING STICKERS ON DVD BOXES THAT LEAVE CRAP THAT RUINS THE BOX

    • @TheNintendochannel64
      @TheNintendochannel64 9 лет назад +12

      Some dvds that i saw had that crap on the cd itself!

    • @WH250398
      @WH250398 9 лет назад +15

      *****
      That's actually really dangerous

  • @Sourcy
    @Sourcy 8 лет назад +1463

    And so Netflix was born...

    • @Josquack
      @Josquack 8 лет назад +1

      Sourcy oh shit didn't expect seeing you here. love your sfm's (:

    • @erase4473
      @erase4473 8 лет назад +2

      Jon no it wasn't Netflix was only created about 1 year ago.

    • @erase4473
      @erase4473 7 лет назад +8

      Broken Wave it's a joke dipshit.

    • @Maxi23543
      @Maxi23543 7 лет назад

      Jon Stauffer yeah but it wasn't very popular around that time.

    • @anchoDePulso
      @anchoDePulso 7 лет назад +49

      Most of the movies that I want to see are not in Netflix. Netflix has mainly recent or mainstream movies.

  • @comm1098
    @comm1098 9 лет назад +19

    4:30 Oh god James, what have you done?? wait til the next elevator engineer sees this video.
    We're all gonna be doomed.

  • @kenm2709
    @kenm2709 4 года назад +55

    10 years later after blue ray. "These DVD menus awesome" -James

  • @dimitrijackoffnavitch2680
    @dimitrijackoffnavitch2680 10 лет назад +47

    Ultimate bullshit mode: You have to watch ten minutes of ads before entering the fucking bathroom.

  • @LoneCloudHopper
    @LoneCloudHopper 9 лет назад +28

    "N-N-NO...I-I-I...A-A-A-AM YOUR FA-A-A-A-ATHER...."
    I find it odd how many times DVD's don't fuck up until near the END of the movie! Isn't that weird? They play just fine most of the way through, then when they start screwing up you're so emotionally invested that you hope it's merely a temporary problem, but nope, like James says, once they start fucking up it only gets worse and worse...

    • @TheLarryburns84
      @TheLarryburns84 9 лет назад +1

      EXACTLY

    • @marcohidalgo1101
      @marcohidalgo1101 9 лет назад +2

      +Greg B. LOL you think that's bad? I once borrowed a Hotel for Dogs DVD at my local library which skipped pretty much through the ENTIRE MOVIE! Even the main menu got fucked up at one point. Someone must have really previously damaged that DVD before I got hold of it.

  • @bl1tz533
    @bl1tz533 8 лет назад +39

    YOU KNOW WHATS BULLSHIT?
    The lack of these...

    • @andy_minep7170
      @andy_minep7170 8 лет назад +26

      And a new episode just came out.
      Irony at it`s finest!

  • @arrowpictures2844
    @arrowpictures2844 8 месяцев назад +52

    I would rather have DVD’s than streaming.

  • @unscripted3575
    @unscripted3575 10 лет назад +237

    "No-o, I-I-I am your fa-a-a-a-a-a-th-t-t-t-t-ter"

    • @piopiopioman
      @piopiopioman 10 лет назад +70

      "Luke: 'DISC ERROR'"

    • @unscripted3575
      @unscripted3575 10 лет назад +19

      piopiopioman Such acting Luke, 10/10!!!
      I forgot to add that, lol.

    • @piopiopioman
      @piopiopioman 10 лет назад +13

      Best scene ever.

    • @Gigidag77
      @Gigidag77 10 лет назад +27

      piopiopioman
      Luke's "Disc Error" made me laugh so hard, lol

    • @piopiopioman
      @piopiopioman 10 лет назад +7

      You're welcome, I'm glad you are happy guys

  • @Kudo716
    @Kudo716 8 лет назад +245

    Did this video teach anyone else how many hours there were in a week?

  • @snakes3425
    @snakes3425 9 лет назад +85

    You know what's bullshit: Box Sets with a Defective or missing Disc or Tape

  • @CommissarMitch
    @CommissarMitch 5 лет назад +80

    4:08
    HOLY SHIT JAMES PREDICTED IT!

