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https://blockbuster.com The site is up and it just updated to this:  Why the gently caress is someone reviving Blockbuster in tyol 2023
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Mar 21, 2023 01:04
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Everything old is new again op
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Mar 21, 2023 01:05
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I hope there's functionality for N64 pokemon snap
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Mar 21, 2023 01:06
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Wake me when they rebrand as Nutbusters.
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Mar 21, 2023 01:07
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maybe it'll be a service where you can get dvds right in the mail!
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Mar 21, 2023 01:12
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New business model: revive the company and hire thugs to collect decades old late fees with interest.
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Mar 21, 2023 01:18
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now for Limp Bizkit to make announce a reunion tour and my 90s nostalgia prayers will have been answered
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Mar 21, 2023 01:23
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They better let me use the same membership id, I am not memorizing another one.
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Mar 21, 2023 01:24
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Lol no matter what they are selling they will make bank off of idiot millennials, I bet they will sell avocado toast and caramel macchiatos
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Mar 21, 2023 01:25
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Nooner posted:Lol no matter what they are selling they will make bank off of idiot millennials, I bet they will sell avocado toast and caramel macchiatos watch they're gonna sell what amount to cable subscription packages
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Mar 21, 2023 01:27
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Why is mine different Haha get it?? Be kind - rewind. Remember winding things? Then rewinding them. And if you didn't you got a fee cause they had to take the time to rewind it. I wonder if you get some kind of credit or something for still having your blockbuster card. Loyalty discount?
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Mar 21, 2023 01:27
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Why do I need Blockbuster to press the rewind button on my Roku remote for me?
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Mar 21, 2023 01:29
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Dixville posted:
Yeah we had a separate rewinding machine that did it like 5-10 times faster than the VCR. Also, why does someone owning a domain name mean that Blockbuster is coming back?
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Mar 21, 2023 01:32
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maybe they're going to launch a chain of blockbuster-themed restaurants.
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Mar 21, 2023 01:34
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The rewinders in the shape of an expensive car were pretty baller.
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Mar 21, 2023 01:35
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Pennywise the Frown posted:Yeah we had a separate rewinding machine that did it like 5-10 times faster than the VCR. I checked in the header of the site and Site posted:"Bald mean and full of beans, I got a Yamaha keyboard drum machine." - Best line ever edit: lmfao not the right copy-paste but gently caress it Blockbuster posted:"The magic of Blockbuster Movies lives on. Find remaining store information or Make it a Blockbuster Night with DISH On Demand."
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Mar 21, 2023 01:37
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EorayMel posted:I hope there's functionality for N64 pokemon snap for real
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Mar 21, 2023 01:47
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The last holdout in my town closed a couple of years ago. Family Video. Now it's a Dollar General. 
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Mar 21, 2023 02:01
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Dickblister
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Mar 21, 2023 02:03
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flubber nuts posted:Dickblister Come on, it's clearly blockbuster -> cockblister Get it together Nutbuster
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Mar 21, 2023 02:08
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I’ve been thinking of getting into the retro scene. Buy one of those giant trinitron crts, hook up a vhs and watch the terminator 2 in grainy 4:3, play nothing but n64 games
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Mar 21, 2023 02:08
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Dixville posted:Why is mine different Oh you want me to put the WEAR AND TEAR on MY VCR to rewind a loving RENTAL TAPE? Maybe I can UPSELL IT to a loving CRACKHEAD then! You have 4 rewinders behind the counter, they take 7 to 9 minutes. I tell you what, I’ll go rent banjo motherfucking shitsuck kazooie again to cover the electrical draw of your 4 tape rewinders, that are engineered to do one thing. In fact, here are 3 nickels and a piece of dentene gum (cinnamon) , I will rent a rewinder for 7 minutes. I will put the tape in and press it down. I have muscles, I do. In fact, I will even take a spanking, if that’s how you care to punish me. I have a really high tolerance for pain so you’re going to have to go really hard. Oh look hey the tape is rewound and corporate America is out zero dollars. Gosh maybe I’ll buy a muffin or some microwave popcorn with the money I saved, or save up for a tape rewinder of my own some day. 
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Mar 21, 2023 02:24
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ClamdestineBoyster posted:Oh you want me to put the WEAR AND TEAR on MY VCR to rewind a loving RENTAL TAPE? Maybe I can UPSELL IT to a loving CRACKHEAD then! You have 4 rewinders behind the counter, they take 7 to 9 minutes. I tell you what, I’ll go rent banjo motherfucking shitsuck kazooie again to cover the electrical draw of your 4 tape rewinders, that are engineered to do one thing. In fact, here are 3 nickels and a piece of dentene gum (cinnamon) , I will rent a rewinder for 7 minutes. I will put the tape in and press it down. I have muscles, I do. In fact, I will even take a spanking, if that’s how you care to punish me. I have a really high tolerance for pain so you’re going to have to go really hard. Oh look hey the tape is rewound and corporate America is out zero dollars. Gosh maybe I’ll buy a muffin or some microwave popcorn with the money I saved, or save up for a tape rewinder of my own some day. lol. but actually this
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Mar 21, 2023 02:33
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Nooner posted:Lol no matter what they are selling they will make bank off of idiot millennials, I bet they will sell avocado toast and caramel macchiatos it's going to be something much lamer like a 90s nostalgia streaming service but with a vhs filter or some poo poo
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Mar 21, 2023 02:37
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Streaming service, but you watch commercials and earn NFTs for doing so.
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Mar 21, 2023 02:40
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I remember when i found out my parents weren't supposed to be copying the movies for us to watch over and over. I thought we were going to prison or possibly even hell for stealing!!!
