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[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

To continue your analogy, the place didn’t have the Mansquitos, it was nothing but the tent pole movies.

The mom and pop shops that Blockbuster drove out of business had all the unusual and hard to find stuff.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I was mad when they got rid of our local Video Zone. That place had the best ridiculous horror movies. Blockbuster had only the most middle of the road bullshit.