Happy Thursday, everyone! It's raining here in Richmond and I do need to get the grass cut but let's talk thrift store first stuff. And this week, let's talk about how we arrange things.
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Here we have a selection of DVDs I own, put in random order. Absolutely no arranging of any kind, just tossed on the shelf. Obviously, to me, this is awful.
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OK, now they're at least alphabetized by title. It's not perfect to me, but I can see the appeal of the simplicity here. It's getting better!
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OK, now TV shows are in their own section. We're getting there! Now if I want to see a fun children's show like Hannibal I already know what section to look in.
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OK, why not put in certain films that are parts of series under the name of the series? Here we have the Bond films under B for Bond, and arranged by year of release. We're getting there.
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However, we do need to add one more section. Now all of the Criterion releases are in their own section, still arranged by title. Those who collect Arrow or Shout Factory or Scream titles would certainly have their own sections. We're almost done!
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Since I'm me, now I've arranged the Criterion releases by spine number. And that's a good summary of my preference for how to arrange my DVD collection. (As soon as I've finished shelving everything, since we just moved, I'll put up some images of the completed shelves.)
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This week's recommendation is the decidedly weird, surprisingly funny Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers. Made by people with obvious affection for '90s kids TV but also with a weird sense of humor about cop show, bootleg DVDs and characters and even about self-entitled fan culture (there's a bit about the human--teeth Sonic the Hedgehog nonsense that is really funny). I have absolutely no history with Chip & Dale as Disney Channel characters, but I enjoyed this quite a lot.
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