Where did you rent your movies?

Where did you rent your movies?

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Hollywood Video because I had good taste.

McKay's (Tennessee only)

my hollywood video switched to a combination Family Fitness and Dunkin Donuts.
had to quit renting in 2004 because that was the last decent video store here, all the moms and pops were gone

Kazaa

i didnt rent movies but i rented video games at rogers before

1) Local store I can't remember the name of
2) Blockbuster
3) Hollywood video

Local privately-owned video store. I grew up in town of about 3,000 people. I knew the owner since I was about 4, went there every few days to rent movies and/or games and the guy would often give me discounts and shit just because he knew me and I gave him so much business. It was so fucking comfy, I wish so bad I could go back to that time.

There was a Blockbuster very near my home, so I rented there for a while, until I couldn't find some of the older or more indie movies I was reading about. There was a place a little drive away called Stadium Video, in Tacoma. I wouldn't be surprised if it was still there. My god, this was back in 2002-4 they have EVERYTHING. Stuff I assumed wasn't even on DVD. Old tv shows from MTV like Aeon Flux, all the classic black and white or indies you could want.
That was when Blockbuster became dead to me. I mean they had 20 fuckign copies of the nutty professor or whatever, and not a single copy of A Philadelphia story. Or even fucking jaws.

GOD I MISS THE SMELL

When i was visiting a friend in grand rapids michigan this summer my friend took me to his local video store which is still going very strong. It gave me an ounce of hope for humanity.

the grocery store. I remember when every grocery store had a video rental section. Good times man.

>fat smoker
i liked this meme

Albertsons was the place I first rented Surf Ninjas from

Any canucks remember jumbo video?

Flicks AND smokes?! I miss everything about rental places

Albertsons before it died
mostly blockbuster after that, sometimes hollywood video

>you will never be a little kid again going to the video store with your parents
>your parents say you can pick out ONE GAME to rent
>you argue with your brother over which game to get
>you get some candy at the counter
>that unrivaled childhood excitement you felt on the ride home

I want to go back

Blockbuster had a pizza place next door. Order a pizza, go look for movies while they make it. One movie for the family, one to watch with my dad and big brother after mom went to bed. Comfier times.

Video renting was an overrated experience. You just miss it because it was from a time when your life wasn't as shitty as it is now.

some place called civic video

I don't remember the name but I think it had a price tag on the sign does anyone know what the name was?

Jumbo Video

Family video

that's part of a larger grocery store mate.


there was a time in america when every grocery store had video rental section. you could get your groceries and also rent a flick all in 1 go.


those times are now over

I was being a bit dramatic, I mean Redbox does exist

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Pretty sure that wasnt a west coast thing. I was alive during the 90s and dont remember this.

>that combination of VHS case plastic and blockbuster brand carpet

like tears in the rain...

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Used to be a Gino's Megakinos

This was the only place I ever saw the Futurama game.

>ywn convince your parents to buy you candy or a soda while standing in line at blockbuster ever again

ps2 one? I still own it

Of course.
Let us wallow in our nostalgia please.

It wasn't. It was a fucking event, because growing up you'd only go on a Friday or Saturday night and as an adult it was something you treated yourself to before streaming and mail rentals were a thing.

Going through the aisles to find an interesting title, looking at all the covers and reading the backs of the cases was like finding a new book to read at a library. It was a fun and engaging experience. Also the anticipation of seeing if your new release rental or obscure title was available, in a time before internet was useful and calling in to ask the stoned 20 year old manager was the only option.

Video renting was fun as hell, I discovered so much kino by just picking a random flick that seemed like it would be good based solely on the back cover synopsis.

>those times are now over
what is redbox

>vending machine rentals

NOT THE SAME

>waiting behind a single mother who reads every title while 4 of her spawns run around feverishly

never again

>he doesn't creep around at 2am renting marvel kino from outdoor redbox

Rogers Video. It was really close to our house and we got to know the people there. Every Friday I went and checked out what new games and movies were available to rent. Sometimes we would stop by Mr. Sub afterwards and the guy there would give us free cookies.

Those were the days...

>he doesn't support his local video rental store
And here I was thinking I was in good company with fellow /kino/sseurs.

I had cards all over town. Local Rogers, Blockbuster a 15min walk, indie with lots of porn, foreign, and anime, another indie with art house and hard to find movies.

My Blockbuster got turned into a Petsmart back in 2011, it was a really surreal summer since both that and the local hotdog joint (which was a staple of everybody's childhood in town with cheese fries and rainbow colored bread) closed down right before I went off to college.
It felt like my childhood died in just a couple months, glad I got to make my last rental be Red Dead Redemption and got some snacks.

>tfw no video rental store for miles around me
>tfw barely any businesses or homes that have been around since the 90's left in town

Local store, forgot it's name, then we moved and rented from convenience stores.

At the grocery store

i've had this image for a decade

Renting videos physically in 2017 is like pretending old Ultimas hold up to this day. It's hopelessly obsolete and totally unenjoyable, but you have to keep up the act of an old sage.

if you dislike something because you enjoyed it as a kid, that's like saying you won't suck on a titty at age 50

Locally-owned mini-chain (at peak they had five locations, I think) called Video World.

We didn't have a Blockbuster until ca. 2000, and when we got one it was significantly smaller than Video World (which had just moved into a big new store in mid-'90s). Eventually it moved back to it's smaller, original location, but it still managed to outlast the Blockbuster, which closed in like 2010 or '11. Video World hung on until 2014 or so, IIRC.

Plus, at least with stores, you only had to go one place: either they had the movies you were looking for, or they didn't (and if they didn't, your local library might have them, which was somewhere else you'd be going regularly anyway). Now, to cover everything, you're stuck paying for Netflix and Hulu and Amazon Prime (and Crunchyroll or whatever if you're into anime, and Acorn if you're into British stuff, etc., etc.), and still left with a bunch of stuff that's not on any of those, which you'll have to rent from Amazon/Vudu/etc.

Streaming is more convenient in that more material is available (provided you're prepared to carry multiple services and spend time sequentially searching each of them until you find what you're looking for) and that you don't have to leave your couch or worry about overdue fees. But it's not an improvement in every single respect.

Personally, I hated mail rentals because of frequent scratched disc issues, and only resorted to them for things my local store didn't have. So streaming is an improvement over that, IMO. But if you had a good store, the switch to streaming is a mixed bag.

bamp

Premier Video - had the rarest movies and games. (RIP Dec 18, 2016)
Cash-Wise Video - best deals with week long rentals on new releases. (RIP Dec 31, 2016)
Take-Two - Best all around. Great selection, great deals, and most locations in town. (RIP 2011)

Blockbuster was absolute last resort in my city. Sadly BB was able to hold out until 2013. Hell, two of those three places alone were popular enough to survive until last year despite Netflix, Hulu, Redbox, pirating, etc, etc, etc.