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  • You Know What’s BS!? DVDs (YKWBS Episode 11)
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  • @tristanscommentchannel5923
    @tristanscommentchannel5923 Před 5 lety +2202

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

    • @beakedmonk3981
      @beakedmonk3981 Před 4 lety +154

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

    • @juwesx
      @juwesx Před 4 lety +14

      @@beakedmonk3981 yed

    • @vpaulocesar3030
      @vpaulocesar3030 Před 4 lety +35

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

    • @DrakeDragsaw
      @DrakeDragsaw Před 4 lety +23

      @@vpaulocesar3030 they exist

    • @damantioworks
      @damantioworks Před 4 lety +25

      @@vpaulocesar3030 are you familiar with the AVGN DVDs?

  • @mjbgames4963
    @mjbgames4963 Před 3 lety +1325

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

    • @Mickelraven
      @Mickelraven Před 2 lety +40

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

    • @Kodeb8
      @Kodeb8 Před rokem +7

      I was thinking the same thing.

    • @garrettk.2257
      @garrettk.2257 Před rokem +21

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

    • @BasedToastnt
      @BasedToastnt Před rokem +26

      especially with streaming services today

    • @esmooth919
      @esmooth919 Před rokem +10

      It's even worse with smartphones. Thanx, Apple

  • @MrCoconuts64_Lum69
    @MrCoconuts64_Lum69 Před 4 lety +3158

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

  • @Iliketoeatallday
    @Iliketoeatallday Před 5 lety +845

    "No, I am your father."
    Luke.exe has stopped working

  • @FangTheWerewolf
    @FangTheWerewolf Před 7 lety +624

    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 Před 7 lety +21

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

    • @BigOlSmellyFlashlight
      @BigOlSmellyFlashlight Před 6 lety +10

      BitPit coming soon march 2004: flashlight

    • @dcb99filmz
      @dcb99filmz Před 5 lety +17

      9/9/99

    • @SharksandDinos
      @SharksandDinos Před 5 lety +11

      November 14, 2000

    • @SegaDream131
      @SegaDream131 Před 5 lety +7

      @@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......

  • @carlosmatos9848
    @carlosmatos9848 Před 6 lety +6190

    Wow, this video is almost 105 months old!

    • @eliplasse
      @eliplasse Před 6 lety +127

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

    • @omh20
      @omh20 Před 6 lety +16

      Good to know I guess

    • @klokso1203
      @klokso1203 Před 5 lety +3

      Still here? 😂

    • @PYoro-kh3bb
      @PYoro-kh3bb Před 5 lety +14

      113-ish, now.
      I hate everything.

    • @ThreeThreeRR
      @ThreeThreeRR Před 5 lety +58

      Woa, this comment is 23652025920 milliseconds old

  • @j.marston
    @j.marston Před 4 lety +584

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

    • @SparkzEnt
      @SparkzEnt Před 4 lety +28

      I do too.

    • @gregglopez8213
      @gregglopez8213 Před 3 lety +12

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

    • @moose656
      @moose656 Před 3 lety +3

      I feel ya

    • @Curlyheart
      @Curlyheart Před 3 lety +2

      Thanks marston

    • @MisterE80
      @MisterE80 Před 3 lety +14

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

  • @crocodile2006
    @crocodile2006 Před rokem +287

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

    • @ashercollins-cf5by
      @ashercollins-cf5by Před rokem +17

      Now 14 years later.

    • @experi-mentalproductions5358
      @experi-mentalproductions5358 Před 9 měsíci +3

      No, they still annoy me...

    • @chezwizard
      @chezwizard Před 6 měsíci +10

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

    • @Riky_Jones
      @Riky_Jones Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@chezwizardI never stopped owning physical

    • @freeman10000
      @freeman10000 Před 5 měsíci +2

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

  • @snakes3425
    @snakes3425 Před 7 lety +613

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

    • @NotABot55
      @NotABot55 Před 7 lety +17

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

    • @legendoflink5882
      @legendoflink5882 Před 7 lety +7

      +NotABot55 Not on mobile sadly.....