    • @sodaddict
      @sodaddict 4 года назад +11

      Only in Chinese TVs, never buy those.

    • @coreylineberry8557
      @coreylineberry8557 4 года назад +2

      @@sodaddict Well, there's Rokus.

    • @dariosmagata8481
      @dariosmagata8481 3 года назад +3

      He predicted the elevator thing too. I've definitely seen TVs with on a loop in elevators (though thankfully the elevator moves, you don't have to wait!)

  • @MissiGNO000
    @MissiGNO000 8 лет назад +52

    I'm from Europe, I often travel to the US and I loke to buy dvds there because they're usually cheaper than in Italy so let me tell you I FUCKING DESPISE REGION LOCKING

    • @dcb99filmz
      @dcb99filmz 8 лет назад +1

      Well, I'm from America and I'm jealous that Italy gets all the Tatsunoko shows we didn't get

  • @mirandaladlad9429
    @mirandaladlad9429 Год назад +7

    >throwing the boxset cases away
    you can hear the collectors seething lol

  • @coolioGT
    @coolioGT Год назад +8

    This was peak AVGN, this was peak YT and I wish I could go back to the date this video released. Happier and more simple times. I miss this age of YT so much

  • @oblonghilfiger3583
    @oblonghilfiger3583 4 года назад +7

    This is why James Rolfe is a genius. This series seems like it started just because he genuinely thought so much shit was bullshit, but this is literally such an ingenious concept for a series. James is actually a pioneer in a lot of ways.

  • @JaggedBird
    @JaggedBird 6 лет назад +31

    “That’s like putting them on a cd case or a book.” Least the book idea is nice. It makes it look nice if it’s a blank book for you to write in
    Aside from that I totally agree with you on this

  • @2006HONDACIVICENTHUSIEST
    @2006HONDACIVICENTHUSIEST 4 года назад +14

    Darth Vader: I-I am your f- fa- ther
    Luke Skywalker: Disk Error

  • @Windows96_
    @Windows96_ 3 года назад +16

    5:09 James predicted the future and got his wish somewhat.
    On domestic copies of Wrath of Man, it takes you straight to the menu. No MGM or Warner logos in the beginning

    • @Zolega89
      @Zolega89 3 года назад

      We have to complain

  • @xanderfoley2945
    @xanderfoley2945 4 года назад +151

    you know whats bs,
    2020
    :(

    • @DTheAustralian
      @DTheAustralian 4 года назад +6

      2020 BAD
      LAUGH NOW

    • @hermanmortensen
      @hermanmortensen 4 года назад +1

      @@DTheAustralian H A

    • @tadeuferreira4059
      @tadeuferreira4059 4 года назад +2

      Yep, this is a year to be completelly FORGOTTEN!

    • @NIDELLANEUM
      @NIDELLANEUM 4 года назад

      @@DTheAustralian youtube comment sections this year be like

    • @lain7286
      @lain7286 4 года назад

      2020 has been the best year of my life! Fking normies reeeeeeeeeeeeee!

  • @Aladelicous
    @Aladelicous 8 лет назад +69

    I dislike it when a TV show doesn't have a skip function for the recap of the last episode.

    • @SegaDream131
      @SegaDream131 5 лет назад +1

      Dont miss the next exiting episode of dragonbalk z!Last time on dragon ball z...

  • @Emiester1130
    @Emiester1130 7 лет назад +107

    Anybody catch the VCR style ending?

  • @DrewPicklesTheDark
    @DrewPicklesTheDark 8 месяцев назад +11

    4:11 We are an inch away from this, it's not even a joke anymore.

  • @kittykatmeowmix
    @kittykatmeowmix 6 лет назад +9

    Being someone who works with DVDs on a regular basis (I'm an AV librarian, AKA lord of the movies) I can relate SO much to EVERYTHING. Especially those damn box sets. They are the bane of my existence.

  • @VolvagiasBlaze
    @VolvagiasBlaze 8 лет назад +17

    Who buy a LOTR dvd and doesn´t get the special edition versions that come with the 5+ hours of extra material. I swear if you wanna make movies, watch all the extras it´s a great way to learn about editing, vfx, camera angles, locations, sets, etc.

