Good video James, I think I cracked a xbox 360 disc and some dvds are a pain in the ass that sometimes I don’t even put them in the case all the way for fear they might break. You are right they can be bullshit =)
I would like to find the person at Universal that thought that pressing down on the fucking blu-rays for the Back To the Future trilogy was a good idea! Seriously, who thought that would be a great idea?
It’s nothing more than a royal pain in the fucking ass!!
The DVD cases that have the flaps on the sides don’t really bother me as much though, and the blu-ray cases as well as the DVD cases that have that protective thing that goes over them doesn’t bother me as much either.
since you’re on the topic of cases.
Lets talks about how moronic Sony is.
dvd/ps2/xbox/xbox360/gamecube/wii ALL the same sived cases.
PS3…completely fucking different. When I put all my games in chronological order on my shelf the ps3 games look like complete Ass next to their predecessors.
Fuck you Sony
You did good James. I enjoy these. The editing was quick and served it’s purpose. It turns the world around on its ass for a kicking and helps when people don’t have a soapbox.
The amount of money companies spend in Disc Packaging is ridiculous when we just want the disc half the time. They could use that money to employ people and create better movies and so forth.
If we spend the extra money on a special edition pack then FINE…give us the bullshit packaging, but at least give us the option of just a disc and no extra crap for $5 – $10 and that would be fine.
I used to think the same thing about the latches on DVD cases. I later learned that they aren’t latches, but rather locks. My sister used to destroy DVDs when she was younger, but she couldn’t open the cases to the movies with the latches.
I been meaning to ask, just out of curiosity (in case I missed an update or blacked out drunk after reading one regarding this), could one of you lovely fans quickly point out whats happening with the next AVGN vid?
In any case, A ‘you know what’s bullshit’ will keep me appeased any day! Keep up the good work
I have in my hands quite possibly the worst DVD case ever concocted. James, you really should have had one of these for your video. This is Stuart Little 2. And to get inside this case you have to literally cut the fucking case with a pair of scissors three times. I’m not kidding. There’s even little pictures of scissors and the text “cut here” molded into the plastic of the case at each location to cut. What fucktard thought this was a good idea? Thankfully I’ve never seen this repeated in any other movie so far.
I remember way back when you talked about those weird DVD box clippers, I agree why the fuck would you need them since the box can close well without them. The Blu-ray packaging is definite fail, the instructions on how to take the disks out is hilarious. Why can’t they just keep it simple as a normal box case?
Digital Distribution baby! I usually rip all the DVD’s and Blu Rays I buy and use a media server for two reasons,
1. They are way too easy to destroy.
2. So I never have to screw with the packaging again.
I used to love this show but that thing about the DVD packages is getting old. Im sure there is plenty other things else to complain about, please forget DVDs for a while. So far the best one has been the one about the shoe laces, i felt like if he was reading my mind, thats the kind of videos we want to see.
At least Jackie Chan knows how to make dvd cases for his movies
And you know what’s bullshit, Mike correcting you in the middle of a rant, what a motherfucker
Well, i can only assume that designing a good DVD-case was someones job.
They designed the ordinary DVD-case, and it was perfect, but then what?
If they admit that the design is perfect and final, they’re gonna lose their job, so they’re gonna keep making “upgrades” just to stay busy to keep from getting fired.
I think that is why so much software like Windows and Google suck these days: single guys fucking it up out of self interest.
They should make it a law that anything sold comes with a feedback form.
Cause companies have no clue what their clients actually want.
You forgot the new annoying “eco-Boxes”. The ones that cames with the holes on the front an rear plastic, every time that I order a DVD to my country the cover arrives with holes that to this eco-boxass…
“I think that is why so much software like Windows and Google suck these days: single guys fucking it up out of self interest.”
/facepalm
Firstly, they would not change Windows, or the way Google searches if it happened like this. It takes a huge amount of work and a huge amount of money to do anything.
The reason they do it is for you: the consumer. If Windows didn’t come up with new OS versions every few years, their stocks will fall, it will become outdated, and more will turn to Mac OS X and Linux. Yes, Linux. In Google’s case, they do it to allow you ease of use. The new instant search was to bring you faster results. Even though people responded with mixed feelings, it had been created with good intent.
Hate to say it but this was a crap episode of YKWBS? I don’t like the improvised style and frankly we have seen some of these complaints before (The snappy things and the excessive packaging…twice!)
Wow,
So excitied to see another “you know what’s bullshit?” expecting another great vid but what a fail this was. I love all the older ones, but did James even try in this? theres no humor, no effort, and hes laughing doing it, like wow, and worse still hes already covered dvds…what a dissapointment. That was perfectic, sorry…
I have a Spider-Man collection set that is literally all three discs stting on top of each other with no seperation. I’m afraid to watch them because I’m afraid I’ll ruin the discs. I got the Blade Runner collection with four versions of the same movie from Amazon, and the damn plastic pieces in the center that hold the DVDs were all broken and the discs were just sliding around.
The older Blu-Rays had those flap things too. When I bought one, I got five DVD’s free (this was back when HD-DVDs existed). They all had those flap things. At first I didn’t realize this and made one have its front cover cave in a little while trying to pry it open, now it barely opens at all.
Don’t you just hate some DVD’s that WAAAY to hard to take out? I mean the ones where you press in the middle with ALL YOUR FUCKING MIGHT and the disk still doesn’t pop out. You can easily fucking BREAK it just by trying to pull out!!!! Now that’s a bullshit.
