>you'll never relive he nostalgia of renting a movie from blockbuster again
There really was something magic about mom saying she was taking us to the movie store to pick something up for the night
>rent game
>it sucks
>stuck with it for a week
>>64170060
I remember when the Blockbuster opened in the strip mall at my neighborhood. It was a huge fucking party. We rented Flight of the Intruder and it made me want to be a pilot.
Shame my eyes suck and I didn't qualify for flight training.
>>64170060
Good riddance. Horribly retarded business practice. Credit card numbers just floating around everywhere.
>>64170131
>not taking it back to exchange it for another one for free
wow m8 what's the matter, too much social anxiety?
>>64170060
meh
I still go to a video store to rent movies at least a couple of times a month and it's nice to have a store that has actual quality movies which Blockbuster was never very interested in storing
>>64170076
yee, my mum would get us one candy each
I always got their new release+2 pop corns and a soda combo. Made me feel real cozy.
>>64170060
Good
Blockbuster was garbage
>>64170060
I still remember my teen years renting Star Wars Battlefront every week and then playing it with my friends.
>>64170286
>getting that expensive ass licorice from blockbuster
>not just going next door to the Rite-Aid to get a whole big bag for a dollar
>>64170060
My parents used to have film night every Friday, but since Blockbuster closed down they just don't bother anymore. They don't/won't/can't use streaming. It's a real shame used to be a good family moment.
>>64170060
>tfw blockbuster was there for me to supply me with a healthy supply of weekend godzilla movies(I rented the shit out of pic related)
>tfw when thanks to blockbuster, I got to see Jackie Chan's Thunderbolt, my first r rated movie when I was 5
Thank you blockbuster, you may have not been perfect, but you made my childhood a little bit better
>>64170060
I'm glad that I never returned Saved! so I will always have a piece of Blockbuster to cherish.
>>64170309
>when you rent a game so many times you realize you could have bought it by then
>>64170351
>Saved!
That was a surprisingly good movie that I had to get dragged to watch at the theater. Same with Mean Girls.
Shame that movies just don't seem fun like that anymore.
>>64170394
Same. I realized that and eventually bought it. Still, Friends and I liked the novelty of going to blockbuster and renting shit and getting snacks, getting out of the house.
Streaming is fucking boring as fuck.
>>64170060
>>64170060
Well, the best feeling was feeling like you afford to watch anything you ever wanted. Then, stupid fees and low availability and shitty service quickly ruined everything.
Besides, rental services still exist. No retard is going back to those stone-age businesses.
Any former staff here?
>>64170060
An ancient tradition for an ancient time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TrPwOrf4sM
>rented a VirtualBoy after trying it for a few minutes
>get home and play it
>get a migraine headache after 15 minutes
fucking shit
>>64170442
Not Blockbuster but I worked at a video store.
Cushiest job in existence.
>>64170471
I remember when I was 5, my dad used to rent a VCR from blockbuster until we bought one.
>>64170442
I worked there twice. Once when I was 16, and again when I was 19. I stole much merch and opened many fake accounts.
>rent movie from Blockbuster
>asshole didn't rewind
you people are literally worse than hitler
they even had a sticker telling you to fucking rewind!
There's still a few places in Australia that do it. Not just blockbusters, but there are still video ezys and civic videos. You see them around. The other day I saw a Video Ezy and Blockbuster in the same town, Windang.
Also I guarantee you I could open a successful vhs rental store in Brooklyn or Portland or San Fran. In Australia a business like that in Newtown or whatever the newtown equivalent is in Melbourne would thrive.
>>64170332
I'm having the same problem. Just now I'm telling them how easy Netflix is just so they can watch movies again, they are finally picking it up.
>>64170550
>1995
>not having a VHS rewinder
>>64170060
JUST
>tfw renting all of the Godzilla movies
>tfw seeing Zatoichi through Blockbuster
>learning about all of these great filmmakers because Blockbuster was the shit
God, felt so good.
>>64170550
If it wasn't rewound after you rent, that was the staff's fault.
>>64170442
>tfw actually sold mad Rewards accounts but there was no commission anyway
I was born in 1995, what is this?
>>64170561
Some video stores still do well in Australia but they're becoming much rarer. I think there's less than 100 nationwide left among the 3 big franchises. Quite a few have been propped up by slow and overpriced internet and mining communities. With kiosks becoming more prevalent and numerous streaming options now available I imagine within 2 years they will all be gone.
