Video Store Memories with James Rolfe & Mike Matei - Cinemassacre.com
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- James Rolfe, Mike Matei and a special guest get together to talk about their memories of going to video rental stores.
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Picking up a pizza and bringing home a VHS rental was one of life's magnanimous treats.
I loved that and when dvds came out getting Blockbuster popcorn and like 3 movies. I miss those days so badly. Streaming is great but the feeling of renting a movie in the store was an experience you can not replace.
When he said that it hit me in the nostalgias
I hated making decisions whether I should get "Ernest goes to the beach" and "Ernest does not go to the beach"
Magic Mike
Hahahaha
Family guy
This video made me sentimental for the days of going to a Video Store. My love for film came from going to Blockbuster, and discovering a Godzilla movie. It was when I rented the DVD “Godzilla: Tokyo SOS”, and saw behind the scenes of the movie, was when I knew my passion for the art of filmmaking began. I have to thank Blockbuster for my discovery of Godzilla and filmmaking as a whole.
Thats awesome!
We still have ours and I still 7se it more than Netflix
SILENCE CHECKMARK 🙄
@@BleachDemon707 and that’s a problem, because?
Movie companies really poured a lot of love into the VHS covers in those days. Sometimes I feel like buying VHS tapes just for the art.
SeekerLancer I know the feeling. VHS cover art and poster art was a lot more creative in those days, IMO.
There's an artist that creates VHS box cover art for new movies. Really cool stuff.
@@Psilocybin77 Who is it?
@@YellowpowR if you look up steel berg vhs art you can see his stuff on Instagram or other sites have showcased his work
@@Psilocybin77
You need to tell us who, man.
Really dug this video...I'm the manager of a independently owned video/record store in greenville, nc. We've been in business for 27 years and we're a staple of the town. the past few years have been tough for us on the video rental side of the store. RedBox is probably our biggest competition. Seems like there's one on every corner...but we've managed to hang in there thanks to guys like you who would rather experience a video store instead of a vending machine. Same goes for the music side of the store. Most of what we sell is new vinyl records. Anyways, big fan of all the Cinemassacre projects and i just wanted to say that i really appreciated this video. peace brothers.
i wish i could live in James' house and pretend I'm perpetually stuck in the 90's. sigh.... nostalgia...
These 3 work so much better than the Screensaver guys cuz these guys are actually friends
The OG trio. I miss this Cinemassacre. I hope we can get some sort of reunion or something.
OG trio? When was Kyle on Cinemasscre?
@@JIF882 when he played the AVGN theme from behind the couch and every now and then showed up as a character
@@Sagevil but he wasn't an original
My dad rented a VCR and the day we returned it he said "im buying one NOW!" Lol he was in love. Love you Dad, miss you everyday
Nothing like going to Hollywood Video -- or any local video place -- and browsing the Horror VHS section. They always had the best covers and would sometimes trick you into renting a shitty movie because the cover and back looked good.
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I worked at a Hollywood Video back in the early 2000s. I used to recommend horror movies to underage cuties. Those were the days...
@@XykuJoxa I was 22. And also, fuck you.
Yeah, but it wasn't actually funny or fun when you realised the film you rented was crap. Your evening was just tinged with a sense of disappointment.
@@otterno.1128 Zombie Lake wasn't that bad
I still have a video store, it's teamed up with Marco's Pizza which is next door. Still stays in business.
+RandomQuentin Family Video, right?
wallbie WTF yeah
RandomQuentin where i live we had a rental video store that closed the last year but it didn't have any hd movie, just DVD and that's bullshit, i don't wanna watch SD movies ....
In italy i've never seen a video store that actually rented games...
I have one too, in Wichita
Same here, I visit from time to time
In the end, where James said, that's what I do best is taking you back to the past, I have to agree fellas, James, Mike, thanks for doing that, I am so glad that you guys put these video's up because it takes me back, and i have the same passion as you guys. Exact same, and it is hard for me to find people that share that enthusiasm. I want to thank you guys for what you do.
