I don’t miss Blockbuster at all. I do miss mom and pop video stores, which would get you pretty much whatever you wanted if you asked them to order it. And I miss stores that specialized in cult, foreign and classic films.
My wife worked at the video store that her best friend’s parents owned while she was in and for a while after high school and I hung out there with her all the time. It was a good job for a teenager and we got to see all kinds of weird and cool movies. She also got to take screeners home- screeners were pre-released movies sent to video stores so they could decide whether or not to buy them, so you got to see video releases sometimes months early- you just had to deal with a ‘do not copy or sell this video’ message on the screen occasionally.
That’s what I miss. Blockbuster was corporate trash. It was the Walmart of video stores.
You just reminded me of a rental place I used to frequent. Insomniac videos. It was dark and musky, and the staff all had an encyclopedic knowledge of the weird and unknown or cult classics. Those were also the only movies they carried and they were next to the cheapest pizza place in town. My roommates and I at the time would often checkout something the staff recommended and load up on junk food on the rare occasion we all had a night off together. Good times.
I don’t miss Blockbuster at all. I do miss mom and pop video stores, which would get you pretty much whatever you wanted if you asked them to order it. And I miss stores that specialized in cult, foreign and classic films.
My wife worked at the video store that her best friend’s parents owned while she was in and for a while after high school and I hung out there with her all the time. It was a good job for a teenager and we got to see all kinds of weird and cool movies. She also got to take screeners home- screeners were pre-released movies sent to video stores so they could decide whether or not to buy them, so you got to see video releases sometimes months early- you just had to deal with a ‘do not copy or sell this video’ message on the screen occasionally.
That’s what I miss. Blockbuster was corporate trash. It was the Walmart of video stores.
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You just reminded me of a rental place I used to frequent. Insomniac videos. It was dark and musky, and the staff all had an encyclopedic knowledge of the weird and unknown or cult classics. Those were also the only movies they carried and they were next to the cheapest pizza place in town. My roommates and I at the time would often checkout something the staff recommended and load up on junk food on the rare occasion we all had a night off together. Good times.
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