I was born in 1997, what is this? Did people actually pay to keep movies for a week?
>>63041671
>for a week
pffthahahaha
>>63041671
>for a week
More like 1-2 nights.
>>63041671
three day rentals were the norm iirc
There were different options: 1 day, 3 day, etc.
They also had video games a secret porno room.
>>63041671
More like take your neighbor's blockbuster card and rent your little heart out.
>>63041671
When you get BTFO (again) for being a child are you going to resort to insulting people for using 4chan (again)? Seriously I already told you faggot, put on a trip so I can filter you.
I was born in 96
AMA
>>63041671
The trade off was if the movie was shit or just something you'd probably watch once then you only paid $5 for it.
>>63041778
Do you have any nudes of your mom?
>>63041741
>secret porno room.
nigga what blockbuster did you go to where they had porn rooms
>>63041825
not something you would want tbqh family
>>63041794
>$5
I still can't believe they charged that much. I know that older movies were probably cheaper, but still, this was a weekly thing for my family, and sometimes 2 movies at once.
Thank god for the DVD to put that shitty company out of business. Absurd late fees, shilling popcorn and candy at the checkout line. Fucking kikes.
>>63041671
New releases could typically only be rented out for like two days. Old movies that nobody gave a shit about were available for a whole week.
>>63041706
>1-2 nights
or forever. nothing in between.
>>63041671
>not knowing block buster.
could rent consoles there.
>tfw born in 1997
>tfw still remember pizza hut and gaeman over weekends with rented shit
>>63041854
I don't know if Blockbuster ever had one, but many movie rental places had one during the 80s and 90s.
>>63041671
Looks like you were born in '97, cause you only had them for 3 days
>>63041985
My local place Total Video placed theirs right next to the anime.
>>63041854
Hollywood video had them
>>63041671
fucking little kids get out of here
08/17/1992 checking in
>>63042241
you hav the same birthday as my son
>>63042241
you hav the same birthday as my granddaughter
>>63041901
>Kikes
Blockbuster was owned by Mormons.
Which is actually worse in my opinion.
>>63042241
You have the sam birthday as my wife's son
I was born in '95 and I really miss rental stores.
I mean we still have family video but it's selection isn't that good. Great prices for movies that aren't that recent though, 2 for $1 5 nights.
>>63041985
Blockbuster only ever carried skinamax porn. Softcore stuff.
I used to work there back in the day.
There was this old man who was the only dude I ever saw rent one of those. His name was Woody Cockburn. I'm not making that up.
>>63042265
>>63042306
>>63042332
u wot m99
>>63042374
>im not making that up
>>63042332
mfw people my age are getting married.
I don't like this feel at all
>>63041671
Bait.jpg
>>63041671
>what is red box
nigger, what are you even spouting
>>63041721
Not on new releases.
>>63042241
8/20/1992 here
3 days older than me
what was it like in those 3 days senpai?
>>63041932
I remember when Blockbuster first opened and it was a big fucking deal because they let you keep movies for 3 days rather than having to return them the next day.
It was the whole point of the "Wow! What a difference!" tagline in their ad campaigns.
I also remember going to look for anime when I was 12 and all the Movies To Go had was Ultimate Teacher, Genocyber, MD Geist, Venus Wars, volumes 1, 2, and 6 of Urusei Yatsura, and volumes 1, 3, and 5 of Orguss. And they had the best selection in town.
>>63041671
>about to call him underage
>realize kids born in 1997 are 18
>>63041958
>could rent consoles there.
Not all of 'em. Definitely not in sketchier neighborhoods.
>>63041901
DVD's didn't put blockbuster out of business dipshit.
>>63042241
>born in the 1990's
>calling others little kids
that's fucking adorable
>>63042628
I had to stay in the incubator box thing for a 2 weeks because I was born with water in my lungs senpai
you saw the world as it was in a way I never will
>tfw 1997 was 10 years ago
>>63042793
Let me guess, you're a le '89 masterrace reporting in, right?
