I just splurged and purchased five DVDs. They were on sale for a good price, so why not.

Brazil (Criterion Collection) Terry Gilliam is my favorite director by far, and this is his finest piece of work. The people at Criterion put so many special features onto this DVD that they had to use three discs! One particularly interesting feature is the "Love Conquers All" version of the film (yes, a complete second edit of the film is in there), created by Universal Studios in an attempt to make the movie more palatable to the masses. It, well, sucks. Although there is no footage added to the film, this version is somehow a completely different story with a happy ending and everything. Amazing what editing and bad taste can do.

Time Bandits (Criterion Collection) Another fine piece of Terry Gilliam's work. This DVD lacks the special features of Brazil, but is worthwhile nonetheless. The extra features provided by Criterion include several commentary tracks and the "Time Bandits Scrapbook," whatever that is.

Tron Well, here's a DVD with no features but it's a great remaster of the original film de la dork. While it suffers from being pressed with a non-digital master, it has a great 2.20:1 aspect and the redone sound is wonderful.

Metropolis Certainly my favorite silent movie. And yes, they actually put out a DVD of it. Special features... well, it has the movie poster. That's it. But what a great film. Look at those sets and think to yourself that this was made in 1927. Unbelievable.

Heavy Metal I can't describe what it is about this cartoon that I like. It's really not a very good movie. It's like a sci-fi, fantasy, soft-porn, action, adventure piece of crap. But for some reason I watch it. Over and over.

Yes. Five movies, none of them released after 1985. For some reason I was in the mood for vintage nerd classics.