Pre-Order Hey Folks! It's the Intermission Time Video Party! Set (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

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[Desslar]

Looks intriguing, but kind of hard to understand from the Amazon description exactly what content is included. Is it a compilation of old theater ads?

 

[DaveF]

What is this?

 

[ahollis]

Something Weird Video put four VHS tapes of back in the way old days of Drive-In Intermission time clocks, Drive-In Promotions and other nostalgic trailers. They also were a collection of indoor theatre promotions. I don’t recall them ever being released on DVD. For the nostalgia groupies of those easy times this Bul-ray should be enjoyed. Depending on the transfers.

For what’s worth I’m one of those groupies after years of overseeing and film booking Drive-ins. It’s on order.

 

[PODER]

Just checked HEY FOLKS, IT'S INTERMISSION TIME on IMDb. It appears to be filler that appeared between double bills at drive-ins.

 

[Paul Penna]

I suppose this is representative of the original six VHS compilations the Amazon description says are included on the Blu-ray.

 

[Cineman]

Something Weird Video put four VHS tapes of back in the way old days of Drive-In Intermission time clocks, Drive-In Promotions and other nostalgic trailers. They also were a collection of indoor theatre promotions. I don’t recall them ever being released on DVD. For the nostalgia groupies of those easy times this Bul-ray should be enjoyed. Depending on the transfers.

For what’s worth I’m one of those groupies after years of overseeing and film booking Drive-ins. It’s on order.

I am one of those Drive-In (and some indoor) Theatre intermission countdowns, concession ads, local business ads, etc groupies, too! Love having them on physical media.

So much so that I did buy all volumes on VHS from Something Weird Video back in the 90s. Then I replaced those with the DVD-R versions in the early 2000s. And, yes, I have already put in my pre-order for this Blu-ray version. Haha.

Looks like they have created some sort of additional mix of the various volumes for one of the disc's. Which would be a good thing.

 

[Cineman]

I suppose this is representative of the original six VHS compilations the Amazon description says are included on the Blu-ray.

Yep, that was just one of several volumes on VHS. Then later on DVD.

It'll be interesting to see what they put on the mix disc.

Hard to believe there was a time when we were thrilled to get a simple hamburger (cheeseburgers were rare and exotic in a pre McDonald's world, double-deckers only for grizzly bear sized show offs and foodie daredevils), a tumbler size box of plain popcorn and a dixiecup of soda (no ice) small enough to satisfy a hummingbird. Lol.

 

[JoshZ]

This seems like something that would work best as individual files on a Plex server, programmed to play before and between other content. Swapping discs and chapter skipping to find the perfect trailer for what you're watching seems like it would be awkward.

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

This seems like something that would work best as individual files on a Plex server, programmed to play before and between other content. Swapping discs and chapter skipping to find the perfect trailer for what you're watching seems like it would be awkward.

I have a lot of these and similar snipes (from Archive.org and other sources) and they are fun to use like that with a show for a group. Only issue with Plex player (and Infuse) on AppleTV is a playback gap between them or a filename display that comes up. I usually end up putting them on a flash drive and using my Oppo's media player function to play them before a feature.

 

[Desslar]

This seems like something that would work best as individual files on a Plex server, programmed to play before and between other content. Swapping discs and chapter skipping to find the perfect trailer for what you're watching seems like it would be awkward.

Yeah, some of these ads are cool to see, but I don't know if I want to sit down and watch a bunch of them in a row. Would be cool if they could be integrated with movies of the same period.

 

[Cineman]

This seems like something that would work best as individual files on a Plex server, programmed to play before and between other content. Swapping discs and chapter skipping to find the perfect trailer for what you're watching seems like it would be awkward.

Back in the DVD-R version days, I had a Sony 5-disc DVD changer/carousel player and placed one of the discs in it along with a favorite cartoon compilation disc, a schlocky horror or sci-fi trailer disc and a couple of movie discs for whatever double-bill was on my schedule for the night. Then I just hopped from one disc to another using the remote's skip/play buttons.

I would line up for ready play the movie discs. But for the Intermission ads, trailers and cartoons discs I was fine with whatever was next up from the last time I played it. In fact, I didn't want to know what was up next.

