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re: Blockbuster Video has tweeted for the first time in 6+ years
Posted on 8/11/20 at 12:30 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Posted on 8/11/20 at 12:30 pm to Lsuhoohoo
I knew a guy who made a good living managing a blockbuster back in 2004. I was asking him how they were going to deal with Netflix. He said they had a plan and he wasn't the least bit worried. 
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Posted on 8/11/20 at 12:33 pm to upgrayedd
Posted on 8/11/20 at 12:34 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Honestly, take me back to cable and blockbuster. I’m over having to figure out how to watch something, managing subscriptions, and getting streaming issues like this past weekend with the PGA Championship. The CBS app was laggy as hell so I found a free online bootleg stream with no issues. Such great “technological advancement.” Never had a “streaming” or technical issue with good old basic cable. You pressed the power button on the TV, hit the CBS channel, and you were done. No random app crashes.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 12:35 pm to Lsuhoohoo
If you didn’t rewind you were a huge fricking piece of shite
Posted on 8/11/20 at 12:36 pm to Jon Ham
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Honestly, take me back to cable and blockbuster.
Prime Video is nice but nothing beats browsing the aisles at a mom and pop video store to find something that interests you.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 12:45 pm to Lsuhoohoo
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But what does it all mean?
It's 2020, so the worst possible scenario is the likely one.... Maybe the interwebs are about to collapse and we'll headed back to renting movies.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 12:49 pm to Lsuhoohoo
Blockbuster passed on an opportunity to buy Netflix.
:letthatsinkin:
But, as a nostalgia trip for folks of a certain age, man, that was a great Friday night tradition, was it not? Load up the kids and go pick out the movies for the weekend.
Good times...good times...
:letthatsinkin:
But, as a nostalgia trip for folks of a certain age, man, that was a great Friday night tradition, was it not? Load up the kids and go pick out the movies for the weekend.
Good times...good times...
Posted on 8/11/20 at 12:53 pm to SPEEDY
Blockbuster is an amazing case study to me. They were essentially unrivaled in the home video consumption industry but they didn't anticipate the evolution of the market and were left trying to play catch up to Redbox and Neflix. It would have made complete sense if someone told you in 2000 that Blockbuster would be an internet streaming giant 20 years later.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 1:08 pm to bad93ex
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Prime Video is nice but nothing beats browsing the aisles at a mom and pop video store to find something that interests you.
The original Netflix and chill. Walk the aisles, pick out some movie candy, and patiently await your over the pants handy.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 1:18 pm to Drew Brews
It's not been a blockbuster year for me financially. My Blockbuster stock is down.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 1:20 pm to CocomoLSU
I've been to it, not impressed
Posted on 8/11/20 at 1:21 pm to Jon Ham
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Never had a “streaming” or technical issue with good old basic cable.
Rose colored glasses
Posted on 8/11/20 at 1:21 pm to dawgfan24348
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2020 ends with the return of Blockbuster as we enter a massive wormhole that drops us off back in the year 2000
I'm ok with this. 2000 was a very good year for me.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 1:21 pm to dawgfan24348
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2020 ends with the return of Blockbuster as we enter a massive wormhole that drops us off back in the year 2000
Honestly, who would not welcome that?
Posted on 8/11/20 at 1:22 pm to Ace Midnight
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Blockbuster passed on an opportunity to buy Netflix.
And myspace passed on buying Facebook
Posted on 8/11/20 at 1:24 pm to SEClint
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And myspace passed on buying Facebook
And somewhere out there is a start up that's going to take down a facebook, twitter, etc. that the tech giants of today will pass over as well.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 1:25 pm to Centinel
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And somewhere out there is a start up that's going to take down a facebook, twitter, etc. that the tech giants of today will pass over as well.
I think Amazon will buy it all, including Disney and mcdonalds in its monopoly.
Then it'll literally buy the Amazon jungle. Just to have.
This post was edited on 8/11/20 at 1:27 pm
Posted on 8/11/20 at 1:25 pm to Monday
I think Alaska had the second to last Blockbuster.
Posted on 8/11/20 at 1:26 pm to Lsuhoohoo
I heard a porn company bought the name..
Posted on 8/11/20 at 1:52 pm to Broski
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Honestly, who would not welcome that?
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