Fucking kids make me want to vomit.
>>63042759
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2014/09/05/a-look-back-at-why-blockbuster-really-failed-and-why-it-didnt-have-to/
There's a decent, and quick article examining Blockbuster's failure. Netflix's role in it is often overstated (such as single handedly killing it) but it played a major role.
Blockbuster made ~15-20% of its money in late fees. Yet Netflix was able to eliminate late fees at almost no cost to themselves (you still are charged if you don't return, and are charged for the movie if you cancel and don't return).
Blockbuster relied heavily on "power users," and Netflix, almost overnight, siphoned that from them. And Netflix wouldn't be able to operate the way they used to without the DVD.
>>63042838
It's actually 18 years ago.
>>63042942
N-No
>>63042976
'Fraid so
>born in 1997
>18
goddamn time flies
>Parents forgot to take back some movies and games we rented
>rack up tons of late fees
>place goes out of business
>still have the movies and games in blockbuster boxes
Early 90's were a great time to be born. Get to live out the best years of your life during the greatest point in American history (until 2001).
People born in the 90's are adults now, functioning members of society. Any of those tryhards who are slightly older are butthurt about that and fear for their own mortality.
>>63041671
Those one week rentals were only for older movies during blockbusters glory years. I remember paying 3.99 and the movie was due back before like 7 pm the next day. Keep it after that and it was 3.99 per day, and didn't go away after full price of the movie. I can remember having to pay a 50 dollar late fee PLUS replacement after losing and forgetting about a rental.
A fuckin complete rip off today, and way bigger back then in the early 90's. It deserved to die t bh.
>1-2 nights
wait it was commonplace back the to marathon movies in a day?
>>63043112
Tell them to check their credit reports
>>63041749
Butthurt
>>63043244
yeah. people had too much time back then
Who /born in 1997/ here?
>inb4 underage
had birthday in May, fuck off
> I worked at Blockbuster in the UK
People queued out the door to rent Unbreakable at £3.50 for two nights
>>63043244
No you faggot, you'd go rent a new release and something else Friday after work, watch it that night, return the next day.
>>63043244
at my blockbuster it was
New releases were one day rentals
1-3 year old movies were 3 days
anything else was 7 days
>tfw you didn't rewind the vhs
>>63043306
was june for me
Somebody needs to put the fuck my shit up haircut on this guy
>offered to buy Netflix for 50 million
>refuses
>blockbuster goes bankrupt in one of the most epic business free falls of all time
>Netflix is now worth 32.9 billion
>>63043359
>tfw you only rewound the VHS to just before the massive twist line
:^)
>>63043389
Forgot pic
>that stage where you started going to blockbuster just to look at what movies to download later that evening
the end was near
>he didn't get the 5 weeklys for 5 dollars voucher
>>63043306
>>63043361
March here
Watchdog Video was a place across town from me, like a ten minute bike ride.
They let you keep five movies for five days for five bucks.
I watched so many movies, it was fucking disgusting. Never have I since reached that level of disgusting, even with all movies being 'free' now.
It was magical.
>>63041741
Ours had like western saloon doors. You could 'just' see a bit of the posters and all.
Place closed when I got into high school. I never got to go in.
![Harrison-Wells-harrison-wells-eobard-thawne-reverse-flash-38370731-1174-656[2].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/9hWmb2l.jpg "Harrison-Wells-harrison-wells-eobard-thawne-reverse-flash-38370731-1174-656[2].jpg")
>tfw the blockbuster cops kick down your door
This blockbuster next to my gym is still going strong
anyone else still go to video rental stores?
theres one near my apartment that i always go to. i dont know why, but i never feel like watching a movie if i just pirate it
>>63042241
Why is 92 so based? 91 is alright too I guess. Anything else 90s is just shit though.
>>63043608
It isn't, you're just getting older and fuller of misplaced rage, fear, and jealousy.
11/1992 here
>tfw I remember renting Double Dragon III for the NES at blockbuster and having the most disappointed weekend of my childhood.
