Desert Island DVDs
Imagine yourself stranded on a desert island, by some strange miracle (maybe the Dharma Initiative have something to do with it) you have a DVD player and monitor but only eight movies to watch on it. Not knowing how long until you are rescued you may have to watch them over and over again. Which eight movies would you pick?
Based on the BBC radio program Desert Island Discs I asked this question of some fellow bloggers, click the links below to see the results:
- Tara from 101 Goals in 1001 Days
- Shawn from 7 Dollar Popcorn
- Andrew from Andrew at the Cinema
- Castor from Anomalous Material
- Dylan from Blog Cabins
- Nick from Cinema Romantico
- Wynter from Cinemascream or Version 2.0
- Aiden from Cut the Crap Movie Reviews
- The Mad Hatter from The Dark of the Matinee
- Lady Hatter posted on my blog
- Sebastian from Detailed Criticisms
- Elizabeth from Elizabethan Theatre
- Andy From Fandango Groovers Movie Blog (Me!)
- Steve from The Film Cynics
- Alex from Film Forager
- Ripley from Four of Them
- Ruth from FlixChatter
- Marc from Go,See,Talk!
- Jason from Invasion of The B-Movies
- Caz from Lets Go To The Movies
- Kai from The List
- Meredith from M. Carter at The Movies
- Olive from Movie News First
- Darren from the mOvie blog
- Travis from The Movie Encyclopedia
- Heather from Movie Mobsters
- Wendy from The Movie Viewing Girl
- Paul from Paragraph Film Reviews
- Phil from Phil on Film
- Faith from Ramblings of a Recessionista
- Nick from Random Ramblings of a Demented Doorknob
- Ross & Ross from Ross v Ross
- Meaghan from Wild Celtic
- Mike from You Talking to Me?
Newcomers and late arrivals:
Since we went live on Sunday a few people have approached me to ask if it’s too late to join in. The simple answer is no, keep them coming. I am posting new entries here outside the alphabetical list so it’s easy to spot the new ones:
- Novi from Novroz’ Favorite Things
- Gringo from He Shot Syrus
- Ronan from Filmplicity
- Katie from The Stories That Really Mattered
- Anna from Life of a Cinephile and Bibliophile
- Róisín from Sundryandco
- The Answer from Common Sense Movie Reviews
At the time of posting these links I have no idea what most of the selected films will be. A couple of people posted early and I asked the first ten people who signed up for one or two of the films they would be taking to help he chose the little poster you see at the top and bottom of the page otherwise I was in the dark. So what did people choose? I’m sure there is a good selection of classic movies, some guilty pleasers and some fun titles. Did anyone choose a home movie? Is anyone taking porn (and has admitted to it)? How about a survival DVD? Has anyone cheated and claimed The Lord of the Rings Trilogy as a single movie? All of these are possible; you will have to click all the links above to find out.
If I have missed anyone of sorry, send me an email or a message with your link and I will rectify it.
Fandango Groovers Movie Blog 
well done Fands for getting such a stellar line-up. looking forward to perusing everyone’s lists.
and then judging them.
Indeed – great turnout. And LOL on the porn suggestion; it hadn’t even crossed my mind, but damn that would’ve been a good idea. I guess I’ll just have to bring the internets with me to the island…
I covered the porn topic. Oddly, it was the first thing to pop in my head. I didn’t actually take any though cuz I thought it would break the rules…. DAMN!
It worked! I’ve been out all morning and I was convinced that my attempts to auto-publish would fail and screw things up. I love it when a plan comes together.
Well done on setting this whole project up. I’m looking forward to reading the various lists.
Man, what a freakin’ turnout! Way to go, Andy. You should run for office or somethin.
Good call to arms, Fandango.
And don’t worry everybody, I brought porn(ish), and am willing to share.
Which reminds me, are our island close enough to swim n’ swap?
@ Ross, Ross, Fletch, Kai & Phil. Yes turn out was great, far more than I was expecting. Thanks for taking part and thanks to those of you who help publicise it.
Porn actually crossed my mind, but only in the “I wonder if anyone will actually include it on their list?” kinda way. Though the home movie never crossed my mind… for shame. I guess that shows you where my priorities lie 😛 .
