Which Stack Of Movies Do You Pick from This Picture??

[Vic Mackey 47112]

A or B?

[RPM 26338]

[Upgrayedd 5818]

Do I have to buy a vcr? 

[CooterBrown 18022]

The last major studio release on VHS was in ‘06. Iron Man came out in ‘08 and CA a few years later. I’m more curious why those VHS copies exist.

[Celery Man 20991]

It really comes down to Shawshank versus Goodfellas and I pick Goodfellas. There’s a mix of mostly fun good movies and fun trashy movies in either stack otherwise and they balance out pretty evenly. But if I had that whole stack and nothing else I’d probably watch Goodfellas 4 times before I went back to Captain America or Shawshank or whatever.

The Mask was the single greatest movie I had ever seen when I was in 3rd grade and I assume that it’s terrible now.

[Rougarou 594]

A, and it's not particularly close for me.

[futureman 22520]

5 minutes ago, Rougarou said:

A, and it's not particularly close for me.

you better not be shitting on mrs doubtfire. 

[qwertyu1234 496]

A because Reece's Pieces> Peanut M&M's

[Vic Mackey 47112]

49 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

It really comes down to Shawshank versus Goodfellas and I pick Goodfellas. There’s a mix of mostly fun good movies and fun trashy movies in either stack otherwise and they balance out pretty evenly. But if I had that whole stack and nothing else I’d probably watch Goodfellas 4 times before I went back to Captain America or Shawshank or whatever.

The Mask was the single greatest movie I had ever seen when I was in 3rd grade and I assume that it’s terrible now.

Me and my gf watched The Mask last year. It was not as bad as I thought it would have been. It's goofy but I didn't think it was terrible.

[Pato del Muerto 52557]

[WBT 20650]

B and it's not close.

Jurassic Park and Die Hard are the only ones from A that even give me pause.

Edited May 28, 2020 by WBT

[Billy Pilgrim 1984]

My favorite movie is in stack A (Shawshank) but I like more of the movies in stack B.

[futureman 22520]

the mask is worth it for peak cameron diaz. 

[Iceman 2725]

Trade Ghost out of B for Shawshank or Ironman, and fuck yeah, B all the way.

 

Oh...and as long as we're watchin this shit at home, I'll take some Junior Mints out of the freezer.

Edited May 28, 2020 by Iceman

[UT_OB1 2224]

2 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

The last major studio release on VHS was in ‘06. Iron Man came out in ‘08 and CA a few years later. I’m more curious why those VHS copies exist.

Yeah those feel like they are part of some which one doesn’t belong question. Unless I’m mistaken, all the others are 80s to mid 90s.  Those two are very wtf. 

[South Austin 52559]

I forget, but do we see Demi's bush in Ghost?

[idigTexas 2289]

While I would prefer to swap a few titles to make my own column, but if I'm limited to one or the other, it's easily B for me.  A has too many that I simply don't care if I ever watch again, while B has several that are extremely re-watchable for me.  Also, unless you are a short alien who needs to phone home, Peanut M&M's >>> Reese's Pieces.  If you replace the Pieces with Peanut Butter Cups, then the choice between columns becomes more difficult.  

[aggie08 21514]

7 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

The last major studio release on VHS was in ‘06. Iron Man came out in ‘08 and CA a few years later. I’m more curious why those VHS copies exist.

Because Mississippi, Alabama, West Virginia, and Kentucky exist.

[Heisenberg 162]

B, but the only 2 movies on that table I would watch again are Goodfellas and Tombstone, and Goodfellas is 100 times better a movie than Tombstone.  I wouldn't pay a dollar for the rest of those tapes if I had a VCR.

Edited May 28, 2020 by Heisenberg

[smuggs 9353]

B. But I'd like to trade Mask, Doubtfire and Cap America for Die Hard, Fright Night and Ghostbusters.

[Underdog 28765]

8 hours ago, Rougarou said:

A, and it's not particularly close for me.

 

8 hours ago, qwertyu1234 said:

A because Reece's Pieces> Peanut M&M's

....

[Hawndoh 2386]

Die Hard and Ghostbusters alone put A over anything B has to offer.

And the Marvel VHS boxes are likely just fakes or dummy boxes just for the photo. BluRay boxes wouldn't be too small to read easily.

[Go Pokes 979]

I would choose to defer and hope the next two stacks have some movies from the 60's and 70's.  