>>64170652
My nigga, every week I was waiting for the next godzilla movie to arrive at blockbuster
>tfw blockbuster got me my first /tv/ crush
>>64170060
>you'll never relive he nostalgia of renting a movie from blockbuster again
you mean i'll never have to get up, get dressed, get in my car, drive 5-10 minutes depending on traffic, physically pick out a movie (tough luck if they dont have it in stock), deal with creepy rapists that were only there to rent adult films, deal with shitty kids and teenagers loitering in the store, deal with the stoner burnout behind the register trying to upsell me, drive BACK home, and pop in the cassette just to find out the last faggot had forgotten to rewind it, or they'd placed a different movie cassette in the cover altogether?
thank god.
>>64170060
>tfw being a britbong
>mum and dad divorced
>every time dad picked me up we would go to blockbuster, grab a dvd then a McDonald's
>tfw pre-internet porn era
>renting something from 'Foreign Films' cause you know there's gonna be nudity
>sweating in line hoping they don't call you out
>>64170803
>Millenial
>>64170803
>creepy rapists that were only there to rent adult films
Blockbuster didn't have adult films, faggot.
Now fuck off, blatant underageb&
>>64170803
That saddest thing isn't how shit your generation is, it's how you're not even able to comprehend how shit you are.
>>64170803
are u being serious? you'd never do any of that anyway you fat lazy grease monger. you don't even have a job, car or license.
>>64170957
My video store wasn't blockbuster but they had a shelf of the foreign titles devoted to erotica and girls gone wild movies.No hardcore porn though.
All those Pokemon Snap stickers. Plastered these all over my school in hidden areas, wonder if any are still stuck anywhere?
Waiting for movies you missed in theaters to come to the stores was like waiting for a decent torrent. And if it was a blockbuster movie you'd have to be fast or wait a few weeks to settle down and have it available.
>>64170924
>>64170957
>>64170970
>>64171028
didn't realize i'd trigger so many luddites.
sorry grandpa, but if you take off your rose-colored glasses you'd see that blockbuster is shit and made renting movies a hassle.
everything is easier, faster, and cheaper now.
>older neighborhood kid
>was a normie on the outisde but secretly a huge weeb
>rented dbz all the time
>whenever his parents had a neighborhood party we would watch mongolian cartoons in his room with a few of his football friends
10/10 dude would dress up in panties and let him fuck me in the ass again
>>64171104
>Oh no I might have to go outside.
Poor baby.
>tfw youll never be able to enjoy renting two games or movies at once over the summer with unlimited rentals for like $30
>drive past the blockbuster to go down to the 'alternative' video rental store in the hip part of town
>all those tons of obscure b-flicks, grindhouse, untranslated kung fu movies, naughty erotic scream queen stuff
>qt as fuck (pre-SJW era) alterna-girl with blue lipstick and converse chuck taylors and faded old 80s t-shirt chewing gun and working the register giving you that knowing smile when she sees the titles you want to rent
>tfw getting all bashful and just staring at your shoes while she rings you up
i want these feels back
The only video stores I go to nowadays are the kind with gloryholes in the back.
>>64171028
>>64171104
I'm 23 you dumb nigger. Were you concieved at blockbuster or something? was your mama minimum wage crack whore whose baby daddy ran away?
poor lil nigger got PSTD and daddy issues
>>64171104
>2016
>still thinking "i-i triggered you..." isn't transparent as fuck for his own emotional asspain
>can't even go outside
It's sad that you even try
good job getting all these (Yous) though, does it help make up for all the pain?
>it's a blockbuster thread
>dad would let me pick out a game, a movie and a candy
>used to be afraid of the horror movie section and would never go down that aisle
>ceiling was a whole fucking mirror
where does the time go lads
I used to get the games unlimited pass, rent games, go to my car, burn the game onto a blank disk with a laptop, go back into the store get another game and basically go home that day with at least 10 free games. I was banned from 3 blockbusters for doing this but I got away with over 200 free playstation games.
>>64171477
liketearsinrain
was there another blockbusters thread that got deleted? i swear i posted itt
>>64171485
Why would you have been banned? You don't think they knew people were doing this? Weren't you paying them for the game pass?
