Abandoned Blockbuster- (Exploration)

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  • Опубликовано: 3 янв 2025

Комментарии • 7 тыс.

  • @rubargar_3100
    @rubargar_3100  7 лет назад +243

    Finally a new video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    ruclips.net/video/nTLCcH4-OLc/видео.html

    • @beefest4097
      @beefest4097 7 лет назад +1

      Why hello there RUBEN

    • @spookmc6440
      @spookmc6440 7 лет назад +2

      RubarGar _ I think this is fake the TV’s are still on
      I fucking knew it

    • @scottwales5966
      @scottwales5966 6 лет назад +1

      RubarGar _
      *Employee*: Can you get the hell out dude I gotta close up and turn off the power.!

    • @LightTheGenius
      @LightTheGenius 6 лет назад +2

      Finally thank God I thought this blockbuster got abandoned but I guess not.

    • @aaronjacoby6604
      @aaronjacoby6604 6 лет назад +3

      RubarGar _ bra it’s a fake at 1:34 there’s a movie called scouts guide to the zombie apocalypse and that movie came out in 2015 and block buster came out of business in 2011 so boom

  • @terrorknights7064
    @terrorknights7064 6 лет назад +178

    The excitement to renting a movie as a kid, we’ll miss you Blockbuster

    • @chrisbailey7384
      @chrisbailey7384 3 года назад +10

      Especially a video game!

    • @KeyLayProductions
      @KeyLayProductions 3 года назад +2

      Still got my blockbuster card lol good times man

    • @desireandfire
      @desireandfire 3 года назад +3

      @Ocean Lemon unfortunately most people don't live in bend oregon

    • @parkercoyle1086
      @parkercoyle1086 2 года назад

      @@chrisbailey7384 oh my god a video game you knew your mom really loved you

  • @Comicbookheroes
    @Comicbookheroes 8 лет назад +1357

    As a former Blockbuster employee, this makes me very happy.

    • @joshandtolk
      @joshandtolk 8 лет назад +32

      Same! Very nostalgic. I miss that job.

    • @DavidVargas-vt8pj
      @DavidVargas-vt8pj 8 лет назад +2

      But he could have stole your shit!

    • @AnthonyBarbuto
      @AnthonyBarbuto 8 лет назад +3

      Michael Moskop you worked there ?

    • @Comicbookheroes
      @Comicbookheroes 8 лет назад +11

      Anthony Barbuto's vids Not at that particular store but I did work at one all through high school.

    • @rhysfifahd514
      @rhysfifahd514 8 лет назад +1

      Michael Moskop AA

  • @MrBlack252
    @MrBlack252 5 лет назад +221

    Yeah it's so abandoned that they left the TVs on for years!...

    • @MarleyK77
      @MarleyK77 7 месяцев назад +1

      And the lights on and everything lol

    • @shawnathanlikesvids
      @shawnathanlikesvids 3 месяца назад

      My guy didn’t watch the whole video

  • @antonv.
    @antonv. 6 лет назад +200

    The light is on, looks like shop is open

    • @dentonthaves5216
      @dentonthaves5216 3 года назад +10

      It's open for business not abandoned.

    • @ScaleModel_Creations
      @ScaleModel_Creations 2 года назад +5

      @@dentonthaves5216 if the shop was abandoned, the place would have been ransacked by now.

  • @xiaochicash
    @xiaochicash 7 лет назад +251

    LOL I got the joke, glad to see there was still a blockbuster in operation.

    • @mzox210
      @mzox210 7 лет назад +1

      xiaochicash yup or someone just brought the place and just using the blockbuster name still. Probably the owners of cdexchange chain

  • @kaos-vi7mf
    @kaos-vi7mf 7 лет назад +733

    That ice cream just now expired

    • @dorthysavage6660
      @dorthysavage6660 7 лет назад +26

      :(

    • @scherzva
      @scherzva 7 лет назад +5

      There still some left.

    • @benjamintekin616
      @benjamintekin616 7 лет назад +20

      So did that blockbuster because sadly they closed down a couple months ago

    • @ravenghostly1472
      @ravenghostly1472 7 лет назад +3

      Benjamin Tekin I thought they were all closed by 2010.

    • @benjamintekin616
      @benjamintekin616 7 лет назад +9

      Raven Ghostly nope, there's still this one guy who owns around 9 of them, u can look them up

  • @spideymun8501
    @spideymun8501 6 лет назад +289

    It felt like such a simpler time when blockbuster was around..

    • @RYMAN1321
      @RYMAN1321 3 года назад +25

      Late 2000’s and early 2010’s were the best, even though the economy wasn’t very great.
      Granted, it feels 1000X better than the times we’re in now.

    • @robpshow2234
      @robpshow2234 2 года назад +1

      yesss indeed

    • @michaeldelgado5212
      @michaeldelgado5212 2 года назад +3

      It’s still around

    • @jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821
      @jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821 2 года назад

      it is still around, drunkard

  • @cheetoos923
    @cheetoos923 4 года назад +155

    If it was abandond the store would be looted

  • @Goctagon
    @Goctagon 8 лет назад +2295

    I feel like you just came into work one day and was bored and decided to make this video.

