Rental Recommendations: The Flintstones (1994)

 Hey everyone, how's it going? This week's Rental Recommendations is another short one. It's on the VHS release for the 1994 film The Flintstones. Let's get into it!

34 years after The Flintstones began its successful broadcast run, Fred, Barney, Wilma, Betty, Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm, and Dino return, and this time, they're not animated! Similar to how Dennis Mitchell was treated in last year's film, Dennis the Menace, the Flintstones and the Rubbles are played by live actors. John Goodman (Roseanne) plays Fred, Rick Moranis (Ghostbusters) plays Barney, Elizabeth Perkins (Big) plays Wilma, and Rosie O'Donnell (Sleepless in Seattle) plays Betty, with Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks) as the villainous Cliff Vandercave and Elizabeth Taylor (The Comedians) as Wilma's mother, Pearl Slaghoople. 

When Fred gets a promotion at the Rock Quarry, after cheating on an aptitude test, the Flintstones become rich. However Fred loses sight of what's really important, and ends up driving his friends and family away. Little does he know that Vandercave plots to make Fred his fall guy in a scheme that would see Slate & Co., the company Fred works for in the quarry get swindled out of Mr. Slate's fortune.

I recommend renting this fun, family adventure. It's full of fun and excitement, with lots of gags. Just like the original animated TV show was. John Goodman and Rick Moranis are great as Fred and Barney!

Back here in 2026, I grew up with this movie on VHS. My dad bought it, or it was bought for him as a birthday or Christmas present and I watched it all the time. Of course I'd watched reruns of the original series and loved it. I recall liking this movie better than the 1993 Dennis the Menace movie, because it's a more fun movie than that one is. I own it on VHS and on DVD in a two movie collector's edition set with its prequel from 2000, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, which I've only seen once in comparison to the 1994 movie, and that was on TV in 2001 or 2002.

That's it for me for this week. I'll be back next week with a book review, a movie review, next weekend's Rental Recommendations, and possibly a discussion on the season premiere of Star Trek: Strange Worlds season 4. Until then I'll catch you on the flipside. Peace out!

10 Movies I saw on VHS in 1995 From 1995

 Hey everyone, how's it going? I'm doing pretty well. We've been granted a brief reprieve from the heat, humidity, and smoke, which meant that I got to go outside for more than ten minutes this morning. That's not what I'm here to talk about though. Today I'm going to be talking about ten movies that I saw on VHS in 1995 that came out on VHS in 1995. This list won't be in any particular order just because it'd be too difficult to figure out what order I saw them in. And even release date order isn't all that accurate since I didn't necessarily see them immediately after they were released. With that out of the way, let's get into today's topic.

First up is Star Trek Generations. I saw this sometime in the late summer of 1995. The retail release didn't come out until February, 1996, but for some reason Paramount Home Video released a rental only version of the tape on July 18th, 1995. I remember renting the movie before my dad bought the retail version in 1996. 

Next is Batman Forever. I got this for my birthday from my godfather in 1995. Like all the Batman movies until The Dark Knight in 2008, I missed Batman Forever in theaters in the summer of 1995, but, of course, I had the comic book adaptation, I'd get one of the toy releases for my birthday from my grandparents, and I got the storybook for the movie at the Scholastic Book Fair. So I was really excited to actually get to see the movie. Especially because Batman Returns had scared me when I saw it on VHS in 1993. It's also special because it was bought for me, and so I didn't have to ask my parents if I could watch it because it was my tape, not theirs.

Next is The Lion King. My mom had taken my siblings and I to see this in theaters in the summer of 1994 and so it was really exciting to get it on VHS in the spring of 1995. I think someone got it for me for Easter, but it's possible that my parents simply bought it for my siblings and I just because since Mom had seen it with us in theaters, and it's a Disney movie. So naturally that was something my parents would buy for us, knowing we'd watch it more than once. And we did. Many MANY times. We didn't even upgrade to the DVD when that came out in 2003. My sister eventually got the movie on DVD for herself, but it wasn't until a few years ago that I picked up the 2003 DVD release for my own collection, along with a different copy of the 1995 VHS.

I'm sure we got Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie on VHS before we moved in January, 1996. Because, I do remember watching it at the log house, which is where we lived until 1996. I know we didn't rent it though. I think it was either a birthday present or a Christmas present from my grandparents. For the longest time I thought this movie opened the third season of the TV show since I didn't see the majority of that season until I got the DVD box set in 2014 since it didn't air on Global anymore, and I didn't have access to Fox Kids until just before Power Rangers Zeo started in 1996.

