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the same could be said of most forms of media. how many stupid tv commercials and made for TV movies are only preserved via a betamax cassette at a hoarder's h

the same could be said of most forms of media. how many stupid tv commercials and made for TV movies are only preserved via a betamax cassette at a hoarder's house?

dredmorbius 10y ago
You're tickling vague recollections of some programme which was rediscovered by just such a route, though I can't for the life of me recall which.
CM30 10y ago
Tons and tons of works are basically lost because of this. It's the kind of thing the Lost Media Wiki is trying to track: http://lostmediawiki.com/Home http://lostmediawiki.com/Home And for an example of a made for TV movie nearly lost this way... well, the Rapsittie Kids Believe in Santa was only found in September 2015, presumably thanks to some random guy saving it on a tape or something: http://lostmediawiki.com/Rapsittie_Street_Kids:_Believe_in_Santa_(Found_CGI_Animated_TV_Movie;_2002) http://lostmediawiki.com/Rapsittie_Street_Kids:_Believe_in_S... Of course, it also kind of proves that a lot of lost media isn't particularly good (the film mentioned there is one of the worst animated films ever made, and yet somehow still managed to air on network TV), but yeah, same thing applies. Lots of thought lost or thought non existent media is just waiting around on videos and cassettes.
- at-fates-hands 10y ago
  Wired did an article back in 2015 about the underground bunker that houses some of the most famous Hollywood movies: Inside the Nuclear Bunker Where America Preserves Its Movie History - http://www.wired.com/2015/07/film-preservation/ http://www.wired.com/2015/07/film-preservation/ Willeman presides over more than 160,000 reels of combustible cinematic treasure, from the original camera negatives of 1903’s The Great Train Robbery to the early holdings of big studios like Columbia, Warner Bros, and Universal. And more barrels keep showing up every week.
dredmorbius 10y ago
Much of Dr. Who: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_missing_episodes https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_missing_episodes

the same could be said of most forms of media. how many stupid tv commercials and made for TV movies are only preserved via a betamax cassette at a hoarder's house?

dredmorbius 10y ago

You're tickling vague recollections of some programme which was rediscovered by just such a route, though I can't for the life of me recall which.

CM30 10y ago

Tons and tons of works are basically lost because of this. It's the kind of thing the Lost Media Wiki is trying to track: http://lostmediawiki.com/Home http://lostmediawiki.com/Home And for an example of a made for TV movie nearly lost this way... well, the Rapsittie Kids Believe in Santa was only found in September 2015, presumably thanks to some random guy saving it on a tape or something: http://lostmediawiki.com/Rapsittie_Street_Kids:_Believe_in_Santa_(Found_CGI_Animated_TV_Movie;_2002) http://lostmediawiki.com/Rapsittie_Street_Kids:_Believe_in_S... Of course, it also kind of proves that a lot of lost media isn't particularly good (the film mentioned there is one of the worst animated films ever made, and yet somehow still managed to air on network TV), but yeah, same thing applies. Lots of thought lost or thought non existent media is just waiting around on videos and cassettes.

at-fates-hands 10y ago
Wired did an article back in 2015 about the underground bunker that houses some of the most famous Hollywood movies: Inside the Nuclear Bunker Where America Preserves Its Movie History - http://www.wired.com/2015/07/film-preservation/ http://www.wired.com/2015/07/film-preservation/ Willeman presides over more than 160,000 reels of combustible cinematic treasure, from the original camera negatives of 1903’s The Great Train Robbery to the early holdings of big studios like Columbia, Warner Bros, and Universal. And more barrels keep showing up every week.

dredmorbius 10y ago

Much of Dr. Who: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_missing_episodes https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_missing_episodes