That back to the future blu-ray box is totaly diferent from mine. The one i have is very easy to just pop out and watch. It must be because mine is region 2 or somthing
Love it! But I agree that you missed the biggest offender of them all: Eco-cases. Why oh why do we need holes in our DVD cases? We don’t. The same goes for games and Blu-Ray discs. Do they save plastic? Who cares? The inserts can get damaged more easily, and that’s bull shit.
few points id like to make in your defense
DVD stands for digital video disc so…in generic terms there is nothing wrong with saying dvd when refering to a blu-ray disc.
second: i worked at a video store a while back and we all had the SAME opinion about the bullshit tabs, so i just started snaping those fuckers off, pretty soon EVERYONE that worked at the store was doing it…the great thing is one of our bosses got pissed about it so we all just blamed it on this dork we all hated and he got fired.
…now granted he was a dick and we were glad to see him go but…firing him over those tabs that do nothing to help the case stay closed…now THATS bullshit!
Swear to God, they oughta sell 2 different versions of blu-rays/dvds that have all that extra useless packaging. Have a bare-bones that has just the film and whatever special features are on the disc for 1/3 of the price of whatever that mess of packaging that avatar set was.
As someone else stated, my Back to the Future blu-ray is very easy to take the discs out. They must have immediately changed the design after realizing it was bullshit.
[opening music] You know what else is BULLSHIT? These bullshit plastic disc covers are most likely made by some underpaid Chinese factory workers, AND they’re bad for the environment. Call me a hippie, but considering it’s just a piece of bullshit, it’s really not worth destroying the world to make it. Just give me a shitty cardboard box with a paper sleeve in it or something. They could even make it out of recycled materials, and more importantly, you could actually fucking open it. All that matters to me is that the disc isn’t damaged in the shipping process, but when it comes to that, isn’t that the point of padded envelopes and packages? You know… the ones that are packed with fiber, Styrofoam peanuts, and BULLSHIT. [closing music]
This was a great Video and all James…. but I just got only one complaint. You already more/less made a video gripeing about DVD Boxes, Come on now, I know you got a million little things going on one of which being that Movie your doing…. But Couldent we of come up with something else? What about those BS Suggestions I sent to you on YouTube? (Iam TheVideoPsychic btw) I mean Vending Machienes are BS.. thats a great one. Or what about Texting? Yea I mean it take so little effort to just call someone then have a conversation via texting.
Fuck those tabs on the side of DVD’s. I break those little bastards off.
And Acey Riot, that’s some fucked up shit you guys pulled on that dude at the video store. What if the guy had kids to feed? You just went and got him fired, and now his kids have to suffer. That’s some bullshit right there!
James,
You already kind of hit on this stuff. It seems to me you slapped this video together just to throw a bone to the fans. But the hounds are barking for thier new installment ot AVGN. I really think you need to address this hiatus. The longer you wait the louder the barks will get. Keep up the good work and stay true to your form.
I can’t stand those little security strips! I take them out immediately, they’ve bugged the shit out of me, since I got one stuck to my shoe at a store, and set off all the alarms. I remove them from all my friends dvds as well, which some of them get pissed about, but, it’s not like they serve any purpose after you’ve bought it.
I will have to defend the clips on the side. If you notice most are on childrens movies. If you have kids they help because then you don’t have a child opening them and scratching the DVD. I will add the I hate them personally but they are great to stop kids. It makes there DVD’s last much, much longer.
Actually the Clip of “the Nerd Takes over” when he did a review on one of the Games Pat was gona do…WAS Mays AVGN episode… Man that Was an obscure game.
I’m glad that you used BTTF as an example of a confusing Blu-Ray case. I thought I was going to break the disc the first time I took it out. Nice concept, poor design.
You make a great point. I have the BTTF bluray and I was baffled when I actually had to read the instructions on how to get the disc out. But your video sucked. Compared to the other Bullshit videos it was lazy. You didn’t type up a script like you usually do and you didn’t do any editing like in the other ones.
the little hatchets on the cinderella dvd is for kids so they dont go and scratch out the movie and you have to buy twenty copies cuz thats their favorite movie
Honestly this one I just find lazy not only it isn’t shot like the previous videos but you already covered DVDs both content and packaging wise twice in previous [You Know What’s Bullshit?]. Also at this point, with an exception of a FEW particular releases, DVD cases are the least of what we need to complain about. A [You Know Whats Bullshit?] on 3D would be more up your alley, anything about the theatre would be interesting to watch, and the paranoid YouTube taking down videos. Come on James there are many things right now that is Bullshit. Just trying to make things fresh (fresh bullshit anyway).
For the cinderela movie with the tabs, i once bought a dvd with those things and tried opening it, it dint budge, i then realized it had the dumb stickers on the side so i got those off, then forced the dvd opening not knowing of the tabs, and i t bust my dvd like wtf!
People bitching and whining like spoiled little girls over FREE entertainment that isn’t up to their irrational standards, set in by an unfortunate sense of entitlement and selfishness.
God forbid, I made a video without writing a script first. I had a quick idea, so I decided to do it. It was either that or nothing at all. Take it or leave it.
Oh James… don’t feed the trolls. One of my friends once deleted his Youtube account with over 6000 subscribers because most of those forced him to do stuff he didn’t like anymore and bitched about every video that was different (but better).
Just do what you want to do. Nobody forces you to do this… you do it because you have fun. And that’s the most important thing. That you have fun making these videos.
Hey! You should check out South Park’s DVD, they are awful, it wont come out of the cardboard box! You just have to disassemble it if you want it out! Seriously, they are the worst! Or maybe it’s just that all new boxes do it … I don’t know but anyway over packaging is very stupid, we don’t need all this just because we liked the movie!!
I felt the exact same way about the Back to the Future Blu-ray packaging. Universal keeps doing this… they use the same shitty packaging for The Office. Fucking. bullshit.