>>63041671
The only thing I miss about Blockbuster is the game rentals but I barely have enough time to buy the games I actually buy anyway so it probably doesn't matter.
>>63041854
Family video still has them
>>63043723
But then again, there's always shit like GameFly
>>63043632
>11/1992 here
11/1992 here
>>63043744
i always forget that gamefly still exists
My dad always wanted to rent anime
>>63043793
Your dad was a weeaboo faggot.
>>63043547
afaik it's a 45 minute drive to the nearest rental place so no, I don't go.
>>63041671
it's funny I don't remember a single DVD I rented from Blockbuster, only VHS tapes.
>>63041741
>tfw my local dvd rental store is still going strong and has a secret porn room that isn't really that secret.
I'm tempted to go in and have a look but I kind of know the family who owns it so it would be weird.
>>63041671
> blockbuster movie pass
>unlimited movies
>rent/watch half a dozen movies per day, 2 at a time
>lived within walking distance
>mfw
rest in peace
Nigga I was born in 1997 and I just rented The Man from UNCLE this week.
I enjoyed it.
>>63043887
fuck, that really makes me sad for some reason
rented this 10 years ago, never took it back, never billed
>>63043738
>mfw when I first realized the irony years ago
>>63043793
the choice of anime was shit tier at that. All the decent shit I watched was bootleg/fan subs
There was a shop in town that rented anime exclusively. They had hundreds of vhs/dvds to choose from.
It was the go to spot for jap merch back then (99)
>>63043887
What is their logo even supposed to be? A broken VHS tape? A cement block that was busted? A ripped ticket stub?
>>63043997
>A ripped ticket stub?
correct
>>63043952
wow! you are so cool!
>>63044024
that makes no sense, you don't use tickets there
>>63043952
wow bro thats amazing. Holy shit. You and the 10,000,000 others that have it sure will make money off it one day!!!!!!!!1111
>>63043952
damn senpai pull that out when girls are over
your dick will instantly be wet
>>63043952
bro im amazed :o fucking jealous right now 2bh
>>63044029
>>63044057
just saying
sorry edgemasters, glad you can take it out on me
>>63044045
you cant order a qt 3.14 redhead at wendys either, whats your point?
>>63043952
Fucking kill yourself
>>63044094
You are pathetic.
>>63043952
>hey guys look how cool i am breaking the law!!!
fuck yourself faggot your the reason why blockbuster is in the state that it is
>>63043952
hurr door i helped bankrupted a company and cost thousands of jobs
>>63043952
HEY GUYS GIVE ME ATTENTION IN MY PIECE OF SHIT INSIGNIFICANT EXISTENCE!
>>63043952
Of course its a fucking Reddit meme flick too, holy fuck get off my board
>>63041671
Wtf? I'm '97 too & I was raised with Blockbuster and Hollywood Video. I used to rent wrestling pay per views, video games, and movies there all the time senpai.
>>63043952
ABSOLUTE MADMAN
M A D M A N
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>>63043952
if your gonna be a piece of shit and steal a movie at least steal a decent one faggot
>>63043952
Wow we got ourselves a badass over here watch out everyone.
>>63043952
Are you a time traveller?
>>63043952
Ben Stiller
>>/reddit/
People born in the 90's can fuck off
>>63044220
>wtf? I'm '97 too
Oh trust me, we can tell
>>63043952
>DVD
Holy shit were you some cheap kike who couldn't afford a blu-ray player? What a fucking loser.
>>63041671
>millennial doesn't understand the concept of having to pay to watch a movie
>>63043793
The content available was bad but the enthusiasm surrounding it was at its finest. Just like old 4chan
>>63043952
kek wait til I call them and report you faggot
>That random video store that sells really obscure foreign films, books, music and porn behind a certain in the backroom
>Guy behind the counter looks like he sells meth
>Everything has a discount label but its still moderately overpriced
These shops don't exist anymore, and never will again.
Think about that for a moment.
>>63044281
Yep and boomers can't get over it so they have to pull shit like TPP instead of evolving.
