The Boy Who Could Fly.
We were also defined by Sunday spaghetti westerns, and Kung Fu Theater. We thought all bad guys were uglier than the good guys, and every problem could be solved by shooting or kicking someone.
Bee Movie Ghost Dad The Wizard Secret of NIMH 2 The Ernest Series
Jawbreaker and the brave little toaster
Brave Little Toaster was a staple. Wonder if it has anything to do with my constant desire to repair anything I can instead of throwing it away...
they forgot to add "..and is now embedded to your core being."
I had many such movies. The most obscure among them probably being "The child who wanted to be a Bear", a Franco-Danish animation film which doesn't even have a Wikipedia page in English. (It was already DVD and not tape tho)
My dad was a film historian. My entire childhood was filled with movies none of my contemporaries had seen.
Ill go ye one better. When i was a kid there was a movie theater in ft worth tx called Isis. They had 1 dollar matinees that us kids were allowed to sit in. Got watch s lot of blacksploitation flicks and really odd "c" grade scifi.
The Swan Princess. It haunts me.
I believe it's also partially responsible for my young and lifelong rebellion against someone complimenting my appearance. Fine. You find me nice to look at. That's a hill a beans. What else.
Oh ho, and yet I, a parent, can still put my thumb on the streaming scale. My daughter right now is watching old Nick Jr. Cartoons, playing Mario 64 (as well as a 2yo anyway), and the untitled goose game.
She also watched old seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm with me since I had it running, though I probably don't want her to adopt Larry David vibes...
Goose game is a hit with mine as well. I haven't introduced 3d games yet, but Super Mario World and Donkey Kong Country seem to be favorites right now.
If anything, we have more access to obscure content. We have obscure movies we've found streaming and watch repeatedly. We love Trolljegeren and Interstate 60.
We also still have some weirdo discs too like the live action Mario movie.
the internet makes this possible 1000x
If you grew up mormon, you knew the buttercreamer gang. Also, The peanutbutter solution.
I had weirdly encyclopedic knowledge of old Finnish comedies because my late father was into that stuff.
Also: Not an obscure film, but to me, the definitive version of Terminator 2 was the one I recorded off TV. I have it on Blu-Ray, but it's just not the same.
Zoobilee fucking Zoo...
- I am not from anywhere near North America.
Rupert and the Frog Song. Three terrifying stories. It was a Thursday night... I was working late...
Was lucky enough to get a VHS copy of Lupin the Third and the Castle of Cagliostro when I was like 7 or 8. Man I must have watched that tape over 100 times easily.
A year in Provence, 4 tape box set.
My sexual awakening was "bon jour, I am Raul the Pool Boy"
I'll join in on the obscure movies that defined my childhood and teen years...
Texas Across the River, Warriors of the Wind (horrible cut and dub of Nauiscaa of the Valley of the Wind), Sea Prince and Fire Child (we rented the tape so much that eventually they sold it to us because we were also the last ones to rent it), Anime version of The Little Mermaid, animated Hobbit and Return of the King, Fairies, Mio and the Land of Far Away
... That's all of the obscure ones I can think of at the moment.
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