The Last Blockbuster is Lame! - Hack The Movies

Tony with Newt and Crystal review The Last Blockbuster. In this Podcast / Movie Review of This documentary they'll talk about all the things that make it lame. Like the constant cutting to celebrities, the way its horribly structured, and how everyone its really just one big advertisement for Blockbuster merch.
The documentary tells the story of Blockbuster Video, a video rental business. The documentary explores how the video rental company put independent video rental stores out of business by striking deals with film studios. These deals, known as revenue-share deals, allowed Blockbuster to negotiate lower price than their local counterparts in exchange for a cut of the rental fees. Eventually the Blockbuster brand would crumble only leaving one store left in Bend, Oregon.
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[@yourbigheadcousin5434]

Last Week Tonight is awesome. Youre wrong

[@CondorCalabasas]

@@yourbigheadcousin5434 It isn't though...

[@Noelonthemoon]

Newt is that one friend who tells a bunch of stories that he’s been through but no one really believes.

[@pretzelheaddd]

Or cares

[@mr.manpants9460]

And who laughs WAY to hard at his own jokes

[@alexisbonilla9988]

Same with that nerd crystal!

[@SandwichGlitch]

Or the geek Tony

[@trevorschmitt2456]

As a kid I asked my dad what was in the "movies for mom and dad" section and he said, "Movies so scary it will turn you stiff." It took years for me to get that joke.

[@kevinr.3542]

The edgy dad joke. One of the rarest forms of dad jokes, but always welcome.

[@enddhabzen9278]

ur dads a legend

[@kevinweygint5969]

Does anyone else find it funny that this is a 76min video that has endless name drops complaining about an 88min movie that name drops. So meta.

[@danielstack4158]

I thought that myself, but it takes 20 minutes or so before they even get to the movie.

[@Pdalow]

@@danielstack4158 That's even worse.

[@brentdever928]

That's what this show is...

[@stevencoil9831]

There show is like this every week, I always fast forward to the movie parts

[@jaybeeo1530]

Did they even talk abort the movie?

[@monkeychife]

“30 year old bearded white dudes that probably rented space jam to be ironic and bought ipa’s afterwards” That is basically what Bend, Oregon is like tbh

[@shreknocratus4682]

When me and my bros were kids we'd always dare each other to run into the adult section real quick then run out. Anytime one of us came back out we'd always be like; "bro what did you see!!". So it became a thing of running in and trying to take as many mental pics as possible in like 2 seconds, then running back out and relaying what we saw. We were scientists conducting science.

[@JoshuaWeirdo]

Drinking game: Take a shot every time Newt says: "I'll never forget."

[@futurefossil2208]

I will forget because I'll be drinking so much.

[@Ottophil]

Or “xxxxxxx used to be good/funny”

[@robk.6591]

I need an episode of just Tony, Newt, Johanna, & Crystal telling stories.

[@dantemaritato]

I agree anyone else

[@mattv8280]

Yesss. Also my idea too.

[@drchipohpoh]

"Hack the Memories"

[@lucassloan8176]

Agreed

[@JONNYSORENSEN_AU]

@@twerktospec shhhh don't tell anyone!

[@drchipohpoh]

Y'all ain't lying! This documentary was a self-indulgent piece of crap. This flick was so forgettable that I was 75% through your review before I realized that I had already seen the movie and not just the trailer for it.

[@theredscum4202]

I'm glad Tonys co-hosts are always people he's comfortable with so the review just flows along. All the going off track and joking around reminds me of hanging out with real friends

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Newt never runs out of funny stories about his life

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

He is the most interesting b movie actor in the world....

[@Radb707]

You mean his sociopath stories? "My parents don't talk to me anymore" I wonder why

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

@@Radb707 because parents are assholes sometimes. Do you just assume all parents are perfect or something? Horrible way of thinking

[@pakuma3]

@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 why are you upset, did your parents take away your llama o'rama video game?

[@pakuma3]

He's old

[@XRay44]

My mom and dad owned our town's first video store from 1980-1991 (yeah, my local mom & pops store was literally my mom & pop's). The "movies for mom and dad" section at their store was a pair of blue 3-inch 3-ring binders sitting on the front counter, which had flyers and sale sheets for each of the adult titles and when someone found a movie they wanted, they'd just point to its flyer and someone would go to the back and get the movie for them.

[@fletchbundy]

Newt and Keeeeiiiiirrraaaaan need to do a show with all their Blockbuster stories. Several podcast episodes or something. Though I'd rather watch videos.