Next is A Goofy Movie. I think this was a birthday or Christmas gift for me in late 1995, because I couldn't eat regular food and was strictly tube fed at the time, so my family put extra toys, books, comics, or videotapes in my stocking to make up for that. I still love this movie and watch it pretty often on both VHS and on DVD.

Next is Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home. We never owned this one. We rented it though. I'd loved the original Free Willy when I saw it at school the year before and was excited when I found out there was a sequel coming out. I haven't seen the movie since then, but I do own it on DVD in a triple feature set with Free Willy and Free Willy 3: The Rescue.

I'm cheating a bit with this one since it's three movies in one box set, but I had to include The Star Wars Trilogy VHS box set on this list because it's how I saw the Original Trilogy for the very first time, 13 months before the Special Editions came out in theaters. So it's a very important home video release for me and the reason I have a copy of this box set in my current VHS collection.

Next is The Santa Clause, starring Tim Allen. My parents loved Home Improvement when I was a kid, so naturally, they would've wanted to rent a Disney movie starring Tim Allen as Santa Claus. We never owned it though. It was a rental AND we watched it on TV whenever it aired on The Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday nights during the holiday season.

Next is Casper. This is another one we rented but never owned when I was a kid. I've talked about this movie a lot on my blogs over the last few years because I own it on VHS now and have been able to watch it every year since I got it.

Last, but not least, is The Pagemaster, starring Macaulay Culkin. The reason this movie (and this tape) is last on this list is because I actually don't remember if we rented it or I just watched the movie when it aired on TV. I remember seeing the movie when I was a kid, but we never owned the movie on home video, and I know we never saw it in theaters. So, we either rented it or watched it on TV. I'm pretty sure we rented it though. Regardless, I own it on both VHS and on DVD now, though I have yet to watch it. 

That's it for today's list. Out of all of these VHS releases, Free Willy 2 is the only one I don't currently own. Casper and The Santa Clause are the only movies on this list that I don't own on DVD or Blu-ray. Anyways, that's it for me for today. I'll be back tomorrow for this week's Rental Recommendations. I have a very special post for you tomorrow. Until then, I'll catch you on the flipside. Peace out!

Rental Recommendations: Space Jam (1997)

 Hey everyone, how's it going? I've got a quick Rental Recommendations for you this week on Space Jam, which hits the 30th anniversary of its original theatrical release in November. While the movie came out in theaters in 1996, it came out late enough in the year that it didn't reach home video until early 1997. In fact, it came out on VHS and DVD in March, 1997, as the Special Edition theatrical re-release of Return of the Jedi was coming out. I'm really not sure what the POV for this post is going to be, but, let's go back to 1997, go to Blockbuster or Rogers Video, and rent Space Jam, shall we?

Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes have finally hit store shelves with their box office hit, Space Jam! That's right, Space Jam has come to home video on two different formats. And, no, it's not out on Laserdisc. The brand new DVD digital media format has just been released here in North America, and Space Jam is one of the first movies to come out on the new format. Not to worry though, videocassette is still king. So you won't have to worry about buying new equipment just to rent a movie. 

Whether you rent it on videocassette or on DVD, you'll have all the laughs you've come to expect from Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, and the rest of the Looney Tunes crew. And you'll also see some awesome Basketball action, proving that even though he's been playing Basketball for a very long time, not including the year he played Baseball, Michael Jordan still has the moves. 

Here in 2026 though, I'm pretty sure that my parents rented Space Jam on VHS for us, though it's possible I saw it on TV at some point instead. I was sort of aware of who Michael Jordan was, but I didn't follow Basketball (or Baseball), so I probably knew him from TV commercials, and sports news highlights on CJOH News long before this movie came out. I own it on DVD now and I've watched it at least once. It is a good movie though.

Alright my friends, that's it for today. I'll be back next week with more nostalgic stuff. Until then have a great rest of your weekend and I will catch you on the flip side. Peace out!

12 TV Shows I Would've Watched in the '80s at the Age I Am Today

 Hey everyone, happy Friday! How's it going? I'm doing pretty well. So tonight I'm starting a special series where I talk about the 10 to 12 things I'd watch, read, play, and listen to in the '80s, if I was the age I am here in 2026. I decided to start with TV shows, but this series will include music I'd listen to, movies I'd see in theaters, movies I'd rent on VHS, books and comics I'd read, video games I'd play, cartoons I'd watch if I was a kid in the '80s, and toylines I'd play with if I was a kid in the '80s. I'll also be doing this for the '90s and early 2000s eventually too. For TV shows, it's going to be a mix of sitcoms and Prime Time dramas I'd have watched if I was an adult in the '80s. Let's do it!

