The Last BLOCKBUSTER On The Planet
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- As of May 2019 there is only one single Blockbuster Video in existence. The closing of the Perth, Australia store has left this Bend, Oregon location alone in a world of internet downloads and Redbox machines.
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So it's a Game Stop?
AWESOME
@Harambe Was Framed red liquorish. RED Twisters.. everytime I walked in I see and smell them. I was hoping to see some
Mobile Instinct my uncle and a couple of my friends live in Alaska and there is still 1 BLOCKBUSTER there. I thought you would like to know that not 1 but 2 BLOCKBUSTERS left.
@Harambe Was Framed we have one in Anchorage Alaska right now.. People still user it
That was my favorite thing to do is pick out movies and then snacks for movie night.
Young ones' today will never understand how fun it was.
In my area the public libraries have more DVDs than BB ever did. And you can take them out for free.
No one gaf
We would scout the return box for that new hot movie that was out hoping to make our Friday night.
It wasn’t that long ago when blockbuster was still a thing
Same i miss it
Be kind and rewind 😉
No more late fees, No more late fees, No more late fees
DVDs killed that fun I miss rewinding...well not really but I can look back fondly on having a seperate rewinder ...for all my rewinding needs
😅😂
There was some sort of trick but I can't remember what it was. To make it look like it's rewind what was it?
Definitely a walk down memory lane! My husband would spend HOURS there and come home with some obscure movie that no one had ever heard of (for good reason) and we’d give up on watching it partway through. It didn’t matter if I was with him or not - hours were going to be spent in that store! Fun times!
Kathy Cagg my family had a problem with the movies I picked out, too. They were usually a “Red Shoe” production for some reason, and they were truly awful. I finally learned to check and if it said “Red Shoe”, I would put it back. My husband and kids gave me so much crap about it, too. lol
There was something special about movie night with Blockbuster as opposed to Netflix.
I agree. Going there and walking around was an important part of movie night
@@MobileInstinct Correct sir! Interaction with other people , going OUTSIDE to the big bold world, and seeing and holding the movies in your hand before doling out your cash to rent them. And here is the BEST PART.. no damn BUFFERING!!
Yes there was we actualy went out to aquire
I miss those day's
@@thegamingchannel9023 ...back when people actually got together from the decision of what to watch, the act of getting it, setting up, sitting down, and sharing something without being stuck on a phone or computer. Analog netflix?
Im 37 an i can remember me teens going to block buster nearly every weekend in the 90s for a snes game an a vandam film, im from a tiny town called runcorn in England so it shows how many they was, memory lane man i hope that one never closes
I'm also 37 and I remember going every weekend when I was 9 or 10 years old with my best friend to rent an NES game that we would play endlessly the entire weekend. Who needed sleep when we only have two and a half days to beat Final Fantasy?
Or pay the extra 3 quid or wat ever it was for 5 days, id be bankrupt before i got past first level the amount of 3 quids id pass over haha, me son takes the piss now cos of how bad i am, he completed cod in a day an ranked 1 on dead by daylight, my gaming days are over, now i try to run forwards an end up just looking at the sky hah
Sounds about right. I can't play modern games anymore. God I feel old when my 13 year old nephew shows me up in some PS4 game.
Me: clicks on last blockbuster video
RUclips: *plays netflix ad*
I REALLY want to give RUclips a thumbs down for that!
sellout
It’s like stepping back in time! 😍 There was nothing worse than going there to rent a specific movie and the shelf would be empty lol. Thanks for taking us along with you!
Haha, yes and then you reserve the movie and as soon as you arrive home they call letting you know it is back in stock.
It's like a Game Stop... do those exist
Who feels old? When I was a child my family used to take me to Blockbuster with them.
Me!
I remember renting the Sega Genesis at my local blockbuster
Same here, but Mega drive
Not only is it still open. The bloody phones ringing off the hook!
It was very busy! People coming and going the while time.
but streaming is better than renting films @@MobileInstinct
Incredible, I used to go to Blockbuster in my home town in the UK probably once or twice a week. Load up with snacks and you were set for an evening in. I cannot believe it is gone except for this store.
I live couple hours away from this Blockbuster.. Just moved to Oregon in 2018. Can't wait for more vids!
Great part of the country to live!
Omg.... this is amazing... the phone, the counters, the cage shelved aisles! Omg and the CANDY!!! ✌️❤️ miss this
Walmart SELLS CANDY!!!
