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Topic started by TheBootlegSaint on July 13, 2010. Last post by the_referee 10 months, 3 weeks ago.
Post by TheBootlegSaint (488 posts) See mini bio
Most of us here on Screened have pretty large DVD collections, but what was the DVD that started it all? Whether it was a gift or a purchase. 
 
My first DVD was The Fast and the Furious. Not a bad movie to start my collection off with. 
 
What about you?
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago
Post by sopranosfan (1,055 posts) See mini bio

I have no idea.  I've had a DVD player for at least 10 years and have a horrible memory.
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago
Post by JoblessTerence (70 posts) See mini bio
My dad started DVDs before they were popular so their weren't that many movies to choose from. Along with the first DVD player, the first DVD that he bought, for me, was Space Jam. On a side-note, that DVD player is still fully functional today.
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago
Post by Woden (29 posts) See mini bio
The first I ever watched was The Scorpion King, but I bought four at once, which were Howling VI, Deadly Instinct, Night of the Living Dead, Frankenstein. I still haven't watched Deadly Instinct (and I bought it in 2003).
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago
Post by TheLawnWrangler (1,426 posts) See mini bio
my Dad's first DVD was Office Space or Tombstone... good choices, in my current opinion.
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago
Post by holabendez (15 posts) See mini bio
My first DVD was The Mummy.
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago
Post by wglassbrook (23 posts) See mini bio
My first DVD player was a first generation Toshiba from Service Merchandise that retailed for over $300. Although it;s religated to the basement TV, I still have it to this day.  With it, my first DVD was Pleasantville.   I still get a tingle in my heart whenever I see this film.  At the time it was one of the most beautiful things I had ever seen.  It still amazes me that a DVD player can be had for less than 10% of what that original player cost.
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Post by TheFreeMan (899 posts) See mini bio
ET Special Edition.
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago
Post by dvdhaus (431 posts) See mini bio
Not sure if it was Clerks or Mallrats but it was definitely a Kevin Smith movie.

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Posted 2 years, 10 months ago
Post by DirrtyNinja (214 posts) See mini bio
Pretty sure mine was Fight Club.
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago
Post by simian (164 posts) See mini bio
The Matrix which I picked up when I got my first DVD-ROM for my PC.
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago
Post by BURNTHEPRIEST (125 posts) See mini bio
My first DVD when I moved to the UK was Predator  2 disc Special Edition...
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago
Post by Hjels (431 posts) See mini bio
I believe it was a vanilla version of The Man in the Iron Mask. 
 
Hardly a classic, but there it is.
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago
Post by Kombat (201 posts) See mini bio
Resident Evil, which I actually bought our first DVD player for.  I was young and naive.
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago
Post by CashBailey (1,574 posts) See mini bio
I bought two movies first up, THE EXORCIST and THE WILD BUNCH way back in 2000.
 
They were in those awful cardboard 'snapper' cases Warner Bros films came in back then. And they were flipper discs, too. Ugh!
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago
Post by BradGrenz (197 posts) See mini bio
My very first DVDs I got through that promotion 800.com did back when they launched (may they rest in peace). I think it was in 1998. Anyone who wanted could sign up to get three free movies with no obligation. I didn't even have a DVD player at the time, but I signed up anyway. I believe the movies I was sent were Clear and Present Danger, Austin Powers and The Fugitive. I think it was about a year before I could save up the money to buy the first $300 DVD player released that supported DTS (not even decoding, just one that could pass a DTS audio stream from the disc to the digital coax out).
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Post by Lydian_Sel (2,023 posts) See mini bio
It was The Matrix. I watched it on our PS2 endlessly.
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago
Post by Brendo (45 posts) See mini bio

Fifth Element
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago
Post by Vonocourt (323 posts) See mini bio
When my dad got our first DVD player, we got two movies. One of them Blade Runner, and other bing a more family-oriented movie that I can't recall.
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago
Post by JokerSmilez (437 posts) See mini bio
The Usual Suspects.
Posted 2 years, 10 months ago
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