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There are a lot of videos out there on what happened to Blockbuster. Most of them are wrong. Netflix was not the sole killer of Blockbuster, the story is far more interesting and complicated. In this video I've got exclusive interviews from the last three Blockbuster managers from Australia and New Zealand, the last Blockbuster in the world and exclusive statements from DISH Network and Sling TV on the future of Blockbuster. At the end you'll learn how Blockbuster was created from nothing, fell from grace and is slowing making a comeback.
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
I was a store manager for 15 years and it was the most fun place to work!
People would come to me and ask what was good to rent or ask me to suggest something they may have not seen!
I hope one day for a return to this type of human interaction đ¤đ
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Things I miss:
1. After a long and painful week at work, Friday night was 'Blockbuster' night with limited of 3 movies to rent
2. When walking in, the smell of popcorn and candy and fresh Febreze
3. Picking up a movie and having to read the back as to what it might be about
4. Movies that you wanted to rent were already rented out (For some reason I never got angry, but more excited to hope it was available the next day)
5. Running into a friend you may know from around the way and compare movie titles being rented
6. When you are ready to check out, chances are the cashier already saw your choices and can recommend what is good or bad
7. After enjoying your selection, BE KIND AND REWIND!
Thank you, Blockbuster! You have given me the most nostalgic memories forever - I still until this day have my laminated membership card - "It belongs in a museum!" ; )
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It was a lot more exciting walking around blockbusters than nowadays, browsing through netflix or red boxes of death.
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I worked at Blockbuster in the late 1997-99⌠and the smell that was so iconic and somehow comforting, wasnât just the popcorn. It was a mixture of popcorn⌠but mostly the new releases that came in every week for Tuesday rental with the freshly made plastic covers that housed the VHS/DVD from the factory. I used to work the day shift so I had to stuff the inserts of every new release that came into that store. I still remember and love that smell and I would make Blockbuster cologne for nostalgia if I could
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Loved your version of the Decline of Blockbuster's. Very in depth. Blockbusters represents an Era more than anything. The Era of physical rental movies you had to take the time to go get. I lived through the decline of Drive Inn Movies also. The world has changed and not necessarily for the better.
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Exactly the kind of nostalgic content Iâm looking for on YouTube! If only someone could put in the effort you did and make a video about the mandatory Pizza Hut stop that accompanied 75% of all Blockbuster visits.
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Iâm still thinking about you Blockbuster
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Some have commented on that the music is too loud. Unfortunately there's no way I can fix this now. Maybe in the future with an "extended" version of this I'll correct the audio levels. (yes, I cut about 15 minutes off of this because I worried people wouldn't want to watch a long history of Blockbuster). One way to help mitigate this is to not listen on headphones but rather on speaker on your phone or through your TV. Again, I'm really sorry. I wanted this to be perfect. I put a lot of time researching, getting interviews and editing just to shoot myself in the foot for the music to be too loud.
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Blockbuster was one of my favorite stores ever I sure hope it comes back in the future. And I hope they've learned from their mistakes in the past
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Amazing Mini docu. You should get Netflix to stream this, wouldn't that be something.
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I stared working at Ritz Videos in 1989 then Blockbuster when they took over. I eventually left and opened my own small video store which, when rentals started to die off, changed it into a grocery store. However, I always kept a video rental section. I closed that a couple of years ago and decided to follow my heart and am currently studying creative writing at university (I'm a very, very mature student). I'm in my last year and doing research for my final assignment which is . . . a history of video rentals. Mostly covering the UK, it'll be part social history, part personal history. Video nasties and moral panics intertwined with my own personal experience of working in the business. Loved this documentary, it was so interesting.
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These stores had better movies and shows than Netflix and all of the other streaming services..way more to choose from too...people have just gotten lazy and donât wanna leave their houses anymore to go get a dvd...sadly I donât think thatâs going to change.
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you should have added that you can buy blockbuster memorabilia from the bend oregon store online. i just bought a hat, shirt, sunglasses, and sweatpants. just bought a sign on eBay. I worked at a Hollywood Video, and also a pizza place that rented out movies. i also was an early subscriber to blockbuster when they did the dvd by mail and then exchange at the brick/mortar, but when they stopped doing that, and netflix was cheaper, i dropped blockbuster. its crazy to me that blockbuster with all of it power and money didnt become a streaming service like netflix, i mean, other than in nordic countries. I moss the fun of going to a brick and mortar, the shopping experience of looking through movies and video games, and the thrill of the build up of how much fun you were going to have that night with your movies and games. If there was a blockbuster now that i could go to, even though i can rent online and watch with my roku, i still would, if not just for videogames (which you still cant rent online). the nostalgia part of it is awesome too. I own over 500 vhs movies.
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I miss video rental stores. Especially seeing how the horror section would be displayed in October and seeing all the movie posters from every genre. Streaming is great and all, but rental stores would be such a good alternative especially with how hard it is to find decent stuff on streaming sometimes. We have been building our DVD and even vhs collection at our place for that reason
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Here in Denmark Blockbuster is still around as a streaming rental service. It's good.
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In Blockbuster, you feel the atmosphere of the nostalgia, the family, the togetherness. And also some of the old movies was part of the history such as Jurassic Park, back to the future, etc, people need those memories because the VHS, DVD, and CDmusic is also part of someone creation, for example some people collect Michael Jackson CDs for a memory. Or much better Blockbuster should make a Museum.
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This is exactly what I love about youtube. Amazing content filled with information and production value. Great video man!
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Yes, I recall going to Blockbuster all those years ago! What I recall the most was often being disappointed
and annoyed bc the new release movies would be out of stock or, they werenât returned yet! I could only go after work on Friday nights so it seemed people who had flexibility in their jobs and could go earlier, would get the âgood moviesâ! By 7pm on a Friday night, forget it! I would often be left standing there picking over what was left and hating the experience! As a result, I just stopped going. Thanks for putting this video together it was quite interesting and brought back a lot of memories!
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Bend, Oregon, at least 4 years ago, was/is home to the last Blockbuster store on the planet. I visited this store, took a picture of the storefront for sentimental sakes, then moved on because the store wasnât open yet. I still have an unopened VHS copy of âTitanicâ that I bought at Blockbuster. I have nothing bad to say about Blockbuster. Going into Blockbuster was fun like going into a album records store like Tower Records. With Blockbuster, the race was always on to make sure you returned the rented video on-time or else bad things would happen.
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@MrMountainMan
3 years ago
Worked at Blockbuster while in college from 98-01'. During that time on Friday and Saturday nights, there would be a line to the back of the store to check out rentals. Times changed quickly after that.
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