Who are your top people?

[Vilya]

I still can't join the fun here; I only get a blank page when I click on "Cast & Crew." Apparently, after your collection reaches a certain size, this feature fails to work.

I was really curious to see what I would find, but, alas, I am not allowed to play with the cool kids.

[AaronJ]

Yeah, my Hitchcock DVD boxes are hindering my list. But I keep waiting for someone to really do a bang-up job upgrading them. Or maybe i am just lazy. I don't know. But I would have a gazillion Hitch titles if I ever got around to upgrading.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Vilya

I still can't join the fun here; I only get a blank page when I click on "Cast & Crew." Apparently, after your collection reaches a certain size, this feature fails to work.

I was really curious to see what I would find, but, alas, I am not allowed to play with the cool kids.

That totally sucks.

There has to be a "Help" function, right?

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

That totally sucks.

There has to be a "Help" function, right?

If there is, I don't see it. "Cast & Crew" does not work on my blu-ray collection nor on my dvd collection and I see no such link on my Complete Collection.

I guess I could ask one of the moderators at random in a pm. I even cleared my cookies just to see if that would help and it did not.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Vilya

If there is, I don't see it. "Cast & Crew" does not work on my blu-ray collection nor on my dvd collection and I see no such link on my Complete Collection.

I guess I could ask one of the moderators at random in a pm. I even cleared my cookies just to see if that would help and it did not.

*sigh*

Yeah, I guess asking a mod would be the best move. It's too bad since I would love to see what someone with your collection looks like.

I mean, heck, I was excited about getting to 400. Heh. That was a big deal do me. You're in the thousands. That's like a whole different planet.

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

*sigh*

Yeah, I guess asking a mod would be the best move. It's too bad since I would love to see what someone with your collection looks like.

I mean, heck, I was excited about getting to 400. Heh. That was a big deal do me. You're in the thousands. That's like a whole different planet.

You're not the first person to suggest that I am an alien from another planet.

Another forum member with a collection similar in size to mine said they have the same problem, so I know I am not the only outcast here.

I sent a pm to one of the moderators and await their reply.

[thatguamguy]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Yeah, my Hitchcock DVD boxes are hindering my list. But I keep waiting for someone to really do a bang-up job upgrading them. Or maybe i am just lazy. I don't know. But I would have a gazillion Hitch titles if I ever got around to upgrading.

I got really lucky with Hitchcock; a few years ago, I sold a bunch of them off when they were out-of-print and some of them were hard to track down, because I was out of work, and I sold a bunch of DVDs off figuring I would upgrade them once I had a job. Then more recently, back when Go Hastings was still open, I got the full box from them at one of their ridiculous discounts. So I think that I actually made a profit on that one.

[Partyslammer]

Top 10's

Director:
Terence Fisher 16
Steven Spielberg. 15
Tim Burton 14
Ishiro Honda 10
Freddie Francis 9
Guillermo del Toro 8
Peter Jackson (I) 8
Sam Raimi 8
Martin Scorsese 7
Quentin Tarantino 7

Actors:
Christopher Lee 37
Stan Lee 29
Peter Cushing 23
John Ratzenberger 20
Samuel L. Jackson 19
Frank Welker 18
Vincent Price 18
Johnny Depp 16
Bob Bergen 15
Sherry Lynn 15

Composers:
John Williams (I) 33
Danny Elfman 23
Hans Zimmer 22
James Bernard 16
Michael Giacchino 16
Howard Shore 15
Akira Ifukube 13
Jerry Goldsmith 13
Bernard Herrmann 12
Alan Silvestri 9

Stan Lee is a cheat, considering all his appearances are glorified cameos.

[SuperFlyHighGuy]

Mine's skewed from DVDs/HD-DVDs not on here, but fun to look regardless.

Directors:
Steven Spielberg (9)
Seijun Suzuki (7)
Terence Fisher (7)
David Lynch (6)
Hayao Miyazaki (6)
Jacques Tati (6)

[mja345]

I'll just do directors and actors...

Directors:
Woody Allen-40 (I'm an Allen completist)
Alfred Hitchcock-23
Robert Altman-19
Martin Scorsese-18
Blake Edwards-15
Brian De Palma-15
J. Lee Thompson-15
John Carpenter-15
Billy Wilder-14
Sidney Lumet-14
Walter Hill-14

Actors:
Vincent Price-43
Charles Bronson-32
Burt Lancaster-31
Gene Hackman-30
Woody Allen-28
Jack Nicholson-27
Sean Connery-27
Harvey Keitel-25

Goldsmith, Morricone, and Elmer Bernstein are my top 3 composers.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Vilya

You're not the first person to suggest that I am an alien from another planet.

Another forum member with a collection similar in size to mine said they have the same problem, so I know I am not the only outcast here.

I sent a pm to one of the moderators and await their reply.

Heh. Well, if the helmet fits ...

Good luck with the PM.

Originally Posted by thatguamguy

I got really lucky with Hitchcock; a few years ago, I sold a bunch of them off when they were out-of-print and some of them were hard to track down, because I was out of work, and I sold a bunch of DVDs off figuring I would upgrade them once I had a job. Then more recently, back when Go Hastings was still open, I got the full box from them at one of their ridiculous discounts. So I think that I actually made a profit on that one.

Damn. That sounds amazing. See, I end up never selling anything. Every single thing I double dip, for instance? I still have all of them. It's kind of pathetic when you look at it, really.

Of course, it's how I knew that Criterion would come out with Ghost World --I had just bought the German version. Then again, they didn't come out with Sliding Doors so maybe that theory isn't so sound.