>>63043952
>Zoolander
Leave this board kid
>>63044324
>behind a certain
>>63044281
OP isn't from '97
>>63043952
>living in Philadelphia
Kill yourself
>>63043952
"Im a scumbag liberal who thinks breaking the law is funny"
>>63043952
This was by the EZ Dollar and Laundromat. OP want to hang out I'm close by?
>>63043952
OH WOW AWESOME WANT A METAL
>you can't kill yourself fast enough
>>63043952
Way to derail the thread dickhead
>>63043952
Can we ban this faggot?
>>63043952
>zoolander
>stealing from blockbuster
holy shit you couldnt be more of a faggot
>>63043952
>Ben Stiller
wow
>these are the people your posting with, think about that
>>63043952
>Snyder Ave
Holy shit you live in the ghetto. Are you black/hispanic?
>>63043952
10/10 m8, wish some of my own was still around so I could rack in those (You)s
Personal favorite:
>>63044481
>WANT A METAL
>METAL
>METAL
>>63041671
Don't you remember Redboxs? That was only like 3 years ago.
>>63043952
>HE LIVES IN FILTHADELPHIA
>>63044273
I'm 18 now though and attend USC film school so suck my dick.
>>63043952
>kek hows it feel to get obliterated??
My first summer job was at a Blockbuster, I really loved the place and how I was the only one actually interested in movies and able to give insights to customers, most of my coworkers watched american blockbusters and nothing else. On of them scored a couple of times with occasional female customers.
That first job helped me realizing that knowing cinema is useless.
>>63044802
Nice blog post holy fuck who cares
>>63044459
Ha, it was. Where you wanna meet pham?
>>63044690
East Passyunk's really nice now.
>>63043422
JUST
U
S
Tnice dubs btw
>>63043525
bullshit
>>63042241
92 master race reporting in.
>>63044871
>he's still in this thread
>you should be hanging your head in shame after being destroyed faggot
'83 and you're all disgusting babyfigs.
>>63044778
>>63044932
Who are you quoting?
>>63043402
>tfw you had to pay a fee for forgetting to rewind
>>63043112
>go on vacation in another state
>go to local rental place
>get 3 movies and 4 games
>just leave with them and they cant do shit
>>63044871
>East Passyunk's really nice now.
'no'
>>63044871
Lets meet at the 7/11. I can be there in 15 mins.
>>63043738
>family video near me closed last year
Feels bad man
>You will never hold a Blockbuster case again
It's the little things that make you feel, senpai
the thread is lost
the treaty signed
I was not caught, I returned my blockbuster rentals
>>63045028
>>63044871
It's a trap, he's a former blockbuster employee who wants to beat you up
I fucking hated working at blockbuster, stupid kids always getting candy stuck in the goddamn showers
I'm not lying but I think I worked at a blockbuster for like a week or two and get fired and the experience was so bad I erased it from my memory through trauma. Like a vaguely remember working at one, going every morning to it, eating in the back room but it's all vague shit. I even saw a therapist about it.
> Work at Blockbuster
> The number of times retards would bring the wrong case up to the counter
>>63043306
September here
>>63045142
wat
>>63045098
Did they at least pass the penis inspection?
i work at a hastings video right now. still going strong, renting DVDs and blurays.
the key is most of our base probably don't use credit/debit cards the way you or i might. they pay in cash a lot. also, we do rental credits if you return the movie early, so you play your cards right and you really don't have to pay for rentals.
i usually just use private trackers anyway.
>>63041671
>needing to watch a movie more than once
kek
what are you? a mental midget?
overnight rent master race here
>>63043423
Holy shit I knew the end was near when even my mum did that.
>>63043952
I got an old ass library book I never returned about whales but you don't see me bragging on /lit/.
>>63043525
Yeah the one in my local neighborhood is good I live about a 10 mins walk from it also the ones in other suburbs are alive I'm from Brisbane though.
>all these 97 posters
Who /1992/ here?
