Housepets!

Oh no my worse fears have been realized. VHS! NOOOOOO!

Anyway, I am so confused about this story. I don't know where this is going. I keep expecting some kind of Twilight Zone/Haunting Hour style story but it feels more like Rick is just making fun of obsolete technology and anyone born before and after 2001.

VHS!!!! AHHHH!

I'll be honest. I laughed way to hard and way too loudly at the last panel.

I like the little touches, like the lines in panel one indicating Peanut is waging his tail.

Love that Peanut's looking at the VHS like, "Uh... Grape?"

Great, now I feel old about vhs.

It's like watching a YouTube video of kids and teens reacting to 90's technology.

Please tell me I'm not the only one who noticed this

I remember using VHS but when it was on its way ooooout.

VHS is fine,

You haven't lived until you've tried to manually adjust the tracking on your VCR to get an old tape to play correctly.

Also Grape, you're thinking of JVC.

Not to worry! Lester has a VHS player that he uses for subs of really bad anime!

Im guessing Rick watched south park Halloween episode eh?

"Oh I see, Blockbuster is sooo old its spooky"

fenrirblack wrote:It's like watching a YouTube video of kids and teens reacting to 90's technology.

Please tell me I'm not the only one who noticed this

Someone on the Discord just did. I was thinking the Swedish Chef, personally.

Grape’s going Wilde for the old school;
getting questions wrong but still looking cool;
holding things from when, as a rule,
the only cool monster name had to be Zuuul.
Her nutty Valentine is looking calm,
looking around and appreciating old world charm;
never treating any new things with alarm;
he knows that, with Grape, he’ll never come to harm.
Strange men with hairy faces and a candle
are never anything that our heroes can’t handle;
they can stay and hear his tales of fear and scandal
as he offers them a donut, a lifebouy and a spangle...

Oh come on, Rick. I'd hesitate to call standard def DVDs obsolete at all. In fact, I prefer them. You can play them on just about anything and they're cheaper than the fancy formats.

leinglo wrote:Oh come on, Rick. I'd hesitate to call standard def DVDs obsolete at all. In fact, I prefer them. You can play them on just about anything and they're cheaper than the fancy formats.

What? I thought everyone had Green-Rays and Digital Downloading?
Kilo, you're not that old and you know they're called Blu-rays.
Point stands.

D-Rock wrote: Someone on the Discord just did. I was thinking the Swedish Chef, personally.

There’s a Discord? What’s that like?

Welsh Halfwit wrote:

leinglo wrote:Oh come on, Rick. I'd hesitate to call standard def DVDs obsolete at all. In fact, I prefer them. You can play them on just about anything and they're cheaper than the fancy formats.

What? I thought everyone had Green-Rays and Digital Downloading?
Kilo, you're not that old and you know they're called Blu-rays.
Point stands.

DVDs are also the only option if you don't have good enough internet for streaming services like netflix. I wasn't able to watch Voltron Legendary Defender at all until the season 1 DVD collection finally came out.

D-Rock wrote: Someone on the Discord just did. I was thinking the Swedish Chef, personally.

Housepets/Rick has a discord?

Info on the Discord is here, don't think the link invite works anymore, PM me if you're interested, rules are the same as here. Moving on...

You know, did those HD DVDs really catch on? My first and really only exposure to those was at a Goodwill, and I have not seen them anymore. They just died with the advent of Blu-Ray the same way Laserdisc died during the VHS days?

HD-DVD and Blu-Ray coexisted for a while, during the HD format war. Blu-Ray managed to win out I think mainly because of the PS3, because Sony, who owns the Blu-Ray format, included a player in the console.

Microsoft did sell an optional HD-DVD player for the Xbox 360, but it was expensive and didn't really catch on.

What is this VHS? and can I eat it?

D-Rock wrote:Info on the Discord is here, don't think the link invite works anymore, PM me if you're interested, rules are the same as here. Moving on...

You know, did those HD DVDs really catch on? My first and really only exposure to those was at a Goodwill, and I have not seen them anymore. They just died with the advent of Blu-Ray the same way Laserdisc died during the VHS days?

Bandit1990 wrote:HD-DVD and Blu-Ray coexisted for a while, during the HD format war. Blu-Ray managed to win out I think mainly because of the PS3, because Sony, who owns the Blu-Ray format, included a player in the console.