Plus your previous episode with the security stickers… so true. I hate when they have 3 fucking stickers. One is enough… I don’t need three fucking stickers holding it closed, especially when I order from Amazon, and it’s already fucking shrink-wrapped. Seriously. Fuck this.
I must say I really enjoy the unscripted videos. Feels very casual and it’s still entertaining, and very much so.
You have covered the DVD’s before, but it’s a huge pile of shit and it’s a long way to cover it all.
Don’t listen to the haters on this video. Keep doing the unscripted stuff (and throw in some motherfucking-mike in there too. that’s pure gold)
“God forbid, I made a video without writing a script first. I had a quick idea, so I decided to do it. It was either that or nothing at all. Take it or leave it.”
Wow, so much negative reaction. Fuck all you entitled assholes. Go bitch to your parents to buy you a new toy and gtfo.
As for the video, I lol’d. It’s so true, dvd/blu-ray packaging has gone WAY too far. It’s so obnoxious. DVD cases work fine, leave the tabs and ridiculous ways of removing a disc out. It’s not necessary and it’s incredibly frustrating. I just want to watch the damn disc, not wrestle with it!
Dude I was pleasantly surprised to watch an unscripted “You Know What’s Bullshit” episode. It was funny as hell. I think you should do them all like this.
Holy shit James, THANK YOU. If it’s not retarded packaging it’s stickers all over the damn place. You try to peel some off and they pop right off, others… white shit and adhesive city. Keep up the good work man.
man don’t listen to these jerks that critique your stuff they just need to just shut up and do something good with their life. . Its like if you did not like it cool you don’t have to say anything about it, and if you don’t like anything that James makes except AVGN 1st thing you are not that big of a fan of James 2nd thing just don’t watch them if you do not like anything but AVGN
rofl this were the best few minutes of my day … that bttf blu-ray crap is ridiculous, I often think about how stupid sometimes special editions and blu-ray editions get with the packaging and all the falling crap … right on the spot
Those latches are child protection devices Disney, Universal and some other studios use to make sure your kids can’t open the case. And, yes, they are bullshit. Also, did you notice that the Back to the Future Blu-ray set is six discs, but only 3 of they are actual Blu-ray discs? The other three are DVDs with the digital copies of each movie on them. They fucking doubled the size of the set for digital copies that will expire in a year or less anyways. You should make an episode about that, because that is bullshit!!!
Actually, those latches on the Disney DVD are for security at retail stores. You see, thieves take the DVD case and split it open at the top, bottom or sides and just remove the DVD without having to pull off the plastic. They do this so quickly they are rarely caught. So DVD companies came up with the latches to make it more difficult to just open the case. It helps a little, but not as much as one would hope.
I also hate the cheap holders in Hong Kong Box Sets; they break so easily & can’t be fixed or replaced. Bulk CD cases have the same kind of holders & are only a little less fragile.
The Simpsons, plastic ‘head shaped’ limited editions have the most horrible packaging I’ve ever seen.
They have a dodgy and pointless plastic O-ring, then the head opens vertically (hinged), and then the inside cardboard opens to the left, where there’s a booklet that’s barely held in place. The lid (or front) cover has a peice of cardboard with a picture on it that’s not held in place at all. & the disks are all stacked inside the back of the head, which way they open seems to be random for each one, but no matter what, you’ve got to bend the plastic head at least a little bit to be able to actually flip through the disks. The disks have those two-triangle locks so you actually have to make an effort to get them out, all the while there’s cardboard falling out, the case keeps wanting to close, and you’ve got other bits to put back together when you’re done picking a disk. It’s fucking annoying.
I hate how some dvd cases make you jump through hoops just to get the disc out of it. It makes me feel like a hamster in a maze. And i’ve seen those snap things like the one on the Cinderella case. It’s a dvd! Not a fucking briefcase!
I like that it’s in widescreen now, the resolution was nice too. The continual evolution of the Internet amazes me. I did notice the buffer bar lose to the player bar a few times. Wasn’t too much of an inconvience but still annoying. For us Australians such interuptions should end once the NBN is rolled out
You’ve already complained about DVDs twice. It’s not funny anymore.
What’s funny about you going “Oooohh, aaahhhh…It’s so hard to get this DVD out.” Really?
You need to quit rehashing the same stuff over and over. It seems to be a trend lately. Your AVGN material went stale because it wasn’t original anymore.
You know what’s bullshit? Movies that are UNRATED on DVD, they’re just basically deleted scenes added in or just some parts cut from the theatrical release!
SEX DRIVE has to be the most disturbing movie to have a UNRATED DVD and I threw it away because it has dick shots. I cant believe it belongs to one of my friends….
I have to admit, this one is the only YKWBS video I didn’t like. First of all, not ALL Blu-Ray discs come with slip cases, nor do they have those fucked-up disc release designs (à la BttF 25th Anniversary Collection).
In the end, yes I DO hate those DVD cases with the latches on them, BUT so do thieves (as others have pointed out above). As someone who works in retail, trust me those cases are a godsend – the way I see it is if you don’t like the latches, just break ‘em off once you own the DVD!
well my porn blu-ray discs are easy to get to when i need them for a few minutes after coming home from the gym, seeing those sweaty blonde girls with the big ass…
Not your best YKWBS episode James, but still kudos for doing it. I’m sure there’s plenty of AVGN goodness to come out of the movie you’re making, and also the new E.T episode. Just get the new episode done when you can, ignore the impatient idiots who would happily see you break down in stress just to get their Nerd episodes.