>>63041671
I too was born in 1997. I don't really know VHS, these babies are more my speed, and even those are starting to become obsolete.
Even though it was only 9 years ago, 2007 was so nostalgic and different from today. I remember renting DVDs (no streaming, just good, sturdy physical discs the old-fashioned way) of awesome shows SpongeBob, Drake & Josh, and The Sweet Life Of Zach And Cody from Redbox and all the kids in the school screaming quotes from those shows (I'M READY I'M READY I'M READY, LEEDLE LEEDLE LEEDLE, HUG ME BROTHA). I remember sipping my capri-sun and eating a Pop-tart, listening to Soulja Boy on my first generation iPhone.
Now I turned 18 and am starting college, and it feels like my life is about to collapse.
>>63045416
I don't understand. I'm 1997 and I remember going to Blockbusters and Hollywood video well through 05. I think I stopped around 08.
>>63043887
Not in Australia
![maxresdefault[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/CAcAlB6.jpg "maxresdefault[1].jpg")
>>63041741
>They also had video games a secret porno room.
Back in the days when the internet with gigabytes of porn wasn't available yet and you had to leave your house to have a wank
You know, there was a time in the past when they would have porn theaters where people would go out and watch pornos IN A THEATER?
There were also peep shows and "private viewing rooms" where people would go watch porn in certain cities.
Dark times, man
dark times.
Shit, my cable provider still has PPV porn on demand, and I always wonder who the fuck pays for that shit.
Back in the 90's I'd watch Cinemax at night trying to catch a glimpse of something, ANYTHING
>>63043952
Why are people so angry about this?
>>63045578
Nice, m8.
>>63041671
a week? jesus christ you may as well buy the movie then. late fees gonna be hell.
>>63045718
>meme actor
>liberal bragging about breaking the law
gee i wonder
>>63043952
FUCKING
UPVOTED
you i like you
Capitalism baby, I'm glad Blockbuster got absolutely BTFO overnight and went out of business.
Overcharged you to begin with and then raped you in fees if you dropped something off 20 minutes late.
>>63045263
Ha, I forgot Hastings still existed and was renting movies
I have one in my city and I never go
I guess it would be a good place to go if you don't want to torrent and you want an old school movie that you can't find on netflix/redbox/any streaming service.
Also just the fucking rental experience, nothing like walking into a rental store and checking out the selection, grabbing some popcorn/candy/sodas and heading out for a night of movies.
When I was little back in the mid 1990's that was our weekend entertainment, Fridays it was dinner, go to the rental shop, and take home a kid's movie, grown up movie, and a video game for me, return them on monday.
So many good memories, my first time ever playing Starfox 64, and Sonic The Hedgehog even earlier.
When you go to the porn room and some creepy dude winks at you
![betamax[1].gif](https://i.imgur.com/PlXqLY0.gif "betamax[1].gif")
>>63045578
HA
I was born in 1981
I remember renting Betamax (no streaming, just good, sturdy physical tapes the old-fashioned way) of awesome shows He-Man, Thundercats, and later Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles And Sonic The Hedgehog from the local mom-and-pop owned JJ's Video and all the kids in the school screaming quotes from those shows (RADICAL, DUDE! COWABUNGA). I remember sipping my Hi-C Ecto Cooler and eating a froot-by-the-foot, listening to Nirvana on my cheap casette player.
Speaking of casette players, back in those days I plugged in some headphones to my dad's stereo and listened to the radio all day, popped in a blank tape, and as soon as a song that I liked came on I would push the record button... and BAM 1990's pirating made easy.
>>63041671
>that friend that borrows your rentals and never gives them back
I'm glad that shit is over. Thank god the local company went out of business and took its $200 late rental fees with it.
