re: Last Blockbuster on Earth mints new memberships 'every day'

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Major Video > Blockbuster

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Back room of Major Video > Blockbuster

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They had a chance to buy Netflix, but instead, refused to adapt to the changing times.

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I used to manage a Blockbuster. They decided to partner up with DirecTV instead (I hated selling those fricking things).

The reginal manager had a meeting with us and said "Netflix will never be as large as a retail store. People like going to their neighborhood video store to rent videos instead of dealing with a faceless internet retailer."

The kicker was when he said "Netflix is looking into internet streaming video. The technology will never be there to stream a whole movie over the internet without constant reloading and buffer pauses."

I don't know if that statement was just wishful thinking on his part.

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and having the guy loudcap you in front of your parents

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not to mention when a random dick head would also give his 2 cents on if this movie was appropriate for you. Thought you had snuck one past the D, then this a-hole comes out of no where to swat your shot

I would love to go there. Bucket list item.

They're expensive and people steal them

My only guess.

I prefer video stores to streaming. In a video store I can scan the wall foe different movies in a minute or two. With Netflix and Amazon it's one line of scroll that goes through all manner of shite in a category at a time. In video store I could almost instantly see a movie case and be reminded that I had meant to see the movie but had forgotten. With streaming, if you've forgotten about it, you have to luck into its image appearing amongst the five or six on the screen at any one time.

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Of porn

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upvote but no really it's an actual store and I believe there's a whole room dedicated to that.

I can also recall seeing that curtained area (porn section) in the back and wondered back there and snuck in there.

At first I thought it was a back office, until I started seeing the boxes and the titles.

Of course, I was young and did not have any clue what I was looking at.

I am disappointed no one has mentioned Movie Gallery. They had a 5/5/5 deal. 5 movies for 5 nights for 5 dollars. OMGosh. Saw so many rated R movies when I was like 8.