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.
Hackers.
The only reason we bought it was because my dad’s cousin was an extra in one of the classroom scenes. As a result I watched more times than I could count, and love cyberpunk stuff.
DVD? walks my pet dinosaur out of the room
Really though, Labyrinth is the one that comes to mind.
lol DVD. We had VHS growing up.
We had an old Spanish movie called “La Princessa Hippie”. It was a comedy with a silly story, along the lines of something like the Prince and the Pauper. We didnt really understand the story or the comedy. But there were a lot of funny one liners.
I think we also had Problem Child 2 that we copied off another tape, and a cheap tape that we picked up at the store with a bunch of cartoons that were public domain.
I’ve used neither of them, i just wanted to find some underrated 70s/80s movies to watch. I thought DVDs were very old. Turns out they aren’t.
Blaze w/ Paul Newman.
I’ve never seen watermelons the same way since.
VHS - Howard the Duck
I still quote that movie and I am convinced not a single person I have ever met has seen it.
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.
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.
I’m old enough that for me it was VHS. These are a few:
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.
I’ve watched a few childhood favorites only to have the magic ruined. I’ll leave Mac and Me back there lol
Yeah, it was “none” for me because DVDs didn’t exist in my childhood. Well, at least not in my home.
Tron
Multiple Star Trek movies
RobocopAll on VHS, recorded with our excellent Mitsubishi VCR
So much stuff we recorded on VHS:
- The Marx Brothers (all of them)
- Disney’s Robin Hood
- Animalympics
The Jungle Book (1967 version) on VHS.
Edit: I love how OP asked for DVDs and almost everyone responds with VHS. Maybe that’s a better system to group people into generations, VHS, DVD, streaming.
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
Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid. On VHS, with Polish voiceover.
On VHS…
A lot of old Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons, The Lion King, Rocky Horror Picture Show
Things like that.
Rambo… On VHS.
Muppet Treasure Island, and “Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends Ep.16 - A Fire Star is Born!”
On VHS, of course!
