tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post8619876232304891072..comments2024-03-28T17:48:19.196-05:00Comments on The Other Side blog: Non-Gaming: So Long BlockbusterTimothy S. Brannanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-87088512353939375852013-11-09T22:16:05.965-06:002013-11-09T22:16:05.965-06:00We'll mention video rental stores to the grand...We'll mention video rental stores to the grand-kids and they'll look at us like we did when our grandparents told us about tinkers, the milkman, and the trash-man coming more then once a week. JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-1484795498104260242013-11-08T15:39:53.260-06:002013-11-08T15:39:53.260-06:00Editing HELLRAISER is absurd and icky. Blockbuster...Editing HELLRAISER is absurd and icky. Blockbuster had it coming.Greg Gorgonmilkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397374629757817360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-10283985290918013832013-11-08T14:35:16.831-06:002013-11-08T14:35:16.831-06:00Blockbusters here in South Jersey went the way of ...Blockbusters here in South Jersey went the way of the dodo bird a few years back. The mom-and-pop places disappeared entirely a bit before that. Sorta strange, in that "crap I'm getting old and look what doesn't exist anymore" kinda way. Also strange to contemplate is that, before it closed, I took my kids to Blockbuster when they were very young (when they were toddlers). I think they'll have vague memories when they grow up of a physical place where you rented DVDs...<br /><br />Meanwhile, as of right now, their dad still insists on having VCRs in the house, so he can occasionally watch old episodes of shows in crappy quality ;-)Anthony Simeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312134763577949405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-44535235001532226942013-11-08T13:45:22.016-06:002013-11-08T13:45:22.016-06:00It wasn't just NC-17 tapes they refused to car...It wasn't just NC-17 tapes they refused to carry but unrated ones (which were common in video stores). I heard it reported at the time that the edited versions were actually created for Blockbuster, simply because it had such massive market share then and represented so much money for the studios. Alec Semicognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06507482266305964982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-50623137455750235402013-11-08T11:54:13.425-06:002013-11-08T11:54:13.425-06:00Our Blockbusters here have been gone for a long wh...Our Blockbusters here have been gone for a long while now. So went their blue boxes. But for me, I don't miss them at all. Too pricey. The Happy Whiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13438469476168485775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-28109170707093982772013-11-08T09:16:01.131-06:002013-11-08T09:16:01.131-06:00I seem to recall that Blockbuster did, in fact, ed...I seem to recall that Blockbuster did, in fact, edit some of the movies that they carried. It was one of the reasons that I never had anything to do with them (my last chain video store membership was with Hollywood Video). (Additional: I looked around to refresh my memory, and sort-of yes - Blockbuster would not carry any NC-17 rated films, and required the studios to provide them with edited versions that made an R rating. This includes, of course, such excellent fare as <i>Requiem for a Dream</i>. This was, indeed, the reason that I refused to do business with that chain.)<br /><br />Anyway, the really bad news about video stores to come out this month is that <a href="https://www.scarecrow.com/" rel="nofollow">Scarecrow Video</a> in Seattle, the video store with what may be the largest collection of obscure films, may have to <a href="http://www.komonews.com/news/local/World-famous-Scarecrow-Video-could-soon-close-its-doors-230588271.html" rel="nofollow">go out of business</a> (though they might possibly restructure as a non-profit).faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-78943082922458343322013-11-08T08:35:46.743-06:002013-11-08T08:35:46.743-06:00It's the bigger fish eats little and now the t...It's the bigger fish eats little and now the terminator fish eats everything left. Of course technology is the cause and effect of the downfall of Blockbuster. Same thing with Best Buy killing all of the little independents only to raise their prices after the effect. Now they are too in trouble, post office... is next. I am way off topic I think... dinosaurs do die!Jeremy [Retro]https://www.blogger.com/profile/09912258155288958827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-73328655421375021312013-11-08T08:33:25.005-06:002013-11-08T08:33:25.005-06:00To think I was upset when I wasn't hired by th...To think I was upset when I wasn't hired by them at the start of the year. Presumably they knew even at that point that this was coming down the pike.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.com