    • @stephsdumpsterfinds8105
      @stephsdumpsterfinds8105 7 лет назад +39

      Goctagon right who wouldnt of taken them movies or candy

    • @nicosnerf8369
      @nicosnerf8369 7 лет назад +2

      Charmander Charmander same

    • @Mr.Amazing_-xg6xn
      @Mr.Amazing_-xg6xn 6 лет назад +9

      Goctagon lol exactly, when he found out the store was closing he made this vid and posted it a few years later

    • @baconbitzzinc239
      @baconbitzzinc239 6 лет назад +4

      Yup look at the end

    • @vilain3343
      @vilain3343 6 лет назад +1

      Me too I thought that too

  • @Sepulturo24
    @Sepulturo24 7 лет назад +330

    That store is in South Park Colorado. Randy Marsh is the owner.....Stan!! Stanny boy!?! I'M COMING!!

    • @chickpea
      @chickpea 7 лет назад +12

      Sepulturo24 FINALLY A SP REFERENCE AMEN

    • @fiddytree53
      @fiddytree53 7 лет назад +3

      Sepulturo24 lmao

    • @luqmanhakim009
      @luqmanhakim009 6 лет назад +3

      Lol

    • @lavin66gaming
      @lavin66gaming 6 лет назад +2

      Sepulturo24 he said its in South Texas

    • @asstit9124
      @asstit9124 6 лет назад +1

      “Nothing dad! Go back to ruining the family!”

  • @rtothes936
    @rtothes936 7 лет назад +307

    OMG, you work at Blockbuster, LOL I thought they went out of business a ten+ years ago

    • @kevincaldwell8579
      @kevincaldwell8579 7 лет назад +27

      Rj Sekerk 2014

    • @TheBamaCowboy
      @TheBamaCowboy 7 лет назад +8

      Rj Sekerk very few left. The ones that made money are the only ones opened.

    • @skt8929
      @skt8929 7 лет назад

      Rj Sekerk there are only a handful of them still open

    • @ivanpetropov6276
      @ivanpetropov6276 7 лет назад

      Rj Sekerk there's 2 in Fairbanks and 1 in North Pole Alaska still open.

  • @BitsNPolygons
    @BitsNPolygons 6 лет назад +156

    It's like Randy in that South Park Halloween special.

  • @huntrrams
    @huntrrams 6 лет назад +420

    And then a employee walks in and you just traveled back to 2009

    • @kristalweiss8250
      @kristalweiss8250 6 лет назад +7

      moviemagic you mean 2003

    • @blameitonjack
      @blameitonjack 6 лет назад

      2013

    • @elianacortez1628
      @elianacortez1628 6 лет назад +2

      You mean 2004

    • @teezy3535
      @teezy3535 5 лет назад +1

      @@elianacortez1628 you mean 2006

    • @Curlyheart
      @Curlyheart 5 лет назад +3

      *Gets as many Wii, PS2, and N64 Games as possible and grabs a copy of The Shining and a Push-Pop.*

  • @hendrixjcs10
    @hendrixjcs10 8 лет назад +150

    I can not believe there is a blockbuster open in 2016. WTF! I wish I know where that blockbuster that you work there is. I want to relive my childhood memories.

    • @bradyanderson8654
      @bradyanderson8654 8 лет назад +2

      Hendrix Campos good thing that one's not shut down or destroyed.

    • @RicardoMartinez-nr4fm
      @RicardoMartinez-nr4fm 8 лет назад +2

      Hendrix Campos it's in edinburg Tx about 3 miles from my house

    • @RicardoMartinez-nr4fm
      @RicardoMartinez-nr4fm 8 лет назад +1

      Hendrix Campos we have 2 left here in the valley the other one is in mission tx we had a 3rd one but it closed down about 2 months ago

    • @filipmac1545
      @filipmac1545 8 лет назад +4

      these stores will always be open, i have a circuit city in my area

    • @bradyanderson8654
      @bradyanderson8654 8 лет назад +12

      Anybody wishes the store would return?

  • @chrizizdaman
    @chrizizdaman 8 лет назад +102

    Pretty much dead give away the lights were still on, the ice cream was still frozen, the computers were still on, and the front door was unlocked. P.S Before Netflix and chill it was make it a Blockbuster night

    • @mattszatmagic
      @mattszatmagic 8 лет назад +8

      or the fact Hotel Transylvania is at 1:42 which came out in 2015

    • @chrizizdaman
      @chrizizdaman 8 лет назад +1

      I missed the posters!

    • @maomaogames6617
      @maomaogames6617 8 лет назад +3

      Yeah I saw Angry Birds Movie too, I was like totally just came out. lol.

  • @AlexS-sc3gb
    @AlexS-sc3gb 6 лет назад +719

    Fun fact: this Blockbuster is actually abandoned now.

    • @silverkittenx9763
      @silverkittenx9763 5 лет назад +19

      When did it go abandoned?

    • @leostechnikkanal
      @leostechnikkanal 5 лет назад +30

      Well its not really fun that its abandoned ...

    • @saucesfc8946
      @saucesfc8946 5 лет назад +8

      how you know

    • @Exluto
      @Exluto 5 лет назад +54

      @@saucesfc8946 cause they announced there is only 1 blockbuster left and it ain't this one lol

    • @kermitthejerry2782
      @kermitthejerry2782 5 лет назад +12

      Alexander Simanovsky
      I recommend you to Change it to deppressing fact, It was hella fun to shop there and the employees Are jobless after that- struggling to find one job that would accept them

  • @cameronb7161
    @cameronb7161 8 лет назад +117

    oh shit! he fooled me. I was gonna say there's no fucking way they'd just leave all their shit behind.

    • @stryderzer0
      @stryderzer0 8 лет назад +1

      ikr I was thinking they should've at least locked the place down lol

    • @TimeBunny
      @TimeBunny 8 лет назад

      Samurai Jack yeah at first I was a bit confused like "wouldn't the place be empty and such?" But then I realised we were being fooled :D Nice one as I very nearly fell for it.

