The Abyss 4K UHD (1989)

[drb999]

Do 14 year old boys even have asses?

[Kyle15]

Oh! What's happening in The Abyss thread today?

Oh

[DaylightsEnd]

The FBI has entered the chat...

[dallywhitty]

Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

[By_His_Strypes]

some questions are better left alone. Did anyone pre-order on Barnes & Noble?

[jimcorenson]

Originally Posted by By_His_Strypes

some questions are better left alone. Did anyone pre-order on Barnes & Noble?

Waiting on the Amazon preorder myself.

[stvn1974]

Originally Posted by By_His_Strypes

I paid $90 + tax for Cobra on VHS

My mom went to Blockbuster and asked if she could buy a copy of T2 on VHS for me as a birthday gift. The clerk told her it was $150, I didn't get T2 on VHS for my birthday.

[By_His_Strypes]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

My mom went to Blockbuster and asked if she could buy a copy of T2 on VHS for me as a birthday gift. The clerk told her it was $150, I didn't get T2 on VHS for my birthday.

Yikes, hopefully you still got a nice gift for your birthday. It seems like prices today are high, but in comparison to trying to buy movies when they first came out back then? it's relatively on the cheap side today...

[rubystone356]

Originally Posted by jimcorenson

Waiting on the Amazon preorder myself.

Same here

Jacob

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

My mom went to Blockbuster and asked if she could buy a copy of T2 on VHS for me as a birthday gift. The clerk told her it was $150, I didn't get T2 on VHS for my birthday.

Jeez. The T2 LaserDisc CAV Box Set retailed for $125. What a rip-off, even at VHS "rental" pricing!

[chip75]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

My mom went to Blockbuster and asked if she could buy a copy of T2 on VHS for me as a birthday gift. The clerk told her it was $150, I didn't get T2 on VHS for my birthday.

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

Jeez. The T2 LaserDisc CAV Box Set retailed for $125. What a rip-off, even at VHS "rental" pricing!

I think there was a thought that the rental tapes (in the UK they were around £80 for a rental copy) were built a bit sturdier than our retail ones (not sure if the internals were beefier, it didnt help folks rewinding their favourite scenes and leaving a mark), but I think they were hiked to offset the loss of retail purchases. Video stores had to rent them a good few hundred times to see a return (our retail tapes were around ten pounds in the mid-nineties) on their tapes.

[Markgway]

Originally Posted by Dr. T

Please explain the line, "Ass like a 10 year old boy."

I thought that line was creepy in 1994, but now in 2024...















Nope, it's still creepy as f**k!

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by chip75

I think there was a thought that the rental tapes (in the UK they were around £80 for a rental copy) were built a bit sturdier than our retail ones (not sure if the internals were beefier, it didnt help folks rewinding their favourite scenes and leaving a mark), but I think they were hiked to offset the loss of retail purchases. Video stores had to rent them a good few hundred times to see a return (our retail tapes were around ten pounds in the mid-nineties) on their tapes.

From what I remember from my VHS purchasing days, the retail tapes weren't any different from the rental ones as far as build quality. Once in a while there'd be a gimmick tape, like ET having a green tape cover (the part that slides upwards when inserting a VHS tape).

It was a "big deal" when Star Trek II was released for "low" $39.95 in 1982. This was considered a sell-thru item! That would be $126.14 in today's money (and people complain about 4K retail pricing!).

Most rental prices went anywhere from $79.99 to $99.99, I don't recall any going for $150 though - even the guys at places like Sam Goody (which charged full retail for most of their stuff...or higher) would be like "Damn!"

[dallywhitty]

That bit in T2 where the T-1000 is handed the photo of John and he says, "He's a good-looking boy. Do you mind if I keep this picture?" What exactly did Jim Cameron mean by this!?

[bilbofett]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

From what I remember from my VHS purchasing days, the retail tapes weren't any different from the rental ones as far as build quality. Once in a while there'd be a gimmick tape, like ET having a green tape cover (the part that slides upwards when inserting a VHS tape).

It was a "big deal" when Star Trek II was released for "low" $39.95 in 1982. This was considered a sell-thru item! That would be $126.14 in today's money (and people complain about 4K retail pricing!).

Most rental prices went anywhere from $79.99 to $99.99, I don't recall any going for $150 though - even the guys at places like Sam Goody (which charged full retail for most of their stuff...or higher) would be like "Damn!"

there was a promotion by McDonalds one year where you could get E.T. and a few other VHS for $2 w/ any Happy Meal

[DaylightsEnd]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

It was a "big deal" when Star Trek II was released for "low" $39.95 in 1982. This was considered a sell-thru item! That would be $126.14 in today's money (and people complain about 4K retail pricing!).

This. Folks can buy TWELVE 4k uhd sets on Black Friday for $9.99 each, for the cost of ONE video forty years ago, and they still whine about the "outrageous uhd pricing"

[Kyle15]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

That bit in T2 where the T-1000 is handed the photo of John and he says, "He's a good-looking boy. Do you mind if I keep this picture?" What exactly did Jim Cameron mean by this!?

In the year 1992? Normal. In the year 2024? Gross. Disgusting. Utter Hell. Jim literally put his true desire into the film. I will never buy it again.

[DaylightsEnd]

Originally Posted by Kyle15

In the year 1992? Normal. In the year 2024? Gross. Disgusting. Utter Hell. Jim literally put his true desire into the film. I will never buy it again.

That film didn't reflect correct prevalent modern social attitudes. Boycotted!

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

That bit in T2 where the T-1000 is handed the photo of John and he says, "He's a good-looking boy. Do you mind if I keep this picture?" What exactly did Jim Cameron mean by this!?

He's got an ass like a 35-year-old woman.

[postmodel]

If you are really curious about its true meaning, Google “10 year old” followed by “boy ass”.

Surprised Paxton didn’t throw in a “Chef Boy-Ass-Dee!”