[@ed_carnby3431]

I agree, however I'd like to listen to a podcast of them telling Blockbuster stories. While I'm driving on the road.

[@PirateKingVictor]

I'm so glad this is here to fill the rental reviews shaped hole in my heart

[@generalpotato9140]

Me too

[@FloggingMicah]

For sure

[@Coldgunslinger]

Hi, I’m Jimmy!

[@Fercur69]

We need more Newt's Blockbuster stories.

[@newtonwallen3210]

i dont know. a lot of comments are saying its getting old. so may scale them back

[@bigchiefsmackaho387]

@@newtonwallen3210 clearly you are reading the wrong comments Newt. You should start telling them out of spite.

[@hossbonaventure_ceo6693]

Tony is dead on with these comedians, they all took courses in how to be as cringe as possible

[@yourbigheadcousin5434]

I didnt know Lloyd Kaufman by name until yall said "Troma". I used to watch all of those Troma movies on the USA Network late at night.

[@YesterdaysMoose]

I used to work at Blockbuster and I'll forever have their promo song stuck in my head as a result! *"When the day is done, the night's still young. The show is about to begin. We've got everything here, I'm telling you we're gonna spend the night out in. Ooo, alright... Make it a Blockbuster night."* Tiny correction, I know a Blockbuster that *did* have a movies for Mom and Dad section. 😲

[@kingcaesar3693]

I always went to a local mom and pop shop with my dad. They had a gumball machine were if you got the one that was wrapped meant you got a free game or video of your choice along with what you rented. They even had deals on weekends for rent one get one free. Why would I ever go to Blockbuster? lol God I miss video stores.

[@DaFunk14]

I love the dynamic you three have so much lol. You guys all have such great energy.

[@TheZoProductions]

I used to work at a video store called Hastings. It lasted longer than Blockbuster. It was a video store, and bookstore, and music, and cool stuff. I was the video manager. We had movies that blockbuster wouldn't sale. We did have a small adult section. It was about 2 shelves of movies not behind a door. It was next to the musicals. I swear it was only kept around because one customer would buy 200 to 300 dollars in porn movies and porn magazines every Sunday. It was gross. It got to the point that managers would only check him out. Because of the stuff he would say while paying.

[@EliteEleven11]

I loved Hastings

[@Nada-uy9nf]

Born in 93. My first regular video store was a Movie Scene, with a space harrier arcade machine in the back, a popcorn machine near the exit, and a whole lot of good memories.

[@fydiousmckormick]

Blockbuster was always terrible. As soon as a Hollywood video opened up near us we never went back to blockbuster.

[@Hallinilla9]

I like that this show eventually became talk about tapes instead of Newt tells stories forever.

[@Biggly_Diggly]

Man this show is just straight up comfort food at this point. Such great guests and topics. You should all be proud of yourselfs.

[@FatherAxeKeeper]

I had both mom and pop stores and blockbuster nere by me. i loved them both. my blockbuster had a great horror section and exposed me to so many classics. Suspiria, Cannibal Holocaust, The Beyond, Faces of Death series etc. I also never returned Clayfighter 63 1/3 for N64 from them and it's one of the most expensive games that I own now. so only positive vibes from Blockbuster.

[@KombatGod]

But if you never returned it, can you say you "own" it??

[@FatherAxeKeeper]

@@KombatGod yes because the store no longer exists

[@josephtruss8114]

More Crystal episodes nice, when are we going to see Kieran (sorry if I butchered the spelling) I miss him from the rental review days. I'd love to see you Kieran and Justin together in an episode again.

[@mattv8280]

Same here Id loved that too having them all together.

[@JONNYSORENSEN_AU]

He's in soviet Russia shovelling dirt. Dont ask where he got the time machine.

[@JONNYSORENSEN_AU]

You can only see his video with a vpn as it taken down

[@modest1989]

You got your wish

[@ashleyp3662]

Tony newt and crystal! the dream team!!! Gangsta gangsta!!!

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

Rip DMx

[@ashleyp3662]

@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 dmx was my dude

[@lilmikemike7292]

Og

[@joefetzko7334]

Tony the best tho

[@markmark5033]

IDK, it's hard to beat Mike Matei and MintSalad.

[@longstarbobandy]

Wasn’t to lame just underwhelming but I loved the old blockbuster commercials and old blockbuster stuff. Cheers to the woman tho that still operates that last blockbuster

[@Termie09]

You found your magic crew, Tony. Newt and Crystal are perfect. We don't need anyone else.

