Video Rental | Ep #17

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Be kind and rewind with us back to the days of big VHS boxes, browsing shelves, and stolen Blockbuster pens. Don't forget to adjust your tracking.  

Show Notes: 

00:00 Let's rent a video
01:00 Summer rental
04:18 The side-step move
05:38 Top-loaders
08:50 Blockbusted

11:20 Horror movie VHS covers

13:00 The apparati

15:10 Designed to rewind

17:37 Interlude: The Aquabats: "Video Nite!" 

18:29 Game console rental: the biggest clamshell ever

19:56 Sega CD

21:20 DVD killed the video star Star Video

24:00 Behind the counter

29:15 Interlude: Randall and the Ruse (Clerks)

30:35 Browsing vs. streaming

44:25 Interlude: The Onion News Network: Blockbuster Video Living Museum

49:56 Redbox

54:23 Tracking: the enduring enigma

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Video Rental | Ep #17

Special Features | Ep #06

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The opinions expressed in the following audio commentaries, featurettes, deleted scenes, and spoiler alerts do not necessarily reflect the views of Hourchive management. But they probably do.

Show Notes:

02:12 From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
03:30 Inside Jabba's tail
05:26 What do you mean by "bonus?"
07:30 Double-features
11:25 Trailers: special or not?
14:00 Interlude: Psycho trailer (1960)
13:20 The Making-Of VHS Phenomenon (Jurassic Park / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
25:25 Interlude: The surfer animator soliloquy
26:10 The "Big" Laserdisc Era
27:56 The Powers of 10 (Science!)

30:03 DVDs ("Let's see how these do.")

31:10 Special feature standbys

37:02 Interlude: Schwarzenegger on Total Recall (Best. Commentary. Ever)

37:50 The Criterion Collection (Read along with Drew!)

47:00 Favorite special features:

Drew: The Making of The Phantom Menace / Lord of the Rings Extended Edition behind-the-scenes / Mallrats audio commentary

John: "The shark is not working" (Jaws) / Sex Pistols on Bill Grundy (Sid & Nancy) / Evil Dead II commentary

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Special Features | Ep #06