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post 1656225633 02-15-2022, 07:58 AM
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Dammit I Miss Blockbuster

Idk why but I have been thinking about it more and more. I am feeling so nostalgic it hurts. I keep having dreams about how I would go there on a Friday after my dad got me from my moms for the weekend. Just browsing around forever, because it was just fun to be in there, lot's of people in there feeling the same. Finding random sht to watch that sometimes sucked, sometimes turned out to be awesome. Becoming a fan of anime because of their oddly large collection. Getting video games that you had to marathon play over the weekend before taking it back. Grabbing some candy on the way out.

I wish there was something like it that I could take my kids to, so they could feel how I felt. Or even my wife for a fun date night home. The feelz

It's like once Netflix/Redbox came around people short-sightedly jumped on that as a complete replacement. As if the only reason people used BB was to rent movies and since those services made it less effort, BB was obsolete. The place had an atmosphere.















































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post 1656225793 02-15-2022, 08:01 AM
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hnnnng at playing video games until 2am friday and all day sat cuz you rented it. Miss that too
post 1656226033 02-15-2022, 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted By bchap05⏩
hnnnng at playing video games until 2am friday and all day sat cuz you rented it. Miss that too
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post 1656226373 02-15-2022, 08:09 AM
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I remember riding my bike there with my dad and renting "Need For Speed: High Stakes" for PS1 like 8 times before he finally bought me the game.

EDIT: nostalgia HARD.... Watching this now.... Might buy a ps1 and beat some of these old games again.

1999 was peak earth.

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It's fun doing things in person

Zoomers will never know what it's like interacting with people to do most tasks in life. Probably why so many of them are incels
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post 1656226423 02-15-2022, 08:10 AM
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The whole 'renting videos' brings back golden memories. Not just blockbuster, but local VHS stores, where there were floor to ceiling shelves full of movies, from known Hollywood titles to obscure low budget horror movies.

My bro and I would often just choose some random movie we knew nothing about - just going by the front cover. This was before internet so you couldn't just google a movie to see it's rating.
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post 1656226533 02-15-2022, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted By HMFIC_BROWSIN⏩
I remember riding my bike there with my dad and renting "Need For Speed: High Stakes" for PS1 like 8 times before he finally bought me the game.
It was a similar experinece for me, but with Midnight Club and NFS Underground
Originally Posted By SuperHercules⏩
It's fun doing things in person

Zoomers will never know what it's like interacting with people to do most tasks in life. Probably why so many of them are incels
Yes, being around other humans was a big part of it for sure
Originally Posted By maori-rap⏩
The whole 'renting videos' brings back golden memories. Not just blockbuster, but local VHS stores, where there were floor to ceiling shelves full of movies, from known Hollywood titles to obscure low budget horror movies.

My bro and I would often just choose some random movie we knew nothing about - just going by the front cover. This was before internet so you couldn't just google a movie to see it's rating.
Yes, defintely. Around me there was another, smaller chain called Family Video. It was pretty dope too.

My bro and I did the exact same thing. We just went of what movie covers looked coolest.
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post 1656226593 02-15-2022, 08:14 AM
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Remember seeing guys going into the adult section like they were about to by drugs or something
post 1656226783 02-15-2022, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted By Shysty021⏩
Remember seeing guys going into the adult section like they were about to by drugs or something
hahaha oh yes, the days when porn wasn't easily available for free lulz
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post 1656226823 02-15-2022, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted By maori-rap⏩
The whole 'renting videos' brings back golden memories. Not just blockbuster, but local VHS stores, where there were floor to ceiling shelves full of movies, from known Hollywood titles to obscure low budget horror movies.

My bro and I would often just choose some random movie we knew nothing about - just going by the front cover. This was before internet so you couldn't just google a movie to see it's rating.
Yeah, always looked for the new movies, but then ended up going down the old movie rows just to find something you hadn't seen.

Also, going up to the clerk and asking if a movie you really wanted to see was sitting in the drop box....
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Feels bro


That BB nostalgia is strong.