[@newtonwallen3210]

I wanna do one with Johanna so we can team up against Tony

[@Crystalquin]

@@newtonwallen3210 can I join?

[@newtonwallen3210]

@@Crystalquin no

[@roboexe]

Was there ever a Crystal-and-Johanna-Team-up?

[@newtonwallen3210]

@@roboexe should be

[@racheladamjuliewhite]

My best friend (Gary Wilson) who passed away a few years ago owned our local video store called birtley video shop and then a chain called global video pushed him into running a mobile rental out of his car then global got pushed out by blockbuster which I thought was poetic and now we have none, I would love to open a shop now in Gary's name, R. I. P Gary, I miss you

[@Crystalquin]

Sorry about that ❤️

[@racheladamjuliewhite]

@@Crystalquin thank you, he was a good man, it happened so fast, he had a blood clot in his leg and died before he hit the floor, I'm just so glad he didn't suffer

[@randomhereoh]

“Do you have any idea how long ago 2001 was?” “Yah, it was 10 years ago” Lmfao.

[@ivanpabon2741]

You mean 20.oof

[@randomhereoh]

@ivan pabon notice the quotations

[@cablehogue599]

People are confusing corporate blockbuster with old school physical media and video rentals.

[@DirtBoyTrilla]

TONY!! I just figured it out.. Your schedule mimics Monday Night Raw & Thursday Night Smackdown! That is some class!

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

Attitude era schedule. Awesome

[@jimmyv3170]

This "documentary" really could have been a 10 minute piece on Vice. It's hard to celebrate the same brand that killed all the mom and pop rental stores before meeting it's ultimate demise but I will say my local Blockbuster in Oxford, MS was the bomb. The front half was a regular ole Blockbuster while the back of the store was full of adult movies, odd horror movies, B, C, D- movies Even people would just put their own badly made home recorded movies on the shelf. You would find the most obscure shit in the back. And also fighting tooth and nail with your parents to get them to rent you N64 games looking at the box art on the shelf on display. Man good times.

[@mikeyyates5377]

Newt that's not so bad, I got robbed at gunpoint by a guy with a "Gun" in a paper sack, and had a real s&w 9mm in my waist ... and I let him take the money and leave. I was 50% sure there was no gun in the paper sack ... but I wasn't going to risk possibly getting shot for money that wasn't mine.

[@newtonwallen3210]

makes sense

[@wstine79]

After you watch this Hack the Movies video, please rewind it and place it in the drop box within 5 days from now.

[@backforblood3421]

That recitation of Smashmoth lyrics was hilarious. I can see why that was cause for uproarious laughter...

[@xenos_n.]

Dang, Crystal looks good with glasses. Just saying. Commence people yelling SIMP at me.

[@Crystalquin]

Hahaha thank you!! 🤓🤓🤓

[@JoshuaWeirdo]

Wait. Newt used to make out with Crystal? I'm getting major Jessica Rabbit with Roger Rabbit vibes.

[@Crystalquin]

Hahaha yes!!! ❤️

[@EvaFull]

Newt can you link to the video that you are talking about around the 40:50 mark of the video? I found his channel just fine, but I wanted to watch the video you are referring to.

[@newtonwallen3210]

if you go to the nasties reviews playlist I believe its the last 2. Its been a while. I really love this dudes video essays

[@futuremovieactor]

One of my first video store experiences was a pharmacy near my grandparents' house where you either told them what movie you wanted or you handed them the empty cover off the shelf and they gave it to you in a clear case if they had it-with both an actual video store and a Blockbuster nearby too. There was a store one town over from where we lived too when we first moved there, so that technically is the first experienced then in that case. The Blockbuster in the same town as the locally-owned one eventually was the only one left though and it was a regular stop on weekends for quite a while with us. Haha.

[@Genethagenius]

Always love Newt and Crystal as guests, but Newt! I was in EIGHTH GRADE in 1993! I’m old, not you! LMAO!!! And I keep searching “Alien 3” in the KZbin search...

[@Alfonso88279]

I don't understand how can someone think that the Mandalorian is bad. I mean, what are the criteria, it doesn't make sense to compare it with the phantom menace, there is something really wrong there.

[@patrickcharles6983]

As soon as Crystal started talking about buy&trade dude showing her the porn section, the 1st thing that came to mind was the baseball card story from Psycho Goreman. lol ps. The mom&pop video stores were superior compared blockbuster, they had variety.

