you're going to Blockbuster
it's 1997
what the FUCK do you rent?
I quickly walk by the porno section to maybe see boobies and wonder why my peepee gets hard
Friday the 13th, Halloween, Texas Chain Saw Massacre...I've been a horror film addict since I was a little kid
>>720873757
GoldenEye
>>720873757
Pewdiepie lets plays
Dead Alive or Evil dead 2
>>720873757
Close Encounter of the Third Kind
>>720873757
Moon Raker with dat jet pack and jaws biting ski lifts.
>>720873757
the island of dr. moreau
and the mighty ducks
only because my brother rented those two one time
>go to movie store
>checking each aisle
>have to eye away from that Jack Frost movie cover that changes
fuck
>>720873757
legend of zelda ocarina of time
>>720873757
Double Dragon.
>>720873757
SONIC MOTHERFUCKIN' SATAM ON VHS.
As a kid, that shit
Was so fucking rad
Like holy fucking shit
SONIC, HE'S THE FASTEST THING ALIIIIIIIVE
>>720874206
kek i remember that cover
>>720874235
Meme again like that, and your post is getting removed. Do not chance it.
>>720873757
MOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!! I WANNA RENT SPACE JAM!
i would go pick what ever movie/cartoon and the hover by the "adult" section to hopefully get a eye full. i was 11
>>720874728
>be boy
>be 10
>we move states across the country
>our video store is now a "Hastings"
>mom goes to books, i go to movies
>fucking ghost in the shell dvd and even worse
>get to see hentai boobs from covers of these things
good day
>>720873757
True Romance. top 5 film for me
>>720873757
Hackers
>>720875080
isn't James Gandolfini in that? I've been meaning to watch it
>>720873757
>>720873949
Monica
>>720875525
from the thumbnail I thought it was face/off
sad
>>720875614
here you go
>>720873757
Correct answer, comin thru...
Probably this shit
>>720873838
underrated post
>be me
>1997
>10 years old
>go to blockbuster
>live in small town so they're a little behind the times and still have super nintendo games
>look around, decide to get hockey game
>nhl 97 i think
>later that night, playing game in my room with door shut and volume turned up
>suddenly door opens
>yelled at, told to turn game off
>turn it off, hear something in background
>it's the tornado siren
>there was a tornado and i was completely oblivious because vidya
>>720873757
RIP Rick Moranis
>>720873946
this.
>>720875614
how the fuck did leslie neilsen let him self get roped into that
>>720876294
guess I don't have to see the movie now.
>>720876344
He was in a lot of absolute shit in the 90s. I don't know if he needed money or what, but it's like he couldn't turn down a script for kid-friendly slapstick comedies.
showgirls
>>720876422
>>720876429
I watched it on youtube the other day, still holds up.
>>720876294
Holy fuck, brings back memories
a horror like a nightmare on elm street and a video game like Quest 64
>>720874387
Double Nigger II
>>720874387
>>720875080
TFW the moorish scene applies to your ancestry.
Adam sandler movie
>>720873757
Man I still have a fuckton of VHS movies, why would I go rent one?
>>720873757
>Henry; Portrait of a serial killer.
Was in the horror section. Parents let me watch horror when I was a kid. Saw this and it changed me forever.
>>720877053
Our Movie Gallery had a twisted, melted copy of this movie suspended over the register with a warning not to leave a VHS in a hot car.
Because of my mom lol
>>720876294
>>720877287
lol.
>>720873757
Heat...or Eraser. I worked at a Blockbuster in 1997 and these are the two movies that come to mind on our new release section
>>720873757
Nothing because I'm 7 and have no say.
>>720877639
MODS MODS MODS
Lets get some candy and watch this guys. It will be fun.
>>720877480
Fuck yes, that's childhood.
>>720875976
You fucking monster, you didn't rewind?