>>64171485
how do they tell you're burning them?
t. technologically illiterate
>rent game
>delete all the saved games before sending it back
>one of the saves was named don´t delete in all caps
>>64171656
gee I dunno maybe because he exchanged games ten times in a single day?
You're being brought to blockbuster friday night after school! You get:
>1 movie, vhs era
>1 game, N64/PS1/GC/XB/PS2
>1 candy
>1 drink
>>64171477
>used to be afraid of the horror movie section and would never go down that aisle
Did the cover of pic related scare anyone else as a kid? This shit gave me nightmares
>tfw young teenager and love dogs
>actually watch movie after being scared at 7
>realize how sad as fuck the dog stuff
>Cujo was a good boy
>>64171687
That doesn't mean you're burning them
>he
Nobody is buying that.
>>64171737
No but it means you're obviously up to no fucking good and they have every right to ban you when you act like a jackass and make the attendant exchange the game you just rented for free six times an hour. You act like you're the fucking victim here. Pirateshits, every fucking time.
>>64171485
If you were banned from one then you were banned from all. It wasn't a fucking franchise. If you were banned then you wouldn't be able to open a new account.
>the days of going to blockbuster and stopping off at s McDonalds are now gone forever
I don't care if I make it to 30 desu senpai
>>64171653
>>64171656
They caught me in the parking lot. I mean it was suspicious that I was coming back ever 45 minutes to exchange games and eventually I stopped making up excuses. The managers had the right to tell me not to come back. I just went to other stores. After the 3rd banning I drove away 5 minutes and then burned the discs.
>>64171781
>. It wasn't a fucking franchise.
Yes it was. Some of the franchise stores are still open even in the US. Corporate stores are all closed.
>>64171651
pls respond
>>64170907
Wild Things was crucial for this.
>>64172008
That's the most obvious one possible. Every staff member knew what you were doing
>>64170468
I feel as though I need to clear some things up about why Blockbuster Video is closing, and why they went chapter 11 in the first place a few years ago
>Blockbuster Video used to be owned by a Jew owned company named 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 Blockbuster Video, because they want to use the iconic Blockbuster Video logo to sell tv subscriptions, plus wants brick and mortar stores to sell tv subscriptions
>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
Blockbuster's problem was it was owned by two shitty fucking corporations.
It's 2015 and I still work in a video store. AMA
>>64172087
Blockbuster's problem was they didn't buy netflix when they had the chance. Biggest managerial blunder since Hitler invaded Russia in 1941.
>>64172097
is it OK if i bring a camera in when i take my wife to the "theater room"?
>>64172097
When do you plan on sudoku
>>64171780
>No but it means you're obviously up to no fucking good
No it doesn't. I worked there. We did nothing about people burning games. We weren't the media police and had zero interest in upholding copyright law.
>>64171820
>They caught me in the parking lot.
Your car isn't their property, so no.
>>64171901
>Yes it was.
Only after it was bought by Dish Network in 2011.
>summer weekend
>friend 1 calls on landline to come over and play N64
>call friend 2 "let's go over and play N64"
>friend 1 picks us up
>go over and play N64
>get hungry
>order pizzas (pickup)
>we all go buy soda, chips and dip
>stop at Blockbuster
>everyone picks out a movie
>also get some cotton candy, because fucking cotton candy
>go pick up pizza
>back to friends
>spend the night eating junk food and watching movies
Those were pretty much my teens. Shit was cash.
>>64172097
Is the carpet funky fresh like they all used to be
>>64172087
Pretty sure it was
>In 2000, the company turned down a chance to purchase the still fledgling Netflix for $50 million.
>>64170060
>Implying the faggots on this board are old enough to remember blockbuster
>>64172230
>because fucking cotton candy
>using curse words to make your posts sound EPIC
Go back to fucking reddit please.
>>64171919
ok i'll just post it again
only time i went to blockbusters was i went to a rich kid's birthday party and his dad boughtrenteda film for us all to watch
>>64172097
would you consider yourself a Dante or more of a Randall?
>>64172285
You know whats funny. Had they bought netflix out I bet they would have slowed the progress of VOD and we would all still be going to blockbuster today for physical media.
Fuck that shitty overpriced store. Who Hollywood Video here?
>>64172209
Just because your franchise was run by degenerates who were lax about preventing criminal behavior doesn't mean they were all run by societal rejects.