I miss working at Blockbuster, and miss it even more knowing so many other people miss going there.
The power of nostalgia has brought back a lot of things over time, so I honestly think video stores could make a comeback someday. We have retro video game stores, so why not retro video stores? One can only hope.
This used to be a big part of my childhood. While everything is so convenient now, nothing can beat the pleasure of going into a video store (to rent or to buy) almost every day after school and spending hours and hours looking at the boxes and reading synopsis at the back. And the feeling of being pissed off after you rented a totally shitty movie because you couldn't watch the trailer first.
Netflix is convenient but I rarely ever find something that I'd like to watch. And if you don't have internet, you can't watch it anyway.
I upvoted you, 'cause I feel your pain. But I have to say: your on the internet. That's kind of meta. It's messed up to assume everyone had internet. You're posting this on the 'net. If you didn't have the internet, you couldn't post that we should account for the peeps not on the net. Which we won't do. Cause we're on the net...
Why does everything smell like burnt pennies?
You even don't have to use Netflix... If you have Internet, you also have access to the UseNet... ;)
Exactly
Adrianna H. Thanks for pointing out what sucks about Netflix! I just don't even bother with it!
The physicality of it all. Seeing, feeling, touching the movie cases, taking your time sauntering down the alleys. Either biking to the nearest small independent video store or try to get mom or dad to drive you to the slightly further but larger chain video store get yourself a game and a few movies..ah, those were the days. Another unmentioned bonus of this phenomenon was that that wall of new movies eventually became old movies that found themselves in the sale bins for a paltry price. By such means did many of us acquire some of our favorite VHS tapes, dvd and games.
I was lucky enough to be old enough to experience video stores in the early 2000s and bringing home 2 or 3 movies and watching them all night with family eatting popcorn and too many sugary drinks. I'm 30 now.
Before Blockbuster came to town, there was Erol's Video. But forget about the movies - they had NES GAMES.
I remember riding in the car with fingers crossed on both hands just PRAYING that the one beautiful, shiny gold copy of a little game called The Legend Of Zelda that they had would be there waiting on the shelf. I remember the sheer euphoria of standing there with that gold cart in my hand, my parents signing it out and riding home knowing that it was going to be a good weekend.
James and Mike are correct - there is something lost in not being able to visit a physical store.
Here's to the old days. *raises glass*
I'm the same way, I still love buying CDs if rather have a physical copy of the cd.
Me too. There's still something satisfying about pulling the book out of the CD case, and reading it while the music plays.
The thicker the book, the better the CD.
Jerk!
David Murauski problem is cds skip like hell
If they get scratched enough. It's not a problem if you take care of them
Same. I have 140 cd's and I still never know what to listen to XD
The fact that I live in a smaller town is what keeps our local family video alive. A lot of people here don't have a reliable internet connection (many folks still use dial up). Even though I have a great internet connection and a Netflix account I still go to the video store and rent DVDs with my fiance and family because of one the nostalgia and two its just a fun thing, renting a movie and bringing home some take out and popping popcorn, what can I say I'm a man of simple pleasures.
I'm 15 and probably the last generation who had *ANY* memory of a video store. I actually remember fooling around at my local Blockbuster when I was 4 or 5 with my parents. We still have our membership card.
same Im 16 and I miss blockbuster because I like getting dvd or video game playing or watching.
Same
+The Captain i remember getting my sega genesis games
I'm 15 and I remember the last blockbuster movie I rented was The Hulk (2004)
+Squad Reacts 2003
I'm only 19 and I remember renting movies and games well. In fact you can still rent videos where I live although the market has been crushed by the advent of Netflix.
The video stores I remember would be Blockbuster and Movie Gallery also I would rent movies at the grocery store
ChipHazard007 In Ireland we had Xtra-Vison. They're all but gone now though.