  • @philhunt854
    @philhunt854 6 лет назад +117

    If blockbuster returned and charged cheaper than redbox......it would do great!

    • @dentonthaves5216
      @dentonthaves5216 3 года назад +1

      Blame Amazon for all the business closing.

  • @ladyhorror7215
    @ladyhorror7215 8 лет назад +1460

    I would have taken all the candy and run

    • @noobeenaut
      @noobeenaut 8 лет назад +12

      Lady Horror same

    • @louisemuser6518
      @louisemuser6518 8 лет назад +4

      _themanwiththecancer _ true

    • @evelyngarcia3717
      @evelyngarcia3717 8 лет назад +41

      _themanwiththecancer _ it looks fake anyway because if it was abandoned everything would have been gone

    • @chayatanovaldesatano8969
      @chayatanovaldesatano8969 8 лет назад +15

      +Dubzys girl
      EXACTLY its fake, how in the hell nobody has stolen anything at all, this fucker posting this clip its a fraud and a fucking liar

    • @miguelperedo9825
      @miguelperedo9825 8 лет назад +26

      lol if you actually watch the whole video you find out its not abandoned and he works there lol y'all idiots

  • @angeldarkseid
    @angeldarkseid 6 лет назад +373

    1:45
    Like if you heard somebody yell "Woohoo"

  • @Movie_Games
    @Movie_Games 8 лет назад +616

    I guess i'm too observant because I saw the joke coming a mile away. Went to the back where I guess the new releases are and Hotel Translvania 2 was there. Then went to the front with the Avengers and Antman poster. It's also common knowledge that there's one Blockbuster left in operation.

  • @npccannonfodder
    @npccannonfodder 7 лет назад +151

    Sadly I’ve known how long that lasted, the last blockbuster in Texas no longer exist after January 26, they closed there doors for good, rip blockbuster, gone but not forgotten.

  • @realbrandonb
    @realbrandonb 7 лет назад +91

    Lmao, I totally know the feeling on a slow ass day 😂😂

  • @benjaminclasper9355
    @benjaminclasper9355 Год назад +4

    Blockbuster just feels like a lost piece of people’s childhood now.

  • @elitedata
    @elitedata 8 лет назад +169

    that was a good laugh at the ending - but im sure by now, youre not working there anymore, that everything has sold of to public auction and the store is closed and empty.

    • @KeesHeesZV
      @KeesHeesZV 8 лет назад +7

      RubarGar _ it just felt wrong to my guts watching this, and exactly what i tought happened at the end of the video 😂 your one hell of a troll bro 👍

    • @palmviewlobos15
      @palmviewlobos15 7 лет назад +4

      RubarGar _ Lmao I actually clicked it haha. But yeah still both Edinburg and Mission have the blockbusters.

    • @autumn5274
      @autumn5274 7 лет назад

      K, but

    • @Stefan-ji2ek
      @Stefan-ji2ek 7 лет назад +1

      The Mission store closed last month.

    • @voidofspaceandtime4684
      @voidofspaceandtime4684 7 лет назад

      You still there?

  • @Loopcats
    @Loopcats 8 лет назад +47

    This made me so nostalgic. I worked at Blockbuster for years and helped shut down stores in my area. It's nice to see one still alive somewhere.

  • @ImAnderZEL
    @ImAnderZEL 8 лет назад +943

    Lies no way a Blockbuster survived this long STAGED VIDEO! ;)

    • @rubargar_3100
      @rubargar_3100  8 лет назад +25

      lol ill post more vids about this blockbuster so stay tuned at I'll prove it is still opened! 😉

    • @hippyzilla
      @hippyzilla 8 лет назад +15

      If he had the foresight to set his desktop calendar ahead and film this years ago he's a genius.
      Hold on a sec.. Just gave myself an Idea for a very confusing video to post 5 years from now. :))

    • @H2OBearGames
      @H2OBearGames 8 лет назад +4

      Didn't expect to find Mindcrack here!

    • @ServanoStyle
      @ServanoStyle 8 лет назад +2

      There are a few stores out there, less than 10 now the best I could find. Like pay phones.

    • @tyedyejedi
      @tyedyejedi 8 лет назад +1

      Cooperate headquarters in Dallas or one of the cities in Texas. I believe there are a couple dozen stores still open.

  • @BattletoadOVerload
    @BattletoadOVerload 4 года назад +4

    People hate on this video but down the road they'll realize the time capsule that was filmed here. Thank you for helping preserve the history

  • @treadlightlyorelse849
    @treadlightlyorelse849 8 лет назад +43

    I don't know what's more shocking the fact that there is a blockbuster still open or the fact that there is a customer walking through the door

  • @jac6995
    @jac6995 7 лет назад +301

    The company went out of business, any "Blockbuster" still open today is an independently owned and run store that just licenses the name.

    • @thechannelmightgetdeleted5256
      @thechannelmightgetdeleted5256 7 лет назад +17

      jac6995 your right! I heard the remaining Blockbusters are franchise stores not company stores! All the company stores are abandoned and gone 😭😭😭

    • @ranelgallardo5343
      @ranelgallardo5343 7 лет назад +8

      True. They're like small businesses that carry the Blockbuster name.

    • @francobarraza7247
      @francobarraza7247 7 лет назад +4

      i remember when i was 7 i got gta san andreas there

    • @AC-ox4mm
      @AC-ox4mm 7 лет назад +3

      Eduardo Has the memes i never returned some movies and games

    • @cucvo41
      @cucvo41 6 лет назад

      jac6995 I

  • @omgubler
    @omgubler 7 лет назад +114

    Wait, I live in South Texas! Where is this one? I can't believe this was open in 2016, all the ones near me closed in 2013 and before.

