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| ID | Post Type | Posted By | Comment | Title | Posted On | |
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| 125 | Video | Caps 2.0 | Impressive...Just like something that one might've seen back when syndicated stations weren't affiliated with the CW or MyNetwork. | Jan 11, 2013 |  | |
| 126 | Video | Vaporman87 | Yeah. Trying to capture that old T.V. weeknight movie event, or what have you. | RetroDaze PDT Intro Demo | Jan 11, 2013 | |
| 753 | vhsCover | arizvega | Wow that's Cool! | THE-MAN-OF-BRONZE-DOC-SAVAGE | Aug 05, 2013 | |
| 1350 | Article | Vaporman87 | I can recall the hours upon hours I spent collecting the images for the VHS Covers section of the site from VHS Wasteland (with the owner's permission, mind you) and having to sort out the really gruesome images from those that could safely be viewed here. I purposefully left out the horror section because they were just so horrific, some of them. That is a testament to the effectiveness of the VHS cover. As you said, you had only a few ways to attract a customer outside of giant ad campaigns and being viewed on thousands of movie screens. The thing is, after so many times renting that eye-catching film with the great VHS cover and being sorely disappointed with the actual film, you start to catch on. But apparently that didn't stop others from making the same mistake, because the market was FLOODED with cheap direct to video movies for SO LONG! But I really feel like the VHS cover was an art form unto itself. A really great cover could be all the difference between losing your hat or scoring big. | The Lost Art of VHS Boxes | Oct 01, 2014 | |
| 1352 | Article | Hoju Koolander | Pretty unique selections here. So are these box art examples from Greek releases? Is that why I've never seen this wrap-around style of VHS art before? I feel like trips to the video store would have been even cooler if the back of the box wasn't just text and 2-3 small photos, but part of a complete mural. | The Lost Art of VHS Boxes | Oct 01, 2014 | |
| 1353 | Article | Vaporman87 | Your right. The wrap around style is sweet. Not something you saw an awful lot of back in the day. | The Lost Art of VHS Boxes | Oct 01, 2014 | |
| 1354 | Article | jkatz | @Hoju Koolander I don't think the wraparound style was exclusively Greek. I can't think of any examples atm but I'm positive it's been done in the states too. Also, didn't know swearing was discouraged here. I'll try to tone it down next time. | The Lost Art of VHS Boxes | Oct 01, 2014 | |
| 1355 | Article | Vaporman87 | It's cool jkatz. I usually leave enough there so that it's obvious what the author wrote, but also keep it friendly to those who don't care for it. | The Lost Art of VHS Boxes | Oct 01, 2014 | |
| 1356 | Article | NLogan | Watching an episode of the Goldbergs a little bit ago I laughed as Adam and his dad had a run in with the proprietor of the video store. It was like he had stolen a page out of my life. Except instead of being banned for life because of the missing tape my dad banned himself but not before he got vindicated. We were told we owed nearly $300 bucks for a missing tape and late fees. My dad said he would just buy another copy at another store for $20 but they could not accept a non store copy. My dad blew up at the guy and demanded to know how many copies were in their inventory. "One", the clerk timidly replied. My dad then went to the shelves and found it on the rack and threw it at him. "If I never returned it then what the hell is that?" After that we always rented from the mom and pop stores and other seedy little dives with bead curtains and sun faded pictures on the rental tapes. | Timewarp: Blockbuster Video 1996 | Oct 02, 2014 | |
| 1357 | Article | Hoju Koolander | @NLogan That is an awesome story. I assume the clerk was being a punk to your Dad? If not, I feel bad for the kid that was just reporting what the computer said. Either way he learned a lesson in "common sense" that day. | Timewarp: Blockbuster Video 1996 | Oct 02, 2014 | |
