@Ben:

"Egg?"

My wife purchased me a Blocbuster t-shirt, newly produced... so Blockbuster merch is still a hot commodity. 

Did it look something like this?

with an expensive price like that, i think i'll pass.

I told you 80stees wasn't cheap.

My memory of Blockbuster Video is that it took over an independent video store near the grocery store my mom did her shopping at. This independent video store also sold music as well, and was a big space with a wide selection. Blockbuster took it over, got rid of the CDs and tapes, and turned it into a generic store. It went from a big store to a small hole-in-the-wall, and it shut down in either 2006 or 2007. Very disappointing.

My nostalgia is not for Blockbuster Video, but for independent video stores. I often have dreams where I visit independent video stores that are multi-level places loaded with every single 80s movie you could think of, many as screeners and promo copies. Unfortunately, before I can splurge in these dreams, the stores compact, become Blockbusters, lose their variety and disappear. These dreams often happen. I wonder what they mean.

Caps 2.0 wrote :

My memory of Blockbuster Video is that it took over an independent video store near the grocery store my mom did her shopping at. This independent video store also sold music as well, and was a big space with a wide selection. Blockbuster took it over, got rid of the CDs and tapes, and turned it into a generic store. It went from a big store to a small hole-in-the-wall, and it shut down in either 2006 or 2007. Very disappointing.

 

My nostalgia is not for Blockbuster Video, but for independent video stores. I often have dreams where I visit independent video stores that are multi-level places loaded with every single 80s movie you could think of, many as screeners and promo copies. Unfortunately, before I can splurge in these dreams, the stores compact, become Blockbusters, lose their variety and disappear. These dreams often happen. I wonder what they mean.

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Thank you! I agree! I'm glad I'm not the only one who hates Blockbuster. Sometimes it sure feels like it.

My family was poor so I had to settle for going to BlockBlister.