It seems like when Redbox came around video stores started going out of business
Only experience ive had was going to blockbuster
This made me a bit nostalgic. I'm a bit younger than you guys, but I do remember renting VHS and DVD movies as well as N64 and PS2 games. I remember getting stuck when renting Final Fantasy X, and I was so pissed that I had to return it before I could beat it. I ended up buying it.
My parents owned a small "mom and pop" rental store in rural California. Nothing beats the anticipation for Friday night, going after school and hoping against hope that the new flick you want to see is in (or if you were in good with the powers that be, you would reserve it)!!! This takes me back. Thanks James!
You guys forgot to mention what a pain it was to get home and have to REWIND all your rented tapes haha
*In nerd voice*
Well, (snort) I had a dedicated video rewinder.
*In serious voice
Yeah... that was a real thing that I owned.
I used to rent films, watch them and then rewind them to a crucial spoiler point in the movie in the hope that the next person would pop the tape in without checking it and get the movie partially ruined for them. I imagined them being like, 'Ah! Fight Club! I've been waiting months to see this..........................................awww son of a bitch!'
Brian In Fingal thts fucked up
it's always cool to have videos with Kyle and Mike in them. always cool to see more Kyle
James, Mike and Kyle. This is too damn beautiful y'all.
The holy trinity
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if you guys don't know yet, Corpse fucking art is a documentary about Jorg Buttgerreit's movies, he was a horror director. So there you go, now you know
I grew up in the 90s, the sunset years of the video store. Just looking at videos like this send me into nostalgia meltdown. I think I still even have my Blockbuster membership card somewhere before it closed down entirely around here.
CrazyBlackDragon The 90s? They were the hayday, not the sunset. I still had a Family Video near me open and running in 2009.
@@MyOnlyFarph The hayday was the days of mom and pop non-chain video shops.Before Blockbuster , Family Video ,Hollywood Video and other chains ruined that.
I miss the good ol' VHS days...we used to have a video store when I was younger,but now the place has been replaced by a pizzeria.I like DVDs a lot as well since I prefer to have a physical copy of a movie or music CD in my hands to look at the pictures and everything.Sure,buying songs on iTunes is nice and convenient,but still.I don't like the fact that everything's going digital.
Could be worse, your video store could have been replaced by a gym.
The industry went to digital to save space, make exact copies, because VHS are huge to carry and stuff(I don't want to go to far). It's the same thing for vinyls. It's a big debate, because you loose so much quality when going to digital and that's the worst thing. If you buy a film from the internet; you loose quality. If you buy a song from iTunes, you loose quality because of their "AAC" format. Just to prove you my point; take a song from a CD you have, convert that song in mp3 using a program or on the net. If you pay close attention, you will hear the lost in audio quality (on mp3).
Mrs. Yellow_Ledbetter I agree with you but even the physical copies of video games now in days doesn't even include a manual just a website to go to in most cases. every once in awhile by a game in there still that manual in there but more times than not it will just be sheets of paper with advertisements on it or the download codes for something never a manual. :-(
***** MovieStop have VHS
***** I remember a blockbuster that my family kinda used to go to to rent a movie. Now it has been replaced with a Gym I think.
Wow. I remember going to Blockbuster to rent videos, and occasionally games (though not often), then go home, have some McDonalds or something (when it was good lol), watched the movie, then went up to my room to play Metroid or The Legend Of Zelda (both NES).
Man. Now I want to do a retro weekend, where everything I watch or every game I play is from that time.
I'm doing that.
yeah, same here
I do that at least once a month.
Captain Comics yeah I've decide to adopt that as well. Not sure when I'll be doing it yet, but it'll likely be on a weekend.
My Everyday Life McDonald's is still good!
James Greek I suppose it's not too bad these days lol
working at Blockbuster was truly a wonderful experience, I always come back to this video because I feel like I'm chatting with my nostalgic pals. Love it.
