What Big Boxes do you own?

Subject: Re: What Big Boxes do you own? Sun Jan 30, 2011 10:37 am

The Dude wrote:

Azarias Kale wrote:

The Dude wrote:

Azarias Kale wrote:

The Dude wrote:

Azarias Kale wrote:: I still own hundreds of VHSes, most of which are blanks that were recorded over... which oddly makes I Spit On Your Grave and Last House On The Left feel a lot more dirty.

Really gives them that nasty, "got this from some sketchy fuck in a seedy shop downtown" feel.

Especially since in between "I Spit" and "Last House" was Faces of Death... I felt like the cops were about to bust in on me and I was 12 so that explains my life.

There are those, myself included, who argue that certain movies benefit from being seen on tape. Your story helps illustrate what we're on about.

I think most films benefit being on tape over DVD. Like Cloverfield, for example. The movie wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be but on video tape it would have had a much deeper impact. I was the last one in my family to get a DVD player solely because I had all my favorite movies on VHS, which is now all on DVD which is now me bitching about needing to get a blu-ray player.

And the journey continues...

Just can't wait 'til it's all goes the way of the Beta Max and becomes strictly a digital medium without hard-copies other than people in pitch black room, selling bootlegs to those of us who like having a tactile experience when it comes to entertainment.

But back to Big Boxes, there's one I think the Snob would love that I uncovered going through my many boxes. Its called Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama. Now THAT movie is worth a DVD release haha

Subject: Re: What Big Boxes do you own? Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:17 am

The only ones I have are these:

Blood Feast (1984 release from Comet Video)
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Psycho which is more of a book type box than the normal big box where you have to pull a tray out
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lyger wrote:: Psycho which is more of a book type box than the normal big box where you have to pull a tray out
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I kind of prefer the book-style to the tray-box. Feels classy.

Subject: Re: What Big Boxes do you own? Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:54 am

I just got back from a thrift store and I got Big Boxes of "The Dirty Dozen", "The Blob", & "Superman: The Movie"

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cyberdalek wrote:: I just got back from a thrift store and I got Big Boxes of "The Dirty Dozen", "The Blob", & "Superman: The Movie"

ooooh, nice finds man.

Subject: Re: What Big Boxes do you own? Sun Feb 27, 2011 2:06 am

Thanks, in fact they are the first big boxes I have ever found so im really glad that they are my first ones.

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Just found a new one at a pawn shop: "Tilt" from 1979, starring Brooke Shields as a pinball wizard who travels cross-country to compete in pinball contests. From good ol' Continental Video.

Subject: Re: What Big Boxes do you own? Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:35 am

Nice, I'll have to look that up since I'm a HUGE pinball fanatic.

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gregmcduck wrote:: Just found a new one at a pawn shop: "Tilt" from 1979, starring Brooke Shields as a pinball wizard who travels cross-country to compete in pinball contests. From good ol' Continental Video.

I wonder if the marketers who came up with The Wizard had ever seen it?

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The Dude wrote:

gregmcduck wrote:: Just found a new one at a pawn shop: "Tilt" from 1979, starring Brooke Shields as a pinball wizard who travels cross-country to compete in pinball contests. From good ol' Continental Video.

I wonder if the marketers who came up with The Wizard had ever seen it?

Brooke would like to have a word with Fred Savage...

Subject: Re: What Big Boxes do you own? Sun Apr 03, 2011 1:14 am

Last month at Spence's Bazaar in Dover, I purchased EYES OF LAURA MARS from Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, one of the very first Big Boxes in fact. And two weeks ago, while buying an Intellivision, I also found THE TERMINATOR from Thorn-EMI Video, the first home video release of this movie! Each one was $4 (3 for $10), and I also got McBAIN among others. Here are the photos of all the Big Boxes that I own and have described here on the forum:

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I've got a few, should really dust some of. I know I have a big box of house

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I used to have the old cardboard big box of A Clockwork Orange but haven't been able to find it

Subject: Re: What Big Boxes do you own? Sat Jul 09, 2011 2:38 am

I only have 1 big box vhs, and that is "The Executioners Song" with Tommy Lee Jones. Meh, I collect Big Disk formats more (Laserdisc and CED)

Subject: Re: What Big Boxes do you own? Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:44 am

I'm positive I have quite a few somewhere, but right offhand I have this beauty nearby

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Subject: Re: What Big Boxes do you own? Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:13 pm

Brakywaki -- 8000 dollars? Holy Shit! But with a box that gorgeous I'm sure it was worth every penny.

My sole Big Box is Short Circuit 2. The case is pretty swish, it has a mixture of orange and cyan with a picture of Johnny Five on the front. Can't find an image of it anywhere. Must be rare. If I remember correctly the tape itself was blue and not black, the tape cover on the top edge being orange.

I used to have The Hitcher in a Big Box too.

Subject: Re: What Big Boxes do you own? Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:15 am

I lucked out and only paid a buck for it at Half Price Books about 5 years ago.

Shit was so cash.

/pun

Subject: Re: What Big Boxes do you own? Fri Aug 05, 2011 2:01 am

Heres one I just got for $1

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Subject: Re: What Big Boxes do you own? Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:12 am

I legitimately envy you. That shit still isn't on dvd.

Subject: Re: What Big Boxes do you own? Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:22 am

Brakywaki wrote:: I legitimately envy you. That shit still isn't on dvd.

LOL it was the first big box I have ever found at the new thrift store that opened near me and I was so happy to find one. I have never even heard of this movie before but it does sound familiar. Did brad review this or mention it in any of his videos?

Subject: Re: What Big Boxes do you own? Sun Aug 07, 2011 4:33 am

cyberdalek wrote:

Brakywaki wrote:: I legitimately envy you. That shit still isn't on dvd.

LOL it was the first big box I have ever found at the new thrift store that opened near me and I was so happy to find one. I have never even heard of this movie before but it does sound familiar. Did brad review this or mention it in any of his videos?

I don't think he ever did, but it's a classic in its own right. It was the first American-made Ninja film, from tbe Cannon Group (who pretty much OWNED action in the 80s) and it's totally amazing (in a ridiculous way) from start to finish.

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Subject: Re: What Big Boxes do you own? Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:04 pm

I now own a Portugese copy of Silent Night, Deadly Night part 2 in a big box! Thank you European cinema. Smile

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The ONLY Big boxes I still own are some of those old episodes of the classic Transformers series, like SOS Dinobots.

Subject: Re: What Big Boxes do you own? Fri May 04, 2012 6:55 am

I've got Amicus's Asylum (1972) and Return to Oz. Plus, for reasons that are unclear to me, I have the original Vestron release of Dirty Dancing.

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