    • @MAR-wo4mc
      @MAR-wo4mc Před 7 lety +8

      vlc is on android now

    • @HeadShoht
      @HeadShoht Před 6 lety +4

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

    • @BlazeTheMovieFan
      @BlazeTheMovieFan Před 6 lety

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

  • @Dimensioneer88
    @Dimensioneer88 Před 6 lety +878

    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 Před 4 lety +50

      and the extra on movies have gone

    • @BaskenmannZwei
      @BaskenmannZwei Před 4 lety +19

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

    • @michaell6807
      @michaell6807 Před 4 lety +14

      Yea i remember the daredevil dvds were colorful like girls underwear

    • @supermariof0521
      @supermariof0521 Před 4 lety +14

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

    • @hikaru9624
      @hikaru9624 Před 3 lety +7

      @@VektorV2 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?

  • @dereknight861
    @dereknight861 Před 4 lety +59

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

  • @Novastar.SaberCombat
    @Novastar.SaberCombat Před rokem +159

    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 Před rokem +19

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

    • @Scooby-bf4bp
      @Scooby-bf4bp Před rokem

      @@ethansprague2005 oh flixtor

    • @tamoghnapal6619
      @tamoghnapal6619 Před 6 měsíci +10

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

    • @thisemptyworm4677
      @thisemptyworm4677 Před 5 měsíci

      @@tamoghnapal6619 *looks at my private downloaded stuff*

  • @MusicDecomposer
    @MusicDecomposer Před 6 lety +236

    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 Před 5 lety +26

      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 Před 4 lety +3

      They release those year ones for collectors.

    • @colinmcmasters5819
      @colinmcmasters5819 Před 3 lety +6

      I assure you it was not a 1999 DVD.

    • @Shaffer0608
      @Shaffer0608 Před 3 lety +3

      Yep just reprints

  • @darkeimp555
    @darkeimp555 Před 9 lety +1164

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

  • @jomahawk7488
    @jomahawk7488 Před 3 lety +318

    “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.

  • @brandonspain12345
    @brandonspain12345 Před 2 lety +25

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

  • @soymartin
    @soymartin Před 9 lety +75

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

  • @animateangus
    @animateangus Před 7 lety +508

    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.

  • @Essu_
    @Essu_ Před 4 lety +873

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

    • @volkan7844
      @volkan7844 Před 3 lety +52

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

    • @mememan3447
      @mememan3447 Před 3 lety +47

      He said he hated all of the stuff BEFORE the menus

    • @The_Blue_Otaku
      @The_Blue_Otaku Před 3 lety +9

      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 Před 3 lety +22

      People's opinions can change in 11 years lol

    • @darthlemon
      @darthlemon Před 3 lety +9

      JROKGaming it’s been 11 years.

  • @fake12396
    @fake12396 Před 3 lety +251

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

    • @1r3allyl1k3y0u
      @1r3allyl1k3y0u Před 3 lety +30

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

    • @rubbatiti1527
      @rubbatiti1527 Před 3 lety +25

      Chapter 4 Optimus Prime Files a Second Mortgage

    • @Butter-Milk
      @Butter-Milk Před 3 lety +1

      @@1r3allyl1k3y0u Examples?

    • @1r3allyl1k3y0u
      @1r3allyl1k3y0u Před 3 lety +9

      @@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".

  • @GuyGuysonHimself
    @GuyGuysonHimself Před 8 lety +904

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

  • @smackeroon688
    @smackeroon688 Před 6 lety +222

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

    • @akeyrtainment8507
      @akeyrtainment8507 Před 5 lety +8

      Couldn't agree more. Well said m8.

    • @CaptainMarci104
      @CaptainMarci104 Před 4 lety +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.