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Paragraph Films brought (albeit fictional) porn. I took the liberty of putting together a post-event analysis (just a list of all the choices and who made them) – feel free to check it out.
I just wanted to drop a line and say– thanks for organizing this! Great idea, and I hope to engage in more exercises like it in the future.
Glad to see I’m not the only one who would pick the serially depressing and nihilistic Oldboy, too!
can i just clarify that me and Ross McD are not on the same island…. thank you.
‘Me And Ross McD’… sounds like a Kris Kristofferson song
Or a sitcom.
Strangely the Kris Kristofferson song you refer to is played in one of my eight movies.
I’m loving these lists! Congratulations on a highly successful event!
Thanks for organizing this fun multi-blog event, Fandango, oh what a turn out! It’s a bit tougher than I thought though, narrowing it down to 8, but it’s my fault as I procrastinated until the last minute.
Well, this’ll give me an excuse for not posting for at least a day or two so I can catch up on reading everyone’s list! 🙂
I changed my list on Saturday. If I did it today I would change it again!
Great to see all the links and read people’s lists. Well done sorting it all out Andy!
Andy, amazing job setting this all set up. Thanks for getting this going and the turnout is pretty stellar!
Great choice with Aliens (you and M.Carter both!) and I’m so glad to see some Zombie love with 28 Days Later and the original Dawn of the Dead. I’ve go Shaun on my list, because I too love the Z-ed word:)
Finally got thru them all… tried to comment on as many as possible… great stuff, y’all!!!!
I actually just stumbled across your blog, I was wondering what the sudden flurry of Desert Island posts were all about! Seems I’m a little late, but I plan on posting my 8 picks probably later in the week, if it’s okay I’ll submit my link, if not I understand.
Nice blog though I’ve got you on my list so I won’t miss another one of these again.
No problem if you want to join in send me a link at I will add it to the list.
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Hey Andy,
Had great fun going through all the lists yesterday, and it’s good to see how everyone’s brain works differently! Cracking event, count me in on any going forward.
Cheers.
Fandango.. I want to redo Ross McD’s list.
can I send you the link…?
Go figure – I’m early in posting, and late in commenting. What the heck is wrong with me these days?
Indeed, allow me to echo all the kudos on rallying so many great bloggers to one place – I’m really looking forward to going through all of these!
One little post-script if you’re interested. Fletch and I actually made this the subject of the top five on this week’s podcast. Lookin’ forward to hearing whatcha think of our lively conversation…
I’m late as well but congrats for a job well done! This was a smashing hit and shows we should be doing community event like this more often 🙂
Is it too late to join in? I just found out there’s a great event like this 🙂
I enjoy blog’s task. I’ll post mine tomorrow
Never too late. Post the link and I will add you to the list.
Here are my list 🙂
http://bokunosekai.wordpress.com/2010/04/13/desert-island-dvds/
Ps. My name is Novi.
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This was so much fun Andy!
Great idea. Sorry I’m just finding out about it now.
http://he-shot-cyrus.blogspot.com/2010/04/desert-island-dvds.html
Gringo – He Shot Cyrus
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Here’s my list.
http://www.commonsensemoviereviews.com/2010/04/common-sense-on-deserted-island.html
Wow I’m not sure UI could narrow it down to just 8. Especially if trilogies all count separately….
Hey Fandango,
Great Initiative guys. More like this please.
I’ve had lots of fun looking at the selections on your list, and compiling my own little offering.
Thanks again for the blog fodder.
I decided I wanted a go too. Can you put me on the list Andy? 😉
Done 🙂
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Hey Andy, not to nit-pick but its ‘Filmplicity’. Cheers mate:-)
Fixed now sorry 😦
No worries, easy done.
Cheers.
What about a list of dvds that would be beneficial only as good escape raft material? 🙂
Hey Fandango, great job
can you leave me out of the next one?
thanks
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Here’s mine:
http://movienut14.blogspot.com/2010/04/my-five-desert-island-movies-and-books.html
Thanks Anna, I have added you to the blog. It was worth waiting for, I love your additional three choices.
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My chosen eight!
http://sundryandco.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/my-desert-island-dvds/
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So this is the blogathon Joel mentioned………..I have had a feature very similar to this running on my site for a while now, wasn’t aware of anyone else doing it. At least this is a few years old, but good to see you did so well from it 🙂