Video stores were a huge part of my childhood. It was like a reward we got once a week for doing chores and things. There are two mom and pop video stores still open in the area I live in now. Going inside is like taking a trip back into the 90s.
I have so many memories of video stores, I used to love how they had TV's in the corners playing trailers for new releases, created this pretty cool ambience. I even remember how they smelled (which is pretty weird, I know). The standees & all that great stuff. Something that I feel sad that kids today will never experience. I also remember my parents not liking me renting new releases cause they'd have to return it the next day again. Hah, takes me back man.
Well over 90% of Gen Z-ers will never know the magic we Millennials and younger Gen X-ers experienced in “the video store”.
I don't call it magic. I have less than positive memories of video stores. The places often seemed filthy, they usually didn't have what we were looking for, and the people who ran the stores were often rude. I remember getting yelled at when I was 8 just for bumping into a Batman cardboard cutout display.
So much nostalgia. Reminds me of having friends over, picking out cheesy action movies, and eating pizza. As much as I love the convenience of Netflix, and the quality of Blu-ray, I REALLY miss this experience.
Video stores need to make a comeback. If I want to just get up and rent a movie, Red Box is my only option, and they pretty much only have new releases. I remember going into Block Buster as a kid, and renting older movies.
+CurtisAlfeld me too, i would actually never go for the new releases, during my summer break i would rent 2 older movies every week
+CurtisAlfeld Not to mention, Video Stores aren't like Netflix where a certain movie or show was available for a certain amount of time, but with Video Stores, their always there unless they're being rented.
+CurtisAlfeld I'd take something like a Long's Drugs if I could now. Rent a movie for a dollar a day.
+CurtisAlfeld It was only about 10 years ago that video stores were still popular.
+CurtisAlfeld I'm lucky enough to still have a Family Video within walking distance. Their rent prices can range from the usual 3.40 for a new release to 2 for a dollar for the more obscure ones,
From 15 to 18 years old I worked in a video store.
Living in Australia we only just got Netflix so for us Video stores were our bread and butter
Video rental places were common around u until just a month ago? Lol
Ryan Bunce maybe a year ago, but a few still existed scattered around. We had those red box things but I never knew anyone to use them
***** same I still have American Netflix because the catalogue is better
SensiofRabbitude that's why torrenting is so popular in Oz because we don't have the great Internet speed like the US
I really wish this was recorded with a vintage RCA or Handycam. Then I would've really felt nostalgic lol.
Proud to say I live in a town in upstate NY where we have had the same video store for close to 25 years. I rented all my games and movies here until high speed internet came along. I still go to support it as much as I can. It's a priceless gem in my opinion. i love browsing all his old wrestling ppv's and horror films. Long live Video Korner II !!!
The smell. The video store smell. Loved it.
Still my favorite Cinemassacre video.
There's still one great video store around where I live called Pic-a-Flick (perhaps not the greatest connotation, but, whatever). It's one of the places where there's not enough space to show all the movies facing forward, so there're just millions of the things crammed into the shelves like a library, complete with comprehensive collections of the cheesiest horror/sci-fi/martial arts movies in existence. I chose one at random and it turned out to be a Chuck Norris action flick where he beats up a terrorist invasion. Awesome crap.
Kknm
You like Tesla?
You're from Victoria? I know pic-a-flick
Yes, Mr. Norman Swan.
We had a chain of PIC-A-FLICK video stores in S.C. Spent hours a week renting from there.
Here in New Mexico, we have Hasting's, which is still going strong, somehow - my favorite local places growing up were the video library in Santa Fe, and video visions in Albuquerque - great places to get anime. This video took me back.
when something is just instantly accessible it really does take that special magic out of the whole thing, like these guys are saying, going to the video store and spending time deciding what to get and perhaps getting a takeaway and heading home to watch it, it probably doesn't sound like much now but that was exciting! :), even the little things like getting a demo disk on the front of your games magazine and playing it over and over again, you just appreciated it because that was all you had, you couldn't just download anything you wanted. whereas now it all instant, games and movies, and that's cool, I have an emulator on my computer to play PS1 classics, a steam account, and just go onto putlocker to watch anything i like, but today's generation will never know what it was like to simply put a video into a VHS player and press play.
aaahhh the good ol days :)
I think it's trippy that James still has his old blockbuster card xD Remember James, there's a fine line between 'collector' and 'hoarder' :p
You wouldn't keep yours?