>>63045960
You know there must have been several times when 2 dudes met in a porn room and ended up sucking each other's dicks
>>63045960
when you're in the porn room and you are the creepy dude
>>63046053
how often would you get calls about that
>>63045888
>I guess it would be a good place to go if you don't want to torrent and you want an old school movie that you can't find on netflix/redbox/any streaming service.
that's pretty much what keeps us afloat for now. most people still come in and rent the new release blockbusters exclusively, but the selection of say old horror or westerns or musicals or even just classics is fun to look around and remind you of all the movies you haven't seen.
but you're right about the experience aspect. a lot of people bring their kids or friends in and they all just discuss movies.
>>63046052
>Betamax
what a fucking loser
>>63046052
this is actually one of my fondest memories
>>63046161
Hey fuck you dude, the tapes were smaller and easier to carry, yeah, how'd you like to carry around those big ugly VHS tapes you fucking wanker?
>>63046053
Fuck I still have a bunch of games I rented from a couple local places and never returned before they went out of business
![51B60OZ76OL._SY445_[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/eoTp1yz.jpg "51B60OZ76OL._SY445_[1].jpg")
>>63046128
Fuck yeah
I did go about a year ago so I could buy a physical copy of Idle Hands that I couldn't find anywhere else
Fucking Jessica Alba at that age was GOAT
>>63042332
>my wife's son
who's the lucky young buck?
>>63043887
If there's a silver lining it's that I went and picked the carcass clean out of the 3 blockbusters in my city
Got a shitload of cheap DVD's and PS2 games
>>63046052
I have a copy of Star Trek Turnabout Intruder on Betacam tape that I snagged from my college studio. They had equipment to play it, too, and it's in perfect condition.
![a1q13[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/OmKIWAb.jpg "a1q13[1].jpg")
>>63046226
>>63041671
>choose 5 vhses
>keep them for 5 days
>only 5 dollars
back in the 90s, i remember this deal.
for games it was:
>3 sega genesis games
>keep them for 5 days
>cost 5 dollars
>>63043632
10/1985 here.
Am I too old for this place?
>>63046654
1987, and yes.
>>63044324
I still see porn video shops open. How the fuck are they in business? I remember buying a few porn dvd's back in the early 2000's for like 50 bucks a pop. Now I can find every scene for free easily of course. People don't actually buy this shit anymore do they?
>>63046654
1981 here, god no, these young faggots are wasting their lives here, I'm basically retired my youth to shit post
>>63044771
Holy shit look at this faggot and laugh.
>>63046912
>>63046654
1994 here
am i too old?
>>63046784
well they usually sell lube and toys.
Blockbuster was great for obscure games. Ended up getting Ogre Battle on SNES on day one and just keeping it.
>>63042241
>glorious 1990 master race
>got to experience growing up for the entire 90s
>got to rent games from blockbuster in the golden age of console gaming.
>>63041671
>1997
Not being so old you still call movies "videos"
>>63041671
C'mon, you're not THAT young. I was born in '95 and I still clearly remember those rental stores, in fact there's still one in my home city. They've moved a lot of their business online, but they still have a store up and running. The prices are crazy, though.
>when they had pokemon print stations in blockbusters
>>63047469
this shit was seriously cool
>>63041741
i remember my blockbuster had a secret porn room as well.
>>63045713
>You know, there was a time in the past when they would have porn theaters where people would go out and watch pornos IN A THEATER?
>There were also peep shows and "private viewing rooms" where people would go watch porn in certain cities.
You weren't supposed to fap at those places, right?
I mean call me an uneducated kid, but that just seems weird as shit to me. You spend money to go watch porn, and then go home to masturbate? I'm sure people did it anyway, but still.
>>63044257
People born in the 2000's can fuck off
>>63048625
Actually I forget which movie but in one movie it was depicted that it was someone's job to go clean the viewing peep show rooms, apparently to wipe the spunk off
>>63046052
A new meme has spawned.
![98_sexcities_jp110609_a[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/unujUBV.jpg "98_sexcities_jp110609_a[1].jpg")
>>63048625
http://nymag.com/anniversary/40th/50716/
>I worked at Times Square peep shows from 1982 until 1995. Back when Times Square was a red-light district, you could get anything there. You wanted to meet someone, get laid, make money, get high? No problem.