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Mar 21, 2023 02:41
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ClamdestineBoyster posted:Oh you want me to put the WEAR AND TEAR on MY VCR to rewind a loving RENTAL TAPE? Maybe I can UPSELL IT to a loving CRACKHEAD then! You have 4 rewinders behind the counter, they take 7 to 9 minutes. I tell you what, I’ll go rent banjo motherfucking shitsuck kazooie again to cover the electrical draw of your 4 tape rewinders, that are engineered to do one thing. In fact, here are 3 nickels and a piece of dentene gum (cinnamon) , I will rent a rewinder for 7 minutes. I will put the tape in and press it down. I have muscles, I do. In fact, I will even take a spanking, if that’s how you care to punish me. I have a really high tolerance for pain so you’re going to have to go really hard. Oh look hey the tape is rewound and corporate America is out zero dollars. Gosh maybe I’ll buy a muffin or some microwave popcorn with the money I saved, or save up for a tape rewinder of my own some day. Imagine if the condom rental store expected you to wash out each condom before you returned it 
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Mar 21, 2023 02:43
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olives black posted:it's going to be something much lamer like a 90s nostalgia streaming service but with a vhs filter or some poo poo No, its probably an nft or crypto scam. There is some group buying up defunct IP like radio shack and using them as nostalgia bait to lure people into grifts.
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Mar 21, 2023 02:43
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if some crazy rich person has been stockpiling CRT TVs and VCRs to launch a chain of viewing parlors then my idiot millenial rear end will throw them $30 to relive Ye Olde Goode Days before they close a month laterCrow Buddy posted:Streaming service, but you watch commercials and earn NFTs for doing so. Spazzle posted:No, its probably an nft or crypto scam. There is some group buying up defunct IP like radio shack and using them as nostalgia bait to lure people into grifts. but yeah these seem more likely
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Mar 21, 2023 02:44
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Blockbuster is a lovely rear end company with awful business practices. On the other hand, gently caress Netflix and gently caress streaming in general. I wouldn't mind if Blockbuster turned the tables and bankrupted all those motherfuckers.
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Mar 21, 2023 02:56
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I. M. Gei posted:Blockbuster is a lovely rear end company with awful business practices. how do you imagine that they will do this
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Mar 21, 2023 03:01
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olives black posted:how do you imagine that they will do this I know one way they could. AI Movies. You 'rent' a movie from them by sending in a description of exactly what you want, with a ton of options you can tick. The cost of the rental goes up a little bit for every extra option. Are you modifying an existing movie? Crossing it over with another? Making a new sequel? Replacing actors with other known actors? What soundtrack modifications? Genre changes? How long? Maybe you want Groundhog Day where you explore an additional 20 days of Phil's adventures. Anything and everything, then they whip it up for you with the wizards on the other end who know all the prompts and train up the best AIs on just movies. Then you rent it, and similar searches get it recommended as an immediate choice, so others rent it, and they attach a pizza delivery service, and options for physical media of personal copies and etc etc. Slap a name like Blockbuster on that and watch the digidollars pile up as a billion people blow $100 each pull on remastering the entire Lord of the Rings movie to replace every actor and make Legolas and Gimli kiss and also the Evil Bilbo scene to be half as scary
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Mar 21, 2023 03:17
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Yeah, this is going to be some NFT poo poo.
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Mar 21, 2023 03:19
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Black August posted:I know one way they could. AI Movies. You 'rent' a movie from them by sending in a description of exactly what you want, with a ton of options you can tick. The cost of the rental goes up a little bit for every extra option. Are you modifying an existing movie? Crossing it over with another? Making a new sequel? Replacing actors with other known actors? What soundtrack modifications? Genre changes? How long? Maybe you want Groundhog Day where you explore an additional 20 days of Phil's adventures. Anything and everything, then they whip it up for you with the wizards on the other end who know all the prompts and train up the best AIs on just movies. Then you rent it, and similar searches get it recommended as an immediate choice, so others rent it, and they attach a pizza delivery service, and options for physical media of personal copies and etc etc. would be funny to watch how quickly the wizards burn out from 99% of the requests just being "[Movie X] but all of the lead actresses are barefoot/have their tits out"
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Mar 21, 2023 03:23
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Cockthruster
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Mar 21, 2023 03:25
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olives black posted:would be funny to watch how quickly the wizards burn out from 99% of the requests just being "[Movie X] but all of the lead actresses are barefoot/have their tits out" They won't. Simple stuff like that will be caught by the AI and autogenerated.
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Mar 21, 2023 03:25
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olives black posted:would be funny to watch how quickly the wizards burn out from 99% of the requests just being "[Movie X] but all of the lead actresses are barefoot/have their tits out" 99% of the requests will definitely be porn and they will make piles of money from it and you know it
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Mar 21, 2023 03:28
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Black August posted:They won't. Simple stuff like that will be caught by the AI and autogenerated. there'll probably still have to be some tweaks given how bad ai is at doing hands I. M. Gei posted:99% of the requests will definitely be porn and they will make piles of money from it and you know it oh, they'll definitely make money from it. and they will also definitely have some sort of team of human reviewers that want to drink bleach after every shift like facebook/twitter/et al. do olives black fucked around with this message at 03:31 on Mar 21, 2023 |
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Mar 21, 2023 03:29
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olives black posted:there'll probably still have to be some tweaks given how bad ai is at doing hands Some are good at hands now. It'll be a year, tops.
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Black August posted:Some are good at hands now. It'll be a year, tops. are they good at feet though
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