VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, HD-DVD...

DGTWoodward wrote:I remember renting THE BRONX WARRIORS off a real charlatan, back in the hazy and early days of VHS.

Wasn't this a sort of RAMBO/THE WARRIORS hybrid with a far-too-pretty-to-be-straight lead guy (albeit with terrific hair), with jeans and a leather waist coat so something of a poseur. And he drove around in a crappy old pick-up and got beaten up alot.

Is that the right one?

Despite the (now obvious) con-man, I actually recall those times with great fondness. This guy stick out because he was such a fraud. But looking back, a cherished memory of a really revolutionary and trend setting time.

I remember his zany and (shouldn't make fun, he obviously had a real problem) highly affected and way off descriptions of movies. His description of THE BRONX WARRIORS was that it was a sequel to FORT APACHE:THE BRONX (starring Paul Newman). His description of APOCALYPSE CANNIBAL - or as he called it APOCALYPSE CANNIBAL - was that it was he sequel to APOCALYPSE NOW!

None of his tapes were legit, they were all regular, domestically bought, usual brands.

It is obvious to me now, but he was clearly a 'quick on the uptake' entrepreneur that had figured out the two VHS machine in series trick and had bootlegged everything he could get his hands on.