>>720873757
kiki's delivery services my alltime favorite movie watched it for the first time after renting it a block buster bought the movie when the store was closing still own it to this day one of my most prized items
The tapes that are in the front, hopefully a horror film. Oh and Pokemon
>>720875152
HACK THE PLANET!!!!! I didn't know there were any hackers here. This is my domain. Consider yourself expunged...... damn. You must be elite. I could use you. We are going to hack the Gibson
>>720874153
Nice choice sir
>>720873757
final fantasy 7
aliens
starship troopers
Holy shit so many good movied came out that year.
Pulp Fiction.
>>720873757
>Warn them about Netflix
>Blockbuster listens and buys Netflix
>Renames it to Blockflix
>Fucking paradox
>world explodes
>Rent Toy Story
Barry Lyndon
Eyes Wide Shut
Once Upon a Time in the West
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Kagemusha
Fellini's Casanova
Black Cauldron
>>720873757
Miss Congeniality
>>720873838
No porno section in Blockbuster. They didnt even carry explicit R rated
>>720878507
My blockbuster definitely had a porno section. in the back behind a door with a red welcome carpet.
>>720874206
This
>>720878568
great choice. lovely atmosphere for a move of that decade.
>>720878613
they made way too many of these, but earnest scared stupid is probably the best one.
>>720878585
It wasnt a Blockbuster. If it was, he was doing his own thing but I doubt it. Tightly controlled franchise
Source: I worked there
Blockbuster was too far away when I was a kid (closest was 20 miles away). But my cool as fuck neighbor worked for the cable company and hooked us up with free Showtime and all the pay-per-view stations...including the Playboy channel.
I was 14. Pic related.
how did everything get so bad?
every decade is worse
>>720878755
Unless they changed the policy later on? I remember visiting my local one before it closed down on lakeshore (ontario) and it definitely had one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptqz3KQzevY
>>720873757
I'll give it a whirl
>>720878359
blockbuster thought redbox was the way to go. frankly i can't believe redbox is still a thing. I only see them in the ghetto so i assume the discs are one time use only
>>720878507
I'll second, no porn sections - BBV upper managment were pretty conservative. But I'll be goddamned if I didn't rent Emmanuelle in Space from my old store. There were a handful of softcore flicks. I remember renting them out to a bunch of old guys; the same guys every week.
>>720878895
Maybe Canada market.
>Wikipedia:
>Representing itself as a family-friendly chain, Blockbuster never rented or sold pornographic titles in the US market (other markets vary)
Before BB, there were many small video shops, after BB the ones that survived always had an adult room to compete. Thats how I remember
On some weekends with family we went to the mall, grabbed some popcorn stopped by blockbuster on the way home from the mall. Comfy af tbqh.
If it was possible to rent in 97 then definitely boogie nights =) that roller girl!
>>720878895
I worked for Blockbuster towards the end, 2006 - 2009. Policy on porn never changed: Nothing harder than Red Shoe Diaries.
Dracula Dead And Loving It
>>720879334
Yeah. Started dating girls around then, og Netflix and chill wandering around those carpeted isles. It was a surprise BBV vanished- everyone went there, not everyone is on Netflix
Pluto Nash in 3D
>>720873757
>Blockbuster
>1997
Basically buy Netflix.
>>720873757
Cable Guy
>>720873757
Jacob's Ladder
>>720879864
>Netflix exists in 1997
You mean invent Netflix, which wouldn't work yet anyway because high speed broadband internet is not yet a thing.
>>720873757
American Pie
>>720878383
are you my nigger
>>720873757
The 3 ninjas
>>720879713
They made a lot of terrible decisions between the mid 90s and 2013. They expanded too fast and ended up over-saturating the market - towns that could barely support one store had two or three. They got in bed with DirectTV and a couple of other ventures that didn't make sense. They also couldn't compete with Netflix's pricing and convenience, and they tried real damn hard in in late 00s.
And these people didn't learn form their mistakes - look at GameStop. They're not just following in Blockbuster's footsteps, it's being lead by a lot of the same people, or they were for a while there. Bottom line, Blockbuster died because it was poorly ran.
>>720873757
fantasia
Avatar
Wayne's world 2 duh sheeeaha rihight
>>720873757
Mum I wanna get Croc on PC, I just played it at my friends house and it is the greatest game ever!!