  • @PrincessShokora2002
    @PrincessShokora2002 Před 11 měsíci +34

    4:22 he predicted modern mobile games

  • @gezi5927
    @gezi5927 Před 4 lety +616

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

    • @gblargg
      @gblargg Před 4 lety +69

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

    • @paulleow8017
      @paulleow8017 Před 4 lety +20

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

    • @jturner2577
      @jturner2577 Před 4 lety +9

      @@paulleow8017 And that's a good compromise.

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 Před 4 lety +6

      @@paulleow8017 Some DVD's did

    • @aidanredding8058
      @aidanredding8058 Před 3 lety +6

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

  • @TwiggehTV
    @TwiggehTV Před 7 lety +158

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

  • @fortitjordan6907
    @fortitjordan6907 Před 7 lety +505

    That elevator add idea seems like it's going to happen sooner or later

  • @Mickelraven
    @Mickelraven Před 2 lety +16

    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.

  • @ACBlackJ0ck
    @ACBlackJ0ck Před 5 lety +142

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

  • @MuscleFlexChris
    @MuscleFlexChris Před 6 lety +1028

    I'll see ya in 168 hours

    • @haydnplus
      @haydnplus Před 5 lety +24

      I'll se you in 730 hours (1 month)!

    • @haydnplus
      @haydnplus Před 5 lety +3

      see*

    • @renewings
      @renewings Před 5 lety +4

      @@haydnplus u can edit your comments you know?

    • @SegaDream131
      @SegaDream131 Před 5 lety +2

      @@renewings Why?....everyone understood.... even you. ...
      So whats the freakin point?

    • @DomOfSin666
      @DomOfSin666 Před 5 lety +4

      DylanPlays u can stop playing roblox you know?

  • @airfoemoe
    @airfoemoe Před 6 lety +3512

    Nintendo was right all along, cartridges are the future.

    • @Lilly-se3dd
      @Lilly-se3dd Před 6 lety +145

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

    • @danieljason4915
      @danieljason4915 Před 6 lety +70

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

    • @S.R.A.B0XER
      @S.R.A.B0XER Před 6 lety +97

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

    • @Colddirector
      @Colddirector Před 6 lety +60

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

    • @cube2fox
      @cube2fox Před 5 lety +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.

  • @CarbonatedTurtle
    @CarbonatedTurtle Před 3 lety +31

    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.

  • @CommissarMitch
    @CommissarMitch Před 4 lety +78

    4:08
    HOLY SHIT JAMES PREDICTED IT!

    • @sodaddict
      @sodaddict Před 4 lety +11

      Only in Chinese TVs, never buy those.

    • @coreylineberry8557
      @coreylineberry8557 Před 3 lety +2

      @@sodaddict Well, there's Rokus.

    • @dariosmagata8481
      @dariosmagata8481 Před 3 lety +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!)

  • @WitchEnbyWitch
    @WitchEnbyWitch Před 7 lety +277

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

    • @HylianOverlord
      @HylianOverlord Před 7 lety +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 Před 7 lety +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 Před 7 lety +39

      +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 Před 7 lety +1

      DjangoDerDude I did say that.

    • @DjangoDerDude
      @DjangoDerDude Před 7 lety +5

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

  • @_Snazzee_
    @_Snazzee_ Před 6 lety +188

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

    • @heinzdoofenshmirtz8643
      @heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 Před 4 lety +3

      Are you sure, Tsu?

    • @kitecattestecke2303
      @kitecattestecke2303 Před 4 lety +2

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

    • @davidjames579
      @davidjames579 Před 4 lety +3

      No, they were only ever on E.T.

    • @smithwesson1896
      @smithwesson1896 Před 3 lety +1

      @@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 Kero?

    • @TheGreenDoggoOfWisdom
      @TheGreenDoggoOfWisdom Před 2 lety

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

  • @supergamingdoggo9975
    @supergamingdoggo9975 Před 4 lety +18

    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 Před 3 lety +3

      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.

