Post by stintergalactic on Nov 18, 2021 21:36:27 GMT
I know there's been some debate about what counts as Lost Media, and whether physical objects can count. But I think I found an example that blurs the line enough to fall on the side of it counting as Lost Media. It is, after all, a Home MEDIA release of a movie.
Anyway, if you do a basic Google search to find the last Home Media release of a studio film, every site will say that it was the 1996 movie Mission: Impossible. I don't believe that this is true. The earliest mention I can find of this "fact" being stated is a 2015 Mental Floss article. Doing a Google search for before 2015 doesn't yield any mentions of this.
The most recent movie I could find with a Betamax release was the 1993 movie Point of No Return. That copy does appear to be an official release, just by looks. But it's interesting because the box for the movie and the label on the tape were clearly originally meant for VHS copies of the film. Still, I do believe that this was probably an official release, even if being a special low order print run. I also saw a guy in a forum thread who said he had a
So, what we have here is an Existence Unconfirmed Home Media release of Mission: Impossible. I don't think it exists, but I'd love to be proven wrong. If anything, though, we have a mystery as to why this is such a widely reported fact. And if Mission: Impossible wasn't the last movie released on Betamax, then what was?
I'm not sure how to best start this search. Betamax releases are not nearly as documented as VHS. But Beta fans do seem to be a dedicated bunch. I'm going to try to find some Beta "experts" and reaching out to them to see what I can dig up. Any other suggestions are most welcome.
Anyway, if you do a basic Google search to find the last Home Media release of a studio film, every site will say that it was the 1996 movie Mission: Impossible. I don't believe that this is true. The earliest mention I can find of this "fact" being stated is a 2015 Mental Floss article. Doing a Google search for before 2015 doesn't yield any mentions of this.
The most recent movie I could find with a Betamax release was the 1993 movie Point of No Return. That copy does appear to be an official release, just by looks. But it's interesting because the box for the movie and the label on the tape were clearly originally meant for VHS copies of the film. Still, I do believe that this was probably an official release, even if being a special low order print run. I also saw a guy in a forum thread who said he had a
So, what we have here is an Existence Unconfirmed Home Media release of Mission: Impossible. I don't think it exists, but I'd love to be proven wrong. If anything, though, we have a mystery as to why this is such a widely reported fact. And if Mission: Impossible wasn't the last movie released on Betamax, then what was?
I'm not sure how to best start this search. Betamax releases are not nearly as documented as VHS. But Beta fans do seem to be a dedicated bunch. I'm going to try to find some Beta "experts" and reaching out to them to see what I can dig up. Any other suggestions are most welcome.
