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Why Clip Art Was Everywhere... Until It Wasn't (youtu.be)

submitted 2 years ago by Saturn to c/videos

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[–] Saturn 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

This made me think about how much I miss the video store!

There was something really special about going out as a family and browsing all the cover art. Copies of Star Wars were always rented out at ours. Memories of renting a Godzilla movie you’d never seen, begging your dad for candy and popcorn on the way to the checkout counter. Good times. I miss them. 🥲

[–] Geek_King 3 points 2 years ago

You and me both! I also swear that the descriptions on the back of VHS tapes were better written and gave a good idea of if the movie was interesting. Now, descriptions on the streaming services are like 1 or 2 sentences, and frequently give zero idea of what the movie is like!

I loved going to the movie store to rent a bunch of movies for a weekend. I also miss VHS due to audio mixing was done differently then, and you didn't have the issue we have now with DVDs and streaming where dialog is quiet, so you turn it up, then gun fights and explosions are deafening, so you turn it back down again.