    • @Stefan-ji2ek
      @Stefan-ji2ek 7 лет назад +16

      cybernight.elementfx.com/buster.html
      The last store left in Texas is in Edinburg, although at the time this was filmed there was a store in Mission as well.

    • @JS-rj4pm
      @JS-rj4pm 7 лет назад +1

      Edinburg Tx

    • @miguelriverajr639
      @miguelriverajr639 7 лет назад

      Oh wow I didn't know Edinburg had one open!

  • @PresidentPixel
    @PresidentPixel 6 лет назад +115

    Ahhh the memories....I remember when I rented paper Mario and the thousand year door from here and loved it so much I rented it over and over again until I finally bought it

  • @luisdelgado2673
    @luisdelgado2673 7 лет назад +76

    lol "Emily Emily where are you i made it to blockbuster the war is over i can hear the hounds Emily"

  • @Brygar
    @Brygar 7 лет назад +139

    Kids today will never know the struggle getting a fucking movie and dealing with the disc being dirty or scratched... Returning the game as soon as it downloads.... Or the cool Blockbuster dude that always greets you....RIP BlockBusters in Oklahoma ;-;

    • @ABioluminescentRavebat
      @ABioluminescentRavebat 7 лет назад +1

      I know the struggle too.

    • @MilwaukeeF40C
      @MilwaukeeF40C 7 лет назад +11

      You don't know about the real struggle- rewinding.

    • @broodmare25
      @broodmare25 7 лет назад +3

      The struggle of checking everyday for that new video game that came out only to find the game box with no boxes behind it. 😭

    • @Faith_Plus_1
      @Faith_Plus_1 7 лет назад +2

      Discs? Try VHS and 64 cartridges

    • @Brygar
      @Brygar 7 лет назад +1

      Greg Marks omg VHS where the worst! I was way to lazy to rewind it😂 and the 64 cartridge wasn't really a problem! All ya had to do is blow on to it and BAM you can play Legend of Zelda!

  • @warriorsorb1111
    @warriorsorb1111 6 лет назад +252

    Man, I miss Blockbuster so much. I remember when I used to hang out there with my friends every day and and of my friends' mother worked there. By the time I came of age to apply for a job (and was planning to apply for one at Blockbuster), that was when Blockbuster closed. I wish it would return and make a serious comeback. I'd still apply

    • @juanaangon9123
      @juanaangon9123 6 лет назад +2

      Arakus24 it's a joke

    • @warriorsorb1111
      @warriorsorb1111 6 лет назад +2

      Juana Angon I know that this is a joke. I caught onto the 2018 part when he read out the expiration date on the ice cream. I was just speaking out for the majority of blockbuster and i know there are very few that are still open

    • @xefecktgaming2024
      @xefecktgaming2024 6 лет назад +1

      Arakus24 I wanna know how there are redbox stands

    • @warriorsorb1111
      @warriorsorb1111 6 лет назад +1

      xefeckt Gaming ???

    • @JamesDea45
      @JamesDea45 6 лет назад +1

      Sukara it would be impossible. Everybody just goes to digital

  • @keilaannis8489
    @keilaannis8489 6 лет назад +25

    i remember coming here with my family every week for a new movie and occasionally some games :( the memories of this store. the memories of my family still being together.

    • @Nooely
      @Nooely 2 года назад

      This video was meant ironic, I hope your comment too …

  • @ethanwhitty5995
    @ethanwhitty5995 7 лет назад +228

    The guys profile picture is his block buster name tag😂

  • @PeterWu777
    @PeterWu777 8 лет назад +16

    Totally did not see that coming. Good one

  • @frankyu553
    @frankyu553 7 лет назад +121

    Nice parody of urbex/abandoned videos haha. Too many "explorers" taking their work too seriously on RUclips these days.

  • @oneeyedman99
    @oneeyedman99 5 лет назад +15

    Someone should make a collection of RUclips's greatest one-hit wonders, Ruben definitely belongs!

  • @joshandtolk
    @joshandtolk 8 лет назад +23

    Former employee here & I miss it. It makes me happy knowing this still exists somewhere in the world!

  • @RcJr5295
    @RcJr5295 7 лет назад +96

    Now is officially closing.
    #longliveBlockbuster

    • @DonovanBryant92
      @DonovanBryant92 6 лет назад +1

      the one i used to have shut down in 2006 i think

    • @DonovanBryant92
      @DonovanBryant92 6 лет назад +1

      all the ones near where i used to live have been turned into dunkin donuts

    • @pidi2697
      @pidi2697 6 лет назад

      I believe there is only 10-20 block blockbusters when before there use to be around 9000 in the 1990~

    • @dragosoulgaming9089
      @dragosoulgaming9089 6 лет назад

      Nah theres still one in houston tx

    • @FinesseFlightOfficial
      @FinesseFlightOfficial 6 лет назад

      Apparently Netflix killed Blockbuster so I’m okay with that xD

  • @tredurell8740
    @tredurell8740 7 лет назад +146

    I owe Blockbuster over 200$ for un-returned merchandise

    • @cvpidevin1262
      @cvpidevin1262 7 лет назад +41

      not any more

    • @urunntadjidj4030
      @urunntadjidj4030 7 лет назад +7

      Tre Durell that's why blockbuster died

    • @tredurell8740
      @tredurell8740 7 лет назад +1

      Netflix to the rescue

    • @MrLatrinca
      @MrLatrinca 7 лет назад +4

      You dodge a bullet

    • @Fran77
      @Fran77 7 лет назад +3

      Brewstew still owes them probably 500 dollars by now

  • @TravisCouch19xx
    @TravisCouch19xx 6 лет назад +4

    I’m not even mad you clickbaited me. I’m happy to see a blockbuster still stands.