Remember many a Friday night getting there right after work to try and get a New Release before they were all gone for the evening! Thanks for sharing!
That's so sad. I think I still have my old Blockbuster card from here in Canada. I think we are way too reliant on the internet and someday we will be sorry for that. I still own, and prefer VHS tapes.
It's called your own nostalgia. The internet is the future whether you like it or not. It has done way more good for us than bad.
@@TurboThunda For some people not so much. lots of people have bad internet and no other options due to area monopoly. Those who have to deal with buffering likely had a way better time with blockbuster despite its poor business practices.
There is nothing good about the future. All technological advances moves toward is making humans superfluous. Human spirit and camaraderie lost to endless leisure, Tiger King and Chinese nick nacks delivered by Amazon. When I imagine 100 years from now, glad I won't be around to see it.
And this is, of course, the impossible best case scenario.
At least I remember life having purpose
@@chetyllynnverellen1365 Agreed. Only, I firmly believe that 100 years from now this will be an entirely different planet with technology done away with. But that's another topic.
@@TurboThunda No, it's not nostalgia as I still own VHS tapes, I also own a DVD player and I build and program my own computers, I have created a video game downloaded by millions, so I know what I am talking about when it comes to technology. We used to get out and meet with friends and family far more than we do these days. And I prefer VHS not for nostalgic reasons, but because I have 100% control on when I can watch it and how, and I am not forced to watch commercials at the start of it. I am also not reliant on an internet connection to watch my movies. The only connection to the outside world I need is electricity and I have nobody out there telling me what I can and cannot watch and nobody monitoring my activities.
Now I will agree that the internet has brought us a world of knowledge which can be good, but it has also brought us a world of lies and deception and caused all sorts of foolish ideas to spread like wildfire with toxic people who hide their real name so they can attack others in comments where they would never do that face to face.
Wow what an awesome memory ... you just brought me back years. It was exciting to see the inside again. As always great job sharing 👍🏼
You're so cute!
@In CogNito what's not cool?
I'm so glad you bought a t-shirt and rented a movie. I love Pet Sematary. Blockbuster was a few towns away from me growing up. So we rarely went. But we did have a couple of small video rental shops in my town. I have fond memories of walking around checking out titles of what to rent for myself or with friends. Good times.
Pet Sematary - Book was awesome, original movie was good, second movie is horrible.
Do they still penalize you for failing to rewind the VHS tape?
A what
Haha I remember the sticker on it that said "be kind please rewind"
I love VHS lol
I always had a blast putting the VHS tapes into my little race car rewinder...!
They no longer rent out VHS tapes. DVDs and Blu-Ray discs are the thing now.
This video has a eerily surreal feel about it. Filmed in HD but stepping into a perfectly preserved 90's world... almost like he's a time traveler.
I miss you blockbuster!!!! Thanks for this video, very cool. Awww... hang in there blockbuster! I pray you make a come back, best memories for video rentals. Aww. thanks again.
Now that I am finished watching your video I will rewind it for the next person browsing your RUclips store!!!
I remember in the late 90s and early 2000s getting off work, swinging by Blockbusters, renting a movie and then snuggling with a significant other. Good times.
Here in Chico, Ca. Is our last video store, All the Best Video on Cohasset Hwy. Its family owned and has survived the Netflix purge.😊😊 Great video man! So crazy that, 1 Blockbuster remains too.
I was there just a few weeks ago! I had such a grin on my face the whole time I was in there. So cool to walk dow. Memory lane
Good times. I loved Blockbuster. Now, a road trip to Bend is in order. I want one of those T-shirts.
Everybody wants to rent from and see blockbuster, so it will stay open!
I remember Blockbuster and renting videos from there. In Canada, we also used to have Jumbo Video. There are only two Jumbo Videos left.
I'm from Canada too. Where are the 2 Jumbo videos located? I used to go to Jumbo video all the time.
We still have a Family Video in my small city so yeah while BlockBuster went bust, Family Video put a Pizza joint next door to help support business.
Welcome to Oregon my friend. Have memories of taking my son there in the 90's. Thx for the video.
Ya I have great memories with my father back in the 90s too
I miss Blockbusters I used to rent every weekend back in the day now I download them instead !
@TMNT FOREVER lol! mums the word..
I go to redbox
I never understood why Blockbuster never got involved in the streaming business. They could have been at the forefront of it all, but missed the mark entirely. Sure they would have still closed stores, but they would still had been in business.