>>64172197
Sure.
>>64172202
I don't. I'm milking every last dime before I leave. I even have annual leave saved up so I'll be paid out when I leave,
>>64172257
Ripped up the carpet and put in floorboards before the EOFY like 2 years ago.
>>64172313
triggered millenial detected
>>64170060
Just wait like another 10 years, OP. Some hipster douche will open some retro themed place you can rent movies on usb sticks or whatever and people will pay out the ass and tell all their friends because muh nostalgia
>renting anything anytime
lol poor people
>>64172313
>being this fucking mad
Hello, reddit.
is the one on rt46 in parsipanny still open jerseybros? i used to read the meter in there years ago, loved to read the descriptions of action movies in the b section lol
>>64172351
Neither. I often have Randall's indifference but I'm not really much like either of them.
>>64172087
Capitalism, everyone.
>>64172230
>tfw you will never pull all-nighters with friends again now that you are an adult
>no more N64 party games
>no more late night Austin Powers videos
>no more 3am Takeshi Castle
>no more massive bags of Haribo
Thanks I just got depressed
>>64172087
Can anyone explain why they never paid off their loans when they were profitable? Did they always intend to sell off the business with the loans attached to the company?
>>64170060
I never rented from Blockbuster. There was a local shop that had 10 times the selection and an extensive porn section.
>>64172446
>millennial
Millennials are the one who use this cheap tactic to give their words more power. Check out Gawker you dumb fuck all the "journalists" there do this constantly.
>tfw streaming services and pirating are way more convenient and generally better then old video stores
>tfw you still miss picking out movies and games to rent on Friday nights
>>64172632
triggered babby fragile babby
thin skinned little babby
cry more for me babby look at those salty tears
>>64172720
Should I cry some FUCKING epic tears? Should I MOTHER FUCKING cry like a FUCKING EPIC baby? Should I watch out for my MOTHER FUCKING FUCK FUCK EPIC SHIT FUCK fragile skin so I don't FUCKING MOTHER FUCK hurt myself?
>>64172772
ahahahha oh god
you're really losing it aren't you
i ACTUALLY made you cry!
>>64172798
Did you make me FUCKING CRY with some MOTHER FUCKING EPIC tears?
>>64172402
I didn't work for a franchise because I worked for Blockbuster before it was purchased by Dish Network.
>>64172772
>triggered
God damn, embarrassing millennial.
>>64170060
>you will never be a good goy
why even live?
>>64172891
This is literally the saddest thing I've ever seen. I don't think I've ever seen someone so emotionally fragile and broken on an anonymous image board before.
>>64172772
Jesus dude, you really are fragile.
>>64172951
>millennial
You are doing it again. Only millennials use the cheap swear words tactic to give your empty words more weight. It's embarrassing. Again go to Gawker all the people there do it.
>>64173012
Yes is it MOTHER FUCKING EPIC sad though?
also
>pushing the you mad card this hard
This is how you know you really got someone.
>Braveheart was so long it needed 2 videos
>>64172399
My nigga, though I also like Family Video as well.
Really, I just like video stores.
>>64173100
I'm not pushing the "you mad card" at all, my sad little friend. You're making it perfectly evident to everyone that you have some extremely visible emotional problems. I pray you get counseling soon.
>>64172891
Not that guy, but he pretty much made you fucking cry epic BITCH tears.
>>64173138
Yes you are. Every post you made is extreme hyperbole about my emotion because I literally called you out on something you did and you call me flustered....or MOTHER FUCKING EPIC FLUSTERED even? LOL
Fuck blockbuster, we went to Hollywood video.
>Event Horizon/Hellraiser/army of darkness
>Doom 64
>bunchacrunch
>Mr pibb
Fight me faggot
>>64173150
You are him on your phone or something. You post identically and nearly at the same time. This is sad all I did was make one point and I stepped on an autism land mine.
>>64172588
Loans are used for a business to grow, you keep yourself in negative numbers, but you are expanding with the money you got from said loans. When Viacom left, they still owed a lot of money that was used to invest in the stores, but Blockbuster didn't get the profits they could use to pay that money off and probably because Viacom didn't want to get in trouble at the time of negotiations they purposedly left those debts as a secret to explode on the lap of Blockbuster later on. Not that anon, btw.
I hate when these threads pop up because there is still a Blockbuster open 10 minutes away from me. A few locations in the U.S. still exist.