2000 kids: What the fuck is a laser disc?
MrPlasticScrewdriver kids nowadays: the fuck is a VHS?
I was born in 94, but I've never actually seen one as far as I know
It was always a special weekend. When that metal briefcase holding a rented VCR came home.
i'm 13 and it saddens me how every thing is all done digitally because I can never have that same nostalgic feel of the VHS video store. I genuinely am interested in the 80's and 90's were everything wasnt as convenient .
darkmatter 999 80s and 90s were a BLAST. Believe me. Best era ever.
+darkmatter 999 Yo man same here.
13 ? Oh shit. You missed out on some of the best times to be alive... not that it's your fault tho lol
Sure ya are 🙄
I used to love going to Hollywood video or blockbuster to rent movies or games. The good ol days :)
That not rewinding fee on the VHS was a bitch though....
Thanks for keeping this history alive for the next group. My son is 15 and he loves your show. Especially the ones that show your collection.
Kids 20+ years from now are gonna be like " I miss redboxes" pfft!
Metafron I miss grammar.
Jeremy Rasmusson You do? Kind of a weird thing to miss but whateva!
Jeremy Rasmusson Haha. You aren't being very specific on why you miss grammar. So no, I don't give no fucks, sir.
"'I miss redboxes' pfft!"
Your mistake, sir, was not putting a period before you said "pfft" and you must uppercase the P in Pfft!
*COPYRIGHT I'M ACTING LIKE YOUR MOM LOL*
Jeremy Rasmusson That's fine and dandy, but you still haven't told me why you miss grammar.
One thing not mentioned was how much VHS owners relied on the rental market because the cost to own a VHS tape was crazy, like $75-$80. At some point they became relatively cheaper but owning a decent library of VHS tapes wasn't widely affordable until at least the late '80s early '90s.
This channel's goal is Take As to the past,and they did it.
Bravo
Take as to the past?🙄
I used to work in several video stores when I was in college in the mid nineties, best job I ever had. Parents would come in with their kids, couples would come in and rent all the new releases to take home for their night in. It was a huge ritual for many people back then. All the video stores I worked in have long since closed down. Just this past Christmas I was sitting in one of them with some friends and it is now a fucking fast food place. We had a great time pointing around and sharing stories about our beloved video store that existed their 10 years previously.
Netflix has like no movies. I miss blockbuster. In my area, they teared it down a while ago.
the one in my area got turned into a pawn shop
Netflix is like having a bargain bin at Walmart at the touch of your fingertips. Except worse.
That’s why Hulu and Prime Video is way better than Netflix when streaming films. Prime Video is technically a video store but digitally.
Yeah, rental stores are basically gone now but I miss those days. After a long week of school me and my mom would usually go to Hollywood Video or Blockbuster and rent movies and prepare to watch some all weekend, or renting videos to watch with your friends too (especially horror movies) Those were the days, glad I grew up in the 90's.
Search up family video there might be one near you that you could go to it's one of the only video stores I know that's still around
I don't think weekends have ever been quite the same as they were in the 80's and 90's. You had video stores, you had friends (who either now moved away or work hours where you rarely see them.) who you would play video games or street hockey. You may still have some arcades (In western PA there was still a few around up till 2005). Things came out slower or distributed weird in different regions. Now a days you can anything you want instantly and that nice but it's too easy. I liked when had really hunt for a game or movie I wanted. And then you had Saturday night wrestling, Mystery Science Theater (91-95 comedy central) and SNL (Dana Carvey, Phil Hartman, Chris Farley etc.)