  • @theyakkomanguy7522
    @theyakkomanguy7522 Před 3 lety +95

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

    • @Gasoline85
      @Gasoline85 Před rokem +10

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

  • @WH250398
    @WH250398 Před 9 lety +157

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

    • @TheNintendochannel64
      @TheNintendochannel64 Před 9 lety +12

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

    • @WH250398
      @WH250398 Před 9 lety +14

      *****
      That's actually really dangerous

  • @lazyDude77
    @lazyDude77 Před 10 lety +23

    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.

  • @KR-nf3is
    @KR-nf3is Před 5 lety +299

    1:47 nice, Toxicity is a great album

  • @Digital_Dude2000
    @Digital_Dude2000 Před rokem +7

    1:55 THAT’S A MASSIVE FLEX

  • @bl1tz533
    @bl1tz533 Před 7 lety +39

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

    • @andy_minep7170
      @andy_minep7170 Před 7 lety +26

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

  • @ceciladams4882
    @ceciladams4882 Před 8 lety +1070

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

    • @someonepretty6758
      @someonepretty6758 Před 8 lety +61

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

    • @michaelchinn3261
      @michaelchinn3261 Před 8 lety +19

      He actually says; No I am your father

    • @robertszvetics210
      @robertszvetics210 Před 8 lety +6

      Sam Poulter his father is full of bullshitttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

    • @horrorfan888
      @horrorfan888 Před 8 lety +4

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

    • @vinxcxcxcxc6354
      @vinxcxcxcxc6354 Před 7 lety +3

      Plundge Flunky he said no i am your father

  • @ViewtifulAce
    @ViewtifulAce Před 6 měsíci +11

    4:24-4:30
    If CZcams made elevators

  • @kingonduty2825
    @kingonduty2825 Před 5 lety +17

    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.

  • @unscripted3575
    @unscripted3575 Před 9 lety +233

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

    • @piopiopioman
      @piopiopioman Před 9 lety +69

      "Luke: 'DISC ERROR'"

    • @unscripted3575
      @unscripted3575 Před 9 lety +18

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

    • @piopiopioman
      @piopiopioman Před 9 lety +13

      Best scene ever.

    • @Gigidag77
      @Gigidag77 Před 9 lety +27

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

    • @piopiopioman
      @piopiopioman Před 9 lety +7

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

  • @dimitrijackoffnavitch2680
    @dimitrijackoffnavitch2680 Před 9 lety +42

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

  • @frogjog8822
    @frogjog8822 Před 4 lety +53

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

    • @BrickBuster2552
      @BrickBuster2552 Před 4 lety +13

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

  • @mirandaladlad9429
    @mirandaladlad9429 Před rokem +6

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

  • @mochalex
    @mochalex Před 7 lety +80

    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 Před 5 lety +4

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

    • @SegaDream131
      @SegaDream131 Před 5 lety +4

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

  • @fletchy40
    @fletchy40 Před 8 lety +168

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

  • @2006HONDACIVICENTHUSIEST
    @2006HONDACIVICENTHUSIEST Před 3 lety +12

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

  • @gyrophone6328
    @gyrophone6328 Před 3 lety +9

    3:02
    Wow that setup hits hard

  • @Jombo1
    @Jombo1 Před 7 lety +655

    still the best episode

  • @Sourcy
    @Sourcy Před 7 lety +1467

    And so Netflix was born...

    • @Josquack
      @Josquack Před 7 lety +1

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

    • @erase4473
      @erase4473 Před 7 lety +2

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

    • @erase4473
      @erase4473 Před 7 lety +8

      Broken Wave it's a joke dipshit.

    • @Maxi23543
      @Maxi23543 Před 7 lety

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

    • @anchoDePulso
      @anchoDePulso Před 6 lety +49

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

  • @morgana6094
    @morgana6094 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Can't believe this video is 170 months old.

  • @Windows96_
    @Windows96_ Před 2 lety +11

    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

  • @ashleyjohansson230
    @ashleyjohansson230 Před 9 lety +982

    "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 Před 9 lety +9

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

    • @SuperFranzs
      @SuperFranzs Před 9 lety +19

      Ashley Johansson You wot mate?