There are still 7 Blockbusters in my town, motherfuckers.
http://www.blockbuster.com/franchise.html
>>64173284
>and probably because Viacom didn't want to get in trouble at the time of negotiations they purposedly left those debts as a secret to explode on the lap of Blockbuster later on.
Isn't this the sort of shit you lawyers are supposed to ensure can't happen before the sale of business?
>>64173239
Dude, just stop embarrassing yourself already...
>>64173276
They are not alone, I'm a third anon laughing at your tears right now. Are you abatap king of butthurt?
>tfw you go to rent that new movie only to find a huge section dedicated to it and every copy is already rented.
>>64173344
>I am embarrassing myself
>I make one point and you have an autistic meltdown accusing me of all kinds of exaggerated things
LOL this must mean what I said hit pretty close to home. You are pretty sad.
>>64173345
You literally are using your cell phone to whine about me because you didn't like what I said.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCH_BB6L6sDuD_58Ovg_GrA/videos
>>64173343
Sure, but you also have lawyers on the other side, who probably made things really complicated. Blockbuster was by then just a branch and stood no chance against it to make demands. It's capitalism. The more money you have, the more money you'll get.
>>64173410
>You literally are using your cell phone to whine about me because you didn't like what I said
>dat denial
Dude, did you even read your posts? Is that so farfetched that you are being ridiculed by more than one anon because of it, that you have to pretend to yourself that we are the same guy?
>>64173276
T-there c-c-can't be m-multiple people watching me c-c-cry on t-the internet, m-m-m-m-moooooooom!!!!!!!
I'm very nostalgic for stores like Blockbuster and Hollywood Video, but things are more convenient now. With torrent websites and streaming services, who gives a shit?
>blockbuster less than 3 blocks from my house
>would walk there after school
>pretend to browse the game section while sneaking peeks at the Dead or Alive Volleyball cover and getting kid boners
>didn't have a playstation, but liked to read the back cover of all the cool looking PS games.
>peruse the horror section and scare myself imagining what they were like based on the boxart
>getting free balloons from the staff just cause you asked
>always have a quarter to get a gumball, hoping to get a red one which could be redeemed for a bonus rental
>watching the movies they played on TV's throughout the store
>felt like there was something new every time you came in
>>64173525
>>64173542
>two posts back to back replying to mine yet again saying the same thing
>it's not me I swear
Like this is a retarded back and forth we have are having now but to go to these lengths for that is sad.
>>64173578
You know I bet if you open up a retro VHS place in Portland or Brooklyn and sold old VCRs too you could make a killing.
>>64173636
Say whatever you want for youself bro, our goal is not to convince YOU that we are two people, but I think it must be hilarious for the other anon to read my posts as it is funny for me to read his and have you so asspained to confuse us two (or three, I think). We know.
>>64173740
>all these words because I called you out on some bullshit exaggeration device you used
>BUT YOU ARE THE FUCKING BUTTHURT ONE NOT MOTHERFUCKING I
>>64173777
I did not use anything, I came in after your break
>rent game from Blockbuster
>it's too scratched up to work
>>64174157
Yes you did.
What did your local blockbuster get replaced with?
For me it's some kind of vacation insurance place.
>>64173337
You must live in a low income area.
>>64174301
Mine was replaced with some health clinic.
>ANON pick one movie or game and ONE snack ONLY
wat do??????
>>64172772
>>64172891
what the fuck is going on
I used to get one of these everytime I went
blue was the best and the only one ive ever tried honestly
>>64174426
fifth element and buncha crunch
>>64174448
Aw shit, those were good. I used to get these things all the time
>walk around store looking for good movie for forever
>all the good ones checked out
>guess i'll get Monkey Shines 2
just die in my sleep already
>>64170345
I remember going to Hollywood video, and I'd get Godzilla versus Megalon on VHS, and any other Godzilla movies I could find. I will never not miss video stores.
>>64174514
ew, those are just rip off sour patch
blockbuster saved me from buying a virtual boy because i could rent it
thank u based blockbuster rip in piece
>>64174434
Some faggot millennial with issues brought his misery into this thread and began bitching, then when everyone began laughing at him he accused them all of being the same person. He's probably on suicide watch now, who really cares.