What ever Randal recomends
>>720873757
007 Goldeneye
>>720873757
>>720880156
No, i mean buy fucking netflix if im the mother fucking blockbuster owner.
>>720873757
Jurassic Park, then go to vidya games. Probably have some nice N64 bomber man or something
Snag the card from mom and rent the hidden copy of Caligula
>>720880741
Not in 1997 you won't.
>>720880410
Blockbuster is not %100 dead yet. Their stocks are one Pennie rite now. If only they made a streaming service or at least stop video stores and opend movie theaters they be back in the game
>>720876612
Got lost in this game, returned it. I was a dumb kid
>>720878507
That's funny about no porno. Because they really loved giving it up the ass on late fees.
>>720873757
Well, if I *have* to watch a crapy blockbuster, I think I'd go for a good ol' Pulp Miction.
Average action movie for brainless kids : sounds perfect for a blockbuster session !
>>720877700
That makes him 28....
>>720877724
Neo had sense enough not to be in this trainwreck of a movie.
fuck blockbuster.
I went to Hollywood
Lion King, motherfucker
I used to own FF3 (yes I know its actually 6). A video store in my town was selling their old stuff to make way for Playstation and N64 games. I rented every week so I purchased it along with a Game Genie.
>>720873757
Freddy got fingered
>>720880874
They tried a streaming service, albeit a pale shadow of what Netflix was in 2013. I doubt there's gonna be a revival anytime soon. But who knows? Maybe a nostalgic investor will come along and resurrect the brand. I'd root for it, I've got fond a lot of memories of Blockbuster.
>>720873757
Sega genesis games.
i worked at blockbuster during college
best job i ever had.
my store was so corrupt, everybody stole tons of shit, even the manager.
i used to take one of each new release off the wall every week and sell them to coconuts for drug money.
those were the good old days
>>720881354
>>720878938
>Secret weapon? What secret weapon??
Fucking loved destroying all this cities.
>>720881354
>genesis
>1997
i feel sorry for your broke ass family
>>720881236
moarliek shipwreck amiritem8
>>720880695
Didn't get released on VHS until early/mid 1998.
I remember because my buddy's parents rented it for us when they went out of town. We invited some girls over. I got high as fuck and I touched tits for the first time.
I love that goddamn movie.
>>720873757
F-Zero for my n64.
>On the way out I also grab some Warheads and Airheads, and a 2 liter of Surge.
>On the way home my mom stops to get some pepperoni pizza and garlic sticks.
Gon' be a good night.
I get my grandma to rent me some japanese anime movie like Ranma 1/2 or some other shit that shows cartoon titties.
>>720876344
you mean how was he blessed to appear in this modern day classic
Nothing I have late fees
>>720873946
>nice name drops
>>720881760
WAIT I changed my mind...I want to rent Twisted Metal 2 and fuck up sweet tooth with Thumper
Gonna pick up MK3 and grab that sick Men in Black movie.
>>720876788
bd wong is my nigga
>>720877287
lol?? omg lol!
>>720880410
That was my impression too- they blew it by running things poorly. Also, cable tv expanded a lot and had almost the same new stuff. Netflix just picked up on that and made it cheaper. Redbox does good business these days too and its just vending machines. 16 ways to make money and Blockbuster decided to corner the "late fee" market
Anyone remember Jumbo Video? Eating free popcorn while you browse each other was the shit friday nights.
>>720878351
first r rated movie i ever saw
i was no ready for that much niggertry
The Matrix
>>720882134
>going to a tupac movie
>didnt expect niggertry
you are a special kind of stupid
Full Metal Jacket.
>Rated R
>>720876788
They had a sequel to this movie in an episode of SVU.
I'd probably try and get my mum to rent me Scream.
>>720881662
Fuck you. Im broke but have been involved in dark magic with my poor family all of my life. I can cast spells on you over the internet. Make you see things that arent there, make your life miserable. How dare you talk about my poor family. You will learn not to bully people.
>>720873757
Doesn't matter because when you return they will tell you it was never received and send you a bill for the full price of a used game.