I really like these weird and interesting sorta cases, I think they make a DVD collection look smart and the DVDs gain character from them.
its like I have the Death Note Anime Box-set on DVD and it comes with this neat little Art book, but when you take a DVD out you have to hold it in as it tends to fall out with one case missing and if it falls out you can not get it back in without bending the pages so you have to take out every DVD, put the book in first and put them all back in after, Annoying but I still like it, I can not say I want this changing ^_^
Nintendo_Master, I have a feeling ET will be covered as part of the movie hence its his big thing that everyone has been waiting for for years. I doubt there will be an actual ET episode but who knows
May 21, 2011 at 1:35 am
Your the best james!! Glad to see your still here during the rapture, such a shame so many people believe that.
May 21, 2011 at 1:36 am
That’s why torrents rock
May 21, 2011 at 1:36 am
Good video James, I think I cracked a xbox 360 disc and some dvds are a pain in the ass that sometimes I don’t even put them in the case all the way for fear they might break. You are right they can be bullshit =)
May 21, 2011 at 1:37 am
ps you know what else is BULLSHIT …the rapture
May 21, 2011 at 1:40 am
ia haven’t laughed this hard on any cinemassacre video since i dont know when hahahaha whooops whooops hhaha
i t was really funny, even though some parts look like rough cuts
May 21, 2011 at 1:49 am
Did anyone noticed the red word typed “you” in the right corner of video?
And it’s like, you know what’s bullshit? well it’s you
May 21, 2011 at 1:52 am
I instinctively snap those stupid lil locking tabs off…I warn people who loan me dvds….I’m totally unaware i’m doing it til it’s too late…lol
May 21, 2011 at 2:39 am
I would like to find the person at Universal that thought that pressing down on the fucking blu-rays for the Back To the Future trilogy was a good idea! Seriously, who thought that would be a great idea?
It’s nothing more than a royal pain in the fucking ass!!
The DVD cases that have the flaps on the sides don’t really bother me as much though, and the blu-ray cases as well as the DVD cases that have that protective thing that goes over them doesn’t bother me as much either.
May 21, 2011 at 2:54 am
since you’re on the topic of cases.
Lets talks about how moronic Sony is.
dvd/ps2/xbox/xbox360/gamecube/wii ALL the same sived cases.
PS3…completely fucking different. When I put all my games in chronological order on my shelf the ps3 games look like complete Ass next to their predecessors.
Fuck you Sony
May 21, 2011 at 3:01 am
You did good James. I enjoy these. The editing was quick and served it’s purpose. It turns the world around on its ass for a kicking and helps when people don’t have a soapbox.
The amount of money companies spend in Disc Packaging is ridiculous when we just want the disc half the time. They could use that money to employ people and create better movies and so forth.
If we spend the extra money on a special edition pack then FINE…give us the bullshit packaging, but at least give us the option of just a disc and no extra crap for $5 – $10 and that would be fine.
May 21, 2011 at 3:10 am
I meant sized Obviously.
“all the same sized cases”*
May 21, 2011 at 3:14 am
I just realized this…that Cinderella dvd is probably like that because of children.
What I said above still stands though.
May 21, 2011 at 3:23 am
Yes, what the above user said.
I used to think the same thing about the latches on DVD cases. I later learned that they aren’t latches, but rather locks. My sister used to destroy DVDs when she was younger, but she couldn’t open the cases to the movies with the latches.
May 21, 2011 at 3:24 am
I been meaning to ask, just out of curiosity (in case I missed an update or blacked out drunk after reading one regarding this), could one of you lovely fans quickly point out whats happening with the next AVGN vid?
In any case, A ‘you know what’s bullshit’ will keep me appeased any day! Keep up the good work
May 21, 2011 at 3:36 am
=)
i see i’m not the only one who seen Gorgeous; horrible movie but very impressive fight scenes
May 21, 2011 at 4:00 am
oops oops oops
May 21, 2011 at 4:35 am
mild one i must say
May 21, 2011 at 4:37 am
I have in my hands quite possibly the worst DVD case ever concocted. James, you really should have had one of these for your video. This is Stuart Little 2. And to get inside this case you have to literally cut the fucking case with a pair of scissors three times. I’m not kidding. There’s even little pictures of scissors and the text “cut here” molded into the plastic of the case at each location to cut. What fucktard thought this was a good idea? Thankfully I’ve never seen this repeated in any other movie so far.
May 21, 2011 at 5:04 am
I remember way back when you talked about those weird DVD box clippers, I agree why the fuck would you need them since the box can close well without them. The Blu-ray packaging is definite fail, the instructions on how to take the disks out is hilarious. Why can’t they just keep it simple as a normal box case?
May 21, 2011 at 5:11 am
where’s the nerd episode?
May 21, 2011 at 5:12 am
I love that you make these YKWB videos again! And I’m happy I haven’t a DVD player but a classic VHS with all it simple to use cassettes
May 21, 2011 at 5:48 am
Digital Distribution baby! I usually rip all the DVD’s and Blu Rays I buy and use a media server for two reasons,
1. They are way too easy to destroy.
2. So I never have to screw with the packaging again.
May 21, 2011 at 6:40 am
This is one of the better, angrier videos. YAY
May 21, 2011 at 7:04 am
I used to love this show but that thing about the DVD packages is getting old. Im sure there is plenty other things else to complain about, please forget DVDs for a while. So far the best one has been the one about the shoe laces, i felt like if he was reading my mind, thats the kind of videos we want to see.
May 21, 2011 at 7:08 am
At least Jackie Chan knows how to make dvd cases for his movies
And you know what’s bullshit, Mike correcting you in the middle of a rant, what a motherfucker
May 21, 2011 at 7:13 am
Well, i can only assume that designing a good DVD-case was someones job.
They designed the ordinary DVD-case, and it was perfect, but then what?
If they admit that the design is perfect and final, they’re gonna lose their job, so they’re gonna keep making “upgrades” just to stay busy to keep from getting fired.