BRB bringing some young hottie to pick out a video for the VCR knowing we weren’t gonna be watching it.
This body holding me, be my reminder here that I am not alone.
Makes me feel eternal, all this Pain is an Illusion.
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The Blockbuster in my old hood turned into an Amscot. Kept the same color scheme too so its a sad reminder. I always expect to turn the corner and see it as Blockbuster.


idk how to get the image out of google maps but....
https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1...s8SBLiJg&hl=en
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post 1656227013 02-15-2022, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted By dmike100⏩
Yeah, always looked for the new movies, but then ended up going down the old movie rows just to find something you hadn't seen.

Also, going up to the clerk and asking if a movie you really wanted to see was sitting in the drop box....
I lived in the center isles man. That's where the treasures were. All the new movies on the outside, I had already seen the ones in theater that I really wanted to.
Originally Posted By EagleOfWar⏩
Feels bro

That BB nostalgia is strong.

BRB bringing some young hottie to pick out a video for the VCR knowing we weren’t gonna be watching it.
Feels indeed, but I ain't old enough to be grabbing a vhs with a date and smashing lmao
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Originally Posted By omnip0tent⏩
The Blockbuster in my old hood turned into an Amscot. Kept the same color scheme too so its a sad reminder. I always expect to turn the corner and see it as Blockbuster.
My local BB went through a few different things before was turned into a bar. A bar full of losers and drug addicts.
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post 1656227193 02-15-2022, 08:26 AM
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I hear you mang. Going there every friday and seeing what games are available. Always the one game you want is never available
post 1656227283 02-15-2022, 08:27 AM
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i miss that smell
post 1656227633 02-15-2022, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted By SamIAm1892⏩
I hear you mang. Going there every friday and seeing what games are available. Always the one game you want is never available
I had a bit better luck than that, fortunately, but I remember having that issue with Madden a lot
Originally Posted By chiefillini⏩
i miss that smell
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post 1656228283 02-15-2022, 08:46 AM
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feels brah. It was a GOAT experience renting n64 games for the week.
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lots of options and ease of convenience causes anxiety in humans
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Originally Posted By truesteez⏩
feels brah. It was a GOAT experience renting n64 games for the week.
I was a PS1 guy but Goldeneye, StarFox, and SMash Bros was hnnng
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lots of options and ease of convenience causes anxiety in humans
I feel this
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Yeah I miss $10 rewind fees, $40 late return fees, and $300 lost tape fees. Wayne Hyzenga can suck this whole dick.

Redbox > blockbuster
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Originally Posted By Kev1972⏩
Yeah I miss $10 rewind fees, $40 late return fees, and $300 lost tape fees. Wayne Hyzenga can suck this whole dick.

Redbox > blockbuster
Be kind, rewind ****g0t

not that hard to be responsible lulz
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i miss the secret members only XXX after hours section
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I was an assistant manager at a Hollywood video my freshman year of college, and it was such a fun fukkin job. Even when we had to "do the wall" which was shifting the entire wall to accommodate new releases and downsize/boot aging movies. Would take hours, and you had to do it after hours.

Actually smashed 2 regulars, and 1 went on to be my longest running FWB.
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Very odd, I just had a dream about blockbuster last night and haven't thought about it in years.
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Originally Posted By Kev1972⏩
Yeah I miss $10 rewind fees, $40 late return fees, and $300 lost tape fees. Wayne Hyzenga can suck this whole dick.

Redbox > blockbuster
lmao i remember they threatened to send me to collections over some 10$ late fee. fuk blockbuster
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Originally Posted By AWillis⏩
i miss the secret members only XXX after hours section
was there a glory hole?
Originally Posted By chino3⏩
I was an assistant manager at a Hollywood video my freshman year of college, and it was such a fun fukkin job. Even when we had to "do the wall" which was shifting the entire wall to accommodate new releases and downsize/boot aging movies. Would take hours, and you had to do it after hours.

Actually smashed 2 regulars, and 1 went on to be my longest running FWB.
Ayyy using BB as your own Tinder
Originally Posted By GaryRidgway⏩
Very odd, I just had a dream about blockbuster last night and haven't thought about it in years.
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Yep,me and ex would go every Friday after dinner

It's like the arcade

Society pretty much sucks now

I don't even go to movies anymore
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Originally Posted By wasp9166⏩
Yep,me and ex would go every Friday after dinner

It's like the arcade

Society pretty much sucks now

I don't even go to movies anymore
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