An old friend once exclaimed,"Contra dancing. Isn't that standing still?"
We kept joking about Sandanistas and covert Iranian arms deals.
Buckle up, kids! Daddy's puttin' the hammer down.
Spike ,'Touched'
Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Trudy Booth - Jan 09, 2006 4:27:51 pm PST #9763 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
beekaytee - Jan 09, 2006 5:09:26 pm PST #9764 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
exactly.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 09, 2006 7:08:40 pm PST #9765 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Death of Blockbuster?
Just tell me where they bury it so I can dance on the grave clicking my Netflix rental and recently purchased DVDs together like castinets.
Sean K - Jan 09, 2006 7:38:03 pm PST #9766 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I get the impression that there's more than one mom and pop video rental operation that would gladly dance on Blockbuster's grave with you. I know many places went under because of them, but it seems that those that survived are now doing just fine, where Blockbuster is getting the crap kicked out of them, since mom and pop shops and chains don't have the massive, bloated overhead Blockbuster is now drowning under.
Mr. Broom - Jan 09, 2006 7:51:52 pm PST #9767 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Too bad the death of Blockbuster means that Wal-Mart has become the number one salesmaker for DVDs. I think I prefer Blockbuster.
Jessica - Jan 10, 2006 4:49:01 am PST #9768 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I know many places went under because of them, but it seems that those that survived are now doing just fine, where Blockbuster is getting the crap kicked out of them, since mom and pop shops and chains don't have the massive, bloated overhead Blockbuster is now drowning under.
Also, the places that have survived tend to stock more independent and foreign films -- the kind of stuff Blockbuster never bothered with in the first place.
erikaj - Jan 10, 2006 5:31:45 am PST #9769 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
but they have 27 copies of Meg Ryan and them.
sumi - Jan 10, 2006 5:56:33 am PST #9770 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Plans for Prince Caspian are underway.
Sean K - Jan 10, 2006 7:04:17 am PST #9771 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Also, the places that have survived tend to stock more independent and foreign films
Yes. Our favorite little video store stocks lots of classic, independant, and foreign films, as well as tons of docs, short films, and TV season collections (of which the largest selection is BBC series). They also continue to stock video tape, which many Blockbuster have stopped doing altogether, which means they also have lots of the classics/foreigns/independants that haven't made it to DVD yet.
the kind of stuff Blockbuster never bothered with in the first place.
As if that wasn't bad enough, they now almost exclusively stock new releases in the Blockbusters I've been in lately. There have been mainstream Hollywood releases that they don't stock on the shelves any more because it's too old.
Betsy HP - Jan 10, 2006 9:18:08 am PST #9772 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
We kept joking about Sandanistas and covert Iranian arms deals.
I once attended a Contra the Contras Contra which raised money for the elected government.