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.
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.
Blaze w/ Paul Newman.
I’ve never seen watermelons the same way since.
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
On VHS…
A lot of old Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons, The Lion King, Rocky Horror Picture Show
Things like that.
Muppet Treasure Island, and “Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends Ep.16 - A Fire Star is Born!”
On VHS, of course!
my first tape was The Goonies so i know that entire movie word for word. We also got ET but that’s not actually a fun movie to watch at all i never watched it much.
At my grandmother’s house, it was Babes in Toyland. No it’s not a porn. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0090683/
By myself, probably Apollo 13 - I used to watch it like once a day over the summer. With my dad, we watched Predator every time my mom had to work late.
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.
We had the second Care Bears movie on the same VHS tape as A Wish For Wings That Work, the Bloom County adaptation briefly featuring Robin Williams as “Sudy Nim.”
Dark Heart might’ve been a bisexual awakening.
Blues Brothers but mostly because I really liked it. It helped that it was full of great musical performances.
LoTR animated.
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
