Who killed Blockbuster Video?

Who killed Blockbuster Video?

hollywood video

Red Box

Sudoku

HD-DVD killed Blockbuster

The Kwik-Mart

Viacom, along with not buying Netflix

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6.99 for new releases (2 days) was fucked dude

THE INTERNET

Was your local BB a community cornerstone for anyone else? When mine died a part of the community died along with it...

No because I had 3.

radio

digital media, and their own shitty stock

If video killed the radio star, what killed video?

Unironically this. I worked for Blockbuster and Viacom are retards.

For the mini mall it was in, yeah.

But definitely not on any scale past that.

Paul Feig

Vhs movies used to cost like $60-100 bucks so people rented. Dvds became so cheap people just bought them.

Redbox and online streaming. I can't believe you made a thread for something so obvious

There was a sweet spot of about 2 years when Blockbuster was imitating Netflix and sending movies through the mail and you could return the movies to the Blockbuster store, thus saving time on the return shipping and getting new ones faster. That was the one advantage Blockbuster had over Netflix. It didn't last long.

THIS

Yup. Now it's just a big empty building.

they were still trying to pull this expensive rent shit even with dvd and especial games

retail is dying in general, blockbuster was just the first casualty.

Internet killed the VCR Star

I think people just dont have the attention span for movies anymore.

Blockbuster was the first to go because they were awful to their customers so the instant something better came along everybody abandoned it.

I did.

I'm starting to believe that myself these days.

My old neighborhood Blockbuster turned into one of them year round Halloween costume stores.

Hot Topic?

When DVDs became a thing and pirates took over the internet.

not taking Netflix on their offer killed buttbuster.

Mine is sitting there empty or maybe it is a payday loan place I try not to look to avoid feels ;(

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Its called Halloween Megastore

Both of the ones near me are now urgent care clinics

I had a dream the other day that a video rental place opened up down the road, but it was all Paki films. Wonder what that meant?

Had a vision of the future of the UK

There is an independent video store still running in my town, a decade after the blockbuster down the street boarded up. There will be a market for video rental until the last baby boomer dies, it's just they had awful business practices and lazy staff.

Totally. Which is the fault of cellphones and everyone being more obsessed with Facebook, Snapchat or Instagram than actually watching something. Or watching dumb shit on Youtube. No ones going to theaters, buying DVDs or paying for cable TV just because of pirating online. Soon the newest generations won't have attention spans capable of watching anything above 12 minutes.

the 4d chess star

Did you recently watch American Gods?

Ah quit whining gramps, couldn't even be bothered to finish reading your post

What happens with the empty blockbuster buildings?

Nah, I'm not into gay porn

blockbuster killed blockbuster

100% crappy big name flicks

zero interesting movies

insane late fees

A lot of blockbusters had a deal with Mattress Firm, so that's what a lot of them turned to. Mine was next to a car repair shop so they just turned into a showcase shop for their tires and other products

>from watching flicks to watching tires

well, that's an improvement

Vape Shops

My local Blockbuster is a CVS now. Seriously though, I can't see how anyone can have all that much nostalgia for brick and mortar rental stores. Especially corporate chains that charged way too much.

>people are now watching movies and tv shows online instead of getting them physically
>HURR THIS GENERATION IS FUCKED GUYS

Pic related is you.

>there are blockbusters still around
Can a businessfag explain that to me? I thought big-daddy BB went bankrupt and closed its doors, how are there still like 6 up in Alaska using the Blockbuster name?

The funny part is your entire generation is too socially awkward to say that to someone's face.

That's not funny

>drive all the way to block buster
>half the store of new releases is taken
>get shitty old movie
>don't get any drinks candy or popcorn because it is cheaper at the gas station across the street

I'll be 35 next month so my childhood was during the prime video rental store years. I have zero nostalgia for it and don't really understand why anyone does.