>>64170773
>tfw you share my first waifu
>>64174557
Yeah, looking back they were. My movie theater only sold those as well. I wonder why?
>>64170131
Better than buying it and getting stuck with it forever or getting Fd in the A by Funcoland on a trade in.
>>64170060
You can literally rent movies from the library for free and it's the same process.
>>64170060
>you'll never experience the fun from watching Saturday matinee serials with kids your age
>>64170060
>buy fart spray at gag store as a kid (potent stuff)
>go to blockbuster with family and friend
>start spraying the shit here and there across the store
>customers start complaining to staff
>staff afraid it is a gas leak, evacuate the store
>two fire engines and some emts show up
>fug, folks take us out, my friend devilishly smirking at me
That was my visit to blockbuster
![309535964279c0144f4f6331db82d821[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/WEaCKzf.jpg "309535964279c0144f4f6331db82d821[1].jpg")
>>64170625
>not having the racecar rewinder
>>64174921
>mfw my grandpa mentions it cost like 5 cents for soda and to go see one these things
I wish things could still be that cool
Blockbuster was overpriced shit, it was much better and comfy renting from mom and pop video rental stores.
>>64175153
>ywn make out in the back of a huge cadillac at the drive in after taking your girl to the sock hop
>>64174921
>/tv/ goes to the theater
Something about having to make the decision to rent a movie after looking at it in the store made it much more special and enjoyable than it is just to torrent it.
>>64171485
I don't believe a word of this and the only system I remember being able to burn discs of was dreamcast.
>>64175333
Because the feeling of making the right choice when you pay for it is much more satisfying than picking a bunch of shit for free and hope /tv/ approves like an autist.
I remember that feeling.
>>64170060
>Be dad of a 6 year old boy
>Son just saw King Kong, and he's fucking umped about it
>Apparently at school, a kid told him Godzilla was better, and that he should see a Godzilla movie
>Son comes home telling me this
>Decide to drive to Blockbuster because I'm the cool dad, ya know what I'm sayin'?
>Son isn't really that convinced that Godzilla's amazing, and he has no idea that while he's talking shit about Godzilla, he's talking shit about my personal hero
>He starts to look around for the Godzilla dvds or vhs's
>Finds it
>The selection was not the best to choose from, but better than it was in my day
>Son suddenly sees dvd of Godzilla 1998
>"Dad! This looks awesome!"
>Legit cringe as I place it back
>"That's not really Godzilla, son."
>Son is confused, but hey, he's young, so he puts it back
>He then sees Godzilla 2000 cover art on a vhs
>The look in his eyes changed rapidly
>He seemed so intrigued by it, and he just stared at it for a minute with this fascinated look on is face
>Son looks at me with more liveliness
>"Can we rent this one?"
>We rented it and I--being the coolest Daddy-oh around--bought Blockbuster's cancer-creating popcorn, and way too much candy
>I told son that we'll watch it like we're at the movies
>Later that night, we go into the basement and set up for the movie
>Son's been really curious now, and I don't why the movie's caught his interest
>Doesn't matter
>I turn on the TV and tell him to close his eyes so he doesn't see the VHS rewinding, and possibly get spoiled
>Rewind to the very beginning, sit down on couch with candy, coca colas, popcorn, and son
>I'll never forget the look on his eyes when he saw the first scenes of Tokyo in flames under Godzilla's might
>He stared in amazement, horror, and was utterly enchanted by it
>He didn't even eat the popcorn
>He was too mesmerized
>When movie ends, he's a new man
>He's found the light of Godzilla
>That was nearly eleven years ago
>My son still loves the big G 11 years later...
>>64172399
There were 2 hollywood videos i my city and both were in the desu senpai we wuz kings n shit *smacks lips* neighborhoods. I still had a membership though. Always worried about getting shot going into them though.
>>64174301
One is now a halloween costume store and the other is a verizon wireless store.
remember these fucking things
>tfw the very first N64 you ever saw was a playable display at Blockbuster with a Mario 64 cart plugged in
>hooooly shiiiiit it's in 3D!!!!!!!
>spend the entire day at blockbuster taking turns with random neighborhood kids to play it
>>64175812
Did the same at Best Buy. Back when Best Buy wasn't complete shit.
>>64175477
God bless you man, you're doing the lords work
>>64174661
Fuck yes, who else /akane/ here?
