I vaguely remember this text from a meme or a comment from somewhere. If this was already posted in lemmy itself, I apologise for reposting.
The fox and the hound. But… VHS.
All are VHS
- The Great Muppet Caper - recorded off ABC movie night
- Maximum Overdrive - recorded off TBS
- On Our Own - My mom was part of a movie club that sent this one
- 2 Episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon
LoTR animated.
On VHS…
A lot of old Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons The Lion King Rocky Horror Picture Show
Things like that.
Superman 2
My brother and I were bored out of our minds for an entire summer together staying with our mom in a pretty remote location during the summer. She would be at work and we would be at her house with nothing to do. We watched it so much we could recite 100% of the dialogue before they said it. Kinda like Rocky Horror
Fortunately, my dad was a bit of a geek and movie buff, so we had a lot of VHS and LaserDisc! Got to see the Star Wars trilogy (original theatrical releases, no less, on LD). There were a bunch of others. Police Academy, Tron, Flash Gordon… too much to list.
Blazing Saddles
At my grandmother’s house, it was Babes in Toyland. No it’s not a porn. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0090683/
Muppet Treasure Island, and “Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends Ep.16 - A Fire Star is Born!”
On VHS, of course!
VHS, Care Bears rainy day off, and TV recordings of various other cartoons. I grew up on network television with a heavy focus on The Simpsons.
VHS - Howard the Duck
I still quote that movie and I am convinced not a single person I have ever met has seen it.
Either they have seen it but were so traumatized they can never speak of it, or they assumed it was a fever dream (“duck boobs? Nah, I must’ve dreamt that…”).
But yes, I saw it several times as a kid yet couldn’t stand 5 minutes of it as an adult. Such a profoundly awful movie with bizarrely good special effects.
The principal from Ferris Bueller gets possessed by an alien and there’s a talking duck-man.
What a wild ride. I’m going to have to watch it again soon.
Blues Brothers but mostly because I really liked it. It helped that it was full of great musical performances.
I’m old enough that for me it was VHS. These are a few:
Yeah, it was “none” for me because DVDs didn’t exist in my childhood. Well, at least not in my home.
Watching Mac and Me on repeat is officially a Guantánamo Bay torture method. /s
Unless you’re Paul Rudd.
It hits different when you’re the torturer.
Chomps (the canine home protection system) - an ‘electronic dog’ that catches burglars.
Diamonds - a few people rob an Israeli diamond vault by avoiding security features.
You said ‘own’ - well, these were on loan when the video shop shut down.
On VHS: Moonraker. A truly terrible Bond film, but I was too young to understand that.
