The POTENTIAL Return of the VHS Tape Format

[stevearino]

Hello Out There From TV Land,

As I'm sure you may know, on Tuesday, in addition to its regular DVD, 4K and Blu Ray releases, "Alien Romulus" will ALSO be released on VHS, marking the first MODERN Film since I believe 2006 to be issued in America on such format.

That being said, I STRONGLY urge you all--those of you reading this--to buy "Alien Romulus" on VHS like I myself would IF I could afford it so that way, the VHS Tape can make a VERY Successful Comeback JUST like the Vinyl Disc.

As part of the potential success of the VHS Comeback, TBH I'd LOVE for not only Modern Films from 2006 onward to be issued on VHS, but also Classic and Recent TV Shows from the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and onwards as well.

Among the shows and/or movies I'd LOVE to see issued and/or re-issued on VHS--many of them Out-of-Print, many of them New-to-VHS format--include, but not limited to, the following shows and titles, with the Studios for such film and TV titles in Parentheses, with Long-Running Series to be issued in season titles just like the DVDs of such shows originally were many years ago.

1. Hello Ladies: The Complete Series (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment) -- Created by Gene Stupnitsky & Lee Eisenberg, "Hello Ladies" was a criminally short-lived 2013 Disney sitcom originally airing on the HBO Television Network from September 29, 2013 - November 17, 2013; the show was based on Steve Merchant's successful stand-up comedy routine about his search for a wife, with Steve starring as Stuart Pritchard, a web designer by trade in Los Angeles who, after coming to America from England, set out to reinvent himself--with disastrous results. Joining Steve in the cast were Christine Woods (fresh from the short-lived 2009 Disney Sci-Fi show "FlashForward") as Jessica Vanderhoff, a struggling actress who served as Stuart's tenant in the guest house owned by Stuart; Wade Bailey (Nate Torrence, futurely of the 2016 Disney movie "Zootopia," where he played Officer Klawhauser), Stuart's best friend, struggling to cope with the fact that his wife, Marion (Crista Flanagan), with whom he had a little girl, Cassidy (Reece Caddell), at home, wanted a divorce; and Kives (Kevin Weisman, fresh from the early 2000s Disney Crime Drama "Alias"), a wheelchair bound man who, despite his Disability, was more successful with women than Stuart (ironically, in reality, Kevin Weisman IS NOT wheelchair bound). After HBO unjustly decided to end "Hello Ladies," the show was released on DVD by HBO Home Entertainment (folded in recent years to Warner Bros. Home Entertainment) in 2015. "Hello Ladies" was Produced by Four Eyes Entertainment and Quantity Entertainment in association with ABC Studios and Distributed by Disney Media Distribution.

2. Dick Tracy: 35th Anniversary Edition (Walt Disney Home Entertainment) -- Released Theatrically on June 15, 1990, "Dick Tracy" was based on the famous Comic Book Series by Chester Gould and Adapted and Directed by Warren Beatty Written by Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr., with Beatty himself starring as Dick Tracy alongside Madonna Ciccone as Breathless Mahoney, Charlie Korsmo as The Kid, and Al Pacino as Big Boy Caprice among many others. Disney was originally gonna release it under the traditional Walt Disney Pictures banner, but instead issued it internationally under its now-defunct Touchstone Pictures banner, with Disney still issuing it under the traditional Walt Disney Pictures banner in select theaters across North America and Canada. "Dick Tracy" was A Walt Disney Pictures & Touchstone Pictures Presentation and Distributed Theatrically by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.

3. Star Wars: The Complete Saga (LucasFilm, Ltd. Home Entertainment) -- From the Mastermind of George Lucas, all 9 "Star Wars" movies shall be issued and released on VHS appropriately enough on May 4, 2025 in an exclusive VHS Box Set by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment under its LucasFilm, Ltd. Home Entertainment banner--including "Star Wars: A New Hope," "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back," "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi," and many more, with the original "Star Wars" trilogy shown for the first time in DECADES in its original Theatrical Cut: no edits, no fan edits, no nothing, just as they were originally shown in theaters from 1977-1983, as they were meant to be seen.

4. Seinfeld: The Complete Series (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) -- For the first time EVER on VHS, ALL 8 seasons of the perennial '90s sitcom classic "Seinfeld," in addition to being issued on DVD, Blu Ray and 4K, shall also be issued on VHS just in time for its 35th Anniversary on May 27, 2025, all 180 half-hour episodes shown as originally aired on the NBC Television Network.

And those are just SOME examples of what I PERSONALLY would love to see issued on VHS in 2025 AND Beyond, depending on the VHS Success of "Alien Romulus." Anyone here agree with me and want this to happen? Feel free to respond, and thanks in advance, and remember, if you want somebody to be your friend, you've got to be a friend to them. Bye Bye, Everybody!!!!!

Steve Arino