 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to mob
Re: Bring Back the Bad Old Days! said by mob:said by pnh102:Every video rental place in the 1980s sucked. If you weren't there by 5pm on a Friday you could forget about finding a copy of any popular movie. That had to suck. My family used a local video rental chain, and they had great stock, multiple copies of most video rentals, they would order loads of tapes for a big release, and then sell off the copies pretty cheap once it was not as popular to rent. In fact I used to have a couple large boxes of different movies I bought for $3 each used. said by BF69:Actually even in the late 80's the window as about 12-18 months from movie theater to home video. In fact ET took 7 years. I do remember the window for delay between theater and home video releases being a bit longer than it is now, but years long was the exception, not the standard. Listen I'm 42 so I was a tennager in the 80's so I am old enough to remember these things. 12-18 months was common |
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 LagzPremium
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| said by BF69:said by mob:said by pnh102:Every video rental place in the 1980s sucked. If you weren't there by 5pm on a Friday you could forget about finding a copy of any popular movie. That had to suck. My family used a local video rental chain, and they had great stock, multiple copies of most video rentals, they would order loads of tapes for a big release, and then sell off the copies pretty cheap once it was not as popular to rent. In fact I used to have a couple large boxes of different movies I bought for $3 each used. said by BF69:Actually even in the late 80's the window as about 12-18 months from movie theater to home video. In fact ET took 7 years. I do remember the window for delay between theater and home video releases being a bit longer than it is now, but years long was the exception, not the standard. Listen I'm 42 so I was a tennager in the 80's so I am old enough to remember these things. 12-18 months was common Im 42 as well and that was indeed common and even longer for popular movies.
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2 edits | said by Lagz:Im 42 as well and that was indeed common and even longer for popular movies. Not that terribly long ago (even AMTV -After MTV..) , theatrical presentation runs of popular films often lasted quite a bit longer than the interval between MS's critical OS update releases. Between first runs (somtimes even proceeded by "Road Shows" for the biggest Hollywood pushes), then second runs, and sometimes more, it was not uncommon for popular films to be on screen somewhere in a city or town, for many months. These longer presentation runs were also true for many overall less popular, yet top "art" films (and of course those special "Midnight Movies"....). Then there were the 'oversees" markets. Video releases were usually timed well after this, which partial accounts for this longer time to video release. |
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