Remember Blockbuster?

[slimt]

Hopefully soon down to none . They had a way of making you pay late fees . that place was a joke.

 

[Car Nut]

 

[Budnicks]

I'll bet I rented from the one in Anchorage
way back in 1984-86-ish

 

[BeeKool]

I'll bet I rented from the one in Anchorage
way back in 1984-86-ish

Whatja rent? Eskimo ****?

 

[Budnicks]

Whatja rent? Eskimo ****?

Probably a car movie or comedy...
Never been a big **** guy

 

[dart4forte]

My daughter managed a couple of stores. I won’t go into what a sleezoid business they were.

 

[Kern Dog]

Whatja rent? Eskimo ****?

Starring Ooobglunk and his stable of ice whores....

 

[NJRR]

Just another example of technology changing reality. Do any of you guys even go to the movie theater anymore? I haven't been to one in a year or 2. I have a 58" TV with surround sound in my family room. I can pause a movie to take a leak or get a snack or rewind it when I miss something when the wife starts yapping and asking questions !!!!!

 

[Kern Dog]

I like going to the theater but I rarely see anything advertised that seems interesting. You get a different experience from a theater than at home.....as long as nobody is bothering you with bad behavior.

 

[GetX'd]

We love to go to the theatre. Nothing like the big screen and sound. Can’t be reproduced at home unless you have a mansion. I guessing most of us don’t. We bought a membership in MoviePass for $6.95 a month you can go to the theater and see first run movies at the rate of one per day. Movies cost about $14 out here so do the math. The only issue is you have to pay for a years membership in advance. Not that big a deal as the outlay for 2 was about $190. The real problem is how long would this company last! I won’t bore you with all the detail but that was my first thought. Bottom line is they’re publicly traded (how I found out about them) and crumbling fast. It’s just not a sustainable financial model because they have to cut deals with the theatre chains to make up,part of the difference. They’re starting to cut back on the model in a big way and I would say they have about a month left then bankruptcy is in the cards. We’ve gotten our moneys worth out of it and frankly I expected this. It was just a matter of time. It was great while it lasted though!

 

[JB400]

I think I had about 4 movie rental places in my town at one point, now down to just one. Even it's not very busy

Movie theatre stays booked even in the middle of the day.