The first show I'd watch if I was an adult in the '80s is of course Star Trek: The Next Generation. Running from September 28th, 1987 to May 23rd, 1994, TNG was the Star Trek show that proved that the original show from the '60s hadn't been a fluke, and that Star Trek could survive without William Shatner and the rest of the original cast, who were starring in the Star Trek movies in the '80s. To date, TNG was the most popular of the original five live action Star Trek shows. Later shows never reached the ratings that TNG did from 1987 to 1994.

Next up is Superboy or The Adventures of Superboy as it was called in the third and fourth seasons. The show aired in first run syndication from October 8th, 1988 until May 17th, 1992 and starred John Haymes Newton as Clark Kent/Superboy in the first season, Gerard Christopher as Clark Kent/Superboy in the remainder of the show, Stacy Haiduk as Lana Lang, and Scott James Wells as Lex Luthor in the first season and Sherman Howard as Lex in the remainder of the show. This show was basically the later seasons of Smallville over a decade before Smallville debuted, and it was produced by the Salkinds, who had produced the four Superman that starred Christopher Reeve as Superman. Clark, Lana, and Lex are in college and Clark fights bad guys as Superboy. It was cancelled in 1992 as Warner Bros. was ending the Salkinds's license for Superman (and adjoining characters) in favor of ABC's upcoming series, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. I've never seen the entire show, but I did buy the pilot episode on iTunes and have watched it several times since then. Trying to get the show on DVD is difficult as the DVDs have never been reissued by Warner Bros., and it's not streaming anywhere. All four seasons are available on iTunes though.

Next is The Dukes of Hazzard, which stars John Schneider and Tom Wopat as cousins Bo and Luke Duke who fight the corrupt officials of the fictional Hazzard County. Aside from having the extremely problematic (for reasons I won't get into here) confederate flag on the roof of their orange Dodge Charger, there actually isn't a whole lot that is questionable about this show other than Bo and Luke's car being named after a general in the Confederate Army in the early 19th Century (for reasons I also won't get into here). In fact, it's a rather goofy show that ran on CBS from January 26th, 1979 until February 8th, 1985. Unlike Knight Rider though, Daisy Duke, played by Catherine Bach, was always in the thick of the action, participating in Bo and Luke's plans against Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) and Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (James Best) as did the elderly Uncle Jesse (Denver Pyle). Occasionally, Bo and Luke would have to rescue Daisy, but she was no damsel in distress. I saw this show in reruns all the time when I was a kid in the '90s on the American channel, TNN (The Nashville Network, which became Spike TV in the late '90s). I also owned the first five seasons of the show on DVD. The entire show is available on DVD and is available on Prime Video, with only one season available on iTunes.

  Next is ALF, which aired on NBC from September 22nd, 1986 to March 24th, 1990. This show is about an alien named Gordon Shumway (he's referred to as ALF, short for Alien Life Form throughout the series), who crashes on Earth and is taken in by the Tanner family, Willie (Max Wright), Kate (Anne Schedeen), Lynn (Andrea Elson), and Brian (Benji Gregory). Through all four seasons, the Tanners have to keep ALF hidden so that the government doesn't discover him and take him away for study, and they deal with a lot of antics along the way. I remember watching this show all the time in reruns when I was a kid and loving it. I also watched the animated series that went along with the show, though I don't remember it from childhood as strongly as I do the live action sitcom. I'm gonna do a complete watchthrough of the show in the very near future as I have the whole show on DVD. The entire ALF franchise is available on DVD, and is available for free on YouTube.

 Being that I'm writing this on a Friday night, I couldn't omit the Friday night sitcom classic, Full House from this list. Starring Bob Saget as Danny Tanner, John Stamos as Uncle Jesse, Dave Coulier as Joey Gladstone, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen as Michelle, Jodie Sweetin as Stephanie, and Candace Cameron as DJ, Full House ran on ABC from September 22nd, 1987 to May 23rd, 1995, and was a staple of ABC's Friday night sitcom lineup, TGIF for the show's second, third, and fourth seasons, then moving to Tuesday nights from season 5 onward. This show was another staple of my childhood, and continued to be in reruns well into the 2000s here in Canada anyway. In the U.S. it's still airing in reruns. It's also fully available on DVD and on streaming most likely.

