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IF Blockbuster Was Still Here......
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:38 am
Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:38 am
Just like the subject reads, if Blockbuster was still around.....What would you rent game or movie wise? Share your fondest memories from the Blockbuster era as well. I for one love nostalgia and Blockbuster was a moment in time as well as moments growing up with friends. I think most of us spent the weekend with Blockbuster and pizza and a movie. Hell lol maybe you wouldn't now that it's 2021....we got so lazy now we can just Netflix and chill...but the fun was going to Blockbuster. What says you?
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Posted on 7/14/21 at 1:41 am to TheBigLeBROski
Hastings TYFYS.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 2:08 am to TheBigLeBROski
N64 games
Mortal Kombat the movie ( can’t tell you how many times I rented that) obviously I’ll be able to think of more but those two jump out to me
Mortal Kombat the movie ( can’t tell you how many times I rented that) obviously I’ll be able to think of more but those two jump out to me
Posted on 7/14/21 at 2:28 am to TheBigLeBROski
It was tradition every Friday or Saturday for my dad to take me there to get a sega genesis game and he would rent a movie. Nothing like getting that 5th punch card to get a free game or movie. I miss those days as a kid.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 2:57 am to TheBigLeBROski
quote:Besides just loving movies and getting to know more stuff, my local Blockbuster had a girl I crushed on, I'd be in there 4x a week.
the fun was going to Blockbuster. What says you?
Sounds super creepy, but I was young and it taught me a few things. It ended up being a great place to get great recs f2f and helped shaped my preferences.
It's unfortunate that I can't specifically remember my last movie or game I rented. It was legit though. My bucket list includes the last Blockbuster in Oregon.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 3:23 am to TheBigLeBROski
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What would you rent game or movie wise?
Yes, as long as the one on my way home 4 minutes from my neighborhood still existed.
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Share your fondest memories from the Blockbuster era as well.
I guess it was the spring or early summer of 2006 and my wife and I both were taking a three day weekend and were going backpacking but the weather turned out to horrible so we decided to just stay at home so on the way home from work we met at BB and were looking for a movie and not really finding anything we happen to notice the Lost DVDs. Somehow we missed starting it and two seasons had go by. So we decided to get the first one. We got home and binged those first episodes and were hooked, we went back that night to get the second DVD. We were back the next morning and did this over and over through Monday night, I think we watched about 33 episodes during those 4 days and finished the second season by the next Saturday night. We still occasionally talk about that weekend and subsequent week. The funny thing is neither of us has ever done a rewatch may be because we could never recapture that magic.
As an aside we have a boat named Bad Robot now.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 7:07 am to TheBigLeBROski
They would still be fricking you. Yeah, it was great going to the stores, checking out the new releases but you can literally check out a movie, walk outside, drop it in the return box and be charged a late fee. Any business whose model is to frick the consumer can eat a bag of dicks.
It was cool to visit, though.
It was cool to visit, though.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 7:09 am to TheBigLeBROski
Actually worked at blockbuster on forsythe in Monroe back in college for a little while. I was obsessed with movies from a young age so I really enjoyed talking to customers about different movies and being able to rent two at a time for free. Ahhh. The good ol days.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 7:12 am to TheBigLeBROski
I miss the excitement of being a kid, scanning the section for a certain movie or video game you wanted, and seeing they had one last copy to rent.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 7:56 am to TheBigLeBROski
I wished I’d have worked at the blockbuster growing up, would’ve had my own recommendations shelf .
Posted on 7/14/21 at 7:57 am to TheBigLeBROski
Their program in the late 90s where you paid $5/month for a non-New Release rental each night, almost like MoviePass or A-List before its time was an outstanding way to get caught up on films you'd never seen.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 7:57 am to TheBigLeBROski
I remember before Blockbuster there was a rental place on Airline that rented movies only in Betamax format. I don't think they are in business anymore.
TBH, I rarely went to Blockbuster. I'd hit up Video Visions on Jefferson Highway because it was within walking distance.
I don't think they are in business anymore. TBH, I rarely went to Blockbuster. I'd hit up Video Visions on Jefferson Highway because it was within walking distance.