  • @tamasversitz1250
    @tamasversitz1250 9 лет назад +54

    Darth Vader:N-n-o-o. I-a-a-m-m-y-y-o-o-u-u-r-r-f-f-a-a-t-t-h-h-e-e-r-r.
    Luke:DISC ERROR XD

  • @schindlerteejay94
    @schindlerteejay94 7 лет назад +30

    We still have DVDs and blu-Ray's to this year around...

  • @thebombingsoda
    @thebombingsoda 2 года назад +15

    Another thing I like about VHS more than dvd, you can physically see how far a movie in because of the windows a VHS has compared to a DVD

  • @roadbreach
    @roadbreach 8 лет назад +18

    4:40 Now that looks Fucking awesome

  • @AlphaXY13
    @AlphaXY13 9 лет назад +580

    "No... I-I-I am your fa-aa-th-th-er..."
    *DISC ERROR*

    • @MrMoney-no8ry
      @MrMoney-no8ry 9 лет назад +26

      I am also, a fucking Scorpion.

    • @silenceofthehills7610
      @silenceofthehills7610 9 лет назад +5

      NO thats not true i just bought the dvd NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    • @TUZOIVAN16
      @TUZOIVAN16 9 лет назад +3

      +AlphaLineGaming NO, I AM ERROR.

    • @silenceofthehills7610
      @silenceofthehills7610 9 лет назад

      TUZOIVAN16 i hated zelda 2

    • @TUZOIVAN16
      @TUZOIVAN16 9 лет назад

      Silence of the hills I love it. It's my favorite Zelda game. And I played it after OoT, MM, TP and WW.

  • @Omnishredder
    @Omnishredder 7 лет назад +212

    you know what's bullshit?
    power rangers not having the official and original theme in the latest movie

  • @aviatorgamer3057
    @aviatorgamer3057 4 года назад +9

    I own that James Bond set and did exactly what he did in the video. Threw the small boxes in the trash and rearranged the movies in the right way.

  • @Finstahy
    @Finstahy 9 лет назад +22

    This is something I love about Dragon Ball Z. You couldn't ask for a more perfect line of DVD box sets than the DBZ Orange Bricks.

    • @Finstahy
      @Finstahy 9 лет назад +1

      ***** I'll agree with you on the aspect ratio, but aside from that I don't understand the bad reputation the Orange Bricks get.

    • @sparking1022
      @sparking1022 9 лет назад +2

      Hahahahahahahahahahahahahajajajajajhahahaahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahjahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahhahahahhahahahhahahahhahahhahahahhahahhahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahhahahhahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahhahahhahahhahaahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahhahahhahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahahahhahahhahahahahhahahahahhahahahahaha. Funny joke (tell me you're joking).

    • @sparking1022
      @sparking1022 9 лет назад

      Dean Humble no nep to.

    • @ronnieradon
      @ronnieradon 9 лет назад

      I like them because you can press the top menu button to get right to the menu.

    • @jadedheartsz
      @jadedheartsz 11 месяцев назад +1

      hope that's sarcasm

  • @winlover37
    @winlover37 9 лет назад +72

    1:46 AWESOME ALBUM.

  • @Digital_Dude2000
    @Digital_Dude2000 2 года назад +8

    1:55 THAT’S A MASSIVE FLEX

  • @markparkinson6378
    @markparkinson6378 6 лет назад +65

    Actually, the logos can add to the film as well. Studios like Disney and DreamWorks take pride in how they use them in relation to the film you're watching.

    • @theroguecybersoldier2629
      @theroguecybersoldier2629 4 года назад +2

      I like when that's done. Fits a lot better

    • @Locutus
      @Locutus 4 года назад +6

      If I wanted to watch their logos, I would go on RUclips.
      I just want to be able to pop in a DVD and play it. If I download a movie, there is no bullshit, it plays immediately.

    • @ESP1138
      @ESP1138 4 года назад +2

      Disney did not feel very proud of their Star Wars acquisition since they didn't even put their logo with some fanfare in the damn movies. 20th Century Fox had the best intro logo back in the day.