I think that is why so much software like Windows and Google suck these days: single guys fucking it up out of self interest.
They should make it a law that anything sold comes with a feedback form.
Cause companies have no clue what their clients actually want.
May 21, 2011 at 7:15 am
You forgot the new annoying “eco-Boxes”. The ones that cames with the holes on the front an rear plastic, every time that I order a DVD to my country the cover arrives with holes that to this eco-boxass…
May 21, 2011 at 7:16 am
I mean “thank to these” sorry…
May 21, 2011 at 7:20 am
American movie.. Over produced crap requires over produced case.
Jackie Chan, the movie is enough awesomeness, ez cases.
Glad motherfucker Mike is there to tell you when you got a blu ray.
May 21, 2011 at 9:28 am
@Scab
“I think that is why so much software like Windows and Google suck these days: single guys fucking it up out of self interest.”
/facepalm
Firstly, they would not change Windows, or the way Google searches if it happened like this. It takes a huge amount of work and a huge amount of money to do anything.
The reason they do it is for you: the consumer. If Windows didn’t come up with new OS versions every few years, their stocks will fall, it will become outdated, and more will turn to Mac OS X and Linux. Yes, Linux. In Google’s case, they do it to allow you ease of use. The new instant search was to bring you faster results. Even though people responded with mixed feelings, it had been created with good intent.
May 21, 2011 at 9:37 am
DVDs, So much bullshit James had to make 3 episodes about them.
May 21, 2011 at 9:39 am
It’s not that hard to get the BTTF Blu-rays out, but those tabs are the most useless things ever!
May 21, 2011 at 9:49 am
Nah, I prefer the Box kind ones.
May 21, 2011 at 9:57 am
Hate to say it but this was a crap episode of YKWBS? I don’t like the improvised style and frankly we have seen some of these complaints before (The snappy things and the excessive packaging…twice!)
May 21, 2011 at 10:01 am
Those clasps have been the bane of my existence for the longest time.
May 21, 2011 at 10:06 am
Wow,
So excitied to see another “you know what’s bullshit?” expecting another great vid but what a fail this was. I love all the older ones, but did James even try in this? theres no humor, no effort, and hes laughing doing it, like wow, and worse still hes already covered dvds…what a dissapointment. That was perfectic, sorry…
May 21, 2011 at 10:10 am
This was funny, don’t get me wrong, but I feel like this was more one of James and Mikes random videos with the bullshit logo slapped on top.
Doesn’t James usually do a pre-written somewhat fast paced voice over?
May 21, 2011 at 10:12 am
whats truly bullshit is all this advertising its everywere on the internet before every video and even on microsoft word jesus christ we get the idea
May 21, 2011 at 10:20 am
I didn’t like this one :S very improvised and theres no editing.
May 21, 2011 at 10:41 am
I do like more this one because it’s spontaneous. I hate it when James makes episodes that sound all pre-written.
May 21, 2011 at 10:45 am
I see you’re a fan of Ashens? And perhaps Spoony?
May 21, 2011 at 10:59 am
I have a Spider-Man collection set that is literally all three discs stting on top of each other with no seperation. I’m afraid to watch them because I’m afraid I’ll ruin the discs. I got the Blade Runner collection with four versions of the same movie from Amazon, and the damn plastic pieces in the center that hold the DVDs were all broken and the discs were just sliding around.
May 21, 2011 at 11:33 am
that’s just some bullshit don’t buy bluray movies
May 21, 2011 at 11:55 am
Omg I have that Back to the future on Blu-ray I fucking hate that design. Why the holy fuck does it need to work that way?
May 21, 2011 at 12:10 pm
The older Blu-Rays had those flap things too. When I bought one, I got five DVD’s free (this was back when HD-DVDs existed). They all had those flap things. At first I didn’t realize this and made one have its front cover cave in a little while trying to pry it open, now it barely opens at all.
May 21, 2011 at 12:30 pm
You know what I love, lol, the AVGN volume 2 and 3 discs being overlapped…kinda like the Back to the fucking future blu rays
May 21, 2011 at 12:38 pm
I like the fance DVD or BluRay boxes. Its for collection. And the lockers in the Cinderella I think is for children don´t open the box.
May 21, 2011 at 1:05 pm
I always loved the boxes!
May 21, 2011 at 1:08 pm
Don’t you just hate some DVD’s that WAAAY to hard to take out? I mean the ones where you press in the middle with ALL YOUR FUCKING MIGHT and the disk still doesn’t pop out. You can easily fucking BREAK it just by trying to pull out!!!! Now that’s a bullshit.
May 21, 2011 at 1:30 pm
Ha I hate those clasps on dvd cases. Whenever I buy a DVD that has those I just rip them off
May 21, 2011 at 1:35 pm
That back to the future blu-ray box is totaly diferent from mine. The one i have is very easy to just pop out and watch. It must be because mine is region 2 or somthing
May 21, 2011 at 1:39 pm
I hate it when you buy a new PC game and it has like 5 or 6 cds. Then they package them in the little paper sleeves.
May 21, 2011 at 1:57 pm
Love it! But I agree that you missed the biggest offender of them all: Eco-cases. Why oh why do we need holes in our DVD cases? We don’t. The same goes for games and Blu-Ray discs. Do they save plastic? Who cares? The inserts can get damaged more easily, and that’s bull shit.
May 21, 2011 at 2:04 pm
few points id like to make in your defense
DVD stands for digital video disc so…in generic terms there is nothing wrong with saying dvd when refering to a blu-ray disc.
second: i worked at a video store a while back and we all had the SAME opinion about the bullshit tabs, so i just started snaping those fuckers off, pretty soon EVERYONE that worked at the store was doing it…the great thing is one of our bosses got pissed about it so we all just blamed it on this dork we all hated and he got fired.