>>64175812
same here but my blockbuster had diddy kong racing
and it wasnt even like a demo cartridge or anything it was the full game
>>64170773
>>64174661
My niggas
>you will never smell that aroma of fresh plastic and artificial butter ever again
>>64170131
tfw the new release was never avaiable
Good riddance to bad rubbish
>Newest movies always gone first
>DVDs won't play scratched as hell from all the renters before you
>Line took forever cause of new guy behind counter
Worked at one, even slightly after Dish bought it.
Their first move was deciding to not honor all the GameRush trade in credit everyone had.
>When you trade in games, consoles, or movies they give you credit on a gift card.
>Some people had hn=undreds, some were building up to get a 360 or PS3
>Dish's first move was to not honor the gift cards and cancel all credit
>Instead they gave you 5 free rentals for your lost credit
I got bitched out by many MANY an angry customer that lost hundreds in trades that fall.
>>64170060
I loved renting Ps2 games from there. Going to miss that place.
>>64174497
>buncha crunch
did i laugh at this because i'm british?
>>64176604
you brits dont have buncha crunch?
> nostalgia for renting from Blockbuster
Why would you have nostalgia for renting from Blockbuster?
They ruined movie renting. It would be like having nostalgia for being molested as a child. You're warped OP.
The death of Blockbuster was true pottery justice.
>>64176319
oh dear, i remember particulary having to reserve KI, Yoshi's Island, DKC2 & 3 and Mario RPG all the time.
>>64171693
>candy and a drink
There's soda at home, young man!
>>64176764
i've never seen it
>mfw blockbuster was shit
Blockbuster ruined renting movies by being greedy corporate shitheads about it. What was your real local video store before blockbuster ran it out of business?
>>64177614
My town was covered in shitty little local stores that were all worse deals than Blockbuster.
Normally one night rentals even for games, costing more than the Blockbuster 5 night fee.
>>64170213
>hey mom take me back to go exchange this game i begged you to rent for me
>>64174220
This happened with a lot of PS1 games.
You couldn't even tell where the scratches were since the backs were all black.
>>64177614
Blockbuster used to be really expensive in the 80s.
Like 500+ dollars membership.
The local video stores didn't have to worry.
>>64170060
There are still 50 Blockbusters in existence because they were franchise owned. Here's the list:
http://www.blockbuster.com/franchise.html
>>64178322
Because people would switch their games out with Blockbuster games when they scratched theirs.
>>64170060
There's still one open 5 minutes from my home.
I'm in Mexico city btw.
>>64176764
I haven't seen Buncha Crunch sold in convenience stores or anywhere else except movie theaters since the 90's
>Home of Free Popcorn!
There is a blockbuster near me that's still open
I don't know how they're in still business, I haven't been there in like 5 years, even my parents haven't used it in like 2 years
>>64175477
that reminds me of the time I watched kill bill vol.1 with my 12yo niece a year ago, she was a lot into hunger games, and i was like "you wanna see a woman kicking real ass in a movie?" the look on her face during crazy 88 fightscene was priceless. she fucking loves tarantino.
>>64178844
Endorsed by BASED Rick Moranis himself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKM4_Qstrek
>>64178844
>Quebecor
Into the trash it rightfully went.
>>64174301
Mine was with some kike dentistry.
>>64178939
>music videos
>computer software
Shit I remember renting old Computer games from there. Back before DRM was a big thing.
>>64178962
Didn't know. Mine was in Southern Ontario.
>>64172087
Thanks for posting this. Too many people think they're smart saying people stopped renting so Blockbuster failed. The stores were still making money. They'd still exist too I think.
>you'll never get raped with late fees for renting a movie from blockbuster again
>>64178844
My local one shut down a few years ago when their lease (10 years?) expired. They had a long sale to clear everything out. Towards the end they had tables of VHS mostly. Probably got shoved in storage then pulled out.
Wasn't sure why they closed down.
I'll never understand the veneration of Blockbuster... Where I lived it was local chain. The nearest Blockbuster was in a different state. What could they do that the Network Video couldn't?
