Excellent piece. I watched the documentary about this store and enjoyed it. My memories are also of independent stores more that Blockbuster. The only Blockbuster near where I grew up was in the next town over and we didn't start going there until I was in my last years of high school. My best memory of Blockbuster was from a family vaca…
Excellent piece. I watched the documentary about this store and enjoyed it. My memories are also of independent stores more that Blockbuster. The only Blockbuster near where I grew up was in the next town over and we didn't start going there until I was in my last years of high school. My best memory of Blockbuster was from a family vacation in Hilton Head SC. My mother rented a condo from a friend and it was fully furnished including a TV and VCR. While we were there for a week a good way to keep my brother and I occupied (instead of begging to play miniature golf or go to the arcade EVERY night) was to rent a couple movies. I think the people who we rented from had a membership that renters could use. We rented Harlem Nights, I know for sure and I think Cacoon (not entirely sure). It was an excellent vacation, and I have some great memories of it, partially thanks to Blockbuster.
Excellent piece. I watched the documentary about this store and enjoyed it. My memories are also of independent stores more that Blockbuster. The only Blockbuster near where I grew up was in the next town over and we didn't start going there until I was in my last years of high school. My best memory of Blockbuster was from a family vacation in Hilton Head SC. My mother rented a condo from a friend and it was fully furnished including a TV and VCR. While we were there for a week a good way to keep my brother and I occupied (instead of begging to play miniature golf or go to the arcade EVERY night) was to rent a couple movies. I think the people who we rented from had a membership that renters could use. We rented Harlem Nights, I know for sure and I think Cacoon (not entirely sure). It was an excellent vacation, and I have some great memories of it, partially thanks to Blockbuster.
Great memory! I hadn't thought about the few times we rented videos on vacation. Getting to explore an exotic video store was a gift.