>>720882228
i was 10 and my friends parents were watching it while we were playing in the same room
you are not special, even though your mommy tells you that you are every day
>>720874950
Hastings closed all stores Oct. 2016... RIP Hastings, you will be missed :'(
>>720873757
Batman and Robin
Because there was no way for me to know how bad it was.
>>720875674
Gtfo
Leave now.
gay
renting videos?
shit i was downloading .vivo videos off AOL of sailor moon and tenchi muyo over a 56k modem
>>720882089
They tried hard as hell to get in on the Redbox market, but it was several years too late at that point. I remember my former ASM jumping ship to get in on the ground level, in retrospect I kind of wish I did as well. I mean, I went to Redbox when I worked for Blockbuster and got free rentals, if that says anything.
Blockbuster's vending distribution was nothing compared to Redbox's. I lived in a town with 50,000 people, there were at least 10 Redbox locations, but only 2 Blockbuster vending machines - not to mention the fact that the surrounding towns (with populations over 30,000) didn't have a single Blockbuster rental machine, where Redbox had 6 - 10 easily.
>>720873757
Back to the Future
Rocky
On the Waterfront
Drugstore Cowboy
The Fugitive
In the Line of Fire
Network
The Little Mermaid
>>720882610
>things that never happened
why not just watch it on the tv before school you fucking pleb
>WELCOME
>>720882610
Fucking Christ, are they still downloading?
Conan the barbarian
>>720882773
Which one was that? After the director's cut or before the definitive absolute not kidding this time final cut?
>>720882693
we never got more than the first 2 seasons of Sailor moon here. and Tenchi TV was never on except on scifi channel during the summer. bitchtit
>>720882861
that nigger used to eat out stewardesses during his flight and nasty shit
what a legend
>>720882651
They have half the rental market now I'm reading though I can't figure out who rents the other half, havent seen a video store in years. There's a busy 2 machine redbox at the nearest gas station 10 minutes away and at every walmart though I live in the country where Netflix is highbrow stuff
>>720883101
yeah well fuck you faggot
dbz was on before sailor moon
Bio-Dome
>>720882770
vivo files were the first to be used in online trading. They were smaller than even .rm files
>>720873757
Mischief Makers for N64
>>720873757
My first Anime was a Hentai Both my mother and clerk looked at it and just rented it to when i was 10-11. Funny looking back now.
>>720883179
Bible belt fucking sucks. They were too scared of showing the lesbians. We never got the 3rd season of Robotech because Yellow Dancer was a cross dresser
>>720883221
My negro
>>720883221
SHAKE SHAKE!
>>720873757
Hackers, obviously.
I am so tech and cyberpunk. I'm going to read some online stuff about remote dialing and faking phone booth deposits right now.
>>720880156
Before video streaming, Netflix was a mail-order movie rental chain based out of a website. On the internet.
But tbh I still doubt they were around before the 2000's.
>>720883106
When i grow up i want to be like arnold schwarzenigro! The goat
>>720883282
i dont remember lesbian scissoring in dbz or sm
the fuck did i miss out on
>>720873757
Power rangers Turbo movie or Jurassic park lost world
>>720873757
Shattered. A fine thriller with a nice twist ending.
>>720875614
What if I LOSE these powers!?!?!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D74FLtdbZEw
>>720883158
I'm gonna watch this one again instead
>>720873757
This
>>720873757
True Lies (1994, but anyway)
>>720883398
1998, so close
SCHWINGGGGGGGGG
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Salo . I watch this evey night before bed time . What a masterpiece
>>720883282
From Bible Belt. I remember watching Sailor Moon in middle school. Late 95 early 96.
>>720873757
I owe blockbuster $100. So I rent nothing
Whatever anime was available.
Bet my parents regret letting me rent any of it.
>>720883316
>>720884229
Why, did it turn you into a weaboo or sumthin? Just curious.
>>720873757
Final Fantasy 7
>>720883348
>>720873757
Somehow communicate to my mother in 2 m/o baby speak that I want teletubbies.