Can you pick me up some of that Blockbuster Popcorn?
Ahh, I remember the good old days of Blockbuster. At one point, I knew almost the entire staff at my local Blockbuster. I would come in there every Friday, and pick out a couple movies...or maybe a videogame. And get geared up for the weekend! Thanks so much for posting.
Great store..i really miss the old stores..
You're right about feelings of nostalgia and flashbacks. The moment you entered the building I got teary eyes...
Awesome! As a former Blockbuster employee I was happy I got the chance to visit the last store in Bend. Lots of good memories wandering those aisles .
There was a Blockbuster near my home here in Bogota. They opened up during the VHS / Beta era and closed during the DVD era. I loved that store. Thank you for bringing back the good memories!
I have a blockbuster membership card from the one we had in Texas
I bet I still have mine somewhere in a box
I still have mine too!
Dallas?
Kevin Charles Abilene I think
Kingsville Texas
Over the decades I gave them a lot of business; as well as independently owned video stores. They should convert this into a museum.
@Eric Lozen, thats what I was thinking! Actually a museum and gift store besides the obvious offerings of DVDs, Blu-rays and other sorted items.
Thanks for giving them some business. You're a great example of a caring human being on our internet, I phone, technology obsessed planet. We only had mom and pop type video stores in our small town but most of them are long gone, they were gone with a whisper, here one day and gone the next.
Like #133...That was cool. Bend, Oregon... who knew.
I used to go to the Perth Australia store all the time! Sad to see it close down. I didn't realise it was the second last store in the world! Thanks for the upload 🤗
Which suburb was that one in?
@@Tweekend27 it was in the Perth hills in Mundaring.
@@jogillett8518 Never knew there was still one out there. All the Northern Suburbs stores closed ages ago.
@@Tweekend27 last time i went was in 2014 when i was still in Perth. I sure do miss living there. Beautiful city.🤩👌
As I roamed the aisles of my local video store back in the late eighties, looking for the latest VHS releases, the thought never occurred to me that in only a few decades time the entire experience would become mostly extinct.
Super cool! Blockbuster was one of my favourite places. Thanks for sharing!!
I’m 33, and I moved out of my parents in 2005, I got my own blockbuster card in 06, I felt like so awesome.
Then Netflix in 2008
I miss Blockbuster and Movie Gallery. Wish I could visit my 80s teen years they were wonderful.
Cool 😎
So loved going to blockbuster on the weekends to rent or buy. Like most things from video stores, to local banks, to even your favourite stores like toysRus, the online experience has killed most social sharing experiences we all loved and shared. And nobody stops to think about the people who are not on Internet, that depend on these place as a lifestyle choice and a life line. We all like to play around on net, but it isn't a social life, it' locks people away from the enjoyment of getting out and about like we use to, and intern it kept people in work, not to employ a computer or machine to do it. Great video buddy. Hi from the UK ☺
I'm nearly 21 and blockbuster was still around in the uk in 2014
Two of my favorite memories from Blockbuster; It was thanks to Blockbuster I got to play the N64 since they allowed you to rent consoles back then and I remember playing that sucker all weekend along. My other favorite memory was when Pokemon Snap came out and after you played the game, you returned with the game to Blockbuster and they could extract the photos from it from a kiosk and you got to print them.
Wow! Mind is blown! I worked at a video store in Cooperstown, New York in the 80's. This brought back so many good memories for me. Thank you for sharing a part of your day with us!
I'm sixty and I have lived through the entire video rental store life cycle. From tiny little ma and pa video stores in the 80's where you could rent the VHS or Beta video player along with the tapes, to nation wide chains with DVD's, to NetFlix to online streaming. So, yes, the last Blockbuster is sad and a sign of growing older. I worked with a lady whose husband was a regional executive in Blockbuster. I'm wondering what he is doing now?
Wow! Thank you for posting this. This takes me back
We still have one "drive in" in Perth, Western Australia. It still does great business, especially on school holidays when us older types bring our kids or grandkids to it. It's nostalgic and great fun.
Netflix sucks they dont have any good movies on there
Amazon Prime video has bigger selection but my public library has a massive selection🐱
My Cockbuster has a RAGING selection.
Rented mostly video games for the genesis, ps1 and n64. Definitely was always a trip going there.
Omg I LOVE THIS!!! I spent so many hours at Blockbusters. I still remember going to one right before it closed and bought a bunch of movies.