    • @spencerconway5468
      @spencerconway5468 6 лет назад +1

      Travis Couch there is only one left in America and it is in Oregon. The blockbuster corporation has dissolved though.

  • @GameDjeenie
    @GameDjeenie 8 лет назад +109

    So sad that they are all closing down... That's literally the end of an era...

    • @TheWoodButcher86
      @TheWoodButcher86 8 лет назад +2

      GameDjeenie it is sad though because where I live we used to have a movie shop and we could rent movies and stuff but it's gone now

    • @GameDjeenie
      @GameDjeenie 8 лет назад

      HH Reviews Same as me. There was a video store near me where you could rent 1 movie for 1$. That was so great.

    • @stro1156
      @stro1156 8 лет назад

      GameDjeenie

    • @2558grandcon
      @2558grandcon 8 лет назад

      hi

    • @treadlightlyorelse849
      @treadlightlyorelse849 8 лет назад +4

      Good riddance

  • @MidgarMerc
    @MidgarMerc 8 лет назад +57

    Loving all the geniuses pointing out that this fully stocked, non-looted, perfectly clean, building that still has electricity is actually not abandoned. How clever and astute they all are to see through this wicked ruse and dislike it like the RUclips Heroes they are. Bravo e-detectives bravo!

    • @michellet8793
      @michellet8793 8 лет назад +1

      You have to remember that these are the same people who eat up everything the gov and media shits out like it's icecream. Anything they can accurately call bullshit on *before* it's revealed is a really big deal to them, because it doesn't happen often.

    • @Zack29810
      @Zack29810 3 года назад

      @@michellet8793 and yet, I bet you believe all the covid propaganda.

    • @bigbowlowrong4694
      @bigbowlowrong4694 2 года назад +2

      @@Zack29810 and yet I bet you believe everything Donald Trump says

  • @RustyShackleford_69
    @RustyShackleford_69 7 лет назад +46

    Am I the only one thinking of that Blockbuster episode of South Park lol

  • @SgtxAnus
    @SgtxAnus 5 лет назад +19

    It sounds like your walking through a warzone when ur like “my god, all these movies” lmao

  • @CSCaleb
    @CSCaleb 7 лет назад +237

    This place is in Edinburg, Texas and is still open

    • @gavnewton77
      @gavnewton77 7 лет назад +1

      Caleb Storey seriously ?

    • @CSCaleb
      @CSCaleb 7 лет назад +6

      Gav Newton Yeah search it up on google maps

    • @benjamintekin616
      @benjamintekin616 7 лет назад +2

      I actually saw a news story on this and this is the one in mission Texas which closed a couple months ago, but ur right there's still one in edinburg

    • @nathansaenz8534
      @nathansaenz8534 7 лет назад

      Caleb Storey yeah he literally said it in the video bro

    • @LookItsMrT
      @LookItsMrT 7 лет назад +1

      There's an Edinburgh is America? I doubt it's as good as the real Edin

  • @EvanKiddFilms
    @EvanKiddFilms 8 лет назад +18

    Haha this was awesome man. Loved the ending! Glad to hear one is still around. That makes me happy for some reason. Call it nostalgia I guess.

    • @rubargar_3100
      @rubargar_3100  8 лет назад

      Most if you consider 2 xD The nostalgia is real!

  • @kenziehaleyy
    @kenziehaleyy 7 лет назад +79

    It's not abandoned, YOU WORK THERE 😂

    • @Grandizer8989
      @Grandizer8989 7 лет назад +12

      PettyCartoon405 thank you captain obvious

    • @MilwaukeeF40C
      @MilwaukeeF40C 7 лет назад

      OH MY GOD THIS MUST BE PURGATORY!!!

    • @elvirazuno1716
      @elvirazuno1716 7 лет назад

      PettyCartoon405 if worked the and it's set it 2016 and blockbuster was assassinated in 2014 how is it still alive????????

    • @LuckyTheCat777
      @LuckyTheCat777 7 лет назад

      thanks for wasting my time click bait video

    • @darkknight8244
      @darkknight8244 7 лет назад

      iiOmq_itzkenz123 or he owns the place

  • @kebas239
    @kebas239 6 лет назад +10

    Lol, I was suspicious of it the second you walked up to the unlocked, undamaged door then knew for sure it was a joke when all the stuff was in there, completely in tact. Funny video though :)

  • @Grace-qo8pu
    @Grace-qo8pu 8 лет назад +47

    Biggest plot twist in my entire existence.

    • @XxDrac13xX
      @XxDrac13xX 7 лет назад +3

      Better than M. Night Shyamalan

  • @skyboy4341
    @skyboy4341 7 лет назад +10

    as you can see kids this was life before Netflix

  • @Adam_Walsh
    @Adam_Walsh 6 лет назад +50

    If I was him I would literally take every single one of those movies and games and sell them on eBay.

    • @Cyberse-_-Wolf
      @Cyberse-_-Wolf 6 лет назад +8

      Titanic&Belle but if he did that he would lose his job he's the manager watch the whole video to find out shocked

    • @Adam_Walsh
      @Adam_Walsh 6 лет назад +1

      Oh so it's fake? What a fool.

    • @Adam_Walsh
      @Adam_Walsh 6 лет назад +1

      I’m not on about you for fucks sake. The person who faked this video is the fool. Don’t be so sensitive.