    • @theroundduckman
      @theroundduckman Před 9 lety

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

    • @theroundduckman
      @theroundduckman Před 9 lety

      Kim André Moen Bjørkede Oh.

    • @SuperFranzs
      @SuperFranzs Před 9 lety

      RoundDuckMan At least I think it's so.

  • @robosexual8822
    @robosexual8822 Před 9 lety +18

    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.

  • @thebombingsoda
    @thebombingsoda Před 2 lety +14

    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

  • @coolioGT
    @coolioGT Před 6 měsíci +6

    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

  • @emilypatterson7988
    @emilypatterson7988 Před 9 lety +15

    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!"

  • @MissiGNO000
    @MissiGNO000 Před 7 lety +50

    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 Před 7 lety +1

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

  • @JaggedBird
    @JaggedBird Před 5 lety +29

    “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

  • @kenm2709
    @kenm2709 Před 4 lety +55

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

  • @LoneCloudHopper
    @LoneCloudHopper Před 9 lety +25

    "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 Před 9 lety +1

      EXACTLY

    • @marcohidalgo1101
      @marcohidalgo1101 Před 8 lety +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.

  • @aualga
    @aualga Před 7 lety +176

    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 Před 7 lety

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

    • @chrono015
      @chrono015 Před 7 lety

      ***** i was kidding...

    • @stoneocean6149
      @stoneocean6149 Před 7 lety +2

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

    • @ilovesmosh2012
      @ilovesmosh2012 Před 7 lety

      back then they should of just had 2 disks.

    • @Toongeek45
      @Toongeek45 Před 7 lety

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

  • @Avagantamos1
    @Avagantamos1 Před 4 lety +8

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

  • @cyber-thundr_
    @cyber-thundr_ Před rokem +19

    The only positive about DVDs is that they're portable. There are DVD players for cars 🚗

  • @notsoalex
    @notsoalex Před 7 lety +1797

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

  • @comm1098
    @comm1098 Před 8 lety +16

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

  • @ajzeg01
    @ajzeg01 Před 3 lety +6

    4:11 James predicted smart TVs.

  • @ashercollins-cf5by
    @ashercollins-cf5by Před rokem +7

    1:45 I love that album. Have it on vinyl.

  • @AlphaXY13
    @AlphaXY13 Před 9 lety +576

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

    • @MrMoney-no8ry
      @MrMoney-no8ry Před 8 lety +25

      I am also, a fucking Scorpion.

    • @silenceofthehills7610
      @silenceofthehills7610 Před 8 lety +4

      NO thats not true i just bought the dvd NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    • @TUZOIVAN16
      @TUZOIVAN16 Před 8 lety +2

      +AlphaLineGaming NO, I AM ERROR.

    • @silenceofthehills7610
      @silenceofthehills7610 Před 8 lety

      TUZOIVAN16 i hated zelda 2

    • @TUZOIVAN16
      @TUZOIVAN16 Před 8 lety

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

  • @xxxaragon
    @xxxaragon Před 7 lety +71

    what I really loathe is when either the packaging or the menus spoil a big surprise of the movie. doesn't anyone realize that not everyone that buys a dvd (or back in the days: rented it) hasn't seen the film yet? wtf?!

  • @DiggyDwarf-wc2qj
    @DiggyDwarf-wc2qj Před rokem +11

    If anyone has a Disney DVD, they might have an option of using FastPlay or just getting to the DVD menu.

  • @kayvee5286
    @kayvee5286 Před 3 lety +17

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

  • @sirbletchley
    @sirbletchley Před 6 lety +100

    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.

    • @SamXNE_997
      @SamXNE_997 Před 4 lety +16

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

    • @pungisotu
      @pungisotu Před 4 lety +3

      I miss open matte DVDs.