Anyone got a time machine yet? Think I would want to take a day trip.
but wouldn't u be alot older than ur friends then? i mean u wanna go back to the 80's right?
The Gom Gom Boy The 80's were awesome, we had very good toys, video games, board games, the best movies came out (like Aliens, Predator and tons more) some good music came about (U2, Green Day, Nirvana, etc) and of course video stores were awesome, much more of a selection then a Redbox.
Yeah man, growing up in the 80's and 90's was awesome indeed. Would love to take a trip back to reminisce.
It wasn't all that great. As always, the best thing was probably that you were just a little kid at the time. On the other hand, it's probably true that entertainment comes to us a little too easy nowadays, although I don't miss only having two channels on a rainy day or waiting to rent/buy a movie or game, only to find out that it sucked. Horribly.
You can't physically go back to the 80s and 90s and ride your bike around, but if you want a dose of 80s/90s pop culture, straight from the time, can I suggest you go check out Google's Usenet Archive, as that thing has user postings dating back to the early 80s. You have discussions on there about the release of the Gameboy, Back to the Future, breaking news on the death of Kurt Cobain etc. It's a bit of a trip.
I love how convenient steaming is with anything you could imagine at your fingertips. Old TV shows, movies etc as well as all the newest releases. I do miss the excitement of going to the video store though and discovering movies there.
I remember the video store that was in my town but now it's a laundromat
What's a conversation like this going to look like in 20 years. "Remember Netflix, remember actually having to go to a website and click on stuff to watch a trailer... now we get propaganda direct to our brains... more convenient but you kinda lose something"
propaganda. lol
Remember watching things on a physical screen? Now everyone is just telepathically linked to the media... fuck.
Omg, this is so...I don't know how to explain it, but it's like shocking and sad. The hole going into our nostalgic past and remembering these video stores and the way how James and the rest explain all the qualities of what video stores had to offer like looking at the cover art of a vhs and video game was exciting and wanted to make you rent it. I remember I would always go and rent movies and video games at blockbuster In my hometown Monrovia, now that I drive by there, it is gone and turned in to some sort of spa treatment place. :( I also remember when I was a kid going in there with my mom and sister, me and my sis would play with the other kids in the playhouse they had in the store and there was a movie playing for kids to watch, and for some reason I also remember an inflatable Godzilla decoration hanging from the ceiling. But I guess it is convenient to have all your movies on Netflix with a one time payment a month, but its like technology is making us lazier or something and spoiled. I love how James shares these old aspects of the past and brings out the best qualities of them. I felt the same way when James shared "the Dragon in my dreams" video, it was so touching. I literally felt like tearing up. James is so creative and imaginative I wish I knew him as a kid and got to experience all his cool adventures.
***** i didn't know you went back that far Awesome!!! stuff
yea, i remember all that too well. lol
I miss working at a video store. I used to get stoned and watch movies all day while sitting on the counter. Sadly, the days of brick and mortar video stores are over.
It was always fun to interact with the customers and talk about movies, and recommend ones they might like. We had an employee picks section that my customers sweared by. I used to update it once a week.
Dude, I worked at a mom and pop video store in a small Wisconsin town, from 97-99. Great times!! I too did nothing but get high and watch movies.
I never knew anyone with a laser disc player, the only time I've ever actually seen one is educational stuff in grade school.
mattorama Yeah, the only experience I ever had with laser disc was at school watching some science program called 3 2 1 Contact
I might have the exact same experience. The only time I saw a laser disc was in 7th grade science class and I can't remember for the life of me what it was. The science teacher wasn't the fun type so I'm sure it was educational, probably the same one you saw.
+mattorama I've still never seen one in real life. For everyone I know, it was VHS right up until DVDs took over.
And now the ipods have taken over like scary movie 4 and the simpsons predicted except now they have speaker phones, apps and internet too...