>The Show World building was the peep palace—every masturbator had to go there. I started working at Show Follies, a satellite of Show World, when I was 21 years old. It was my academic study. Field work.
>You have to start out as a mop man. It was also called a scum scrubber, a jizz mopper, or a sperm swabber. You had to disinfect the booths quickly so another guy could get in there. Customers would spend more if the peep booth was clean. Our slogan was You drop it, we mop it.
yea, it was a strange time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TrPwOrf4sM
>>63046939
1994 here as well.
Still wondering if I'm welcome among the oldfags yet.
>>63048848
Now the city belongs to the SJWs and the Jews. They have plastered glitz everywhere in Time's Square to cover the evidence of an era when men were men, women were women, and people masturbated in public theaters.
The golden age is gone.
>>63041671
i thought it was two day rentals for new releases and five day rentals for everything else.
>>63049030
I still masturbate in public theatres, i just wish they still showed porn.
>>63042699
also op is full of shit. I was born in 1997 and I remember going to blockbuster every week when i was in elementary school. Blockbuster was still doing well and video rental stores in 2009 were still doing well.
>>63049160
I masturbated in a peep show booth once. Some girl swayed around in a plastic box, showed me her tits and her cunt.
The smell of nut in these places is pervasive, to say the least.
>>63049228
You're disgusting dude ew
>>63044147
>>63044176
no that would be netflix and instant streaming. want to try again?
>>63043738
>tfw have to return movies in there
I always make my bitch of a female coworker go ad return those movies.
>>63045713
>Back in the 90's I'd watch Cinemax at night trying to catch a glimpse of something
This was my life as a little 11 year old discovering why my peepee area sometimes felt good. One night I left the tv on Showtime or HBO when I went to sleep. I woke up and BAM. People fucking, moaning, boobs wobbling, whole thing. I tiptoed and locked my room door and started humping my giant ass teddy bear like there was no tomorrow. Good times mayne
Ex gf used to live next door to a rental store.
>lived in cape breton and had to drive almost 2 hours to see her
>first thing we'd do is fuck then head off to the rental store
>she'd pick the shittiest movies imaginable
>invites one or two of her friends who were dating some guy at drinking age so he'd get us booze
I miss being a teenager. /blog
>>63043738
>>63049324
Also, the porn section at the one I work at is as big as the Video Game area.
>>63043525
>>63045395
>>63044892
in rural as fuck america when DSL is a fucking joke there are still indie video rental stores
>>63041854
Every video store I have ever been to had one.
>>63042241
you have the same birthday as my dog
>>63046654
1982 here nope. I've only coming here the past 3 years so I didn't waste my teens and 20's here just now come here as part of my mundane life since I am disillusioned by it all.
>>63041671
I feel as though I need to clear some things up about why BBV is closing, and why they went chapter 11 in the first place a few years ago
>BBV used to be owned by Viacom
>Viacom are money-grubbing whores
>Viacom buys all of blockbuster's rentals and merch with loans, instead of profits
>every year use profit to pay off loans, take out new loans to buy new merchandise
>blockbuster decides to split from viacom because they are tyrants
>viacom takes all of blockbuster's profits from that year, but does not pay off the loans
>the loans were taken out under blockbuster's name, not viacom's, so the loans technically belong to blockbuster
>viacom does not tell this to blockbuster corporate
>when blockbuster finds out, there is already a shit ton of interest, and viacom has all of their profits
>desperately try every quarter to pay off loans
1 mil loan becomes 3 mil then 5 mil, finally tens of millions of dollars are owed
>go chapter 11, file for bankruptcy
>Dish network buys BBV, wants brick and mortar stores to sell tv subscriptions, plus wants movie channels with BBV logo
>closes unprofitable stores that were still around after chapter 11 closings
>has 300 locations left
>all are profitable
>blockbuster is profitable as a whole again, especially in the North East
>fast forward 2 years to 2013
>Dish decides to go exclusively to streaming
>considers selling BBV
>no fewer than 3 companies are interested in buying
>but Dish wants to keep Blockbuster logo for streaming service, cant do that if they sell the company
>decide to liquidate stores, put 3000 people out of work, all over the rights to a logo
>tell employees they are being laid off AFTER telling the news networks
>>63041901
Blockbuster's problem was it was owned by two shitty fucking corporations.
