Nils AndresenJul 31, 2023
Mark Downie

For those old enough, do you recall the first film you saw on VHS? (bonus points for beta max 😊).

Mine was Conan the Destroyer with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wilt Chamberlain and Grace Jones!

#movies #vhs #80s #betamax

Jul 30, 2023 at 8:11pmWeb
Show threadGreg LloydJul 30, 2023

@poppastring ‘Elephant Parts’ (1981) by Michael Nesmith was perhaps the first VHS I saw. Still think it’s pretty funny 🐘🙂

First full movie was likely ‘Nashville’

#movies

Show thread💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱Jul 31, 2023
@Roundtrip @poppastring
I've got that on DVD 🙂
Show threadGreg LloydJul 31, 2023

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@poppastring

Great! Michael Nesmith also released a free high-quality edition of ‘Elephant Parts’ - and other work - on his YouTube channel:

#movie #MusicVideo

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU_ycxo-Q7PspWqZCya2VD0mQbXMuO-sA

Elephant Parts (1981)

In 1981 Elephant Parts won the first ever Grammy Award given for a music video. Nez called it a video record. Elephant Parts was born out of Nez attempting t...

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Show threadGreg LloydJul 31, 2023

@SmartmanApps @poppastring

‘Flying to Rio’ and ‘Tonite’ are great music videos, but I always remember ‘Rock N Roll Hospital’

#movie #MusicVideo

https://youtu.be/QkaXD3CKo_U

Michael Nesmith - Rock N Roll Hospital from Elephant Parts

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Show threadNils AndresenJul 31, 2023
@poppastring Probably Star Wars. I don't really remember, but I remember the first pair of VHS that I called "mine". One contained a very very bad copy of Star Wars (4 & 5) the other Star Wars 6 and 'Trinity Is Still My Name' - a wild mix even back then. 😬
Show threadDazz KnowlesJul 31, 2023
@poppastring No idea what film, maybe something like Superman: The Movie, but it would have been on a Philips V2000 system which was neither VHS or Betamax.
Show threadMark DownieJul 31, 2023
@dazzknowles I had to look that model. Amazing! 🤩