When I was growing up, I would visit my father on the weekends after the messy divorce. Initially he was all alone and was having a hard time coping. I liken the situation to Milhouse on the Simpsons. Everytime I would visit my father, two things were always true. (Until he started dating again, and eventually abandoned me) Those two things were in the form of video rentals. For those of you too young to remember a time before netflix, there was a time where you would have to rent videos from a chain store owned by Asian couples. In my experience, it was rare to find a video store clerk that wasn’t Asian. That’s not to try and perpetuate a stereotype in any way, it is just my experience growing up, especially from 1986 - 2002.
The great thing about this era of video stores was not only the possibility of renting hardcore pornography, it was the fact that you could rent professional wrestling vhs and kung fu cinema on vhs. (these are the two things I mentioned in the first paragraph, but got sidetracked) To this day, I love kung fu cinema and professional wrestling alike. Those things are not always found on dvd, and while you do get a lot of it on dvd now, there’s nothing like the original vhs. Here’s a quick example from one of my favorite films: Five Deadly Venoms
I always wanted to learn Kung Fu. I once bought a book about martial arts, but couldn’t master the techniques that were inside. I asked my mom if I could learn, and upon trying a lesson, the dojo charged too much and I never got that second lesson. Looking back, I wish that I could have afforded to learn some sort of Martial Arts, citing that it would help me a lot in the discipline area. I never really felt like I needed to fight anyone, but if the duty called, I could throwdown.
I wish I learned Kung Fu.
One thing that people have done is really given up on VHS. Why keep it alive? Most things are transfered to dvd, or are easily downloaded, and you know what? I agree in most cases.
However, there is nothing more special then getting a sweet vhs. I have a dual vhs and dvd player, because I have some vhs copies of movies and releases that can not be purchased on dvd.
Now I’m rambling. This whole post was just a big rambling. As for Five Deadly Venoms, you can buy that classic on dvd, and it’s not half bad. Seriously, it is cool…and it still makes me want to learn Kung Fu.
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When I was growing up, I would visit my father on the weekends after the messy divorce. Initially he was all alone and was having a hard time coping. I liken the situation to Milhouse on the Simpsons. Everytime I would visit my father, two things were always true. (Until he started dating again, and eventually abandoned me) Those two things were in the form of video rentals. For those of you too young to remember a time before netflix, there was a time where you would have to rent videos from a chain store owned by Asian couples. In my experience, it was rare to find a video store clerk that wasn’t Asian. That’s not to try and perpetuate a stereotype in any way, it is just my experience growing up, especially from 1986 - 2002.
The great thing about this era of video stores was not only the possibility of renting hardcore pornography, it was the fact that you could rent professional wrestling vhs and kung fu cinema on vhs. (these are the two things I mentioned in the first paragraph, but got sidetracked) To this day, I love kung fu cinema and professional wrestling alike. Those things are not always found on dvd, and while you do get a lot of it on dvd now, there’s nothing like the original vhs. Here’s a quick example from one of my favorite films: Five Deadly Venoms
I always wanted to learn Kung Fu. I once bought a book about martial arts, but couldn’t master the techniques that were inside. I asked my mom if I could learn, and upon trying a lesson, the dojo charged too much and I never got that second lesson. Looking back, I wish that I could have afforded to learn some sort of Martial Arts, citing that it would help me a lot in the discipline area. I never really felt like I needed to fight anyone, but if the duty called, I could throwdown.
I wish I learned Kung Fu.
One thing that people have done is really given up on VHS. Why keep it alive? Most things are transfered to dvd, or are easily downloaded, and you know what? I agree in most cases.
However, there is nothing more special then getting a sweet vhs. I have a dual vhs and dvd player, because I have some vhs copies of movies and releases that can not be purchased on dvd.
Now I’m rambling. This whole post was just a big rambling. As for Five Deadly Venoms, you can buy that classic on dvd, and it’s not half bad. Seriously, it is cool…and it still makes me want to learn Kung Fu.