Mine by my parent's house became another video store (a mom/pop one that sold cigarettes and alcohol) which had little to no selection but still sold VHS tapes (which were super outdated by then) and also sold porn. It looked really weird because it had too much space inside the store minus the Blockbuster stock and shelves. It lasted like that 3 months tops. Then it was quartered off as strip mall restaurants into KFC/Taco Bell and Subway. But it still looked like the ruins of a Blockbuster. Now it's a 24/7 women's fitness gym where peeping toms can watch ladies treadmaster through Blockbuster windows. I don't know how the strip mall manages to stay open.

Half of those are right.

You know the experience and service is kept alive at your local Public Library.

>Tfw still go to the last blockbuster standing that's not in Alaska

Give me some good kino recommendations, I picked up The Hunt last week because I saw people here talking about it, and holy fuck it was hard to keep watching.

That happened to a Best Buy in my city. Like electronic retail takes such a hit you can only sell costumes instead?

My local library does not have a gumball machine that let's you rent a free game or movie if you get the white gumball

Same reason I feel nostalgic whenever I see an old guy fumbling with an antenna on a CRT in a film. It's not just about the shop.

also
>forget to turn in movie on time
>get charged $9001 + your left kidney as a late fee

Blockbuster

Mine was part of a 2 suite stand alone building that was connected to a McDonald's, it's sat there empty for at least 7 years now. The problem is I don't know what you could put there since it's attached to the mcd's

Diabetic testing supply store?

Blockbuster was killed by its own dumb business practices. The refused to rent porn (something that kept lots of local business open way after Blockbusters closed), and were too stupid to get in on mail rentals before it was too late. And maybe a lot of people here are too young to remember, but a big reason people stopped wanting to go to Blockbuster is that they were a pain in the ass to deal with. Their rentals were usually more expensive than local places, and they would always try to claim something was returned late and charge a fee, regardless of whether something was actually late or not.

I was actually glad when they closed.

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>be American
>stuck in bumfuck no sunshine nowhere
>want to watch a film
>have shitty and limited internet
What do you do?

So how much longer until mom and pop video rental places start popping up again made by hispters due to the nostalgia factor?

The Information Super Highway

The big question is, what about studios that used to make direct-to-video films? How did they cope with their distribution gone? If you weren't able to rent a new release you usually rented a terrible Lorenzo Lamas action flick.

Nostalgia doesn't really work with technology, and when it does it's as a collector's item which just sits on a shelf.

how does it smell

I like you

Really, really old.

>start

It's already a thing in hipster neighborhoods in several cities

There are still a lot in rural and semi-rural areas because of issues with internet service, and their being the only place where people can easily access porn. I just did a 1700 mile road trip, and most small towns I saw had at least one video rental place.

why bother closing Blockbuster when it is completely impossible to find any Redford or Hoffman movies on Netflix or in that fucking Redbox? it's not the fucking same

Because not enough people watch that stuff to justify keeping a multi-million dollar franchise's doors open

fbpb

I will open one but call it Rockbuster Video for copyright purposes. There is definitely a niche market still there.

Enjoy bankruptcy

Of the 3 blockbusters I used to frequent, two are now liquor stores and one is a pub

At least some towns in the world still has mom/pop shops selling Punjabi, Asian, new releases and porn DVDs like an awkward Redbox. Also major cities might have one specialty hipster video store. I know my hometown and current city both do. But the chances of someone doing a chain of stores now?

>poster for a vidya game that's almost a decade old

Yeah, like these guys typed they still exist.

He hasn't discoved Popcorn Time.

Mine is a mattress store now.

I remember, when it was Blockbuster, that there were a lot of dead doves in the parking lot the store had. Good old times. My younger self was disgusted but curious everytime I went.

Blockbuster didn't have porn but if you knew what to get it still had fap material for teenage boys like exercise videos, foreign racy films, softcore or erotic thrillers, rated 18A films with high content of nudity, etc.

Mine is a christain thrift store, still have a Super Video though

those goddamn millenials with their rap music

They did by not hiring me because "I had no experience"

Began actively boycotting them since 2007. Glad we won the war!

Hollywood video went down first, at least in my area.

There was a blockbuster hate website that was up until like 2014. What on earth they talked about during those last few years is beyond comprehension

what could have saved Blockbuster?