A trip down memory lane
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It hurts. I don't care much about blockbuster itself but life used to so much better when I was young, and it's not just childhoodglasses.
I loved going to the video store. Blockbuster also had great used games to buy. When I moved into the area I’m in now there was still a blockbuster and I got a lot if my PS2 games there
Hell I can still remember the smell of a family video and reading the synopses on the back of movies while my parents picked out movies
We had been renting games for a while already but it was like finding the Holy Grail when I learned they rent consoles too. It's probably why we never actually bought an N64.
Blockbuster had a unique smell.
I'm not joking--just like a brand new car has a distinct scent, so too does a Blockbuster Video.
I think it was the smell of VHS tape rot. Like how libraries strictly speaking smell like rotting books. The slow decay of sun-drenched plastics and films. Mixed with cardboard and candy.
I was going to say, Family Video had the same smell, super distinctive
Brand new PC components and games had a certain smell about them too.
Used to get shivers smelling a brand new manual.
Life was better then
The world we grew up in is gone.
I want it back, or at least something as good to replace it. What we have now is a nightmare.
As silly as some of the people around the filmer probably thought it was for him to film a video store, after decades this kind of thing becomes really valuable to retain and a lot of fun to watch. Anything photo or film of just your average everyday stuff becomes a historical document in time. Completely random but I love slice of life footage from the past.
🎵 Blockbuster Video. Wow, what a difference! 🎵
I got those Pirate build a ship card packs there
https://nitter.nl/historyinmemes/status/1638958159393083392
Yeah, I’ve seen that! Like, Miami 7-11 at 3 am in the late 80s I think!
Edit: Here it is, it was actually Orlando, at least I got the right state lol
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RYbe-35_BaA
Nice. I know what I'm wearing to the next Anime Matsuri.
A Looney Toons shirt.