I an such a MORON!!!!!!!!!! HOW COULD I?????!!!

[Private Joker]

OK, I'm in a state of emotional trauma now, so give me condolences or something.
I have two of my favorite movies on tape, Braindead and The Frighteners (Braindead probably being on my top 5 list, probably number 1). I wanted to tape Scanners, so I used this tape. The next morning, I rewound the tape to the beginning, and didn't see a rat monkey being captured. I saw a man staring at an old woman. I realized I had taped over Briaindead and the beginning of The Frighteners.
After coming back to conciousness, I checked the schedules of both IFC and Encore and neither of them are going to be on next month.
Should I buy them? I love Braindead and can't go without watching it once a month for some reason. The Frighteners I can go without. It's just that I HAVE THE TAPE LABELED ALREADY. And I can't stop beating myself up about what a moron I was to rewind the tape. Now I'm beating myself up about having no girlfriend (since I'm already upset), so I need to do something fast.
Replies?

[systemcr4sh]

if you have the money, Buy em.
-Dan

[Cullen]

Buy 'em, if you can.
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Once I, too, suffered from tapeoverus-oopsydasiyum.  I feel your pain

[Private Joker]

Plus Scanners had terrible sound quality when I taped it.  I couldn't hear anything, it was so soft.  So that's 3 movies down the drain.  
Is Scanners any good though?

[Cullen]

Not worth taping over Braindead for, however.  In my opinion.

[john]

I like Scanners, but I wouldn't say it'sa great movie. I think it was one of the first to have a graphic scene of an exploding head though.

[mogwai]

this has to be funniest post ever!!

[Squishy]

In my book, Scanners is okay to watch once (as a rental), but not keep.

Stephen Lack (the man staring at the old woman) is genuinely awful, and the movie is dead right there as he is our main character/hero. Jennifer O'Neill doesn't help one bit.

I imagine that's largely because the concept on which the script turns is never plausible to begin with, and it just gets worse as it goes. There is much talk of scanners dominating the world, but even their leader almost does himself in making just one head pop. Assorted unmemorable scanners spend the movie killing each other and some cops and bystanders, but they don't do anything a shotgun couldn't accomplish faster. The ending consists of two men glaring at each other in some back room, then being replaced by ten minutes of mannequins and mediocre latex-splatter work. Only viewers who want--and I mean REALLY want--to get involved in the story will do so.

David Cronenberg, Michael Ironside, Patrick McGoohan have all done much better stuff. If it didn't start out with a head explosion, the thing would be forgotten today.

The lost tapes: rent 'em, buy 'em used. I doubt there's a person who's ever taped a movie who hasn't made that little mistake...

[Will]

I would use my money for the girlfriend issue first....

[Private Joker]

No, no no.  I've been depressed lately and taping over these movies kinda made me real mad.  I have had no girlfriend lately so this just makes me feel more sorry for myself.

[Lee]

Hell I haven't had a girlfriend in 20 years!!! Oh crap did I just admit that? DAMMIT!!

[Cullen]

Don't worry about spilling the beans there, Lee.  There those of us on the board who haven't had dates in their lives.

Not me, of course.

I've got a harem.

Two harems, actually.

With women.

Really.