This post was edited on 7/14/21 at 8:02 am
Posted on 7/14/21 at 7:57 am to LSUPERMAN
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you can literally check out a movie, walk outside, drop it in the return box and be charged a late fee.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 8:00 am to TheBigLeBROski
If you watch the "Last Blockbuster on Earth" on Netflix there is a funny scene where they talk about "The Scene" in Basic Instinct - and how the tape was basically worn out at that very spot from the people rewinding it and playing it so much right then and there.
Yeah, so, a 4k version of Basic Instinct is my answer.
Yeah, so, a 4k version of Basic Instinct is my answer.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 8:06 am to TheBigLeBROski
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the fun was going to Blockbuster
It was fun. Expensive, but fun. By the time you got your kids out of there, you spent more than the theater with the candy and extras.
It did require families to sort of plan out their weekend viewing, though. It was feature film focused, as well. Folks wouldn't have planned to watch entire series over a weekend. Typically people DVR marathons or before that just bought them if they were particular fans.
Blockbuster (at least for us) meant - getting 1 or 2 new movies and a couple of old favorites for the weekend. Maybe something just for the kids, but for the most part it was a heavily PG experience.
Good times...
Posted on 7/14/21 at 8:15 am to Ace Midnight
where I grew up, there were probably 3 Blockbusters, 2-3 Movie Galleries, and a Video Warehouse.
There were times where my dad would basically make the rounds to each and every store until he found the movie he was looking for.
I also remember back in the NES days. We'd go grab a game...Bases Loaded for instance. We'd get home, the fricking game wouldn't work no matter how many times we blew into the cartridge. We'd go back, swap it out for another copy, wash rinse repeat. I don't think I ever ended up playing Bases Loaded because every copy was fricked.
There were times where my dad would basically make the rounds to each and every store until he found the movie he was looking for.
I also remember back in the NES days. We'd go grab a game...Bases Loaded for instance. We'd get home, the fricking game wouldn't work no matter how many times we blew into the cartridge. We'd go back, swap it out for another copy, wash rinse repeat. I don't think I ever ended up playing Bases Loaded because every copy was fricked.
Posted on 7/14/21 at 8:20 am to TheBigLeBROski
Cookie dough bites GOAT
Posted on 7/14/21 at 8:23 am to TheBigLeBROski
My nostalgia was more for the mom and pop stores before Blockbuster. During the summer we had one of my buddies in the neighborhood whos mom would leave him unattended at age 11 while she worked not far from the house. I think that was pretty normal back in the 80's, early 90's. So a few of us would ride our bikes to the local video store where they would let us rent anything but porn and watch it at his house. We mostly watched shitty horror or shitty comedies with boobs but it was a magical time.
Blockbuster was more family friendly and of course had more copies of new releases but I miss the little hole in wall places the most.
Blockbuster was more family friendly and of course had more copies of new releases but I miss the little hole in wall places the most.
This post was edited on 7/14/21 at 8:26 am
Posted on 7/14/21 at 8:35 am to TheBigLeBROski
I worked at one in Metairie for a couple summers during college. Fun job, nothing like the rush of a rainy weekend, and it was cool to pick out my employee favorites. For nostalgia, my list:
The Professional
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
Friday the 13th, part V
Tommy Boy
Happy Gilmore
Steel Magnolias (purely a "get chicks" play, figured they scan my list, assume I'm a dork, then see SM and think I'm a sensitive male. Almost worked until one girl asked me about a scene and I admitted I never saw it)
The Professional
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
Friday the 13th, part V
Tommy Boy
Happy Gilmore
Steel Magnolias (purely a "get chicks" play, figured they scan my list, assume I'm a dork, then see SM and think I'm a sensitive male. Almost worked until one girl asked me about a scene and I admitted I never saw it)
Posted on 7/14/21 at 8:51 am to BlastOff
Blockbuster was great at the end when they tried to compete with Netflix.
You could get a movie from BB in the mail, watch it, swap it out in store for one on the shelf and then the next one on your list was on its way.
You could get a movie from BB in the mail, watch it, swap it out in store for one on the shelf and then the next one on your list was on its way.
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