this is something that me and some friends were discussing a few days ago with all the home video formats that have existed combined with multiple versions even on the same format (special edition, ultimate edition, extreme edition, limited edition, superbit, etc...) what all do you bought more than once

12 monkeys (DVD, HD DVD)
300 (DVD, HD DVD)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (DVD, HD DVD)
Apollo 13 (VHS, HD DVD)
Band of Brothers (DVD, Bluray)
Beetlejuice (DVD, Bluray)
Big Fish (DVD, Bluray)
The Big Lebowski (DVD, HD DVD)
Black Hawk Down (DVD, Bluray, UMD)
Blade Runner (VHS, Bluray)
Blazing Saddles (DVD, HD DVD)
Bourne Identity (DVD, HD DVD)
Bourne Supremacy (DVD, HD DVD)
Braveheart (VHS, DVD)
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (DVD, Bluray)
Dawn of the Dead remake (DVD, HD DVD)
The Day After Tomorrow (DVD, Bluray)
Dazed and Confused (DVD, HD DVD)
Doom (DVD, HD DVD)
Dragonheart (VHS, DVD, HD DVD)
Dune (DVD, HD DVD)
Eight Below (DVD, Bluray)
Enemy at the Gates (DVD, HD DVD)
Fifth Element (VHS, DVD, Bluray, UMD)
Flight of the Phoenix (DVD, Bluray)
Full Metal Jacket (DVD, HD DVD)
Gattaca (DVD, Bluray)
Ghostbusters (DVD, DVD (2 pack with ghostbusters 2))
Glory (VHS, DVD)
The Goonies (VHS, DVD)
Gremlins (VHS, DVD)
Harry Potter 1-4 (DVD, HD DVD)
Hellboy (DVD, Bluray)
Hidalgo (DVD, Bluray)
House of 1000 Corpses (DVD, Bluray)
The Hunt for Red October (DVD, Bluray)
Independence Day (VHS, Bluray)
Indiana Jones Trilogy (VHS, DVD)
Inside Man (DVD, HD DVD)
Iron Will (VHS, Laserdisc, DVD)
Jarhead (DVD, HD DVD)
Jurassic Park (VHS, Laserdisc)
A Knight's Tale (DVD, Bluray)
The Last Samurai (DVD, Bluray)
Lord of the Rings Trilogy (DVD Theatrical, DVD Extended)
Lords of Dogtown (DVD, UMD)
Mad Max (VHS, DVD, UMD)
The Matrix (VHS, HD DVD)
Matrix Reloaded (DVD, HD DVD)
Matrix Revolutions (DVD, HD DVD)
Memento (DVD, Bluray)
Men in Black (VHS, UMD, Bluray)
The Mummy (VHS, HD DVD)
The Mummy Returns (VHS, HD DVD)
National Treasure (DVD, Bluray)
Pirates of the Caribbean 1-3 (DVD, Bluray)
Polar Express (DVD, HD DVD)
The Princess Bride (VHS, DVD (2001 edition), DVD (Dread Pirate Edition), Bluray)
Red Dawn (DVD (1998 edition), DVD (2007 Collector's Edition))
Santa Claus: The Movie (VHS, DVD)
SAW 1-3 (DVD, Bluray)
Scary Movie 4 (DVD, HD DVD)
SE7EN (VHS, DVD)
Shaun of the Dead (DVD, HD DVD)
Short Circuit (VHS, DVD, Bluray)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (DVD, HD DVD)
Spaceballs (VHS, DVD, Bluray (preordered))
Spiderman 1 and 2 (DVD, UMD)
Star Wars Episode 1 (VHS, DVD)
Star Wars Original Trilogy (VHS (original editions), VHS (THX remastered editions), VHS (Special Edition), DVD (2004 box set), DVD (2006 Limited edition))
Stargate (DVD, Bluray)
Starship Troopers (DVD, Bluray)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 and 2 (VHS, DVD)
Terminator 2 (VHS, DVD, Bluray)
Total Recall (VHS, DVD, HD DVD)
Tremors (VHS, DVD, HD DVD)
Troy (DVD, DVD (director's cut), HD DVD)
U-571 (DVD, HD DVD)
Unbreakable (DVD, Bluray)
Underworld Evolution (DVD, Bluray)
Unleashed (DVD, HD DVD)
V for Vendetta (DVD, HD DVD)
Van Helsing (DVD, HD DVD)
Willow (VHS, DVD)
Windtalkers (DVD, Bluray)
X-Men (VHS, DVD)

i might be forgetting some i had on VHS...

also i just realized if i had the laserdisc set i'd have every home video version of the original star wars trilogy released in the US

Good lord.

Star Wars IV, V, VI (VHS, Special Edition VHS, and DVD)

That's it.

None.

Why do I have to buy a movie more than once.

Star Wars I (VHS and DVD) IV, V, VI (Special Edition VHS and DVD)
Jumanji (VHS and DVD)

Pretty sure that's all.

The old starwars movies when they were only on DVD in europe, came in these strange plastic sleeves. Also episode 1 when it was released on DVD, or when I purchased a DVD player, I can't remember which came first.

Whoa.