>>64170060
Only went to BB a few times. Rented there about twice. Last time I was there, it was 2009. Live in NYC, BB was too expensive and we had to take a bus to the nearest one. Lucky for us, we had a mom and pop video store a block away from where I live. From the late 90s to mid 2000s, I remember Fridays, mom would rent 3 movies, one kids or finny movie for us, 2 horror movies for her which we ended up watching with her. In the 90s, she would always buy the cheesy 80s horror movies and I enjoyed them. Reading the back covers of those movies, looking at the PS1 games. The store for a time had 3 arcade machines. I remember the back part that had curtains and those cowboy era saloon doors that had the pornos. I even went there a few times as a kid and teen. They shut it down in late 06 around this time when I just turned 17. It was pretty awesome. These kids will never know the videostore feeling.
>>64179335
>Netflix steady rise
>Torrenting
>Bootlegs
>DVD burners coming with the PCs at the time
>>64178927
People hate on Quentin here, but fine job OP. Kill Bill vol 1 is great
Going to blockbuster sucked.
You don't miss Blockbuster, you miss being young.
>>64178731
try the dollar store I always find it there
WTF DID THEY DO WITH ALL THE EXCESS DVDS AFTER A MOVIES BIG HOME RELEASE WAS OVER? THIS SHIY HAS ALWAYA FUCKEN BOTHERED ME FUCK THIS AUTISM
>>64170561
That's because Australia's internet is meme tier garbage
>400+ Ping
>>64179717
They sold them. I always saw tons of them on sale used after the movie wasn't the hot rental anymore. People would buy that shit.
>>64172087
I feel as though I need to clear some things up about why Blockbuster Video is closing, and why they went chapter 11 in the first place a few years ago
>The Internet
>Blockbuster sucked
Wow, I saved you guys a ton of reading
>>64175762
>tfw never even saw those in Australia. I know these days if you really want to you can just emulate and print screenshots or whatever but I guess it's just not the same. Also Pokemon Snap 2 fucking when?
Giant eagle rental master race
Still had PS1 and N64 games in 2008
![IMG_3861[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/E0vBZjT.jpg "IMG_3861[1].jpg")
90% of my current movie purchases are VHS. I don't do online purchases so I still get the thrill of hunting down rare tapes in pawn shops, old video stores, and yard sales.
Here's my Godzillas, I'll post more finds.
>>64179811
If you actually read it, you'd see your summary is wrong.
![IMG_3862[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/XPxn2kE.jpg "IMG_3862[1].jpg")
>>64180207
My holy grails
![IMG_3863[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/hwKaKQ0.jpg "IMG_3863[1].jpg")
>>64180365
Star Wars movies. I had the first one already but got the trilogy set today for free. Also picked up that documentary for $15 at a record store yesterday, which is a steal compared to online prices.
![IMG_3864[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/XaZfMoV.jpg "IMG_3864[1].jpg")
>>64180410
Randoms I picked up over the last couple of months.
>>64180365
I understand wanting to get rare VHS, copies of your favorite movies on VHS, or even movies that are only on VHS, but otherwise... why would you not buy Blurays?
>>64174301
2 Doc-in-the-boxes, Skechers Warehouse, Verizon Store and a Mattress Store.
>>64180510
I could see the odd instance where they butchered the Bluray release with smoothing and other shit, or the movie was edited.
>>64180571
Yeah, but that's only gonna be a few VHS.
It looks like he has numerous VHS that would nothing but benefit him to have the Blurays.
> nostalgia
"3 day rentals" that were for 48 hours max, designed to scam you on late fees
400 copies of adam sadler crap but never more than 2 copies of a good film
especially edited for bb versions of films or flat out refusing to stock classics like The Godfather
Fuck them in their asses. The net does everything they refused to better.
>>64180619
Cheap to collect and fun and unique? Maybe just owning them is enough to him and doesn't even watch them.
Hard for me to watch VHS quality stuff nowadays.
>>64180510
I buy Blu-Ray for a lot of my movies, but the reason I buy so many VHS is because of how cheap it is. Most of the places I get them from sell them for 5 cents a piece.
Some movies, like Zombie and Maximum Overdrive, I can't find in any other medium so VHS is the way to go. Same with the Star Wars movies, the VHS releases are one of the only ways to get the original theatrical cuts.
Otherwise it's just because I like experiencing some movies in VHS. For example I have the blu-ray of Ginger Snaps which is a fantastic horror movie, but it's "comfier" watching the VHS version. Godzilla movies maintain that cheesy feel (Again, I have all the blu-rays if I'm ever in the mood for picture quality) and horror movies for the most part benefit from the low quality images.
