Movies from when we were kids

nolaspe said
Before Blockbuster, we'd rent movies from a converted trailer-like building on West Esplanade a little over a block away from Clearview where there's a waffle place now b/c they still had Betamax movies. My dad refused to switch to VHS until it was impossible to avoid doing so since he swore Betamax was the better technology. That may have been true, but the market disagreed lol...

My family all received Betamaxes as Christmas gifts from my uncle in the very early 80s, like 1980 or 81, right when they came out.. he was obviously doing really well, since they cost over $500 each at that time… so i was Team Betamax for years, and i cant remember all the movies we used to rent- but for some reason, the only two I remember renting were One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, since my dad said it was his favorite movie so i wanted to check it out.. and the movie MASH, which is weird becuase it’s so heavy and becuase i never liked the TV version of MASH.. both very intense movies for a 9 or 10 yr old, which is how old i was at that time.. which is why they’ve probably stuck with me over all the lgiht hearted stuff i know we rented as well.

ETA now I remember renting Romancing the Stone one time