  • @gyrophone6328
    @gyrophone6328 4 года назад +11

    3:02
    Wow that setup hits hard

  • @kayvee5286
    @kayvee5286 4 года назад +18

    If you start a dvd and press stop twice, then press play again, and most DVD players will take you strait to the movie.

  • @ptcrusa
    @ptcrusa 4 года назад +10

    0:45 *Nintendo fan buys a Super Nintendo game in 1994* :
    "Here's what I do, throw the boxes in the garbage"

  • @ViewtifulAce
    @ViewtifulAce Год назад +11

    4:24-4:30
    If RUclips made elevators

  • @noelbullard4676
    @noelbullard4676 9 лет назад +35

    In this day and age we shouldn't need these dvd regions

    • @synaesthesia2010
      @synaesthesia2010 8 лет назад +3

      +Noel Bullard it's not a problem if you just google the region hack for your player

    • @madden8021
      @madden8021 8 лет назад

      +Noel Bullard Or just buy something off of iTunes and your all fine. That's the way of opting out of DVD Region-Locks.

    • @noelbullard4676
      @noelbullard4676 8 лет назад

      Na I don't think I could find the films I would want to watch

    • @JackTheripper911
      @JackTheripper911 8 лет назад +1

      +madden8021 fuck itunes its easily the most back assed inconvenient piece of technological bullshit on planet earth

    • @ShinnAsukaYESTaylorSwiftNO
      @ShinnAsukaYESTaylorSwiftNO Год назад

      However, that's not a thing for all dvd players though.

  • @fanfaretloudest
    @fanfaretloudest 4 года назад +11

    5:52
    What was Vader about to say? Oh well... couldn't have been THAT important, lol

  • @Scole718dog
    @Scole718dog 8 лет назад +36

    I remember being a little kid, and I would be afraid of going asleep if someone was watching something on the VCR. Because the moment that movie would end, BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR (or static, maybe the screams of demons from hell)
    I would jump up, all wet from pee.

    • @DanTheMan1985ful
      @DanTheMan1985ful 6 лет назад +1

      Well it could've worse you woken up to the Test Pattern on the screen.

  • @lilgabbo2587
    @lilgabbo2587 6 лет назад +96

    I prefer box sets because I'd rather have all the dvds or a TV series, all the episodes. It's better and cheaper than just buying all the dvds separate

    • @applescruff1969
      @applescruff1969 4 года назад +5

      But, as he says, sometimes the movies aren't all owned by the same company.

    • @jturner2577
      @jturner2577 4 года назад +4

      @@applescruff1969 So you need to do you're research before hand.

    • @applescruff1969
      @applescruff1969 4 года назад +3

      @@jturner2577 Even if you do, it's still a pain in the ass. Sometimes, you have to buy 2 or 3 box sets just to get all the movies.

  • @RamManNo1
    @RamManNo1 4 года назад +9

    “Forward in technology but only making our lives bullshittier”
    Truer words were never spoken. And 11 yrs ago to boot!!

  • @Ocean25252
    @Ocean25252 3 года назад +34

    I disagree with the packaging. I actually love when it comes in fancy packaging I actually prefer it

  • @jupiter9099
    @jupiter9099 9 лет назад +5

    5:30 - I nearly forgot about that sound. Some of my VHS tapes used to do it.

  • @MarshallReed-Pugzilla
    @MarshallReed-Pugzilla 4 месяца назад +4

    "Don't you talk about my boxsets! I LIKE BOX SETS!!!"

  • @Riki_00
    @Riki_00 3 года назад +12

    We need to preserve these types of videos its a piece of history

  • @JOEY_YAMAN
    @JOEY_YAMAN 2 месяца назад +5

    This video is now 185 months old.

  • @Avagantamos1
    @Avagantamos1 4 года назад +8

    The DVD screen skipping gave me PTSD. Thank god for digital alternatives

  • @seancpp
    @seancpp 4 года назад +4

    4:07 "That'll teach ya" That killed me 😂

  • @sum_gie
    @sum_gie 4 года назад +6

    Watching that skipping “Star Wars” moment brought back so much rage