Family Matters, which aired on ABC from September 22nd, 1989 to May 9th, 1997 and then on CBS from September 19th, 1997 to July 17th, 1998, was actually a spin-off of another TGIF series, Perfect Strangers. I loved Family Matters growing up. It was on TGIF all the way through, though I only watched it for the first several seasons as I didn't return to TGIF until the summer of 1997, when reruns of season 1 of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and season 4 of Boy Meets World were airing before the fall's season premieres aired. So I don't remember the CBS season either. I do remember the episode where Urkel ends up in the hospital with appendicitis and Carl ends up in the same room in the hospital as him when he gets shot in the behind by a crook he was trying to apprehend. The entire series is available on DVD and on streaming in the U.S., but not here in Canada.

Next is Charles in Charge, which aired on CBS from October 3rd, 1984 to April 3rd, 1985 and in Syndication from January 3rd, 1987 to November 10th, 1990. It stars Scott Baio and Willie Aames. I actually didn't watch this show growing up as it didn't air in reruns here in Canada in the '90s. I did watch it in reruns on CTS (which is now known as Yes TV) in the early to mid 2000s though, having also seen Scott Baio in reruns of Happy Days. I'm not a fan of Scott Baio directly, but, again, having seen him on Happy Days, he was a familiar face when I first caught an episode of Charles in Charge on the TV in my bedroom when I was a teenager in 2003.

I watched Who's the Boss? on Global when I was a kid, where it was paired up with Growing Pains. Originally it aired on ABC from September 20th, 1984 to April 25th, 1992 and stars Tony Danza as housekeeper, Tony Micelli. It was also the TV debut of Alyssa Milano, who would go on to play Phoebe Halliwell on Charmed (1998-2006). Samantha (Alyssa Milano) and Mona (Katherine Helmond) were my favourite characters. I don't remember seeing the later seasons when they originally aired, but it came back in reruns in the mid to late 2000s on some channel that we got on cable, and I did see the later seasons then. Only the first season is available on DVD due to some unspecified copyright issues, though it is available here in Canada on the CTV Throwback streaming service and Crave, and on Hulu in the U.S.

  Cheers, which aired on NBC from September 30th, 1982 to May 20th, 1993, is probably the most popular show on this list. The entire cast from Ted Danson to Kirstie Alley is so iconic and have been in so many TV shows and movies that I've seen, not including all the Pixar movies that John Ratzenberger has done voice acting for (which is pretty much all of them), or the show's hugely popular spin-off Frasier. I've watched it in reruns at various times in my adult life, with the most recent being in either 2018 or 2019 when the parents of a friend of mine were watching it on TV when I went over for New Year's Eve one of those years. It's available on DVD and on Paramount+ in both Canada and the U.S. 

Next is Family Ties, which aired on NBC from September 22nd, 1982 to May 14th, 1989 and stars Michael J. Fox as Alex P. Keaton. I didn't watch this show growing up as I don't remember it being on in reruns on any channel that my family got. Not even on my grandparents's satellite dish up at the cottage. But, in 2010, CTS aired reruns of the show for a while and I watched a few episodes, alongside reruns of 7th Heaven. It is fully available on DVD, with three seasons streaming on Paramount+ and all seven seasons available on iTunes. 

Next is The Facts of Life, which aired on NBC from August 24th, 1979 to May 7th, 1988, and is a spin-off of Diff'rent Strokes, which I also like. I also didn't grow up on reruns of this show in the '90s. However, once again, CTS aired reruns of the show from 2006 to 2009 and I watched most of the earliest seasons of the show, though it's been about 20 years since I saw the show, so I don't remember if I saw the later seasons of the show or not. I just remember really enjoying it when I watched it alongside reruns of Diff'rent Strokes, which isn't on this list because I could only pick 12 and that was adding two shows from the 10 I originally was going to write about here. The full series is available on DVD, and is available here in Canada on Crave and CTV Throwback and in the U.S. on Tubi and the Roku Channel. 