…now granted he was a dick and we were glad to see him go but…firing him over those tabs that do nothing to help the case stay closed…now THATS bullshit!
May 21, 2011 at 2:11 pm
Swear to God, they oughta sell 2 different versions of blu-rays/dvds that have all that extra useless packaging. Have a bare-bones that has just the film and whatever special features are on the disc for 1/3 of the price of whatever that mess of packaging that avatar set was.
May 21, 2011 at 2:11 pm
ahhhh man, i know whats bullshit:
THE “SPRITE SUX” ADD IS BULLSHIT !!!
May 21, 2011 at 2:11 pm
Any of you guys ever have to deal with the Curb Your Enthusiasm DVDs? Unbelievably annoying.
May 21, 2011 at 2:16 pm
As someone else stated, my Back to the Future blu-ray is very easy to take the discs out. They must have immediately changed the design after realizing it was bullshit.
May 21, 2011 at 2:29 pm
[opening music] You know what else is BULLSHIT? These bullshit plastic disc covers are most likely made by some underpaid Chinese factory workers, AND they’re bad for the environment. Call me a hippie, but considering it’s just a piece of bullshit, it’s really not worth destroying the world to make it. Just give me a shitty cardboard box with a paper sleeve in it or something. They could even make it out of recycled materials, and more importantly, you could actually fucking open it. All that matters to me is that the disc isn’t damaged in the shipping process, but when it comes to that, isn’t that the point of padded envelopes and packages? You know… the ones that are packed with fiber, Styrofoam peanuts, and BULLSHIT. [closing music]
May 21, 2011 at 2:33 pm
This was a great Video and all James…. but I just got only one complaint. You already more/less made a video gripeing about DVD Boxes, Come on now, I know you got a million little things going on one of which being that Movie your doing…. But Couldent we of come up with something else? What about those BS Suggestions I sent to you on YouTube? (Iam TheVideoPsychic btw) I mean Vending Machienes are BS.. thats a great one. Or what about Texting? Yea I mean it take so little effort to just call someone then have a conversation via texting.
May 21, 2011 at 2:43 pm
Great Scott! yeah the DVD instructions are re-cockulous (yes you can re-use that one)
I think Inspector Gadget would have been a good ad-in for the video when you go to the stupid instructions bit.
“move your finger…over the BUTTON…and ..”
May 21, 2011 at 2:44 pm
Funny that he owns a copy of Cinderella
May 21, 2011 at 2:58 pm
Fuck those tabs on the side of DVD’s. I break those little bastards off.
And Acey Riot, that’s some fucked up shit you guys pulled on that dude at the video store. What if the guy had kids to feed? You just went and got him fired, and now his kids have to suffer. That’s some bullshit right there!
May 21, 2011 at 3:07 pm
hahha so awesome, please james, do more of this! u do like a video per century! so do more of this, cos dis are easy to do
May 21, 2011 at 3:09 pm
Wait…. Why do you own Cinderella?
May 21, 2011 at 3:18 pm
The five disc TRON Legacy case had to be modified just to get the discs out. That engineer should be punched in the face.
May 21, 2011 at 3:23 pm
The BTTF Blu-Ray case IS a pain in the ass!!!
May 21, 2011 at 3:34 pm
“Wait…. Why do you own Cinderella?”
Why shouldn’t he? It’s a good movie, and a classic, too.
May 21, 2011 at 3:40 pm
James,
You already kind of hit on this stuff. It seems to me you slapped this video together just to throw a bone to the fans. But the hounds are barking for thier new installment ot AVGN. I really think you need to address this hiatus. The longer you wait the louder the barks will get. Keep up the good work and stay true to your form.
May 21, 2011 at 3:41 pm
I can’t stand those little security strips! I take them out immediately, they’ve bugged the shit out of me, since I got one stuck to my shoe at a store, and set off all the alarms. I remove them from all my friends dvds as well, which some of them get pissed about, but, it’s not like they serve any purpose after you’ve bought it.
May 21, 2011 at 3:54 pm
I will have to defend the clips on the side. If you notice most are on childrens movies. If you have kids they help because then you don’t have a child opening them and scratching the DVD. I will add the I hate them personally but they are great to stop kids. It makes there DVD’s last much, much longer.
May 21, 2011 at 4:10 pm
this is a fucking lovely series jajaja I want moooreeeeeeee
May 21, 2011 at 4:15 pm
wow I did not know Avatar was that bad for packaging. How messed up are those people?
Also I am another person who hates the Eco-cases, to me they are the worst case in my DVD collection.
May 21, 2011 at 4:22 pm
Actually the Clip of “the Nerd Takes over” when he did a review on one of the Games Pat was gona do…WAS Mays AVGN episode… Man that Was an obscure game.
May 21, 2011 at 4:26 pm
I’m glad that you used BTTF as an example of a confusing Blu-Ray case. I thought I was going to break the disc the first time I took it out. Nice concept, poor design.
May 21, 2011 at 4:41 pm
You make a great point. I have the BTTF bluray and I was baffled when I actually had to read the instructions on how to get the disc out. But your video sucked. Compared to the other Bullshit videos it was lazy. You didn’t type up a script like you usually do and you didn’t do any editing like in the other ones.
May 21, 2011 at 4:46 pm
the little hatchets on the cinderella dvd is for kids so they dont go and scratch out the movie and you have to buy twenty copies cuz thats their favorite movie
May 21, 2011 at 4:48 pm
HAHAHA LMAO!!! DVD “BLURAYS” OR WHAT EVER THE FUCK, LMAO!!!!