[@MonteLight]

Dude, is that Len Kabasinski's Swamp Zombies 2 on your shelf there?!? I LOVE THAT MOVIE!

[@newtonwallen3210]

well I did write and produce that cinematic masterpiece

[@KevinVideo]

My sister ran one of our Blockbusters before it shut down. It was easily one of her favourite jobs. Much like Newt, she has stories. So many stories. We still have a rental place. It's a convenience store that sells tons of popcorn with a movie section at the back of the store.

[@dillonwalshpvd]

… where are you? I travel as much as I can and I would absolutely love to drop in :)

[@LeonoEnamorado]

Newt is a very interesting guy to be honest, his life stories are so amazing

[@newtonwallen3210]

Justin and Crystal and I have had some strange adventures

[@therealcoffeenation4701]

Shout out to “the Loft Cinema” in Tucson The video store newt was referring to is “Casa video “ it costs 6 dollars to rent a DVD and to account for the decline of patrons it doubles as a craft beer bar

[@newtonwallen3210]

yes

[@brentdever928]

Video Castle, Video Vault, J&J Video, Rent-a-Flick, Red Giraffe Video is where we went in the mid to late 90s. Blockbuster seemed more expensive

[@colinj5291]

Hollywood Video was a lot cheaper too when they first started and had a more flexible return policy. That's how they got customers.

[@brentdever928]

@@colinj5291 true. Went there until we got that late fee for like 80$ lol

[@theechothief5594]

Tony casually says he’s a capitalist. I wish I could do that but it’s so heavily criticized where I live (college town). Props bruh. Competitive market is the way to go.

[@danibeas9032]

If newt was in the fifth grade in 1993 how does he remember 1984?

[@SolidMikeP]

I have a love hate relationship with that man, I think most people in their 30s do,

[@destynova4512]

Yeah, mean I kinda like him as a person but most his films were awful. And even got to say the ones I consider "classics" are probably just because I saw them at the right age and time to etch them in my mind.

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

@@destynova4512 who? Kevin Smith?

[@destynova4512]

@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 that's who I assumed the OP meant.

[@SolidMikeP]

@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 yup

[@PortCityBalrog]

He just isn't the same since his heart attack. He really looks and acts terrible since he went vegan :(

[@chrisolivo6591]

I grew up in Cherry Hill, NJ and the first Blockbuster came in 1989. It killed all the mom and pop stores, but West Coast Video, Erol’s and even Tower Records by the Mall still rented VHS and Laserdisc. But Blockbuster was the goto for the popular movies cause they always had them in stock.

[@Hannibal_Grim]

I wasn't surprised by the Target visit moment in the doc. I worked at a mom and pop video store in the late 00s. they sent me half the new release inventory for my first week there, they told me to hit local retailers for the rest. I laughed hysterically and quit.

[@PsychoNinjaFlea]

I worked at an independent video rental store and in my town we outlived Blockbuster by years. We were going til 2014.

[@ProfessorVitale]

Dang, I miss seeing Raid Shadow Legends on the show. D:

[@bendadestroyer]

*Eyebrows - "This is so interesting"* *Eyes - "I'm so high"*

[@oldcaptaintwotimes]

I was dating a girl who worked at the clementon west coast video when it went out of business. Got some really good discounts. Couch potatoe in oaklyn was my favorite.

[@chewie1644]

I’ve been looking forward to this review for a few days now. Enjoying it very much thus far. But brahhh Roadhouse 14 nights in a row tonight. It’s starting to take multiple cocktails to get geared up for it at this point!

[@diretopravideo]

Just wanted a quick sample and ended up watching the whole thing. These guys know how to entertain and inform.

[@carlredbird3054]

Chuck norris vs communism documentary does a way better job explain the experience of video cassettes and the vcr

[@HellKnight20]

I could listen to Newt talk messed up stories all day

[@newtonwallen3210]

oh dont worry i have plenty more

[@elyk10a]

Newt’s blockbuster stories should be a Patreon video.

[@johnc1963]

16:40 I can’t stop replaying this! XD

[@joshua2814]

At one point, I had four video store memberships. One of the Mom-and-Pop stores did have good stuff, but another was really crumby. I went to West Coast Video the most in my teens (after moving across town from the cool Mom-and-Pop place).

[@slaytanicsabbath]

Oh my God, I love you tony everyone kisses Patton's so much, he's awful and I see why his wife left him.