Microsoft did sell an optional HD-DVD player for the Xbox 360, but it was expensive and didn't really catch on.

This is the best part of the forum. When you learn stuff. Its both fun and educational.

fenrirblack wrote:This is the best part of the forum. When you learn stuff. Its both fun and educational.

Indeed

No View Master slide carousel?

There was something that didn't seem quite right about Video Store Clerk's face and I think I figured it out. The fact that we can see his face. There are more human faces now then there were at the start of the comic, where every time there would be something obscuring part or the top of their head would be cut off by the top of the panel. Nowadays, there are more human faces, but it's still weird when one shows up. I could see you guys making the argument that his face is still obscured because his unibrow is covering his eyes.

I gotta admit: I'm kinda surprised the rental store isn't run by the Old Man Who Only Speaks In Limericks.

Ah, VHS! Now I just feel old.

So, if the power's out, how are you going to run the register?

I like that Peanut is savvy with this stuff :3

I'm sure Earl has VHS at home somewhere, but i'm curious how their eyes will handle it? x3

and VHS's nostalgia will never be forgotten ;_;

DVDs - things you can actually play on laptops (grumbles about not having the means to play HD movies without a separate device).

Funny to think that there are humans who are just as naive as the pets.

Anyone remember the miniature VHS cases they had in kids meals?

Sinder wrote:Turner and Hooooch…

I love you for reminding me of that episode.

Douglas Collier wrote:DVDs - things you can actually play on laptops (grumbles about not having the means to play HD movies without a separate device).

Funny to think that there are humans who are just as naive as the pets.

Anyone remember the miniature VHS cases they had in kids meals?

Honestly... I don’t get why we act like the pets in Housepets are that far behind the humans. I meet more people that are like the pets than otherwise

Gameb18oy wrote:

Douglas Collier wrote:DVDs - things you can actually play on laptops (grumbles about not having the means to play HD movies without a separate device).

Funny to think that there are humans who are just as naive as the pets.

Anyone remember the miniature VHS cases they had in kids meals?

Honestly... I don’t get why we act like the pets in Housepets are that far behind the humans. I meet more people that are like the pets than otherwise

It’s because they retain their naivety well into their adult lives, rather than growing up. Then again, so have recent generations of humans to some extent (including mine).

Ahah, what a curious shop owner. He has a candle light? Does this shop have electricity? OMG, it still has VHS movies... Anyway, if the movie for Peanut and Grape is very special, it'll be worth if it's really on VHS and not on DVD, which isn't still so ancient, indeed.

Forget the spookiness, just eat candy and watch Con Air and cuddle. You won't regret it.

IceKitsune wrote:Ah, VHS! Now I just feel old.

D-Rock wrote: Don't worry about me, just feeling old for illegitimate reasons.

Saturn381 wrote:Great, now I feel old about vhs.

Is there anyone here that isn't super old?

fenrirblack wrote:

IceKitsune wrote:Ah, VHS! Now I just feel old.

D-Rock wrote: Don't worry about me, just feeling old for illegitimate reasons.

Saturn381 wrote:Great, now I feel old about vhs.

Is there anyone here that isn't super old?

Probably just you, cesco and Hlaroo. (One or two others who wish to remain ageless.)

Welsh Halfwit wrote:

fenrirblack wrote:

IceKitsune wrote:Ah, VHS! Now I just feel old.

D-Rock wrote: Don't worry about me, just feeling old for illegitimate reasons.

Saturn381 wrote:Great, now I feel old about vhs.

Is there anyone here that isn't super old?

Probably just you, cesco and Hlaroo. (One or two others who wish to remain ageless.)

Ha! You think I care if someone calls me old just for that?

Gameb18oy wrote: Ha! You think I care if someone calls me old just for that?

How do you know I didn't include you in the 'one or two others'?

You're only as old as your imagination.

Welsh Halfwit wrote:

Gameb18oy wrote: Ha! You think I care if someone calls me old just for that?

How do you know I didn't include you in the 'one or two others'?

You're only as old as your imagination.

I’m young at heart.

I'm 28, I'm not old, yet.

I just like classic/retro media.