u/WasabiComprehensive2

I've been meaning to pick up more Scorsese movies in 4K when I found out that Taxi Driver's 4K release is out of print and goes for over $130, which I am not paying for whatsoever. I did some research on alternatives and found out there's a box set of other Columbia movies including Social Network that usually hovers for around $200 or less and was thinking of picking that up instead, considering it would at least be better value of money. Does anyone else have the collection by chance and can vouch for its quality? I know Social Network has a standalone release that isn't pricey, but I'd rather secure Taxi Driver while I can without spending way too much on it

Lately I’ve been 4K collecting and I wanted to get more Spielberg movies because he’s one of my favorite directors (very original opinion, I know lmao). Currently, I have the 2017 steelbook for Close Encounters and Minority Report (my actual personal favorite movie of his) both on 4K, with Saving Private Ryan arriving through the mail in the coming days, but I’m curious which movies of his on 4K are ones I should get in terms of how the movie is handled/preserved. Obviously, I wanna get the Indiana Jones movies, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Catch Me If You Can, etc., I’m more so asking to know if any of the transfers for certain movies are worse than others. I’ve heard JP has had some rough releases here and there

Recently my copy of Pro Skater 2 shat the bed and won't load up on my Dreamcast and rather than drive forty minutes out of town to go to a disc cleaner because all the ones that used to be in my area are gone (thanks Covid), I decided to buy some blank CD-Rs at Walmart for $20 and try burning some games myself. The problem however is that every time I've tried burning a disc, my Dreamcast doesn't seem to recognize them. The discs most of them just dead ass don't spin or they spin for a while yet the Dreamcast craps out. For reference, I have a V1 Dreamcast model and I own other burned games I bought off Etsy over the last several years that have worked, so idk what's going on. I'm using Imgburn as well as getting all the necessary files (the cdi and all that) on the Internet Archive for the games while trying to burn them at different speeds, yet nothing works. Is there anything I'm doing wrong?

I recently saw Adaptation twice over the last couple of days and absolutely loved it. Brilliantly written front to back with a cheeky meta-attitude that feels both therapeutic and strange considering Charlie Kaufman's imposter syndrome at the time after Being John Malkovich took off. Yet when I found out Chris Cooper won the Oscar for best supporting actor that year, I couldn't help but be confused. He gave a really good performance, but I would argue Nic Cage and Meryl Streep were much better overall compared to his character who's more subtly suited to be a satellite character for Streep's character. The best part with Cooper's character would have to be the car accident flashback as well as the twist regarding the affair, though nothing about it screamed best of the year. Granted, I haven't seen Catch Me If You Can or Chicago in a while (though from what I remember, I would gladly take Cooper's performance over John C. Reilly's) and I haven't even watched The Hours or Road to Perdition yet, so maybe Ed Harris and Paul Newman's performances are better? Idk, I'd like to hear some other thoughts about this. Adaptation has genuinely become a new favorite personal movie of mine as someone who also writes a lot for a living and also weaves back and forth between being anxious and neurotic while also bombastic and carefree, so another perspective in on this would be interesting.

I'm sorry for having this come off as whiny and pedantic, but I'm a disabled person who mostly relies on Patreon and commissions for income since it covers 2/3rds of my income. For those who don't know, Patreon is basically a subscription based service where people can give someone a certain amount of money every month for a service like art, podcasts, etc., and while it's gone well for me, I've also had my occasional setbacks. I won't go into specifics over how much money I'm making, although as of right now, I'm making enough to live comfortably yet I can't help but feel anxious and nervous and start catastrophizing when things get bad. Recently I lost over $40 in earnings since it's the end of the month, which is to be expected since people wanna dip by then, but a part of me keeps worrying that I'll start losing more and more no matter how consistent I am. For reference, I'm able to put two-three new pieces of work in a week and I'm fairly consistent with commission turnaround times for the most part. I'm still able to usually make back my losses, but it's also gotten to the point where some acquaintances/friends I've vented to about this are telling me it's getting too much and I don't want to push them away, never mind make myself more stressed.

I understand for some autistic people, repetition and dwelling/ruminating on the same subject is a problem, but I want to hear from other people here how they cope, whether they're in my position or not. Does anyone have anything they might wanna share?

My copy of Pro Skater 2 stopped working recently and since there aren't any disc cleaners in town and I'm too cheap to buy a secondhand copy on eBay, I wanted to give burning discs a try. Unfortunately, despite my efforts, I can't get them to work on my console. I've followed instructions online carefully and burned two ISOs onto two blank CD-Rs, but they don't read let alone spin most of the time. And yes, I know my console can read burned discs because I have a model 1 Dreamcast and have been able to play burned discs I've bought on websites like Etsy. Am I doing something wrong or is my console just an asshole?

A while ago, my copy of Pro Skater 2 stopped working and so I wanted to test things out by making a burned copy so I can keep playing. However the only CD/DVD drive I have for my laptop is a USB connected one whose brand I can't even remember. I know I can use it to play CDs since I used it years ago to install an art tablet I no longer own, but I wanna make sure I can burn Dreamcast games since I spent $20 on blank CD-Rs. Can anyone confirm if I'm all good?