[@theechothief5594]

Love the vibe on this one guys. Really feeling the synergy

[@livingdeadjake4228]

Crystal being Crystal lol not a simp just love a girl that keeps up with herself 💁‍♀️😍. Funny old blockbuster stories Newt lmfao and Tony keep up the great work sir always bringing new content constantly ain't easy.

[@Crystalquin]

Thank you!!!!!

[@modest1989]

Definitely a simp though

[@johnbuchner1693]

Watching this reminds me how much I miss Cinnemassacre rental reviews.

[@Chaoitcme]

My local mom and pop show had the best selection of movies. They had everything obscure you could possibly imagine. My friend had a fake ID so we would rent movies like Tracey of Death when were were 15 years old. Tracey of Death makes the Faces of Death movies look like Disney movies.

[@yourbigheadcousin5434]

When considering the original price of VHS tapes you have to consider that there was no other way to see movies without going to the theater.

[@TheBrianycpht]

Unless you waited the years it would take to show up on tv. Even then it was edited to pieces

[@nopewmv3377]

The Patton Oswalts of the world saying "we should stop being funny, we should save the world" was such a disappointment

[@HackTheMovies]

I agree

[@Azuris190]

Oh man, it was way to late back than when i realized that in the 18+ Section were all the Games that couldn't be sold openly in Germany, as Doom, Quake, Return to Castle Wolfenstein and also uncensored Versions of Movies.

[@livingdeadjake4228]

Also LMFAO @NEWT for getting you Crystal with the but if you wanna make a little extra money 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣!!

[@potlach001]

I'm hoping one of these days they somehow get Lloyd from troma on one of these videos

[@wstine79]

Not really interested about hearing about The Last Blockbuster documentary. But it features the Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman of Hack the Movies. So, I'm in.

[@newtonwallen3210]

the trinity

[@danschillin8558]

Easy on Kevin Smith. A lot of crossover fans here

[@andy3981]

Agreed!

[@jr2904]

Who cares, really? He hasn't made a decent movie for a long while now. I really like Clerks 1, Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob. Some of his other movies were pretty good as well, but the reboot of J and SB wasn't very good, Clerks 2 was alright. He's a cool person I'd like to have a chat with but he's over the hill these days as a hip director

[@danschillin8558]

@@jr2904 his stuff isn't for everybody, but he still has some fuel in his tank. Mall Rats 2 sounds like it will be great. He has created a universe of characters that allow people to escape for a couple hours and simply laugh. He also brings positivity to a hateful internet. Rather than trash something he didn't enjoy, he just leaves it alone. It's refreshing to hear a person speak without adding negativity to a world that already has too much hate.

[@andy3981]

I mean everyone has the right to say their opinion. But I think he is still cool, crying or not crying. He's self aware of his status in life. He's not a director anymore really. He's an online personality.

[@mokenetgumshoe1064]

I worked at an independent video store. First it was called "movie time," then "video time," and finally (when I worked there) "video 2000." Ironically, it was well after the year 2000 when I worked there. Funny that they'd settle on the most dated name possible...

[@zacharyhenderson5860]

I watched your review before watching the doc (Which I’m doing now) and I would have to disagree with your review so far. A lot of the complaints you have seem to be that you weren’t able to follow the narrative of the film. You have issue with Kevin Smith and others talking about renting “Bloodsucking Freaks” from Blockbuster as if they had. Misleading the audience is what I gathered from your commentary. He didn’t say he rented it from Blockbuster. He specifically said he rented a movie from a rental place. I’m not saying this is high art, but so far nothing about this documentary lines up with most of your issues.

[@Cloud987600]

After filming a scene at my farmhouse. I cant wait for the movie "Killroy was here" directed by Kevin Smith

[@zackschilling4376]

Here in NW Indiana we had Box Office Video. Not sure if it was a chain but we had a few stores around here, at least 5-10 stores. Pretty solid place, they even used to have TG-16 games, but they sold them off after not too long. We eventually got a Blockbuster Video. They were OK.

[@roach498]

I'm late to the party, can anyone tell me why newt's parents are not talking to him? Was just curious.

[@walkingcontradiction223]

Argh, you really need to review some quality movies like: Terrorvision, Fritz the Cat, Ghoulies, Krull, or maybe Alien 3? I remember being first introduced to Fritz the Cat when I was 7. It was at the first Ma and Pa video store we went to in the 80's, it was right next to Felix the Cat in the Animated section... I learned quite a lot from that movie, one thing I can post here is that Chapstick is not a recommended birth control method for animated cats... Just thought I'd pass that nugget of information along, Newt might need it someday.

