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| ID | Post Type | Posted By | Comment | Title | Posted On | |
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| 2379 | Article | Hoju Koolander | Suncoast Video was the best source for weird/rare videos in the 90's, loved that store! Never got into anime outside of The Guyver, but Ranma 1/2 always got a lot of press, so I was aware of it. | Jul 11, 2015 |  | |
| 2400 | Article | munkysrench | This is your bro Stephen by the way, lol. I remember the majority of these on TV growing up with you. Toonami was a blast to watch on Friday and Saturday nights when there was nothing left to do on the weekend. I bought the Guyver series as well as the first couple volumes of Voltron on DVD when I first got stationed to Grand Forks. One lesson I learned from that is they were only fun to watch when you're a kid, and don't care about the dialogue. Watching it again was painful as an adult, because nothing anybody was saying made sense (there was a point in the Guyver where an enemy was like, "Feel the wrath of 100 million volts!", like he really didn't know how much power he had). I was glad to see Suncoast, as well as Sam Goody's just because of how obscene their prices were. Good article, bud. Thinking of writing one on here myself soon. | Anime memories | Jul 15, 2015 | |
| 2354 | Article | Vaporman87 | Wow. I've never heard of these actors or these movies, but to discover how popular they were even into the 90's boggles my mind. They're like the David Hasselhoffs of Italy! I've watched a few movies out of Italy, but they were mostly dreadfully awful sci-fi schlock starring Antonio Sabato (not Jr., but his dad). I didn't even know why they were called "Spaghetti Westerns" until just now. Is that sad? LOL | They Called Him Trinity | Jul 06, 2015 | |
| 2355 | Article | jkatz | Vaporman, all I can say is if you love old cheesy b-movies (and who doesn't?), you're cheating yourself by not watching more Italian titles. It's actually quite amazing how one country can be responsible for both highbrow, arthouse cinema and some of the most shameless, trashy schlock possible. Must be something in the water... | They Called Him Trinity | Jul 06, 2015 | |
| 2356 | Article | mickyarber | I remember watching the Trinity movies right after VCRs became popular. My uncle (who was my neighbor) had a VCR, and when the first video store opened in out little town, he was renting a movie every other day or so. My cousin and I watched them during the long summer days with him, and Trinity movies were some we watched that summer. I thought they were good then, but have not watched them since. I'll have to give them another look now. Thanks for the reminder. Good article choice. | They Called Him Trinity | Jul 06, 2015 | |
| 2358 | Article | Vaporman87 | @jkatz - Or something in the pasta. | They Called Him Trinity | Jul 07, 2015 | |
| 2389 | Article | Vaporman87 | Yeah, basically the whole card collecting/manufacturing craze imploded around the time the final movie in the franchise came around, and that is pretty evident here. I actually prefer the simple, plain style of the original series of cards. Reminds me of my days collecting Topps baseball cards. Once Fleer, Donruss, and Skybox got big in the game, things got way too complicated, flashy, and collector oriented. It wasn't about kids picking up cards and enjoying them, it was more about adults who wanted them simply for the value in a Beckett. That bubble burst around the same time that comic book values plummeted. Great retrospective on the Batman series and cards in general Hoju! | Batman Trading Cards of the 80's and 90's | Jul 13, 2015 | |
| 2365 | Article | Vaporman87 | Wow. That's a lot to digest. Clearly MTV had a major impact on you in the 90's. My interest in MTV waned beginning in the late 80's. In the mid-80's, it was the "cool" thing to do to watch MTV and Friday Night Videos, catching the latest video representations of your favorite music whenever time allowed (and someone else wasn't watching the big screen). I can recall pretty clearly sitting with my buddy Phil on one of those crazy looking curved chaise chairs, powering on the big screen TV (the kind that lifted out of the cabinet like some kind of alien fortress), and watching music television. But by the 90's, MTV had run it's course with me. Later, when MTV introduced Beavis and Butthead, Aeon Flux, Singled Out, and other entertaining programs, I started tuning back in. I also found myself fascinated by the first season of The Real World, like you (I HATED Puck!!!). Then, once again, I began losing interest. Since then, I have all but forgotten MTV. You would have to pay me a significant amount of money to watch it at this point. And when they started introducing other channels (MTV2???) just to air videos, I knew this thing had jumped the shark, at least in my opinion. But it will always hold a particularly special place in my memory jar, for those nights long gone, sitting with a friend and enjoying our favorite music set to video. | MTV: The 90's | Jul 08, 2015 | |
| 2366 | Article | Caps 2.0 | Although I had seen MTV at relatives' houses, I was not allowed to watch it regularly until 1997, and by then, it was not really a music channel, but more of a lifestyle network. The only non-music program MTV aired that I could genuinely say I liked was "Daria", but I haven't seen it since it went off the air, and I refuse to buy the DVDs since all the music was changed. When it comes to MTV, I prefer the 80s version, which I've come to know more about through purchasing DVDs from online sources. I can recall interviewing Nina Blackwood through e-mail in 2011 for RetroJunk, and we both expressed displeasure with "Remote Control". Most of the feedback on the article was in praise of MTV's non-music programming. I guess I underestimated the appeal of the non-music programming. I probably should've waited a few years to do the interview and have done it for Pop Geeks, where I'm currently writing now. Finally, the popular video of several years ago entitled "Ask A Network Head" dismissed those who complain about MTV not playing music anymore by saying, to quote the video, "Your generation—not the one before you, not the one after you—your generation decided to steal music, and music videos are more worthless than ever before". I disagree with that hypothesis. People were stealing music in the 80s and 90s, too, by making mix tapes, trading tapes and recording music from the radio, but they were still playing videos anyway. The complaint that MTV isn't about music anymore may be tired, and it is true that MTV plays a few hours of music videos in the morning, but those who miss music as MTV's primary focus have their reasons and shouldn't be dismissed. As for the article, it was a great one, but then again, all your articles are, Hoju. I may not have the fondness for 90s MTV that you do, but the way you described how the network made you feel and what nostalgia you have for it is amazing. | MTV: The 90's | Jul 08, 2015 | |
| 2383 | Article | mickyarber | I didn't get into MTV until the 90's, and I jumped in head first. One of the features I really liked was when they would do a block of videos....4 In a Row I think they called it. Four straight videos without any interruptions. I loved Aeon Flux, and was a big fan of Beavis and Butthead too. And one of the highlights of my year was when they would do the spring break week. Great tv right there. A really nostalgic article. Great job. | MTV: The 90's | Jul 12, 2015 | |
