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Who is going to invest the money to open and run that?
If you think it’s a good idea, go for it
My generation has never had that. And I have no desire for it. In elementary I would order Netflix movies or games in the mail and I could DRV any show I wanted or watch it on demand. By middle school we had Redbox. By high school there were multiple streaming services. I would never go to a store to rent a movie. Too much work. >

I grew up in the video store generation and never want to go back. I find it bizarre how people get nostalgic for them >

The actual 1990's wasn't like a Kevin Smith movies where minimum wage workers would spout snarky quips and pop culture esoterica. You litrally just paced the aisles and then went home as fast as you could. >

This MF never went to BLOCKBUSTER >

Who is going to invest the money to open and run that?
If you think it’s a good idea, go for it >

I miss Blockbuster and similar store, but I recognize this is nostalgia. >

The actual 1990's wasn't like a Kevin Smith movies where minimum wage workers would spout snarky quips and pop culture esoterica. You litrally just paced the aisles and then went home as fast as you could. >

This MF never went to BLOCKBUSTER >

I get it OP.
But unfortunately,  this hobby has been completely digitized, so you have to purposely cultivate a local community if you want something like this. There are tons of other hobbies that do this,  but movies ain't gonna be it for a long time,  if ever again. >

When I’m in a retail space I hate talking to other people and I hate it when they talk to me.
HOWEVER as someone who has gotten very into film as an adult, it would be really cool if like community centers or libraries or clubs would host screenings of movies of significant value with a forum to discus them post-screening.  That would be really cool. >

That's a great idea! >

My generation has never had that. And I have no desire for it. In elementary I would order Netflix movies or games in the mail and I could DRV any show I wanted or watch it on demand. By middle school we had Redbox. By high school there were multiple streaming services. I would never go to a store to rent a movie. Too much work. >

I grew up in the video store generation and never want to go back. I find it bizarre how people get nostalgic for them >

I think some of the nostalgia comes from the experience of not really having an idea of what you were going to walk out with. Going to the video store was an exercise in "Hey this cover looks cool, do you wanna get this?"
I'm on that cusp where my first 15 years were pre-internet, so I still have some fondness for the 'Dark Ages' of the 90's ha ha >

Yeah, it was less about the perceived convenience and more about the ritual. There weren't online databases of movies, and generally you had very little knowledge about what even existed out there to be watched, so there was excitement in going to the store because that was just what you did. Nobody lamented it for being "inconvenient", because it honestly was relatively convenient, and your best bet for affordable in-home entertainment on any given evening. >

Yeah I agree, I loved it, went one night with some friends and it was fun to just choose the movie together, spend some time in anticipation, and it's always better to me to see and touch things rather than scrolling through a menu.
The movie was terrible tho, it was T3, lol. >

Agree. Nothing like a Friday night trip to the video shop with some friends, get pizza on the way back home and enjoy movies that you can physically handle.