>>63041671
I was born in 1997 and I remember going to Blockbuster all the fucking time
And no, the rental was for like 3 days usually. They also had vidya and the best snacks.
I miss that place.
Fuck you netflix
>83'
I worked at a Blockbuster during highschool, best job I ever had. We did nothing, made fun of each other and treated customers like friends. Good times.
>for a week
I have a DVD from 2005. I kept it because the Blockbuster got REKT from a storm
>>63041749
>BTFO (again) for being a child are you going to resort to insulting people for using 4chan (again)? Seriously I already told you faggot, put on a trip so I can filter you.
How the fuck do you know if OP is someone you previously responded to based off this? And even if they are the same person, OP isn't being insulting in this post.
>>63041671
I was born in 97 and I still rented games and had movie candy when I was a kid.
Anyone who's heard of Milan Indiana would know it didn't reach the 21st century til like 2009.
>>63041671
Thanks for the free copy of Alone In The Dark
Blockbuster sucked. Mediocre selection, and they edited content out of their videos.
>>63041749
>so I can filter you
Cry harder faggot
>>63042265
go to sleep dad
>>63050514
Which ones? I remember my dad showing me Terminator (rented from Blockbuster) as a kid and making me leave the room when the sex scene came on
>>63050514
>Mediocre selection,
I don't know what shit town you live in but every blockbuster here had every film worth watching.
>and they edited content out of their videos.
lemme get a source for that shit son
>>63050514
>they edited content out of their videos.
?
>>63049927
Same thing happened to a local department store in my area during the mid-80s. A store chain back east bought them and then used the stores as equity to pay for improvements to the eastern store chain, and cut them loose with old merchandise and tons of debt afterwards.
>>63048806
You can tell its bullshit because Betamax had died long before Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or Sonic the Hedgehog.
>>63048769
Randall talks about it in Clerks.
vidya was for a week if i remember correctly. movies were one or two days.
>>63041671
>tfw you've got a long overdue blockbuster rental somewhere behind the couch, blocking you from all future rentals until it's found.
and you don't give a fuck
I'd always remember those children colouring contests they did in the video rental stores and they would hang them all up on the wall. Goddamn, so many shitty colouring jobs.
The last time I went to a Blockbuster there was some old guy, most likely drunk, and he was making an ass out of himself. He was pissed off nobody had cleaned the windows. He kept going on and on that this was why Blockbuster was losing money. I felt bad for the store employees so I told him no you can download these movies online over p2p file sharing programs although it took forever to do so. He then went on a rant about young people and swiped a bunch of videos on the counter off with his arm before he walked out.
>>63053566
New videos were two nights, old were three. It wasn't until later on that they changed this as a last ditch effort to get more customers. You could even pay $20 or $30 bucks for a month and watch as many videos as you wanted one at a time.
>>63053545
Oh yeah, that's the one!
>>63051224
>and they edited content out of their videos.
>lemme get a source for that shit son
lol you won't senpai
>>63053778
I worked there. They had those Movie passes things for years. 20 bucks for one out at a time and 30 bucks for two out at a time.
There were multiple customers that would come EVERY DAY to get two new movies. I was so confused how someone could watch two movies every day. And they would always only grab from the New Release wall so they weren't even watching a quality back log of essentials or classics. They would watch the hottest blockbusters and eventually they were watching D-rated movies. Like watching TransMORPHERS knowing full well it was a knock off because they watched Transformers a week earlier. And these weren't the type of people who would who enjoy "so bad it's good". They would say Transmorphers was "kinda crappy".
I asked some of them about watching two movies a day, they said they would often stop watching movies halfway through.
I became only more confused at their choices in life.
>>63041671
>I'm 11