May 21, 2011 at 4:49 pm
i cant tell ya how many times i almost broke the case cuz of those stupid little latches.
May 21, 2011 at 5:16 pm
Honestly this one I just find lazy not only it isn’t shot like the previous videos but you already covered DVDs both content and packaging wise twice in previous [You Know What’s Bullshit?]. Also at this point, with an exception of a FEW particular releases, DVD cases are the least of what we need to complain about. A [You Know Whats Bullshit?] on 3D would be more up your alley, anything about the theatre would be interesting to watch, and the paranoid YouTube taking down videos. Come on James there are many things right now that is Bullshit. Just trying to make things fresh (fresh bullshit anyway).
May 21, 2011 at 5:33 pm
For the cinderela movie with the tabs, i once bought a dvd with those things and tried opening it, it dint budge, i then realized it had the dumb stickers on the side so i got those off, then forced the dvd opening not knowing of the tabs, and i t bust my dvd like wtf!
May 21, 2011 at 5:35 pm
You know what’s bullshit?
People bitching and whining like spoiled little girls over FREE entertainment that isn’t up to their irrational standards, set in by an unfortunate sense of entitlement and selfishness.
May 21, 2011 at 5:44 pm
So true man… what a load of bull shit…
May 21, 2011 at 5:49 pm
God forbid, I made a video without writing a script first. I had a quick idea, so I decided to do it. It was either that or nothing at all. Take it or leave it.
May 21, 2011 at 5:56 pm
Oh James… don’t feed the trolls. One of my friends once deleted his Youtube account with over 6000 subscribers because most of those forced him to do stuff he didn’t like anymore and bitched about every video that was different (but better).
Just do what you want to do. Nobody forces you to do this… you do it because you have fun. And that’s the most important thing. That you have fun making these videos.
May 21, 2011 at 5:58 pm
My only complaint about this video is that I find it difficult to masturbate to.
Otherwise, good work. Fuck the trolls.
May 21, 2011 at 5:59 pm
Hey! You should check out South Park’s DVD, they are awful, it wont come out of the cardboard box! You just have to disassemble it if you want it out! Seriously, they are the worst! Or maybe it’s just that all new boxes do it … I don’t know but anyway over packaging is very stupid, we don’t need all this just because we liked the movie!!
May 21, 2011 at 6:02 pm
I bout died laughing at the end. woops woops woops lol great I hate those clip things soooo much too
May 21, 2011 at 6:04 pm
I felt the exact same way about the Back to the Future Blu-ray packaging. Universal keeps doing this… they use the same shitty packaging for The Office. Fucking. bullshit.
Plus your previous episode with the security stickers… so true. I hate when they have 3 fucking stickers. One is enough… I don’t need three fucking stickers holding it closed, especially when I order from Amazon, and it’s already fucking shrink-wrapped. Seriously. Fuck this.
Also, this rapture = bullshit
May 21, 2011 at 6:07 pm
I must say I really enjoy the unscripted videos. Feels very casual and it’s still entertaining, and very much so.
You have covered the DVD’s before, but it’s a huge pile of shit and it’s a long way to cover it all.
Don’t listen to the haters on this video. Keep doing the unscripted stuff (and throw in some motherfucking-mike in there too. that’s pure gold)
May 21, 2011 at 6:09 pm
“God forbid, I made a video without writing a script first. I had a quick idea, so I decided to do it. It was either that or nothing at all. Take it or leave it.”
OK, I’ll leave it.
May 21, 2011 at 6:15 pm
Wow, so much negative reaction. Fuck all you entitled assholes. Go bitch to your parents to buy you a new toy and gtfo.
As for the video, I lol’d. It’s so true, dvd/blu-ray packaging has gone WAY too far. It’s so obnoxious. DVD cases work fine, leave the tabs and ridiculous ways of removing a disc out. It’s not necessary and it’s incredibly frustrating. I just want to watch the damn disc, not wrestle with it!
May 21, 2011 at 6:23 pm
Dude I was pleasantly surprised to watch an unscripted “You Know What’s Bullshit” episode. It was funny as hell. I think you should do them all like this.
May 21, 2011 at 6:26 pm
Holy shit James, THANK YOU. If it’s not retarded packaging it’s stickers all over the damn place. You try to peel some off and they pop right off, others… white shit and adhesive city. Keep up the good work man.
May 21, 2011 at 6:28 pm
man don’t listen to these jerks that critique your stuff they just need to just shut up and do something good with their life. . Its like if you did not like it cool you don’t have to say anything about it, and if you don’t like anything that James makes except AVGN 1st thing you are not that big of a fan of James 2nd thing just don’t watch them if you do not like anything but AVGN
May 21, 2011 at 6:58 pm
Hahaha, soo fucking funny! At the end I cracked. James is king
May 21, 2011 at 6:58 pm
ha love it! that bttf dvd case made me it’s bitch for a while
May 21, 2011 at 7:08 pm
man i was hoping james got my email when i saw this about all the other “BULLSHIT” in dvds and blu rays, james, i suggest you find that email lol
May 21, 2011 at 7:21 pm
This one was really funny. Only thing it lacks was the bullshit face at the end.
May 21, 2011 at 7:23 pm
rofl this were the best few minutes of my day … that bttf blu-ray crap is ridiculous, I often think about how stupid sometimes special editions and blu-ray editions get with the packaging and all the falling crap … right on the spot
May 21, 2011 at 7:26 pm
Those latches are child protection devices Disney, Universal and some other studios use to make sure your kids can’t open the case. And, yes, they are bullshit. Also, did you notice that the Back to the Future Blu-ray set is six discs, but only 3 of they are actual Blu-ray discs? The other three are DVDs with the digital copies of each movie on them. They fucking doubled the size of the set for digital copies that will expire in a year or less anyways. You should make an episode about that, because that is bullshit!!!
