Krull
I dunno man, flaming horses are dope
Dance the magic dance
You remind me of the babe.
I remember watching that and being too young to understand why the one kid wanted to put the stuff in his pants. Was very confused about that part.
I’m still confused, who wants pubes that long and that abundant??
Is there any modern equivalent? Do we even have any shared culture anymore or are we all in our own rabbit holes?
It’s weird because this was the exception back then, but it might be everything now.
Well the post as I understand it argues the polar opposite. We had rabbit holes completely impenetrable social bubbles. And know everything is mixed and globalised. Probably for the better all in all
TikTok / IG viral posts.
They’re not as long lived, but the induct them into conversation.
Skibidi toilet spinoffs are their heritage.
For me it was some train movie made with model trains with a conductor that went “oh no” and a movie about talking real life construction equipment when I was young.
Then when I was a bit older, we watched Galavants and Willy the Sparrow.
I wonder if anyone else on the fediverse has even heard of these 😅
Gallavants legit feels like a propaganda film about NOT following your dreams and that the nail that sticks out gets the hammer.
My grandma tried to gaslight me into thinking it was my favorite movie as a kid, but I always hated it.
Yep we had those train movies too! Kinda feels like a fever dream now.
They were called “I Love Toy Trains”
I had many such movies. The most obscureamong them probably being “The child who wanted to be a Bear”, a Franco-Danishanimationn film which doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page in English. (It was already DVD and not tape tho)
Police Academy 1-7 but mostly 4.
Dont sleep on Police Academy 3: Citizens on Patrol
That was number 4. I used to think the skating and “robot” scenes were the coolest shit ever.
Yeah. 1 and 3 were recorded during one of those HBO free weekends for us.
I only had 6. All I can say is “cigar scene”
I have a distinct memory of a 3rd grade project where we made posters about ourselves. My favorite TV show was Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
The reaction was something like “that’s not really a TV show but we’ll allow it.” I certainly watched it on our TV, probably with a VHS recording of it being on broadcast TV.
If anything, we have more access to obscure content. We have obscure movies we’ve found streaming and watch repeatedly. We love Trolljegeren and Interstate 60.
We also still have some weirdo discs too like the live action Mario movie.
The 90s Mario movie is fun, and I’ll die on that hill.
Well, it’s not hurting anyone, so your opinion is fine.
I didn’t have that one, but I did somehow have an episode of the Super Mario Bros Super Show on VHS. Just one episode though. No fuckin’ idea where it could possibly have come from. But my only other two tapes were Lady and the Tramp, and The Aristocats so 5-7 year old me watched a lot of the Bros. After a while there was a whole several minutes near the middle that was just static and gibberish because the tape was damaged, from a combination of overuse and being handled by a five year old.
The 90s Mario was weird and fun and the 20s Mario was generic and lame.
My least favorite part about the 20s Mario was that the music was so… generic. Music has always been a huge part of that franchise, but when Mario fights Donkey Kong we get Thunderstruck by AC/DC?
I mean… Streaming Frozen nearly continuously was 100% a thing just a few years ago.
There is a major difference between desire and necessity.
Jawbreaker and the brave little toaster
Everyone I’ve ever known close to my age who was shown that movie at least one time as a kid said that it gave them nightmares, and I have to agree with them. It’s a pretty fucked up movie to show to kids.
Brave Little Toaster was a staple. Wonder if it has anything to do with my constant desire to repair anything I can instead of throwing it away…
Demolition Man for some fucking reason, also Running Man. I dont even know, also my grandmother gets the two mixed up and mishmashed in her head. We still make weird taco bell references.
3 shells. Messed with me to this day.
I don’t think either of those are obscure.
Still waiting for the michelin star taco bell experience
The old Asterix movies for me. The racism makes them hard to watch now that I’m grown up.
What nomous said. Mostly the depiction of Blacks, Arabs, Asians etc.
I’ve not watched them since I was a kid, where/in what way were they racist?
They have some pretty outdated stereotypes/caricatures. Definitely a product of it’s time and some parts haven’t aged well.
Toooomorrow tomorrow I love ya, tomorrow, you’re only a day aaaawayyyyy -the song I hate yet is imprinted on me. Thank you younger sibling for that. It was also mom that broke that CD, RIP (Rest in pieces you over played movie)
I worked for United Way for a bit and had to go to places and project their ad short that heavily featured that Annie song. Never saw the movie, hate the song.
The Monster Squad was the best. Found it in the $5 bin later, and its still rad!
