I posted this as a reply to someone yesterday but I'll repeat it here:
There's no practical way to preserve a physical VHS tape. It's an inherently bad format that degrades over time. Art wasn't destroyed, future landfill was. Nukie (the movie) didn't disappear. Here is Nukie preserved and digitized online: archive.org/details/nukie.…
I'm convinced anyone comparing the great Nukie destruction to burning books (I guess they don't understand the actual historical context or purpose of that one) or says that it's an act of destroying culture is either acting in bad faith or just genuinely kind of dumb.
The joke has run its course and the morons have vented about the destruction of a bunch of moldy old plastic. So that's my final take. Safe travels, Nukie...wherever the future may take you.
@JayBauman1 Funny how you invoke "actual historical context" but never give actual historical context.
@JayBauman1 I was a little concerned about it at first, but what y'all did was really the equivalent of burning snot rags, not books.
@JayBauman1 Once you find out which books they burned, it makes sense.
@JayBauman1 It's absolutely insane to me that some people out there really think you destroying the garbage copies of Nukie made the one you had graded more valuable. The only reason that Nukie copy is valuable is because it was featured on your beloved show and has a history on that show.
@JayBauman1 "BOOKIEEEEEEEEEEEE! "
@JayBauman1 I think there should be archives somewhere - universities - for the VHS era and/or movies regardless of “quality” - bad 1980s movies might be perceived as outsider art someday. But… The world also didn’t need an extra 100 actual NUKIE VHS tapes cluttering up the place. Loved it
@JayBauman1 I couldn't imagine someone viewing Nukie on the same level as Marx but sure.