Kyle is always behind Jame`s furniture...
Ah yes, I remember Movie Gallery back then. We'd rent DVDs from there all the time. I remember seeing PS2 and Xbox games there, but they never captivated my interest, not like they do now.
bunkers8399 Have fond memories of Movie Gallery myself, it was in a local Wal-Mart, iirc. I used to see some pretty cool obscure stuff there, that I'm sorry I didn't bother to rent.
There was a Movie gallery in my area and movies I remember renting are Bruce Almighty (new at the time), Pee-wee's big adventure, Beavis and Butthead do America and Friday the 13th as far as games go I would usually rent GTA 3
thank you James and Mike. really miss these days.
Back when we went to video rental stores, we were participating in society - a social urban space, with other people. We are more than just nostalgic for these lost spaces; they were essential social experiences, discoveries of new ideas and interactions with other people. Both we and the urban landscape have suffered in the technological march of the marketplace; we are now less socialised, since it's possible to do most of your shopping now without having to leave your home. All that's left of the intimacy of the urban landscape is eating out, and I'm sure if we could get food on demand, piped through our computers, the major food companies would have pushed for that already.
I'd say that for 90 percent of the people who ever went to a video store, the height of their social interaction in the place was picking out what they wanted, exchanging a brief pleasantry with the person behind the counter and then handing over the money.
We can it’s called grub hub lol
I shit you not, there was a commercial for it.
I think you’re romanticizing a little too much there...
I still have my Blockbuster Card too, i didn't have the heart to throw it out, after I made the mistake with another one I had.
Holy fuck, Kyle! Scared the shit outta me.
I like the idea that Kyle stays crouched down there 24/7, waiting eagerly for James to use him in something.
Not only is this video a great way to delve back into yesteryear, but it was also a chance for James to show off his VHS collection, heh. Nice.
Where I live there's video stores everywhere I'm so lucky
Messy where do you live?
James Greek United States
Messy I know but where in the United States
Messy I live in the states too but I live in Alabama
James Greek michigan
I miss video stores, too...
CURSE YOU, INTERNET!
What's wrong with the Internet? Is it evil to you or something? O_o
Briana Haynes The Internet killed video stores.
Well, I don't find it evil to me.
Yakko Warner And video killed the radio star.
Video killed the Radiostore and Internet killed the Videostore...
To this day, "Netflix" still sounds like a snack like nuts. Also, I've never used it, and don't plan to use it anytime soon. I've bought movies and games on Amazon and Ebay, but always borrowed movies from the libraries.
Great memories are from the video store! A lost experience for new generations, I feel fortunate, thanks for this video guys! :)
were i lived we had hollywood video plus game crazy
more on that hollywood video had new AND classics ans well as tv eps on VHS.Game crazy if i remember had from gamecube and were i first saw my crush to the newest of that time. now instead of game crazy theres Oogie games were my crush now works
Arthur .Kirkland how old are you? How old is your "crush"?
haha i could never happen i can only dream of him 17 he's in his 30's i can still fantasize
y do u ask
You seem too young to remember VHS tapes, because you to refer to people as your crush. I'm not trying to piss you off. Is he married?
i don't think so. and yea i remember VHS. my family didn't get a DVD player till 04 same year i got a gamecube
(year 2025) remember a time before movies were injected directly into our brains?
one of my fondest memories as a kid was renting the same super mario bros super show vhs probably 10 times at Easy Video in Jersey. good times
+BTMI mexiclamationpoint Hey Piezanos! It's the Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
I used to watch that a lot, had quite a few VHS tapes for it, mostly for the fact that I'm a gamer and wanted to see the show and the Legend of Zelda one that came on them every so often.
I used to watched this show, I usually taped most of the episodes of the "Super Mario Bros. Super Show" off of TV, and I did taped over a long time ago.
I wish I still had blockbuster there is only one video rental store it's called family video but I still love block buster.