I am sad to see that there were no vhs tapes... I would have rented one in a heartbeat!
Be Kind, Rewind
:-)
@@PatrickWagz especially if you don't want that $3 fine
Dude, you took me down memory lane.what a pleasant experience it was to go to blockbuster and pick out a few movies .thank's for this one.i think we should all go there and support the last one .it's sad to see only one left.block buster was such a huge part of my life,a huge part of our life's.
I miss those days when you could go to blockbuster and peruse the videos to find that one you didn't know you wanted to see until you spotted it.
Also hopping out of there and going next door to Cats Records and grabbing the latest CD to jam out to. Ah the 90's, what an Era.
I truly miss video rental stores.
Netflix is good, but there are a lot of older movies that they don’t have, and a video rental would be the only solution other than buying.
Thanks for the visit!
All we have in my area is Family Video. Similar experience, but with a different layout, color scheme and DVD/Blu-Ray selection.
Hi, wow I thought they had all gone, I used to spend ages just looking at all the video's to rent and back when I was young it was all VHS as DVD'S and Blu Ray were not even thought of back then. How nostalgic, thanks for the walk down memory lane. x
Thanks for making this. It’s funny how many of us didn’t realize Blockbuster was fading away until one day driving past it, and seeing the darkened store. I can’t remember the last time I went there, but I miss the excitement of going with my girlfriend and hurrying to the newest release shelves hoping that movie was there. I miss the smell of the candy displays and seeing families picking out videos on the way to get take-out pizza. I even miss the obnoxious person talking on the cell phone over my shoulder while I browsed the shelves.
I worked at a Blockbuster in the UK, I still miss it. I loved the store even before I worked there, every day I walk past where it used to be and I always feel sad that it's gone.
Pick out a movie for a date? Lucky you Chris lol . In my town we had ‘ All Hit Video’ I mostly rented video games , occasionally movies. I have that same dvd box of pet sematary! Love that movie too! A man after my own heart as they say.
If you make it to Winston Oregon (home of Wildlife Safari) I'd like to buy you a beer!
I like the fact that looks like a vibrant place to be. The last local blockbuster here in my town had a very sad atmosphere when they were selling everything out before closing. The employees were there just talking each other because, obviously, the didn't care attending clients. And a couple weeks after my last visit the BB closed :( . Now is a KFC.
As soon as you walked in, it just looked exactly the same as it always used to. The yellow walls, the TV screens up top!! Hell, they even still had a landline ringing when you walked in LOL
That was cool thanks👍
I have cancelled my Netflix account, I wonder if they will take my Blockbuster card that is still in my wallet?
Lol you know I carried my Blockbuster card in my wallet for years. Suddenly I feel bad I tossed it out.
This awesome bro!!! Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I actually thought they all were gone for good. I'm going to share this in this vintage retail group I belong to. They definitely will appreciate this video.
My wife and I were just talking about good ole Blockbuster about a week ago. Lol
I remember when VHS tapes were still to rent. There is a Family Video here in Worthington Ohio. Also our public library has movies to check out..CD size of course. Not all movies I watch are even on Amazon but my library has most of them. And its free!🐱
Before you get to nostalgic about Blockbuster Video , allow me to give you a little history lesson. Back in the mid-1980s independent video stores started showing up, I'd say around 1984. They started to pick up steam as more and more people got home VCRs. In 1987, they really peaked. So much so, that the indoor theater chains and drive-in theaters really started to have financial problems because of it. People were staying home and watching movies and not going out to see a new movie. At any rate, in the 1990s we started seeing more and more Blockbuster videos stores and the independent video stores began closing up at a pretty incredible rate. Once Blockbuster Video became a monopoly, and that's essentially what they were, they turned into the biggest bunch of assholes you ever saw. They would charge you for an extra day if it was 2 minutes after midnight or even if it wasn't. They had all kinds of silly fees, etc. It got so bad, that many people stopped renting videos altogether and just started buying them out right instead of having to deal with these people. I do not feel sorry for them at all. What goes around comes around and Blockbuster Video got exactly what it deserved, bankruptcy. Goodbye and good riddance.
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I have no nostalgia for Blockbuster either.
I no longer had any reason to rent from them, once used movies could be bought outright for the same price or slightly more elsewhere.
BEAUTIFUL. Some of us used to them Every SINGLE DAY! When you walked in I was speechless
I'm 63, it was a blip on the radar.