[tantric superman 4667]

B, because Shawshank.

[bernorange 8363]

If, by choosing, I must watch every movie in the stack, then B.

If, by choosing, I can watch only the movies that I want to watch and ignore the rest, then A.

[Gene Parmesan 4011]

A, for the candy.  Then I'd stream something else on Netflix later.  It would probably be an interesting experiment to get a 36'' tube tv and a VCR and see how long you can sit through any movie.  

[Pato del Muerto 52557]

2 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said:

A, for the candy.  Then I'd stream something else on Netflix later.  It would probably be an interesting experiment to get a 36'' tube tv and a VCR and see how long you can sit through any movie.  

Even better, get a VCP and a separate cassette rewinder. 

[Kennythetiger 9425]

Can I choose B, swap the m&ms for Reese’s, and throw away Ghost?  

[Underdog 28765]

12 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

A or B?

Liar Liar > Mask

Hook < Ferris

Gremlins < Goodfellas

Batman > BTTF

Ducks < Karate Kid

League >> Ghost

Jurassic = Raiders

Die Hard >> Lost Boys

Fright Night < Mrs. Doubtfire

Ghostbusters > Tombstone

Monster Squad = Goonies DGAF about either one. 

Nightmare > Friday 13th

Iron Man = Capt Marvel DGAF about either one. 

Shawshank >>> Halloween, although I like Halloween very much.

Breakfast Club = Stand By Me  Tough choice, both great imo. 

 

 

 

 

[Rougarou 594]

I actually went through the exercise of trying to buy a working VCR-- you would be surprised at how hard to find they are. Pawn shops told me they fly off the shelf as soon as they get them and people phone for them a lot. I found one Craigslist for $50 finally, but took a few weeks.

Crazy to think you can buy a blueray player for less than a VCR. If you got one, hang on to it and keep it in good shape-- probably worth $1k in 20 years.

Edited May 28, 2020 by Rougarou

[Gene Parmesan 4011]

27 minutes ago, Rougarou said:

I actually went through the exercise of trying to buy a working VCR-- you would be surprised at how hard to find they are. Pawn shops told me they fly off the shelf as soon as they get them and people phone for them a lot. I found one Craigslist for $50 finally, but took a few weeks.

Crazy to think you can buy a blueray player for less than a VCR. If you got one, hang on to it and keep it in good shape-- probably worth $1k in 20 years.

Stumble across your 90s porn stash?

[idigTexas 2289]

I went through the trouble of looking up the ratings for all of these to see how they compare.

IMDb = Internet Movie Database
RT = Rotten Tomatoes
MC = Metacritic

 

IMDb RT MC AVG     IMDb RT MC AVG The Shawshank Redemption 93% 90% 80% 88%   Goodfellas 87% 96% 90% 91% Iron Man 79% 94% 79% 84%   Back to the Future 85% 96% 87% 89% Die Hard 82% 93% 72% 82%   Raiders of the Lost Ark 84% 95% 85% 88% Ghostbusters 78% 97% 71% 82%   Halloween 78% 96% 87% 87% Jurassic Park 81% 91% 68% 80%   Stand by Me 81% 91% 75% 82% The Breakfast Club 79% 89% 66% 78%   The Karate Kid 72% 88% 60% 73% Gremlins 73% 84% 70% 76%   Ferris Bueller's Day Off 78% 80% 61% 73% Fright Night 71% 91% 62% 75%   The Goonies 78% 75% 62% 72% Liar Liar 69% 81% 70% 73%   Captain America 69% 80% 66% 72% A League of Their Own 73% 78% 67% 73%   The Lost Boys 73% 75% 63% 70% Batman 75% 71% 69% 72%   The Mask 69% 77% 56% 67% The Monster Squad 71% 64% 61% 65%   Tombstone 78% 74% 50% 67% A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 66% 74% 49% 63%   Ghost 70% 74% 52% 65% Hook 68% 28% 52% 49%   Mrs. Doubtfire 70% 71% 53% 65% The Mighty Ducks 65% 23% 46% 45%   Friday the 13th Part 3 57% 12% 30% 33% Stack A 75% 77% 65% 72%   Stack B 75% 79% 65% 73%
B barely edges A, with the difference being the Rotten Tomatoes scores.  If you substitute the original versions of A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th, it actually shakes out dead even with both stacks earning an average 74% rating.
In short, it's difficult to find fault in choosing either list, unless you choose A for the candy, in which case, you are clearly wrong.  Seriously, how does peanut butter in a candy shell beat anything with chocolate in it?  That said, neither candy would be my first choice.

