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AAaah! As I`m about to embark on the yearly sojourn to hotter climes (on me `ols) I found myself pondering this old chestnut...If you were deserted on a Desert Island, with nothing but a Home Movie System and 10 DVD`s (or Box Sets) to last you a lifetime - what ones would you pick? (Careful now - these shouldn`t just be your top ten, but rather a nice mix of moods, genres and approaches...)

To get things started (and I`m sure this has all been done before but...) here are my choices...I`ll probably spend my hols changing my mind as I remember lost gems... :/

1) The Complete Thunderbirds Collection - sheer quantity and these are the ultimate in `comfort` viewing for me...
2)LOTR - The Trilogy (obvious choice perhaps ...)
3) The Rebel - Hancock`s finest movie outing. About time this had the `Special Edition` treatment!
4) School for Scoundrels / The Green Man - 2 classics on one disc (spotted recently in HMV for a mere £5.99. How can anyone be without these hilarious movies?!)
5)The Prisoner Collection - just can`t watch these enough times...
6) Jackie Brown - love it more with every viewing, and the soundtrack is brilliant!
7) The Old Grey Whistle Test Volume 1 - that`ll fix the musical side of things
8) A Touch of Evil - what a movie, what a bongo crazy score. Fab!
9) Eraserhead - tough (Lynch) choice but first love is always hard to beat...
10) The Female Vampire - well, this straddles 2 camps (with the emphasis on straddle and camp), Horror and a bit of spicy sauciness too to while away the lonely hours...
That`s me set! What`re your choices? ;)

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In no particular order:
1. The Godfather boxset
2. Dr Strangelove (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb)
3. The Exorcist
4. 24 Season 1-3 boxset
5. Blackadder - Complete collection
6. Family Guy - The complete collection
7. Toy Story (The Ultimate Toy box (R1))
8. The Evil Dead trilogy
9. Monty Python boxset
10. Romero`s `Dead` Trilogy (if there is one available with all of the uncut movies with commentary at the time I get stranded on the island!)

thats a tough one, but here goes...
1) 24 season 1-3
2) Lost Boys SE
3) American Psycho
4) Swingers CE
5) The Blue Planet
6) Rocky Boxset
7) Gremlins
8) Twin Peaks Season 1
9) Top Gun
10) Godfather Boxset
Kozza.

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[list=a] [*] Pirates of the Caribbean
[*] It`s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
[*] Shrek
[*] The Great Race -R1
[*] Monte Carlo Or Bust (Home Recording)
[*] EMI Agatha Christie Collection Box
[*] Bond Box (Well, you said Box sets count)
[*] LOTR Box Set
[*] Monster Legacy Box Set - R1
[*] Looney Tunes Gold Collection - R1 [/list=a]

J Mark Oates

Hopefully Id be stranded sometime after September so Id have

The Star Wars Trilogy boxset ;)
Alien Quadrilogy (the extras alone will keep me busy for a while)
Evil Dead Trilogy boxset
Trilogy of the Dead boxset
Fawlty Towers boxset
Father Ted boxset
The Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Pulp Fiction

This is hard....only ten! Well here goes -

The Searchers - Because I`d have to have a John Wayne film and a western so I may as well kill two birds with one DVD and go for the best of both.

Pulp Fiction - Got to have something by Mr T :D

Bond Box Set - If I`m on the island long enough I may even learn to appreciate Moonraker. :D

Twilight Zone The Gold Collection - All the episodes on 49 discs should keep me going for a while. "Time Enough at Last" staring Burgess Meredith would be particularly poignant. :(

Planet of the Apes Box Set - After watching it I could take a walk along the beach and see if I can find the Statue of Liberty.

Ring - The original. Could there be anywhere better to watch this than all alone on an island.

Bubba Ho-Tep - Because being on an island without Bruce is more than I could bear.

Jaws - To put me off trying to swim to safety.

Melissa Etheridge - Live and Alone - Because it`s the best live concert DVD I`ve ever seen

Virtual Sex with Tera Patrick - :o Look I`m on the island alone.....no women. OK? ;)

Noticed a lot of people put LOTR Trilogy in there list but as the only box set contains the theatrical cuts I decided not to bother.

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ok here we go-
1, world at war collectors edition (superb history)
2, big lebowski
3, phoenix nights
4,the thing
5,12 angry men
6, flash gordon
7, lawrence of arabia
8, jaws
9, smokey and the bandit
10, longest day
bit weird collection but would keep you goin i reckon!!!!

1. The Godfather Box Set
2. Scarface Gift Set
3. Schindler`s List Gift Set
4. The Office Series 1
5. The Office Series 2
6. Hannibal Lecter Trilogy Box Set
7. The Doors 30 Years Commemorative Edition
8. The Doors
9. Kill Bill Vol. 1
10. Raging Bull

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