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Desert Island Discs
	Topic by: underdog Posted: April 3, 2006 - 5:30 PM PDT Last Reply: April 6, 2006 - 9:29 PM PDT

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underdog	post #1  on April 3, 2006 - 5:30 PM PDT   Or the "If there were a DVD Player on Lost and you were one of the castaways" thread: Which ten DVDs (box sets will count as one DVD, if you want to stretch this out) would you want with you on the island, knowing you may be stuck there for the rest of your life, or at least several months. (Note to literalists: the TV and DVD player are in the bunker, or run on solar powered-generator) I'll post mine here tomorrow...
Eoliano	post #2  on April 3, 2006 - 9:21 PM PDT   Have we a limit or can we fill our bags to the max? ; - )
woozy	post #3  on April 3, 2006 - 11:15 PM PDT   Jules and Jim. Muriel's Wedding. And somehow I'd have to figure a way to transfer Antonia and Jane to DVD. Oh, and all the Wallace and Gromits.
artifex	post #4  on April 4, 2006 - 5:59 AM PDT   Since I don't know of any "Complete guide to survival on a jungle island" box sets, I'd probably start with "the" Criterion box set, as offered by Amazon, and then... I have no idea. If I get bored, those hundreds of discs will make a great reflector to try to signal passing planes or ships. Okay, maybe 10 of those Criterion box sets?
underdog	post #5  on April 4, 2006 - 8:26 AM PDT   Limit your picks to ten DVDs or DVD sets... My picks (so far, today... who knows, maybe I'll change my mind again before I crash): Gilligan's Island Lost Robinson Crusoe And... No, but seriously folks: Singin' in the Rain Raiders of the Lost Ark - Indiana Jones box set (though the first one is the one I really love) blackadder box set If I can only pick on Simpsons box set, I'd pick season four or five. The Woody Allen Box Set One of the Buster Keaton sets, or just The General Gotta have some music, so I'd pick Stop Making Sense The Film Noir collection that has Out of the Past on it Spirited Away (because I'll want to be...) Freaks and Geeks
hamano	post #6  on April 4, 2006 - 11:43 AM PDT   I believe this calls for films that sort of reaffirm your outlook on life or personal philosophy, tickle your sense of humor, and are visually interesting. Nice music would be good too. When your eyes are tired from scanning for ships and planes you can just listen to the voices and music... So off the top of my head... Tampopo Amelie Main Hoon Na Peter Weir's films: Gallipoli Picnic at Hanging Rock The Year of Living Dangerously Jane Campion's films: The Piano Sweetie And finally, for prurient value in addition to the above conditions (I'm assuming I'm stuck there alone): Prospero's Books Walkabout I hope there are animals, fish and fruits/veggies around the island because I'll be hungry after Tampopo... > On April 4, 2006 - 8:26 AM PDT underdog wrote: > --------------------------------- > My picks (so far, today... who knows, maybe I'll change my mind again before I crash): > > Gilligan's Island > Lost > Robinson Crusoe > And... Castaway Swept Away Return to Blue Lagoon
underdog	post #7  on April 4, 2006 - 11:54 AM PDT   Hah. Nice picks Hamano. Yeah, I wonder if Tampopo would be too cruel to have on the island - I'm always starving after watching that. You'll end up eating the disc itself! Glad you picked Peter Weir films, and appropriately, not The Last Wave. ;-)
artifex	post #8  on April 4, 2006 - 4:21 PM PDT   > On April 4, 2006 - 11:43 AM PDT hamano wrote: > Prospero's Books I don't think that's on DVD, currently.
underdog	post #9  on April 4, 2006 - 4:30 PM PDT   > On April 4, 2006 - 4:21 PM PDT artifex wrote: > --------------------------------- > > On April 4, 2006 - 11:43 AM PDT hamano wrote: > > Prospero's Books > > I don't think that's on DVD, currently. > --------------------------------- I think someone on the plane had burned it to disc from a VHS tape, then it survived the crash.
artifex	post #10  on April 5, 2006 - 8:06 AM PDT   > On April 4, 2006 - 4:30 PM PDT underdog wrote: > > > Prospero's Books > > I don't think that's on DVD, currently. > I think someone on the plane had burned it to disc from a VHS tape, then it survived the crash. Maybe the DVD player is an old Pioneer that also does LDs. :)
barbrakearney	post #11  on April 5, 2006 - 9:38 AM PDT   Being There One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest The Sound of Music Evil Dead 2
hamano	post #12  on April 5, 2006 - 7:54 PM PDT   > On April 5, 2006 - 8:06 AM PDT artifex wrote: > --------------------------------- > > On April 4, 2006 - 4:30 PM PDT underdog wrote: > > > > Prospero's Books > > > I don't think that's on DVD, currently. > > I think someone on the plane had burned it to disc from a VHS tape, then it survived the crash. > > Maybe the DVD player is an old Pioneer that also does LDs. :) > --------------------------------- Actually it's just my wishful thinking... hopefully the film will make it to DVD someday...
Ursus	post #13  on April 6, 2006 - 3:12 PM PDT   Battle Royale and Lord of the Flies. Anyone else who survived the crash would give you a mighty wide berth ;) or The "Macgyver" Box Set. I would be off that island or rescued before the end of the week. This would of course depend on whether or not conditions on the island were hospitable, i.e. companions, food, shelter... if it were nice, why not pull a nice vacation. That, and it's 80/90's Richard Dean Anderson... c'mon, what's not to like?
ALittlefield	post #14  on April 6, 2006 - 9:29 PM PDT   BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ....I actually haven't seen it, but it's fifteen hours long! I'll starve to death before I see it twice.