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[–] loaExMachina@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I had many such movies. The most obscure among them probably being "The child who wanted to be a Bear", a Franco-Danish animation film which doesn't even have a Wikipedia page in English. (It was already DVD and not tape tho)

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Ill go ye one better. When i was a kid there was a movie theater in ft worth tx called Isis. They had 1 dollar matinees that us kids were allowed to sit in. Got watch s lot of blacksploitation flicks and really odd "c" grade scifi.

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[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago

Bee Movie Ghost Dad The Wizard Secret of NIMH 2 The Ernest Series

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

The Swan Princess. It haunts me.

I believe it's also partially responsible for my young and lifelong rebellion against someone complimenting my appearance. Fine. You find me nice to look at. That's a hill a beans. What else.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My dad was a film historian. My entire childhood was filled with movies none of my contemporaries had seen.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My dad wasn't a historian, but he loved old movies and made a point to introduce us to the classics. I've seen so many black and white films that I hardly get to talk about with anyone.

Watching older media is what got me into Star Trek though. TOS specifically, and then TNG much later.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Me too. I grew up on Fred Astaire, Buster Keaton and Eddie Cantor.

I used to have a party trick back in the pre-IMDB days where I'd bring out Leonard Maltin's movie guide, have someone flip to a random page, start reading titles, and I'd stop them before they could get to the end by describing the plot of whichever one I'd seen.

My earliest memory is my parents projecting 2001: A Space Odyssey on our living room wall using a 16mm projector with a Cinemascope lens for a bunch of grad students.

He also had a reel-to-reel recorder that came specifically with one type of Sony Trinitron TV that predated VHS. Of course, once VHS came out, he taped everything. We had all the movie channels.

But my brother was the Star Trek person. My dad was pretty so-so about it.

[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

they forgot to add "..and is now embedded to your core being."

[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Jawbreaker and the brave little toaster

[–] moncharleskey@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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...

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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh ho, and yet I, a parent, can still put my thumb on the streaming scale. My daughter right now is watching old Nick Jr. Cartoons, playing Mario 64 (as well as a 2yo anyway), and the untitled goose game.

She also watched old seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm with me since I had it running, though I probably don't want her to adopt Larry David vibes...

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Goose game is a hit with mine as well. I haven't introduced 3d games yet, but Super Mario World and Donkey Kong Country seem to be favorites right now.

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

the internet makes this possible 1000x

[–] brejela@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Zoobilee fucking Zoo...

- I am not from anywhere near North America.

[–] BobGnarley@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Was lucky enough to get a VHS copy of Lupin the Third and the Castle of Cagliostro when I was like 7 or 8. Man I must have watched that tape over 100 times easily.

[–] Stupidmanager@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

If you grew up mormon, you knew the buttercreamer gang. Also, The peanutbutter solution.

  • edit to add another obscure movie.
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[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I had weirdly encyclopedic knowledge of old Finnish comedies because my late father was into that stuff.

Also: Not an obscure film, but to me, the definitive version of Terminator 2 was the one I recorded off TV. I have it on Blu-Ray, but it's just not the same.

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[–] CompostMaterial@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Lennnny@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Rupert and the Frog Song. Three terrifying stories. It was a Thursday night... I was working late...

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 4 points 3 months ago (5 children)

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.

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[–] SuzyQ@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'll join in on the obscure movies that defined my childhood and teen years...

Texas Across the River, Warriors of the Wind (horrible cut and dub of Nauiscaa of the Valley of the Wind), Sea Prince and Fire Child (we rented the tape so much that eventually they sold it to us because we were also the last ones to rent it), Anime version of The Little Mermaid, animated Hobbit and Return of the King, Fairies, Mio and the Land of Far Away

... That's all of the obscure ones I can think of at the moment.

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