Uhm...I got Office Space as a gift because somehow my old copy disappeared. Does that count?

Luckily, I have friends like DrkJedi82 so I have absolutely no need to buy movies.

If I have a sudden urge to watch a movie, I'll download it illegally.
Though my friend can beat your multiple movie buys.

An above mentioned friend has every copy of every Godfather film available. (VHS, DVD set, DVD individual, BR set, BR individual, some other formats too, I think..)

buy.. movies?

i'm confused

You should post a picture of that thing.
I have bought Star Wars 5 times, (VHS copies 3 times because they broke, and two DVD sets because we lost one when we last moved.)

This.

well when sarn and i moved in together we found out we had doubles of accepted, harold and kumar, catch me if you can, superbad, and all the indiana jones movies on dvd

Star Wars I, II (VHS, DVD)
Star Wars IV, V, VI (VHS Special Edition, DVD)
American Pie (VHS, DVD)
Ghostbusters I, II (VHS, DVD, DVD Collectors Edition)
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (DVD 1 disc, DVD 2 disc)
The Day After Tomorrow (DVD 1 disc, DVD 'Definitive Edition')
Casino Royal (DVD 1 disc, DVD Collectors Edition)
Peter Jackson's King Kong (DVD 2 disc, DVD Extended Edition)
Spiderman 2 (DVD two-pack, DVD '2.1' Extended Edition)
X-Men (DVD two-pack, DVD '1.5')
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (DVD 1 disc, DVD 'Unrated')
Batman, Batman Returns (DVD, DVD Special Edition)

I think that's all of them.

Err...I paid to see 300 twice at the cinema? The only reason I'd buy two copies of any film would be if I lost the first one.

Star Wars Original Trilogy (Special Edition VHS, 2004 DVD release)
- The RotJ VHS was faulty so I returned to first one

Batman Begins (2-disc DVD, 2-disc DVD with a FANCY HOLOGRAM PLATE)
- The latter just cost like 10 euros so ... yeah

I'm fairly certain I've bought a lot of other films on the same "it's completely same except for this PROCESSED MEAT SHAPED AS THE FILM'S MAIN CHARACTER that comes with it" principle but can't remember them right now.

But I guess I'll at least get the films that are worth seeing in high definition (ooh Blade Runner) when I'll get a Bluray player in 2018.

Now GAMES that I've bought more than once is a totally different thing. And Deus Ex is on the top of that list with 7 purchases. (Still looking for the 8th copy - the Israeli edition - to crown the rest)

Star Wars OT
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Back to the Future Trilogy

lol you bought doom

I've bought the original trilogy twice, first on VHS then DVD.

Other than that, I can't recall ever buying anything twice. Although if Ergo Proxy ever came out on Bluray I'd probably buy that again, AND get a Bluray player for it.

Star Wars.

I'll probably get a few movies on Blu-ray later on. So far, the only movies I have had doubles of are the Star Wars movies. VHS, VHS Special Ed. and the DVD's. I do have two copies of Episode I, but that's cause my wife got full screen instead of widescreen.

if you ignore the title the movie is somewhat enjoyable as a crappy sci-fi/horror film... plus i got it cheap

I honestly don't buy movies often...I just wait for them to be given to me or abandoned!

Doom was fun/hilarious, yeah

Fellowship of the Ring (standard and extended)
Silent Hill (first copy was stolen)

Ghostbusters, Twice on VHS because the first one went missing.
Die Hard 1-3 VHS/DVD.

I don't really see the point in buying a film twice.

I feel bad for you and your HD DVD movies.

Well only because after so many years you'll be thinking "I'd love to see this movie that just came out last year...oh wait.

what?

I think star wars is the only one I had on VHS that I bought again for DVD.


oh wait i dont have star wars on dvd nevermind

Two copies of the Star Wars trilogy on DVD, two copies of Blade Runner.

Star Wars and Doom House.

lol some of you guys have more double copies than I have single copies.

I went to see Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring when it came out at the cinema. Then I excitedly got the DVD when it came out a few months later! Then I excitedly got the Extended Edition when that came out in November of that year!

Then I excitedly went to see Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers when that came out! Then I got the DVD too, completely forgetting the Extended Edition that was coming out of November of that year! So I got that too, somewhat begrudgingly.

Then I excitedly went to see Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King when that came out! Retardedly, I bought the DVD, again forgetting the Extended Edition, so much to my annoyance I got that too when that November came around.
So now I've seen all three at the cinema, I have all three DVDs, and I have all three Extended Editions, and I've probably spent around £100 on those ****ing movies.

And yet, I still want the Limited Edition versions..

so when they release the LotR movies on bluray will you rush to buy those too knowing they will just release the extended editions later?

Almost certainly, though I don't have a Bluray player.

I still have my HD-DVD player somewhere collecting dust. I had to hide it in a cupboard because it made me cry to look at it.

Galaxy Quest (VHS, DVD)
Mystery Men (VHS, DVD)
Star Wars IV, V, VI (VHS, DVD)

DVDs are nicer but money is not something that we generally throw around. Or spend on stuff that we already have.

why cry... hook it up and enjoy it.. especially with most of the movies being $5-10 each now

I don't think I've ever bought the same film twice.