[@Whenitraveltheworld]

Another great talking bout tapes. Please could you do RED HEAT....it's such a terribly great late 80s action film which I think you guys would have some great thoughts and views on.

[@mattv8280]

Tony if ever can Crystal Quin host a all girl's episodes of Hack The Movie's with her guest's an movie's choices an stuff having Newt an yourself be guest server's to the lady's getting them drink's or whatever. Who else would love to see more Crystal an the girl's of Hack The Movie's join in on a few episodes then have a showdown where everyone comes together having a good ol time.? Thank you for the response during the live you all are Master's at what you do an for me an everyone else thank you for being yourselves an just giving us all the laughs day an night thank you.

[@39Hundred]

Yes. And Crystal should host all-girl episodes in a bikini!

[@PHGRP]

Also I NEED an episode titled “talking about Newts” that’s just Newt stories. Please Señor Tony!

[@michaelb9537]

No please- he gets more unlikable each time he says “one of my employees”

[@alexellsworth3094]

All this movie did for me was make me think of the memories I had in the two mom&pop video stores in our town, Sigma Video and Entertainment Tonight. Sigma was the best. Smaller but more of a deep cut selection. E.T. came in and eventually closed Sigma. Then a Family Video moved into Sigma’s building and E.T. closed. Sweet justice.

[@AZOMBIERYO]

Calling it now in like 50 years after everybody has an EV theres going to be a documentary called "the last 7-11" Youll go in and be like "oh yeah gross ass food, bums, and maybe i could die in a botched robbery, why do i miss this?"

[@C01dEyes]

I remember when I was a kid in the 90s there was a video store a few blocks from my house in California called video land. All the sections inside the store were actually themed. So if you wanted to get a horror movie you walked into this spooky looking haunted house that was covered in spiderwebs and had creepy sounds playing inside of it. If you wanted an adventure movie you had to walk into a cave and if you want to drama they had this area with a big theater marquee above it that you had to walk through. sadly Hollywood video took it over and then eventually block buster. They ripped out all the cool set pieces and turn it into a boring ass place right before.

[@dillonwalshpvd]

This sounds amazing and it always makes me think of the Louis ck bit on opie and Anthony about supporting local businesses when I hear stories like this.

[@DRUNKENATHEISTSTUDIO]

As a former Blockbuster employee I thought it was... fine. However, the Last Blockbuster video you guys did was better

[@thetsar7384]

Who the hell is that fine woman??

[@Crystalquin]

Hi! I’m Crystal!

[@thetsar7384]

@@Crystalquin why yes. Yes you are. 😀

[@flipmac540]

You are my TV show after work. You guys got it.

[@rei6nofrot]

I could see Johanna laughing in that situation. Be surprised what comes out in an intense situation like that. An awkward laugh is very believable.

[@destynova4512]

Yeah I used to sneak into that section when I was 16 all the time, mean also just went into actual adult stores before I was legally supposed to lol.

[@renegarza23]

Good day. I am fascinated and intrigued!!! I love the sarcasm and criticism. I mean constructive criticism and sarcasm... Lol!!! Anyways, I was the abiding blockbuster customer, but I witnessed and experienced several weird stories in blockbuster in the US and Mexico...Yes, I lived in the border of US and Mexico. So, I had the border-blockbuster experience. Lol!!! Anyhow, I agree with you that is a novelty place with a novelty documentary, period. However, I prefer to see the positives and negatives of blockbuster stories from employees, customers, and the corporate executives admitting their business errors.... With these comments in mind, I like your honest and direct humor... I mean good demeanor humor. Excellent, keep it up!!!!

[@BabickGaming]

When I was a kid I used to go to blockbuster but there was also a place called Shenandoah Video and Tan where you could rent some movies and watch them while on a tanning bed. Very odd concept. Needless to say they weren’t around very long.

[@Dirtybob23]

I watched The Last Blockbuster. Don't waste your time. The interesting parts can be seen by watching the preview. It's a bunch of lame nostalgia stories from people you never heard of. Kevin Smith is in it for 5 minutres tops.

[@HackTheMovies]

or watch this!

[@cryptidsgaming1518]

someone tell me the name of the drunk history episode that has tony in it

[@HackTheMovies]

season 2 philadelphia episode

[@cryptidsgaming1518]

@@HackTheMovies thanks!

[@yourbigheadcousin5434]

Blockbuster's first store opened 1985. My small hometown of Elgin, TX didn't get one until 1998.