Edited May 28, 2020 by idigTexas
OU sucks

[Underdog 28765]

42 minutes ago, Rougarou said:

I actually went through the exercise of trying to buy a working VCR-- you would be surprised at how hard to find they are. Pawn shops told me they fly off the shelf as soon as they get them and people phone for them a lot. I found one Craigslist for $50 finally, but took a few weeks.

Crazy to think you can buy a blueray player for less than a VCR. If you got one, hang on to it and keep it in good shape-- probably worth $1k in 20 years.

Try Estate Sales, have actually seen several the last few years. 

[Gene Parmesan 4011]

Excluding the Marvel movies which don't belong, the Mighty Ducks is easily the weakest link.  Has the internet even bothered to make a Mighty Ducks gif yet?

[tantric superman 4667]

1 hour ago, Underdog said:

Jurassic = Raiders

I realize I am picking and choosing but this strikes me as insanity.  Raiders may not be the best movie ever made but it is a perfectly crafted movie.

Jurassic only has Jeff Goldblum.

[Underdog 28765]

And T-Rex.  I have no qualms about either one, both are classics imo. 

[tantric superman 4667]

51 minutes ago, idigTexas said:

B barely edges A, with the difference being the Rotten Tomatoes scores. 

Eh, fuck RT.  But if you look at the list, those top three movies on List B, Goodfellas, Raiders and Back to the Future are heads and shoulders above the rest.  You'd break the tape on those three before you even watched some of the others for the first time.

[tantric superman 4667]

3 minutes ago, Underdog said:

And T-Rex.  I have no qualms about either one, both are classics imo. 

I don't know.  May be my age.  But added all together, has the whole Jurassic series had total cleverness just to equal the opening scene in Raiders?  Raiders has four or five completely memorable set pieces.  I think in Jurassic, the T-Rex ate a guy out of a truck.

[Underdog 28765]

You're trying too hard. 

[Rougarou 594]

34 minutes ago, tantric superman said:

I don't know.  May be my age.  But added all together, has the whole Jurassic series had total cleverness just to equal the opening scene in Raiders?  Raiders has four or five completely memorable set pieces.  I think in Jurassic, the T-Rex ate a guy out of a truck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QWA2xovrC4&t=1m17s

Edited May 28, 2020 by Rougarou

[Rougarou 594]

38 minutes ago, tantric superman said:

I don't know.  May be my age.  But added all together, has the whole Jurassic series had total cleverness just to equal the opening scene in Raiders?  Raiders has four or five completely memorable set pieces.  I think in Jurassic, the T-Rex ate a guy out of a truck.

 

[Js1 85495]

3 hours ago, Gene Parmesan said:

A, for the candy.  Then I'd stream something else on Netflix later. 

My man.

[tantric superman 4667]

40 minutes ago, Underdog said:

You're trying too hard. 

When you make out, do you put Mathis or Sinatra on the hi-fi?

[Underdog 28765]

Side 1, Zeppelin IV

[smuggs 9353]

4 hours ago, Underdog said:

Batman > BTTF

 

 

4 hours ago, Underdog said:

Jurassic = Raiders

 

[South Austin 52559]

To add to the debate, they should've put Blame in on Ginger in one stack, and Private Teacher in the other.

[Jerry Callo 8717]

4 hours ago, Rougarou said:

I actually went through the exercise of trying to buy a working VCR-- you would be surprised at how hard to find they are. Pawn shops told me they fly off the shelf as soon as they get them and people phone for them a lot. I found one Craigslist for $50 finally, but took a few weeks.

Crazy to think you can buy a blueray player for less than a VCR. If you got one, hang on to it and keep it in good shape-- probably worth $1k in 20 years.

I bought one for $3.49 at Goodwill a few years ago to show my girls my Star Wars boxed set.  I think I still have it.

[Jerry Callo 8717]

And the answer is B, including the peanut m&ms.

[DougO 5256]

I would take A just for Shawshank, then trade all the rest to the B picker in exchange for the peanut M&Ms.

[DougO 5256]

I still have a working VCR stashed away. But it's funny that they would be valued so much because you can't even give VHS tapes away. Even thrift stores usually don't want them.