    • @itzcolby6423
      @itzcolby6423 6 лет назад +2

      Titanic&Belle you should go to jail for that

    • @rockosbasilisk75
      @rockosbasilisk75 6 лет назад

      Jail rhymes with mail

  • @ethangomez166
    @ethangomez166 6 лет назад +11

    The Memories... blockbuster days wish I could go back to them

    • @TLJAWSIMIB
      @TLJAWSIMIB 5 лет назад +1

      I WISH I CAN LIVE IN FROM JANUARY 1, 1980- DECEMBER 31 2000 DAYS ALL OVER AGAIN!.

  • @cliffedward
    @cliffedward 7 лет назад +134

    REALLY? Any fool knows the disc are kept behind the counter.

  • @JonCormanyVlogs
    @JonCormanyVlogs 8 лет назад +5

    keep the dream alive, working at Blockbuster was my favorite job

  • @jhettjohnson7577
    @jhettjohnson7577 7 лет назад +131

    If that place was abandoned that place would be cleaned out

  • @evankolar8957
    @evankolar8957 6 лет назад +7

    Blockbuster! Awesome! I’m glad you are keeping the blockbuster name alive!

  • @scratchking3205
    @scratchking3205 8 лет назад +64

    Subbed....I miss blockbuster. TO HELL WITH BLOODY REDBOX AND NETFLIX

    • @rubargar_3100
      @rubargar_3100  8 лет назад

      Thanks for the support!

    • @chumplinz4920
      @chumplinz4920 8 лет назад

      Scratch King I feel your pain bro

    • @tylerfultz7160
      @tylerfultz7160 8 лет назад +1

      Scratch King rise of the blockbuster, they had games for psp and everything

    • @chumplinz4920
      @chumplinz4920 8 лет назад

      Tyler Fultz overall they had a much larger collection of stuff.

    • @scratchking3205
      @scratchking3205 8 лет назад

      They had all the classics that redbox will never have

  • @andrewxmarc
    @andrewxmarc 7 лет назад +37

    Omg I watched this for no reason

  • @shaywalters7807
    @shaywalters7807 7 лет назад +120

    OMG BLOCKBUSTER BRINGS BACK SOOO MANY MEMORIES MEMORIES

    • @cesarhernandez7064
      @cesarhernandez7064 6 лет назад

      Shay25 my father still has them so of them and I believe the DVD still have the logo blockbuster.

    • @97AshleyRose
      @97AshleyRose 6 лет назад

      Shay25 same it was the best I remember when they only had vhs tapes and switched to dvd it was like the best store to rent movies

    • @Facade953
      @Facade953 6 лет назад

      Shay25 What happened?What's the story behind the store?

  • @EhsanMusic
    @EhsanMusic 2 года назад +10

    This was great to watch. As of 2022 blockbuster is making a comeback, just not in the way we knew it. 😍

  • @SoulStealerSlayers
    @SoulStealerSlayers 6 лет назад +4

    God, the nostalgia just sweeping through...I used to go to a Blockbuster in my hometown every weekend. I remember sobbing uncontrollably when I found out they were closing.

  • @UnkleSanik
    @UnkleSanik 6 лет назад +55

    I swear if I ever got into an abandoned Block buster I'd just pillage one thing and only one thing...
    That machine that took off the million scratches on your PS2 disks...
    And a few 360 games...

  • @captainskidz488
    @captainskidz488 6 лет назад +260

    I'm going to move to Texas and rent a movie from there for old times sakes

    • @c00pster88
      @c00pster88 6 лет назад +7

      The Naive Pikachu it closed

    • @Durva360
      @Durva360 6 лет назад +1

      1nkling1diot not all of them

    • @thetokingtoad1000
      @thetokingtoad1000 6 лет назад +1

      The Naive Pikachu Right on man!

    • @cloudy1227
      @cloudy1227 6 лет назад +2

      Trevor the one in Texas with this video did

    • @fizzypopex
      @fizzypopex 6 лет назад +1

      The Last Blockbuster in texas which was near My house Closed

  • @oofchicken2221
    @oofchicken2221 6 лет назад +4

    OH MY GOODNESS THAT PLOT TWIST GOT ME HYPED!!!!!!

  • @smashshane9434
    @smashshane9434 6 лет назад +7

    I think I might have a had a weird dream that I was in a store like this one time. But other than that I'm actually quite surprised that this is still standing. And I'm very glad it is. Thanks for touring around this place. It truly does bring back fond memories.

  • @dontbestupid6664
    @dontbestupid6664 8 лет назад +14

    Lights are still on, means electricity is still on. this place might look shabby, but its not abandoned. you clearly work here or know the one employee they can afford to hire. there are still a few blockbusters still open.

    • @rubargar_3100
      @rubargar_3100  8 лет назад +7

      congratulations on watching the whole video 😉

    • @dontbestupid6664
      @dontbestupid6664 8 лет назад

      +RubarGar _ I'll be honest, I didn't watch the whole video lol. I just jumped to conclusions. I'm still not sure as I haven't watched the whole video.

    • @dontbestupid6664
      @dontbestupid6664 8 лет назад

      +RubarGar _ damn, looks like I was right on the money. everything I said was correct I'm a fucking wizard!

    • @rubargar_3100
      @rubargar_3100  8 лет назад +4

      +Don't Be Stupid dude you're legendary.