I would just let that Intermission/Snack Bar ads disc run on screen from wherever it left off the previous movie night for however long we were busy taking a potty break, popping popcorn, whatever. 5-10 minutes or so. That way I never really focused on exactly what was being shown on it, nothing too important really, just created a fun background mood enhancer. And it would always be a different 5-10 minute sequence each time. Just for added fun in the background really, nothing to focus on all that much. Similar to the amount of attention we gave them from the backseat of a 1955 Ford before and after the snack bar run.

I never got around to figuring out how to set it up on a Plex server or a flash drive. That 5-disc DVD changer/carousel player was easier for me to figure out. Problem is there was never a simple 5-disc Blu-ray changer/carousel player to accommodate my evolution to that format and the format of this latest version. As far as I know there was only a behemoth Sony 300-disc Blu-ray changer/player available years ago and that one apparently took 30 seconds or so to skip from one disc to the next.

 

[Jesse Skeen]

Anyone seen this yet? There’s a review on Blu-Ray.com but it’s not very detailed.

The main thing keeping me from ordering this sight unseen is that Something Weird Video put a very ugly watermark on a lot of their trailers, the letters “SWV” in blocky computer-generated text. The Blu-Ray.com review shows a few stills which don’t have this watermark, but that could have been just from the “mixtape” portion. I need confirmation that NONE of the trailers on this are watermarked.

It also says it was transferred from S-VHS masters, that’s a bit of a let-down. I would’ve paid more for discs with new hi-def transfers from the film elements.

The price on Amazon is low enough that I’d order this even if the quality is VHS-level, but want to make sure the SWV watermark isn’t on these. My eyes are still in pain from watching that “Extra Weird” trailer disc years ago which has that watermark on everything!

 

[Cineman]

Anyone seen this yet? There’s a review on Blu-Ray.com but it’s not very detailed.

The main thing keeping me from ordering this sight unseen is that Something Weird Video put a very ugly watermark on a lot of their trailers, the letters “SWV” in blocky computer-generated text. The Blu-Ray.com review shows a few stills which don’t have this watermark, but that could have been just from the “mixtape” portion. I need confirmation that NONE of the trailers on this are watermarked.

It also says it was transferred from S-VHS masters, that’s a bit of a let-down. I would’ve paid more for discs with new hi-def transfers from the film elements.

The price on Amazon is low enough that I’d order this even if the quality is VHS-level, but want to make sure the SWV watermark isn’t on these. My eyes are still in pain from watching that “Extra Weird” trailer disc years ago which has that watermark on everything!

My copy just arrived today. You might have ordered and received your copy by now too. If not, doing a quick spot check through the Mix Tape portion (says it was transferred from S-VHS) and all 6 of the original Hey, Folks Volumes (says they were transferred from VHS) spread across 2 blu-ray discs, I saw no evidence of that ugly "SWV" watermark you asked about.

Of course, the source material was atrocious. But it is still a fun set to have on hand. Worth it to me.

You might also be glad to know that Something Weird Video introduction only appears once at the beginning of each disc and not at the beginning of each of the original 6 Volumes included.

 

[Jesse Skeen]

Thanks, someone on another forum verified there are no watermarks, back ordered it from Deep Discount. Still a bit of a cheat that these are from analog tape sources, but I love this stuff and would rebuy it if they did a better transfer later.

 

[Cineman]

My copy just arrived today. You might have ordered and received your copy by now too. If not, doing a quick spot check through the Mix Tape portion (says it was transferred from S-VHS) and all 6 of the original Hey, Folks Volumes (says they were transferred from VHS) spread across 2 blu-ray discs, I saw no evidence of that ugly "SWV" watermark you asked about.

Of course, the source material was atrocious. But it is still a fun set to have on hand. Worth it to me.

You might also be glad to know that Something Weird Video introduction only appears once at the beginning of each disc and not at the beginning of each of the original 6 Volumes included.

Just a small note of correction on my previous post. I see now that this blu-ray package states that all 6 Volumes of the original set were transferred from the S-VHS masters of the original uncut Something Weird VHS compilations from the 1990s.

Hmm. I had misread that earlier to be that the new Mixtape was transferred from S-VHS masters but that the original 6 Volumes included were transferred from their original VHS masters. Sorry about any confusion there.