Yeah same here, we just have a Family Video store. At least it is a physical rental place.
yokojon123 do they have blu ray movies?
I was in the adult section of my family video the other day.
Tecnovlog Mine sure does.
I really miss those days.....I remember as a kid the feeling I got walking into the store and looking at all the video games.
Corpse Fucking art is apparently what inspired Human Centipede. The fact it was directed by Jorg Buttgereit amkes me never want ti touch it.
Here in mexico, we still have blockbuster
I like Netflix for the sake of convience, but having a physical copy of whatever kicks ass.
Video stores were the best thing ever, working at one and going to one. I miss it so much.
If I'm gonna have a physical copy of an album, I'd rather have it on vinyl than CD if possible.
CD sounds best!
+juntartful yea if you have a substandard hi fi with a cheap needle or scratched vinyl... tape is actually really high quality but like vinyl, maintenance is required, cleaning the heads, demagnetization and actually looking after it etc. the reasob why vinyl and tape are higher quality is because unlike cd and mp3 , it is the actual sound wave thats recorded (analog) not a computer reprisentation (digital) sadly ineducated people can't be bothered with that and people in general are dumb - like when they buy a stereo they buy the one that has lots of flashing lights that could land a plane and says words like 20000 Watts... the difference between 3 Watts and 10 is huge, but the difference between 10 and 100 is not hardly... I suppose you think mp3 is hi quality? it's useful for archiving but so compressed ! so there's an education for ya!
Order Of Magnitude - The Paranormal & Personal man I haven't had a stereo in years. I never had vinyl but still have some tapes. sound definitely is better. I would take cds sound over mp3 though way too compressed.
With CD, you can have it digitally too, though
RIP Kyle :(
rip kyle
He didn't die
Them talking about red box like its something they herd about is crazy
Remember renting a movie and copying it?
I wonder....
How much are James video and gamecollection cost and how much is the realtime value of it all if he one day say "Im selling it all!" ?(not that I think he will)
Also how did he get his hands on it all?
Saving his whole life? Running on fleemarkets? Or are he insanly rich?
This is no critic. I love his videos and Im jeallous of some of the gems in there.
I just want to know how much all that stuff has costed both with the time to get it all and the worth of it all.....
It's been built up slowly over the years, plus fans donate stuff all the time as well
He's been collecting since he was a kid, so give or take 25 years or so. Also, he gets a ton of donations from fans. It would be hard to pinpoint an actual value on his overall collection but its definitely big enough that he probably has to take out extra insurance on it.
13:40 omg earnest scared stupid, must have watched that a million times when i was like 7
this video brought back my childhood and early teens. great video thanks james :)
In soviet Russia, Video Store rents you.
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Screw Blockbuster. They came in and knocked out all the Mom and Pop video stores and required you to have a credit card to be able open an account and rent anything (at least in the mid 90s when they came into our town). They suck and good riddance. I miss the video store, but not Blockbuster.
exactly.
This! I miss all the little mom and pop video stores!
They had an opportunity to invest in Netflix actually when Netflix was starting out and said no.
drexler902374 hehe karma came back to pay blockbuster because they were like the GameStop of movies. Big corporation only. Too bad Netflix or amazon don't have some foreign films we used to find at the small stores
drexler902374 west coast video was awesome. they went out in my town long before blockbuster though. one is a tanning salon now the other is a laundromat.
10:50 Kyle, stay off the drugs....
A nostalgic memory..every weekend going to Fred's video with my mom to rent a Nintendo game...damnit those were the good old days.
Feel like pure shit, just want Kyle back
I always thought going to the video store was fun. I guess I just like leaving my house to do stuff. Convenience is sedentary so I don't really like it.
Jontron brought me here
This makes me feel old. I'm only twenty!!!! But I remember renting vhs's from the local gas station, blockbuster, and the library. I used to rent old haryhausen films when I was little, like Clash of the Titans or the Seventh Voyage of Sinbad!