    • @nosecomosellama
      @nosecomosellama 8 лет назад +1

      nobody wants to watch the full video because your voice is fucking irritating, the music is rubbish and the tittle is clickbait

  • @SeniorAdrian
    @SeniorAdrian 8 лет назад +58

    Veterans youtube users watch the whole video without any problem but medicore people with adhd watch 20 seconds of the video and then proceed to comment "fake"

    • @asasin4576
      @asasin4576 8 лет назад +13

      Everyone's gotta show how cool and observant they are. Most of the idiots trying to prove they have the eyes of a hawk are probably too young to know what a brick-and-mortar video rental store was like anyway.

    • @squick1842
      @squick1842 8 лет назад

      Its fake, get over yourselves.

    • @madimusic21
      @madimusic21 8 лет назад +1

      That's the point they're making. People say it's fake before they watch the end where he literally tells us it's fake. People can't seem to watch a video in its entirety.

  • @grizzdell
    @grizzdell 2 года назад +3

    Oh my god, my heart melted when i saw the end. Great video, mate! It was so nostalgic and heart touching. 💖

  • @lifted.5916
    @lifted.5916 7 лет назад +103

    I'll take everything food and movie too

    • @supaortix8618
      @supaortix8618 7 лет назад +1

      Thudue exactly lol

    • @zamaintroz4317
      @zamaintroz4317 7 лет назад +5

      Thudue, Ew taking the food that has rottened, disgusting....

    • @Ghostxlyvoid
      @Ghostxlyvoid 6 лет назад +1

      Zama Introz idiot

    • @swagman3879
      @swagman3879 6 лет назад +4

      sonic 641 No you are the idiot if you watched the video its still open so it would be illegal

    • @chrisnano1266
      @chrisnano1266 6 лет назад

      id take every game and movie and play/watch them for 50 years

  • @angelbrimhall105
    @angelbrimhall105 8 лет назад +50

    lol i hate how people dont watch the whole video before they comment like theybe screaming "fake!" but like if youd watch til the end he admits its his job and its not abandoned

    • @daboz8753
      @daboz8753 8 лет назад +12

      It became rather obvious a few seconds in, and if you're a person looking for actual abandoned places...it's kind of annoying, and stupid.

    • @Bryant.Defiant
      @Bryant.Defiant 8 лет назад +1

      That's the internet. Can't handle it, don't be on it.

    • @ernestjest2273
      @ernestjest2273 8 лет назад +2

      who really watches the whole video when you know its all staged..?

    • @Bryant.Defiant
      @Bryant.Defiant 8 лет назад +1

      people watch it on tv every day. Its the news

    • @ernestjest2273
      @ernestjest2273 8 лет назад

      You mean biased.. Not that the news is actually responsible for all the events of the world, media..

  • @owaine-changaming
    @owaine-changaming 8 лет назад +8

    Imagine all the old PS2,xbox,PS3 and Xbox 360 games.

    • @wii1245
      @wii1245 7 лет назад +1

      epicbantergamer roblox and the Wii games too

    • @arielparada9624
      @arielparada9624 7 лет назад +2

      wii1245 roblox?

  • @dbenz2938
    @dbenz2938 6 лет назад +31

    Hahaha OK the ending got me. At first I was dumbstruck that the lights were on...... makes sense!

    • @TheJamesd55
      @TheJamesd55 6 лет назад +3

      D Benz yeah me too, i was wondering why the place wasn't ransacked if it had all that stuff but then... lol

    • @bluecollargamer7071
      @bluecollargamer7071 5 лет назад +1

      I hate redbox

    • @chrisbailey7384
      @chrisbailey7384 3 года назад

      Lights being on could be a way to deter theft as people will think employees are still in there.

  • @jaws7464
    @jaws7464 6 лет назад +17

    If it were an abandoned gamestop with all the games and game consoles that's another story

    • @mayday-tz4dv
      @mayday-tz4dv 6 лет назад

      Tyrone Hardnett thst wouldbe extremely unlikely

  • @joshuaavila2004
    @joshuaavila2004 7 лет назад +182

    #RIPblockbusterwillneverbeforgotten

    • @leongto5467
      @leongto5467 6 лет назад +6

      joshua avila CURSE U NETFLIX for ruining blockbuster

    • @Tmob
      @Tmob 6 лет назад +3

      Joshua Avila actually, sorry to break your bubble but someday it will be forgotten

    • @luxxers
      @luxxers 6 лет назад +1

      Sorry buddy, You forget to pay you late fee...

    • @vodka1
      @vodka1 6 лет назад

      Captain Randomness sorry to break your bubble one day minecraft will die wait it already did

    • @Tmob
      @Tmob 6 лет назад

      Brundlefly who fucking cares? I haven't played it in months

  • @TechWalker
    @TechWalker 8 лет назад +6

    You should do a Reddit AMA about working at BlockBuster in 2016

  • @drdiabetes7469
    @drdiabetes7469 6 лет назад +8

    "Oh very funny guys i get it, blockbuster is so old it has ghosts in them, very funny."

    • @bani468
      @bani468 6 лет назад +2

      Andrew Davis wait is that a south park reference

  • @johnnymans1769
    @johnnymans1769 7 лет назад +183

    " I can't find anybody" well no dip it's abandoned plus when he said best by may of 2017 did anyone watch this in the may of 2017 or is it just me

  • @Myatsumi
    @Myatsumi 7 лет назад +19

    there is still 2 blockbusters open in my area in australia

  • @arthur4999
    @arthur4999 8 лет назад +9

    2 questions
    1. How did you get in
    2. How hasn't anyone stole those films, candy, video games

    • @funkymonkey3559
      @funkymonkey3559 8 лет назад

      Ikr so fake!!!