Finally, we're at the end of the list, topping it all off with Roseanne, which aired on ABC from October 18th, 1988 to May 20th, 1997. I loved Roseanne when I was a kid. It was my introduction to John Goodman, Johnny Galecki, Sara Gilbert, and Laurie Metcalf, three of whom appeared together on The Big Bang Theory from 2007 to 2019. It might also have been my introduction to Sarah Chalke as well, but it's possible my parents stopped letting me watch it, or they stopped watching it, before she replaced Lecy Goranson as Becky. I honestly don't remember seeing Sarah Chalke on the show until I saw the ninth season in reruns in my early 20s. Despite Roseanne Barr's controversial nature, the show was very progressive for its time. My family wasn't poor when I was growing up, but we also weren't rich either. My parents did struggle to make ends meet sometimes, and I think that's why Roseanne appealed to my parents when it was originally on and why I loved rediscovering it when I caught it in reruns in the late 2000s on some random channel that I don't remember what it was now. It's not streaming anywhere here in Canada though it is streaming on Peacock in the U.S., including season 10, which was the revival season that aired in 2018, which, in turn, became The Conners, which aired from 2018 to 2025 on ABC. The original 9 seasons of Roseanne that aired from 1988 to 1997 are all available on DVD as well.

Well my friends, I think that's it for me for tonight. I'll be back tomorrow for this week's Rental Recommendations. I haven't entirely decided which movie I'm talking about yet, but I think it's gonna be an early '90s VHS release. We'll see. Until then, have a great night and I'll catch you on the flip side. Peace out.

Rental Recommendations: Strange Brew

 Hey everyone, how's it going? It's time for this week's edition of Rental Recommendations. I just watched the 1983 Canadian film, Strange Brew, starring Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas, on DVD for the first time last night thanks to my friend, Katie, from the VHS Club Podcast, and I immediately knew I wanted it to be this week's Rental Recommendations post. The POV for this week is a video store employee recommending a movie to a customer shortly after the movie came out on home video in 1991. Yes, it took eight years for the movie to be released on home video. Let's get into it.

Goodday eh? I recommend you pick up Strange Brew starring Bob & Doug McKenzie. It's a great movie and I think you'll enjoy it. It has an interesting cast. Including Ming the Merciless and Gold Leader. It's based on an old SCTV skit. I know, it's 1991 and this came out eight years ago, but it's a great Canadian movie. I bet you're dying to see it again after all these years. If you've seen it at all.

Here in 2026, I watched it for the first time ever last night. I loved it, and I'll do a more indepth movie review on it in the near future. Right now, I just wanted to do a quick Rental Recommendations for the movie because I enjoyed it so much. So that's it for me for today. I'll be back next week with more nostalgic blog posts. Have a great weekend everyone. Peace out!

Three '80s Cartoons I watched Every Weekday Morning in 1990

 Hey everyone, how's it going? Happy Canada Day to all of my readers who are fellow Canadians! Today I'm going to talk about three '80s cartoons that I watched on weekday mornings in 1990. All three of them were produced here in Canada or have Canadian voice talent in their casts, or both. So let's get right into it.

The first is Inspector Gadget, which aired on Global TV at 7:30 in the morning on weekdays. I did a post over on Josh's Geek Cave a few years ago on this show, but it was one of my absolute favourite cartoons growing up in the '90s, especially in the early part of the decade. It's also one of two on this list that aired on Global TV in reruns all through the '90s, right up until Global stopped airing its Kids TV block in the early 2000s. As I mentioned in that earlier blog post, Maxwell Smart himself, Don Adams, voiced Gadget, which was funny, because I was watching reruns of Get Smart right around this time too.

The next cartoon on this list is The Care Bears Family. This was on pretty early in the morning, either at 7 am or 8 am. I don't really remember when, but it was on in reruns on Global all through the '90s, and into the early 2000s. This and Inspector Gadget were the two '80s cartoons that were on in reruns until Global discontinued Kids TV in the early 2000s. Because this was a Canadian produced cartoon, it had many Canadian voice actors in the cast. Oddly enough, Shreeky was voiced by two different people. In season 2 she was voiced by Terri Hawkes and in season 3 she was voiced by Tracey Moore. Why is that significant? Well, Tracey Moore voiced Sailor Moon in the first thirteen episodes of the original English dub of Sailor Moon and Terri Hawkes voiced her for the remaining 57 episodes of the two season dub produced by DIC Entertainment. So that's pretty neat.

The last show I wanna talk about is The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin, based on the toy by Worlds of Wonder. This series was distributed by DIC Entertainment, however it was produced by Atkinson Film-Arts, which was a studio here in Ottawa that went out of business in 1989. I've talked a lot about Teddy Ruxpin on my blogs over the years, but I loved this show growing up. It mixed the charm of the book and tape sets with the action cartoons like The Transformers, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It was also the only cartoon that was serialized, as it ran five days a week with an over-arching story arc that lasted for at least four out of the five days, sometimes all five days, there was also usually one standalone episode during that week too. This was unprecedented in the '80s as pretty much every other cartoon was episodic.