>>720884174
and as i said in earlier post, they didnt show all of it. they stopped before the outer sailers show up because of Uranus and Neptune being lesbians
>>720884426
Not anymore. But I wouldn't have wasted most of my childhood watching animus
something with celeb nudity and or simulated sex...
Snes Uncharted Waters New Horizons.
Evil Dead, Gremlins 2 or Jurassic Park on genesis. Stroll by the kids section to see if the Real Ghostbusters tapes are available, but its always just the ghost pirates tape.
>>720873757
ANTIFREEZE!
>>720884608
No, they stopped showing it because of ratings. That is, until Cartoon Network got their hands on it.
From the wiki:
>The series premiered in Canada on August 28, 1995 on YTV and in first-run syndication in the U.S. on September 11, airing for 65 episodes until November 28, 1995. Despite moderate success in Canada, the U.S. airing struggled in early morning "dead" timeslots;[24] the series originally aired in the U.S. in morning and afternoon timeslots which Anne Allison describes as unsuitable for the target audience.[22] The series was eventually cancelled due to low ratings.[25][26] In response, a fan petition that garnered over 12,500 signatures was created.[27] In 1997, re-runs of the cancelled dub began airing on USA Network. That same year, production on the series' English dub was resumed with the last 17 episodes of the second season, Sailor Moon R, and was broadcast in Canada from September 20 to November 21, 1997 to wrap up lingering plot lines.[28] The series finished airing on YTV in January 2004.
>>720873757
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, and a pack of gummy bears
>>720873757
Assfucking Cowboys 5: Chaps My Ass
>>720874174
So sorry to hear about your brother. I bet he was a great guy. My condolences.
>>720873757
Rambo
>>720877053
pants on fire
>>720873757
fuckin' trainspotting
>>720873757
Superman 64 babyyyyyyyy
Mortal kombat the movie and WWF in your house for ps1
>>720883221
The GOAT
>>720873757
robocop III
men in black, son
>>720887617
I stole the Robocop 3 badge they gave out at Video Ezy when I was 5.
>suffering crippling depression from not seeing this
>>720881760
>this is how life actually was
brb gonna go inhale a mixture of bleach and ammonia
Chasing Amy
>>720888055
>i am le depressed meme admin
>muh anxiety pls help le sad
>>720885332
They didn't rent the candy.
>>720883930
>implying i would ever need to rent this
>implying i didn't purchase this at McDonald's when it was included with any value meal for $5
>>720888104
oh shit
the passers are starting to escape from their containment board
>>720883573
Nice choice, anon.
Fair is fair!!!
>>720883194
Die.
>>720888217
I'd always return the candy I ate.
In the form of shit.
While on the clock.
>>720873757
Same thing I rent every week, Bio-dome!
>>720873757
LEGEND OF THE OVERFIEND
>>720882207
....was not around yet.
>>720888466
motherfucker.
>>720873757
>>720880623
>>720873757
James Cameron's Avatar
a movie
>>720873757
I rent FLASH GORDON
Fuck you
Mofuckin street sharks.
Jumanji
Random adult section shit like vampire hotties or something lol
Everything on n64
Trainspotting, Hackers, clerks, chasing Amy.
And Independence Day cause fuck you I didn't see it in the theater.
I used to rent my friends videos on random accounts.
But the manager didn't fire me because she thought I was actually dumb enough to make that mistake.
They started getting really pissed when the movies stopped coming back.
Rent Diddy Kong Racing and Crash Bandicoot and get some Mike and Ike, Whoppers, and those cylinder pretzels with pizza flavour filling in the middle.
>>720873946
>.I've been a horror film addict since I was a little kid
clearly not big of a fan since you mostly just named generic slashers with the exception of TCM which is the only good film.
>>720874087
>Evil Dead 2 over the original
It took a genuinely creepy movie and added slapstick. It's not as good.
>>720876058
Never see anyone actually liking this.
>>720882207
shit taste.
>>720883194
interesting taste
>>720883573
never heard of this. does she get naked? love me short haired girls.
>>720889922
>clerks, chasing Amy.
good taste. mallrats is shit.