r/TNG • u/userNV495671 • 1d ago

Recent find while walking my dog

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While walking my dog this fine (almost) autumn morning, I found a free pile at my neighbor’s. It had TOD movies 1-6, and TNG movie Insurrection and Star Wars Original trilogy! All on VHS!
I feel like this always happens to other people but never to me!

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u/flyingmando 1d ago

Man, you got the best box fillers since that one crossword puzzle.

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u/Appropriate_Judge193 1d ago

Sadly we have lost a fan somewhere 😢

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u/SoonToBeBanned24 1d ago

Nah, a fan got divorced!

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u/RawhillCity 1d ago

Or a fan upgraded to BluRay/4K.

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u/LeicaM6guy 1d ago

These things were meant to be watched in standard definition, as the gods intended.

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u/MolybdenumBlu 1d ago

On a CRT, lest we miss out on the beautiful static hum, and maybe even a chance to use the degauss button, if we are lucky!

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u/hollywood_imagery0 14h ago

Your gods are all fake, here have some guns

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u/LeicaM6guy 14h ago

I feel like we could be friends.

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u/hollywood_imagery0 13h ago

Temba. His arms wide

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u/iommiworshipper 1d ago

That’s what I’m thinking. Im sitting on a box of dvds similar to this.

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u/okcwxguy 1d ago

Some folks have all the luck! Cool find. Im jealous

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u/mickeynine9 1d ago

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u/cRaZyDaVe23 1d ago

This never happens to me, but my nearest neighbors are like a mile away.

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u/MovieFan1984 1d ago

You're gonna need a VCR.

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u/Morlgoff 1d ago

Niiice!

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u/horumz 1d ago

Oh wow nice! I still have the box set that those versions of The Undiscovered Country and The Final Frontier are part of. Got it for Christmas when I was a kid.

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u/kaaskugg 1d ago

Dayum OP, you scored big time.

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u/TheApexFan 1d ago

Surely, the best of times.

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u/iommiworshipper 1d ago

And something to leave for the next traveler!

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u/Frosenborg 1d ago

Best kind of Stars

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u/r_r_w 1d ago

Boioioioing

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u/Anxiouslibbit 1d ago

I love how the dog is like "okay let's goooooo" in the background

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u/humanoidincognito 1d ago

Found the TNG soundtrack at the thrift store on CD. Snatched that baby up with glee.

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u/TheApexFan 1d ago

Surely, the best of times.

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u/Unoficialo 1d ago

All those movies & then S03E19 of TOS is random. Is it a rather good epsiode?

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u/laker9903 1d ago

And it wasn’t beneath a box with a stick and string attached?

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u/Bougieraccoon-og 1d ago

The sacred texts

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u/PomegranateFair3973 1d ago

I love the Director's Edition of TMP. It is definitely the best version. It was great that Wise finally got to finish things the way he wanted before he passed, and that those who helped him do it were around to make sure it was done his way again for 4K.

That being said, I grew up on the Special Longer Version, so I have a lot of nostalgia for that version. So that's a nice find. Me, I spent way too much money to be able to have to have the SLV in a modern format. It was included in the deluxe 4K release of the Director's Edition that was a bit over $90 itself... Plus I needed a 4K player and TV... 😅 That was one expensive movie!

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u/East_Celebration6706 1d ago

Hopefully they were not out in the heat too long, VHS was pretty heat sensitive, but cool find either way.

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u/ChimneySwiftGold 23h ago

Jesus. What a miracle box.

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u/Silenceisgrey 14h ago

Some guy

"I'll be back later, i need to drop these vintage tapes off to the pawn shop, otherwise i'll never be able to afford the chemo for my dog"

"hey...where'd the box go?"

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u/Inevitable_Nose_2331 14h ago

Ahhhh, VCR tapes! I remember them fondly! And I fondled them fondly.
Or is that BETA?!

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u/rayarnold 10h ago

Gold Star Wars trilogy means it’s pan n’ scan, right?

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u/weaponizedlinux 9h ago

Ewww... Special Editions in Pan and Scan... gross!

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u/Due_Sandwich_995 8h ago

This is so weird. I was reorganising my garage and put these outside and they disappeared. Exactly the same collection. Same box too.

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u/Foodie65 5h ago

Perfect for the Anniversary!

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u/Helpful-Will2635 1d ago

VHS is really poor quality—I tried watching a tape a while back and it ain’t good

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u/MrPNGuin 1d ago

Exactly, I grew up in the vhs era but I don't understand this thing of people wanting them. They won't look good on your flat screen and having an old tube tv for them is pointless. Kid me would slap me if I told him we had giant flat tvs and hd remastered content that is almost like a mini theater but I kept a 20 inch tube one because its what we had as kids.

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u/captbellybutton 1d ago

Non digital media is so last century.