Naturally, I have all three of these shows on physical media. As you all know I grew up with The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin on VHS. I still have a bunch of episodes on VHS, on two tapes that my dad recorded off Global TV in 1990, but I don't have any of the official VHS releases from the '80s anymore. I also have the entire show on DVD.

I have "The Invasion", which is season 1, episode 16 of Inspector Gadget on VHS. This was part of a collection of tapes that was given to me by an acquaintance of mine back in late 2020 or early 2021, and I've watched it a few times since then. It's a good episode and I love seeing the opening theme and closing credits as if I was watching it on Global TV in the early '90s.

I have one Care Bears tape. This one contains four episodes from season 3 of The Care Bears Family. These four episodes belong to a batch of episodes late in the season that homages Star Trek. I had a copy of this tape when I was a kid, but the top loader VCR we had at the time, ate the tape and we had to throw the tape in the garbage once my dad was able to get the tape out of the VCR. A few months ago though I spotted a copy of the tape at a local geek sale that I went to with Brad and Jonathan, and I bought it for $5, which was a pretty good deal all things considered. So I'm very glad to have the tape back in my collection after more than thirty years.

I have the 2012 Image Entertainment The Complete Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin DVD release, which contains all 65 episodes across ten discs and nothing else. The transfers used were the original broadcast tapes, with no remastering done. So each episode looks exactly how it did when it originally aired on TV back in 1987. Which actually doesn't surprise me, because I don't think any '80s cartoon or '90s kids show that I own on DVD has been remastered at all, except for Sailor Moon as I own the first two seasons of the 2014 Viz Media English Dub on Blu-ray (season 1) and DVD (Sailor Moon R). There also aren't any special features in this DVD release either. Or any Teddy Ruxpin home video release for that matter.

That's all I wanted to talk about today. I could've talked about so many '80s cartoons but these were the three that were on during the week that I watched every day either before school or when I was in the hospital and needed something to do while I waited for my nurses to finish their rounds or for my doctors to do their morning rounds. I'll definitely do more blog posts about the '80s cartoons and other TV shows that I watched growing up because there were quite a few of them.

I'll be back on Saturday for this week's Rental Recommendations. I took last week off, but I'm back this week. I might have other blog posts in me this week. Maybe one tomorrow or Friday. We'll see. Until then, have a great rest of the week and I will see you back here in 1980 something, 1990 something, or between 2000 and 2005. Take care. Peace out!

Rental Recommendations: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

 Hey everyone, happy Saturday! Or Caturday if you're a cat person apparently. I dunno. I can't keep up with everything the internet claims is a holiday or day of celebration or anything like that. It's time for another Rental Recommendation. This week I'm taking a look at Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country on VHS. The POV for this post is a Star Trek magazine looking at the VHS release in the summer of 1993. Let's get into it!

After being available only in a box set with the other five Star Trek movies, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is finally available on home video on its own. Which means that it's finally available to rent. This is the final mission of the Enterprise under the command of Captain Kirk and the entire crew from the original series. It does not disappoint. It has nods to The Next Generation, as well as to 25 years of Star Trek history. 

I'm not sure how well the box set it was originally part of has been selling, nor why Paramount chose to release it that way first. Especially because they waited a year and a half to release it rather than releasing the movie on home video last year following the end of its theatrical release. The movie is really good though and worth renting at any video store in your area. Is it the best Star Trek movie to date? Maybe not, but it's the best Star Trek movie since The Wrath of Khan came out back in 1982.

While this movie is the last one to star the entire original cast, we have learned that the next movie, which will be the first to star the cast of The Next Generation, which is about to start its final season, will feature some members of the original cast and is due to release in theaters next year, following the show's series finale. 

Definitely check out Star Trek VI on video this weekend. Even if you saw it in theaters back in 1991. If you own the box set that includes this video in it, you're good to go. There are scenes in the movie that weren't seen in theaters, which makes it doubly worth watching again and again.

Here in 2026, I watched this tape a lot. My dad had that original box set of all six movies when I was growing up, and that's how I watched it. I also had a taped off TV version that one of the nurses at the hospital gave to me during one of my stays during that period. I think it aired on TV sometime in 1992 and the nurse taped it for me whenever it aired, and then brought the tape in for me when she worked next while I was still in the hospital. I have the individual release in my VHS collection currently, and I'm gonna watch it in the very near future.

That is it for me for today my friends. I'll be back next week with more nostalgic goodness. Until then have a great rest of the weekend and I will see you all soon. Peace out!