[Hazel Motes]

1 Werner Herzog (51)
2 Jean Luc Godard (34)
2 Alfred Hitchcock (32)
3 Akira Kurosawa (29)
4 Ingmar Bergman (29)
5 John Ford (29)
6 Martin Scorsese (28)
7 Robert Altman (26)
8 Woody Allen (26)
9 Fritz Lang (24)
10 John Huston (24)

[Leslie Dame]

Director:

01 (15) John Capenter
02 (12) Tim Burton
03 (11) Quentin Tarantino
04 (08) Wes Craven
05 (07) Joe Dante

Writer:

01 (20) Stephen King
02 (09) Quentin Tarantino
03 (08) Clive Barker

Cast:

01 (16) Samuel L. Jackson
02 (14) Robert Englund
03 (13) Johnny Depp
04 (12) Brad Dourif

Producer:

01 (27) The Weinsteins
02 (22) Jason Blum
03 (13) Joel Silver
04 (12) Rob Tapert
05 (10) Michael Bay

Cinematographer:

01 (11) Dean Cundey
02 (09) Lorenzo Senatore

Composer:

01 (20) Marco Beltrami
02 (19) Danny Elfman
03 (18) Jerry Goldsmith
04 (14) Christopher Young
05 (12) John Williams

[Sky_Captain]

Sketchy...

Director
Michael Bay 13
Ridley Scott 13
Richard Donner 11
Steven Spielberg 11
Tony Scott 10

Writer
Ian Fleming (I) 24
Stan Lee 23
Bob Kane 20
Jack Kirby 20
Sylvester Stallone 17

Cast
Samuel L. Jackson 33
Stan Lee 32
Sylvester Stallone 25
Bruce Willis 24
Dolph Lundgren 24- lol

Producer
Stan Lee 44
Joel Silver 35
Kevin Feige 30
Steven Spielberg 26
Benjamin Melniker 25

Cinematographer
Oliver Wood 14
Roger Deakins 13
Bill Pope 12
Dean Semler 12
Newton Thomas Sigel 12

Composer
Hans Zimmer 34
Danny Elfman 29
James Newton Howard 29
Marco Beltrami 24
Michael Giacchino 23

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

It's just occurred to me that Spielberg is, like, popular?

Of course. The man redefined: horror with Duel and Jaws, sci-fi with Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and action/adventure with Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[reputation]

Director:
Eli Roth - 10
Sam Raimi - 10
James Wan - 9

Actor:
Jennifer Lawrence - 13
Brad Dourif - 11
Scarlett Johansson - 10

Stan Lee was #1 at 28 movies in my collection but I feel that's not fair since 90% of his "movies" are only cameos lol.

[Freeza]

Originally Posted by Vilya

You're not the first person to suggest that I am an alien from another planet.

Another forum member with a collection similar in size to mine said they have the same problem, so I know I am not the only outcast here.

I sent a pm to one of the moderators and await their reply.

I have a similar sized collection and I haven't had the ability to use the cast & crew feature in about 200 titles.

[Vilya]

I got a reply to my pm saying that my question has been forwarded to a developer, so I am still waiting for an answer as to why the Cast & Crew function is not working for some of us.

[D00mM4r1n3]

Directors:
8 Mel Brooks
8 Richard Donner
7 Ridley Scott
7 Terry Gilliam
7 Tim Burton

Actors:
17 Desmond Llewelyn (Q from James Bond)
17 Sylvester Stallone
16 Arnold Schwarzenegger
16 Frank Welker (Voice Actor)
14 Lois Maxwell (Moneypenny from James Bond)
13 Chevy Chase
13 Vin Diesel
12 Bruce Willis

Writers:
24 Ian Fleming (I)
13 Richard Maibaum
12 John Hughes
11 Sylvester Stallone
10 Pat Proft
9 Bob Kane

I need to double-check my collection at some point as I would have expected Jackie Chan to easily be one of the most prolific actors in my list. I know I have most of his 70's & 80's films on DVD or digital. It's also immediately clear how much the James Bond films dominate my list. I added a few extra actors and an extra writer to help balance things out.

*Edit - For anyone having trouble getting to the Cast&Crew option, click on the "Collection" tab a second time after it loads to make all the options appear. When you first go to "My Collection" you will only see "Printer friendly", after you click "Collection" it will then show all the sorting options.
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Click the "Collection" tab circled after you go to "My Collection".

[rocknblues81]

[QUOTE=AaronJ;14905814]I just hit 400 Blu-rays, so I was perusing my collection using the Cast & Crew function. So, I'm now very aware of who is at the top of my list for Directors, for Actors, for Writers, etc.

Just curious, how does your collection break down? List however many or few as you want, and in whatever category interests you.

Here's mine:

DIRECTOR

Clint Eastwood: 15
Martin Scorsese: 14
John Carpenter: 13
Alfred Hitchcock: 12
Steven Spielberg: 12

WRITER

Ian Fleming: 24
Stephen King: 17
Sylvester Stallone: 14
Richard Maibaum: 13
Quentin Tarantino: 11

CAST

Clint Eastwood: 26
Sylvester Stallone: 26
Kurt Russell: 20
Bruce Willis 19
Robert De Niro: 19


CINEMATOGRAPHER

Robert Richardson : 15
Roger Deakins: 15
Bruce Surtees: 14
Dean Cundey: 14
Robert Elswit: 11

COMPOSER

Danny Elfman: 25
Hans Zimmer: 25
John Williams (I): 23
James Newton Howard: 21
Jerry Goldsmith: 18