What I remember most about Blockbuster was always paying late fees. I always brought them back late, But it was fun going there with friends and family and picking up movies. I enjoyed that.
I paid a couple of late fees, and then completely stopped renting from Blockbuster because of it.
Heavy nostalgia for sure!
I definitely felt a huge wave of nostalgia when you walked into that store. Looks just like the one that was in my city. I really miss renting movies. 😞
The only difference is that it's DVDs and back in the day it was VHS
And now it’s blue ray and 4K blue ray. They just debuted 8K blue ray
Great video! I'm only 32, but I remember when it was all independent movie stores in my hometown. Blockbuster put them all out of business...
Blockbuster and Hollywood Video are such a part of my childhood.
Thanks for the experience! Brings back so many memories!
Man. Thank you for the last time experiencing this. This touches my heart because for many this was a spot my family would go and get movies and if i was lucky a game too on the weekends. Even small memories like these go long ways
I remember discovering all the documentary and science videos back in the 80s and 90s. Also saw the introduction of laserdiscs and dvds into the store that mostly rented vhs tapes.
Blockbuster had everything
But not Netflix
"Blockbuster had everything"
No.
I went there to see if they had a specific movie, and they did not.
@@shawbros if you say so did you look it up yourself
@@h22sparkle
Back when this happened, there was no "look it up yourself", you could only have them look it up, and they said no, they did not carry it.
Ahh yes I remember my blockbuster that I used to live 15 minutes away… the good memories I had there );
Blockbuster paved the way for the demand of internet movies. So really, blockbuster created its own demise . . .
Their stores had a certain smell that I could inhale during this video.
I know exactly what you're talking about. Still smelled the same in there.
Mobile Instinct that's cool that it had the same smell.
Particle board and vinyl from the racks and counters, vocs from movie cases.
Oh no!!! Does that mean we CAN still return old VHS’s?!?!
Askin for a friend.....
Awesome video. Wow so many sweet memories. Thanks for sharing! Wish those days were here again. So much excitement and fun going to this place to get that DVD. I still have the membership card from the one in Queens NY.
Im 55 and back in my younger year's grab my VCR and me and the buddies on the week ends, and watch movies all weekend the VHS types OMFG Im getting old !
Im so happy i got to experience this awesome feeling going to the local blockbuster and rent movies
The BB in Erie, PA was outside in the Mall Concourse area. I remember climbing endless concrete stairs with a railing, to get to the front door. Having CP as I do, it was not fun. So while I miss the store, I don't miss the climb. It was a fun place to go. You could also order and buy movies / TV shows there. I got some of my Dark Shadows tapes back in the day from them.
I live in Western Australia and went to the last blockbuster in Australia which wasnt to far from where i lived. When they announced they were closing i went and purchased blockbuster assets such as the massive signs you would see on top of the DVD stands and a few other little nic naks. Glad one is still around.
I rember all three locations in my home town and going to rent a video when I was staying overnight at my mom's house
Who could forget this incredible experience...of coming to a Blockbuster, on a Friday night or Saturday night, and renting a movie, with friends or with a date...or _no_ _one?_ 😳😟😦😢😭
So, I've been following your channel since before you publicly showed your Subscriber count, and I LOVE this video!
I worked for the "Big 3" in my youth. Movie Gallery (VHS), then Hollywood Video (VHS), then Blockbuster (VHS/DVD transition). This brings back a lot of memories. And back then, to be honest, Viacom Video (ahem, sorry, BLOCKBUSTER Video) was my least favorite, very corporate, but at this stage in my life this brings back tremendous nostalgia and there were certainly a lot of positives to be taken from working there. Warms my heart to see one still in operation and I hope that continues for quite some time.
While digital media has generally spelled the end of the video store and offers myriad benefits over the "old way", there is still something to be said about the experience of perusing the aisles at a video store, holding physical copies in hand. Can you believe Blockbuster passed up the chance to buy Netflix for chump change a number of years ago???!!!
From what I understand, there is still one rental chain that is doing quite well: Family Video. Kudos to them. They're smart business people, particularly from a real-estate standpoint, in that they understood it would be best to OWN their store's properties instead of being caught in a crippling lease. It has paid dividends for them.
Video stores
I use to love that store back in the day. Sometimes I miss it. When all of those stores closed they should have donated all of those movies or sold them or given them away. Rest In Peace Blockbuster.