This weekend I was out at the local Goodwill store and was wandering around trying to decide whether or not to buy this sweet trench coat for $8 (My eventual answer: yes. Of course! Who would pass that deal up?!?) In the back was a rack of VHS movies. I know what you must be thinking: 'VHS? Nobody watches VHS anymore. VHS players don't even exist anymore!' Aha, I say, but my TV has a VHS deck included. Because it's hardcore.
This precious VHS deck allows me to rewatch the old Star Trek Next Generation viewer's choice marathons (even though they were usually the same picks, "The Inner Light," "Best of Both Worlds," "Yesterday's Enterprise," and "Relics.") as well as the opportunity to pick up movies I wouldn't ordinarily buy, since I'm cheap.
Not only did I come home with the trench coat that day, but also VHS copies of Pulp Fiction and The Evil Dead. I've been watching lots of movies on TV lately, and both of these movies are representative of the types that I've been seeing. One weekend TNT (I think) showed Kill Bill vol. 1 and 2 on Friday and Saturday nights. Stylized action-violence is the best kind of violence. After seeing those two I went on Wikipedia, that glorious resource, and read up on Tarantino's other movies. I've got a copy of Reservoir Dogs at home, but I don't think I've seen it yet.
I'm not sure I can add anything new to the 15 year long conversation about Pulp Fiction, so let me just say that it's damn good.
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