    • @xXSKY64Xx
      @xXSKY64Xx 8 лет назад +1

      That is actually a pretty good question, you think someone may come in and take some movies but nope! Plus if the place had been abandoned for a few years, I don't think that the candy or drinks would be good enough to eat... At least if the food expired...

    • @joemancini327
      @joemancini327 8 лет назад

      I was wrong FAKE

    • @reviewscentralchannel4162
      @reviewscentralchannel4162 8 лет назад +7

      You didn't watch the whole thing lol

    • @lucky_13_pyro
      @lucky_13_pyro 8 лет назад +5

      watch the whole thing you dumbass

  • @erynd2524
    @erynd2524 2 года назад +1

    Wowwwwww! I am utterly surprised that this store wasn’t ransacked and looted. Great video!

  • @brianesque
    @brianesque 8 лет назад +6

    This is hilarious! "I actually work at a Blockbuster in 2016."

  • @ap0kalyps3
    @ap0kalyps3 8 лет назад +4

    nice reveal at the end, but saw it coming :P

  • @pablomorales932
    @pablomorales932 7 лет назад +44

    Not abandon if you see the angry birds poster is hanged up and well and the store i think closed in 2012

    • @mmmlobstwr
      @mmmlobstwr 7 лет назад +3

      pablo animationes well i saw an antman poster sooo nope 2015

    • @laxliam11yt89
      @laxliam11yt89 6 лет назад

      pablo animationes correct I thought the same thing

    • @Wearifulgold
      @Wearifulgold 6 лет назад

      pablo animationes there was a DVD copy of Everest as he walks in which wasn't released until January of 2016

    • @galvinglaze
      @galvinglaze 6 лет назад

      And they said are on

    • @robison87
      @robison87 6 лет назад

      Yeah he said that at the end of the video bud.

  • @SLIZR
    @SLIZR 6 лет назад +95

    I live in south Texas and the blockbuster smelled nice ;( like if you agree

    • @daegqn
      @daegqn 6 лет назад

      Eddie_ _ here in San Antonio we had a few blockbusters left until a few years ago..... sorry blockbuster :(

    • @googaagoogaa12345678
      @googaagoogaa12345678 6 лет назад

      yeah i miss them i live near the one on w military built in 01 i went to the castroville one all the time as a kid and the marbach one near cable ranch too

    • @tanicwhisper0647
      @tanicwhisper0647 5 лет назад +1

      My grandma would take us there :( so sad. I miss it

    • @CAFilms420
      @CAFilms420 5 лет назад +2

      I am ur 50th like

    • @FreakinSweet1987
      @FreakinSweet1987 4 года назад

      They all had a very distinct smell. If you go into any Amscot they used the exact same materials for their shelving so it smells exactly the same.

  • @spitboy224
    @spitboy224 8 лет назад +29

    that cant be real in the glass you can see some posters of new moives

  • @myob7399
    @myob7399 6 лет назад +7

    Many memories in there when I was little I’m sad because they closed almost every store and no one goes there since now you get them on tv so they don’t need c.ds anymore

  • @charlesd9949
    @charlesd9949 7 лет назад +30

    #ripblockbuster

  • @woods69
    @woods69 6 лет назад +5

    I remember when I was a kid and my mom saying let's go to blockbuster was like getting your first car

  • @DaxperOfficial
    @DaxperOfficial 8 лет назад +17

    interview the customers!!!

  • @Nahmee
    @Nahmee 8 лет назад +21

    wow.... one still open. 😂😂😂

    • @rubargar_3100
      @rubargar_3100  8 лет назад +3

      There is more than 1!!!!

    • @rubargar_3100
      @rubargar_3100  8 лет назад

      +Cole Croley not exactly sure. someone left a comment with a pretty accurate map. There are 2 other maps showing more than 30 still open that is super off 😏🖒

    • @infinitysnapz
      @infinitysnapz 8 лет назад +1

      As of 2016, Dish still maintains some Blockbuster branded store franchise agreements, with 14 stores remaining - Wikipedia

    • @rubargar_3100
      @rubargar_3100  8 лет назад

      +InfinitySnapz i don't dish doesn't own them anymore. and there is now LESS than 14 😭

  • @ashton150
    @ashton150 8 лет назад +13

    I would bring a box of garbage bags and just put everything in the bag

    • @cjyates3171
      @cjyates3171 8 лет назад +2

      it would be cool to have all of those movies but it's still considered stealing😞

    • @GamingKingdome
      @GamingKingdome 7 лет назад

      So your a dumb fuck fot not watching a video to the end?Oh but I bet you've never tho. Get a grip

  • @galactictwinkie9399
    @galactictwinkie9399 6 лет назад

    I miss Block Buster so much. I remember going on Fridays to rent a movie and buy popcorn and candy. It made the perfect movie nights! I’m so saaaaad 😫😫😫

  • @nemesisaudiofan1241
    @nemesisaudiofan1241 8 лет назад +18

    the electric is still on... that makes no sense.

    • @rubargar_3100
      @rubargar_3100  8 лет назад +2

      neither does the videos end!

    • @marykacyy6802
      @marykacyy6802 8 лет назад +2

      ReuWil
      WHERE ,I've been looking for one thats open to go on a road trip and take my younger family members that dont know wtf blockbuster is, please do you know the city where there in!????

    • @gulaurfo6104
      @gulaurfo6104 8 лет назад +1

      They would keep the power on to prevent copper thieves, if it was abandoned.

  • @JoelRSmith
    @JoelRSmith 8 лет назад +8

    Definitely abandoned...the computer's running Windows XP! ;-)

  • @uziXwraith
    @uziXwraith 7 лет назад +21

    eat dat candy bro