May 21, 2011 at 7:36 pm
Actually, those latches on the Disney DVD are for security at retail stores. You see, thieves take the DVD case and split it open at the top, bottom or sides and just remove the DVD without having to pull off the plastic. They do this so quickly they are rarely caught. So DVD companies came up with the latches to make it more difficult to just open the case. It helps a little, but not as much as one would hope.
May 21, 2011 at 8:06 pm
I used to buy expensive DVD’s from Japan. And all of em got that back to the future crap. It’s nuts! Fuck! I will prob brake em all someday.
May 21, 2011 at 8:51 pm
What, your not watching movies on HOLOCUBES yet?
May 21, 2011 at 8:54 pm
One of the better ones! I like these in a less prepared, more of the cuff style.
May 21, 2011 at 9:01 pm
Thanks James for another BULLSHIT moment, totally agreed until the last one, never seen one like that!
May 21, 2011 at 9:10 pm
I also hate the cheap holders in Hong Kong Box Sets; they break so easily & can’t be fixed or replaced. Bulk CD cases have the same kind of holders & are only a little less fragile.
May 21, 2011 at 9:22 pm
you never said You Know What’s Bullshit? ;(
May 21, 2011 at 9:28 pm
The Simpsons, plastic ‘head shaped’ limited editions have the most horrible packaging I’ve ever seen.
They have a dodgy and pointless plastic O-ring, then the head opens vertically (hinged), and then the inside cardboard opens to the left, where there’s a booklet that’s barely held in place. The lid (or front) cover has a peice of cardboard with a picture on it that’s not held in place at all. & the disks are all stacked inside the back of the head, which way they open seems to be random for each one, but no matter what, you’ve got to bend the plastic head at least a little bit to be able to actually flip through the disks. The disks have those two-triangle locks so you actually have to make an effort to get them out, all the while there’s cardboard falling out, the case keeps wanting to close, and you’ve got other bits to put back together when you’re done picking a disk. It’s fucking annoying.
End of rant.
May 21, 2011 at 10:18 pm
Storing pieces of plastic at home is BS, I want all my shit in the cloud digitally. Yeah!
May 21, 2011 at 11:17 pm
I hate those tab lock things I seen one of those cases be destroyed because the person opening it didn’t know they were there
May 21, 2011 at 11:21 pm
Such a waste of plastic and paper! Why can’t we just have simple DVD cases again?
May 21, 2011 at 11:27 pm
LOL … funny as ever James
May 22, 2011 at 12:05 am
I hate how some dvd cases make you jump through hoops just to get the disc out of it. It makes me feel like a hamster in a maze. And i’ve seen those snap things like the one on the Cinderella case. It’s a dvd! Not a fucking briefcase!
May 22, 2011 at 12:13 am
I usually just rip those plastic tabs off and toss them out along with the useless sleeves.
May 22, 2011 at 12:25 am
Another awesome episode James ^____^b
I like that it’s in widescreen now, the resolution was nice too. The continual evolution of the Internet amazes me. I did notice the buffer bar lose to the player bar a few times. Wasn’t too much of an inconvience but still annoying. For us Australians such interuptions should end once the NBN is rolled out
May 22, 2011 at 12:36 am
You’ve already complained about DVDs twice. It’s not funny anymore.
What’s funny about you going “Oooohh, aaahhhh…It’s so hard to get this DVD out.” Really?
You need to quit rehashing the same stuff over and over. It seems to be a trend lately. Your AVGN material went stale because it wasn’t original anymore.
May 22, 2011 at 1:02 am
Jackie Chan DVDs prevail.
You know what’s bullshit? Movies that are UNRATED on DVD, they’re just basically deleted scenes added in or just some parts cut from the theatrical release!
SEX DRIVE has to be the most disturbing movie to have a UNRATED DVD and I threw it away because it has dick shots. I cant believe it belongs to one of my friends….
May 22, 2011 at 1:23 am
I have to admit, this one is the only YKWBS video I didn’t like. First of all, not ALL Blu-Ray discs come with slip cases, nor do they have those fucked-up disc release designs (à la BttF 25th Anniversary Collection).
In the end, yes I DO hate those DVD cases with the latches on them, BUT so do thieves (as others have pointed out above). As someone who works in retail, trust me those cases are a godsend – the way I see it is if you don’t like the latches, just break ‘em off once you own the DVD!
May 22, 2011 at 2:08 am
That is bullshit! I agree completely.
May 22, 2011 at 2:18 am
well my porn blu-ray discs are easy to get to when i need them for a few minutes after coming home from the gym, seeing those sweaty blonde girls with the big ass…
May 22, 2011 at 4:28 am
Not your best YKWBS episode James, but still kudos for doing it. I’m sure there’s plenty of AVGN goodness to come out of the movie you’re making, and also the new E.T episode. Just get the new episode done when you can, ignore the impatient idiots who would happily see you break down in stress just to get their Nerd episodes.
May 22, 2011 at 5:10 am
I really like these weird and interesting sorta cases, I think they make a DVD collection look smart and the DVDs gain character from them.
its like I have the Death Note Anime Box-set on DVD and it comes with this neat little Art book, but when you take a DVD out you have to hold it in as it tends to fall out with one case missing and if it falls out you can not get it back in without bending the pages so you have to take out every DVD, put the book in first and put them all back in after, Annoying but I still like it, I can not say I want this changing ^_^
May 22, 2011 at 5:28 am
Nintendo_Master, I have a feeling ET will be covered as part of the movie hence its his big thing that everyone has been waiting for for years. I doubt there will be an actual ET episode but who knows