    • @ESP1138
      @ESP1138 Před 3 lety +4

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

    • @encycl07pedia-
      @encycl07pedia- Před 2 lety +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 Před 9 měsíci +2

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

  • @roadbreach
    @roadbreach Před 7 lety +14

    4:40 Now that looks Fucking awesome

  • @Raven-gx4kj
    @Raven-gx4kj Před 2 lety +34

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

  • @seancpp
    @seancpp Před 3 lety +4

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

  • @snakes3425
    @snakes3425 Před 9 lety +84

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

  • @FletcherReedsRandomness
    @FletcherReedsRandomness Před 6 lety +208

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

  • @xanderfoley2945
    @xanderfoley2945 Před 4 lety +149

    you know whats bs,
    2020
    :(

    • @DTheAustralian
      @DTheAustralian Před 4 lety +6

      2020 BAD
      LAUGH NOW

    • @hermanmortensen
      @hermanmortensen Před 4 lety +1

      @@DTheAustralian H A

    • @tadeuferreira4059
      @tadeuferreira4059 Před 4 lety +2

      Yep, this is a year to be completelly FORGOTTEN!

    • @NIDELLANEUM
      @NIDELLANEUM Před 3 lety

      @@DTheAustralian youtube comment sections this year be like

    • @lain7286
      @lain7286 Před 3 lety

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

  • @PeterParker19988
    @PeterParker19988 Před 7 měsíci +7

    4:22 well this aged really well

  • @Kudo716
    @Kudo716 Před 7 lety +243

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

  • @Finstahy
    @Finstahy Před 9 lety +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 Před 9 lety +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 Před 8 lety +2

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

    • @sparking1022
      @sparking1022 Před 8 lety

      Dean Humble no nep to.

    • @ronnieradon
      @ronnieradon Před 8 lety

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

    • @jacksonteller3973
      @jacksonteller3973 Před 4 měsíci +1

      hope that's sarcasm

  • @oblonghilfiger3583
    @oblonghilfiger3583 Před 4 lety +5

    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.

  • @jer1776
    @jer1776 Před 6 měsíci +22

    Nowadays, you could make a 20 minute BS video about everything wrong with streaming

    • @esmooth919
      @esmooth919 Před 5 měsíci +2

      You know what's funny? It wasn't a YKWBS video, but he spoke on streaming. Lol

  • @VolvagiasBlaze
    @VolvagiasBlaze Před 7 lety +16

    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.

  • @winlover37
    @winlover37 Před 9 lety +72

    1:46 AWESOME ALBUM.

  • @Marcomanexists
    @Marcomanexists Před 3 měsíci +3

    The fact DVD’s are now as old and obsolete as floppy disks were to me growing up is scary.
    DVD’s were the best. At least they were better than streaming and VHS.

  • @kittykatmeowmix
    @kittykatmeowmix Před 5 lety +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.

  • @noelbullard4676
    @noelbullard4676 Před 8 lety +33

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

    • @synaesthesia2010
      @synaesthesia2010 Před 8 lety +3

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

    • @madden8021
      @madden8021 Před 8 lety

      +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 Před 8 lety

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

    • @JackTheripper911
      @JackTheripper911 Před 8 lety +1

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

    • @Astolfo2001
      @Astolfo2001 Před 10 měsíci

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

  • @schindlerteejay94
    @schindlerteejay94 Před 6 lety +30

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

  • @rushi_25
    @rushi_25 Před 4 lety +23

    1:53 ubisoft games in a nutshell

  • @RamManNo1
    @RamManNo1 Před 3 lety +7

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

  • @jupiter9099
    @jupiter9099 Před 8 lety +5

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

  • @shadowbrookroad1844
    @shadowbrookroad1844 Před 7 lety +6

    One thing I hate about box sets: I buy a box set containing the entire franchise, and then I find out there's a new movie in the franchise coming out soon.

    • @legendoflink5882
      @legendoflink5882 Před 7 lety +3

      It like 'Oh you got the complete collection? Oops, made another movie. Your collection ain't complete anymore! Ha ha ha ha ha! Buy the next 'complete' collection so we can make another one again while we at it!'

  • @sum_gie
    @sum_gie Před 3 lety +6

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

  • @Riki_00
    @Riki_00 Před 3 lety +11

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