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i miss blockbuster
what in the adult world equates to the feeling that one would get while sitting and playing at the toy section at blockbuster at those ikea tables with the bead toys and the knockoff superhero dolls while i waited for my parents to go rent dinosaurs????? plus— on demand media had taken away the excitement and the ritual of gathering together and choosing a source of entertainment for everyone involved, it is now just a tireless act where no one is satisfied with the choices suggested. plus, whatever choice made can then be easily argued and changed within seconds rather than being forced to just sit and watch the one movie that was rented, until one decision is made that will somewhat satisfy everyone—a vast juxtaposition to the careful curating it would have taken to rent the perfect movie for that evening. it really removed the art of critique and discussion. bring back the BlueRay era fr, those ads were goated anyways
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@jilly
Jan 19, 2025
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@vero
I got the Percy Jackson movies from Blockbuster then a few days before we were going to return them the Blockbusters near our house CLOSED and so we still have the DVDs
Jan 19, 2025
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@jilly
vero that deserves to be in a museum
Jan 19, 2025
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@kiva
I’ve been checking out library dvds and that’s lowkey same thing. Browse what my local library has on their shelves, get my requested delivered frm another branch in like 2 days..
Jan 19, 2025
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@jilly
kiva that’s actually sick i didn’t know smth like that existed, ill defs check it out
Jan 19, 2025
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@wakeuplmd
My Xbox One a glorified BluRay player now frfr
Jan 19, 2025
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@jilly
wakeuplmd that’s my ps3 and xbox 360 now 😭😭😭
Jan 19, 2025
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@niccushing
Ohhh I miss Blockbuster so much. We used to go whenever I went to my grandma’s house and it was so special to pick a movie & some snacks. The memories will last forever! Bummed my own kids won’t get to experience it.
Jan 19, 2025
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@jilly
niccushing closest experience would be a library 😭😭
Jan 19, 2025
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@niccushing
jilly and we 100% do go to the library. Luckily we have one with a great kids section!
Jan 20, 2025
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@sniffle
Yeah it’s the reduction of something special into almost a chore. I have good memories of friday blockbuster nights. I love physical discs, and am lucky that there’s a big DVD/blu-ray store nearish to me. The cases are just so much more fun to look at instead of tiles on the screen though we’ll still never get that sense of community back, when there was a blockbuster in every city, town and village :(
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@jilly
sniffle oh 100%, especially on the chore part. whenever my family and i sit to watch a movie i dread the picking process because it always ends up in us bantering and getting frustrated with eachother
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